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Mercury_SC_400708
Gas petroleum form?
{ "text": [ "Rocks were dissolved by water.", "Lava deposited and then cooled.", "The remains of plants and animals were trapped.", "Air, water, and minerals combined." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7075040
Although states conclusions because
{ "text": [ "scientific laws change often.", "scientific investigations are generally flawed.", "scientists may interpret data differently.", "scientists believe experiments should be repeated." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7137165
Which affect object?
{ "text": [ "the mass", "the speed", "the texture", "the volume" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_400046
Which characteristic water?
{ "text": [ "The tea has an odor.", "The tea spreads evenly through the water.", "The tea and water separate easily.", "The tea settles to the bottom of the container." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7099330
A star occur?
{ "text": [ "rotational speed", "apparent brightness", "surface temperature", "chemical composition" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
MDSA_2007_5_2
A water mixture?
{ "text": [ "975 grams", "1,000 grams", "1,025 grams", "2,500 grams" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7271758
What may ecosystem?
{ "text": [ "by providing habitat for large fish and plants", "by providing habitat for algae and small invertebrates", "by providing habitat for marine mammals and plants", "by providing habitat for bacteria and fungi" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
MCAS_2003_8_31
On store melt?
{ "text": [ "Heat transferred from the chocolate chips to the bag.", "Heat evaporated from the bag to the chocolate chips.", "Heat transferred from the environment to the chocolate chips.", "Heat condensed from her hand to the chocolate chips." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
AKDE&ED_2008_8_53
Which salt water?
{ "text": [ "It is a learned behavior that maintains the population.", "It is a learned behavior that maintains salt concentrations.", "It is an inherited behavior that maintains the population.", "It is an inherited behavior that maintains salt concentrations." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
TIMSS_2007_8_pg109
Which of related?
{ "text": [ "Compare their blood types.", "Compare their handwriting.", "Compare their genes.", "Compare their fingerprints." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_175385
What it burned?
{ "text": [ "It is completely destroyed.", "It is completely changed into heat energy.", "It changes into other types of matter and energy.", "It physically changes into the gaseous phase." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_410669
Two their acceleration?
{ "text": [ "0.2 km/h^2", "3.0 km/h^2", "6.0 km/h^2", "12.0 km/h^2" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
MEAP_2005_8_39
Electric rubber is because
{ "text": [ "rubber is used as a transmitter.", "rubber helps to ground them.", "rubber is a nonconductor.", "rubber is a conductor." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_408568
Bens ball?
{ "text": [ "the amount of air in each ball", "the distance each ball is dropped", "the time it takes to drop each ball", "the number of times the ball bounces" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
AKDE&ED_2008_8_7
Which popped kernels?
{ "text": [ "Research articles about different ways to heat popcorn to make it pop.", "Design an experiment that tests multiple types of popcorn using repeated trials.", "Heat kernels of some types on an electric stove and heat other types on a gas stove.", "Construct a mathematical equation that compares size and mass of kernels from each type." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7082845
A energy the worker
{ "text": [ "was destroyed by the steel wall.", "was converted into heat.", "disappeared into the atmosphere.", "was stopped by the hard surface." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_405726
Which the animals?
{ "text": [ "building an apartment complex", "allowing fishing in more rivers", "creating a zoo for endangered species", "limiting construction in wooded areas" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_415407
What surface surface?
{ "text": [ "cracking a rock and making a U-shaped valley", "making a dune and making a U-shaped valley", "making a dune and making a V-shaped valley", "cracking a rock and making a V-shaped valley" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_401792
Which is resource?
{ "text": [ "oil", "coal", "trees", "aluminum" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
LEAP_2000_8_4
Jerry a ground because
{ "text": [ "air friction stopped the ball.", "gravity changed the ball's direction.", "the ball was not thrown hard enough.", "the ball was not thrown straight up." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_413439
Which the objects?
{ "text": [ "pencils falling from the same height", "balloons floating upward from the same height", "a bicycle speeding up on a flat surface", "a ball slowing down on a flat surface" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
ACTAAP_2014_7_13
People to mixture?
{ "text": [ "Salt is the solvent and water is the solute.", "Salt is the solute and water is the solvent.", "Salt is the solvent and water is the solution.", "Salt is the solution and water is the solvent." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_402638
Theayas formed from
{ "text": [ "folded rock.", "earthquakes.", "plate tectonics.", "glacier deposition." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_406725
A, next?
