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Mercury_SC_415702	George wants tae warm his hauns quickly by rubbing them. Whit skin surface will produce the maist heat?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "dry paws", "wet paws", "paws covered wi oil", "paws covered wi lotion" ] }	A
MCAS_2009_5_6516	Whit yin o the follaein statements best explains why magnets usually stey tae a fridge door?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The fridge door is smaa.", "The fridge door conteens iron.", "The fridge door is a guid conductor.", "The fridge door haes electric wires in it." ] }	B
Mercury_7233695	A fauld observed in layers o sedimentary rock maist likely resultit fae the	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cuilin o fleein magma.", "convergin o crustal plates.", "deposition o river sediments.", "solution o carbonate minerals." ] }	B
Mercury_7041615	Whit ane o thir dae scientists offer as the maist recent explanation as tae why mony plants an animals dee'd oot at the end o the Mesozoic era?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "warldwide disease", "global moontain biggin", "rise o mammals that preyed upon plants an animals", "impact o an asteroid creatit stour that blocked the sunlicht" ] }	D
Mercury_7041860	A boat is acted on by a river current flowin north an by wind blawin on its sails. The boat travels northeast. In which direction is the wind maist likely applyin force tae the sails o the boat?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "wast", "east", "north", "sooth" ] }	B
Mercury_SC_401653	Whit land furm is the result o the constructive force o a glacier?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "vallays carved by a movin glacier", "piles o rocks depositit by a meltin glacier", "grooves creatit in a granite surface by a glacier", "bedrock hills roughened by the passin o a glacier" ] }	B
ACTAAP_2013_5_11	As pairt o an experiment, an astronaut taks a scale tae the Muin an wechts hissel. The scale reads 31 pun. If the astronaut haes a mass o aboot 84 kilograms, whit are the approximate wecht an mass o the astronaut whan staundin on the Yird?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "31 pun an 14 kilograms", "31 pun an 84 kilograms", "186 pun an 14 kilograms", "186 pun an 84 kilograms" ] }	D
MCAS_1998_4_3	Whit o the follaein is a trait that a dug doesna inherit fae its parents?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the lenth o its fur", "the shape o its snoot", "the size o its appeteet", "the colour o its fur" ] }	C
Mercury_7106908	Hatchlin sea turtles are typically dark in color. Occasionally, a sea turtle hatches that is almost white in color. When crawlin frae the nest on the beach tae the ocean, this licht-colored sea turtle could be at risk for sunburn. The licht color of the turtles would maist likely	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "help the turtles hae better chances at reproducing.", "cause the shell o the sea turtles tae become stronger.", "reduce the chances o turtles survivin tae reproduce.", "help in the development o a new species o sea turtles." ] }	C
Mercury_401402	Fotosynthesis is a process involvein carbon dioxide, watter, glucose, oxygen, an sunlight. Whilk is the correct chemical equaition for fotosynthesis?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "O_{2} + H_{2}O + energy -> C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} + CO_{2}", "CO_{2} + H_{2}O -> C_{6}H_{6}O_{3} + O_{2} + energy", "6O_{2} + 6H_{2}O -> C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} + 6CO_{2} + energy", "6CO_{2} + 6H_{2}O + energy -> C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} + 6O_{2}" ] }	D
MCAS_2005_8_4	Whit o the follaein is an example o a physical chyng?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lichtin a match", "brakin a gless", "burnin o petrol", "rustin o airn" ] }	B
MCAS_2007_8_5180	Whit o the follaein areas is maist likely tae form metamorphic rocks sic as gneiss and schist?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a sea fluir", "a windblawn desert", "a site deep unnergrund", "a site covered by a glacier" ] }	C
TIMSS_1995_8_K12	The male insects in a population are treated tae prevent sperm production. Wad this reduce this insect population?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Na, because the insects wad still mate.", "Na, because it wad nae change the offspring mutation rate.", "Aye, because it wad sharply decrease the reproduction rate.", "Aye, because the males wad die." ] }	C
MDSA_2008_5_30	On Erth, watter can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Whit energy soorce hes the greatest influence on the state o matter o watter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the sun", "the wind", "ocean currents", "the metal core" ] }	A
MSA_2013_5_44	A ship breuks doon an leaks a muckle amoont o ile near a coastal area. Whit statement describes hou the ile maist likely will affect the coastal habitat?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Fish reproduction rates will increase.", "Watter birds will be unable tae uise thair wings.", "Watter plants will be exposed tae mair sunlicht.", "Coastal plants will hae access tae mair nutrients." ] }	B
NYSEDREGENTS_2004_8_31	A chemical property o a mineral is evident if the mineral	{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "breks easy whan struck wi a hammer", "bubbles whan acid is placed on it", "is easy scrat by a fingernail", "reflects light frae its surface" ] }	2
ACTAAP_2012_7_5	Ae nicht as it's gettin dark, Alex sits on the front porch an watches the sun slowly disappear ahint the neebor's hoose across the street. Whit explains this observation?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The sun's licht is reflected by the clouds.", "The sun's licht is refracted by the atmosphere.", "The sun moves fae west tae east each day.", "The sun appears tae move due tae Earth's rotation." ] }	D
Mercury_7064208	A toothpaste advert states that a brand o toothpaste haes a higher concentration o fluoride than ony ither toothpaste available. The advert is maist likely inferin that the advertised toothpaste	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "haes a pleasant flavour.", "is recommended by dentists.", "promotes guid dental hygiene.", "is the maist expensive brand sold." ] }	C
ACTAAP_2008_5_7	Whit dae cells braik doun tae produce energy?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "fuid", "watter", "chlorophyll", "carbon dioxide" ] }	A
MCAS_2007_8_5171	Laura adds 50 mL o bilin watter tae 100 mL o ice watter. If the 150 mL o watter is then pit intae a freezer, at whit temperature will the watter freeze?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0°C", "15°C", "37°C", "50°C" ] }	A
Mercury_7239523	A signal frae the brain tae a muscle in the airm is transmit by whit structurs?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "sensory neurons", "interneurons", "motor neurons", "mechanoreceptor neurons" ] }	C
Mercury_7057733	The composition o soil influences the soil's ability tae haud an transmit watter an air. Whit soil type wad be best for plantin a productive gairden?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Sandy soils because they provide high silica content.", "Loamy soils because they contein sand an clay.", "Slichtly rocky soils because they provide needed minerals.", "Clay soils because they are heavy soils an haud watter." ] }	B
MEA_2011_8_8	Hou mony times dis Yird rotate on its axis in ae day?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ance", "twice", "24 times", "365 times" ] }	A
Mercury_7205818	Starns are aften classified by their apparent brichtness in the nichttime sky. Starns can forby be classified in mony ither ways. Which o thir is least uisefu in classifying starns?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "visible colour", "composietion", "surface texture", "temperature" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_408784	Michael learned that the muivement o Earth in the solar seestem causes chynge that can be seen on the planet. Which chynge coud be seen on Earth in the time it taks Earth tae rotate ance on its axis?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "day becamin nicht", "winter chyngin tae spring", "January chyngin tae Februar", "a new muin becamin a full muin" ] }	A
