TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: To calculate the relative age of rocks, geologists use the rate of radioactive decay of isotopes present in their samples. What is the term used for the original amount of the elemental isotopes being investigated?   
 (A) rare earth isotopes (B) son isotopes (C) daughter isotopes (D) parent isotopes

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: The yellow-throated longclaw is a bird that lives on the dry savanna of Africa. It looks almost exactly like another bird, the western meadowlark of North America. Although the birds look very similar, they are not even in the same taxonomic family. Scientists think the birds look alike because the two species developed under similar environmental pressures, even though they developed thousands of miles apart. Which process does their development demonstrate?  
 (A) sexual selection (B) disruptive selection (C) divergent evolution (D) convergent evolution

SOLUTION: D

PROBLEM: Scientists are developing new satellite technology to help predict the weather. How will developing this technology most likely benefit people?  
 (A) It will show people that storms can be prevented. (B) It will show people that science is interesting. (C) It will help warn people about dangerous storms. (D) It will help people drive in the rain.

SOLUTION:
C