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Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Mollusks are a major food source for other organisms, including humans. Many organisms are omnivores with variable diets. Humans have variable diets and some consume mollusks as a major food source. The answer: (F) Answer:
The question What are mollusks used for? Options: - (A) a herbivore diet - (B) survival - (C) a vegetarian diet - (D) Converting waste. - (E) Catch prey - (F) an omnivore diet - (G) an egg diet - (H) animal transport
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Instruct: Q: What are one thing the combination of proteins and dna make up? Options: - (A) alleles - (B) sperm - (C) insects - (D) embryos - (E) fusion - (F) PDAs - (G) humans - (H) complex A: (B) Explain how we arrive at this answer: Answer: Explanation: Chromosomes are coiled structures made of DNA and proteins. An egg or sperm with an extra chromosome or missing a chromosome is then made. Eggs and sperm have coiled structures made of DNA and proteins. Instruct: Consider the question. What does fire require to get started? Options: - (A) an engine - (B) activation energy - (C) water - (D) energy usage - (E) direct energy - (F) dogs - (G) activated almonds - (H) adding heat If the answer is '(B)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: All chemical reactions require activation energy to get started. Fire is a chemical reaction. Fire requires activation energy to get started. Instruct: Consider the question. Organisms that live in the ocean are adapted to Options: - (A) purified water - (B) the environment - (C) Absorb light - (D) air - (E) survival - (F) salt water - (G) murky water - (H) produce light If the answer is '(F)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Some familiar examples of biomes include tundra, desert, chaparral, and open ocean. Organisms that live in the ocean must be adapted to the salt water. Instruct: What was the question for this implicit rationale, and corresponding answer? Marine biomes are found in the salt water of the ocean. Largest of the oceans on Earth is the Pacific Ocean . You can find marine biomes in the Pacific. The answer: (B) Answer:
The question: Where can you find marine biomes? Options: - (A) Lake Michigan - (B) The Pacific - (C) Absorb light - (D) complex - (E) the environment - (F) The Amazon - (G) The Missisippi - (H) salt and water.
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Instruct: Come up with a question and stream of consciousness reasoning that would justify this answer: (E) Answer:
The question is: What is the form of genetic material used during mitosis called? Options: - (A) proteins - (B) Plants growth - (C) genetic fluid - (D) mitosis cells - (E) chromosomes - (F) pollen - (G) Leptospirosis - (H) Chemical energy Stream of consciousness: Chromosomes are the form of the genetic material of a cell during cell division. Mitosis is cell division. Chromosomes are the form of the genetic material of a cell during mitosis.
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Instruct: Question. P16 is an example of what type of thing that causes cancer when it stops functiong properly? Options: - (A) Toxins - (B) edema - (C) gene - (D) ferns - (E) CO 2 - (F) PDAs - (G) HIV - (H) albino Answer. (C) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer:
Reasoning: Cancer is a disease that occurs when the cell cycle is no longer regulated. P16 is a regulator of the cell division cycle. Cancer is a disease that occurs when genes like P16 stop functioning properly.
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Instruct: Consider the question. Roundworms reproduce using meiosis and what? Options: - (A) karyogamy - (B) pollen - (C) survive - (D) reproduce - (E) allow growth - (F) Energy - (G) Leptospirosis - (H) seeds If the answer is '(A)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: Roundworms reproduce sexually. Sexual reproduction involves karyogamy and meiosis. Roundworms reproduce using karyogamy and meiosis. Instruct: Q: What helps cells take up sugar from the blood in the body? Options: - (A) exercise - (B) sugar - (C) Energy - (D) Energy. - (E) bones - (F) pancreas - (G) insulin - (H) blood cells A: (G) Explain how we arrive at this answer: Answer: Explanation: Insulin helps cells take up glucose from the blood. For instance, glucose is a sugar. Insulin helps cells take up sugar from the blood. Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Mollusks are a major food source for other organisms, including humans. Many organisms are omnivores with variable diets. Humans have variable diets and some consume mollusks as a major food source. The answer: (F) Answer: The question What are mollusks used for? Options: - (A) a herbivore diet - (B) survival - (C) a vegetarian diet - (D) Converting waste. - (E) Catch prey - (F) an omnivore diet - (G) an egg diet - (H) animal transport Instruct: Question. What is a major food source for other organisms, including humans? Options: - (A) gastropod shells - (B) orchids - (C) invertebrates - (D) swamp vegetation - (E) Most plants - (F) insects - (G) barnacles - (H) animals Answer. (C) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer:
Reasoning: Mollusks are a major food source for other organisms, including humans. Mollusks are invertebrates and are no exception. Invertebrates are a major food source for other organisms, including humans.
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Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Some arthropods have special excretory structures. An ant and a lobster are both arthropods. Lobsters have special excretory structures. The question and answer: Answer:
Lobsters have special structures for: Options: - (A) excretion - (B) Cooking - (C) produce light - (D) staying warm - (E) butter - (F) Maine - (G) layers of fat - (H) tastiness The answer is (A)
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Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (B) Answer: Question: Where are roundworms useful in an ecosystem? Options: - (A) killing animals - (B) soils - (C) fields - (D) bacteria - (E) eating plants - (F) wetland - (G) food - (H) alveoli Stream-of-consciousness: Roundworms make up the phylum Nematoda. Also, nematoda and rotifera are important groups contributing to soils. Roundworms make important contributions to soils. Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (H) Answer: Question: The average weather in an area during an era is called: Options: - (A) Summer - (B) epoch - (C) good - (D) autumn - (E) time period - (F) mild - (G) Pleistocein - (H) climate Stream-of-consciousness: Climate is the average weather in an area over a long period of time. An era is a period of time in which events occur. Climate is the average weather in an area during an era. Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (B) Answer: The question is: What is a process of removing wastes and excess water from the body? Options: - (A) hydration - (B) urination - (C) incontinence - (D) trash can - (E) vaporization - (F) Cooking - (G) body waste - (H) Exfoliation Step-by-step reasoning process: Excretion is the process of removing wastes and excess water from the body. Ketones are exhaled and excreted in urine. Urination is a process of removing wastes and excess water from the body. Instruct: Explain simply why (D) is the correct answer to: What occurs when gametes fuse to form a diploid zygote? Options: - (A) permineralization - (B) rapid expansion - (C) competition - (D) fertilization - (E) photosynthesis - (F) chromosomes - (G) mutation - (H) Leptospirosis. Explanation: Answer:
Fertilization occurs when a sperm and an egg fuse to form a diploid zygote. Sperm and eggs are cells known as gametes. Fertilization occurs when gametes fuse to form a diploid zygote.
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Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Roundworms make up the phylum Nematoda. Within the Nematoda, a range of reproductive systems occur. A range of reproductive systems occur in roundworms. The answer: (D) Answer:
The question What has a range of sexual reproductive systems? Options: - (A) Computer systems. - (B) Most plants - (C) animals - (D) Roundworms. - (E) mammals - (F) Art reproductions. - (G) insects - (H) Stuffed toy bears.