VASoL_2007_5_39	Whilk o the follaein is an observation aboot gresshoppers that a science cless cuid hae made on thair nature waak?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The gresshoppers wull bide langest in a container fou o plants.", "The gresshoppers are green wi lang hin legs an antennae.", "The gresshoppers wull likely eat mair gress than tree leaves.", "The gresshoppers aw hatched frae eggs laid the year afore." ] }	B
Mercury_7227938	Whit characteristic o DNA results in cell differentiation in developing embryos?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "whit genes are present", "hoo mony copies o each gene are present", "whit genes are active", "whit protein is produced by a gene" ] }	C
MCAS_2009_5_6522	Hae, licht, an soond are aw different forms o' ___.	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "fuel", "energy", "maitter", "electricity" ] }	B
Mercury_412642	Whit o the follaein is a property shared by the elements in the carbon faimily?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an atomic nummer o 6", "an atomic mass o 12", "the same electron configuration", "the nummer o valence electrons" ] }	D
Mercury_7041633	Whilk o thir human activities disnae contreebute tae the extinction o species?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "huntin", "habitat destruction", "restoration ecology", "introduced nonnative species" ] }	C
Mercury_7154648	Lactose intolerance is a condeetion o the digestive seestem in which an individual cannae digest lactose, the sugar foond in milk. An individual affectit wi lactose intolerance disnae produce eneuch o the enzyme lactase, which is needit tae brek doon lactose. If mair adults than bairns are diagnosed wi lactose intolerance, whit does this maist likely suggest?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The production o lactase decreases ower time.", "The digestion o food breks doon lactase.", "Lactose intolerance is an allergic reaction.", "Lactose intolerance is contagious." ] }	A
AKDE&ED_2008_4_21	Fower materials are pit intae wee containers. Thae materials are then muived frae the wee containers intae lairger containers. Whit material will spreid oot tae completely fill a lairger container?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "air", "ice", "sand", "watter" ] }	A
Mercury_7108973	Whit celestial object leetit ablow haes the greatest density?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a planet", "a comet", "a nebula", "a neutron starn" ] }	D
Mercury_7143185	Rain forests conteens mair species o trees than ony ither biome. Houaniver, scientists hae foond that the soil o the forest flair is relatively nutrient puir. Whit coud maist likely accoont for this?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The lack o weatherin reduces the availability o the minerals.", "The nutrients are bein uizit by the plant life.", "The forest flair disnae git eneuch sunlicht.", "The animals eat the nutrients." ] }	B
Mercury_7024483	Whit ane o these isnae an inherited trait in humans?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heid", "hair colour", "skin colour", "intelligence" ] }	D
Mercury_407675	Puddocks on a pavement are evaporatin' quickly. Whit maist likely causes the puddocks tae evaporate?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heat", "clouds", "air", "watter" ] }	A
Mercury_7213273	An ingineer measured the time it taks soond tae traivel through samples o different materials. Aw o the samples were identical in shape an size. The measurements were made uisin ultrasonic waves wi a frequency o 5 megahertz. Whit question wis the ingineer maist likely tryin tae answer?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "In whit material dis soond traivel fastest?", "In whit material dis soond traivel farthest?", "Dis frequency affect the distance soond travels?", "Dis the shape o the medium affect the speed o soond?" ] }	A
Mercury_LBS10252	Aw o the follaein contain metrik units o measurement except	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "g, kg, cg", "dL, L, mL", "ft, yd, mi", "N, J, W" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_413243	Hou is a moth's life cycle maist different frae an insect that gangs through incomplete metamorphosis?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It maks a cocoon.", "It becomes an adult.", "It lays eggs.", "It eats leaves." ] }	A
Mercury_417140	Whar is the biological magnification o pollutants maist likely tae be the greatest?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "in an estuary", "in an open ocean", "at an intertidal zone", "at a hydrothermal vent" ] }	A
Mercury_7082635	The gravitational force exerted by an object depends on its	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "volume.", "wecht.", "mass.", "size." ] }	C
Mercury_7159863	Trees maist likely chynges the environment whaur they are located by	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "releasin' nitrogen in the sile.", "crowdin' oot non-native species.", "addin' carbon dioxide tae the atmosphere.", "removin' watter fae the sile and returnin' it tae the atmosphere." ] }	D
NYSEDREGENTS_2009_4_9	Hou lang dis it tak for the Yird tae rotate on its axis seeven times?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ane day", "ane week", "ane month", "ane year" ] }	B
ACTAAP_2009_7_4	Whit planet haes the langest planetary year?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird", "Venus", "Jupiter", "Neptune" ] }	D
MCAS_1999_8_34	Gin a new muin occurred on June 2, whan will the neist new muin occur?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "June 30", "June 28", "June 23", "June 15" ] }	A
Mercury_7283413	In livin things, smawer substances are linked tae mak up lairger substances. Whilk o the follaein correctly descrives a lairger substance made by linking smawer substances?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Nucleotides are linked tae mak up DNA.", "Amino acids are linked tae mak up DNA.", "Proteins are linked tae mak up nucleotides.", "Nucleic acids are linked tae mak up proteins." ] }	A
Mercury_7001243	Scienteests wha disna agre wi the ootcome o an experiment soud	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "chynge the experiment.", "haud thair opinions tae themsels.", "find oot whit ither scienteests think aboot the results.", "repeat the experiment several times an compare results." ] }	D
Mercury_SC_415697	Rubbishin sanpapper on a piece o wuid produces whit twa types o energy?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heat an licht", "soond an heat", "licht an electricitie", "electricitie an soond" ] }	B
Mercury_SC_401354	A student accidentally draps a test tube that braks whan it hits the flair. Whit method is the best way tae retrieve the broken gless?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "pick up the pieces wi a paper towel", "use a chemical spill kit", "use a dustpan an broom", "pick up the pieces bi haun" ] }	C
Mercury_SC_409675	A scientist pitten several different plants in a sealed container. Every oor, she checked the oxygen in the container tae see if it changed. Hou did the oxygen in the container maist likely change?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The amoont o oxygen increast.", "The amoont o oxygen decreased.", "The oxygen wis transformt intae watter.", "The oxygen wis transformt intae carbon dioxide." ] }	A
Mercury_7223353	Based on their locations in the periodic table, which element has chemical properties most similar to those of calcium, Ca?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "beryllium, Be", "potassium, K", "titanium, Ti", "yttrium, Y" ] }	A
Mercury_SC_401306	Whit conclusion is best supportit by a tree-growth ring that is much narrower than the ither growth rings?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Crops grew weel that year.", "Ane year wis unco dry.", "The tree wis plantit lang syne.", "The area uised tae hae mair trees." ] }	B
