niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Question: To have less elephants, we should _____ forests near them. 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The forest habitat of elephants has also decreased in size due to humans moving in, so the numbers of the elephants have decreased.
Output: decrease
Question: Will and Tony are skateboarding and push against each other with force. As the force with they push with decreases, the distance they travel away from each other 
 Option1: decreases 
 Option2: increases 
 Explanation: When two skateboarders push against each other, it causes them to move apart. The harder they push together, the farther apart they move.
Output: decreases
Question: If Mona is spinning some wire at her job and she makes the wire thinner, what happens to the ease at which electrons can pass through that wire? 
 Option1: easier 
 Option2: harder 
 Explanation: A thinner wire is more difficult for electrons to move through than a thicker wire.
Output: harder
Question: Mike is looking at two cars to buy. The first car, a Toyota, uses twice as much oil and fossil fuels to run, compared to the Kia he is looking at. If Mike wants to buy the car that causes more pollution, he should buy the 
 Option1: Toyota 
 Option2: Kia 
 Explanation: Greater use of oil and other fossil fuels causes more pollution.
Output: Toyota
Question: If your body size were to increase, your surface area to volume ratio would 
 Option1: decrease 
 Option2: increase 
 Explanation: Size restriction: The final body size is limited because as the body size increases, the surface area to volume ratio decreases.
Output: decrease
Question: A person is digging up rocks, and wants to get the oldest ones. The person will dig 
 Option1: deeper 
 Option2: shallower 
 Explanation: Older rocks are at the bottom and younger rocks are at the top.
Output: deeper
Question: As molecules start moving slower they get 
 Option1: warmer 
 Option2: colder 
 Explanation: Warmer molecules vibrate faster than cooler ones.
Output: colder
Question: If Mona's country normally emits not a lot of greenhouse gas, but one day decides to raise the amount they emit, what will happen to the global temperature? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: A decrease in greenhouse gas levels decreases global temperature and an increase raises global temperature.
Output: increase
Question: If Jim decreases how basic his solution is, it means the solution proximity to pH 14 is 
 Option1: decreased 
 Option2: increased 
 Explanation: The more basic a solution is, the closer its pH value will be to 14.
Output: decreased
Question: For radio transmissions, longer wavelength waves have 
 Option1: higher or 
 Option2: lower frequencies. 
 Explanation: Longer wavelength electromagnetic waves have lower frequencies, and shorter wavelength waves have higher frequencies.
Output: lower frequencies.
Question: Jerry weighs 200 pounds. Polly weighs 120 pounds. Who has less inertia? 
 Option1: Jerry 
 Option2: Polly 
 Explanation: Objects with greater mass have greater inertia.
Output: Polly
Question: Cold air is able to fill less space than warm air because it is 
 Option1: more dense 
 Option2: less dense 
 Explanation: Warm air is less dense than cool air, so it rises higher in the troposphere.
Output: more dense
Question: Would a microphone designed to listen for avalanches detect the sound of falling snow later on a 
 Option1: warm day 
 Option2: colder day? 
 Explanation: For a given medium such as air, sound has a slower speed at lower temperatures.
Output: colder day?
Question: If Mona is generating microwaves while defrosting her meat and she decreases the frequency of them, what happens to the amount of energy she is generating? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Higher-frequency waves have more energy.
Output: decreases
Question: What happens to Susie's chance of contracting breast cancer as she gets older? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Breast cancer is rare in teens. It becomes more common as women get older.
Output: increases
Question: What will happen to the functionality of a structure if decreases the surface area of it? 
 Option1: functionality increases 
 Option2: functionality decreases 
 Explanation: In Life Sciences it is important to note that whenever a structure has an increased surface area, there is an increase in the functioning of that structure.
Output: functionality decreases
Question: The archaeologist was digging and saw that the youngest rocks were in layers that were 
 Option1: shallower 
 Option2: deeper 
 Explanation: The upper rock layers are much younger.
Output: shallower
Question: Mike lives in the USA while Mosha lives in Nigeria, which likely uses less energy on a daily basis? 
 Option1: Mike 
 Option2: Mosha 
 Explanation: People in the richer nations of the world use far more energy, especially energy from fossil fuels, than people in the poorer nations do.
Output: Mosha
Question: A wave with less energy than another will have a _____-frequency. 
 Option1: lower 
 Option2: higher 
 Explanation: A higher-frequency wave has more energy than a lower-frequency wave with the same amplitude.
Output: lower
Question: If Mona is creating a membrane to filter out some dirty water and she creates fewer folds in the membrane, what happens to the total surface area of that membrane? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: The folds present in the membrane increase the surface area allowing more ribosomes to be present on the ER, thereby allowing greater protein production.
Output: decreases
Question: When you go into a cave, the rocks at shallower levels are _____ than the rocks on the surface. 
 Option1: younger 
 Option2: older 
 Explanation: The main law is the law of superposition. This law states that deeper rock layers are older than layers closer to the surface.
