[Q]: Mike grew tomatoes on his parcel of land and so did John. Mike's attempt was very successful, because he adjusted the soil's pH to a viable level for growing vegetables, and John didn't. Both parcels had soils with lots of sodium carbonate in them. John's experiment failed. Which soil had less favorable physico-chemical properties?
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[A]: John's

[Q]: Two brothers have a piece of land each, situated 2 miles from each other. Jim's land is not very fertile because it has clay soil with a high pH, while Bob's land has very fertile soil and has a good productivity on it. Which of the two pieces of land is less acidic?
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[A]: Jim's

[Q]: Johnathan is trying to find two blocks of wood with the same mass for a project he is working on. He doesn't have a balance, so he makes a crude one out of materials he has on hand. He put a block of wood on either side and the block on the left side was at a lower level than the block on the right. Sarah is using a traditional balance to estimate the mass of her peppers. She wants to make 1 kg bushels to sell at the farmers market so she puts a 1 kg weight on the right side and the peppers on the left side. If the 1 kg weight is higher than the peppers does Sarah need to add more peppers or remove peppers?
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[A]: remove peppers

[Q]: Wade county was situated to the east of Gray county. Due to a favorable landscape, Wade county built more roads and railways. Which county will have fewer advances in communications technology?
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[A]:
Gray