niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Question: If Milo is building a new circuit and he decreases the number of resistors in a series on that circuit, what happens to the overall resistance of the circuit? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Increasing the number of resistors in a series circuit increases the overall resistance of the circuit.
Output: decreases
Question: Will is one year old and breastfeeds from his mother. He suckles less and less. The mother produces _____ milk in response. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: The more the baby suckles, the more prolactin is released, which causes more milk to be produced.
Output: less
Question: Waves can be made by wind, on a less windy day would we expect to have 
 Option1: larger waves 
 Option2: smaller waves 
 Explanation: The stronger the winds are blowing, the larger the waves are and the more energy they have.
Output: smaller waves
Question: If Milo stops eating for awhile and his blood glucose decreases, what happens to the amount of insulin he is producing? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: As blood glucose levels decrease, less insulin is produced.
Output: decreases
Question: Jim is performing experiments in his lab. If he applies more heat to gas inside of a beaker, what happens to the gas particles? 
 Option1: move faster 
 Option2: move slower 
 Explanation: If the gas is heated, the particles will move faster as they gain more energy.
Output: move faster
Question: If Jim increases the number of segments on a rope he is using as a pully, the amount of force that he needs to apply when lifting something with the rope 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: The more rope segments on a pully that are helping to do the lifting work, the less force that is needed for the job.
Output: decreases
Question: Louis notices that Neptune is farther from the sun than Mercury. Which planet will take longer to rotate around the sun? 
 Option1: Mercury 
 Option2: Neptune 
 Explanation: The planets further from the Sun will have bigger orbits, and therefore take longer to revolve around the Sun.
Output: Neptune
Question: Dean wants to get a larger number of isomers to observe, so in order to do so quickly, he takes the number of carbon atoms in a hydrocarbon, and makes them 
 Option1: decrease 
 Option2: increase 
 Explanation: As you increase the number of carbon atoms in a hydrocarbon, the number of isomers quickly increases.
Output: increase
Question: Polly gets her planet to increase greenhouse gas levels. The global temperature as a result likely 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: A decrease in greenhouse gas levels decreases global temperature and an increase raises global temperature.
Output: increases
Question: A rapid decrease in electricity consumption could mean _____ pollution. 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: We need to reduce our electricity consumption in order to reduce pollution.
Output: less
Question: Ollie moved a tomato plant to an area that receives less sunlight. The tomato plant will now produce _____ food. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Less photosynthesis means that plants and phytoplankton produce less food.
Output: less
Question: Sasha exercises her muscles with weights daily, while Tanya does not exercise ever. Who likely has weaker muscles? 
 Option1: Sasha 
 Option2: Tanya 
 Explanation: Aerobic exercise increases the size and strength of muscles in the heart and helps all your muscles develop greater endurance.
Output: Tanya
Question: Ron was playing with a flashlight. He moved it back and forth slowly, and then quickly. Which motion likely caused more light to bend? 
 Option1: the slow motion 
 Option2: the quick motion 
 Explanation: In refraction of light, the greater the change in speed, the more light bends.
Output: the quick motion
Question: Jim works as a stage manager for a rock band and is up close to their speakers at each concert, while Todd attends the concerts and watches from dozens of rows back. Who will experience hearing loss more quickly? 
 Option1: Jim 
 Option2: Todd 
 Explanation: The louder the sounds are, the less exposure is needed to cause hearing loss.
Output: Jim
Question: When a device become more efficient, its production of usable energy will go 
 Option1: up 
 Option2: down 
 Explanation: The more efficient a device is, the greater the percentage of usable energy it produces.
Output: up
Question: When we move around a lot do we feel 
 Option1: warmer 
 Option2: colder 
 Explanation: When particles move more quickly, temperature is higher and an object feels warmer.
Output: warmer
Question: Milo is playing with his electromagnet and he decides to decrease the current supplied to it. What will happen to the strength of the electromagnet? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The more current, the stronger the electromagnet.
Output: decrease
Question: If Jim is projecting electromagnetic waves out into space and he increases 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: decreases
Question: Suppose Jim was decided to use more electricity in his day to day activities. What would happen to his pollution output? 
 Option1: reduced 
 Option2: increased 
 Explanation: We need to reduce our electricity consumption in order to reduce pollution.
Output: increased
Question: Phil surfed small 1.5 foot waves on the beach. _____ wind speeds likely contributed to such small waves 
 Option1: high 
 Option2: low 
 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: low
Question: You can find tables that show the pH value of different fruits and vegetables. The fruits such as apples are barely 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: higher
Question: When nobody in a country can afford a car do they use more or less energy? 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 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: less
Question: If valence electrons are far from an atom's nucleus, the atom is likely 
 Option1: bigger 
 Option2: smaller 
 Explanation: In bigger atoms, valence electrons are farther from the nucleus.
