allenai/quartz huggingface dataset:
Background: When particles of matter are closer together, they can more quickly pass the energy of vibrations to nearby particles.

Question: If Jim moves some particles of matter farther apart, what will happen to the rate at which they can pass vibrations on to nearby particles?
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: A
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases leads to greater greenhouse effect.

Question: Long ago the surface of Venus warmed enough that greenhouse gases escaped from the atmosphere. As a result, the greenhouse effect on that planet
Choices:
increased
decreased
Answer: B
Background: As more water covered the land, sand and silt were washed in and covered the dead vegetation, enabling more and more plants to grow.

Question: If less waters falls on an area of land it will cause _____ plants to grow in that area?
Choices:
more
less
Answer: B
Background: The increase in turgor pressure of the guard cells results in the opening up of the stomata which results in increased transpiration.

Question: Rich applies a solution to the dish that increases the turgor pressure of the guard cells he is studying. The stomata
Choices:
close
open
Answer: B
Background: Therefore, deeper rock layers must be older than layers closer to the surface.

Question: Simon was digging in his yard and found that the rocks that were deeper in the ground, compared to the surface rocks, were likely
Choices:
older
younger
Answer: A
Background: As wavelength increases, frequency decreases.

Question: If Jim is tuning his shortwave radio and he increases the wavelength, what happens to the frequency?
Choices:
decreases
increases
Answer: A
Background: The more gradual the slope of the inclined plane, the less input force is needed and the greater the mechanical advantage.

Question: Dean is trying to slide a rock down a hill using less input force. The slope of the hill that will be ideal for Dean is one that has a slope that is
Choices:
sudden
gradual
Answer: B
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases leads to greater greenhouse effect.

Question: Reid is modelling the greenhouse effect in a simulation. If he decreases greenhouse gas levels, the greenhouse gas effect will
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: A
Background: A sunscreen with a higher SPF protects the skin longer.

Question: John was looking at sunscreen at the retail store. He noticed that sunscreens that had lower SPF would offer protection that is
Choices:
Longer
Shorter
Answer: B
Background: When valence electrons are farther from the nucleus, they are attracted less strongly by the nucleus and more easily removed from the atom.

Question: Ronald is an electron 20nm from his nucleus. Winnie is an electron 25nm from the nucleus. Who is less attracted to the nucleus?
Choices:
Ronald
Winnie
Answer: B
Background: The longer the amount of time since species diverged, the more differences there will be in their DNA or proteins.

Question: Dogs, compared to camels, will have differences in their DNA that is
Choices:
less
more
Answer: B
Background: More greenhouse gases trap more heat and warm the atmosphere.

Question: The planet gets cooler when there are more or less greenhouse gases?
Choices:
less
more
Answer: A
Background: Friction causes the molecules on rubbing surfaces to move faster, so they have more heat energy.

Question: Clare stopped rubbing two sticks together. The sticks became
Choices:
hot
cold
Answer: B
Background: When particles of matter are closer together, they can more quickly pass the energy of vibrations to nearby particles.

Question: If particles drift apart, they will pass energy to each other
Choices:
quicker
slower
Answer: B
Background: When particles of matter are closer together, they can more quickly pass the energy of vibrations to nearby particles.

Question: Two batteries are sitting on a table, one has energy being passed quickly around, the other has energy passed slowly around. The battery with energy being passed quickly has particles of matter that are
Choices:
further apart
closer together
Answer: B
Background: Therefore, deeper rock layers must be older than layers closer to the surface.

Question: Will drilled 1000 feet to find a rock. Harry picked a rock up off of the ground. Whose rock is likely older?
Choices:
Will
Harry
Answer: A
Background: A camera shutter stays open longer in dim light to let more light in.

Question: In order to take a photo of the flashlight right in front of us we would need our camera's shutter to be open
Choices:
a very short time
a very long time
Answer: A
Background: Therefore, deeper rock layers must be older than layers closer to the surface.

Question: Simon was digging in his yard and found that the rocks that were shallower in the ground, compared to the surface rocks, were likely
Choices:
older
younger
Answer: B
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases will increase the changes that are already being seen including in ocean acidity.

Question: What will happen to the acidity of the ocean if production of greenhouse gas is reduced?
Choices:
it will increase
it will decrease
Answer: B
Background: As wavelength increases, frequency decreases.

Question: If there are any waves in the ocean that are very short there will be _____ of them
Choices:
more
less
Answer: A
Background: The longer the amount of time since species diverged, the more differences there will be in their DNA or proteins.

Question: Species that diverged more recently than two other species diverged will have _____ differences in their DNA.
Choices:
more
less
Answer: B
Background: At a lower temperature, particles of the medium are moving more slowly, so it takes them longer to transfer the energy of the sound waves.

Question: As an object speeds up, it will become _____.
Choices:
warmer
cooler
Answer: A
Background: The gravitational force increases with mass and decreases with the distance between the bodies.

