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QRQA-10061-4
Milo works as an astronomer and he has multiple telescopes at his disposal. If he is looking at the stars through a small telescope and then moves to a larger one, will the amount of light collected by the larger one be
{ "text": [ "greater", "smaller" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Larger telescopes can collect more light.
QRSent-10061
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QRQA-10069-3-flip
If Mona is comparing sandpaper with notebook paper and she determines that sandpaper is rougher then notebook paper, which object has less friction?
{ "text": [ "sandpaper", "notebook paper" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Rougher surfaces have more friction between them than smoother surfaces.
QRSent-10069
{ "effect_prop": "friction", "cause_dir_str": "rougher", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "Rougher surfaces" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "friction", "less_cause_dir": "friction" }
QRQA-10174-4-flip
If Mona is building a machine to help her vacuum her floor and she decreases the amount of force the engine inside the vacuum, what happens to the vacuum ability to make work easier?
{ "text": [ "increases", "decreases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Machines make work easier by increasing the amount of force that is applied, increasing the distance over which the force is applied, or changing the direction in which the force is applied.
QRSent-10174
{ "effect_prop": "work easier", "cause_dir_str": "increasing", "effect_dir_str": "easier", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "amount of force that is applied" }
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QRQA-10403-2-flip
Angel traveled from New York to Des Moines, IA , and experienced _____ pollution.
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
For example, more people on the Earth means more people contributing to global warming and pollution.
QRSent-10403
{ "effect_prop": "Global warming", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "contributing to", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "People" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "pollution", "less_effect_prop": "pollution", "less_cause_dir": "pollution" }
QRQA-10327-4-flip
When there are low levels of gluons in quarks it becomes
{ "text": [ "weaker", "stronger" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Gluons make quarks attract each other more strongly the farther apart the quarks get.
QRSent-10327
{ "effect_prop": "strength", "cause_dir_str": "farther apart", "effect_dir_str": "more strongly", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "gluons" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "stronger", "less_effect_dir": "weaker", "less_cause_prop": "gluons in quarks", "more_effect_prop": "it", "less_effect_prop": "it", "less_cause_dir": "it" }
QRQA-10183-4
Carla takes a look at the populations of two countries. She finds Canada had about 37 million people in 2017. The United States had a population of 325 million in that same year. Therefore, the United States likely clears _____ land for agriculture and development than Canada.
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
More people also means more clearing of land for agriculture and development.
QRSent-10183
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QRQA-10370-3
Will waves on the ocean be larger or smaller if they are caused by rocks compared to wind?
{ "text": [ "larger", "smaller" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
A wave caused by a disturbance with more energy has greater amplitude.
QRSent-10370
{ "effect_prop": "amplitude", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "energy" }
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QRQA-10153-1
On a summer day, a person notes during a science project that the reactants have more energy, so they are now moving
{ "text": [ "faster", "slower" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
At higher temperatures, particles of reactants have more energy, so they move faster.
QRSent-10153
{ "effect_prop": "faster", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "faster", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "energy" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "faster", "less_effect_dir": "slower", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "moving", "less_effect_prop": "moving", "less_cause_dir": "moving" }
QRQA-10123-2-flip
When there is more fluid in a tube the pressure in the tube
{ "text": [ "increases", "decreases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
If blood volume in the body decreases, blood pressure decreases.
QRSent-10123
{ "effect_prop": "blood pressure", "cause_dir_str": "decreases", "effect_dir_str": "decreases", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "blood volume" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increases", "less_effect_dir": "decreases", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "pressure", "less_effect_prop": "pressure", "less_cause_dir": "pressure" }
QRQA-10312-1-flip
By removing twenty more resistors from the series circuit in series, the total resistance of the circuit was
{ "text": [ "increased", "decreased" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
In a series circuit, the resistance increases as more resistors are added in series.
QRSent-10312
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QRQA-10370-2-flip
Chin Lu watched the tsunami get weaker, and cause a _____ wave.
{ "text": [ "huge", "tiny" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
A wave caused by a disturbance with more energy has greater amplitude.
QRSent-10370
{ "effect_prop": "amplitude", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "Energy disturbance" }
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QRQA-10368-5-flip
Ian is trying to melt rocks, nothing that the water around the rocks is quite low. Since there is not a lot of water around the rocks, the melting point of the rock will be
{ "text": [ "increased", "decreased" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
As the amount of water increases, the melting point of rock decreases.
QRSent-10368
{ "effect_prop": "melting point of rock", "cause_dir_str": "increases", "effect_dir_str": "decreases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "water" }
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QRQA-10392-2
When animals are moving in the cold they are
{ "text": [ "faster", "slower" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
For a given medium, sound has a slower speed at lower temperatures.
QRSent-10392
{ "effect_prop": "speed", "cause_dir_str": "lower", "effect_dir_str": "slower", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "temperature" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "faster", "less_effect_dir": "slower", "less_cause_prop": "animals", "more_effect_prop": "animals", "less_effect_prop": "animals", "less_cause_dir": "animals" }
QRQA-10008-4-flip
Both Milo and Jerry jump into a pool. Milo is smaller then Jerry. Which person will displace more water when they jump in?
{ "text": [ "Jerry", "Milo" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
So more water is displaced by a bigger body than a smaller one.
QRSent-10008
{ "effect_prop": "water is displaced", "cause_dir_str": "bigger", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "bigger body" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "body", "more_effect_prop": "water", "less_effect_prop": "water", "less_cause_dir": "water" }
QRQA-10300-3-flip
Molly was viewing electromagnetic waves and noticed a wave with a wavelength of 20nm and another with 10nm. Which likely has less energy?
{ "text": [ "the 20nm wave", "the 10nm wave" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Electromagnetic waves with shorter wavelengths have higher frequencies and more energy.
