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 of the following is most consistent with the modern theory of evolution?  
 (A) Parents pass their physical traits to their offspring; those offspring with traits that help them survive in the environment are able to reproduce. (B) Parents change their physical traits in order to survive in the environment, then those parental traits are passed to their offspring. (C) Life on this planet came from another planet far out in space. (D) Living organisms have not changed for hundreds of millions of years.
answer:
A


question:
In some locations, squirrels sleep for long periods of time during the winter months. Which of the following most likely causes these squirrels to sleep for long periods of time?  
 (A) increase in humidity (B) decrease in temperature (C) clouds forming in the sky (D) winds blowing in the night
answer:
B


question:
What does the brain monitor to control the rate of breathing during normal activities?  
 (A) the level of carbon dioxide in the blood (B) the level of carbon dioxide in the cells (C) the level of carbon dioxide in the lungs (D) the level of carbon dioxide in the air
answer:

A