AIMS_2008_4_2	Whit statement is an observation?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The plant haes flooers.", "The plant is gey bonnie.", "The plant will grow berries.", "The plant micht be poisonous." ] }	A
ACTAAP_2008_7_15	Whit wid a scientist uise in tryin tae model the cause o planetary years?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "planetar mass", "planetar colour", "a planet's core temperature", "a planet's distance fae the Sun" ] }	D
TAKS_2009_8_9	Whilk o thir wad maist likely impruive the air quaity in muckle Texas ceeties?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Limitin the nummer o cars on the raaeds", "Swappin tae wid stoves for hame heatin", "Requirin muckle vehicles tae uise diesel fuel", "Maintainin filters in muckle biggins" ] }	A
Mercury_SC_401220	Whit term best descrives the life cycle o an insect that reaches the adult stage withoot bein a pupa?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "incomplete metamorphosis", "complete metamorphosis", "alternation o generations", "spontaneous mutation" ] }	A
Mercury_7228165	In whit taxonomic group are organisms foond that share the characteristic o storing hereditary material in a single loop o DNA?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "bacterium", "fungi", "plant life", "animals" ] }	A
Mercury_7187775	Franklin wants tae ken hou fast he rins different distances. He uises a stopwatch tae measure the time it taks him tae complete a 50-meter, 100-meter, an 200-meter race. Hou can he calculate his speed fer each race?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Add the distances an the times.", "Divide the distances by the times.", "Multiply the distances by the times.", "Subtract the distances frae the times." ] }	B
TIMSS_2011_4_pg92	Some ainimals are verra rare. For example, there are verra few Siberian tigers. Gin the only Siberian tigers left are female, whit will maist likely happen?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The females will find anither type of male ainimal tae mate wi an produce mair Siberian tigers.", "The females will mate wi each ither an produce mair Siberian tigers.", "The females will only be able tae produce female Siberian tigers.", "The females will no be able tae produce mair Siberian tigers, an they will dee oot." ] }	D
VASoL_2007_3_13	Which o thir is an example o liquid watter?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Frost", "Ice", "Rain", "Steam" ] }	C
Mercury_7212345	Acid rain haes a pH ablow 5.6. This rain can damage soil, lochs, craps, an biggins. Acid rain is caused by aw o the follaein except	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "industrial emissions frae factries.", "coal that is brunt tae produce heat an pooer.", "automobile exhaust.", "nuclear pooer plants that produce radiation." ] }	D
MCAS_2008_5_5616	Durin maist o the year, the air ower Boston, Massachusetts, conteens a heich amoont o moisture. Whit o the follaein best explains why there's a heich amoont o moisture in the air?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Boston is close tae an ocean.", "Boston is at a laich elevation.", "Boston is near mony mountains.", "Boston is faur north o the equator." ] }	A
AKDE&ED_2012_8_37	An astronomer is studyin twa starns that are the same distance frae the Yird. Starn X appears brichter than Starn Y. Whit statement best explains this observation?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Starn X is lairger than Starn Y.", "Starn Y is lairger than Starn X.", "Starn X reflects the Sun’s licht better than Starn Y.", "Starn Y reflects the Sun’s licht better than Starn X." ] }	A
Mercury_417153	Whit adaptation is necessary in intertidal ecosystems but no in reef ecosystems?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the ability tae bide in saut watter", "the ability tae uise oxygen in respiration", "the ability tae cope wi daily dry periods", "the ability tae blend intae the sooroundins" ] }	C
MCAS_2002_8_13	Why dae areas in the middle o a muckle continent generally hae mair extreme differences in temperature than areas near the coastline?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "There are generally mair cloods near the oceans.", "Landlocked areas are usually at a lawer altitude than coastline areas.", "Coastlines are usually surrounded by mountains that block air masses.", "Oceans change temperature slowly an regulate the temperature o nearby land." ] }	D
Mercury_7084298	Twa elements in the same group on the Periotic Table o the Elements are maist similar in their	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "atomic mass.", "number o protons.", "atomic size.", "chemical reactivity." ] }	D
Mercury_7233905	In the carbon cycle, carbon muives fae reservoir tae reservoir as various organic and inorganic processes occur on Yirth. Only a smaw percentage o the global carbon is muived in this cycle ilk year. The remainin carbon is stored in thir reservoirs. Which reservoir conteens the greatest amoont o stored carbon?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "plant biomass", "the atmosphere", "fossil fuels", "the deep ocean" ] }	D
Mercury_SC_405455	New ingine technology his helpit motors get mair mileage per gallon o petrol. Sin petrol comes fae ile, this technology will affect the warld supply o ile by:	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "increasin the need tae seek for mair ile.", "reducing the time it taks for ile tae be renewed.", "decreasin the amoont o ile that exists unnergrund.", "extendin the time that ile will be available for fowk tae uise." ] }	D
Mercury_7191153	Corn is widely bein uised in the Unitit States tae mak ethanol fer uise in automobile fuel. Hou micht the owerproduction o corn negatively affect the environment?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "decreasing soil fertility", "decreasing ile transportation", "increasing the greenhouse effect", "increasing carbon dioxide emissions" ] }	A
MCAS_8_2015_9	A company is designing a new laptop computer. The computer must not exceed a certain weight. Which of the following is the most likely reason to have a weight restriction for the computer?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tae mak it easier tae test the prototype", "tae reduce the cost o making the computer", "tae mak it easier tae transport the computer", "tae reduce the cost o biggin the prototype" ] }	C
Mercury_7141295	The hert, bluid vessels, kidneys, an bladder wirkin thegither are best descrived as	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a cell.", "a tissue.", "an organism.", "a system." ] }	D
Mercury_7085243	Whit property o a mineral can be determined juist by lookin at it?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lustre", "mass", "wecht", "haurdness" ] }	A
Mercury_7168630	Cells are the basic unit o structure an function in aw livin organisms. Whit describes the greatest difference atween the cells o a baby gorilla an the cells o an adult gorilla?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The adult haes mair cells than the baby.", "The baby haes simpler cells than an adult.", "The baby haes smaller cells than the adult.", "The adult haes different types o cells than the baby." ] }	A
MEA_2010_8_7-v1	Giant redwood trees cheenge energy frae ane form tae anither. Hou is energy cheenged bi the trees?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They cheenge chemical energy intae kinetic energy.", "They cheenge solar energy intae chemical energy.", "They cheenge wind energy intae heat energy.", "They cheenge mechanical energy intae solar energy." ] }	B
Mercury_402349	Accordin tae a pH scale, which pH wad be the strongest acid?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "3", "6", "9", "12" ] }	A
VASoL_2009_3_35	An auld T-shirt can be rippet intae smawer pieces an uised as cloots. An empty milk juck can be uised tae water hooseplants. Baith o these are examples o how	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "savin watter conserves future resources", "uisin auld materials can waste siller", "plants need watter tae be healthy", "everyday materials can be reuised" ] }	D
