instruction:
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.
question:
Which lists the diameter of the planets in order from smallest to largest?  
 (A) Venus, Earth, Mercury, Mars (B) Earth, Mars, Venus, Mercury (C) Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus (D) Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth
answer:
D


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:
Which factor is responsible for the presence of equatorial deserts?  
 (A) global warming (B) asteroid impacts (C) tilt of the Earth's axis (D) the solar activity cycle
answer:

C