Output: younger
Question: If Milo is adjusting the pH of his pool and decreases it, what happens to how basic the solution in the pool is? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: For bases we can state the folllowing: The higher the pH of a substance, the more basic it is.
Output: decreases
Question: What would happen to the force of gravity between two soccer balls if Jim moved them farther apart? 
 Option1: it would increase 
 Option2: it would decrease 
 Explanation: Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity between them.
Output: it would decrease
Question: If Mona is freezing a glass of water and the temperature of the water begins to decrease, what happens to the density of that water? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Lower temperature and higher salinity yield the densest water.
Output: increases
Question: A part of the beach is smooth, and another part is very rough. The waves on the smooth part of the beach are probably 
 Option1: larger 
 Option2: smaller 
 Explanation: The bigger the waves are and the more sediment they carry, the more erosion they cause.
Output: larger
Question: If Jim is trying to lower the melting point of an isomer, what should he do to the number of branching points of the isomer? 
 Option1: decrease them 
 Option2: increase them 
 Explanation: The more branching there is in isomers, the lower the boiling and melting points are.
Output: increase them
Question: Waves that come in very slowly to the shores have 
 Option1: more energy 
 Option2: less energy 
 Explanation: Higher frequency waves have greater energy.
Output: less energy
Question: Will increased his house energy consumption. He has _____ his personal levels of pollution. 
 Option1: increased 
 Option2: decreased 
 Explanation: We need to reduce our electricity consumption in order to reduce pollution.
Output: increased
Question: After the pile of tires at the landfill caught on fire, the smoke released into the air made the air quality 
 Option1: better? 
 Option2: worse 
 Explanation: More pollutants mean poorer air quality.
Output: worse
Question: John was building a circuit in the electrical room when he noticed something. The more resistors he added, the level of resistance would 
 Option1: Decrease 
 Option2: Increase 
 Explanation: As more resistors are added in series, the total resistance of the circuit increases.
Output: Increase
Question: Dean is going into space, and passes through the stratosphere. He looks at the temperature around him as he does, and he sees that as he heads into space, the temperature 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: The stratosphere contains the ozone layer, the temperatures increase as altitude increases.
Output: increases
Question: If Milo is holding two oranges 5 feet apart and he moves them so they are 10 feet apart, what happens to the gravitational pull between the objects? 
 Option1: decreases 
 Option2: increases 
 Explanation: The closer objects are, the stronger the gravitational pull between them.
Output: decreases
Question: As we release the air from a balloon the number of reactions in the balloon 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: At higher concentrations, particles of reactants are crowded closer together, so they are more likely to collide and react.
Output: decrease
Question: Compared to a solution of acidic vinegar, would basic lye have a pH value 
 Option1: closer to 0 
 Option2: farther away from 0? 
 Explanation: The more acidic a solution is, the closer its pH value will be to 0
Output: farther away from 0?
Question: Don notices that the patient's heart is expelling less blood with each stroke. The patient's heart has to beat _____ often to maintain consistent blood flow. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: When the heart expels more blood with each stroke, the heart has to beat less often in order to maintain the same volume of blood flow.
Output: more
Question: An increase of carbon atoms will result in _____ possible arrangements. 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: A: The more carbon atoms there are, the greater the number of possible arrangements of carbon atoms.
Output: more
Question: When we look at monkeys and humans they have a lot of matching DNA meaning they are. 
 Option1: similar 
 Option2: very different 
 Explanation: The more similar the DNA molecules of different species are, the closer the relationship is likely to be.
Output: similar
Question: Plants grow more poorly in the tundra because it is 
 Option1: colder 
 Option2: warmer 
 Explanation: The warmer a climate is, the more types of vegetation it will have and the greater the rate of biological weathering.
Output: colder
Question: Chris ran a wire 3 foot long. Ron ran a wire 10 foot long. If all else was the same, the wire that Chris ran had 
 Option1: more resistance 
 Option2: less resistance. 
 Explanation: Longer wires have more resistance than shorter wires.
Output: less resistance.
Question: A wolf pack recently added twenty pups to the pack. The greater number of wolves in the pack means that the availability of food will be 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 Explanation: As the population increases, the food supply, or the supply of another necessary resource, may decrease.
Output: lesser
Question: You are conducting an experiment on alkenes and discover that your smaller alkenes have _____ boiling and melting points than the larger ones. 
 Option1: lower 
 Option2: higher 
 Explanation: Larger alkenes have lower boiling and melting points.
Output: higher
Question: An electron with a low energy level will have energy that is 
 Option1: lower 
 Option2: higher 
 Explanation: Electrons at lower energy levels, which are closer to the nucleus, have less energy.
Output: lower
Question: Carrying things instead of using a truck does what to physical labor 
 Option1: Increases it 
 Option2: Decreases it 
 Explanation: Machines make work easier by increasing the amount of force that is applied, increasing the distance over which the force is applied, or changing the direction in which the force is applied.
Output: Increases it
Question: When there are few waves things are eroded 
 Option1: faster 
 Option2: slower 
 Explanation: The bigger the waves are and the more sediment they carry, the more erosion they cause.
