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: Some pea plants always have peas with smooth skin. Other pea plants always have peas with wrinkled skin. How can a student best predict which kind of pea will grow from a seed that is planted?  
 (A) by checking the amount of water in the soil (B) by checking how often the pea plant receives sunlight (C) by checking how much space the plant will have to grow (D) by checking the type of peas growing on the parent plants

SOLUTION: D

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: Which cell can survive without the help of other cells?  
 (A) leaf cell (B) yeast cell (C) onion cell (D) muscle cell

SOLUTION:
B