Output: bigger
Question: What happens to the size of a population if the number of predators for that population is increased? 
 Option1: gets bigger 
 Option2: gets smaller 
 Explanation: An increase in predators, the emergence of a new disease, or the loss of habitat are just three possible problems that will decrease a population.
Output: gets smaller
Question: The elephants were moved to a reservation where they could thrive, since their habitat in the wild had expanded too far. The elephant numbers were now 
 Option1: larger 
 Option2: smaller 
 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: larger
Question: Sandra is walking down a sunny street and then suddenly goes into a dark building. Sarah's pupils will do this in response to the new low light 
 Option1: shrink 
 Option2: grow 
 Explanation: The pupil automatically gets bigger or smaller to let more or less light in as needed.
Output: grow
Question: Dave dropped a feather and a ball out of a window. The ball landed first because it had mass that, compared to the feather, was 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 Explanation: The greater the objects mass, the greater the force of attraction; in addition, the greater the distance between objects, the smaller the force of attraction.
Output: greater
Question: If Mona wants to clear her farm land at a faster rate, what would adding people do to that rate? 
 Option1: increase it 
 Option2: decrease it 
 Explanation: More people also means more clearing of land for agriculture and development.
Output: increase it
Question: Dana goes with her mother to get screened for breast cancer. The person who is less likely to have it has an age that is 
 Option1: higher 
 Option2: lower 
 Explanation: Breast cancer is rare in teens. It becomes more common as women get older.
Output: lower
Question: Jimbo liked to work out a lot, while James never worked out. Which person would have stronger muscles? 
 Option1: Jimbo 
 Option2: James 
 Explanation: Muscles that are exercised are bigger and stronger than muscles that are not exercised.
Output: Jimbo
Question: When we add more water to something there will be 
 Option1: fewer reactions 
 Option2: more reactions 
 Explanation: More water allows more chemical reactions.
Output: more reactions
Question: A doubling of carbon atoms in a hydrocarbon will cause _____ isomers. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: As you increase the number of carbon atoms in a hydrocarbon, the number of isomers quickly increases.
Output: more
Question: If Mona is building a structure and she wants to make it more functional, what would decreasing the surface area of that structure do? 
 Option1: increase functioning 
 Option2: decrease functioning 
 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: decrease functioning
Question: Water near shore will have _____ dissolved nutrients than water further away shore. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Therefore, water nearer shore usually contains more dissolved nutrients than water farther from shore.
Output: more
Question: Would you expect to see greater allele shift in a population of roses grown in a greenhouse if the greenhouse had 
 Option1: 20 rose plants 
 Option2: 2,000 rose plants? 
 Explanation: The smaller a population is, the more allele frequencies may drift.
Output: 20 rose plants
Question: If the speed of a stream decreases, the size of the particles carried in that stream 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: In erosion, a slower moving stream will only carry smaller particles.
Output: decrease
Question: Ian wants to be able to see the most 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: larger
Question: If a substance is tested and has low a pH of 1 we could say that the substance is 
 Option1: acidic 
 Option2: basic 
 Explanation: For bases we can state the folllowing: The higher the pH of a substance, the more basic it is.
Output: acidic
Question: Between a marble and a cannon ball, both travelling at the same speed, the object with the greater momentum would be 
 Option1: the cannon ball 
 Option2: the marble? 
 Explanation: The more mass a moving object has or the faster its moving, the greater its momentum.
Output: the cannon ball
Question: The waves in the ocean are tall meaning they have a _____ amplitude. 
 Option1: high 
 Option2: low 
 Explanation: The higher the crests of a wave are, the greater the amplitude.
Output: high
Question: If there are more bacteria with the right mutation, will the occurrence of the mutation become 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Bacteria with a mutation the helps resist antibiotics increase in numbers, so the mutation becomes more common.
Output: more
Question: Eric added branching isomers to one solution, and left the other solution alone. The isomer solution now has a _____ boiling point. 
 Option1: lower 
 Option2: higher 
 Explanation: The more branching there is in isomers, the lower the boiling and melting points are.
Output: lower
Question: If Mary is running and race and begins to breathe hard, what happens to the air pressure in her lungs as she expands her chest? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Exhaling, or breathing out, decreases the size of the chest, which increases air pressure inside the lungs.
Output: decreases
Question: If Mona is building an electrical machine and she decreases the length of the wire feeding power to it, what happens to the resistance of that wire? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Longer wires have more resistance than shorter wires.
Output: decreases
Question: James left a pot of water in the refrigerator. As the water started to cool down, what would happen to the rate of evaporation? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: In transipration, at warmer temperatures water molecules move faster, and the rate of evaporation from stomata is therefore much faster.