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Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Animals can communicate with sounds, chemicals, or visual cues. Monkeys are wild animals. Monkeys communicate with sounds, chemicals or visual cues. The answer: (D) Answer: The question What uses sounds, chemicals and visual cues? Options: - (A) bees - (B) seaweed - (C) running - (D) monkeys - (E) humans - (F) germs - (G) athletes - (H) coral Instruct: Explain simply why (F) is the correct answer to: Abalone is an example of an animal that: Options: - (A) refract or absorb. - (B) They have webbed feet - (C) important habitats - (D) Plant growth is reduced - (E) it keeps an organism warm - (F) reproduces sexually - (G) decreases its bodily water - (H) four limbs. Explanation: Answer: Mollusks reproduce sexually. An abalone is a shellfish or mollusk. Abalone reproduce sexually. Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Organisms or living beings are literally things that are alive. Living beings that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Answer: Q:Living beings in marine biomes must be adapted to what in the water? Options: - (A) CO 2 - (B) stress - (C) liquid - (D) salt - (E) heat - (F) an ion - (G) energy - (H) motion A:(D) Instruct: Amphibians have sense organs to smell and taste chemicals. Smell and taste belong to our chemical sensing system. Amphibians have a chemical sensing system.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer:
Q: Amphibians have what sort of sensing system? Options: - (A) strong - (B) retina - (C) four limbs - (D) chemical - (E) mechanical - (F) the eyes - (G) nerves - (H) heat or cold A: (D)
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Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (C) Answer:
Question: Where does energy enter into in the form of sunlight and chemical compounds? Options: - (A) sun - (B) science lab - (C) biomes - (D) orchids - (E) photons - (F) deserts - (G) black hole - (H) trees Stream-of-consciousness: Energy enters ecosystems in the form of sunlight or chemical compounds. Biomes are global ecosystems. Energy enters biomes in the form of sunlight or chemical compounds.
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Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Animals can communicate with sounds, chemicals, or visual cues. Monkeys are wild animals. Monkeys communicate with sounds, chemicals or visual cues. The answer: (D) Answer: The question What uses sounds, chemicals and visual cues? Options: - (A) bees - (B) seaweed - (C) running - (D) monkeys - (E) humans - (F) germs - (G) athletes - (H) coral Instruct: Given the stream of consciousness rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Rationale: Fertilization occurs when sperm swim to an egg inside an archegonium. Gametes in males are called sperm, and in women commonly referred to as eggs. Fertilization occurs when male gametes swim to an egg. The question and answer: Answer: What occurs when a male gamete swims to an egg? Options: - (A) permineralization - (B) competition - (C) movement - (D) rapid expansion - (E) fertilization - (F) birth - (G) copulation - (H) ovulation The answer is (E) Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (F) Answer: The question is: Which of the following affects neurons? Options: - (A) nerves - (B) voltage - (C) Dehydration - (D) electrically - (E) heat - (F) Botulism - (G) fever - (H) temperature Step-by-step reasoning process: Neurons are the structural and functional units of the nervous system. Botulism affects the nervous system. Botulism affects neurons. Instruct: Q: When does macroevolution over eras occur? Options: - (A) relocation - (B) colder and wetter - (C) in a few years - (D) permineralization - (E) over eras of time - (F) within a lifetime - (G) Continents drifting - (H) in minutes A: (E) Explain how we arrive at this answer: Answer:
Explanation: Macroevolution is evolution over geologic time above the level of the species. Geologists break time down into geologic time units called eras . Macroevolution is evolution over eras above the level of the species.
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Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Adult worms go through a major transformation to develop reproductive organs. An enlarged cummerbund-like band near the worm's head holds the reproductive organs. Adult worms develop a cumberbund-like band near the head. The question and answer: Answer:
What grows a cumberbund-like band around itself in adulthood? Options: - (A) legumes - (B) Bats - (C) mammals - (D) bamboo - (E) swea - (F) worms - (G) fungi - (H) bushes The answer is (F)
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Instruct: Marine biomes are found in the salt water of the ocean. An ocean is a large body of salt water. Marine biomes are found in large bodies of salt water.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer:
Q: Marine biomes are found in large bodies of what? Options: - (A) fresh water - (B) the environment - (C) salt water - (D) liquid - (E) river water - (F) Absorb light - (G) Sediment - (H) black water A: (C)
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Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Organisms or living beings are literally things that are alive. Living beings that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Answer: Q:Living beings in marine biomes must be adapted to what in the water? Options: - (A) CO 2 - (B) stress - (C) liquid - (D) salt - (E) heat - (F) an ion - (G) energy - (H) motion A:(D) Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Zooplankton are tiny animals that feed on phytoplankton. Diatoms are the predominant phytoplankton. Zooplankton are tiny animals that feed on diatoms. Answer: Q:Zooplankton are tiny animals that feed on what? Options: - (A) sunlight - (B) vegetation - (C) Energy - (D) loose soil - (E) plant life - (F) diatoms - (G) fungi - (H) chemicals A:(F) Instruct: Consider the question. What does fire require to get started? Options: - (A) an engine - (B) activation energy - (C) water - (D) energy usage - (E) direct energy - (F) dogs - (G) activated almonds - (H) adding heat If the answer is '(B)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: All chemical reactions require activation energy to get started. Fire is a chemical reaction. Fire requires activation energy to get started. Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Meiosis is the type of cell division that produces gametes. Animals that reproduce sexually produce sex cells, or gametes. Meiosis is the type of cell division that produces sex cells. A: (F) Answer:
Q: What kind of cell division produces sex cells in animals? Options: - (A) complex - (B) insects - (C) pollen - (D) gametes - (E) sexual division - (F) meiosis - (G) reproduction cells - (H) seeds
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Instruct: Stream of consciousness rationale: Plants have specialized reproductive organs. Plant reproduction is similar to animal reproduction. Animals have specialized reproductive organs. The question and answer pair are described below. Answer:
Q: What is something that has specialized reproductive organs? Options: - (A) animals - (B) insects - (C) Conifers - (D) burrs - (E) potatoes - (F) rabbit - (G) sharks - (H) ducks A: (A)
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Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Most salamanders use their sense of smell to find a mate. Salamanders are a type of amphibian. Some amphibians use their sense of smell to find a mate. Answer:
Q:What organism uses their sense of smell to find a mate? Options: - (A) fur seals - (B) bears - (C) Amphibians - (D) Fish - (E) mammals - (F) Butterflies - (G) rabbit - (H) Honey smelling bees A:(C)
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Instruct: Q: What are one thing the combination of proteins and dna make up? Options: - (A) alleles - (B) sperm - (C) insects - (D) embryos - (E) fusion - (F) PDAs - (G) humans - (H) complex A: (B) Explain how we arrive at this answer: Answer: Explanation: Chromosomes are coiled structures made of DNA and proteins. An egg or sperm with an extra chromosome or missing a chromosome is then made. Eggs and sperm have coiled structures made of DNA and proteins. Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Plants are multicellular eukaryotes with cell walls made of cellulose. Flowers are plant organs of reproduction. Flowers are multicellular eukaryotes with cell walls made cellulose. A: (E) Answer: Q: What are flower cell walls made of? Options: - (A) cellular - (B) lmestone - (C) cellulitis - (D) strong - (E) cellulose - (F) cellulite - (G) heat energy - (H) acetic acid Instruct: Consider the question. Organisms that live in the ocean are adapted to Options: - (A) purified water - (B) the environment - (C) Absorb light - (D) air - (E) survival - (F) salt water - (G) murky water - (H) produce light If the answer is '(F)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Some familiar examples of biomes include tundra, desert, chaparral, and open ocean. Organisms that live in the ocean must be adapted to the salt water. Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Hydrogen bonds cause water to expand when it freezes. Hydrogen bonds Hydrogen bonds are primarily electrostatic in origin. Something that is primarily electrostatic in origin causes water to expand when it freezes. The question and answer: Answer:
Something that is primarily electrostatic in origin causes water to expand when it what? Options: - (A) heat - (B) freezes - (C) a hazard - (D) boiling - (E) moves - (F) reacts - (G) expelled - (H) it's state The answer is (B)
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Instruct: Sight is the ability to sense light, and the eye is the organ that senses light. Eyes detect light, organized into images that fall on the retina. Eyes can detect images and see light using sight. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer:
Eyes can detect images and see light using what? Options: - (A) vibrations - (B) sight - (C) lenses - (D) sound - (E) Energy. - (F) Energy - (G) touch - (H) voltage (B)
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Instruct: Question. What treatment can be used in treating pneumonia? Options: - (A) the respiratory system - (B) a breathing mask - (C) bronchodilatory treatment - (D) aqueous solution - (E) immunotherapy - (F) radiation therapy - (G) immune system - (H) chemotherapy Answer. (C) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer:
Reasoning: Pneumonia may be caused by an infection or injury of the lungs. Lung injuries are treated with bronchodilatory treatment. Pneumonia can be treated with bronchodilatory treatment.