QRSent-10300
{ "effect_prop": "higher frequencies and more energy.", "cause_dir_str": "shorter", "effect_dir_str": "higher", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "electromagnetic wavelengths" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "electromagnetic waves", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "energy", "less_cause_dir": "energy" }
QRQA-10109-2
If Mona sells her gas car and switches to an electric car, what will happen to the amount of pollution she produces?
{ "text": [ "increase", "decrease" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Plug-in hybrids run for a longer time on electricity and so are less polluting than regular hybrids.
QRSent-10109
{ "effect_prop": "polluting", "cause_dir_str": "longer", "effect_dir_str": "less", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "electricity" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "car", "more_effect_prop": "pollution", "less_effect_prop": "pollution", "less_cause_dir": "pollution" }
QRQA-10062-4
If Jim is screwing in two bolts and the first one has threads that are close together while the second one has threads that are far apart, which one must he apply greater force to?
{ "text": [ "first bolt", "second bolt" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The trade-off when the threads are closer together, is that more turns of the screw or bolt are needed to do the job because the distance over which the input force must be applied is greater.
QRSent-10062
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{ "more_effect_dir": "greater", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "threads", "more_effect_prop": "force", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10062-2-flip
If you need to turn a screw a few times that requires
{ "text": [ "less force", "more force" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The trade-off when the threads are closer together, is that more turns of the screw or bolt are needed to do the job because the distance over which the input force must be applied is greater.
QRSent-10062
{ "effect_prop": "force", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "turns" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "turn a screw", "more_effect_prop": "force", "less_effect_prop": "force", "less_cause_dir": "force" }
QRQA-10063-3
When the ocean has waves one after the other they have
{ "text": [ "less energy", "more energy" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Waves with shorter wavelengths have more energy.
QRSent-10063
{ "effect_prop": "energy", "cause_dir_str": "shorter", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "wavelength" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more energy", "less_effect_dir": "less energy", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "waves", "less_effect_prop": "waves", "less_cause_dir": "waves" }
QRQA-10056-5-flip
Bob's blood glucose levels have decreased, which means he should also be producing _____ insulin.
{ "text": [ "less", "more" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
As blood glucose levels decrease, less insulin is produced.
QRSent-10056
{ "effect_prop": "insulin production", "cause_dir_str": "decrease", "effect_dir_str": "less", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "glucose levels in blood" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "blood glucose levels", "more_effect_prop": "insulin", "less_effect_prop": "insulin", "less_cause_dir": "insulin" }
QRQA-10274-2-flip
Chris needs a resistor for a science experiment he is conducting in class. He needs it to have the greatest resistance possible. If the second resistor is half as long as the first one, then the _____ will have the greater resistance.
{ "text": [ "first one", "second one" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The longer the resistor, the more resistance it has.
QRSent-10274
{ "effect_prop": "resistance", "cause_dir_str": "longer", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "longer the resistor" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "greater", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "second resistor", "more_effect_prop": "resistance", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10163-3-flip
While checking the weather, Dale noticed that there was an inverse relationship between the temperature and atmospheric pressure. So as it was getting warmer, he should expect the atmospheric pressure to
{ "text": [ "increase", "decrease" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Decreasing air temperature increases atmospheric pressure.
QRSent-10163
{ "effect_prop": "atmospheric pressure", "cause_dir_str": "decreasing", "effect_dir_str": "increases", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "air temperature" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "atmospheric pressure", "less_effect_prop": "atmospheric pressure", "less_cause_dir": "atmospheric pressure" }
QRQA-10064-3-flip
If Mona has filled a balloon with helium and she removes some gas from it, what happens to the likelihood that the helium particles will collide with each other?
{ "text": [ "more likely", "less likely" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
At higher concentrations, particles of reactants are crowded closer together, so they are more likely to collide and react.
QRSent-10064
{ "effect_prop": "likely to collide", "cause_dir_str": "closer", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "particles" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more likely", "less_effect_dir": "less likely", "less_cause_prop": "gas", "more_effect_prop": "collide", "less_effect_prop": "collide", "less_cause_dir": "collide" }
QRQA-10125-2-flip
If Jim is an endotherm would his body give off _____ heat if the blood flow to the surface of his body were decreased?
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
On a hot day, an endotherm may give off more heat by increasing blood flow to the surface of the body.
QRSent-10125
{ "effect_prop": "heat", "cause_dir_str": "increasing", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "blood flow to the surface of the body" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "More", "less_effect_dir": "Less", "less_cause_prop": "Heat", "more_effect_prop": "Blood flow", "less_effect_prop": "Blood flow", "less_cause_dir": "Blood flow" }
QRQA-10058-4
Eric notices an increase in antibiotic resistance in a certain bacteria. The mutation that causes the resistance has become _____ common
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Bacteria with a mutation the helps resist antibiotics increase in numbers, so the mutation becomes more common.
QRSent-10058
{ "effect_prop": "antibiotics resists in bacteria", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "increase", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "common mutation" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "mutation", "more_effect_prop": "antibiotic resistance", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10036-3
Chris is trying to rewire his home. He wants to install wiring that has the greatest resistance. He has two choice of wires. the first type of wire is 12 gauge. The second type of wire is thicker at 16 gauge. The wire that offers the most resistance will be the
{ "text": [ "first type of wire", "second type of wire" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Thicker wires offer less resistance.
QRSent-10036
{ "effect_prop": "resistance", "cause_dir_str": "thicker", "effect_dir_str": "less", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "Thicker wires" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "greatest", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "wire", "more_effect_prop": "resistance", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10225-4-flip
If water is far from a source of nutrients it will have
{ "text": [ "few nutrients", "more nutrients" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.
QRSent-10225
{ "effect_prop": "nutrients", "cause_dir_str": "near", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "distance from shore" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "few", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "nutrients", "less_effect_prop": "nutrients", "less_cause_dir": "nutrients" }
QRQA-10262-3-flip
Eric measures 20 hydrogen ions per 100ml in one solution. Another solution has 30 hydrogen ions per 100ml. The solution with less hydrogen ions is _____ acidic.