Output: decrease
Question: A smaller amount of force has _____ acceleration than a large amount of force 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: The smaller its mass is, the greater its acceleration for a given amount of force.
Output: more
Question: Sue weighs 50kg while Tom weighs 100kg, who has less gravity? 
 Option1: Sue 
 Option2: Tom 
 Explanation: Less massive objects also have less gravity than more massive objects.
Output: Sue
Question: Rick had a rock (Rock A) from 1000 feet beneath the crust's surface. He later dug 3000 feet deeper and got a second rock (Rock B). Which rock is likely older? 
 Option1: Rock A 
 Option2: Rock B 
 Explanation: Older rocks are at the bottom and younger rocks are at the top.
Output: Rock B
Question: Someone that has very little energy will be 
 Option1: slow 
 Option2: fast 
 Explanation: The more energy the particles in matter have, the faster and more strongly they vibrate.
Output: slow
Question: Ann and Bob were both farmers. Ann lived in a warm climate while Bob lived in a colder climate. When they compared notes they found that the number of crops they could successfully grow was different. Who's farm would be able to grow more types of crops? 
 Option1: Bob 
 Option2: Ann 
 Explanation: The warmer a climate is, the more types of vegetation it will have and the greater the rate of biological weathering.
Output: Ann
Question: John was watching the particle accelerator and made an observation. The lesser an objects mass and velocity, the kinetic energy was 
 Option1: Greater 
 Option2: Less 
 Explanation: An object with greater mass or greater velocity has more kinetic energy.
Output: Less
Question: Tina is drinking water. Tina blows slowly on the surface of the water. The faster she blows, the _____ the waves are. 
 Option1: smaller 
 Option2: bigger 
 Explanation: The faster, longer, and farther the wind blows, the bigger the waves are.
Output: smaller
Question: Milo is flying a rocket in the mesosphere. If he increases his altitude, what happens to the temperature? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: In the mesosphere, temperature decreases as altitude increases.
Output: decreases
Question: If Mona is a nursing mother and her body begins producing less prolactin then before, what happens to the amount of milk she will produce? 
 Option1: decrease 
 Option2: increase 
 Explanation: The more the baby suckles, the more prolactin is released, which causes more milk to be produced.
Output: decrease
Question: The farther that water gets from the shore the _____ nutrients there are. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: fewer 
 Explanation: Most nutrients are washed into ocean water from land. Therefore, water closer to shore tends to have more nutrients.
Output: fewer
Question: Planets moving closer together will have _____ magnetic attraction. 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: As the distance between the objects increases the magnetic force of attraction decreases.
Output: less
Question: Mike is stretching a rubber band out. The harder he pulls, and the more he stretches it, the resistance of the band is 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 Explanation: The farther you stretch the band, the greater the resistance is.
Output: greater
Question: As waves get smaller the frequency of them 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: Wave frequency can be measured by counting the number of crests or compressions that pass the point in 1 second or other time period. The higher the number is, the greater is the frequency of the wave.
Output: increases
Question: Donna is noting that the atmosphere doesn't seem very dense where she's visiting, so compared to her home she must be at an altitude that is 
 Option1: higher 
 Option2: lower 
 Explanation: The density of the atmosphere decreases with an increase in the height above sea level (altitude).
Output: higher
Question: Tasha is studying birth rates in various countries. She looks at two countries. In South Africa, the food supply is currently higher than in Australia. Because of this, the birth rate in South Africa, compared to Australia, will be 
 Option1: lower 
 Option2: higher 
 Explanation: Low food supply or a lack of space can lower birth rates, increase death rates, or lead to emigration.
Output: higher
Question: If Mona sells her electric car and switches to a gas car, what will happen to the amount of pollution she produces? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: Plug-in hybrids run for a longer time on electricity and so are less polluting than regular hybrids.
Output: increase
Question: Mike needed to get a dark picture . In order to get the darkest photo, Mike made the exposure 
 Option1: longer 
 Option2: shorter 
 Explanation: The longer the exposure, the more light that the telescope can gather to make the image.
Output: shorter
Question: David spent a lot of money to buy tons of things for his house, but he ended up with a lot of things that were 
 Option1: wasted 
 Option2: saved 
 Explanation: Increased resource use generally means more waste; electronic waste from developed nations is a growing problem in the developing world.
Output: wasted
Question: Timmy tested his chemicals by subtracting water and noticed _____ reactions. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: More water allows more chemical reactions.
Output: less
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 less efficient. 
 Option1: Theresa 
 Option2: Ryan 
 Explanation: The more efficient a device is, the greater the percentage of usable energy it produces.