Output: slower
Question: Clark is 55. Morgan is 25. A scientist is researching which of these two men is more likely to develop cardiovascular disease. If their ages is the only piece of info that the scientist has, then he would say _____ is less at risk for cardiovascular disease. 
 Option1: Clark 
 Option2: Morgan 
 Explanation: Older age, male gender, and a family history of cardiovascular disease all increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and cant be controlled.
Output: Morgan
Question: Lisa is heating soup on the stove. The molecules will begin to vibrate _____ as the soup heats up. 
 Option1: slower 
 Option2: faster 
 Explanation: Warmer molecules vibrate faster than cooler ones.
Output: faster
Question: John was watching the particles as they interacted with each other. He found that the lower the pressure, the collisions were 
 Option1: Higher 
 Option2: Lower 
 Explanation: More particles inside the container means more collisions, and more collisions mean a higher pressure.
Output: Lower
Question: Mary was comparing the size of two objects. If she examined an orange and compared it with a watermelon, which would generate more gravity? 
 Option1: orange 
 Option2: watermelon 
 Explanation: Less massive objects also have less gravity than more massive objects.
Output: watermelon
Question: If Jon adds more weight to his car, he will need to use _____ energy. 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: Lighter, more streamlined vehicles need less energy.
Output: more
Question: Ian wants to be able to see the least light coming from the stars at night, so the telescope that he will use will be 
 Option1: larger 
 Option2: smaller 
 Explanation: Larger telescopes can collect more light.
Output: smaller
Question: When two pieces of metal are rubbing together and sandpaper is added between them the friction 
 Option1: decreases 
 Option2: increases 
 Explanation: To reduce friction, oil is added to the engine.
Output: increases
Question: Annette took temperature readings of two different stars far off in the Milky Way galaxy. Star B produced twice the energy of Star A, so _____ was seen to have the higher temperature. 
 Option1: Star A 
 Option2: Star B 
 Explanation: Bigger stars produce more energy, so their surfaces are hotter.
Output: Star B
Question: If a herd of elephants is living happily in a forest and a group of humans then decides to move in, what happens to the elephants? 
 Option1: they decrease in number 
 Option2: they increase in number 
 Explanation: The forest habitat of elephants has also decreased in size due to humans moving in, so the numbers of the elephants have decreased.
Output: they decrease in number
Question: What would happen to the atmosphere as Jim climbed lower down a mountain? 
 Option1: it would become less dense 
 Option2: it would become more dense 
 Explanation: The density of the atmosphere decreases with an increase in the height above sea level (altitude).
Output: it would become more dense
Question: Jerry weighs 200 pounds. Polly weighs 120 pounds. Who has more inertia? 
 Option1: Jerry 
 Option2: Polly 
 Explanation: Objects with greater mass have greater inertia.
Output: Jerry
Question: Marie is rolling cards down a hill. She wants to know which cart will get to the bottom of the hill slower, an empty cart, or a full cart? The cart that will finish first will have a mass that is 
 Option1: lower 
 Option2: higher 
 Explanation: An object has greater momentum if it has greater mass, greater velocity, or both.
Output: lower
Question: Mike wants to see how fast water can run while still depositing small particles. In order to get the smallest particles deposited, Mike will need the water to be running 
 Option1: quickly 
 Option2: slowly 
 Explanation: The size of the eroded particles depends on the velocity of the water. Eventually, the water deposits the materials. As water slows, larger particles are deposited. As the water slows even more, smaller particles are deposited.
Output: slowly
Question: Mona is an astronomer who looks at stars for a living. If she is observing how hot certain stars are and she notices that one is cooler then the others, what does that say about the brightness of that star? 
 Option1: it's dimmer 
 Option2: it's brighter 
 Explanation: The hotter a main sequence star is, the brighter it is.
Output: it's dimmer
Question: The logging company in your town is proposing they clear cut several thousand acres of trees. If they do so, the chances of droughts in your area will 
 Option1: decrease 
 Option2: increase 
 Explanation: With fewer trees, the air is drier and droughts are more common.
Output: increase
Question: When you are driving down a mountain you will notice the temperature 
 Option1: decreases 
 Option2: increases 
 Explanation: Air in the troposphere is warmer closer to Earths surface.
Output: increases
Question: If Mona lives in a country that gets a lot of rain and it does not rain one day, what does that do to the water table? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: The water table is higher when there is a lot of rain and lower when the weather is dry.
Output: decreases
Question: Jake pours syrup into one cup, then pours water into another, both in equal amounts. Jack can know that the syrup is the more dense of the fluids because it has 
 Option1: more mass 
 Option2: less mass 
 Explanation: If we have two materials with the same volume, the material with a higher mass will be more dense.
Output: more mass
Question: If Milo decreases the concentration of hydrogen ions in his swimming pool, what happens to the acidity of his pool? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: With a higher concentration of hydrogen ions, a solution is more acidic but has a lower pH.