{ "text": [ "Check the bread each day.", "Record the temperature of the bread.", "Measure the weight of the bread.", "Give the bread different amounts of light." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
NYSEDREGENTS_2015_4_29
What the chains?
{ "text": [ "sunlight", "water", "green plants", "decomposers" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_406136
Students This example of
{ "text": [ "an inference made from observations.", "an observation made from predictions.", "a prediction made from data samples.", "a hypothesis made from inference." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
MSA_2012_5_23
In, resources?
{ "text": [ "Both are renewable.", "Both are nonrenewable.", "Coal is nonrenewable; water is renewable.", "Coal is renewable; water is nonrenewable." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_405873
Which best people?
{ "text": [ "The Internet has eliminated the need for the library.", "People are able to access information from many locations.", "People can now do their work from home.", "The Internet allows students to concentrate more on homework." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7043820
When chemical known as
{ "text": [ "exothermic.", "endothermic.", "suspension.", "vaporization." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
MCAS_2005_5_34
A has example of
{ "text": [ "making the wall stronger.", "using storage space efficiently.", "using a machine for more than one purpose.", "solving the need for shelter in a creative way." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7182245
In deer predators?
{ "text": [ "It will stabilize as the birth rate equals the death rate.", "It will continue to increase steadily from year to year.", "It will increase as other herbivores move into the region.", "It will decrease due to overcrowding causing a food shortage." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
MSA_2012_8_30
Eth use mixture?
{ "text": [ "crop farmers", "oil companies", "grocery stores", "car manufacturers" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7252753
Some bacteria mechanism?
{ "text": [ "magnetism", "oxygen", "light", "heat" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
TAKS_2009_8_36
How)2?
{ "text": [ "2", "3", "4", "5" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_415473
A young have?
{ "text": [ "2", "4", "8", "16" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_413624
How person jog?
{ "text": [ "Motion changes to stored energy.", "Stored energy changes to motion and heat.", "Heat changes to motion and stored energy.", "Motion changes to chemical energy." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7016800
When accidental to know
{ "text": [ "where the safety goggles are stored.", "what number to call for poison control.", "where the fire extinguisher is located.", "which materials are safe to use for cleaning." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_407228
Rec this environment?
{ "text": [ "eliminates air pollution", "saves nonrenewable energy", "reduces the amount of oxygen in the air", "keeps the habitats of animals from being destroyed" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_414504
Students or sample?
{ "text": [ "use a rock with the known mineral to strike the sample", "rub the sample on a piece of unglazed clay tile", "use a file to break off a piece of the sample", "scratch the sample with an iron nail" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
TIMSS_2011_4_pg27
Water different hottest?
{ "text": [ "ice, water, steam", "ice, steam, water", "steam, ice, water", "steam, water, ice" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_SC_402029
When best environment?
{ "text": [ "Stay on the paths.", "Not take samples.", "Take photographs.", "Leave the area exactly as they found it." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7131845
The this butterfly?
{ "text": [ "increase in the number of parks", "decline in the amount of seawater", "increase in number of homes built", "decline in the amount of predators" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_405533
Which an experiment?
{ "text": [ "do the experiment many times", "keep a record of all procedures", "make a model of the set-up of the experiment", "change some of the conditions of the experiment" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7086748
Which for energy?
{ "text": [ "hot rock", "fossil fuel", "thick crust", "warm climate" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
MDSA_2007_8_17
A one samples?
{ "text": [ "The masses cannot be compared without a balance.", "The mass of the feathers is less than the mass of the nails.", "The mass of the feathers is the same as the mass of the nails.", "The mass of the feathers is greater than the mass of the nails." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7210473
A reads provide?
{ "text": [ "current weather", "weather forecast", "general climate", "climate changes" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7214340
Two are climate?
{ "text": [ "elevation", "population", "latitude", "longitude" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
MCAS_2005_9_17
Five force wave?
{ "text": [ "electromagnetic", "heat", "longitudinal", "transverse" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
MEA_2016_8_12
Which the ecosystems?
