Q: Q: What type of creature is a scallop? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Some mollusks, such as oysters and scallops, are important food sources. Choices: - insect - vertabrate - algae - mollusk A:
A: mollusk

Q: Q: What does it mean to be a diploid organism? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Early land plants also evolved a dominant sporophyte generation. Sporophytes are diploid, so they have two copies of each gene. This gives them a "back-up" copy in case of mutation. This was important for coping with the strong solar radiation and higher risk of mutations on land. Choices: - yolk has two copies of each gene - taproot has two copies of each gene - micelles have two copies of each gene - organism has two copies of each gene A:
A: organism has two copies of each gene

Q: Q: What do you call mixtures of ash and water that travel down river valleys? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: Lahars are mixtures of ash and water that travel down river valleys. On Mount St. Helens, the eruption melted glaciers. The water mixed with ash from the eruption and created tremendous lahars. The lahars raced down valleys and knocked out many bridges. Choices: - debris - pollutants - mud slides - lahars A:
A: lahars

Q: Q: What is the smallest part of an element called? Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers: The smallest particle of an element that still has the properties of that element is the atom . Atoms actually consist of smaller particles, including protons and electrons, but these smaller particles are the same for all elements. All the atoms of an element are like one another, and are different from the atoms of all other elements. For example, the atoms of each element have a unique number of protons. Choices: - core - neutron - nucleus - atom A:
A: atom