You are given a science question (easy-level) and four answer options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D"). Your task is to find the correct answer based on scientific facts, knowledge, and reasoning. Do not generate anything else apart from one of the following characters: 'A', 'B, 'C', 'D'. There is only one correct answer for each question.
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Question: Overuse of soil for farming causes local disruptions of several Earth subsystems. Which of these is a part of the biogeochemical cycle that experiences the most severe local disruption?  
 (A) release of carbon into the atmosphere (B) release of oxygen into the atmosphere (C) cycling phosphorus into the soil (D) cycling hydrogen into the soil

Answer: C


Question: A student plans to grow algal colonies in solutions with different concentrations of liquid fertilizer. Which is a clear and testable hypothesis to guide this investigation?  
 (A) Algae like fertilizer. (B) Fertilizer is good for algae. (C) Fertilizer improves the genetic traits of algae. (D) Algal growth rate increases with fertilizer concentration.

Answer: D


Question: What chemical symbol represents the element iron?  
 (A) Fe (B) I (C) Ir (D) Pb

Answer:
A