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: Fertilizers can enable farmers to grow the same crop in a field for several years in a row. Farmers who use less fertilizer often rotate their crops by planting the crop one year and legumes, such as beans and clover, the following year. Fertilizer use and crop rotation with legumes both increase the availability of which of the following nutrients in soil?  
 (A) calcium (B) nitrogen (C) oxygen (D) protein

SOLUTION: B

PROBLEM: What is the function of the nucleus in a cell?  
 (A) provides energy (B) provides nutrients (C) controls activity (D) controls movement

SOLUTION: C

PROBLEM: A student mixes a spoonful of sand into a beaker of water. Which two methods can be used to separate the sand from the water?  
 (A) filtration and evaporation (B) settling and chromatography (C) chromatography and filtration (D) settling and magnetic attraction

SOLUTION:
A