Answer the following question given this paragraph: Harmless fungi can be used to control pathogenic bacteria and insect pasts on crops. Fungi compete with bacteria for nutrients and space, and they parasitize insects that eat plants. Fungi reduce the need for pesticides and other toxic chemicals. Q: What reduces the need for pesticides and other toxic chemicals? A:
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- pollen
- helium
- yeast
- fungi
fungi

Answer the following question given this paragraph: A lens that causes the light rays to bend away from its axis is called a diverging lens. Ray tracing is the technique of graphically determining the paths that light rays take. The image in which light rays from one point on the object actually cross at the location of the image and can be projected onto a screen, a piece of film, or the retina of an eye is called a real image. Thin lens equations are. Q: What do you call a lens that causes the light rays to bend away from its axis? A:
OPTIONS:
- optical lens
- axilens
- converging lens
- diverging lens

Answer: diverging lens

Question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: A: With greater reflection off the ionosphere, AM waves can travel even farther at night than they can during the day. Radio receivers can often pick up radio broadcasts at night from cities that are hundreds of miles away. Q: Greater reflection off what atmospheric layer allows am radio waves to travel even farther at night than they can during the day? A:
OPTIONS:
- stratosphere
- exosphere
- troposphere
- ionosphere
Answer: ionosphere

input with options: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Coal is a black or brownish-black rock that burns easily ( Figure below ). Most coal is sedimentary rock. The hardest type of coal, anthracite, is a metamorphic rock. That is because it is exposed to higher temperature and pressure as it forms. Coal is mostly carbon, but some other elements can be found in coal, including sulfur. Q: What element makes up the majority of coal? A:
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- iron
- lead
- silicon
- carbon
output: carbon

Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: All elements have an oxidation number of zero in their pure form. Q: In their pure form, all elements have an oxidation number of what? A:

OPTIONS:
- 3
- 2
- 7
- zero

A: zero

Answer the following question given this paragraph: Decomposers break down animal remains and wastes to get energy. Q: In a food chain, what group of organisms breaks down animal remains and wastes to get energy? A:
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- primary consumers
- detritivores
- producers
- decomposers
decomposers