Question: As Wren hugged her boyfriend, the gravitational pull was _____.
Choices:
decreased
increased
Answer: B
Background: If we take a certain amount of gas from one container and place it into another, larger container, the gas expandsto fill the larger container. The same mass of gas is now in a larger volume, the gas now has a lower density.

Question: Jason fills up a balloon with helium. After a while, he decides to fill a smaller balloon with the helium with the balloon. The gas in the smaller balloon will have a density that is
Choices:
higher
smaller.
Answer: A
Background: The greater the mass of an object, the more matter it contains.

Question: If the mass of an object gets smaller what will happen to the amount of matter contained within it?
Choices:
gets bigger
gets smaller
Answer: B
Background: Places where particles of a medium crowd closer together are called compressions, and places where the particles spread farther apart are called rarefactions. The more energy the wave has, the closer together the particles are in compressions and the farther apart they are in rarefactions.

Question: When two things are not attracted to each other what are their energy levels?
Choices:
low
high
Answer: A
Background: The more energy the wave has, the farther the particles of the medium move.

Question: If Jim decreases the amount of energy in the sound wave he is producing, the particles inside the water he is screaming into
Choices:
move faster
move slower
Answer: B
Background: More greenhouse gases trap more heat and warm the atmosphere.

Question: What would happen to Earth's atmosphere if the amount of greenhouse gases in it was decreased?
Choices:
warm up
cool down
Answer: B
Background: Magmas that produce lighter colored minerals are higher in silica.

Question: Dell added very little silica to her magma project. The magma will be _____ in color.
Choices:
lighter
darker
Answer: B
Background: When the temperature of reactants is higher, the rate of the reaction is faster.

Question: If Milo wants to decrease the rate at which his bonfire is burning, what should he do to the temperature?
Choices:
decrease it
increase it
Answer: A
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases will increase the changes that are already being seen including in ocean acidity.

Question: Micah sees that there are less new changes going on to the ocean acidity, and can know that the greenhouse gases have
Choices:
increased
decreased
Answer: B
Background: If we take a certain amount of gas from one container and place it into another, larger container, the gas expandsto fill the larger container. The same mass of gas is now in a larger volume, the gas now has a lower density.

Question: Dinah is moving gas to different sized containers. The gas was filling a small container, but when she moved it to a larger container, it also filled that one, because the gas
Choices:
expanded
shrank
Answer: A
Background: As rock breaks into smaller pieces, the surface area of the pieces increases.

Question: If Milo breaks his cookie into small pieces, what happens to the surface area of the pieces compared to before the cookie was broken?
Choices:
increased
decreased
Answer: A
Background: A camera shutter stays open longer in dim light to let more light in.

Question: If Mary is taking a picture and she shuts the camera shutter narrower what will happen to the amount of light that gets in?
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: A
Background: Cells that are very active would typically have more mitochondria than cells that are less active.

Question: Bonnie is studying cells. She notices that certain cells are inactive. The cells that are inactive have
Choices:
more mitochondria
less mitochondria.
Answer: B
Background: The greater the mass of an object, the less it will accelerate when a given force is applied.

Question: Carla is pushing two carts down a street. One cart is heavy, the other is light. The light cart, compared to the heavy one, will accelerate
Choices:
slowly
quickly
Answer: B
Background: The shorter the resistor, the less resistance it has.

Question: Jay had a small resistor and a large resistor; which likely has less resistance?
Choices:
the short resistor
the large resistor
Answer: A
Background: If the energy cost of obtaining energy increases, the resource will be used even faster.

Question: There is a limit on how much gasoline exists, and it is being used normally. However, now gasoline will be less costly to produce, so the gasoline will be used up
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: B
Background: As more water covered the land, sand and silt were washed in and covered the dead vegetation, enabling more and more plants to grow.

Question: If the Nile's flooding was prevented from covering the Egyptian bottomlands, it might ultimately result in _____ crops.
Choices:
less
more
Answer: A
Background: Smaller pieces dissolve more easily.

Question: Sarah puts two pieces of candy into water. The piece that will break down the slowest is the one that is
Choices:
larger
smaller
Answer: A
Background: The greater the mass of an object, the less it will accelerate when a given force is applied.

Question: If Mona is pushing some toy cars around and she knows that the mass of the truck is less then the mass of the car, which one will accelerate faster when she pushes it?
Choices:
truck
car
Answer: A
Background: At a lower temperature, particles of the medium are moving more slowly, so it takes them longer to transfer the energy of the sound waves.

Question: When it gets hot things move
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: A
Background: The larger the light collecting area, the more light a telescope gathers and the higher resolution (ability to see fine detail) it has.

Question: Compared to a 1 inch wide telescope, would a 100 meter telescope collect
Choices:
more light
less light?
Answer: A
Background: The increase in turgor pressure of the guard cells results in the opening up of the stomata which results in increased transpiration.

Question: If Mona is observing some plants in her greenhouse and she determines the turgor pressure of the guard cells in her basil plant has lowered, what happens to the rate of transpiration of that basil plant?
Choices:
increases
decreases
Answer: B
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases will increase the changes that are already being seen including in ocean acidity.