Output: Ryan
Question: Dilbert had a well that he used since he was a child that filled up. This likely occurred because the water table 
 Option1: rose 
 Option2: dropped 
 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: rose
Question: Compared to the Sun, which is an average star, would star WR 102, which is the hottest known star, be 
 Option1: brighter than the Sun 
 Option2: dimmer than the Sun? 
 Explanation: The hotter a main sequence star is, the brighter it is.
Output: brighter than the Sun
Question: If Jon subtracts more weight from his car, he will need to use _____ energy. 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: Lighter, more streamlined vehicles need less energy.
Output: less
Question: In ancient times, there was worse medicine. This means there was a _____ death rate. 
 Option1: lower 
 Option2: higher 
 Explanation: More recently, the death rate has fallen because of the availability of more food and medical advances.
Output: higher
Question: Milo works as an astronomer and he has multiple telescopes at his disposal. If he is looking at the stars through a large telescope and then moves to a smaller one, will the amount of light collected by the smaller one be 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: smaller 
 Explanation: Larger telescopes can collect more light.
Output: smaller
Question: Reid notices changes in the weather and temperature from 100 years ago. This likely was caused by _____ greenhouse gas levels. 
 Option1: increased 
 Option2: decreased 
 Explanation: As greenhouse gases increase, changes will be more extreme.
Output: increased
Question: A vehicle that was sleek and aerodynamic and a vehicle that was bulky were each driven the same distance over the same amount of time. Which vehicle needed to more energy to power it? 
 Option1: bulky vehicle 
 Option2: sleek vehicle 
 Explanation: Lighter, more streamlined vehicles need less energy.
Output: bulky vehicle
Question: If Mona increases the density of her water by adding chemicals to it, what happens to the space it takes up inside of her pesticide bottle? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: More dense water takes up less space than less dense water.
Output: decreases
Question: Reid has a very fit genotype. If he compares this genotype to an even more fit genotype, his would be more likely to pass _____ copies of their alleles down. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Genotypes with greater fitness produce more offspring and pass more copies of their alleles to the next generation.
Output: less
Question: John was analyzing some of the results from his sunscreen study. He found that a higher SPF protects the skin 
 Option1: Shorter 
 Option2: Longer 
 Explanation: A sunscreen with a higher SPF value protects the skin longer.
Output: Longer
Question: If Mona is excavating an archeological site and she discovers some fossils near the surface then compares them to fossils she found deeper down, which fossils will be older? 
 Option1: near the surface 
 Option2: deeper down 
 Explanation: Lower rock layers were laid down earlier, so they are assumed to contain older fossils.
Output: deeper down
Question: Would Jim's solution become more or less acidic if he increased the concentration of hydrogen atoms in it? 
 Option1: more acidic 
 Option2: less acidic 
 Explanation: With a higher the concentration of hydrogen ions, a solution is more acidic and has a lower pH.
Output: more acidic
Question: Tim has a quark and pulls it closer to Rob, who also has a quark. What happens to the attraction force between the quarks? 
 Option1: it increases 
 Option2: it decreases 
 Explanation: Gluons make quarks attract each other more strongly the farther apart the quarks get.
Output: it decreases
Question: If Jim increases the amount of field lines drawn what will happen to the strength of the field? 
 Option1: decrease 
 Option2: increase 
 Explanation: The more field lines that are drawn, the stronger the field.
Output: increase
Question: Rachel was looking into the night sky. The darkest star is most likely: 
 Option1: the hottest 
 Option2: the coldest 
 Explanation: The hotter a main sequence star is, the brighter it is.
Output: the coldest
Question: If someone has a smaller than average physical heart then it will beat _____ in order to pump blood. 
 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: Jill had two wires in her lab, one was half the thickness of the other and she measured the resistance of each. She saw that the _____ one showed less resistance. 
 Option1: thicker 
 Option2: thinner 
 Explanation: Thicker wires offer less resistance.
Output: thinner
Question: When observing reactants and their particles, Shane decreases the temperature they're exposed to, noting that they now move 
 Option1: faster 
 Option2: slower 
 Explanation: At higher temperatures, particles of reactants have more energy, so they move faster.
Output: slower
Question: Going lower into the thermosphere will result in finding _____ temperatures. 
 Option1: higher 
 Option2: lower 
 Explanation: In the thermosphere, temperatures increase as altitude increases.
Output: lower
Question: Johnny was was playing with chalk outside. His mom called him in for lunch, while he was inside his red chalk sat in the sun, and his blue chalk was in the shade. When Johnny returned outside and picked up the red and blue which had a higher temperature? 
 Option1: the red chalk 
 Option2: the blue chalk 
 Explanation: If two objects have the same mass, the object with the higher temperature has greater thermal energy.
