Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: All plants have a characteristic life cycle that includes alternation of generations. Asexual reproduction with spores produces a haploid gametophyte generation. Sexual reproduction with gametes and fertilization produces a diploid sporophyte generation. Q: Alternation of generations is characteristic of the life cycle of all what? A:

OPTIONS:
- cells
- animals
- organs
- plants

A: plants

input: OPTIONS:
- smaller blade area
- larger surface area
- larger surface area
- smaller surface area Now, answer this question: Answer the following question given this paragraph: A large log placed in a fire will burn relatively slowly. If the same mass of wood were added to the fire in the form of small twigs, they would burn much more quickly. This is because the twigs provide a greater surface area than the log does. An increase in the surface area of a reactant increases the rate of a reaction. Surface area is larger when a given amount of a solid is present as smaller particles. A powdered reactant has a greater surface area than the same reactant as a solid chunk. In order to increase the surface area of a substance, it may be ground into smaller particles or dissolved into a liquid. In solution, the dissolved particles are separated from each other and will react more quickly with other reactants. Q: Why does a large log burn relatively slowly compared to the same mass of wood in the form of small twigs? A:
A:
output: smaller surface area

Answer the following question given this paragraph: The polymerase chain reaction is a way of making copies of a gene. It uses high temperatures and an enzyme to make new DNA molecules. The process keeps cycling to make many copies of a gene. Q: The polymerase chain reaction is a way of making copies of what? A:

OPTIONS:
- an enzyme
- a method
- a form
- a gene

Answer: a gene

Problem: OPTIONS:
- diffusion
- splitting
- fission
- bonding
Q: Answer the following question given this paragraph: Core electrons are the electrons that are closer to the nucleus and therefore do not participate in bonding. Q: Because core electrons are closer to the nucleus, they are not involved in what? A:
Answer: bonding

Problem:OPTIONS:
- helium
- grasses
- water
- lava

Answer the following question given this paragraph: Radar maps of Venus show that it has mountains, canyons and volcanoes surrounded by plains of lava. Q: Radar maps of venus show that it has mountains, canyons and volcanoes surrounded by plains of what? A:
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A: lava

Problem:OPTIONS:
- fronts
- currents
- droughts
- cyclones

Answer the following question given this paragraph: Like hurricanes, winter storms develop from cyclones. But in the case of winter storms, the cyclones form at higher latitudes. In North America, cyclones often form when the jet stream dips south in the winter. This lets dry polar air pour south. At the same time, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico flows north. When the two air masses meet, the differences in temperature and pressure cause strong winds and heavy precipitation. Two types of winter storms that occur in the U. S. are blizzards and lake-effect snow storms. Q: Winter storms develop from what, which form at high altitudes and are associated with hurricanes as well? A:
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A:
cyclones