Output: decreases
Question: A resistor with much resistance indicates it is 
 Option1: long 
 Option2: short 
 Explanation: The longer the resistor, the more resistance it has.
Output: long
Question: If Milo is growing a certain type of bacteria that can resist antibiotics and he increases the amount of bacteria he is growing, would mutations in the bacteria 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: Bacteria with a mutation the helps resist antibiotics increase in numbers, so the mutation becomes more common.
Output: increase
Question: Rick lost a lot of blood after cutting himself. His blood pressure rapidly 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: If blood volume in the body decreases, blood pressure decreases.
Output: decreases
Question: John dropped a bowling ball and a tennis ball from the roof. Which ball would have the least gravitational pull? 
 Option1: bowling ball or 
 Option2: tennis ball. 
 Explanation: The greater the objects mass, the greater the force of gravitational attraction.
Output: tennis ball.
Question: When we crumple a rubber band it has 
 Option1: high potential energy 
 Option2: low potential energy 
 Explanation: The more an elastic object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.
Output: high potential energy
Question: If Milo is exploring underground and he goes closer to surface of the Earth, does he feel more or less pressure? 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: As the rocks move deeper into the Earth, temperature and pressure increase.
Output: less
Question: If a product is unstretched, elastic force will 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The elastic force increases the more the material is stretched or compressed.
Output: decrease
Question: If Milo gets excited and his heart starts pumping more blood with each stroke, what happens to his heart rate? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: When the heart expels more blood with each stroke, the heart has to beat less often in order to maintain the same volume of blood flow.
Output: decreases
Question: Tina flew higher and higher into the stratosphere. The temperature of her ship 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: The stratosphere contains the ozone layer, the temperatures increase as altitude increases.
Output: increases
Question: As more people are removed from Earth, they will find _____ water scarcity. 
 Option1: increasing 
 Option2: decreasing 
 Explanation: Many of the worlds people live with water scarcity, and that percentage will increase as populations increase and climate changes.
Output: decreasing
Question: To have more elephants, we should _____ forests near them. 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The forest habitat of elephants has also decreased in size due to humans moving in, so the numbers of the elephants have decreased.
Output: increase
Question: If the air temperature falls during a heat wave, what is likely happening to the atmospheric pressure? 
 Option1: It will increase 
 Option2: It will decrease 
 Explanation: Increasing air temperature decreases atmospheric pressure.
Output: It will increase
Question: If Jimbo eats a lot of food and causes his mass to increase, what happens to his inertia? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Objects with greater mass have greater inertia.
Output: increases
Question: If there were less dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water, the ocean's rate of acidity would 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: With higher levels of dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water, the water becomes more acidic.
Output: decrease
Question: Linda felt the pressure of the hurricane, as the winds got _____. 
 Option1: stronger 
 Option2: weaker 
 Explanation: Differences in air pressure over the surface of the Earth result in wind. The greater the differences in air pressures, the stronger the wind.
Output: stronger
Question: Joe drives a hybrid while Jim drives a large truck. Who uses more energy when driving? 
 Option1: Joe 
 Option2: Jim 
 Explanation: Lighter, more streamlined vehicles need less energy.
Output: Jim
Question: The decreasing distances between galaxies indicates the Universe is 
 Option1: expanding 
 Option2: contracting 
 Explanation: As the Universe expands, galaxies move further and further apart.
Output: contracting
Question: Dana was walking outside on a sunny day, and then went into a dark theater. Dana's pupil will now likely be _____ compared to when she was outside 
 Option1: smaller 
 Option2: larger 
 Explanation: The pupil automatically gets bigger or smaller to let more or less light in as needed.
Output: larger
Question: Shirley wants to make sure that her frequencies are high, so she will have her wavelengths for the electromagnetic waves be 
 Option1: shorter 
 Option2: longer 
 Explanation: Longer wavelength electromagnetic waves have lower frequencies, and shorter wavelength waves have higher frequencies.
Output: shorter
Question: If you were to heat up steel what would happen to its thermal energy? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: If two objects have the same mass, the object with the higher temperature has greater thermal energy.
Output: increase
Question: Compared to the Sun, would the planet Earth have 
 Option1: greater inertia 
 Option2: less inertia? 
 Explanation: Objects with greater mass have greater inertia.
Output: less inertia?
Question: Mona lives in a city that doesn't know much about solar power. As the citizens become less aware of solar and the benefits it offers, the demand for solar power falls. What happens to the cost of the technology as the demand decreases? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: Solar power is expensive, but as demand increases technology improves and costs decrease.
Output: increase
Question: Theresa made a device that uses 25% of usable energy. Ryan made a device that uses 10% of usable energy. _____ made a device that is more efficient. 
 Option1: Theresa 
 Option2: Ryan 
 Explanation: The more efficient a device is, the greater the percentage of usable energy it produces.
Output: Theresa
Question: Eric is researching near the Equator. Rob is researching near the North Pole. The warmest area is 
 Option1: Eric's 
 Option2: Reid's 
 Explanation: Areas near the equator are warmer than areas near the poles because they receive more direct sunlight.