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
With a higher concentration of hydrogen ions, a solution is more acidic but has a lower pH.
QRSent-10262
{ "effect_prop": "acidic", "cause_dir_str": "higher", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "concentrations of hydrogen ions" }
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QRQA-10053-2
John was weighing some materials in his science lab. He observed that as objects had greater density, the heaviness of the objects
{ "text": [ "Increased", "Decreased" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
A given volume of a denser substance is heavier than the same volume of a less dense substance.
QRSent-10053
{ "effect_prop": "heavy", "cause_dir_str": "denser", "effect_dir_str": "heavier", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "density" }
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QRQA-10354-5-flip
A small container that has 100 hydrogen ions is sitting near a larger container that has 2 hydrogen ions. The solution in the larger container is
{ "text": [ "more acidic", "less acidic." ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
With a higher the concentration of hydrogen ions, a solution is more acidic and has a lower pH.
QRSent-10354
{ "effect_prop": "acidic", "cause_dir_str": "higher", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "concentration" }
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QRQA-10009-3
If Milo is part of a smaller population then Jerry is, which person's population will experience greater drifting of allele frequencies?
{ "text": [ "Milo", "Jerry" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The smaller a population is, the more allele frequencies may drift.
QRSent-10009
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{ "more_effect_dir": "greater", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "population", "more_effect_prop": "drifting of allele frequencies", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10216-3-flip
John was looking at a diagram of an electrical system. He observed that it was less difficult for electronics to move when the wire was
{ "text": [ "Thicker", "Thinner" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
A thinner wire is more difficult for electrons to move through than a thicker wire.
QRSent-10216
{ "effect_prop": "wire", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "thinner", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "difficult" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "thicker", "less_effect_dir": "thinner", "less_cause_prop": "difficult", "more_effect_prop": "wire", "less_effect_prop": "wire", "less_cause_dir": "wire" }
QRQA-10201-5
Two planets are drawn to each other in space, however they begin to drift apart over time. As the years press on, the planets will have a gravitation attraction between them that is
{ "text": [ "greater", "lesser" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
As the distance between the objects increases, the force of gravitational attraction decreases.
QRSent-10201
{ "effect_prop": "gravitational attraction", "cause_dir_str": "increases", "effect_dir_str": "decreases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "distance" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "greater", "less_effect_dir": "lesser", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "gravitational attraction", "less_effect_prop": "gravitational attraction", "less_cause_dir": "gravitational attraction" }
QRQA-10022-3
Sue is moving from a cold city in Canada to a warm tropical island. The type of vegetation and rate of biological weathering be _____ in Sue's new habitat after she makes the move.
{ "text": [ "greater", "lesser" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The warmer a climate is, the more types of vegetation it will have and the greater the rate of biological weathering.
QRSent-10022
{ "effect_prop": "vegetation / rate of weathering", "cause_dir_str": "warmer", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "climate" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "greater", "less_effect_dir": "lesser", "less_cause_prop": "city", "more_effect_prop": "type of vegetation", "less_effect_prop": "type of vegetation", "less_cause_dir": "type of vegetation" }
QRQA-10172-4
Dana goes with her mother to get screened for breast cancer. The person who is more likely to have it has an age that is
{ "text": [ "higher", "lower" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Breast cancer is rare in teens. It becomes more common as women get older.
QRSent-10172
{ "effect_prop": "young", "cause_dir_str": "rare", "effect_dir_str": "teens", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "rare" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "lower", "less_effect_dir": "higher", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "age", "less_effect_prop": "age", "less_cause_dir": "age" }
QRQA-10297-4
Reid notices that tributary glaciers make U-shaped valleys when flowing. A large valley was likely caused by a _____ tributary glacier.
{ "text": [ "small", "large" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Smaller tributary glaciers, like tributary streams, flow into the main glacier in their own shallower U-shaped valleys.
QRSent-10297
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QRQA-10319-3
Bob heats up some gas at the plant. When he does this, the gas particles move faster and
{ "text": [ "gain energy", "lose energy." ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
If the gas is heated, the particles will move faster as they gain more energy.
QRSent-10319
{ "effect_prop": "energy", "cause_dir_str": "faster", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "speed" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "gain", "less_effect_dir": "lose", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "energy", "less_effect_prop": "energy", "less_cause_dir": "energy" }
QRQA-10197-5
NASA has sent an unmanned probe to survey a distant solar system with four planets. Planet Zorb is closest to the sun of this solar system, Planet Krakatoa is second closest, Planet Beanbag is third from the sun, and Krypton is the farthest. The probe visits the planets in order, first Zorb, then Krakatoa, then Beanbag and finally Krypton. Did the probe have to fly farther in its trip from
{ "text": [ "Zorb to Krakatoa or", "from Beanbag to Krypton?" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
In general, the farther away from the Sun, the greater the distance from one planets orbit to the next.
QRSent-10197
{ "effect_prop": "distance from one planets orbit to the next", "cause_dir_str": "farther", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "away from the Sun" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10335-2
Rita sees a particle and makes it move very quickly. The temperature of the particle
{ "text": [ "increases", "decreases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
When particles move more quickly, temperature is higher and an object feels warmer.
QRSent-10335
{ "effect_prop": "temperature is higher", "cause_dir_str": "more quickly", "effect_dir_str": "higher", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "particle move quickly" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increases", "less_effect_dir": "decreases", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "temperature", "less_effect_prop": "temperature", "less_cause_dir": "temperature" }
QRQA-10110-1
In tornadoes the greater differences in air pressure cause _____ winds.
{ "text": [ "lesser", "stronger" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Differences in air pressure over the surface of the Earth result in wind. The greater the differences in air pressures, the stronger the wind.
