Article: The study of plants is vital because they underpin almost all animal life on Earth by generating a large proportion of the oxygen and food that provide humans and other organisms with aerobic respiration with the chemical energy they need to exist. Plants, algae and cyanobacteria are the major groups of organisms that carry out photosynthesis, a process that uses the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugars that can be used both as a source of chemical energy and of organic molecules that are used in the structural components of cells. As a by-product of photosynthesis, plants release oxygen into the atmosphere, a gas that is required by nearly all living things to carry out cellular respiration. In addition, they are influential in the global carbon and water cycles and plant roots bind and stabilise soils, preventing soil erosion. Plants are crucial to the future of human society as they provide food, oxygen, medicine, and products for people, as well as creating and preserving soil.

Question: What do plant roots prevent?
Ans: soil erosion

Article: After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Beyonce and Rowland founded the Survivor Foundation to provide transitional housing for victims in the Houston area, to which Beyonce contributed an initial $250,000. The foundation has since expanded to work with other charities in the city, and also provided relief following Hurricane Ike three years later.

Question: How much cash did Beyonce put into the venture, the Survivor Foundation at startup?
Ans: 250,000

Article: Several other professional sports leagues have had former franchises (now defunct) in Raleigh, including the Raleigh IceCaps of the ECHL (19911998); Carolina Cobras of the Arena Football League (20002004); the RaleighDurham Skyhawks of the World League of American Football (1991); the Raleigh Bullfrogs of the Global Basketball Association (19911992); the Raleigh Cougars of the United States Basketball League (19971999); and most recently, the Carolina Courage of the Women's United Soccer Association (20002001 in Chapel Hill, 20012003 in suburban Cary), which won that league's championship Founders Cup in 2002.

Question: What year did the Carolina Courage win the Founders Cup?
Ans: 2002

Article: The islands enjoy a mild climate and varied soils, giving rise to a diverse pattern of vegetation. Animal and plant life is similar to that of the northwestern European continent. There are however, fewer numbers of species, with Ireland having even less. All native flora and fauna in Ireland is made up of species that migrated from elsewhere in Europe, and Great Britain in particular. The only window when this could have occurred was between the end of the last Ice Age (about 12,000 years ago) and when the land bridge connecting the two islands was flooded by sea (about 8,000 years ago).

Question: In Ireland where does the native animal and plant species mostly come from?
Ans:
Europe, and Great Britain