Output: Eric's
Question: If Mona removes more water from her cauldron of melting rock, what will happen to the melting point of that rock? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: As the amount of water increases, the melting point of rock decreases.
Output: increase
Question: Two suns closing in on each other will have _____ gravitational pull between them. 
 Option1: increasing 
 Option2: decreasing 
 Explanation: The closer objects are, the stronger the gravitational pull between them.
Output: increasing
Question: Eric is observing the transpiration process. The water from the plants goes into the atmosphere _____ in higher temperatures. 
 Option1: faster 
 Option2: slower 
 Explanation: In transipration, at warmer temperatures water molecules move faster, and the rate of evaporation from stomata is therefore much faster.
Output: faster
Question: You can find tables that show the pH value of different fruits and vegetables. The fruits such as oranges are very acidic so they have a pH value that is 
 Option1: higher 
 Option2: lower 
 Explanation: Acids have pH values below 7. The lower the pH value, the more strongly acidic the substance.
Output: lower
Question: Jennifer noticed there were fewer and fewer bunny rabbits in the forest behind her house eating the berries that she used to make her summer pies. As the population of the bunnies decreases will the berries be 
 Option1: Fewer? 
 Option2: More? 
 Explanation: As the population increases, the food supply, or the supply of another necessary resource, may decrease.
Output: More?
Question: If the particles move apart, the amplitude of the wave should 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The closer together the particles are, the greater the amplitude of the wave.
Output: decrease
Question: If Jim increases the pH value of his swimming pool, the base becomes 
 Option1: stronger 
 Option2: weaker 
 Explanation: The higher the pH value is, the stronger the base.
Output: stronger
Question: As a diver goes into shallow water, the water gets 
 Option1: warmer 
 Option2: colder. 
 Explanation: Water also gets colder as you go deeper.
Output: warmer
Question: When we have a lot of greenhouse gases in the air what happens to the temperature? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: stays the same 
 Explanation: As greenhouse gases increase, changes will be more extreme.
Output: increases
Question: If Mona is performing a science experiment involving chemicals and she increases the temperature in her lab, what will happen to the amount of chemical weathering she experiences? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: Chemical weathering increases as: Temperature increases: Chemical reactions proceed more rapidly at higher temperatures.
Output: increase
Question: Paul started at the base of a mountain and climbed to its peak. The sky was clear and the sun was beating down on him all day. However, he noticed there was a clear temperature difference between the surface's temperature and the temperature at the top of the mountain peak. Where would he feel more heat? 
 Option1: Surface 
 Option2: Mountain Peak 
 Explanation: The surface is heated by the Sun and some of that heat radiates back into the air. This makes the temperature higher near the surface than at higher altitudes.
Output: Surface
Question: For radio transmissions, shorter wavelength waves have 
 Option1: higher or 
 Option2: lower frequencies. 
 Explanation: Longer wavelength electromagnetic waves have lower frequencies, and shorter wavelength waves have higher frequencies.
Output: higher or
Question: Chin Lu watched the tsunami get stronger, and cause a _____ wave. 
 Option1: huge 
 Option2: tiny 
 Explanation: A wave caused by a disturbance with more energy has greater amplitude.
Output: huge
Question: Mona loves to travel the world. She has been to nearly every country. If she notices that some countries appear to be warmer then others, what can she determine about their proximity to the equator? 
 Option1: farther away 
 Option2: closer 
 Explanation: Areas near the equator are warmer than areas near the poles because they receive more direct sunlight.
Output: closer
Question: Jan is comparing stars, specifically a large star and the smaller Sun. Given the size of each, Jan can tell that the Sun puts out heat that is 
 Option1: lesser 
 Option2: greater 
 Explanation: Bigger stars produce more energy, so their surfaces are hotter.
Output: greater
Question: John's company committed to increase greenhouse gas production worldwide. What likely happens to the global temperature in the future as a result? 
 Option1: it will increase 
 Option2: it will decrease 
 Explanation: A decrease in greenhouse gas levels decreases global temperature and an increase raises global temperature.
Output: it will increase
Question: John dropped a bowling ball and a tennis ball from the roof. Which ball would have the greatest gravitational pull? 
 Option1: bowling ball or 
 Option2: tennis ball. 
 Explanation: The greater the objects mass, the greater the force of gravitational attraction.
Output: bowling ball or
Question: Eric has a hydrocarbon with 20 carbon atoms. Rita has a hydrocarbon with 35 carbon atoms. Whose hydrocarbon has fewer isomers? 
 Option1: Eric 
 Option2: Rita 
 Explanation: The more carbon atoms a hydrocarbon has, the greater the number of isomers.
Output: Eric
Question: Dan is watching sand fall down a small hill. The pieces of sand will be very 
 Option1: large 
 Option2: small 
 Explanation: Smaller sediments are dropped as the slope becomes less steep.