QRSent-10110
{ "effect_prop": "wind", "cause_dir_str": "greater", "effect_dir_str": "stronger", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "air pressure" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "stronger", "less_effect_dir": "lesser", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "winds", "less_effect_prop": "winds", "less_cause_dir": "winds" }
QRQA-10173-3-flip
Robin has an old computer that runs quickly, and Bryan has a weak new computer. When working on the same task, the computer that will finish the task first is
{ "text": [ "Robin's", "Bryan's" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Compared with a less powerful device, a more powerful device can either do more work in the same time or do the same work in less time.
QRSent-10173
{ "effect_prop": "work", "cause_dir_str": "more powerful", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "powerful device" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "computer", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10395-4
Allen is riding his bike on a path. The course ends up 1000 feet higher above sea level compared to the beginning. At which point is the air resistance lower?
{ "text": [ "at the beginning", "at the end" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
At higher elevations, there is less air to press on a given area.
QRSent-10395
{ "effect_prop": "air to press on a given area", "cause_dir_str": "higher", "effect_dir_str": "less", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "elevation" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "lower air resistance", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "course", "less_cause_dir": "course" }
QRQA-10192-3-flip
A sound wave near its source, is spread out _____ than near its origin.
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The farther the sound waves travel away from the source, the more spread out their energy becomes.
QRSent-10192
{ "effect_prop": "spreading of their energy", "cause_dir_str": "farther", "effect_dir_str": "more spread out", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "distance of sound waves from the source" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "spread out more", "less_effect_dir": "spread out less", "less_cause_prop": "sound wave", "more_effect_prop": "sound wave", "less_effect_prop": "sound wave", "less_cause_dir": "sound wave" }
QRQA-10404-5-flip
If Mona is a logger and she stops cutting down a forest full of trees, how will that affect the likelihood of a drought occurring?
{ "text": [ "decrease", "increase" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common.
QRSent-10404
{ "effect_prop": "droughts", "cause_dir_str": "fewer", "effect_dir_str": "more common", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "trees" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "forest trees", "more_effect_prop": "drought", "less_effect_prop": "drought", "less_cause_dir": "drought" }
QRQA-10365-3-flip
The temperature has been dropping in a certain part of the world. The temperature change leads to _____ chemical weathering.
{ "text": [ "less", "more" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Chemical weathering increases as: Temperature increases: Chemical reactions proceed more rapidly at higher temperatures.
QRSent-10365
{ "effect_prop": "weathering", "cause_dir_str": "increases", "effect_dir_str": "increases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "temperature" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "temperature in a certain part of the world", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10104-4
John was watching the planets rotate around the sun. He noticed that was the distance between the sun and earth is lower, the speed of Earth is
{ "text": [ "Higher", "Lower" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The Earth travels faster in its elliptical orbit when it is closer to the Sun than when it is farther away.
QRSent-10104
{ "effect_prop": "distance", "cause_dir_str": "faster", "effect_dir_str": "closer", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "speed" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "lower", "less_cause_prop": "speed", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "distance between the sun and earth", "less_cause_dir": "distance between the sun and earth" }
QRQA-10208-5-flip
An object with large kinetic energy is probably
{ "text": [ "small", "large" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
An object with greater mass or greater velocity has more kinetic energy.
QRSent-10208
{ "effect_prop": "kinetic energy", "cause_dir_str": "greater", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "mass" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "large", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "mass", "more_effect_prop": "kinetic energy", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10353-3-flip
Someone that never works out will likely have _____ muscles than someone who lifts weights at home all day.
{ "text": [ "larger", "smaller" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Aerobic exercise increases the size and strength of muscles in the heart and helps all your muscles develop greater endurance.
QRSent-10353
{ "effect_prop": "muscles", "cause_dir_str": "", "effect_dir_str": "increases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "exercise" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "larger", "less_effect_dir": "smaller", "less_cause_prop": "Someone", "more_effect_prop": "muscles", "less_effect_prop": "muscles", "less_cause_dir": "muscles" }
QRQA-10248-3-flip
When we are increasing energy used while running what will happen?
{ "text": [ "speed up", "slow down" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
As the liquid particles lose energy, their movement slows down even more. As their movements become slower and slower, the attractive forces between become stronger.
QRSent-10248
{ "effect_prop": "movement", "cause_dir_str": "lose", "effect_dir_str": "slows down even more", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "energy" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "speed up", "less_effect_dir": "slow down", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "running", "less_effect_prop": "running", "less_cause_dir": "running" }
QRQA-10065-3
Ferb and Honey are walking away from each other. What is true about the force of gravity between them as the distance between them increases?
{ "text": [ "it increases", "it decreases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity between them.
QRSent-10065
{ "effect_prop": "force of gravity between", "cause_dir_str": "closer", "effect_dir_str": "stronger", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "closer together" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increases", "less_effect_dir": "decreases", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "force of gravity", "less_effect_prop": "force of gravity", "less_cause_dir": "force of gravity" }
QRQA-10351-3
Evan crawls through the toxic waste dump. His Geiger counter clicks very rapidly. The levels of radiation are likely
{ "text": [ "high", "low" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The faster the clicks of a Geiger counter occur, the higher the level of radiation.
QRSent-10351
{ "effect_prop": "level of radiation", "cause_dir_str": "faster", "effect_dir_str": "higher", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "clicks of a Geiger counter" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "high", "less_effect_dir": "low", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "levels of radiation", "less_effect_prop": "levels of radiation", "less_cause_dir": "levels of radiation" }
QRQA-10279-1
Two small planets are near each other, and two large planets are near each other. The larger planets, compared to the smaller planets will have a gravitational pull that is
{ "text": [ "weaker", "stronger" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The greater the mass of the objects, the stronger the gravitational pull between them.
QRSent-10279
{ "effect_prop": "gravitational pull", "cause_dir_str": "greater", "effect_dir_str": "stronger", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "mass" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "stronger", "less_effect_dir": "weaker", "less_cause_prop": "planets", "more_effect_prop": "gravitational pull", "less_effect_prop": "gravitational pull", "less_cause_dir": "gravitational pull" }
QRQA-10136-1-flip
If Mona is heating up a pan on the stove to cook dinner with and she decreases the amount of energy coming out of the stove, what will happen to the pan on the stove?