Output: the red chalk
Question: Karen is feeling very cool, and starts to chill. Her blood flow is decreased, likely because the day is 
 Option1: hot 
 Option2: cold 
 Explanation: On a hot day, an endotherm may give off more heat by increasing blood flow to the surface of the body.
Output: cold
Question: A particle with more energy will vibrate _____ than one with less energy. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: The more energy the particles in matter have, the faster and more strongly they vibrate.
Output: more
Question: If Mona is comparing sandpaper with notebook paper and she determines that sandpaper is rougher then notebook paper, which object has more friction? 
 Option1: sandpaper 
 Option2: notebook paper 
 Explanation: Rougher surfaces have more friction between them than smoother surfaces.
Output: sandpaper
Question: Rocks that are buried very shallow are _____ than rocks on the surface. 
 Option1: newer 
 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: newer
Question: Eric hears a sound from far away. If this is the first sound he heard, this sound is likely 
 Option1: strong 
 Option2: weak 
 Explanation: The farther the sound waves travel away from the source, the more spread out their energy becomes.
Output: strong
Question: If Mona is playing with a rubber band and she stretches it out, what happens to the amount of elastic force contained in the rubber band? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: The elastic force increases the more the material is stretched or compressed.
Output: increases
Question: Jim's skin was noticeably darker than his friend Matt's skin. This means that _____ produces more melanin. 
 Option1: Jim 
 Option2: Matt 
 Explanation: However, the melanocytes of people with darker skin produce more melanin.
Output: Jim
Question: If Mona is in her sailboat and she takes a sample of the water far away from shore to test for nutrients and compares it to sample that she took while close to the shore, which sample will have more nutrients? 
 Option1: close to shore 
 Option2: far from shore 
 Explanation: Most nutrients are washed into ocean water from land. Therefore, water closer to shore tends to have more nutrients.
Output: close to shore
Question: If Jim loses a lot of blood from a cut he sustains, what will happen to his blood pressure? 
 Option1: it will become lower 
 Option2: it will become higher 
 Explanation: If blood volume in the body decreases, blood pressure decreases.
Output: it will become lower
Question: If Milo places his coffee into the microwave and heats it up, what will happen to the rate of vibration of the molecules in the drink? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: Warmer molecules vibrate faster than cooler ones.
Output: increase
Question: John was weighing some materials in his science lab. He observed that as objects had lower density, the heaviness of the objects 
 Option1: Increased 
 Option2: Decreased 
 Explanation: A given volume of a denser substance is heavier than the same volume of a less dense substance.
Output: Decreased
Question: Sally is pulling two wagons. The red wagon is full of sand, and the blue wagon is empty. The wagon that will be more difficult to pull is the 
 Option1: red wagon 
 Option2: blue wagon 
 Explanation: The full box is harder to move because it has greater mass and therefore greater inertia.
Output: red wagon
Question: Donald is elderly, and Shane is young. Donald's risk of cardiovascular diseases, compared to Shane's is 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 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: greater
Question: If Mona fills up a cup with water and places that water into the freezer, what happens to the density of the water as it cools down? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: When a volume of water is cooled, the molecules move less vigorously, so same number of molecules takes up less space and the water is denser.
Output: increases
Question: Shane wants a field that is very weak. 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: less field lines
Question: A very inefficient pair of solar panels will produce 
 Option1: little energy 
 Option2: a lot of energy 
 Explanation: The more efficient a device is, the greater the percentage of usable energy it produces.
Output: little energy
Question: As computers have made work easier for people we have had to do 
 Option1: more work 
 Option2: less work. 
 Explanation: More advanced farming practices allowed a single farmer to grow food for many more people.
Output: less work.
Question: If Jim starts exercising and performs more anaerobic exercises, would his muscles get 
 Option1: bigger 
 Option2: smaller 
 Explanation: Anaerobic exercises cause muscles to get bigger and stronger.
Output: bigger
Question: Bob's blood glucose levels have increased, which means he should also be producing _____ insulin. 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: As blood glucose levels decrease, less insulin is produced.
Output: more
Question: If America is a poor nation and China is a rich nation, then America's energy usage compared to China's is 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: smaller 
 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: smaller
Question: Fran stayed indoors while Geremy went in the sun. Who is more likely to get skin cancer? 
 Option1: Fran 
 Option2: Geremy 
 Explanation: More UV rays increase skin cancer rates.
Output: Geremy
Question: The rocks that are on the surface of a volcano are 
 Option1: young 
 Option2: old 
 Explanation: The upper rock layers are much younger.
Output: young
Question: Compared to sound waves travelling through a cup of boiling water, would sound waves travelling through a cup of ice water move 
 Option1: slower 
 Option2: faster? 
 Explanation: For a given medium, sound waves travel more slowly at lower temperatures.