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Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Ribosomes are small organelles where proteins are made. Many antibiotics affect the ribosome. Many antibiotics affect the small organelles where proteins are made. Answer:
Q:What can affect the small organelles where proteins are made? Options: - (A) Allergies - (B) Smoking - (C) harm them - (D) pizza - (E) antibiotics - (F) adding heat - (G) beef - (H) carbohydrates A:(E)
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Instruct: Ethologists usually study how animals behave in their natural environment. Ethologists are scientists who study animals in their natural habitats. There are scientists who study how animals behave in their natural environment. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer:
There are what who study how animals behave in their natural environment. Options: - (A) infants - (B) heat or cold - (C) insects - (D) sensory neurons - (E) scientists - (F) people - (G) humans - (H) reptiles (E)
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Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (C) Answer: The question is: Which of the following can travel longer than migrants each day? Options: - (A) humans - (B) ducks - (C) Whales - (D) insects - (E) fur seals - (F) mammals - (G) vehicles - (H) alpacas Step-by-step reasoning process: Migrants typically travel long distances. Whales travel long distances each day. While migrants would typically do so, whales can travel longer each day. Instruct: Question. What increases the productivity and stability of the entire global system? Options: - (A) important habitats - (B) Plants growth - (C) solar system - (D) animals - (E) biodiversity - (F) environment - (G) bottlenecks - (H) power stations Answer. (E) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer: Reasoning: Biodiversity increases the productivity and stability of ecosystems. Marine ecosystems also act as stabilizers of global systems especially our climate. Biodiversity increases the productivity and stability of the entire global system. Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Plants are multicellular eukaryotes with cell walls made of cellulose. Flowers are plant organs of reproduction. Flowers are multicellular eukaryotes with cell walls made cellulose. A: (E) Answer: Q: What are flower cell walls made of? Options: - (A) cellular - (B) lmestone - (C) cellulitis - (D) strong - (E) cellulose - (F) cellulite - (G) heat energy - (H) acetic acid Instruct: Streams may start with runoff or water seeping out of a spring. Lakes and streams are sources of drinking water. Water seeping out of a spring is a source of drinking water. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer:
What is a source of drinking water? Options: - (A) ice expanding in rock openings - (B) helping to prevent floods - (C) industrial runoff - (D) it helps plants in growing - (E) Water seeping out of a spring - (F) salt water - (G) polluted water - (H) Something with a head, thorax, and abdomen (E)
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Instruct: Explain simply why (E) is the correct answer to: What can be a source of food for many species of fish? Options: - (A) Fully cooking the oysters - (B) Organic compounds - (C) beef - (D) fishing poles - (E) sessile organisms - (F) barnacles - (G) grass - (H) gastropod shells. Explanation: Answer: Sponges are a source of food for many species of fish. Most sponges are sessile. Sessile organisms can be a source of food for many species of fish. Instruct: Cells that divide uncontrollably may form a tumor, or abnormal mass of cells. When p53 is mutated, cells divide uncontrollably. When p53 is mutated a tumor may form.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer: Q: If a tumor has formed, this gene might have mutated: Options: - (A) p53 - (B) SNPs - (C) OCA 2 - (D) DNA - (E) gene - (F) tRNA - (G) malignancy - (H) TRH A: (A) Instruct: Q: What helps cells take up sugar from the blood in the body? Options: - (A) exercise - (B) sugar - (C) Energy - (D) Energy. - (E) bones - (F) pancreas - (G) insulin - (H) blood cells A: (G) Explain how we arrive at this answer: Answer: Explanation: Insulin helps cells take up glucose from the blood. For instance, glucose is a sugar. Insulin helps cells take up sugar from the blood. Instruct: Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: (B) Answer:
The question is: What can lead to alkalosis? Options: - (A) metabolic reaction - (B) Breathing too fast or too slow - (C) Drinking too much water. - (D) Something that causes allergies - (E) Sleeping too much. - (F) direct damage to the lungs - (G) Warm air moving into cold air - (H) Eating too much. Step-by-step reasoning process: Blood pH may become unbalanced if the rate of breathing is too fast or too slow. Alkalosis is a blood pH above 7.45. Rate of breathing being too fast or too slow can lead to alkalosis.
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Instruct: Explain simply why (A) is the correct answer to: What can regrow sections that they have lost? Options: - (A) leeches - (B) alveoli - (C) crocodiles - (D) vegetation - (E) a fish - (F) bacteria - (G) barnacles - (H) sharks. Explanation: Answer: Annelids have the amazing capacity to regrow segments that break off. Annelids include earthworms and leeches. Leeches have the amazing capacity to regrow segments that break off. Instruct: Consider the question. What size are cells? Options: - (A) either huge or tiny - (B) non existent - (C) dense - (D) large - (E) white - (F) tiny - (G) dead - (H) albino If the answer is '(F)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: Cells vary in size as well as shape, but all cells are very small. Atoms are tiny particles that are too small to see. Cells vary in size as well as shape, but all cells are very tiny. Instruct: Blood pH may become unbalanced if the rate of breathing is too fast or too slow. Mammals breathe with lungs. Blood pH may become unbalanced if the lungs are working too fast or too slow. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer: What may become unbalanced if the lungs are working too fast or too slow? Options: - (A) Decibels - (B) hair on head - (C) air pressure - (D) gasoline levels - (E) Acids - (F) energy usage - (G) brain chemistry - (H) blood pH (H) Instruct: Dilation occurs when cell walls relax. When oxygen level decreases, dilatation of the blood vessels occurs. Decreased oxygen levels cause blood vessels to dilate and cell walls to relax.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer:
Q: What causes cell walls to relax? Options: - (A) exercise - (B) sweating - (C) adding heat - (D) Energy - (E) dilation - (F) heat or cold - (G) heat - (H) Dehydration A: (E)
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Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Minerals are chemical elements that are essential for body processes. Children's bodies are in a developing process. Minerals are necessary for children's growths. A: (F) Answer: Q: What is necessary for a growing child? Options: - (A) four limbs - (B) stamina - (C) hydration - (D) food - (E) pets - (F) minerals - (G) plastics - (H) a measuring stick Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Echinoderms have a unique water vascular system with tube feet. Another group of echinoderms are the echinoids. Echinoids have unique water vascular system was tube feet. Answer: Q:Which has a unique water vascular system? Options: - (A) roots - (B) trees - (C) Conifers - (D) Echinoids - (E) fur seals - (F) Most plants - (G) ferns - (H) bushes A:(D) Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Roundworms make up the phylum Nematoda. Within the Nematoda, a range of reproductive systems occur. A range of reproductive systems occur in roundworms. The answer: (D) Answer: The question What has a range of sexual reproductive systems? Options: - (A) Computer systems. - (B) Most plants - (C) animals - (D) Roundworms. - (E) mammals - (F) Art reproductions. - (G) insects - (H) Stuffed toy bears. Instruct: Explain simply why (A) is the correct answer to: What can regrow sections that they have lost? Options: - (A) leeches - (B) alveoli - (C) crocodiles - (D) vegetation - (E) a fish - (F) bacteria - (G) barnacles - (H) sharks. Explanation: Answer:
Annelids have the amazing capacity to regrow segments that break off. Annelids include earthworms and leeches. Leeches have the amazing capacity to regrow segments that break off.