Output: small
Question: Don is looking at electromagnetic waves, and sees that the one's he observing have lower frequencies. Don is able to know then that the photons have energy that is 
 Option1: higher 
 Option2: lower 
 Explanation: In electromagnetic waves with higher frequencies, photons have more energy.
Output: lower
Question: Bryan was tasked with categorizing various fossils that the archeology team dug up. He knew they found some in rock layers near the surface and others in layers much farther below the ground. Which should he categorize as the older ones? 
 Option1: near surface fossils 
 Option2: farther down fossils 
 Explanation: The main law is the law of superposition. This law states that deeper rock layers are older than layers closer to the surface.
Output: farther down fossils
Question: If Jim increases the strength of the charge between two of his objects, what will happen to the electrostatic force between them? 
 Option1: it will increase in strength 
 Option2: it will decrease in strength 
 Explanation: The more charged the objects are, the stronger the electrostatic force between them.
Output: it will increase in strength
Question: Jorge and Rian were diving in the ocean. If Jorge dove 20 feet and Rian dove 10 feet, who experiences more pressure? 
 Option1: Jorge 
 Option2: Rian 
 Explanation: A fluid exerts pressure in all directions, but the pressure is greater at greater depth.
Output: Jorge
Question: Mary melts a 1 pound chocolate bar and 1 pound of chocolate chips in two pots. Which melts last? 
 Option1: bar 
 Option2: chips 
 Explanation: It would be hard to get a big chunk of chocolate to dissolve in your milk or hot water. Maybe you could make hot chocolate from some smaller pieces like chocolate chips, but it is much easier to add a powder to your milk. This is because the smaller the pieces are, the more surface area they have.
Output: bar
Question: The ball began to raise slowly above the table. The higher it rises above the table, the potential energy will 
 Option1: decrease 
 Option2: increase. 
 Explanation: So the higher an object is above a surface, the more potential energy it has.
Output: increase.
Question: Don is getting screened for cancer. Because his cancer is caught late, after it had metastasized, the chance of a cure is 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 Explanation: The sooner cancer is treated, the greater the chances of a cure.
Output: lesser
Question: If greenhouse gas were to be doubled, the global temperature would 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: A decrease in greenhouse gas levels decreases global temperature and an increase raises global temperature.
Output: increase
Question: If Jim is playing with two objects and he moves them further away from each other, what will happen to the gravitational force between the two objects? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The further objects are away from each other, the smaller the gravitational force.
Output: decrease
Question: Dan was excited to try out an electromagnet but was later disappointed when it wasn't very effective. He knew however that if he changed the current he could make it stronger. How should he adjust the current? 
 Option1: decrease it 
 Option2: increase it 
 Explanation: The more current, the stronger the electromagnet.
Output: increase it
Question: When we use weak technology to measure something it becomes 
 Option1: more accurate 
 Option2: less accurate 
 Explanation: But the more computing power that goes into the model and the care with which the scientists construct the model can increase the chances that a model will be accurate.
Output: less accurate
Question: Milo is trying to cool his room with a space heater. If he turns down the thermostat to a cooler setting, which is happening to the energy the heater is producing? 
 Option1: increasing 
 Option2: decreasing 
 Explanation: Bigger stars produce more energy, so their surfaces are hotter.
Output: decreasing
Question: A longer wire will have _____ resistance than a shorter one. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Longer wires have more resistance than shorter wires.
Output: more
Question: Milo has been cutting his nails out for a very long time. As his nails get shorter, what happens to the amount of cells added to them? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: As the nail grows, more cells are added at the nail bed.
Output: decrease
Question: Jim is a smoker. If he suddenly quits smoking cigarettes the amount of oxygen available in his lungs 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Smoking reduces the amount of oxygen available for diffusion at the lungs, so less oxygen gets absorbed and blood is oxygenated to a lesser degree.
Output: increases
Question: Water found on Earth's cold regions is _____ dense that water found on Earth's hot regions. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Water becomes more dense when it is colder and when it has more salt.
Output: more
Question: Evan has a 10 meter atom model. Quentin has a 20 meter atom model. Whose atom would probably have more electrons if they are different elements to the same scale? 
 Option1: Evan's 
 Option2: Quentin's 
 Explanation: Bigger atoms have more electrons.
Output: Quentin's
Question: James is a much smaller person than Sally. Which person has more gravity? 
 Option1: Sally 
 Option2: James 
 Explanation: Gravity is a pull which all matter exerts on all other matter, the more mass, the stronger the pull.
Output: Sally
Question: The farther from sea level that you get the 
 Option1: cooler it is 
 Option2: warmer it is 
 Explanation: The surface is heated by the Sun and some of that heat radiates back into the air. This makes the temperature higher near the surface than at higher altitudes.
Output: cooler it is
Question: Ulysses has a solution with a pH of 10. Reilly has a solution with a pH of 14. Who has a stronger base? 
 Option1: Ulysses 
 Option2: Reilly 
 Explanation: The higher the pH value is, the stronger the base.
Output: Reilly
Question: If Milo is experimenting in his lab and he decreases the temperature in the room, what happens to the energy of the particles in that room? 