{ "text": [ "gets hotter", "gets cooler" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The temperature of matter increases with the added energy.
QRSent-10136
{ "effect_prop": "temperature of matter", "cause_dir_str": "added", "effect_dir_str": "increases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "energy" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "hotter", "less_effect_dir": "cooler", "less_cause_prop": "amount of energy", "more_effect_prop": "temperature", "less_effect_prop": "temperature", "less_cause_dir": "temperature" }
QRQA-10150-4-flip
If Mona is in her sailboat and she takes a sample of the water far away from shore to test for nutrients and compares it to sample that she took while close to the shore, which sample will have fewer nutrients?
{ "text": [ "close to shore", "far from shore" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Most nutrients are washed into ocean water from land. Therefore, water closer to shore tends to have more nutrients.
QRSent-10150
{ "effect_prop": "nutrients", "cause_dir_str": "closer", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "water closer to shore" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "fewer", "less_cause_prop": "shore", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "nutrients", "less_cause_dir": "nutrients" }
QRQA-10384-2
If you are able to remove greenhouse gases the temperature will
{ "text": [ "go up", "go down" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
A decrease in greenhouse gas levels decreases global temperature and an increase raises global temperature.
QRSent-10384
{ "effect_prop": "temperature", "cause_dir_str": "decrease", "effect_dir_str": "decreases", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "greenhouse gases" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "go up", "less_effect_dir": "go down", "less_cause_prop": "gases", "more_effect_prop": "temperature", "less_effect_prop": "temperature", "less_cause_dir": "temperature" }
QRQA-10337-2
Rich breathed in and out. When he breathes _____ his chest seems larger.
{ "text": [ "in", "out" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Inhaling, or breathing in, increases the size of the chest, which decreases air pressure inside the lungs.
QRSent-10337
{ "effect_prop": "size of chest", "cause_dir_str": "", "effect_dir_str": "increases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "breathing in" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "larger", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "breathe", "more_effect_prop": "chest", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10399-1
If Jim packs a greater amount of packing peanuts into a jar, what happens to the density of the peanuts?
{ "text": [ "increases", "decreases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The more tightly packed the particles inside the material are, the more dense we say they are.
QRSent-10399
{ "effect_prop": "dense we say they are", "cause_dir_str": "more tightly packed", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "tightly packed the particles" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increases", "less_effect_dir": "decreases", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "density", "less_effect_prop": "density", "less_cause_dir": "density" }
QRQA-10038-5-flip
If Jim wants to decrease the amount of acceleration applied to a baseball he must hit it
{ "text": [ "harder", "softer" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The harder the batter hits the ball, the greater will be its acceleration.
QRSent-10038
{ "effect_prop": "acceleration", "cause_dir_str": "harder", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "batter hits the ball" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "hit", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "acceleration", "less_cause_dir": "acceleration" }
QRQA-10019-3-flip
An object with great elastic potential energy _____ be easily stretched.
{ "text": [ "will", "won't" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The more an elastic object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.
QRSent-10019
{ "effect_prop": "elastic potential energy", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "stretching of material" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "great", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "elastic potential energy", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10393-1-flip
If the particles move together, the amplitude of the wave should
{ "text": [ "increase", "decrease" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The closer together the particles are, the greater the amplitude of the wave.
QRSent-10393
{ "effect_prop": "amplitude of the wave", "cause_dir_str": "closer", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "close together the particles are" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "amplitude", "less_effect_prop": "amplitude", "less_cause_dir": "amplitude" }
QRQA-10331-5-flip
Sean digs in the dirt and finds rocks that are buried very shallowly. Given how deep they were, Sean can assume that these rocks are
{ "text": [ "younger", "older" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Lower rock layers were laid down earlier, so they are assumed to contain older fossils.
QRSent-10331
{ "effect_prop": "age", "cause_dir_str": "lower", "effect_dir_str": "older", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "depth" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "older", "less_effect_dir": "younger", "less_cause_prop": "rocks", "more_effect_prop": "rocks", "less_effect_prop": "rocks", "less_cause_dir": "rocks" }
QRQA-10317-3
John was looking in the microscope at some very small objects. What he observed was that the larger number of carbon atoms he saw, the number of isomers would quickly
{ "text": [ "increase", "decrease" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
As you increase the number of carbon atoms in a hydrocarbon, the number of isomers quickly increases.
QRSent-10317
{ "effect_prop": "isomers", "cause_dir_str": "increase", "effect_dir_str": "increases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "carbon atoms" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "number of isomers", "less_effect_prop": "number of isomers", "less_cause_dir": "number of isomers" }
QRQA-10032-4-flip
Your pupils will _____ in size if you need less light to see.
{ "text": [ "decrease", "increase" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The pupil automatically gets bigger or smaller to let more or less light in as needed.
QRSent-10032
{ "effect_prop": "pupil", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "bigger", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "light needed" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "light", "more_effect_prop": "pupil", "less_effect_prop": "pupil", "less_cause_dir": "pupil" }
QRQA-10321-3-flip
Theresa lives in a first world country. Eric lives in a third world country. Whose country likely produces less hazardous waste?
{ "text": [ "Eric's", "Theresa's" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Countries with more industry produce more hazardous wastes than those with little industry.
QRSent-10321
{ "effect_prop": "hazardous waste production", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "industry in a country" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "country", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "hazardous waste", "less_cause_dir": "hazardous waste" }
QRQA-10131-1
The oil rigs had an oil spill in the ocean, which caused _____ pollution.
{ "text": [ "less", "more" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Greater use of oil and other fossil fuels causes more pollution.