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Instruct: Plants use cellulose for their cell walls. Basically, fiber is cellulose . Cells walls are fiber. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer:
What are cell walls made of? Options: - (A) fossils - (B) peat - (C) moss - (D) cations - (E) Carbon - (F) Fiber - (G) Fungi - (H) sodium (F)
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Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Hydrogen bonds cause water to expand when it freezes. Hydrogen bonds Hydrogen bonds are primarily electrostatic in origin. Something that is primarily electrostatic in origin causes water to expand when it freezes. The question and answer: Answer:
Something that is primarily electrostatic in origin causes water to expand when it what? Options: - (A) heat - (B) freezes - (C) a hazard - (D) boiling - (E) moves - (F) reacts - (G) expelled - (H) it's state The answer is (B)
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Instruct: Consider the question. What can fats consist of? Options: - (A) Energy - (B) Weight - (C) ice - (D) chlorophyll - (E) water - (F) Energy. - (G) Chemical energy - (H) fatty acid What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: (H)? Answer: Lipids may consist of fatty acids alone, or they may contain other molecules as well. Fats are known as lipids. Fats may consist of fatty acids alone, or they may contain other molecules as well. Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Echinoderms have a unique water vascular system with tube feet. Another group of echinoderms are the echinoids. Echinoids have unique water vascular system was tube feet. Answer: Q:Which has a unique water vascular system? Options: - (A) roots - (B) trees - (C) Conifers - (D) Echinoids - (E) fur seals - (F) Most plants - (G) ferns - (H) bushes A:(D) Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Roundworms make up the phylum Nematoda. Within the Nematoda, a range of reproductive systems occur. A range of reproductive systems occur in roundworms. The answer: (D) Answer: The question What has a range of sexual reproductive systems? Options: - (A) Computer systems. - (B) Most plants - (C) animals - (D) Roundworms. - (E) mammals - (F) Art reproductions. - (G) insects - (H) Stuffed toy bears. Instruct: Q: When do platyhelminthes reproductive organs develop? Options: - (A) when they become adults - (B) It helps them survive - (C) produce offspring - (D) By wind and rain - (E) during the day - (F) members of their own species - (G) an area swollen with pus - (H) Something coming from a gland A: (A) Explain how we arrive at this answer: Answer:
Explanation: Adult worms go through a major transformation to develop reproductive organs. Marine flatworms belong to a major group of worms called the Platyhelminthes. Adult platyhelminthes go through a major transformation to develop reproductive organs.
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Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (B) Answer: The question is: What enables natural selection to occur? Options: - (A) environment - (B) mutations - (C) competition - (D) relocation - (E) Darwin - (F) evolutionary development - (G) root growth - (H) research Step-by-step reasoning process: Mutations are essential for evolution to occur. Natural selection is the mechanism of evolution. Mutations allow for natural selection to occur. Instruct: Explain simply why (B) is the correct answer to: What has a nervous system? Options: - (A) Nerve tonic - (B) Jellyfish - (C) Air - (D) fur seals - (E) Cardiovascular system - (F) animals - (G) chickens - (H) elephants. Explanation: Answer: Most invertebrates have a nervous system. Jellyfish and insects are invertebrates. Jellyfish have a nervous system. Instruct: Question. Urine has to pass through what as the bladder empties? Options: - (A) epidermal - (B) body water - (C) a sphincter - (D) all liquids - (E) mouth of rivers - (F) alveoli - (G) salt and water. - (H) aqueous solution Answer. (C) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer: Reasoning: Urine leaves the body through a sphincter in the process of urination. From the bladder, urine leaves the body. The bladder empties through a sphincter in the process of urination. Instruct: Consider the question. What has a centralized nervous system with a brain? Options: - (A) Birds - (B) pan - (C) virus - (D) sharks - (E) Man - (F) trout - (G) leech - (H) parasite If the answer is '(F)'; explain the reasoning: Answer:
Fish have a centralized nervous system with a brain. Fish include trout and other fish. Trout have a centralized nervous system with a brain.
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Instruct: Macroevolution is evolution over geologic time above the level of the species. Species are the different kinds of organisms. Macroevolution is evolution over geologic time above the level of the kind of organism. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer: What is the evolution over a geologic time in a specific kind of organism called? Options: - (A) solid, liquid, gas - (B) peachleaf willow - (C) Plants growth - (D) macroevolution - (E) barnacles - (F) permineralization - (G) animals - (H) graptolites (D) Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Adult worms go through a major transformation to develop reproductive organs. An enlarged cummerbund-like band near the worm's head holds the reproductive organs. Adult worms develop a cumberbund-like band near the head. The question and answer: Answer: What grows a cumberbund-like band around itself in adulthood? Options: - (A) legumes - (B) Bats - (C) mammals - (D) bamboo - (E) swea - (F) worms - (G) fungi - (H) bushes The answer is (F) Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Cancer genes can be inherited. Children inherit from their parents. Cancer genes can be passed on by parents. The question and answer: Answer: Parents can pass on many genes, including those for: Options: - (A) the eyes - (B) trust accounts - (C) animals - (D) babies - (E) cremation - (F) clothing - (G) cancer - (H) offspring The answer is (G) Instruct: Question. What crawls and is known to have a complex nervous system? Options: - (A) fur seals - (B) Insects. - (C) mammals - (D) animals - (E) a fish - (F) humans - (G) bees - (H) ducks Answer. (B) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer:
Reasoning: Most invertebrates have a more complex nervous system. Insects are the most common invertebrates. Insects have a more complex nervous system.
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Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (C) Answer:
The question is: Why do male gametes swim from male to female reproductive organs? Options: - (A) temperature changes - (B) to leave the egg - (C) fertilization - (D) competition - (E) it needs them - (F) to feed - (G) permineralization - (H) to heal themselves Step-by-step reasoning process: Sperm had to swim from male to female reproductive organs for fertilization. Male gametes are called sperm. Male gametes had to swim from male to female reproductive organs for fertilization.
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Instruct: Consider the question. What can fats consist of? Options: - (A) Energy - (B) Weight - (C) ice - (D) chlorophyll - (E) water - (F) Energy. - (G) Chemical energy - (H) fatty acid What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: (H)? Answer: Lipids may consist of fatty acids alone, or they may contain other molecules as well. Fats are known as lipids. Fats may consist of fatty acids alone, or they may contain other molecules as well. Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Echinoderms have a unique water vascular system with tube feet. Another group of echinoderms are the echinoids. Echinoids have unique water vascular system was tube feet. Answer: Q:Which has a unique water vascular system? Options: - (A) roots - (B) trees - (C) Conifers - (D) Echinoids - (E) fur seals - (F) Most plants - (G) ferns - (H) bushes A:(D) Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Roundworms make up the phylum Nematoda. Within the Nematoda, a range of reproductive systems occur. A range of reproductive systems occur in roundworms. The answer: (D) Answer: The question What has a range of sexual reproductive systems? Options: - (A) Computer systems. - (B) Most plants - (C) animals - (D) Roundworms. - (E) mammals - (F) Art reproductions. - (G) insects - (H) Stuffed toy bears. Instruct: Given the stream of consciousness rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Rationale: Caecilians can be found in moist soil near rivers and streams in tropical regions. Cobra bobo is the local name for caecilian. Cobra bobos can be found in moist soil near rivers and streams in tropical regions. The question and answer: Answer:
Where in tropical regions can you find cobra bobo? Options: - (A) an organism's body - (B) more abundant - (C) layers of fat - (D) swamp vegetation - (E) colder and wetter - (F) Wet weather - (G) in moist soil - (H) dry conditions The answer is (G)
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Instruct: Some arthropods have special excretory structures. Terrestrial arthropods have an excretory system that conserves water and eliminates waste. Some animals have excretory structures that conserve water and elminate waste. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer:
What is the name of something some animals use to conserve water and elminate waste? Options: - (A) it keeps an organism warm - (B) food and shelter - (C) Exfoliation - (D) an area swollen with pus - (E) swamp vegetation - (F) excretory structures - (G) reusing materials - (H) colder and wetter (F)
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Instruct: Consider the question. What can have special excretory systems? Options: - (A) feces - (B) barnacles - (C) animals - (D) cacti - (E) fungi - (F) wings - (G) soil - (H) insects What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: (H)? Answer:
Some arthropods have special excretory structures. Insects are the largest group of arthropods. Some insects have special excrectory structures.