Question: What will happen to the acidity of the ocean if more greenhouse gas gets produced?
Choices:
it will increase
it will decrease
Answer: A
Background: Glaciers often form in the mountains because higher altitudes are colder and more likely to have snow that falls and collects.

Question: When Dean went to the top of the mountain and reached the peak, he noticed that the top of the mountain, compared to the bottom, had snow in amounts that were
Choices:
larger
smaller
Answer: A
Background: The gravitational force increases with mass and decreases with the distance between the bodies.

Question: Milo loved to make things out of clay. If he made a clay ball, what would happen to the ball's gravitational force if he added extra clay to it?
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: B
Background: The more gradual the slope of the inclined plane, the less input force is needed and the greater the mechanical advantage.

Question: We can find a worse mechanical advantage if the inclined plane has a _____ gradual slope.
Choices:
less
more
Answer: A
Background: The land heats up and cools off faster than the water because it has lower specific heat.

Question: John was looking at the climate data on the computer. He found that a higher specific heat means the land heats up
Choices:
Faster
Slower
Answer: B
Background: A stronger acid produces more hydrogen ions than a weaker acid.

Question: If you find an acid that has few hydrogen ions, it is probably
Choices:
weak
strong
Answer: A
Background: Increases the sheen on leaves to make them more reflective.

Question: If Milo is growing some plants in his garden and he accidentally coats them with something that decreases their sheen, what happens to their reflectivity?
Choices:
increases
decreases
Answer: B
Background: A sunscreen with a higher SPF protects the skin longer.

Question: Billy is wearing sunscreen with a higher SPF than Lucy. Who will be protected from the sun for longer?
Choices:
Lucy
Billy
Answer: B
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases leads to greater greenhouse effect.

Question: If the people in Mary's country start to produce more greenhouse gases from driving cars, what will happen to the greenhouse effect in their country?
Choices:
increase
decrease
Answer: A
Background: The land heats up and cools off faster than the water because it has lower specific heat.

Question: If Milo is studying the specific heat of two objects and he finds that a basketball has a lower specific heat compared to a baseball, which item will cool off faster after being heated up?
Choices:
basketball
baseball
Answer: A
Background: In erosion, the more energy the water has, the larger the particle it can carry.

Question: Mary loves to build and race paper boats. Compared to a small boat, would she be able to build and float a larger boat on faster moving water or slower moving water?
Choices:
faster moving water
slower moving water
Answer: A
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases will increase the changes that are already being seen including in ocean acidity.

Question: When the ocean absorbs greenhouse gases what happens to it?
Choices:
gains acidity
loses acidity
Answer: A
Background: Deeper aquifers typically contain older 'fossil water.'

Question: If Mona is exploring and aquifer and she dives deeper down into it, what happens to the levels of fossil water she encounters?
Choices:
they increase
they decrease
Answer: A
Background: If the kidneys remove less water from the blood, the blood will look darker, because there is less water in it.

Question: If Jim's blood contains more water, the darkness of his blood will be
Choices:
decreased
increased
Answer: A
Background: Glaciers often form in the mountains because higher altitudes are colder and more likely to have snow that falls and collects.

Question: People usually go snow skiing in the mountains because higher altitudes are _____ and are more likely to have snow.
Choices:
warmer
colder
Answer: B
Background: A sunscreen with a higher SPF protects the skin longer.

Question: Billy is wearing sunscreen with a lower SPF than Lucy. Who will be protected from the sun for longer?
Choices:
Lucy
Billy
Answer: A
Background: Friction causes the molecules on rubbing surfaces to move faster, so they have more heat energy.

Question: Jimbo was playing on his sled one day. He slid down a snowy hill and then slid down a rocky hill. Which hill created more heat energy?
Choices:
snowy hill
rocky hill
Answer: B
Background: As more water covered the land, sand and silt were washed in and covered the dead vegetation, enabling more and more plants to grow.

Question: The Nile's flooding used to cover the Egyptian bottomlands, ultimately resulting in _____ crops.
Choices:
less
more
Answer: B
Background: Friction causes the molecules on rubbing surfaces to move faster, so they have more heat energy.

Question: If you rub your hands together very fast you get _____ heat
Choices:
more
less
Answer: A
Background: Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity.

Question: Which planet has the most gravity exerted on it from the Sun?
Choices:
Mercury
Mars
Answer: A
Background: Glaciers often form in the mountains because higher altitudes are colder and more likely to have snow that falls and collects.

Question: Ruth climbed up a mountain and noticed that it was considerably colder suddenly. The cold is due to Ruth being at an altitude that is
Choices:
higher
lower
Answer: A
Background: More greenhouse gases trap more heat and warm the atmosphere.

Question: Scientists discovered a region where there was a much larger amount of greenhouse gases getting caught in the atmosphere. Compared to other regions, this region's atmosphere will have a
Choices:
higher temperature
lower temperature
Answer: A
Background: When particles of matter are closer together, they can more quickly pass the energy of vibrations to nearby particles.

