Input: Answer this question:
Which statement best describes the energy transformations that occur when a candle burns?
OPTIONS:
- Heat energy from the wax is converted into chemical and light energy.
- Heat energy from the air is converted into mechanical and light energy.
- Chemical energy from the wax is converted into light and heat energy.
- Chemical energy from the air is converted into mechanical and light energy.
Answer: Chemical energy from the wax is converted into light and heat energy.

*Question*: Ten people became sick with the flu after attending a school dance. What is the scenario that could best explain how the people got sick? OPTIONS:
- contact with environmental sources
- contact with an infected animal
- contact with a contaminated object
- contact with an infected person
*Answer*: contact with an infected person

question:
Students are investigating which type of fruit attracts the most fruit flies. Equally sized pieces of ripe apple, peach, and banana are placed in separate containers. The containers allow fruit flies to enter, but the fruit flies are unable to escape. The containers are placed outside on a picnic table for two days. The most reliable method for collecting data is to count the number of fruit flies
OPTIONS:
- on all three types of fruit every two hours
- on all three types of fruit after each fruit spoils
- on the banana on Day 1, the apple on Day 2, and the peach on Day 3
- on the banana after Hour 1, the apple after Hour 2, and the peach after Hour 3

answer:
on all three types of fruit every two hours

[Q]: Which sentence about the periodic table of elements is true?
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OPTIONS:
- All elements in period 2 are metals.
- All elements in group 18 are metals.
- Metals are found on the left side of the periodic table.
- Metals are found on the right side of the periodic table.
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[A]: Metals are found on the left side of the periodic table.

question below:
A population of small, plant-eating beetles lives in a forest. About half of the beetles are light brown and the others are dark green. If years of drought cause the area to become dry with few trees, what would the beetle population most likely look like after several generations?
OPTIONS:
- It would be mostly light brown beetles.
- It would be mostly dark green beetles.
- It would be mostly carnivorous beetles.
- It would be mostly very large beetles.
answer below:
It would be mostly light brown beetles.

question below:
Which of the following properties of a substance is conserved during thermal expansion?
OPTIONS:
- mass
- volume
- shape
- distance between particles
answer below:
mass