VASoL_2008_3_17	A chunk o ice pit in sunlicht melt fast. Whit BEST explains this event?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The Sun is far awa.", "The Sun maks heat.", "The ice chunk is a solid.", "The ice chunk looks clear." ] }	B
Mercury_7238980	A "widow's peak" hairline in humans is coded by the dominant allele W. A straight hairline is coded by the recessive allele w. A man wi a homozygous dominant WW produces a zygote wi a wumman wi a heterozygous dominant Ww for the trait. Whit allele combinations could occur in the zygote?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "WW or ww", "WW or Ww", "WW only", "Ww only" ] }	B
Mercury_414133	Whit ane o thir is niver foond in prokaryotic cells?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cell membrane", "ribosome", "cell waa", "nucleus" ] }	D
NCEOGA2013_8_50	Whit dae yirdquauks tell scientists aboot the history o the planet?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird’s climate is constantly chyngin.", "The continents o Yird are continually movin.", "Dinosaurs became extinct aboot 65 million year ago.", "The oceans are much deeper the day than millions year ago." ] }	B
TIMSS_1995_8_I17	The source o energy for the Yird's water cycle is the	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "wind", "Sun's radiation", "Yird's radiation", "Sun's gravity" ] }	B
MDSA_2009_4_30	Starns are oarganized intae patterns cried constellations. Ane constellation is named Leo. Whit statement explains best why Leo appears in different bits o' the sky throughoot the year?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird revolves aroond the sun.", "The sun revolves aroond Yird.", "The constellations revolve aroond Yird.", "Yird revolves aroond the constellations." ] }	A
Mercury_SC_402625	When a spegel is set by a fish bowl wi a beta fish swimin inside, the beta fish sees whit seems tae be anither fish. This happens acause o	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "absorption.", "refraction.", "reflection.", "diffraction." ] }	C
Mercury_7068530	Whit geologic process maist likely led tae the uplifting o the Rocky Muntains?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "glaciation", "floodin", "faultin", "erosion" ] }	C
AKDE&ED_2012_4_17	Efter obserin several dugs rinnin, students speir the follaein question: Dae dugs wi lang hair rin faster than dugs wi short hair? Hou can the students best answer their question?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "record the wechts an heichts o mony dugs", "measure the speeds an hair lengths o mony dugs", "research tae find the type o dug wi the langest hair", "race ane lang-haired dug against ane short-haired dug" ] }	B
Mercury_7044048	Whit feactor can increase the amoont o sulphur dioxide in the air?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "appyin ower muckle ferteenser tae agricultural fields", "operation o coal-fired electric generatin plants", "a het simmer day", "ower muckle rain" ] }	B
MCAS_2004_8_36	A flowin stream contains watter at 18°C. Cans o saft drinks at 28°C are lowert intae the stream. Whilk o the follaein will maist likely occur?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The saft drink cans will absorb cauld energy fae the stream's watter.", "The cans will cool until thair temperatur is the same as the stream's.", "The temperatur o the saft drinks will nae chynge sin the cans are steyed.", "The temperatur o the cans will deecrease tae freezin as lang as the stream is flowin." ] }	B
NCEOGA_2013_8_55	In a fuid pyramid, whit best explains why the nummer o organisms decreases frae ane trophic level tae the next?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Consumers at the lawer level require mair energy than the tap-level consumers.", "Consumers at the tap level require mair energy than the lawer-level consumers.", "The consumers are feedin on larger organisms that hae less energy.", "The consumers are feedin on smaller organisms that hae less energy." ] }	B
Mercury_7228375	Stuidents studyin membranes conductit an experiment uisin labeled paper cups filled wi various concentrations o red fuid colorin. Efter the experiment, the cups war empty and stainit. Whit should be done wi uised cups?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "reuse the cups", "dispose o the cups", "recycle the cups", "relabel the cups" ] }	C
MCAS_1998_8_8	Monie common haund tools mak a mechanical advantage bi uisin the basic principles fund in simple machines. For example, a screwdriver uises the principles o the wheel an axle. In order tae increase gripping force, pliers uise the principle demonstrated in the	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "pulley.", "lever.", "wedge.", "screw." ] }	B
Mercury_7182140	Cellular respiration results in the production o adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules for energy. The maist efficient form o cellular respiration wad result in the production o ATP alang wi which substances?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "oxygen an energy", "glucose an glycogen", "lactic acid an alcohol", "carbon dioxide an watter" ] }	D
Mercury_LBS10002	The follaein mathematical expressions represent fower different concentrations o a chemical solution tae be uised in a science experiment. Whilk ane is equal in magnitude tae 1/1000?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "1.0 x 10^3", "1.0 x 10^4", "1.0 x 10^-3", "1.0 x 10^-4" ] }	C
MSA_2015_8_37	Data in tables mey forby be presentit in graffs. Whit kin o data wad best be shawed on a circle graff?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the distance o the planets fae the sun", "the depths o the major oceans on Yirth", "the amoont o rainfa ilk day for a month", "the percent o various materials in solid waste" ] }	D
Mercury_7200848	A plant that grows reid flooers wis crossed wi the same kind o plant that grows white flooers. Their affspring grew pink flooers. Whit best explains why the affspring grew pink flooers?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The affspring experienced a genetic mutation.", "The affspring resulted frae asexual reproduction.", "The genes for flooer color exhibited incomplete dominance.", "A gene for pink-colored flooers wis recessive in ane o the parents." ] }	C
Mercury_SC_405927	Why are alternative fuels being usit in some automobiles?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Alternative fuels are at ilka gas station.", "Petrol comes fae a limitit resource.", "Alternative fuels cause pollution.", "Petrol ingines are ower dear tae mak." ] }	B
MDSA_2010_5_35	Mony states require vehicles tae be examined an tae meet safety an pollution standards. Whit impact micht vehicle inspections hae on the environment?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The environment willnae be polluted.", "The environment will become mair polluted.", "Fewer pollutants will be released by vehicles.", "Fewer pollutants will be produced by aulder vehicles." ] }	C
Mercury_SC_401589	Whit mixtur conteens ingriedients that can be eezily separatit?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "breid", "freet salad", "sheughs watter", "soda watter" ] }	B
Mercury_7069458	Which o these will reduce the gravitational force atween twa objects the maist?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "haudin the distance atween them", "doublin the distance atween them", "haudin the distance atween them and doublin their mass", "doublin the distance atween them and haudin their mass" ] }	D
Mercury_7230300	The Late Heavy Bombardment wis a period o extensive comet impact on Yird about 3.8 billion year ago. Scientists believe this period providit much o the maitter noo foond in whilk pairt o the Yird's seestem?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "core", "mantle", "atmosphere", "hydrosphere" ] }	D
Mercury_7239575	A spescies bides in a region that changes ower time frae temp'rate tae tropical. The survivin o the spescies will be maist like if the spescies can dae which o the follaein?	{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "reduce the energy requirements", "adapt tae exploit chynged resources", "interbreed wi similar tropical organisms", "emigrat afore the chynge is complete" ] }	B

