[Q]: James lives out on the country, He wants to gather some water from a well out from behind his house. When he gets there he realizes that the wheel on the lever that pulls up the bucket is rusted which adds more friction. He decides to oil the wheel to reduce the friction. Will the lever James is using get closer or further to it's ideal mechanical advantage when he oils it?
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[A]: closer

[Q]: David wants to revisit the theory of evolution proposed by Darwin and Wallace. He is particularly interested in two species of deer, species A and species B. Species A has some helpful traits, but species B has some harmful traits. He is planning to write a paper on why some species are greater in number while others are smaller in number. Which species would have greater reproductive success, species A or species B?
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[A]: species A

[Q]: Dan harvested lots of fruit and decided to candy some of them to preserve them. He left some fruit fresh for the family to enjoy. He candied apples, pears, plums, and quince. He didn't candy oranges, blueberries, apricots and peaches. Which fruit retained their quality longer, pears or blueberries?
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[A]: pears

[Q]: Two people got stuck in a local blizzard. Tom had a bottle of alcohol with him and drank it after he found some kind of shelter in the snow. Dan didn't have alcohol with him. Which of the two people had a larger influx of warm blood near the surface of the skin?
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[A]:
Tom