{ "text": [ "volcanic eruption", "burning coal", "forest fire", "oil spill" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_401278
A used to measure
{ "text": [ "air pressure.", "kinetic energy.", "potential energy.", "wind movement." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_407689
Mar to Earth?
{ "text": [ "earthquake", "landslide", "volcano", "wind" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7230405
Evidence suggested effect?
{ "text": [ "steep drop in ocean salinity and density", "steep drop in ocean volume and area", "increased exposure of oceans to ultraviolet radiation", "increased exposure of tsunamis to ocean life" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_405640
Six of puppy?
{ "text": [ "It ate more food.", "It was more active.", "It drank more water.", "It received more sunlight." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7201775
Which transport cell?
{ "text": [ "carbohydrate", "cytoplasm", "phospholipid", "protein" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7177398
The of energy?
{ "text": [ "the wax of a candle at room temperature", "the water in a glass of ice water", "the steam from a cup of coffee", "the ice cube in a glass of tea" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7041423
In where occur?
{ "text": [ "heavier rainfall", "dryer conditions", "cold temperatures", "frequent hurricanes" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7004743
An lose it lost
{ "text": [ "a proton.", "a neutron.", "a nucleus.", "an electron." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_7198468
W During occurred?
{ "text": [ "an increase in competition for food resources among small prey", "a greater opportunity for primary producers to flourish", "an increase in the population of tertiary consumers", "a greater balance of predator-prey relationships" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
MEA_2014_5_11
Bals length?
{ "text": [ "because of the amount of sunlight they receive", "because of their closeness to the ocean", "because of the inherited information inside the seeds", "because of the type of insects that eat the needles" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_410602
An constant kilometers?
{ "text": [ "15 minutes", "25 minutes", "2 hours", "4 hours" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7108868
Certain. levels?
{ "text": [ "nuclear power plants", "hydroelectric power plants", "coal-burning factories", "noncommercial farms" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7033828
Energy companies most?
{ "text": [ "oil", "gas", "coal", "wind" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
TIMSS_2007_4_pg19
Some have hair?
{ "text": [ "the type of hair their parents have", "the type of hair their brothers and sisters have", "their hair color", "their skin color" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_400828
If an has a
{ "text": [ "mass of +3.", "mass of -3.", "charge of +3.", "charge of -3." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
VASoL_2008_3_16
Which a animals?
{ "text": [ "Moving to a warmer climate in winter", "Eating out of the hands of humans", "Hunting for their own food", "Staying away from people" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
LEAP__5_10315
What - Celsius?
{ "text": [ "The water changes from a solid into a gas.", "The water changes from a liquid into a gas.", "The water changes from a liquid into a solid.", "The water changes from a solid into a liquid." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_415471
What drought drought?
{ "text": [ "Plants can use underground water.", "Plants can live without water.", "Plants release oxygen.", "Plants cannot move." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_7247065
Which a tornado?
{ "text": [ "Fallen trees create a risk of fire.", "Animal habitats undergo significant loss.", "A storm surge wipes out sea turtle nests.", "Debris creates additional habitats for mosquitoes." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
MDSA_2011_5_3
A cooledgas)?
{ "text": [ "condensation", "evaporation", "freezing", "melting" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
MDSA_2009_5_39
A provide when they
{ "text": [ "heat their homes with wood", "wash vegetables before cooking", "drive gasoline-powered automobiles", "grow flowers in the community garden" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_187198
When water molecules
{ "text": [ "begin to lose some of their atomic mass.", "break apart into individual water atoms.", "move more freely in relation to each other.", "release heat to the surrounding atmosphere." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
MCAS_2000_4_36
Which for transportation?
{ "text": [ "radio tower", "road", "runway", "pipeline" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_184100
Which ofing?
{ "text": [ "insects eating a dead tree", "a bulldozer pushing soil", "ice fracturing a stone", "acid rain dissolving limestone" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_LBS10814
L on another?
{ "text": [ "an earthquake", "a mountain range", "a river", "a volcano" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_408384
Which best solution?
{ "text": [ "A solid dissolves in a liquid.", "Two different substances combine.", "A material with new properties forms.", "The combined substances cannot be separated." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7043068
In person to
{ "text": [ "use the Doppler effect.", "drive in a jet-fueled car.", "cross Nevada's Black Desert.", "break the sound barrier on ground." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_411071
Jeremy rate minutes?