Mercury_SC_415702

George wants tae warm his hauns quickly by rubbing them. Whit skin surface will produce the maist heat?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "dry paws", "wet paws", "paws covered wi oil", "paws covered wi lotion" ] }

A

MCAS_2009_5_6516

Whit yin o the follaein statements best explains why magnets usually stey tae a fridge door?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The fridge door is smaa.", "The fridge door conteens iron.", "The fridge door is a guid conductor.", "The fridge door haes electric wires in it." ] }

B

Mercury_7233695

A fauld observed in layers o sedimentary rock maist likely resultit fae the

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cuilin o fleein magma.", "convergin o crustal plates.", "deposition o river sediments.", "solution o carbonate minerals." ] }

B

Mercury_7041615

Whit ane o thir dae scientists offer as the maist recent explanation as tae why mony plants an animals dee'd oot at the end o the Mesozoic era?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "warldwide disease", "global moontain biggin", "rise o mammals that preyed upon plants an animals", "impact o an asteroid creatit stour that blocked the sunlicht" ] }

D

Mercury_7041860

A boat is acted on by a river current flowin north an by wind blawin on its sails. The boat travels northeast. In which direction is the wind maist likely applyin force tae the sails o the boat?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "wast", "east", "north", "sooth" ] }

B

Mercury_SC_401653

Whit land furm is the result o the constructive force o a glacier?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "vallays carved by a movin glacier", "piles o rocks depositit by a meltin glacier", "grooves creatit in a granite surface by a glacier", "bedrock hills roughened by the passin o a glacier" ] }

B

ACTAAP_2013_5_11

As pairt o an experiment, an astronaut taks a scale tae the Muin an wechts hissel. The scale reads 31 pun. If the astronaut haes a mass o aboot 84 kilograms, whit are the approximate wecht an mass o the astronaut whan staundin on the Yird?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "31 pun an 14 kilograms", "31 pun an 84 kilograms", "186 pun an 14 kilograms", "186 pun an 84 kilograms" ] }

D

MCAS_1998_4_3

Whit o the follaein is a trait that a dug doesna inherit fae its parents?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the lenth o its fur", "the shape o its snoot", "the size o its appeteet", "the colour o its fur" ] }

C

Mercury_7106908

Hatchlin sea turtles are typically dark in color. Occasionally, a sea turtle hatches that is almost white in color. When crawlin frae the nest on the beach tae the ocean, this licht-colored sea turtle could be at risk for sunburn. The licht color of the turtles would maist likely

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "help the turtles hae better chances at reproducing.", "cause the shell o the sea turtles tae become stronger.", "reduce the chances o turtles survivin tae reproduce.", "help in the development o a new species o sea turtles." ] }

C

Mercury_401402

Fotosynthesis is a process involvein carbon dioxide, watter, glucose, oxygen, an sunlight. Whilk is the correct chemical equaition for fotosynthesis?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "O_{2} + H_{2}O + energy -> C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} + CO_{2}", "CO_{2} + H_{2}O -> C_{6}H_{6}O_{3} + O_{2} + energy", "6O_{2} + 6H_{2}O -> C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} + 6CO_{2} + energy", "6CO_{2} + 6H_{2}O + energy -> C_{6}H_{12}O_{6} + 6O_{2}" ] }

D

MCAS_2005_8_4

Whit o the follaein is an example o a physical chyng?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lichtin a match", "brakin a gless", "burnin o petrol", "rustin o airn" ] }

B

MCAS_2007_8_5180

Whit o the follaein areas is maist likely tae form metamorphic rocks sic as gneiss and schist?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a sea fluir", "a windblawn desert", "a site deep unnergrund", "a site covered by a glacier" ] }

C

TIMSS_1995_8_K12

The male insects in a population are treated tae prevent sperm production. Wad this reduce this insect population?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Na, because the insects wad still mate.", "Na, because it wad nae change the offspring mutation rate.", "Aye, because it wad sharply decrease the reproduction rate.", "Aye, because the males wad die." ] }

C

MDSA_2008_5_30

On Erth, watter can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Whit energy soorce hes the greatest influence on the state o matter o watter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the sun", "the wind", "ocean currents", "the metal core" ] }

A

MSA_2013_5_44

A ship breuks doon an leaks a muckle amoont o ile near a coastal area. Whit statement describes hou the ile maist likely will affect the coastal habitat?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Fish reproduction rates will increase.", "Watter birds will be unable tae uise thair wings.", "Watter plants will be exposed tae mair sunlicht.", "Coastal plants will hae access tae mair nutrients." ] }

B

NYSEDREGENTS_2004_8_31

A chemical property o a mineral is evident if the mineral

{ "label": [ "1", "2", "3", "4" ], "text": [ "breks easy whan struck wi a hammer", "bubbles whan acid is placed on it", "is easy scrat by a fingernail", "reflects light frae its surface" ] }

2

ACTAAP_2012_7_5

Ae nicht as it's gettin dark, Alex sits on the front porch an watches the sun slowly disappear ahint the neebor's hoose across the street. Whit explains this observation?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The sun's licht is reflected by the clouds.", "The sun's licht is refracted by the atmosphere.", "The sun moves fae west tae east each day.", "The sun appears tae move due tae Earth's rotation." ] }

D

Mercury_7064208

A toothpaste advert states that a brand o toothpaste haes a higher concentration o fluoride than ony ither toothpaste available. The advert is maist likely inferin that the advertised toothpaste

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "haes a pleasant flavour.", "is recommended by dentists.", "promotes guid dental hygiene.", "is the maist expensive brand sold." ] }

C

ACTAAP_2008_5_7

Whit dae cells braik doun tae produce energy?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "fuid", "watter", "chlorophyll", "carbon dioxide" ] }

A

MCAS_2007_8_5171

Laura adds 50 mL o bilin watter tae 100 mL o ice watter. If the 150 mL o watter is then pit intae a freezer, at whit temperature will the watter freeze?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "0°C", "15°C", "37°C", "50°C" ] }

A

Mercury_7239523

A signal frae the brain tae a muscle in the airm is transmit by whit structurs?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "sensory neurons", "interneurons", "motor neurons", "mechanoreceptor neurons" ] }

C

Mercury_7057733

The composition o soil influences the soil's ability tae haud an transmit watter an air. Whit soil type wad be best for plantin a productive gairden?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Sandy soils because they provide high silica content.", "Loamy soils because they contein sand an clay.", "Slichtly rocky soils because they provide needed minerals.", "Clay soils because they are heavy soils an haud watter." ] }

B

MEA_2011_8_8

Hou mony times dis Yird rotate on its axis in ae day?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ance", "twice", "24 times", "365 times" ] }

A

Mercury_7205818

Starns are aften classified by their apparent brichtness in the nichttime sky. Starns can forby be classified in mony ither ways. Which o thir is least uisefu in classifying starns?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "visible colour", "composietion", "surface texture", "temperature" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_408784

Michael learned that the muivement o Earth in the solar seestem causes chynge that can be seen on the planet. Which chynge coud be seen on Earth in the time it taks Earth tae rotate ance on its axis?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "day becamin nicht", "winter chyngin tae spring", "January chyngin tae Februar", "a new muin becamin a full muin" ] }

A

VASoL_2007_5_39

Whilk o the follaein is an observation aboot gresshoppers that a science cless cuid hae made on thair nature waak?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The gresshoppers wull bide langest in a container fou o plants.", "The gresshoppers are green wi lang hin legs an antennae.", "The gresshoppers wull likely eat mair gress than tree leaves.", "The gresshoppers aw hatched frae eggs laid the year afore." ] }

B

Mercury_7227938

Whit characteristic o DNA results in cell differentiation in developing embryos?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "whit genes are present", "hoo mony copies o each gene are present", "whit genes are active", "whit protein is produced by a gene" ] }

C

MCAS_2009_5_6522

Hae, licht, an soond are aw different forms o' ___.