Output: slower
Question: John was checking the temperature of the unit. He saw that as the temperature decreased when the level of energy was 
 Option1: Greater 
 Option2: Lesser 
 Explanation: The temperature of matter increases with the added energy.
Output: Lesser
Question: If Earth's temperature were to increase, there would be _____ glaciers. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: The glaciers on Earth are getting smaller and smaller as Earths temperature rises.
Output: less
Question: When we stretch a rubber band to a larger size it gets tough meaning it has 
 Option1: more resistance 
 Option2: less resistance 
 Explanation: The farther you stretch the band, the greater the resistance is.
Output: more resistance
Question: Dan is pulling his car up a hill, and wants to pull it with as little force as possible. In order to do this effectively, Dan will need to use how many rope segments 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: The more rope segments on a pully that are helping to do the lifting work, the less force that is needed for the job.
Output: more
Question: Jill was watching her baby as she was breastfeeding it. She noticed that the more that the baby suckled, the amount of prolactin released became 
 Option1: Greater 
 Option2: Lesser 
 Explanation: The more the baby suckles, the more prolactin is released, which causes more milk to be produced.
Output: Greater
Question: Peter found a cool rock right under the surface of some dirt. He knew the rock was _____. 
 Option1: older 
 Option2: younger 
 Explanation: Fossils found at the lowest layer of rock would be the oldest, as these would have been buried for the longest time, whereas fossils found closer to the surface would be buried more recently and therefore be younger.
Output: younger
Question: When we look at monkeys and humans they have a little 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: very different
Question: A group of settlers decided to live close to one aquifer instead of another aquifer because the aquifer they chose was much closer to the surface. Getting water from the aquifer closer to the surface will be 
 Option1: easier 
 Option2: more difficult. 
 Explanation: The closer to the surface an aquifer is, the easier it is to get the water.
Output: easier
Question: Ian is looking at quarks and sees that they are not attracted to each other. Ian knows that the distance between the quarks is currently 
 Option1: close 
 Option2: distant 
 Explanation: Gluons make quarks attract each other more strongly the farther apart the quarks get.
Output: close
Question: Two friends are headed to the beach, Mike and John. Mike is white, and John is black. Both want to make the same amount of vitamin D through sun exposure. The person who will take less time to make the amount of vitamin D is 
 Option1: Mike 
 Option2: John 
 Explanation: Pigments in the skin act like a filter that can prevent the skin from making vitamin D. As a result, people with darker skin need more time in the sun than people with lighter skin to make the same amount of vitamin D.
Output: Mike
Question: Linnie played with a rubber band by pulling at it with her hands. The more she pulled it apart, the _____ the force. 
 Option1: weaker 
 Option2: stronger 
 Explanation: The farther apart you move your hands, the stronger the force of the rubber band pulling your hands together.
Output: stronger
Question: As Cindy swam closer to the ocean surface, it got lighter and _____. 
 Option1: warmer 
 Option2: cooler 
 Explanation: Water density increases as salinity and pressure increase, or as temperature decreases.
Output: warmer
Question: Rita and Ira are identical twins of the same size. If Ira is a higher temperature, who has greater thermal energy? 
 Option1: Rita 
 Option2: Ira 
 Explanation: If two objects have the same mass, the object with the higher temperature has greater thermal energy.
Output: Ira
Question: When ice melts into water it becomes 
 Option1: less dense. 
 Option2: more dense 
 Explanation: Water becomes more dense when it is colder and when it has more salt.
Output: less dense.
Question: Mary is taking measurements of the amount of oxygen in samples of water. If she measured the total levels of dissolved oxygen in a sample at 70 degrees fahrenheit and compared it to a sample at 80 degrees fahrenheit, which would contain more dissolved oxygen? 
 Option1: 80 degrees fahrenheit 
 Option2: 70 degrees fahrenheit 
 Explanation: Warm water cant hold as much dissolved oxygen as cool water, so an increase in the temperature of water decreases the amount of oxygen it contains.
Output: 70 degrees fahrenheit
Question: What will happen to the amount of elastic potential energy in Jim's rubber band if he expands it? 
 Option1: more potential energy 
 Option2: less potential energy 
 Explanation: The more an elastic object is stretched or compressed, the greater its elastic potential energy is.
Output: less potential energy
Question: When you are talking to someone in the desert the sound will travel 
 Option1: faster 
 Option2: slower 
 Explanation: For a given medium such as air, sound has a slower speed at lower temperatures.
Output: faster
Question: Milo has been growing his nails out for a very long time. As his nails get longer, 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: increase
Question: Carter buries cans of soda in the dirt. The deeper the holes for the cans of soda, the pressure will be 
 Option1: lesser 
 Option2: greater 
 Explanation: As the rocks move deeper into the Earth, temperature and pressure increase.
