input: OPTIONS:
- scarce resources
- vegetation
- food and minerals
- Organic compounds
- harmful substances
- aquatic life
- phylum
- mammals Now, answer this question: Fact 1: Soil can be depleted of nutrients. Fact 2: Food and minerals are both nutrients. Given the two facts above, soil can be depleted of what?
A:
output: food and minerals

Fact 1: Friction causes an object to lose energy. Fact 2: Lubricating reduces the friction and prevents heat damage to the mono. Given the two facts above, what does lubrication prevent?

OPTIONS:
- permineralization
- Losing energy
- harmful substances
- prolactin release
- Pollution
- sweating
- contamination
- Greenhouse gasses

Answer: Losing energy

Problem: OPTIONS:
- gravity
- plants
- the sun
- tunicates
- insects
- cats
- pigeons
- Joules
Q: Fact 1: An organism requires energy for growth. Fact 2: Plants and animals are organisms. Given the two facts above, what requires energy for growth?
Answer: plants

Problem:OPTIONS:
- slows
- collage
- a wave
- motion
- conjunction
- photochemistry
- Seesaw
- sight

Fact 1: Sight is the ability to sense light, and the eye is the organ that senses light. Fact 2: Eyes detect light, organized into images that fall on the retina. Given the two facts above, what is the process of organized images falling on the retina?
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A: sight

Fact 1: Hormones control many cell activities, so they are very important for homeostasis. Fact 2: Growth hormone is an important hormone that declines with aging. Given the two facts above, what affects cell aging?
OPTIONS:
- hormones
- radiation
- Smoking
- fat
- acid
- temperature
- cigarettes
- weather
hormones

Fact 1: Athermal insulator slows the transfer of heat. Fact 2: Insulation helps to block conduction of heat. Given the two facts above, what prevents conduction?
OPTIONS:
- water
- sweating
- glass
- layers of fat
- wind
- insulator
- a cuticle
- conductor

Answer:
insulator