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "fuel", "energy", "maitter", "electricity" ] }

B

Mercury_412642

Whit o the follaein is a property shared by the elements in the carbon faimily?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "an atomic nummer o 6", "an atomic mass o 12", "the same electron configuration", "the nummer o valence electrons" ] }

D

Mercury_7041633

Whilk o thir human activities disnae contreebute tae the extinction o species?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "huntin", "habitat destruction", "restoration ecology", "introduced nonnative species" ] }

C

Mercury_7154648

Lactose intolerance is a condeetion o the digestive seestem in which an individual cannae digest lactose, the sugar foond in milk. An individual affectit wi lactose intolerance disnae produce eneuch o the enzyme lactase, which is needit tae brek doon lactose. If mair adults than bairns are diagnosed wi lactose intolerance, whit does this maist likely suggest?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The production o lactase decreases ower time.", "The digestion o food breks doon lactase.", "Lactose intolerance is an allergic reaction.", "Lactose intolerance is contagious." ] }

A

AKDE&ED_2008_4_21

Fower materials are pit intae wee containers. Thae materials are then muived frae the wee containers intae lairger containers. Whit material will spreid oot tae completely fill a lairger container?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "air", "ice", "sand", "watter" ] }

A

Mercury_7108973

Whit celestial object leetit ablow haes the greatest density?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a planet", "a comet", "a nebula", "a neutron starn" ] }

D

Mercury_7143185

Rain forests conteens mair species o trees than ony ither biome. Houaniver, scientists hae foond that the soil o the forest flair is relatively nutrient puir. Whit coud maist likely accoont for this?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The lack o weatherin reduces the availability o the minerals.", "The nutrients are bein uizit by the plant life.", "The forest flair disnae git eneuch sunlicht.", "The animals eat the nutrients." ] }

B

Mercury_7024483

Whit ane o these isnae an inherited trait in humans?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heid", "hair colour", "skin colour", "intelligence" ] }

D

Mercury_407675

Puddocks on a pavement are evaporatin' quickly. Whit maist likely causes the puddocks tae evaporate?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heat", "clouds", "air", "watter" ] }

A

Mercury_7213273

An ingineer measured the time it taks soond tae traivel through samples o different materials. Aw o the samples were identical in shape an size. The measurements were made uisin ultrasonic waves wi a frequency o 5 megahertz. Whit question wis the ingineer maist likely tryin tae answer?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "In whit material dis soond traivel fastest?", "In whit material dis soond traivel farthest?", "Dis frequency affect the distance soond travels?", "Dis the shape o the medium affect the speed o soond?" ] }

A

Mercury_LBS10252

Aw o the follaein contain metrik units o measurement except

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "g, kg, cg", "dL, L, mL", "ft, yd, mi", "N, J, W" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_413243

Hou is a moth's life cycle maist different frae an insect that gangs through incomplete metamorphosis?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "It maks a cocoon.", "It becomes an adult.", "It lays eggs.", "It eats leaves." ] }

A

Mercury_417140

Whar is the biological magnification o pollutants maist likely tae be the greatest?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "in an estuary", "in an open ocean", "at an intertidal zone", "at a hydrothermal vent" ] }

A

Mercury_7082635

The gravitational force exerted by an object depends on its

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "volume.", "wecht.", "mass.", "size." ] }

C

Mercury_7159863

Trees maist likely chynges the environment whaur they are located by

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "releasin' nitrogen in the sile.", "crowdin' oot non-native species.", "addin' carbon dioxide tae the atmosphere.", "removin' watter fae the sile and returnin' it tae the atmosphere." ] }

D

NYSEDREGENTS_2009_4_9

Hou lang dis it tak for the Yird tae rotate on its axis seeven times?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "ane day", "ane week", "ane month", "ane year" ] }

B

ACTAAP_2009_7_4

Whit planet haes the langest planetary year?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird", "Venus", "Jupiter", "Neptune" ] }

D

MCAS_1999_8_34

Gin a new muin occurred on June 2, whan will the neist new muin occur?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "June 30", "June 28", "June 23", "June 15" ] }

A

Mercury_7283413

In livin things, smawer substances are linked tae mak up lairger substances. Whilk o the follaein correctly descrives a lairger substance made by linking smawer substances?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Nucleotides are linked tae mak up DNA.", "Amino acids are linked tae mak up DNA.", "Proteins are linked tae mak up nucleotides.", "Nucleic acids are linked tae mak up proteins." ] }

A

Mercury_7001243

Scienteests wha disna agre wi the ootcome o an experiment soud

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "chynge the experiment.", "haud thair opinions tae themsels.", "find oot whit ither scienteests think aboot the results.", "repeat the experiment several times an compare results." ] }

D

Mercury_SC_415697

Rubbishin sanpapper on a piece o wuid produces whit twa types o energy?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "heat an licht", "soond an heat", "licht an electricitie", "electricitie an soond" ] }

B

Mercury_SC_401354

A student accidentally draps a test tube that braks whan it hits the flair. Whit method is the best way tae retrieve the broken gless?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "pick up the pieces wi a paper towel", "use a chemical spill kit", "use a dustpan an broom", "pick up the pieces bi haun" ] }

C

Mercury_SC_409675

A scientist pitten several different plants in a sealed container. Every oor, she checked the oxygen in the container tae see if it changed. Hou did the oxygen in the container maist likely change?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The amoont o oxygen increast.", "The amoont o oxygen decreased.", "The oxygen wis transformt intae watter.", "The oxygen wis transformt intae carbon dioxide." ] }

A

Mercury_7223353

Based on their locations in the periodic table, which element has chemical properties most similar to those of calcium, Ca?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "beryllium, Be", "potassium, K", "titanium, Ti", "yttrium, Y" ] }

A

Mercury_SC_401306

Whit conclusion is best supportit by a tree-growth ring that is much narrower than the ither growth rings?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Crops grew weel that year.", "Ane year wis unco dry.", "The tree wis plantit lang syne.", "The area uised tae hae mair trees." ] }

B

AIMS_2008_4_2

Whit statement is an observation?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The plant haes flooers.", "The plant is gey bonnie.", "The plant will grow berries.", "The plant micht be poisonous." ] }