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Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? Animals can communicate with sounds, chemicals, or visual cues. Monkeys are wild animals. Monkeys communicate with sounds, chemicals or visual cues. The answer: (D) Answer: The question What uses sounds, chemicals and visual cues? Options: - (A) bees - (B) seaweed - (C) running - (D) monkeys - (E) humans - (F) germs - (G) athletes - (H) coral Instruct: Given the stream of consciousness rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Rationale: Fertilization occurs when sperm swim to an egg inside an archegonium. Gametes in males are called sperm, and in women commonly referred to as eggs. Fertilization occurs when male gametes swim to an egg. The question and answer: Answer: What occurs when a male gamete swims to an egg? Options: - (A) permineralization - (B) competition - (C) movement - (D) rapid expansion - (E) fertilization - (F) birth - (G) copulation - (H) ovulation The answer is (E) Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (F) Answer: The question is: Which of the following affects neurons? Options: - (A) nerves - (B) voltage - (C) Dehydration - (D) electrically - (E) heat - (F) Botulism - (G) fever - (H) temperature Step-by-step reasoning process: Neurons are the structural and functional units of the nervous system. Botulism affects the nervous system. Botulism affects neurons. Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (E) Answer:
The question is: Carbon monoxide, a product of furnaces and engines, is a: Options: - (A) acid - (B) CO2 - (C) kill - (D) harm - (E) gas - (F) form - (G) CO 2 - (H) HPV Step-by-step reasoning process: Carbon monoxide is a gas produced by furnaces and other devices that burn fuel. Fuel is burned inside the engine. Carbon monoxide is a gas produced by furnaces and other engines.
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Instruct: Explain simply why (A) is the correct answer to: What can regrow sections that they have lost? Options: - (A) leeches - (B) alveoli - (C) crocodiles - (D) vegetation - (E) a fish - (F) bacteria - (G) barnacles - (H) sharks. Explanation: Answer: Annelids have the amazing capacity to regrow segments that break off. Annelids include earthworms and leeches. Leeches have the amazing capacity to regrow segments that break off. Instruct: Consider the question. What size are cells? Options: - (A) either huge or tiny - (B) non existent - (C) dense - (D) large - (E) white - (F) tiny - (G) dead - (H) albino If the answer is '(F)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: Cells vary in size as well as shape, but all cells are very small. Atoms are tiny particles that are too small to see. Cells vary in size as well as shape, but all cells are very tiny. Instruct: Blood pH may become unbalanced if the rate of breathing is too fast or too slow. Mammals breathe with lungs. Blood pH may become unbalanced if the lungs are working too fast or too slow. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer: What may become unbalanced if the lungs are working too fast or too slow? Options: - (A) Decibels - (B) hair on head - (C) air pressure - (D) gasoline levels - (E) Acids - (F) energy usage - (G) brain chemistry - (H) blood pH (H) Instruct: Consider the question. What forms when molecules react with one another? Options: - (A) biochemistry - (B) Chemical energy - (C) Energy. - (D) atoms - (E) chemical bonds - (F) elements - (G) flow of electrons - (H) Organic compounds What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: (E)? Answer:
Chemical bonds form when substances react with one another. All substances are composed of molecules. Chemical bonds form when molecules react with one another.
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Instruct: Consider the question. What is considered nonliving? Options: - (A) Leptospirosis - (B) major threat to health - (C) smallest agent of disease - (D) harmful substances - (E) direct damage to the lungs - (F) Food poisoning - (G) an area swollen with pus - (H) loses an electron What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: (C)? Answer:
Viruses are usually considered to be nonliving. Viruses Viruses are the smallest agents of disease. The smallest agents of diseases are nonliving.
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Instruct: Question. What is it called when one solvent combines with another, what forms? Options: - (A) chemical pair - (B) permineralization - (C) chemical bonds - (D) a solute - (E) chemical duo - (F) substance bonds - (G) Condensation - (H) kinetic energy Answer. (C) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer:
Reasoning: Chemical bonds form when substances react with one another. Solvents are substances, usually liquid, that dissolve other substances. When one solvent reacts with another, chemical bonds form.
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Instruct: Consider the question. Organisms that live in the ocean are adapted to Options: - (A) purified water - (B) the environment - (C) Absorb light - (D) air - (E) survival - (F) salt water - (G) murky water - (H) produce light If the answer is '(F)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Some familiar examples of biomes include tundra, desert, chaparral, and open ocean. Organisms that live in the ocean must be adapted to the salt water. Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (F) Answer: Question: Fertilization occurs when _ fuse. Options: - (A) fertile - (B) sperm ducts - (C) heat - (D) eggs - (E) seeds - (F) gametes - (G) pollen - (H) ovaries Stream-of-consciousness: Fertilization occurs when a sperm and an egg fuse. Sperm and eggs are cells known as gametes. Fertilization occurs when gametes fuse. Instruct: Carbon monoxide is a gas produced by furnaces and other devices that burn fuel. Carbon Monoxide Carbon monoxide is a health hazard. Furnaces and other devices that burn fuel are health hazards.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer: Q: What are the affects of burning fuel on human health? Options: - (A) emissions - (B) They aid lung health. - (C) direct damage to the lungs - (D) They are a hazard. - (E) The affects are mildly healthy - (F) The fuel burns clean. - (G) Greenhouse gases - (H) Global warming A: (D) Instruct: Come up with a question and stream of consciousness reasoning that would justify this answer: (D) Answer:
The question is: What gets organic compounds from dead organisms? Options: - (A) plants - (B) elms - (C) mud - (D) molds - (E) dead cats - (F) cows - (G) trees - (H) sludge Stream of consciousness: Most fungi get organic compounds from dead organisms. Molds are microscopic fungi. Molds get organic compounds from dead organisms.
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Instruct: Explain simply why (E) is the correct answer to: Nematodes reproduce how? Options: - (A) root growth - (B) heat or cold - (C) pollen - (D) electrically - (E) sexually - (F) seeds - (G) survive - (H) a cuticle. Explanation: Answer: Roundworms reproduce sexually. Nematodes are millimeter-sized roundworms. Nematodes reproduce sexually. Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Immunity results from immunization. Immunization with vaccine is effective. The ability of an organism to not be susceptible to a certain disease can result from vaccines. A: (E) Answer: Q: What can vaccines do? Options: - (A) cause euphoria - (B) major threat to health - (C) it protects them - (D) protect plants - (E) Keep someone from disease - (F) cause a disease - (G) cause a vasectomy - (H) rapid expansion Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Brain cells die quickly if their oxygen supply is cut off. If the oxygen supply to the brain is cut off, a stroke can occur. Brain cells die quickly if a stroke occurs. Answer: Q:What die quickly if a stroke occurs? Options: - (A) a fish - (B) animals - (C) brain cells - (D) organs - (E) critical organs - (F) protons - (G) neutrons - (H) bones A:(C) Instruct: Flagella help prokaryotes move. Flagella are elongated cilia which moves like a whip or a tail. Cilia help prokaryotes move.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer:
Q: What help prokaryotes to move? Options: - (A) organisms - (B) tentacles - (C) glucose - (D) feet - (E) Energy. - (F) Energy - (G) Mitosis - (H) cilia A: (H)
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Instruct: Stream of consciousness rationale: Polyps usually reproduce asexually. Plants with Asexual Reproduction Plants with asexual reproduction have no gamete fusion. Polyps do not use gamete fusion. The question and answer pair are described below. Answer:
Q: Polyps do not use: Options: - (A) visible energy - (B) an organism's body - (C) gamete fusion - (D) Pesticides - (E) Electrical energy - (F) heat or cold - (G) harmful substances - (H) heat energy A: (C)
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Instruct: What was the question for this implicit rationale, and corresponding answer? Ribosomes are structures in the cytoplasm where proteins are made. Outside the nucleus is cytoplasm. Ribosomes are structures outside the nucleus where proteins are made. The answer: (A) Answer:
The question: Where in a cell are ribosomes located? Options: - (A) outside the nucleus - (B) Most plants - (C) solid, liquid, gas - (D) allow growth - (E) Veins and arteries. - (F) Earth orbiting the Sun - (G) Chlorophyll - (H) the body's largest organ
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Instruct: Pollen consists of tiny grains that are the male gametes of plants. Haploid plants produce gametes. Pollen comes from haploid plants. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer:
What kind of plants produce pollen? Options: - (A) white - (B) insects - (C) seeds - (D) haploid - (E) bees - (F) swea - (G) grass - (H) Conifers (D)
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Instruct: Question. What increases the productivity and stability of the entire global system? Options: - (A) important habitats - (B) Plants growth - (C) solar system - (D) animals - (E) biodiversity - (F) environment - (G) bottlenecks - (H) power stations Answer. (E) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer:
Reasoning: Biodiversity increases the productivity and stability of ecosystems. Marine ecosystems also act as stabilizers of global systems especially our climate. Biodiversity increases the productivity and stability of the entire global system.
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Instruct: What was the question for this implicit rationale, and corresponding answer? Phytoplankton are bacteria and algae that use sunlight to make food. Food gives energy. Phytoplankton and bacteria are algae that use sunlight to make energy. The answer: (D) Answer:
The question: What do phytoplankton and algae need in order to make energy? Options: - (A) water - (B) glucose - (C) food - (D) sunlight - (E) bacteria - (F) Light - (G) adding heat - (H) The Sun
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Instruct: Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: (G) Answer: The question is: Living things interacting get energy from what? Options: - (A) Light - (B) flares - (C) water - (D) The Sun - (E) wind - (F) glucose - (G) sunlight - (H) food Step-by-step reasoning process: Most ecosystems get energy from sunlight. Life Living things interact in ecosystems. Living things interacting get energy from sunlight. Instruct: Stream of consciousness rationale: Insects may live in large colonies and have complex social behaviors. Insects have six legs. Creatures with six legs may live in large colonies. The question and answer pair are described below. Answer: Q: Creatures with six legs may live in what? Options: - (A) space centers - (B) ocean water - (C) salt and water. - (D) large colonies - (E) small pendants - (F) loose soil - (G) distant moons - (H) body water A: (D) Instruct: Mutations that lead to cancer usually occur in genes that control the cell cycle. Mitosis is part of the cell cycle. Mutations that lead to cancer usually occur in genes aiding in mitosis.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer: Q: Mutations that lead to cancer usually effect genes that aid in what? Options: - (A) illness - (B) health - (C) disease - (D) blood transfer - (E) chemotherapy - (F) respiraration - (G) mitosis - (H) recovery A: (G) Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (F) Answer:
Question: What kind of animal doesn't have a respiratory or excretory system? Options: - (A) a fish - (B) bears - (C) ant - (D) whale - (E) humans - (F) starfish - (G) mammals - (H) llama Stream-of-consciousness: Echinoderms lack respiratory and excretory systems. Starfish and sea urchins are also echinoderms. Starfish lack respiratory and excretory systems.
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Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (C) Answer: The question is: Organisms in a marine biome must be be adapted to what in the water? Options: - (A) mud - (B) Nutrients - (C) sodium - (D) toxins - (E) motion - (F) sugar - (G) energy - (H) an anion Step-by-step reasoning process: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Another name for salt is sodium. Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the sodium in the water. Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Flowers produce spores that develop into gametophytes. Gametophytes arise from a protonema. Flowers produce spores from a protonema. The question and answer: Answer: Protonemas develop into what? Options: - (A) alveoli - (B) ferns - (C) lmestone - (D) disease - (E) illness - (F) parasites - (G) gas - (H) spores The answer is (H) Instruct: Many plants respond to the days growing shorter in the fall by going dormant. After the autumnal equinox, days gradually shorten in the Northern Hemisphere. Many plants respond to the autumnal equinox by going dormant.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer: Q: Many plants go dormant during the Options: - (A) heat or cold - (B) earth's revolving - (C) autumnal equinox - (D) colder and wetter - (E) It helps them survive - (F) cloudy and rainy weather - (G) Plant growth is reduced - (H) fire conditions A: (C) Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Immunity results from immunization. Immunization with vaccine is effective. The ability of an organism to not be susceptible to a certain disease can result from vaccines. A: (E) Answer:
Q: What can vaccines do? Options: - (A) cause euphoria - (B) major threat to health - (C) it protects them - (D) protect plants - (E) Keep someone from disease - (F) cause a disease - (G) cause a vasectomy - (H) rapid expansion
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Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Secondary meristem is located within and around the vascular tissues. Growth in girth is caused by other meristems, called secondary meristems. Plant growth in width or girth emanates from within and around the vascular tissues. Answer:
Q:Where in the plant does growth in width or girth originate? Options: - (A) conductive tissue - (B) carbon dioxide - (C) Veins and arteries. - (D) It gets more light - (E) photosynthesis - (F) at or near the margins - (G) vascular tissue - (H) in the autumn season A:(G)
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Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Chemical bonds form when substances react with one another. Chemical Bonding A chemical bond is the sharing or transfer of electrons. The sharing of transfer of electrons happens when substances react with one another. The question and answer: Answer:
When substances react with one another the sharing or transfer of what occurs? Options: - (A) Energy. - (B) voltage - (C) heat produced - (D) heat energy - (E) electrons - (F) a solute - (G) kinetic - (H) Energy The answer is (E)
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Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Coral reefs provide food and shelter to many ocean organisms. Organisms or living beings are literally things that are alive. Coral reefs provide food and shelter to many ocean living beings. Answer: Q:Coral reefs provide what to many living beings in the ocean Options: - (A) Chemical energy - (B) salt and water. - (C) shelter and amusement - (D) survival - (E) important habitats - (F) food and water - (G) water and fun - (H) food and shelter A:(H) Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (H) Answer: Question: What disease is caused when mitosis is regulated? Options: - (A) tuburculosis - (B) death - (C) HIV - (D) disease - (E) illness - (F) arthritis - (G) Toxicity - (H) cancer Stream-of-consciousness: Cancer is a disease that occurs when the cell cycle is no longer regulated. Mitosis is part of the cell cycle. Cancer is a disease that occurs when mitosis is no longer regulated. Instruct: Consider the question. Organisms that live in the ocean are adapted to Options: - (A) purified water - (B) the environment - (C) Absorb light - (D) air - (E) survival - (F) salt water - (G) murky water - (H) produce light If the answer is '(F)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Some familiar examples of biomes include tundra, desert, chaparral, and open ocean. Organisms that live in the ocean must be adapted to the salt water. Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (D) Answer:
The question is: What may become unbalanced if the rate of breathing is too fast or too slow? Options: - (A) meiosis - (B) rain levels - (C) photosynthesis - (D) blood acidity - (E) an organism's body - (F) Veins and arteries. - (G) kinetic energy - (H) swamp vegetation Step-by-step reasoning process: Blood pH may become unbalanced if the rate of breathing is too fast or too slow. Acidity is measured with a pH meter or with pH paper strips. Blood acidity may become unbalanced if the rate of breathing is too fast or too slow.
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Instruct: Consider the question. Bacterial infection can inhibit ejaculation of what? Options: - (A) babies - (B) sperm - (C) sugar - (D) animals - (E) erection - (F) eggs - (G) humans - (H) pregnancy What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: (B)? Answer:
Ejaculation occurs when muscle contractions propel sperm from the epididymes. Bacteria usually cause epididymitis. Ejaculation of sperm can be inhibited by bacterial infection.
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Instruct: Explain simply why (G) is the correct answer to: What do mollusks have? Options: - (A) aerobic capacity - (B) Energy - (C) gastropod shells - (D) Chemical energy - (E) a cuticle - (F) kinetic energy - (G) soft bodies - (H) alveoli. Explanation: Answer:
Mollusks are invertebrates such as the common snail. Mollusks are soft-bodied invertebrates. Mollusks, like the snail, are soft-bodied.
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Instruct: Consider the question. What may be stored in sedimentary rock for millions of years. Options: - (A) Sand castles - (B) Chemical energy - (C) heat energy - (D) Millions of dollars. - (E) A fuel source. - (F) Energy. - (G) In sediment - (H) Stored animal fur. What is the step-by-step reasoning process to arrive at the answer: (E)? Answer: Carbon may be stored in sedimentary rock for millions of years. Carbon is the fuel source. A fuel source may be stored in sedimentary rock for millions of years. Instruct: Explain simply why (B) is the correct answer to: What has a nervous system? Options: - (A) Nerve tonic - (B) Jellyfish - (C) Air - (D) fur seals - (E) Cardiovascular system - (F) animals - (G) chickens - (H) elephants. Explanation: Answer: Most invertebrates have a nervous system. Jellyfish and insects are invertebrates. Jellyfish have a nervous system. Instruct: Explain simply why (D) is the correct answer to: What occurs when gametes fuse to form a diploid zygote? Options: - (A) permineralization - (B) rapid expansion - (C) competition - (D) fertilization - (E) photosynthesis - (F) chromosomes - (G) mutation - (H) Leptospirosis. Explanation: Answer: Fertilization occurs when a sperm and an egg fuse to form a diploid zygote. Sperm and eggs are cells known as gametes. Fertilization occurs when gametes fuse to form a diploid zygote. Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Male dogs use pheromones in urine to mark their territory. Pheromones are a sub-category of semiochemicals. Male dogs use chemicals to mark their territory. A: (B) Answer:
Q: What do dogs use to mark their territory? Options: - (A) water - (B) Chemicals - (C) layers of fat - (D) food - (E) Animal fur - (F) heat energy - (G) Scratches - (H) heat produced
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Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (G) Answer: Question: How do salamanders usually find sexual partners? Options: - (A) mouth of rivers - (B) It helps them survive - (C) interact - (D) it needs them - (E) competition - (F) movement - (G) sense of smell - (H) heat produced Stream-of-consciousness: Most salamanders use their sense of smell to find a mate. To couple in sexual union, to be matched or mated. Most salamanders find sexual partners by their sense of smell. Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (B) Answer: Question: Protein is made from: Options: - (A) Acids - (B) DNA code - (C) fur and fat - (D) insects - (E) animals - (F) Energy. - (G) Energy - (H) food Stream-of-consciousness: Chromosomes contain genes, which code for proteins. Information on DNA is organized into genes. DNA codes for proteins. Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (B) Answer: The question is: What has a water vascular system with tube feet? Options: - (A) humans - (B) blastoids - (C) bushes - (D) orchids - (E) Most plants - (F) ferns - (G) bacteria - (H) the Sun Step-by-step reasoning process: Echinoderms have a unique water vascular system with tube feet. Echinoderms in the diorama include the crinoids and blastoids. Blastoids have a unique water vascular system with tube feet. Instruct: Given the rationale, provide a reasonable question and answer. Step-by-step reasoning process: Chemical bonds form when substances react with one another. Chemical Bonding A chemical bond is the sharing or transfer of electrons. The sharing of transfer of electrons happens when substances react with one another. The question and answer: Answer:
When substances react with one another the sharing or transfer of what occurs? Options: - (A) Energy. - (B) voltage - (C) heat produced - (D) heat energy - (E) electrons - (F) a solute - (G) kinetic - (H) Energy The answer is (E)
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Instruct: Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: (C) Answer: The question is: Conventional myosin is required for the final stage of what? Options: - (A) Energy. - (B) sweating - (C) cell division - (D) flow of electrons - (E) Plants growth - (F) Dehydration - (G) movement - (H) rapid expansion Step-by-step reasoning process: Cytokinesis is the final stage of cell division in eukaryotes as well as prokaryotes. Conventional myosin is required for cytokinesis . Conventional myosin is required for the final stage of cell division. Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (C) Answer: The question is: Why do male gametes swim from male to female reproductive organs? Options: - (A) temperature changes - (B) to leave the egg - (C) fertilization - (D) competition - (E) it needs them - (F) to feed - (G) permineralization - (H) to heal themselves Step-by-step reasoning process: Sperm had to swim from male to female reproductive organs for fertilization. Male gametes are called sperm. Male gametes had to swim from male to female reproductive organs for fertilization. Instruct: Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: (D) Answer: The question is: What gas is produced by burning propane? Options: - (A) Greenhouse gases - (B) Sulfur dioxide - (C) gasoline - (D) Carbon monoxide - (E) hydrocarbons - (F) carbon dioxide - (G) dangerous - (H) heating liquids Step-by-step reasoning process: Carbon monoxide is a gas produced by furnaces and other devices that burn fuel. Cabins have wood burning stoves and propane furnaces. Carbon monoxide is a gas produced by burning propane. Instruct: Creatively image a question and justification for this answer: (A) Answer:
The question is: Female what produce eggs inside the ovaries of peonies? Options: - (A) gametophytes - (B) Plant reproduction - (C) honeybees - (D) peachleaf willow - (E) insects - (F) fertile - (G) orchids - (H) graptolites Step-by-step reasoning process: Female gametophytes produce eggs inside the ovaries of flowers. Currently the state flower is the peony, which originates in China. Female gametophytes produce eggs inside the ovaries of peonies.
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Instruct: Plants respond to daily and seasonal cycles and to disease. Temperature follows a seasonal cycle. Plants respond to temperature.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer:
Q: What do plants respond to? Options: - (A) Energy. - (B) heat produced - (C) Chemical energy - (D) sun's heat - (E) the environment - (F) heat energy - (G) Sulfur dioxide - (H) temperature A: (H)
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Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Running water is better able to dissolve oxygen and nutrients than standing water. If the water stands still and becomes stagnant, it can become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Running water is better able to dissolve oxygen and nutrients than stagnant water. Answer:
Q:Running water is better able to dissolve oxygen and nutrients than what? Options: - (A) pouring water - (B) scarce resources - (C) ocean water - (D) river water - (E) acetic acid - (F) Veins and arteries. - (G) an organism's body - (H) stagnant water A:(H)
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Instruct: Question. A platypus is an example of _. Options: - (A) Marsupial. - (B) Monotremes. - (C) insects - (D) animals - (E) killing insects - (F) Amphibian. - (G) Placental mammal. - (H) matter vibrating Answer. (B) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer:
Reasoning: Monotremes are mammals that reproduce by laying eggs. Well, platypuses are mammals, and they lay eggs. Platypuses are monotremes.
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Instruct: Macroevolution is evolution over geologic time above the level of the species. Species are the different kinds of organisms. Macroevolution is evolution over geologic time above the level of the kind of organism. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer: What is the evolution over a geologic time in a specific kind of organism called? Options: - (A) solid, liquid, gas - (B) peachleaf willow - (C) Plants growth - (D) macroevolution - (E) barnacles - (F) permineralization - (G) animals - (H) graptolites (D) Instruct: Question. Perspiration does what to the skin when it is evaporated from the skin onto the air? Options: - (A) reduced heat - (B) cleans it - (C) heats it - (D) temperature - (E) cools it - (F) heat or cold - (G) air cools - (H) turns it to steam Answer. (E) What step-by-step reasoning justifies that answer? Answer: Reasoning: Sweat wets the skin, and when it evaporates, it cools the body. Diaphoresis is a fancy medical term for perspiration or sweating. Perspiration wets the skin and when it evaporates it cools the body. Instruct: Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: (A) Answer: The question is: What moves with long filaments? Options: - (A) prokaryotes - (B) sponges - (C) an object - (D) lizards - (E) protein - (F) sensory neurons - (G) insects - (H) Most plants Step-by-step reasoning process: Flagella help prokaryotes move. Flagella are long filaments made up of the protein flagellin. Long filaments help prokaryotes move. Instruct: Explain simply why (F) is the correct answer to: What animal must adapt to salt water? Options: - (A) fur seals - (B) warm-blooded - (C) allow growth - (D) alpacas - (E) honeybees - (F) Sea tiger. - (G) animals - (H) to stay warm. Explanation: Answer:
Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Another animal that lives within the Marine Biome is a sea tiger. Sea tigers must adapt to the salt in the water.
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Instruct: Consider the question. Organisms that live in the ocean are adapted to Options: - (A) purified water - (B) the environment - (C) Absorb light - (D) air - (E) survival - (F) salt water - (G) murky water - (H) produce light If the answer is '(F)'; explain the reasoning: Answer: Organisms that live in marine biomes must be adapted to the salt in the water. Some familiar examples of biomes include tundra, desert, chaparral, and open ocean. Organisms that live in the ocean must be adapted to the salt water. Instruct: Imagine a question and stream-of-consciousness explanation for which this is the answer: (F) Answer: Question: Fertilization occurs when _ fuse. Options: - (A) fertile - (B) sperm ducts - (C) heat - (D) eggs - (E) seeds - (F) gametes - (G) pollen - (H) ovaries Stream-of-consciousness: Fertilization occurs when a sperm and an egg fuse. Sperm and eggs are cells known as gametes. Fertilization occurs when gametes fuse. Instruct: Carbon monoxide is a gas produced by furnaces and other devices that burn fuel. Carbon Monoxide Carbon monoxide is a health hazard. Furnaces and other devices that burn fuel are health hazards.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer: Q: What are the affects of burning fuel on human health? Options: - (A) emissions - (B) They aid lung health. - (C) direct damage to the lungs - (D) They are a hazard. - (E) The affects are mildly healthy - (F) The fuel burns clean. - (G) Greenhouse gases - (H) Global warming A: (D) Instruct: Come up with a question and stream of consciousness reasoning that would justify this answer: (D) Answer:
The question is: What is the name of the light cycle that plants detect? Options: - (A) photons - (B) three - (C) Summer - (D) diurnal - (E) autumn - (F) Energy. - (G) Energy - (H) sunlight Stream of consciousness: Plants detect and respond to the daily cycle of light and darkness. Diurnal cycles Diurnal cycles are the daily cycles of light and darkness. Plants detect and respond to diurnal cycles.
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Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Evolution occurs by a process called natural selection. Adaptation is the result of natural selection. Adaptation results in evolution. A: (C) Answer: Q: What leads to evolution? Options: - (A) Plants growth - (B) competition - (C) Adatation - (D) our star - (E) Experimentation - (F) Stagnation - (G) environment - (H) Information Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Cells are programmed to divide only a set number of times. Cells reproduce asexually, by dividing. Cells are programmed to reproduce only a set number of times. Answer: Q:Cells are programmed to _ only a set number of times. Options: - (A) migrate - (B) expand - (C) A computer - (D) Most plants - (E) allow growth - (F) reproduce - (G) contract - (H) constrict A:(F) Instruct: Sweat wets the skin, and when it evaporates, it cools the body. Perspiration There are about 2 million sweat glands in the average human body. Perspiration wets the skin, and when it evaporates, it cools the body. This justifies what answer for what question? Q & A: Answer: What wets the skin, and when it evaporates, it cools the body? Options: - (A) heat energy - (B) acetic acid - (C) Air conditioner - (D) salt and water. - (E) Skin oil - (F) water vapor - (G) Perspiration - (H) A towel (G) Instruct: What was the question for this implicit rationale, and corresponding answer? Earthworms are important deposit feeders that help form and enrich soil. Deposit feeders ingest sediment and then extract the food. Earthworms ingest sediment to then help form and enrich soil. The answer: (C) Answer:
The question: What do earthworms ingest in order to form and enrich soil? Options: - (A) segmented - (B) vegetation - (C) sediment - (D) bacteria - (E) Chlorophyll - (F) sandworm - (G) crawling - (H) dirt
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Instruct: Come up with a question and reasoning that would justify this answer: (B) Answer:
The question is: What requires a microscope in order to be seen? Options: - (A) fungi - (B) cells - (C) mildew - (D) gasoline - (E) fungus - (F) matter - (G) telescopes - (H) sunlight Step-by-step reasoning process: Cells vary in size as well as shape, but all cells are very small. An embryo is so small that it requires a microscope in order to be seen. A cell requires a microscope in order to be seen.
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Instruct: Explain simply why (E) is the correct answer to: Nematodes reproduce how? Options: - (A) root growth - (B) heat or cold - (C) pollen - (D) electrically - (E) sexually - (F) seeds - (G) survive - (H) a cuticle. Explanation: Answer: Roundworms reproduce sexually. Nematodes are millimeter-sized roundworms. Nematodes reproduce sexually. Instruct: For this chain-of-thought reasoning and answer, what was the question? Immunity results from immunization. Immunization with vaccine is effective. The ability of an organism to not be susceptible to a certain disease can result from vaccines. A: (E) Answer: Q: What can vaccines do? Options: - (A) cause euphoria - (B) major threat to health - (C) it protects them - (D) protect plants - (E) Keep someone from disease - (F) cause a disease - (G) cause a vasectomy - (H) rapid expansion Instruct: Reconstruct a question, answer pair from this explanation: Brain cells die quickly if their oxygen supply is cut off. If the oxygen supply to the brain is cut off, a stroke can occur. Brain cells die quickly if a stroke occurs. Answer: Q:What die quickly if a stroke occurs? Options: - (A) a fish - (B) animals - (C) brain cells - (D) organs - (E) critical organs - (F) protons - (G) neutrons - (H) bones A:(C) Instruct: Given the following reasoning and answer, what was the question? All plants have a characteristic life cycle that includes alternation of generations. Many of the plants are fruit trees. All trees have a characteristic life cycle that includes alternation of generations. The answer: (B) Answer:
The question What has a life cycle that includes alterations of generations? Options: - (A) apple - (B) trees - (C) salmon - (D) