What continues to grow throughout their lives?
Options:
- (A) Chemical energy
- (B) bacteria
- (C) animals
- (D) Humans
- (E) Orange Trees
- (F) Cats
- (G) an organism's body
- (H) Dogs
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Let's think first: Most plants continue to grow throughout their lives. All orange trees are plants. Orange trees continue to grow throughout their lives.... So the answer is [(E)]
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Where do fungi get their food?
Options:
- (A) swamp vegetation
- (B) decomposing dead organisms
- (C) decomposition
- (D) the environment
- (E) mushrooms
- (F) By wind and rain
- (G) spores
- (H) carbon dioxide
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Let's think first: Fungi lack chlorophyll, so they cannot make food by photosynthesis as plants can. Fungi decompose dead plant and animal matter. Since fungi cannot make food by photosynthesis, they decompose dead organisms.... So the answer is [(B)]
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Some precipitation that falls on land soaks into the ground, into:
Options:
- (A) wells and springs
- (B) mountains
- (C) clouds
- (D) it flows to a lower level
- (E) water vapor
- (F) sedimentary rocks
- (G) deltas
- (H) loose dirt
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Let's think first: Some precipitation that falls on land may soak into the ground, becoming groundwater. Wells and springs are supplied by groundwater. Some precipitation that falls on land soaks into the ground, into wells and springs.... So the answer is [(A)]
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Secondary vascular tissues are employed by bamboo and what other kind of tree?
Options:
- (A) plants
- (B) ferns
- (C) grass
- (D) coniferous
- (E) Trees
- (F) elms
- (G) palm
- (H) deciduous
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Let's think first: Secondary growth forms secondary vascular tissues and bark. Some, such as bamboo and palm trees, have secondary growth. Secondary vascular tissues are employed by bamboo and palm trees.... So the answer is [(G)]
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