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Mercury_SC_401765 | The Yird an the Mune hae aw o thir common features except | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"core.",
"crust.",
"watter.",
"mantle."
]
} | C |
Mercury_7094693 | Whit maist likely contributes tae the rotational pattern o a hurricane that develops in the Atlantic Ocean? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"Gulf Stream",
"Coriolis effect",
"law relative humidity",
"high-pressure systems"
]
} | B |
Mercury_SC_413531 | A haun-haud sewing machine uises a battery tae mak a needle move. The needle gangs up an doon quick. | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"Motion chynages tae chemical energy.",
"Stored energy chynages tae motion.",
"Electricity chynages tae stored energy.",
"Heit chynages tae electricity."
]
} | B |
Mercury_SC_408447 | As Archie wauks tae the park, he wonders whilk route wad be swifter. He decides tae wauk tae the park usin different routes and times hou lang it taks. Whilk should he dae tae mak his comparison fair? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"wauk tae different pairts o the park ilk day",
"wauk wi a different freend ilk day",
"wauk at the same speed ilk day",
"wauk at the same time o the day"
]
} | C |
Mercury_7024185 | A metal sample is pit intae a beaker o bilin watter. Efter twa minutes the metal is taen oot. Efter 5 minutes the metal can be picked up by haun but the watter is still ower het tae touch. Whilk o these maitter an energy interactions is bein illustrated? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"watter haes a laich specific heat",
"metals hae laich specific heat",
"gless fae the beaker is a guid insulator",
"watter loses its heat energy quick tae the air"
]
} | B |
AKDE&ED_2012_8_5 | Whit statement correctly describes a relationship atween the distance frae Earth an a characteristic o a starn? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"As the distance frae Earth tae the starn decreases, its size increases.",
"As the distance frae Earth tae the starn increases, its size decreases.",
"As the distance frae Earth tae the starn decreases, its apparent brichtness increases.",
"As the distance frae Earth tae the starn increases, its apparent brichtness increases."
]
} | C |
Mercury_SC_LBS10340 | Scientists study fossils tae lairn aboot | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"the composition o the Yird.",
"patterns o crystal formation.",
"physical properties o rocks.",
"organisms fae lang syne."
]
} | D |
Mercury_SC_408402 | Some o the new cars bein made can rin on a renewable fuel that is made maistly frae corn. Scientists is developin e'en mair renewable fuels tae replace gasoline. Why are renewable fuels maist likely becomin mair important? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"Renewable fuels release less energy.",
"Car fuel tanks are bein made smawer.",
"The demand for gasoline is deeincreasin.",
"Nonrenewable fuel supplies are limited."
]
} | D |
MCAS_2011_5_17664 | Which o the follaein can be caused by weatherin? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"cracks formin in a boulder",
"rocks meltin tae form magma",
"glaciers formin on a mountainside",
"pebbles combin tae form a muckle stane"
]
} | A |
Mercury_7013405 | Whit human activity will help decrease air pollution? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"burnin crops",
"drivin a hybrid motor",
"burnin hoosehaud garbage",
"usin coal tae produce energy"
]
} | B |
Mercury_SC_401202 | Tae determine the bilin pynt o a liquid, a student maun uise aw o thae tools except | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"a stopwatch.",
"a heat source.",
"safety goggles.",
"a thermometer."
]
} | A |
Mercury_404993 | Which o these reduces the need for fowk tae uise nonrenewable resoorces? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"recyclin paper products",
"watterin the lawn ance a week",
"designin motors that are fuel efficient",
"uisin coal tae generate electricity"
]
} | C |
AKDE&ED_2008_4_41 | Twa students ar studyin whit maks ice melt fastest. Thay want tae conduct an investigation. Durin whilk o thir steps in thair investigation will thay meisure the ice? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"showin sum graphs",
"makin a conclusion",
"developin a hypothesis",
"collectin sum data"
]
} | D |
VASoL_2008_3_8 | Whar wull a sidewalk feel hottest on a warm, clear day? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"Unner a picnic table",
"In direct sunlight",
"Unner a puddl",
"In the shade"
]
} | B |
Mercury_7283955 | Twa populations o reef fish bide in biological coexistence wi each ither. Whit sentence best describes their relationship? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"The species compete wi each ither.",
"Ane species preys on the ither.",
"The species ignore each ither.",
"Ane species benefits fae the ither."
]
} | C |
Mercury_7215810 | An exploratory robot wis sent tae the planet Mars. The gravity on Mars is weaker than the gravity on Earth. Compared tae the mass an' wecht o' the robot on Earth, the robot on Mars has | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"less mass an' wecht.",
"less mass but equal wecht.",
"equal mass but less wecht.",
"equal mass an' wecht."
]
} | C |
Mercury_SC_408415 | Cindy learned that trees release gases intae the air during photosynthesis. Whit gas does a tree release? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"carbon dioxide",
"hydrogen",
"nitrogen",
"oxygen"
]
} | D |
Mercury_7081095 | In a tug-o-war gemme, balanced forces are best representit when baith teams cause the flag tae | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"bide in the middle.",
"fa' tae the grund.",
"mowe slawly in ane direction.",
"be pulled quckly in ane direction."
]
} | A |
MCAS_2004_8_17 | In whit situation wad it be an advantage tae ship a product by plane raither than by truck? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"The product is very hivy an relatively lairge.",
"The product is sensitive tae chynge in pressure.",
"The product maun be delivered a lang distance soon efter it is made.",
"The product maun be delivered tae several sites located within a radius o 50 miles."
]
} | C |
NYSEDREGENTS_2007_8_6 | Compared tae the amoont o' hereditary information in a human body cell, hoo muckle hereditary information is conteened in a human sex cell? | {
"label": [
"1",
"2",
"3",
"4"
],
"text": [
"ane-quarter the amoont",
"ane-half the amoont",
"the same amoont",
"twice the amoont"
]
} | 2 |
Mercury_7268293 | Hou dae the spruits o seeds buried in complete dark in the yird find their wye tae the surface o the yird? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"They grow towards licht.",
"They grow towards surface wairmth.",
"They grow against the direction o the bedrock.",
"They grow against the direction o the pull o gravity."
]
} | D |
Mercury_7192780 | In a grassland ecosystem, organisms o the same species eat the same food. When there is a lack o rain, which is maist likely increased? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"carrying capacity",
"population density",
"competition for space",
"competition for resources"
]
} | D |
AKDE&ED_2008_8_11 | As the molecules o watter stert tae slo doon they gang intae a phase whaur they are nae langer able tae easily move past ilk ither. The watter is passin through a phase chynge and will | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"remain a mixture.",
"remain a compound.",
"become an element.",
"become a compound."
]
} | B |
Mercury_7219100 | Whit process forced Nevada's mountain ranges upward ower the past million years? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"erosion o' surroundin material",
"seismic activity alang fau't lines",
"multiple volcanic eruptions",
"deposition o' wind-blawn sediments"
]
} | B |
Mercury_7212555 | Electric circuits provide energy for lichtbulbs. Whit o these prevents the flow o electrons? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"a circuit that is closed",
"a series circuit",
"a circuit that is open",
"a parallel circuit"
]
} | C |
Mercury_SC_401198 | Tae ensure that students dae lab experiments safely an accurately, they should | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"copy whit the ither students are daein.",
"ask the teacher tae first demonstrate the hale experiment.",
"dae the experiment efter memorisin the instructions.",
"read an unnerstan aw the directions afore stairting the experiment."
]
} | D |
Mercury_7071908 | A loch haes been uised for mair than a century tae irrigate craps. Hou haes this practice maist like affected this resoorce? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"It decreased the saut content o the watter.",
"It increased the evapotration rate o the watter.",
"It increased the nummer o fish in the loch.",
"It decreased the volume o the loch."
]
} | D |
Mercury_7193113 | Human interaction wi the environment haes led tae increasin amounts o acid rain. Whilk population hae humans adversely affected the maist by contributin tae the production o acid rain? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"frogs in a pond ecosystem",
"fish in an ocean ecosystem",
"bears in a tundra ecosystem",
"lions in a grassland ecosystem"
]
} | A |
Mercury_7175718 | In a tropical rainforest, the difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures is relatively small. In the desert, the difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures is very large. Which factor contributes to the lower variation in rainforest temperatures? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"Foliage in the rainforest reflects heat.",
"Organisms in the rainforest absorb moisture.",
"Solar radiation in the rainforest is less intense.",
"Cloud cover in the rainforest helps to retain heat."
]
} | D |
AKDE&ED_2012_4_21 | A teacher opens a can o food in the front o a clessroom. Sune, aw o the students in the clessroom can smell the food. Whilk statement identifies a property o a gas that allows aw o the students to smell the food? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"A gas haes nae mass.",
"A gas haes a muckle mass.",
"A gas taks the shape o its container.",
"A gas keeps its shape when placed in a container."
]
} | C |
MCAS_2006_9_31 | Aw organisms classified in kingdom Animalia maun awso be classified as which o the follaein? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"Archaea",
"Eubacteria",
"Eukaryota",
"Protista"
]
} | C |
Mercury_7090825 | Some pooer plants release het water intae rivers. This practice adds thermal energy tae the river that maist likely | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"increases the amount o nutrients in the river.",
"provides a better environment fer native organisms tae grow.",
"keeps the river at balance wi nature.",
"threatens the existence o aquatic organisms."
]
} | D |
MCAS_2000_4_17 | Whit is an example o a human-made product? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"cake",
"tomato",
"wheat",
"coal"
]
} | A |
Mercury_402398 | An atom includes 8 electrons, 8 protons, and 8 neutrons. Whit is the mass o the atom? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"8",
"16",
"24",
"32"
]
} | B |
Mercury_7090353 | Swamp plants dee, faa tae the grund, and are buried by ither deein plants. Approximately how lang wad it tak for plants tae possibly become a fossil fuel? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"1,000,000 year",
"100,000 year",
"10,000 year",
"1,000 year"
]
} | A |
MCAS_2009_8_1 | If a solid object is taen frae Earth far intae space, which o the followin measurements o the object will chynge maist? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"densitie",
"masse",
"volum",
"wecht"
]
} | D |
Mercury_7127173 | A species o bird haesnae been seen syne the 1900s an is conseedert extinct. Whit evidence wad best ding-oot the claim that the bird is extinct? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"A bird watcher maks a sketch o the bird.",
"A scientist discovers fossil remains o the bird.",
"A researcher taks a photograph o the bird.",
"A park ranger finds a suitable habitat for the bird."
]
} | C |
Mercury_7220273 | Whit source o data aboot Nevada resources is likely tae be maist current an reliable? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"a science encyclopedia",
"an airticle in a local newspaper",
"a government-maintained wabsite",
"a student's classroom presentation"
]
} | C |
MCAS_2000_4_4 | Why are the rocks and pebbles found on riverbeds usually smooth? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"The rocks and pebbles in riverbeds are no very auld.",
"The rocks and pebbles rub agin each ither as watter flows ower them.",
"Rivers can only flow ower smooth rocks and pebbles.",
"Organisms in the rivers break doun the rocks and pebbles."
]
} | B |
NYSEDREGENTS_2007_4_29 | Whit adaptin aft helps an ainimal attract a mate? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"hibernation",
"camouflage",
"couloration",
"migration"
]
} | C |
Mercury_416647 | Whit protist is a bi-flagellate autotroph? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"amoeba",
"euglena",
"paramecium",
"volvox"
]
} | D |
ACTAAP_2008_7_10 | Whit wad maist likely be measured during an inveestigation o the water cycle? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"wind speed",
"ozone layer",
"natural gas emissions",
"precipitation amounts"
]
} | D |
ACTAAP_2013_7_6 | Currently, Antarctica is the cauldest an driest place on Earth. Paleontologists hae foond dinosaur fossils in rock layers belaw the ice. Based on this evidence, which is a reasonable conclusion aboot the climate o Antarctica in the past? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"Antarctica has aye had the same climate as at present.",
"At some time in the past, Antarctica was a het, dry desert.",
"At some time in the past, Antarctica was muckle warmer an wetter.",
"At some time in the past, Antarctica was caulder an wetter nor it is noo."
]
} | C |
Mercury_7210613 | A muckle, solid spehrical body in the solar seestem is clessifee'd as a muin. Whit chairacteristic o the body gies it this clessification? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"It rotates on its axis.",
"It lacks liquid watter.",
"It orbits a nearhaun planet.",
"It reflects licht frae a starn."
]
} | C |
LEAP__5_10318 | Miguel wis conductin an experiment. He scrievit the follaein sentences in his notebook: The stairtin temperatur o the watter wis 10 degrees Celsius. An object wechin 5 grams wis placed in the watter. The temperatur o the watter increased tae 15 degrees. The object maun hae been hotter than 10 degrees. In which sentence did Miguel mak an inference? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"sentence 1",
"sentence 2",
"sentence 3",
"sentence 4"
]
} | D |
Mercury_SC_415480 | Whit chynge wad maist likely increase the nummer o' salamanders? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"flude",
"drocht",
"fire",
"langslaide"
]
} | A |
Mercury_7172795 | The skin is the lairgest organ in the human body. Why is skin considered tae be an organ? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"It is made o cells.",
"It acts as a barrier.",
"It is made o tissues.",
"It is pairt o an organism."
]
} | C |
NCEOGA_2013_8_59 | Whilk fuid gies the maist energy for the body in the shairtest amount o time? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"tattie",
"meat",
"milk",
"fruit"
]
} | D |
Mercury_7219643 | Screech yowls hae twa colour variations-red an grey. Whit advantage dis the grey screech yowl hae ower the red screech yowl in a habitat that is made up o trees wi dark-coloured bark? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"nestin",
"feedin",
"reproduction",
"camouflage"
]
} | D |
Mercury_SC_412487 | A scientist is measurin the amount o movement alang a faucht. Whit tool is best used for makin this measurement? | {
"label": [
"A",
"B",
"C",
"D"
],
"text": [
"barometer",
"stopclock",
"meter stick",
"magnifyin lens"
]
} | C |
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