Question: When two magnets get farther away from each other they are attracted
Choices:
slower
faster
Answer: A
Background: In erosion, the more energy the water has, the larger the particle it can carry.

Question: Mary loves to build and race paper boats. Compared to a large boat, would she be able to build and float a smaller boat on faster moving water or slower moving water?
Choices:
faster moving water
slower moving water
Answer: B
Background: In erosion, the more energy the water has, the larger the particle it can carry.

Question: When someone has no energy they can move something
Choices:
small
big
Answer: A
Background: The higher the resistance of the resistor, the more energy is transferred within the resistor.

Question: When something has high resistance it transfers
Choices:
more
less
Answer: A
Background: Increases the sheen on leaves to make them more reflective.

Question: Billy was taking care of his plants and noticed that the leaves on them were different. On one he could actually see his own image reflected back on the leaves while the other he couldn't see himself at all. He concluded that the one he couldn't see his image on had
Choices:
more sheen
less sheen
Answer: B
Background: The more energy the wave has, the farther the particles of the medium move.

Question: Compared to a ripple in a mud puddle, will a tidal wave move water particles _____ as far?
Choices:
not
farther
Answer: B
Background: Cells that are very active would typically have more mitochondria than cells that are less active.

Question: Bonnie is studying cells. She notices that certain cells are active. The cells that are active have
Choices:
more mitochondria
less mitochondria.
Answer: A
Background: Increases the sheen on leaves to make them more reflective.

Question: When there is no sheen on a piece of glass it is:
Choices:
dull
reflective
Answer: A
Background: A camera shutter stays open longer in dim light to let more light in.

Question: If James is taking pictures with his camera and he decides to leave his shutter open longer, what happens to the amount of light the lens lets in?
Choices:
increases
decreases
Answer: A
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases leads to greater greenhouse effect.

Question: Carbon dioxide levels decreasing cause the temperature to
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: A
Background: When the temperature of reactants is higher, the rate of the reaction is faster.

Question: Silvia was running an experiment in the science lab. However, the building's old A/C unit ran too cold in the middle of it. As as result she should expect her experiments's reactants to work
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: B
Background: Smaller pieces dissolve more easily.

Question: Sarah puts two pieces of candy into water. The piece that will break down the fastest is the one that is
Choices:
larger
smaller
Answer: B
Background: The greater the mass of an object, the more matter it contains.

Question: Joe is carrying a bowling ball with a diameter of 8.5 inches and 16 pounds and Larry is holding a basketball that is 30 inches and 22 ounces. The basketball contains _____ matter than the bowling ball.
Choices:
less
more
Answer: A
Background: Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity.

Question: An asteroid hurtled toward the planet Mars. The gravitational pull between the asteroid and Mars will be weaker
Choices:
when the asteroid is far away
when the asteroid gets closer.
Answer: A
Background: The increase in turgor pressure of the guard cells results in the opening up of the stomata which results in increased transpiration.

Question: Dana decreases turgor pressure of the guard cells, forcing the stomata open, which will cause transpiration to be
Choices:
increased
decreased
Answer: B
Background: If the kidneys remove less water from the blood, the blood will look darker, because there is less water in it.

Question: Yolanda's kidneys were not working as well and removed less water from her blood. Her blood now looks
Choices:
darker
lighter
Answer: A
Background: The land heats up and cools off faster than the water because it has lower specific heat.

Question: Considering that water has a much higher specific heat than aluminum, which would cool faster
Choices:
five pounds of water heated to 200 degrees?
a five pound block of aluminum heated to 200 degrees
Answer: B
Background: Deeper aquifers typically contain older 'fossil water.'

Question: Woody is diving at a depth of 100 feet while Gertrude is diving at a depth of 10 feet. Who is more likely to encounter 'fossil water'?
Choices:
Gertrude
Woody
Answer: B
Background: The larger the light collecting area, the more light a telescope gathers and the higher resolution (ability to see fine detail) it has.

Question: A sensor on a camera that is larger will have
Choices:
higher resolution
lower resolution
Answer: A
Background: The larger the light collecting area, the more light a telescope gathers and the higher resolution (ability to see fine detail) it has.

Question: Compared to a 100 meter wide telescope, would a 1 inch telescope collect
Choices:
more light
less light?
Answer: B
Background: The longer the amount of time since species diverged, the more differences there will be in their DNA or proteins.

Question: As less time passes since a species diverged, there will be _____ differences in their DNA.
Choices:
less
more
Answer: A
Background: Friction causes the molecules on rubbing surfaces to move faster, so they have more heat energy.

Question: Fred had a bundle of sticks and rubbed them together to build a fire. The molecules in the wood became _____ due to Fred's motion.
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: A
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases will increase the changes that are already being seen including in ocean acidity.

Question: Micah sees that there are many new changes going on to the ocean acidity, and can know that the greenhouse gases have
Choices:
increased
decreased
Answer: A
Background: The higher the resistance of the resistor, the more energy is transferred within the resistor.