QRSent-10131
{ "effect_prop": "Pollution", "cause_dir_str": "greater", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "Oil" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "pollution", "less_effect_prop": "pollution", "less_cause_dir": "pollution" }
QRQA-10389-1
The longer the telescope stays focused the _____ the stars appear.
{ "text": [ "more bright", "less bright" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The longer the exposure, the more light that the telescope can gather to make the image.
QRSent-10389
{ "effect_prop": "image", "cause_dir_str": "longer", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "longer" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more bright", "less_effect_dir": "less bright", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "the stars", "less_effect_prop": "the stars", "less_cause_dir": "the stars" }
QRQA-10079-3
Two cars are going down the road, one weighs a ton, the other weighs two tons. If both crash, the car weighing two tons will have a momentum that is
{ "text": [ "smaller", "larger" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The more mass a moving object has or the faster its moving, the greater its momentum.
QRSent-10079
{ "effect_prop": "momentum", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "mass" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "larger", "less_effect_dir": "smaller", "less_cause_prop": "car", "more_effect_prop": "momentum", "less_effect_prop": "momentum", "less_cause_dir": "momentum" }
QRQA-10019-5-flip
John stretched a rubber band, making it larger and then smaller. The less he stretches the rubber band will it have _____ elastic potential energy?
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The more an elastic object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.
QRSent-10019
{ "effect_prop": "elastic potential energy", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "elastic" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "rubber band", "more_effect_prop": "elastic potential energy", "less_effect_prop": "elastic potential energy", "less_cause_dir": "elastic potential energy" }
QRQA-10210-1
Two species with near similar DNA should have a _____ relationship.
{ "text": [ "close", "distant" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The more similar the DNA molecules of different species are, the closer the relationship is likely to be.
QRSent-10210
{ "effect_prop": "closeness to the relationship of two species", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "closer", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "similarity of DNA molecules" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "close", "less_effect_dir": "distant", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "relationship", "less_effect_prop": "relationship", "less_cause_dir": "relationship" }
QRQA-10136-2
Jeff adds energy to his water. The water becomes more
{ "text": [ "cold", "hot" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The temperature of matter increases with the added energy.
QRSent-10136
{ "effect_prop": "added energy", "cause_dir_str": "increases", "effect_dir_str": "added", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "matter temperature" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "adds", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "water", "more_effect_prop": "energy to his water", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10327-2-flip
Because of gluons, quarks are attracted each _____ strongly the closer they are.
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Gluons make quarks attract each other more strongly the farther apart the quarks get.
QRSent-10327
{ "effect_prop": "stronger attractions because of gluons", "cause_dir_str": "farther apart", "effect_dir_str": "more strongly", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "distance between quarks" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more strongly", "less_effect_dir": "less strongly", "less_cause_prop": "quarks", "more_effect_prop": "attraction", "less_effect_prop": "attraction", "less_cause_dir": "attraction" }
QRQA-10221-2-flip
If Milo is a farmer and he wants to decrease the amount of bell peppers he grows, what should he do to advance his farming practices?
{ "text": [ "increase them", "decrease them" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
More advanced farming practices allowed a single farmer to grow food for many more people.
QRSent-10221
{ "effect_prop": "food", "cause_dir_str": "more advanced", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "advanced farming practices" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "farming practices", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "amount of bell peppers", "less_cause_dir": "amount of bell peppers" }
QRQA-10352-2-flip
A small planet has a _____ pull of gravity than a small planet.
{ "text": [ "stronger", "weaker" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Gravity is a pull which all matter exerts on all other matter, the more mass, the stronger the pull.
QRSent-10352
{ "effect_prop": "gravity pull", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "stronger", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "mass" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "stronger", "less_effect_dir": "weaker", "less_cause_prop": "planet", "more_effect_prop": "pull", "less_effect_prop": "pull", "less_cause_dir": "pull" }
QRQA-10101-4
When we use a lot of technology to measure something it becomes
{ "text": [ "more accurate", "less accurate" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
But the more computing power that goes into the model and the care with which the scientists construct the model can increase the chances that a model will be accurate.
QRSent-10101
{ "effect_prop": "accurate", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "increase", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "computing power" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "accurate", "less_effect_prop": "accurate", "less_cause_dir": "accurate" }
QRQA-10096-1
Compared to a person who takes four years to undergo cancer treatments after being diagnosed, would a person with the same cancer who undergoes treatment immediately after learning of their diagnosis be
{ "text": [ "less likely to be cured?", "more likely to be cured" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The sooner cancer is treated, the greater the chances of a cure.
QRSent-10096
{ "effect_prop": "chance of the cancer being cured.", "cause_dir_str": "sooner", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "amount of time it takes to treat cancer" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more likely", "less_effect_dir": "less likely", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "be cured", "less_effect_prop": "be cured", "less_cause_dir": "be cured" }
QRQA-10348-1
Jean and John were going to have a baby, and they are both in great shape. Jean and John are likely to have offspring in numbers that are
{ "text": [ "greater", "smaller" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Genotypes with greater fitness produce more offspring and pass more copies of their alleles to the next generation.
QRSent-10348
{ "effect_prop": "offspring", "cause_dir_str": "greater", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "fitness" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "greater numbers", "less_effect_dir": "smaller numbers", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "offspring", "less_effect_prop": "offspring", "less_cause_dir": "offspring" }
QRQA-10341-3
Dana wants things to slide around easily without too much friction, so she uses oil in amounts that are
{ "text": [ "greater", "smaller" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
To reduce friction, oil is added to the engine.
QRSent-10341
{ "effect_prop": "oil", "cause_dir_str": "reduce", "effect_dir_str": "added", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "friction" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "greater amounts", "less_effect_dir": "smaller amounts", "less_cause_prop": "friction", "more_effect_prop": "oil", "less_effect_prop": "oil", "less_cause_dir": "oil" }
QRQA-10030-5-flip
Donna gets headaches from having too little pressure in the atmosphere, so if Donna doesn't have a headache today, it means the air temperature is
{ "text": [ "lower", "higher" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Increasing air temperature decreases atmospheric pressure.
QRSent-10030
{ "effect_prop": "atmospheric pressure", "cause_dir_str": "increasing", "effect_dir_str": "decreases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "air temperature" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "too little pressure", "less_cause_prop": "air temperature", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "atmosphere", "less_cause_dir": "atmosphere" }
QRQA-10222-3
Tom conducted an archaeological dig and compared some of the rocks he found. He noticed that the rocks at 20 feet deep were _____ than the rocks at 2 feet deep.
{ "text": [ "older", "younger" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Older rocks are at the bottom and younger rocks are at the top.
QRSent-10222
{ "effect_prop": "depth", "cause_dir_str": "older", "effect_dir_str": "bottom", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "age" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "20 feet", "less_effect_dir": "2 feet", "less_cause_prop": "rocks", "more_effect_prop": "deep", "less_effect_prop": "deep", "less_cause_dir": "deep" }
QRQA-10286-5
If Mona is manipulating carbon atoms in her science lab and she increases the number of carbon atoms she has to work with, what happens to the number of possible arrangements the carbon atoms can take?
{ "text": [ "increase", "decrease" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
A: The more carbon atoms there are, the greater the number of possible arrangements of carbon atoms.
QRSent-10286
{ "effect_prop": "number of possible arrangements", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "carbon atoms there are" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "number of possible arrangements", "less_effect_prop": "number of possible arrangements", "less_cause_dir": "number of possible arrangements" }
QRQA-10275-3
If Milo increases the frequency on his shortwave radio, it does what to the amount of energy the radio is producing?
{ "text": [ "increases", "decreases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Shorter wavelengths (higher frequencies) correspond to higher energies and thus hotter star temperatures.
QRSent-10275
{ "effect_prop": "energies", "cause_dir_str": "higher", "effect_dir_str": "higher", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "frequencies" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increases", "less_effect_dir": "decreases", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "energy", "less_effect_prop": "energy", "less_cause_dir": "energy" }
QRQA-10344-2-flip
If Mona is measuring atoms and she finds out that one atom is smaller then another, what does that imply about the distance of electrons from the nucleus of that atom?
{ "text": [ "closer together", "farther away" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
In bigger atoms, valence electrons are farther from the nucleus.
QRSent-10344
{ "effect_prop": "electrons are farther from the nucleus", "cause_dir_str": "bigger", "effect_dir_str": "farther", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "bigger atoms" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "farther away", "less_effect_dir": "closer together", "less_cause_prop": "atom", "more_effect_prop": "distance of electrons", "less_effect_prop": "distance of electrons", "less_cause_dir": "distance of electrons" }
QRQA-10215-1-flip
When Shane goes swimming in warmer water, he can move about slowly, whereas in cooler water, Shane's movement is
{ "text": [ "faster", "slower" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
When a volume of water is cooled, the molecules move less vigorously, so same number of molecules takes up less space and the water is denser.
QRSent-10215
{ "effect_prop": "vigorous movement", "cause_dir_str": "cooled", "effect_dir_str": "less", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "cool" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "faster", "less_effect_dir": "slower", "less_cause_prop": "water", "more_effect_prop": "movement", "less_effect_prop": "movement", "less_cause_dir": "movement" }
QRQA-10166-4-flip
A fossil in the highest layer of rock would be _____ than one lower down.
{ "text": [ "younger", "older" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Fossils found at the lowest layer of rock would be the oldest, as these would have been buried for the longest time, whereas fossils found closer to the surface would be buried more recently and therefore be younger.
QRSent-10166
{ "effect_prop": "age of fossils", "cause_dir_str": "lowest", "effect_dir_str": "oldest", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "layers of rock" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "older", "less_effect_dir": "younger", "less_cause_prop": "layer of rock", "more_effect_prop": "fossil", "less_effect_prop": "fossil", "less_cause_dir": "fossil" }
QRQA-10098-3-flip
If there is less rain, the amount of water in the water table is _____ .
{ "text": [ "less", "more" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The water table is higher when there is a lot of rain and lower when the weather is dry.
QRSent-10098
{ "effect_prop": "water table", "cause_dir_str": "lot of", "effect_dir_str": "higher", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "rain" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "rain", "more_effect_prop": "amount of water", "less_effect_prop": "amount of water", "less_cause_dir": "amount of water" }
QRQA-10277-5
If Milo makes an effort to use more resources in his day to day life, what will happen to the amount of waste he produces?
{ "text": [ "increase", "decrease" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Increased resource use generally means more waste; electronic waste from developed nations is a growing problem in the developing world.
QRSent-10277
{ "effect_prop": "waste", "cause_dir_str": "increased", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "resource use" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increase", "less_effect_dir": "decrease", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "waste produced", "less_effect_prop": "waste produced", "less_cause_dir": "waste produced" }
QRQA-10353-5-flip
If Jim works hard and decreases the strength of his muscles, his endurance becomes
{ "text": [ "greater", "smaller" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Aerobic exercise increases the size and strength of muscles in the heart and helps all your muscles develop greater endurance.
QRSent-10353
{ "effect_prop": "endurance", "cause_dir_str": "increases", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "strength of muscles" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "greater", "less_effect_dir": "smaller", "less_cause_prop": "strength of his muscles", "more_effect_prop": "endurance", "less_effect_prop": "endurance", "less_cause_dir": "endurance" }
QRQA-10316-3
Living things with poor traits should produce _____ offspring than living things with better traits.
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Natural selection is the process by which living things with beneficial traits produce more offspring, so their traits become more common over time.
QRSent-10316
{ "effect_prop": "offspring", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "better traits" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "traits", "more_effect_prop": "offspring", "less_effect_prop": "offspring", "less_cause_dir": "offspring" }
QRQA-10225-3-flip
Chris is studying Lake Michigan. He takes soil samples from the Lake in two places. The first sample he takes from right near the shore. The second sample is taken from the middle of the lake. The _____ sample will have lesser dissolved nutrients in it.