A

ACTAAP_2008_7_15

Whit wid a scientist uise in tryin tae model the cause o planetary years?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "planetar mass", "planetar colour", "a planet's core temperature", "a planet's distance fae the Sun" ] }

D

TAKS_2009_8_9

Whilk o thir wad maist likely impruive the air quaity in muckle Texas ceeties?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Limitin the nummer o cars on the raaeds", "Swappin tae wid stoves for hame heatin", "Requirin muckle vehicles tae uise diesel fuel", "Maintainin filters in muckle biggins" ] }

A

Mercury_SC_401220

Whit term best descrives the life cycle o an insect that reaches the adult stage withoot bein a pupa?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "incomplete metamorphosis", "complete metamorphosis", "alternation o generations", "spontaneous mutation" ] }

A

Mercury_7228165

In whit taxonomic group are organisms foond that share the characteristic o storing hereditary material in a single loop o DNA?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "bacterium", "fungi", "plant life", "animals" ] }

A

Mercury_7187775

Franklin wants tae ken hou fast he rins different distances. He uises a stopwatch tae measure the time it taks him tae complete a 50-meter, 100-meter, an 200-meter race. Hou can he calculate his speed fer each race?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Add the distances an the times.", "Divide the distances by the times.", "Multiply the distances by the times.", "Subtract the distances frae the times." ] }

B

TIMSS_2011_4_pg92

Some ainimals are verra rare. For example, there are verra few Siberian tigers. Gin the only Siberian tigers left are female, whit will maist likely happen?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The females will find anither type of male ainimal tae mate wi an produce mair Siberian tigers.", "The females will mate wi each ither an produce mair Siberian tigers.", "The females will only be able tae produce female Siberian tigers.", "The females will no be able tae produce mair Siberian tigers, an they will dee oot." ] }

D

VASoL_2007_3_13

Which o thir is an example o liquid watter?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Frost", "Ice", "Rain", "Steam" ] }

C

Mercury_7212345

Acid rain haes a pH ablow 5.6. This rain can damage soil, lochs, craps, an biggins. Acid rain is caused by aw o the follaein except

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "industrial emissions frae factries.", "coal that is brunt tae produce heat an pooer.", "automobile exhaust.", "nuclear pooer plants that produce radiation." ] }

D

MCAS_2008_5_5616

Durin maist o the year, the air ower Boston, Massachusetts, conteens a heich amoont o moisture. Whit o the follaein best explains why there's a heich amoont o moisture in the air?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Boston is close tae an ocean.", "Boston is at a laich elevation.", "Boston is near mony mountains.", "Boston is faur north o the equator." ] }

A

AKDE&ED_2012_8_37

An astronomer is studyin twa starns that are the same distance frae the Yird. Starn X appears brichter than Starn Y. Whit statement best explains this observation?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Starn X is lairger than Starn Y.", "Starn Y is lairger than Starn X.", "Starn X reflects the Sun’s licht better than Starn Y.", "Starn Y reflects the Sun’s licht better than Starn X." ] }

A

Mercury_417153

Whit adaptation is necessary in intertidal ecosystems but no in reef ecosystems?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the ability tae bide in saut watter", "the ability tae uise oxygen in respiration", "the ability tae cope wi daily dry periods", "the ability tae blend intae the sooroundins" ] }

C

MCAS_2002_8_13

Why dae areas in the middle o a muckle continent generally hae mair extreme differences in temperature than areas near the coastline?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "There are generally mair cloods near the oceans.", "Landlocked areas are usually at a lawer altitude than coastline areas.", "Coastlines are usually surrounded by mountains that block air masses.", "Oceans change temperature slowly an regulate the temperature o nearby land." ] }

D

Mercury_7084298

Twa elements in the same group on the Periotic Table o the Elements are maist similar in their

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "atomic mass.", "number o protons.", "atomic size.", "chemical reactivity." ] }

D

Mercury_7233905

In the carbon cycle, carbon muives fae reservoir tae reservoir as various organic and inorganic processes occur on Yirth. Only a smaw percentage o the global carbon is muived in this cycle ilk year. The remainin carbon is stored in thir reservoirs. Which reservoir conteens the greatest amoont o stored carbon?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "plant biomass", "the atmosphere", "fossil fuels", "the deep ocean" ] }

D

Mercury_SC_405455

New ingine technology his helpit motors get mair mileage per gallon o petrol. Sin petrol comes fae ile, this technology will affect the warld supply o ile by:

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "increasin the need tae seek for mair ile.", "reducing the time it taks for ile tae be renewed.", "decreasin the amoont o ile that exists unnergrund.", "extendin the time that ile will be available for fowk tae uise." ] }

D

Mercury_7191153

Corn is widely bein uised in the Unitit States tae mak ethanol fer uise in automobile fuel. Hou micht the owerproduction o corn negatively affect the environment?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "decreasing soil fertility", "decreasing ile transportation", "increasing the greenhouse effect", "increasing carbon dioxide emissions" ] }

A

MCAS_8_2015_9

A company is designing a new laptop computer. The computer must not exceed a certain weight. Which of the following is the most likely reason to have a weight restriction for the computer?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "tae mak it easier tae test the prototype", "tae reduce the cost o making the computer", "tae mak it easier tae transport the computer", "tae reduce the cost o biggin the prototype" ] }

C

Mercury_7141295

The hert, bluid vessels, kidneys, an bladder wirkin thegither are best descrived as

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "a cell.", "a tissue.", "an organism.", "a system." ] }

D

Mercury_7085243

Whit property o a mineral can be determined juist by lookin at it?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "lustre", "mass", "wecht", "haurdness" ] }

A

Mercury_7168630

Cells are the basic unit o structure an function in aw livin organisms. Whit describes the greatest difference atween the cells o a baby gorilla an the cells o an adult gorilla?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The adult haes mair cells than the baby.", "The baby haes simpler cells than an adult.", "The baby haes smaller cells than the adult.", "The adult haes different types o cells than the baby." ] }

A

MEA_2010_8_7-v1

Giant redwood trees cheenge energy frae ane form tae anither. Hou is energy cheenged bi the trees?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "They cheenge chemical energy intae kinetic energy.", "They cheenge solar energy intae chemical energy.", "They cheenge wind energy intae heat energy.", "They cheenge mechanical energy intae solar energy." ] }

B

Mercury_402349

Accordin tae a pH scale, which pH wad be the strongest acid?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "3", "6", "9", "12" ] }

A

VASoL_2009_3_35

An auld T-shirt can be rippet intae smawer pieces an uised as cloots. An empty milk juck can be uised tae water hooseplants. Baith o these are examples o how

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "savin watter conserves future resources", "uisin auld materials can waste siller", "plants need watter tae be healthy", "everyday materials can be reuised" ] }

D

VASoL_2008_3_17

A chunk o ice pit in sunlicht melt fast. Whit BEST explains this event?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The Sun is far awa.", "The Sun maks heat.", "The ice chunk is a solid.", "The ice chunk looks clear." ] }

B

Mercury_7238980

A "widow's peak" hairline in humans is coded by the dominant allele W. A straight hairline is coded by the recessive allele w. A man wi a homozygous dominant WW produces a zygote wi a wumman wi a heterozygous dominant Ww for the trait. Whit allele combinations could occur in the zygote?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "WW or ww", "WW or Ww", "WW only", "Ww only" ] }

B

Mercury_414133

Whit ane o thir is niver foond in prokaryotic cells?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "cell membrane", "ribosome", "cell waa", "nucleus" ] }

D

NCEOGA2013_8_50

Whit dae yirdquauks tell scientists aboot the history o the planet?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird’s climate is constantly chyngin.", "The continents o Yird are continually movin.", "Dinosaurs became extinct aboot 65 million year ago.", "The oceans are much deeper the day than millions year ago." ] }

B

TIMSS_1995_8_I17

The source o energy for the Yird's water cycle is the

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "wind", "Sun's radiation", "Yird's radiation", "Sun's gravity" ] }

B

MDSA_2009_4_30

Starns are oarganized intae patterns cried constellations. Ane constellation is named Leo. Whit statement explains best why Leo appears in different bits o' the sky throughoot the year?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Yird revolves aroond the sun.", "The sun revolves aroond Yird.", "The constellations revolve aroond Yird.", "Yird revolves aroond the constellations." ] }

A

Mercury_SC_402625

When a spegel is set by a fish bowl wi a beta fish swimin inside, the beta fish sees whit seems tae be anither fish. This happens acause o

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "absorption.", "refraction.", "reflection.", "diffraction." ] }

C

Mercury_7068530

Whit geologic process maist likely led tae the uplifting o the Rocky Muntains?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "glaciation", "floodin", "faultin", "erosion" ] }

C

AKDE&ED_2012_4_17

Efter obserin several dugs rinnin, students speir the follaein question: Dae dugs wi lang hair rin faster than dugs wi short hair? Hou can the students best answer their question?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "record the wechts an heichts o mony dugs", "measure the speeds an hair lengths o mony dugs", "research tae find the type o dug wi the langest hair", "race ane lang-haired dug against ane short-haired dug" ] }

B

Mercury_7044048

Whit feactor can increase the amoont o sulphur dioxide in the air?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "appyin ower muckle ferteenser tae agricultural fields", "operation o coal-fired electric generatin plants", "a het simmer day", "ower muckle rain" ] }

B

MCAS_2004_8_36

A flowin stream contains watter at 18°C. Cans o saft drinks at 28°C are lowert intae the stream. Whilk o the follaein will maist likely occur?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The saft drink cans will absorb cauld energy fae the stream's watter.", "The cans will cool until thair temperatur is the same as the stream's.", "The temperatur o the saft drinks will nae chynge sin the cans are steyed.", "The temperatur o the cans will deecrease tae freezin as lang as the stream is flowin." ] }

B

NCEOGA_2013_8_55

In a fuid pyramid, whit best explains why the nummer o organisms decreases frae ane trophic level tae the next?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Consumers at the lawer level require mair energy than the tap-level consumers.", "Consumers at the tap level require mair energy than the lawer-level consumers.", "The consumers are feedin on larger organisms that hae less energy.", "The consumers are feedin on smaller organisms that hae less energy." ] }

B

Mercury_7228375

Stuidents studyin membranes conductit an experiment uisin labeled paper cups filled wi various concentrations o red fuid colorin. Efter the experiment, the cups war empty and stainit. Whit should be done wi uised cups?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "reuse the cups", "dispose o the cups", "recycle the cups", "relabel the cups" ] }

C

MCAS_1998_8_8

Monie common haund tools mak a mechanical advantage bi uisin the basic principles fund in simple machines. For example, a screwdriver uises the principles o the wheel an axle. In order tae increase gripping force, pliers uise the principle demonstrated in the

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "pulley.", "lever.", "wedge.", "screw." ] }

B

Mercury_7182140

Cellular respiration results in the production o adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecules for energy. The maist efficient form o cellular respiration wad result in the production o ATP alang wi which substances?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "oxygen an energy", "glucose an glycogen", "lactic acid an alcohol", "carbon dioxide an watter" ] }

D

Mercury_LBS10002

The follaein mathematical expressions represent fower different concentrations o a chemical solution tae be uised in a science experiment. Whilk ane is equal in magnitude tae 1/1000?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "1.0 x 10^3", "1.0 x 10^4", "1.0 x 10^-3", "1.0 x 10^-4" ] }

C

MSA_2015_8_37

Data in tables mey forby be presentit in graffs. Whit kin o data wad best be shawed on a circle graff?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "the distance o the planets fae the sun", "the depths o the major oceans on Yirth", "the amoont o rainfa ilk day for a month", "the percent o various materials in solid waste" ] }

D

Mercury_7200848

A plant that grows reid flooers wis crossed wi the same kind o plant that grows white flooers. Their affspring grew pink flooers. Whit best explains why the affspring grew pink flooers?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The affspring experienced a genetic mutation.", "The affspring resulted frae asexual reproduction.", "The genes for flooer color exhibited incomplete dominance.", "A gene for pink-colored flooers wis recessive in ane o the parents." ] }

C

Mercury_SC_405927

Why are alternative fuels being usit in some automobiles?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "Alternative fuels are at ilka gas station.", "Petrol comes fae a limitit resource.", "Alternative fuels cause pollution.", "Petrol ingines are ower dear tae mak." ] }

B

MDSA_2010_5_35

Mony states require vehicles tae be examined an tae meet safety an pollution standards. Whit impact micht vehicle inspections hae on the environment?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "The environment willnae be polluted.", "The environment will become mair polluted.", "Fewer pollutants will be released by vehicles.", "Fewer pollutants will be produced by aulder vehicles." ] }

C

Mercury_SC_401589

Whit mixtur conteens ingriedients that can be eezily separatit?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "breid", "freet salad", "sheughs watter", "soda watter" ] }

B

Mercury_7069458

Which o these will reduce the gravitational force atween twa objects the maist?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "haudin the distance atween them", "doublin the distance atween them", "haudin the distance atween them and doublin their mass", "doublin the distance atween them and haudin their mass" ] }

D

Mercury_7230300

The Late Heavy Bombardment wis a period o extensive comet impact on Yird about 3.8 billion year ago. Scientists believe this period providit much o the maitter noo foond in whilk pairt o the Yird's seestem?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "core", "mantle", "atmosphere", "hydrosphere" ] }

D

Mercury_7239575

A spescies bides in a region that changes ower time frae temp'rate tae tropical. The survivin o the spescies will be maist like if the spescies can dae which o the follaein?

{ "label": [ "A", "B", "C", "D" ], "text": [ "reduce the energy requirements", "adapt tae exploit chynged resources", "interbreed wi similar tropical organisms", "emigrat afore the chynge is complete" ] }

B