Question: A resistor with strengthening resistance will transfer _____ energy.
Choices:
more
less
Answer: A
Background: The more energy the wave has, the farther the particles of the medium move.

Question: If Jim increases the amount of energy in the sound wave he is producing, the particles inside the water he is screaming into
Choices:
move faster
move slower
Answer: A
Background: Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity.

Question: Milo was moving some metal balls around. If he were to move the balls farther apart, what would happen to the force of gravity?
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: A
Background: The gravitational force increases with mass and decreases with the distance between the bodies.

Question: Will has two balls and pulled them away from another. The gravitational force between the balls
Choices:
increases
decreases
Answer: B
Background: As rock breaks into smaller pieces, the surface area of the pieces increases.

Question: Will smashes a rock. The total surface area of the rock has now
Choices:
decreased
increased
Answer: B
Background: Friction causes the molecules on rubbing surfaces to move faster, so they have more heat energy.

Question: Clare was trying Tom start a fire by rubbing two sticks together. The sticks became
Choices:
hot
cold
Answer: A
Background: Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity.

Question: Would a rocket moving away from the moon feel
Choices:
more gravitational pull from the moon
less gravitational pull from the moon?
Answer: B
Background: A stronger acid produces more hydrogen ions than a weaker acid.

Question: Yolanda had a weak acid that she poured into a beaker. If she had a strong acid, there would be _____ hydrogen atoms produced by the solution?
Choices:
more
fewer
Answer: A
Background: A stronger acid produces more hydrogen ions than a weaker acid.

Question: Yolanda had a strong acid that she poured into a beaker. If she had a weak acid, there would be _____ hydrogen atoms produced by the solution?
Choices:
more
fewer
Answer: B
Background: The more energy the wave has, the farther the particles of the medium move.

Question: When Derek was observing waves, he noted that some had more energy than others. The waves with more energy had particles that were
Choices:
further
closer
Answer: A
Background: At a lower temperature, particles of the medium are moving more slowly, so it takes them longer to transfer the energy of the sound waves.

Question: Ollie sees particles in a medium move very slowly. This medium is likely at a very _____ temperature.
Choices:
low
high
Answer: A
Background: The land heats up and cools off faster than the water because it has lower specific heat.

Question: A sea, with higher specific heat than land, will heat up
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: B
Background: If we take a certain amount of gas from one container and place it into another, larger container, the gas expandsto fill the larger container. The same mass of gas is now in a larger volume, the gas now has a lower density.

Question: Dinah is moving gas to different sized containers. The gas was filling a large container, but when she moved it to a smaller container, it also filled that one, because the gas
Choices:
expanded
shrank
Answer: B
Background: An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more atoms.

Question: Jeff was pushing a steel weight that weighs 25kg and a steel weight that weighs 10kg. Which weight contains more thermal energy?
Choices:
25kg
10kg
Answer: A
Background: Smaller pieces dissolve more easily.

Question: If Mary drops a 1 cm piece of salt into a glass of water and a .5 cm piece of salt into the water, which will dissolve faster?
Choices:
1 cm piece of salt
.5 cm piece of salt
Answer: B
Background: Glaciers often form in the mountains because higher altitudes are colder and more likely to have snow that falls and collects.

Question: James was going mountain climbing and decided to perform an experiment. He took the temperature at the base of the mountain, then took the temperature at the top of the mountain. Which area registered a lower temperature?
Choices:
top of the mountain
base of the mountain
Answer: A
Background: If the kidneys remove less water from the blood, the blood will look darker, because there is less water in it.

Question: When you are mixing paints if you add less water the colors will be
Choices:
darker
lighter
Answer: A
Background: As wavelength increases, frequency decreases.

Question: If there are any waves in the ocean that are very long there will be _____ of them
Choices:
more
less
Answer: B
Background: Magmas that produce lighter colored minerals are higher in silica.

Question: The darkest magma-produced minerals probably have _____ amounts of silica.
Choices:
higher
lower
Answer: B
Background: With more surfaces of the rocks exposed, there are more places for chemical weathering to occur.

Question: Trina is a scientist who studies the surfaces of rocks. She is studying two rocks in particular to see which has more places for chemical weathering. The first rock has 1 square meter of surface space exposed. The second rock has 2 square meters of rock exposed. Therefore, the _____ rock will have more places for chemical weathering.
Choices:
first
second
Answer: A
Background: The more gradual the slope of the inclined plane, the less input force is needed and the greater the mechanical advantage.

Question: Would it be easier to push a block up a
Choices:
steep slope
shallow slope
Answer: B
Background: If the energy cost of obtaining energy increases, the resource will be used even faster.

Question: John was watching the power levels when he noticed something about the energy. When the cost of the energy increased, the usage of the resource would be
Choices:
Slower
Faster
Answer: B
Background: The higher the resistance of the resistor, the more energy is transferred within the resistor.

Question: Will analyzed a 6000 ohm resistor in his kit. He also found a 70000 ohm resistor. Which resistor transfers less energy?
Choices:
6000
70000
Answer: A
Background: With more surfaces of the rocks exposed, there are more places for chemical weathering to occur.

Question: If Mona stops digging and she uncovers less rock, what happens to the total area that chemical weathering can occur?
Choices:
increase
decrease
Answer: B
Background: The greater the mass of the objects, the stronger the gravitational force of attraction between them.

Question: Two small suns moving closer will have _____ gravitational force between them than two large suns.
Choices:
more
less
Answer: B
Background: The shorter the resistor, the less resistance it has.

Question: Jay had a small resistor and a large resistor; which likely has more resistance?
Choices:
the short resistor
the large resistor
Answer: B
Background: The greater the mass of an object, the more matter it contains.

Question: Mona is creating some vases out of clay. If she decreases the mass of her vases by using less clay on them, what happens to the amount of matter they contain?
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: A
Background: If the energy cost of obtaining energy increases, the resource will be used even faster.

Question: There is a limit on how much gasoline exists, and it is being used normally. However, now gasoline will be more costly to produce, so the gasoline will be used up
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: A
Background: If the energy cost of obtaining energy increases, the resource will be used even faster.

Question: Jim, the manager of the new nuclear energy plant, realized that the energy cost of running the plant was dropping. This means that the rate that the resource will be used will
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: A
Background: The higher the resistance of the resistor, the more energy is transferred within the resistor.

Question: Will analyzed a 6000 ohm resistor in his kit. He also found a 70000 ohm resistor. Which resistor transfers more energy?
Choices:
6000
70000
Answer: B
Background: A sunscreen with a higher SPF protects the skin longer.

Question: Mary and Clare go to the beach. Mary uses a sunscreen with SPF 45. Clare uses a sunscreen that has an SPF of 20. Who skin will be protected less?
Choices:
Mary
Clare
Answer: B
Background: When particles of matter are closer together, they can more quickly pass the energy of vibrations to nearby particles.

Question: If particles drift together, they will pass energy to each other
Choices:
quicker
slower
Answer: A
Background: Deeper aquifers typically contain older 'fossil water.'

Question: Woody is diving at a depth of 100 feet while Gertrude is diving at a depth of 10 feet. Who is least likely to encounter 'fossil water'?
Choices:
Gertrude
Woody
Answer: A
Background: Friction causes the molecules on rubbing surfaces to move faster, so they have more heat energy.

Question: Jimbo was playing on his sled one day. He slid down a snowy hill and then slid down a rocky hill. Which hill created less heat energy?
Choices:
snowy hill
rocky hill
Answer: A
Background: The more gradual the slope of the inclined plane, the less input force is needed and the greater the mechanical advantage.

Question: Will plays with an adjustable ramp for his cars. He sets the angle at 25 degrees and then at 15 degrees. Which ramp angle requires more input force on the cars?
Choices:
25 degrees
15 degrees
Answer: A
Background: A camera shutter stays open longer in dim light to let more light in.

Question: Jim is taking a photo in dim light. To get a blurry picture, he makes his camera shutter stay open
Choices:
shorter
longer
Answer: A
Background: The more gradual the slope of the inclined plane, the less input force is needed and the greater the mechanical advantage.

Question: Would it be harder to push a block up a
Choices:
steep slope
shallow slope
Answer: A
Background: The larger the light collecting area, the more light a telescope gathers and the higher resolution (ability to see fine detail) it has.

Question: If Milo is building a telescope and he increases the area that collects light, what can he expect to happen to the amount of light the telescope gathers?
Choices:
increase
decrease
Answer: A
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases will increase the changes that are already being seen including in ocean acidity.

Question: If Jim's country decreases the amount of greenhouse gases that it emits, the acidity of the ocean's on the planet will
Choices:
increase
decrease
Answer: B
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases will increase the changes that are already being seen including in ocean acidity.

Question: Evan measures the pH of the ocean at 5. Last century it measured at 6. A(n) _____ in greenhouse gases likely resulted in this change.
Choices:
increase
decrease
Answer: A
Background: The shorter the resistor, the less resistance it has.

Question: Don needs to get a wire for work that has the most amount of resistance. Given the choice in wire length, Don will choose one that is
Choices:
shorter
longer
Answer: B
Background: The increase in turgor pressure of the guard cells results in the opening up of the stomata which results in increased transpiration.

Question: Rich applies a solution to the dish that decreases the turgor pressure of the guard cells he is studying. The stomata
Choices:
close
open
Answer: A
Background: A camera shutter stays open longer in dim light to let more light in.

Question: Jim is taking a photo in dim light. To get a better picture, he makes his camera shutter stay open
Choices:
shorter
longer
Answer: B
Background: The gravitational force increases with mass and decreases with the distance between the bodies.

Question: Milo loved to make things out of clay. If he made a clay ball, what would happen to the ball's gravitational force if he removed clay from it?
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: A
Background: The higher the resistance of the resistor, the more energy is transferred within the resistor.

Question: If Mona wants to minimize energy transference in the electrical device she is building, what should she do to the resistance of the resistors inside of it?
Choices:
increase
decrease
Answer: B
Background: Increases the sheen on leaves to make them more reflective.

Question: Dean found a leaf with a sheen and a leaf that did not have one. Which leaf is less reflective?
Choices:
the leaf with a sheen
the leaf with no sheen
Answer: B
Background: When the temperature of reactants is higher, the rate of the reaction is faster.

Question: If Milo wants to increase the rate at which his bonfire is burning, what should he do to the temperature?
Choices:
decrease it
increase it
Answer: B
Background: Cells that are very active would typically have more mitochondria than cells that are less active.

Question: When a cell is alive and active it will have what level of mitochondria?
Choices:
low
high
Answer: B
Background: The greater the mass of an object, the less it will accelerate when a given force is applied.

Question: If Mona is pushing some toy cars around and she knows that the mass of the truck is more then the mass of the car, which one will accelerate faster when she pushes it?
Choices:
truck
car
Answer: B
Background: When the temperature of reactants is higher, the rate of the reaction is faster.

Question: Ian was applying cold to a reactant. The rate of the reaction that occurs will now be
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: B
Background: Deeper aquifers typically contain older 'fossil water.'

Question: When you look at a pool if it's deeper it has
Choices:
more water
less water
Answer: A
Background: As more water covered the land, sand and silt were washed in and covered the dead vegetation, enabling more and more plants to grow.

Question: If Mona is starting a garden and she increases the amount of water she applies to it, what will happen to the amount of plants that can grow in the garden?
Choices:
increase
decrease
Answer: A
Background: The shorter the resistor, the less resistance it has.

Question: Don needs to get a wire for work that has the least amount of resistance. Given the choice in wire length, Don will choose one that is
Choices:
shorter
longer
Answer: A
Background: As rock breaks into smaller pieces, the surface area of the pieces increases.

Question: If Jim breaks a rock into many small pieces, what happens to the surface area of that rock?
Choices:
it increases
it decreases
Answer: A
Background: An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more atoms.

Question: A small apple will have _____ thermal energy than a large apple.
Choices:
more
less
Answer: B
Background: The longer the amount of time since species diverged, the more differences there will be in their DNA or proteins.

Question: At the dawn of time, the variety between species then was _____ than now.
Choices:
smaller
larger
Answer: A
Background: Glaciers often form in the mountains because higher altitudes are colder and more likely to have snow that falls and collects.

Question: Lava is more common at the top of mountains because it is
Choices:
hotter
colder
Answer: A
Background: The greater the mass of an object, the more matter it contains.

Question: If the mass of an object gets bigger what will happen to the amount of matter contained within it?
Choices:
gets bigger
gets smaller
Answer: A
Background: When the temperature of reactants is higher, the rate of the reaction is faster.

Question: Something that is very cold will wind up having a
Choices:
slow reaction
fast reaction
Answer: A
Background: At a lower temperature, particles of the medium are moving more slowly, so it takes them longer to transfer the energy of the sound waves.

Question: If Mona lowers the temperature on the solution she is creating, what happens to the speed of particles in that solution?
Choices:
increases
decreases
Answer: B
Background: The land heats up and cools off faster than the water because it has lower specific heat.

Question: John was looking at the climate data on the computer. He found that a lower specific heat means the land heats up
Choices:
Faster
Slower
Answer: A
Background: More greenhouse gases trap more heat and warm the atmosphere.

Question: If Jim begins emitting less greenhouse gases into the air it means that the air will become
Choices:
warmer
cooler
Answer: B
Background: When the temperature of reactants is higher, the rate of the reaction is faster.

Question: To get the slowest reaction, raise the temperature of the reactants
Choices:
lower
higher or
Answer: A
Background: Glaciers often form in the mountains because higher altitudes are colder and more likely to have snow that falls and collects.

Question: James was going mountain climbing and decided to perform an experiment. He took the temperature at the base of the mountain, then took the temperature at the top of the mountain. Which area registered a higher temperature?
Choices:
top of the mountain
base of the mountain
Answer: B
Background: If the kidneys remove less water from the blood, the blood will look darker, because there is less water in it.

Question: Shane went to the hospital and had blood drawn. His blood was not dark, so his kidneys removed
Choices:
more water
less water
Answer: A
Background: At a lower temperature, particles of the medium are moving more slowly, so it takes them longer to transfer the energy of the sound waves.

Question: When it gets cold things move
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: B
Background: The land heats up and cools off faster than the water because it has lower specific heat.

Question: Evan applied a dryer to a patch of dirt and a similarly-sized patch of water. The land likely heats up and cools _____ than the water due to its lower specific heat.
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: A
Background: If the kidneys remove less water from the blood, the blood will look darker, because there is less water in it.

Question: If Mona's kidneys are not working correctly and more water is removed from her blood, what will happen to the tint of her blood?
Choices:
become lighter
become darker
Answer: A
Background: An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more atoms.