 Option1: it increases 
 Option2: it decreases 
 Explanation: At higher temperatures, particles of reactants have more energy, so they move faster.
Output: it decreases
Question: John was redoing the siding on his house when he noticed something interesting. As the temperature increases, the weathering effect 
 Option1: Decreases 
 Option2: Increases 
 Explanation: Chemical weathering increases as: Temperature increases: Chemical reactions proceed more rapidly at higher temperatures.
Output: Increases
Question: Reid installed an aquifer 20m from the surface. Will installed an aquifer 10m from the surface. Whose aquifer is harder to get water from? 
 Option1: Reid 
 Option2: Will 
 Explanation: The closer to the surface an aquifer is, the easier it is to get the water.
Output: Reid
Question: As a boy grows to a man and his larynx grows larger, his voice gets 
 Option1: deeper 
 Option2: higher. 
 Explanation: The voice becomes deeper as the larynx in the throat grows larger.
Output: deeper
Question: Milo loves to dig wells for a living. If he needs to dig a well deeper to reach water, what does that do to the money and energy it takes to dig the well? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: As the water is pumped out, the water table slowly falls, requiring wells to be dug deeper, which takes more money and energy.
Output: increases
Question: Mike adds more and more resistors into his parallel circuit, which causes the total current strength to 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: As more resistors are added in parallel, the total current strength increases.
Output: increase
Question: Mary was comparing the size of two objects. If she examined a light orange and compared it with a heavy watermelon, which would generate less gravity? 
 Option1: orange 
 Option2: watermelon 
 Explanation: Less massive objects also have less gravity than more massive objects.
Output: orange
Question: If people use a little bit of energy they create 
 Option1: less waste 
 Option2: more waste 
 Explanation: Increased resource use generally means more waste; electronic waste from developed nations is a growing problem in the developing world.
Output: less waste
Question: If farming techniques would be lost, there might be _____ people that starve and go hungry. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Better farming techniques and machines increased the food supply and the distribution of food.
Output: more
Question: Jan is taking a class where she is learning about atoms. She knows that atoms have electrons, and that atoms that are bigger have 
 Option1: more electrons 
 Option2: fewer electrons 
 Explanation: Bigger atoms have more electrons.
Output: more electrons
Question: Fred fills two buckets with the same amount of water. He puts a melon in one bucket and an orange in the other. In which bucket will the water rise the least? 
 Option1: the one with the orange 
 Option2: the one with the melon 
 Explanation: So more water is displaced by a bigger body than a smaller one.
Output: the one with the orange
Question: If air warms, it becomes _____ dense. 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: Warm air is less dense than cool air, so it rises higher in the troposphere.
Output: less
Question: The sun exerts gravitational force on all the planets, which has a higher gravitational force 
 Option1: earth 
 Option2: mars 
 Explanation: The further objects are away from each other, the smaller the gravitational force.
Output: earth
Question: If Mary is blowing an air horn underwater and she lowers the temperature of the water, what will happen to the speed of the sound waves generated by the air horn? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: For a given medium such as air, sound has a slower speed at lower temperatures.
Output: decrease
Question: If we find something with a low pH value that is likely to be 
 Option1: acidic 
 Option2: basic 
 Explanation: The higher the pH value is, the stronger the base.
Output: acidic
Question: Leo is working in a lab studying genotypes. He notices that the genotypes that are less fit produce 
 Option1: less offspring. 
 Option2: more offspring 
 Explanation: Genotypes with greater fitness produce more offspring and pass more copies of their alleles to the next generation.
Output: less offspring.
Question: Thea moved to a town that has smaller differences in air pressure than her hometown. The new city likely experiences _____ wind. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Differences in air pressure over the surface of the Earth result in wind. The greater the differences in air pressures, the stronger the wind.
Output: less
Question: If Milo removes carbon atoms from his alkane while working in his science lab, what happens to the melting point of that alkane? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Alkanes with more carbon atoms have higher boiling and melting points, so some of them are solids at room temperature.
Output: decreases
Question: Mars has _____ effect on the tides than the Moon. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: The Moon has a greater effect on the tides because, although it is much smaller than the Sun, it is much closer.
Output: less
Question: John is relaxing at the beach watching the waves when the wind begins to let up. When the wind begins to blow slower, what happens to the size of the waves? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The size of an ocean wave depends on how fast, over how great a distance, and how long the wind blows. The greater each of these factors is, the bigger a wave will be.
Output: decrease
Question: The sun has a _____ force of gravity than the moon. 
 Option1: weaker 
 Option2: stronger 
 Explanation: Objects with greater mass have a stronger force of gravity.
Output: stronger
Question: John was watching the sound waves in his electronic monitor when he noticed something. The speed of the sound waves was faster when the temperature was 
 Option1: higher 
 Option2: lower 
 Explanation: For a given medium, sound waves travel more slowly at lower temperatures.
Output: higher
Question: Eric is looking at the shortest electromagnetic wave he has seen today. This wave has the _____ frequency of the day. 