Output: greater
Question: If Mona is a smoker, but decides to stop smoking, what happens to the difficulty her lungs experience in removing chemicals from the air? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: When a person smokes there are chemicals released by the tobacco that enter the lungs. Because the lungs have to work harder to remove the chemicals, the body has to work harder to get the air needed to survive.
Output: decrease
Question: If Mona is comparing two species and she notices that their DNA molecules are more similar, what does that tell her about the species relationship? 
 Option1: distance relationship 
 Option2: close relationship 
 Explanation: The more similar the DNA molecules of different species are, the closer the relationship is likely to be.
Output: close relationship
Question: What happens to a light car when it has the same power as a heavy car? 
 Option1: accelerates faster 
 Option2: accelerates slower 
 Explanation: The smaller its mass is, the greater its acceleration for a given amount of force.
Output: accelerates faster
Question: Tanya has a substance with mass 10kg. Logan has a substance with mass 5kg. If both substances are the same size, who has the denser substance. 
 Option1: Tanya 
 Option2: Logan 
 Explanation: If we have two materials with the same volume, the material with a higher mass will be more dense.
Output: Tanya
Question: The reason scientists use huge telescopes is because they collect 
 Option1: more light 
 Option2: less light 
 Explanation: Larger telescopes can collect more light and see finer details than smaller telescopes.
Output: more light
Question: Lana is noting that the wind lately has been very strong. Lana can now tell that the air pressures over the Earth's surface have had differences that are 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 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: greater
Question: Shane wants to get the least resistance out of his wire for his computer, so he gets a wire that is 
 Option1: thicker 
 Option2: thinner 
 Explanation: The thinner the wire, the more resistance it offers.
Output: thicker
Question: If Jim turns the thermostat up in his room while listening to music, what will happen to the speed of the sound waves in the room? 
 Option1: they will speed up 
 Option2: they will slow down 
 Explanation: For a given medium, sound has a slower speed at lower temperatures.
Output: they will speed up
Question: Dave was looking lenses for his new digital camera. He saw on the specifications that the less curved the lens is, the amount of light refracted 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: The more curved the surface of a lens is, the more it refracts light.
Output: decreases
Question: If Mona is flying her plane in the stratosphere on a journey and she moves lower in the stratosphere, what happens to the temperatures her plane experiences? 
 Option1: they increase 
 Option2: they decrease 
 Explanation: The stratosphere contains the ozone layer, the temperatures increase as altitude increases.
Output: they decrease
Question: A person is digging up rocks, and wants to get the newest ones. The person will dig 
 Option1: deeper 
 Option2: shallower 
 Explanation: Older rocks are at the bottom and younger rocks are at the top.
Output: shallower
Question: Two planets are drawn to each other in space, however they begin to drift closer over time. As the years press on, the planets will have a gravitation attraction between them that is 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 Explanation: As the distance between the objects increases, the force of gravitational attraction decreases.
Output: greater
Question: The electron levels closest to the nucleus of an atom have _____ energy than those further away. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: As you go farther from the nucleus of an atom, the electron levels have more and more energy.
Output: less
Question: Mel stops after running down the street for exercise. As Mel's heart rate decreases, Mel's blood flow 
 Option1: decreases 
 Option2: increases 
 Explanation: Warming up exercises increases the blood flow to the muscles and increases the heart rate.
Output: decreases
Question: If Mona is breathing hard and her volume decreases, what happens to the air pressure inside her lungs? 
 Option1: increases 
 Option2: decreases 
 Explanation: During inhalation, because the chest volume is larger, the air pressure inside the lungs is lower than the air pressure outside.
Output: increases
Question: A planet with a long orbit will take _____ time to revolve around the Sun than one with a small orbit. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: The planets further from the Sun will have bigger orbits, and therefore take longer to revolve around the Sun.
Output: more
Question: If wavelengths become shorter, there will be _____ move past a particular spot. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: This means that as wavelengths get shorter, more waves move past a particular spot in the same amount of time.
Output: more
Question: When humans grow trees what happens to the population of the animals in the forest 
 Option1: Lower 
 Option2: Increase 
 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: A rapid increase in electricity consumption could mean _____ pollution. 
 Option1: less 
 Option2: more 
 Explanation: We need to reduce our electricity consumption in order to reduce pollution.
Output: more
Question: If Jim decreases the level of sound coming from his speakers it means that the time it would take for him to experience hearing loss would 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: The louder the sounds are, the less exposure is needed to cause hearing loss.
Output: increase
Question: Since Kim has more melanin than Jennifer, when they lay out in the sun Jennifer's skin is _____ than Kim's. 