Question: A small calf, compared to an adult, will have fewer atoms and therefore, the thermal energy of the larger cow is
Choices:
lesser
greater
Answer: A
Background: When the temperature of reactants is higher, the rate of the reaction is faster.

Question: Ian was applying heat to a reactant. The rate of the reaction that occurs will now be
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: A
Background: Magmas that produce lighter colored minerals are higher in silica.

Question: Donald is comparing types of magma, and notices that some samples have darker minerals than other samples. The samples that are lighter likely have
Choices:
more silica
less silica
Answer: A
Background: An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more atoms.

Question: A big cow, compared to a calf, will have more atoms and therefore, the thermal energy of the larger cow is
Choices:
lesser
greater
Answer: B
Background: Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity.

Question: Objects that are closer together have a _____ force of gravity.
Choices:
stronger
weaker
Answer: A
Background: A sunscreen with a higher SPF protects the skin longer.

Question: When going out in the sun you wear a low SPF sunscreen because it protects
Choices:
worse
better
Answer: A
Background: The greater the mass of the objects, the stronger the gravitational force of attraction between them.

Question: The reason that things don't rotate around the sun is because it is
Choices:
small
large
Answer: A
Background: Cells that are very active would typically have more mitochondria than cells that are less active.

Question: If Jimbo is observing cells in a petri dish and he notices some cells that are particularly active and some cells that aren't very active at all, which cells will have more mitochondria?
Choices:
active cells
not very active cells
Answer: A
Background: The greater the mass of an object, the less it will accelerate when a given force is applied.

Question: A small car will accelerate _____ than a very large car.
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: A
Background: An increase in greenhouse gases leads to greater greenhouse effect.

Question: Carbon dioxide levels increasing cause the temperature to
Choices:
decrease
increase
Answer: B
Background: More greenhouse gases trap more heat and warm the atmosphere.

Question: When viewing the climate model John saw that the less gases were in the atmosphere, the heat would be
Choices:
Larger
Smaller
Answer: B
Background: An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more atoms.

Question: The sun is hotter than the planets because it is
Choices:
less massive
more massive
Answer: B
Background: At a lower temperature, particles of the medium are moving more slowly, so it takes them longer to transfer the energy of the sound waves.

Question: David turns down the temperature in the cabin, so energy of sound waves is moving
Choices:
slower
faster
Answer: A
Background: The land heats up and cools off faster than the water because it has lower specific heat.

Question: A land, with lower specific heat than sea, will heat up
Choices:
faster
slower
Answer: A
Background: An object with more mass has greater thermal energy than an object with less mass because it has more atoms.

Question: Jeff was pushing a steel weight that weighs 25kg and a steel weight that weighs 10kg. Which weight contains less thermal energy?
Choices:
25kg
10kg
Answer: B
Background: As wavelength increases, frequency decreases.

Question: As sound waves get shorter their frequency
Choices:
increase
decreases
Answer: A
Background: The more gradual the slope of the inclined plane, the less input force is needed and the greater the mechanical advantage.

Question: _____ input force will be needed on an inclined plane with a very gradual slope.
Choices:
more
less
Answer: B
Background: In erosion, the more energy the water has, the larger the particle it can carry.

Question: When someone has a lot of energy they can move something
Choices:
small
big
Answer: B
Background: The longer the amount of time since species diverged, the more differences there will be in their DNA or proteins.

Question: As more time passes since a species diverged, there will be _____ differences in their DNA.
Choices:
less
more
Answer: B
Background: The increase in turgor pressure of the guard cells results in the opening up of the stomata which results in increased transpiration.

Question: Compared to healthy plant cells with high guard cell pressure, would a dehydrated plant cell with very low intercellular pressure have
Choices:
lower rates of transpiration?
higher rates of transpiration
Answer: A
Background: The shorter the resistor, the less resistance it has.

Question: A piece of wire that is short will have _____ resistance than one that is very long.
Choices:
more
less
Answer: B
Background: Therefore, deeper rock layers must be older than layers closer to the surface.

Question: Mike is digging for old rocks. Mike dig downs very, very shallow, and he expects the rocks there to be
Choices:
older
younger
Answer: B
Background: The gravitational force increases with mass and decreases with the distance between the bodies.

Question: John was watching the physics calculator and noted a profound finding. As the mass decreases, the pull of the gravitational force
Choices:
Decreases
Increases
Answer: A
Background: As more water covered the land, sand and silt were washed in and covered the dead vegetation, enabling more and more plants to grow.

Question: If Mona is starting a garden and she decreases the amount of water she applies to it, what will happen to the amount of plants that can grow in the garden?
Choices:
increase
decrease
Answer: B
Background: The higher the resistance of the resistor, the more energy is transferred within the resistor.

Question: Tom was managing a resistor and noticed that the resistance within it was lower than he expected. This would mean that the amount of energy transferred in the resistor was
Choices:
higher
lower
Answer: B