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.

Q: 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

A: D
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Q: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS. The first known human cases AIDS were in Africa in the late 1950s. Since then, tens of millions of people have died from the disease, and tens of millions more people all over the world are infected. Which term best describes the disease AIDS?  
 (A) isolated cases (B) outbreak (C) epidemic (D) pandemic

A: D
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Q: Which of the following is the starting point for a new scientific investigation?  
 (A) identifying experimental variables (B) forming a question that is the basis of a hypothesis (C) conducting repeated trials and graphing the data (D) writing out a procedure and collecting the needed equipment

A:
B
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