{ "text": [ "first", "second" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Water near shore generally has more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.
QRSent-10225
{ "effect_prop": "dissolved nutrients", "cause_dir_str": "near", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "near shore" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "", "less_effect_dir": "lesser dissolved nutrients", "less_cause_prop": "soil", "more_effect_prop": "", "less_effect_prop": "sample", "less_cause_dir": "sample" }
QRQA-10217-2
If Mona is building a circuit and she adds more resistors in series, what happens to the total resistance of the circuit?
{ "text": [ "increases", "decreases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
As more resistors are added in series, the total resistance of the circuit increases.
QRSent-10217
{ "effect_prop": "total resistance of the circuit", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "increases", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "resistors are added in series" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increases", "less_effect_dir": "decreases", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "circuit", "less_effect_prop": "circuit", "less_cause_dir": "circuit" }
QRQA-10318-4
When you send more power to a magnet it becomes
{ "text": [ "weaker", "stronger" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The more current, the stronger the electromagnet.
QRSent-10318
{ "effect_prop": "electromagnet", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "stronger", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "current" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "stronger", "less_effect_dir": "weaker", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "magnet", "less_effect_prop": "magnet", "less_cause_dir": "magnet" }
QRQA-10340-4
Amy is from the USA, where she used lots of fossil fuels. Andy is from a poor country where there are few fossil fuels to be used. The person who's country will contribute more to air pollution is
{ "text": [ "Amy's", "Andy's" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Because richer nations use more fossil fuels, they also cause more air pollution and global warming than poorer nations do.
QRSent-10340
{ "effect_prop": "air pollution caused", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "fossil fuel use" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "fossil fuels used", "more_effect_prop": "air pollution", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10172-5-flip
When people get younger what happens to their risk of cancer?
{ "text": [ "decreases", "increases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Breast cancer is rare in teens. It becomes more common as women get older.
QRSent-10172
{ "effect_prop": "cancer", "cause_dir_str": "older", "effect_dir_str": "more common", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "age" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increases", "less_effect_dir": "decreases", "less_cause_prop": "people", "more_effect_prop": "risk of cancer", "less_effect_prop": "risk of cancer", "less_cause_dir": "risk of cancer" }
QRQA-10235-5
The United states has more industry than South Korea. Therefore, there is more hazardous waste in _____.
{ "text": [ "South Korea", "the United States" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Nations that have more industry produce more hazardous waste.
QRSent-10235
{ "effect_prop": "hazardous waste", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "industry" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "hazardous waste", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10025-4
If America is a rich nation and China is a poor nation, which nation uses more energy resources?
{ "text": [ "China", "America" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
Richer nations use far more energy resources, especially fossil fuels, than poorer nations do.
QRSent-10025
{ "effect_prop": "use far more energy resources", "cause_dir_str": "richer", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "Richer nations" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "China", "more_effect_prop": "energy resources", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10279-5
The sun is able to hold in all the planets because it is
{ "text": [ "more massive", "less massive" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
The greater the mass of the objects, the stronger the gravitational pull between them.
QRSent-10279
{ "effect_prop": "gravitational pull", "cause_dir_str": "greater", "effect_dir_str": "stronger", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "mass" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "able to hold in", "less_effect_dir": "", "less_cause_prop": "massive", "more_effect_prop": "planets", "less_effect_prop": "", "less_cause_dir": "" }
QRQA-10079-4-flip
A small object will have _____ momentum than a large object.
{ "text": [ "more", "less" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
The more mass a moving object has or the faster its moving, the greater its momentum.
QRSent-10079
{ "effect_prop": "momentum", "cause_dir_str": "more", "effect_dir_str": "greater", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "mass of an object" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "momentum", "more_effect_prop": "momentum", "less_effect_prop": "momentum", "less_cause_dir": "momentum" }
QRQA-10392-4
If Mary is playing music in her room and the heater stops working, causing the temperature to fall, what happens to the speed of the soundwaves her radio is generating?
{ "text": [ "increases", "decreases" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
B
For a given medium, sound has a slower speed at lower temperatures.
QRSent-10392
{ "effect_prop": "sound has a slower speed", "cause_dir_str": "lower", "effect_dir_str": "slower", "cause_dir_sign": "LESS", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "temperatures" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "increases", "less_effect_dir": "decreases", "less_cause_prop": "heater", "more_effect_prop": "speed of soundwaves", "less_effect_prop": "speed of soundwaves", "less_cause_dir": "speed of soundwaves" }
QRQA-10252-2-flip
Sarah leaves coconut oil on the counter during the night when it is cool, and it is a solid. During the day, the coconut oil is a liquid, so the night is
{ "text": [ "cooler", "warmer" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
Larger alkenes have lower boiling and melting points, so they are liquids or waxy solids at room temperature.
QRSent-10252
{ "effect_prop": "boiling point", "cause_dir_str": "larger", "effect_dir_str": "lower", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "LESS", "cause_prop": "size" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "warmer", "less_effect_dir": "cooler", "less_cause_prop": "", "more_effect_prop": "night", "less_effect_prop": "night", "less_cause_dir": "night" }
QRQA-10375-1-flip
Lonnie decreased the frequency of some microwaves he was working with. The resulting microwaves now contain _____ energy.
{ "text": [ "less", "more" ], "label": [ "A", "B" ] }
A
With higher frequencies, the microwaves also have more energy.
QRSent-10375
{ "effect_prop": "microwaves also have more energy", "cause_dir_str": "higher", "effect_dir_str": "more", "cause_dir_sign": "MORE", "effect_dir_sign": "MORE", "cause_prop": "frequencies" }
{ "more_effect_dir": "more", "less_effect_dir": "less", "less_cause_prop": "frequency", "more_effect_prop": "energy", "less_effect_prop": "energy", "less_cause_dir": "energy" }