input with options: Answer the following question given this paragraph: A machine is any device that makes work easier by changing a force. Work is done whenever a force moves an object over a distance. The amount of work done is represented by the equation:. Q: What do you call any device that makes work easier by changing a force? A:
OPTIONS:
- technology
- invention
- battery
- machine
output: machine

Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Q: In the case of the thyroid hormone pathway, thyroid hormone itself carries out what kind of feedback? A:

OPTIONS:
- positive
- continued
- effective
- negative

A: negative

input: OPTIONS:
- renewable resource
- guarana resource
- emanates resource
- nonrenewable resource Now, answer this question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Although renewable, soil takes a very long time to formup to hundreds of millions of years. So, for human purposes, soil is a nonrenewable resource. It is also constantly depleted of nutrients through careless use, and eroded by wind and water. For example, misuse of soil caused a huge amount of it to simply blow away in the 1930s during the Dust Bowl (see Figure below ). Soil must be used wisely to preserve it for the future. Conservation practices include contour plowing and terracing. Both reduce soil erosion. Soil also must be protected from toxic wastes. Q: What kind of a resource is soil, for human purposes? A:
A:
output: nonrenewable resource

Answer the following question given this paragraph: Q: What do electrons lose during their transfer from organic compounds to oxygen? A:

OPTIONS:
- mechanical energy
- thermal energy
- actual energy
- potential energy

Answer: potential energy

Problem: OPTIONS:
- continental
- coastal
- shear
- oceanic
Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: An island arc is a line of volcanoes on an oceanic plate. A continental arc is a line of volcanoes on a continental plate. Q: What type of plate is an island arc found on? A:
Answer: oceanic

Answer the following question given this paragraph: The smallest particle of an element that still has the element's properties is an atom . All the atoms of an element are alike, and they are different from the atoms of all other elements. For example, atoms of gold are the same whether they are found in a gold nugget or a gold ring (see Figure below ). All gold atoms have the same structure and properties. Q: What is the smallest particle of an element that still has the element's properties? A:

OPTIONS:
- an ion
- a nucleus
- an electron
- an atom

Answer:
an atom