 Option1: darker 
 Option2: lighter 
 Explanation: However, the melanocytes of people with darker skin produce more melanin.
Output: lighter
Question: Donald is elderly, and Shane is young. Shane's risk of cardiovascular diseases, compared to Donald's is 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 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: lesser
Question: If Mona is in space comparing the distance of certain planets from the Sun and she notices that Neptune is closer than Pluto, which planet will have the shorter orbit? 
 Option1: Pluto 
 Option2: Neptune 
 Explanation: In general, the farther away from the Sun, the greater the distance from one planets orbit to the next.
Output: Neptune
Question: Would it require more strength for a construction worker to move a heavy load of bricks with a pulley that used 
 Option1: 1 rope segment? 
 Option2: 10 rope segments 
 Explanation: The more rope segments on a pully that are helping to do the lifting work, the less force that is needed for the job.
Output: 1 rope segment?
Question: Mercury is closer to the sun than Jupiter. This means that the pull of gravity from the sun on Mercury is 
 Option1: stronger 
 Option2: weaker. 
 Explanation: Objects that are closer together have a stronger force of gravity between them.
Output: stronger
Question: Sarah is looking at layers of rock on a cliff face. She can see that the rock at the very bottom of the cliff are 
 Option1: older 
 Option2: younger 
 Explanation: The upper rock layers are much younger.
Output: older
Question: Mona is developing a computerized model to detect changes in weather patterns for her farming business. If she adds computing power to the computer she is using to develop the model, what happens to the chances that model will be correct? 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 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: increase
Question: If Bob notices an decrease in the amount of solar storms, it would mean there are _____ sunspots. 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: When there are more sunspots the Sun is more active and there are more solar storms and more of the Sun's energy reaches the Earth.
Output: less
Question: Tina is diving deeper and deeper into the ocean. What happens to the temperature? 
 Option1: it increases 
 Option2: it decreases 
 Explanation: Water also gets colder as you go deeper.
Output: it decreases
Question: Ron adds more resistors to his series circuit. The current in his circuit will 
 Option1: increase 
 Option2: decrease 
 Explanation: We also saw that adding resistors to a series circuit increases the total resistance of the circuit, causing the current to decrease.
Output: decrease
Question: Will decreased 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: decreased
Question: Dan is comparing a mosquito that has been fossilized to a mosquito that he caught in a net. Since the fossilized mosquito is millions of years old, the similarities between the organisms will be 
 Option1: many 
 Option2: few 
 Explanation: In general, fossils in older rocks are less similar to modern organisms.
Output: few
Question: Mona is trying to build a telescope that can collect more light then her current one. If she wants to make sure to achieve this goal, what should she do to the size of her telescope? 
 Option1: decrease it 
 Option2: increase it 
 Explanation: Larger telescopes can collect more light and see finer details than smaller telescopes.
Output: increase it
Question: If Mona is manipulating the wavelengths of her microwave, what happens when she makes the wavelengths shorter? 
 Option1: energy decreases 
 Option2: energy increases 
 Explanation: Electromagnetic waves with shorter wavelengths have higher frequencies and more energy.
Output: energy increases
Question: When we raise the temperature of water it becomes 
 Option1: less dense 
 Option2: more dense 
 Explanation: When a volume of water is cooled, the molecules move less vigorously, so same number of molecules takes up less space and the water is denser.
Output: less dense
Question: Sue is moving from a warm tropical island to a cold city in Canada . The type of vegetation and rate of biological weathering be _____ in Sue's new habitat after she makes the move. 
 Option1: greater 
 Option2: lesser 
 Explanation: The warmer a climate is, the more types of vegetation it will have and the greater the rate of biological weathering.
Output: lesser
Question: Jeff has dark skin and stays on the beach with Layla, who has light skin, for 2 hours. Neither use sunblock. Who is likely more sunburned? 
 Option1: Jeff 
 Option2: Lydia 
 Explanation: Light-skinned people get sunburned more quickly than people with darker skin.
Output: Lydia
Question: John was looking at the bases and noticed something. The lower the pH of the substance, the amount of basic it was 
 Option1: Increased 
 Option2: Decreased 
 Explanation: For bases we can state the folllowing: The higher the pH of a substance, the more basic it is.
Output: Decreased
Question: Roger liked to hike up mountains with his telescope to get away from the lights of the city. This trip, his back is hurting him, so Roger packs a lighter-weight smaller telescope than he normally brings, but opts to climb a higher mountain than usual. In spite of getting away from the city lights and being high atop the mountain, with this smaller telescope, the amount of detail that Roger will be able to see is expected to be 
 Option1: more 
 Option2: less 
 Explanation: Larger telescopes can collect more light and see finer details than smaller telescopes.
Output: less