{ "text": [ "0.1 km", "1.5 km", "10 km", "90 km" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
NYSEDREGENTS_2010_4_24
Which changes migrate?
{ "text": [ "change of season and fewer predators", "change of season and less food", "loss of habitat and fewer predators", "loss of habitat and more food" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_409673
K in winter?
{ "text": [ "Earth is closer to the Sun in summer.", "Earth rotates at a faster rate in summer.", "The core of Earth is closer to the surface in summer.", "The northern half of Earth is tilted toward the Sun in summer." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_SC_400374
Flo these flood?
{ "text": [ "eroded riverbanks", "more fertile soils", "fewer trees near rivers", "less habitat for aquatic animals" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
CSZ_2009_8_CSZ20740
How a/s?
{ "text": [ "0.02 s", "50 s", "100 s", "200 s" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_406482
A that accurate?
{ "text": [ "try a different juice", "analyze the recorded data", "ask a scientist what went wrong", "repeat the investigation two more times" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
OHAT_2007_8_24
What ofoes?
{ "text": [ "Rock cools quickly from melted rock.", "Rock is recrystallized by extreme pressure.", "Rock solidifies slowly deep underground.", "Rock is formed from deposited sediment." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A
Mercury_188335
A the Sun would
{ "text": [ "start its life cycle with a fission process.", "use its fuel source much more quickly.", "provide more solar flares.", "result in a nebula." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7128555
In occur occur?
{ "text": [ "The population of blue flowers will increase over time.", "The population of white flowers will increase over time.", "The moths will start pollinating the blue flowers.", "The bees will start pollinating the white flowers." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_407517
A neut atom?
{ "text": [ "20", "21", "41", "61" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_405950
All sentence similarly?
{ "text": [ "Energy from sunlight produces nutrients.", "Nutrients increase the strength of cell walls.", "Cells break down nutrients into usable forms.", "Nutrients are broken down by the digestive system." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
MCAS_2004_9_5
The. doubled?
{ "text": [ "The current will be tripled.", "The current will be doubled.", "The current will be cut in half.", "The current will stay the same." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
NCEOGA_2013_8_28
If can concluded?
{ "text": [ "It has a low pH.", "It is unsafe to drink.", "It is too hot to drink.", "It contains a lot of chemicals." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_406451
A the environment?
{ "text": [ "The amount of light pollution will decrease.", "The air conditioner at the school will run less often.", "Fewer natural resources will be used to make electricity.", "Money will be saved on the electricity bill for the school." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7109323
For short evidence?
{ "text": [ "The old hypothesis will become obsolete.", "The new hypothesis will be rejected due to conflict.", "The evidence for the old hypothesis will be disregarded.", "The evidence will be verified before the old hypothesis is revised." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
D
Mercury_404132
Which a mass?
{ "text": [ "Mg + HCl -> H_{2} + MgCl_{2}", "H_{2}O + CO_{2} -> H_{2}CO_{3}", "KClO_{3} -> KCl + O_{2}", "H_{2} + O_{2} -> H_{2}O" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_7210210
Using the resource?
{ "text": [ "sunlight", "water", "coal", "copper" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_SC_408042
Jeff studying food?
{ "text": [ "flowers", "leaves", "seeds", "roots" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
MCAS_2004_8_14
In sunlight product?
{ "text": [ "carbon dioxide", "chlorophyll", "sugar", "DNA" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
TIMSS_2011_4_pg5
A that predator?
{ "text": [ "deer", "wolf", "cow", "goat" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
Mercury_SC_406833
Scientists available available?
{ "text": [ "The Moon is in outer space.", "Plants make their own food.", "The Sun revolves around Earth.", "Paper products come from wood." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7029558
A anid?
{ "text": [ "producer", "decomposer", "first-level consumer", "second-level consumer" ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
C
Mercury_7138390
The surface result in
{ "text": [ "a decrease in the amount of bacteria.", "a decrease in the amount of oxygen.", "an increase in the water temperature.", "an increase in the fish population." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
B
MEAP_2005_5_12
A years year?
{ "text": [ "Plant each field at one-year intervals.", "Plant the grasses as close together as possible.", "Plant all the fields at the same time, but with different types of grasses.", "Plant warm-season grasses and cool-season grasses in each field at the same time." ], "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ] }
A