 Option1: highest 
 Option2: lowest 
 Explanation: Longer wavelength electromagnetic waves have lower frequencies, and shorter wavelength waves have higher frequencies.
Output: highest
Question: James loved to travel the world. In his travels, he noticed that America contained a lot of industry while China contained not much industry at all. Which country produced less hazardous wastes? 
 Option1: America 
 Option2: China 
 Explanation: Countries with more industry produce more hazardous wastes than those with little industry.
Output: China
Question: A person that has a small larynx will have what type of voice? 
 Option1: High 
 Option2: low 
 Explanation: The voice becomes deeper as the larynx in the throat grows larger.
Output: High
Question: An aquifer near the surface will provide _____ access to its water than one further down. 
 Option1: easier 
 Option2: harder 
 Explanation: The closer to the surface an aquifer is, the easier it is to get the water.
Output: easier
Question: Do electric cars pollute more or less than gas cars? 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Plug-in hybrids run for a longer time on electricity and so are less polluting than regular hybrids.
Output: less
Question: Dan was excited to try out an electromagnet and was happy when it was very effective. He knew however that if he changed the current he could make it weaker. How should he adjust the current? 
 Option1: decrease it 
 Option2: increase it 
 Explanation: The more current, the stronger the electromagnet.
Output: decrease it
Question: Mikey is studying the mesosphere. He is looking at temperatures at various altitudes within this layer of the atmosphere. If he took the temperature at 31 miles above the Earth's surface, and then again at 40 miles above the Earth's surface, the temperature would be higher at a height of 
 Option1: 31 miles 
 Option2: 40 miles 
 Explanation: In the mesosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases.
Output: 31 miles
Question: If plants are able to photosynthesize then they have 
 Option1: less food 
 Option2: more food 
 Explanation: Less photosynthesis means that plants and phytoplankton produce less food.
Output: more food
Question: If Jim is projecting electromagnetic waves out into space and he decreases the size of the wavelength being transmitted, what happens to the frequency of that wavelength? 
 Option1: decreases 
 Option2: increases 
 Explanation: Because all electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed through space, a wave with a shorter wavelength must have a higher frequency, and vice versa.
Output: increases
Question: Shane wants a field that is very strong. In order do achieve this goal, Shane needs to draw 
 Option1: less field lines 
 Option2: more field lines 
 Explanation: The more field lines that are drawn, the stronger the field.
Output: more field lines
Question: An decrease in birth rates indicates a/an _____ in the food supply. 
 Option1: decrease 
 Option2: increase 
 Explanation: Low food supply or a lack of space can lower birth rates, increase death rates, or lead to emigration.
Output: decrease
Question: Dan does not want lunch, and Dan has some money. If he does not get a lunch, Dan's money will 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: In an inverse relationship, when one variable increases, the other variable decreases.
Output: increase
Question: When an animal is larger it needs to have a 
 Option1: smaller skeleton 
 Option2: larger skeleton 
 Explanation: The larger the animal, the heavier the exoskeleton, making movement more difficult.
Output: larger skeleton
Question: A doctor was doing some lung tests on a patient and testing the air pressure inside the patient's lungs. She found that when the patient's chest got smaller while expelling air that the pressure in the patient's lungs got 
 Option1: higher 
 Option2: lower 
 Explanation: Exhaling, or breathing out, decreases the size of the chest, which increases air pressure inside the lungs.
Output: higher
Question: If Eric tries to get less resistance in a series circuit, the number of resistors should 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: In a series circuit, the resistance increases as more resistors are added in series.
Output: decreases
Question: Fred fills two buckets with the same amount of water. He puts a melon in one bucket and an orange in the other. In which bucket will the water rise the highest? 
 Option1: the one with the orange 
 Option2: the one with the melon 
 Explanation: So more water is displaced by a bigger body than a smaller one.
Output: the one with the melon
Question: If China decides to build more factories to produce goods, what will happen to their demand for natural resources? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: Developing nations will also increase demands on natural resources as they build more factories.
Output: increase
Question: If you take a lot of energy out of some food the temperature of it will 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The temperature of matter increases with the added energy.
Output: decrease
Question: John is playing around with different temperature settings on his bunsen burner. If he cools down a gas in the burner and then lets the gas heat up, what would happen to the gas particles as the temperature got higher? 
 Option1: they would slow down 
 Option2: they would speed up 
 Explanation: If the gas is cooled, the particles will move more slowly, because they will have less energy.
Output: they would speed up
Question: Eric is surfing. The larger wave can likely push him 
 Option1: farther 
 Option2: less far 
 Explanation: Bigger waves have more energy.
Output: farther
Question: Bob is testing samples of ocean water from different places. The sample of water from off India's coast has more dissolved carbon dioxide, than the sample of water from off the United States' coast. Therefore, the water from _____ coast is more acidic. 
 Option1: India's 
 Option2: United States' 
 Explanation: With higher levels of dissolved carbon dioxide in ocean water, the water becomes more acidic.
Output: India's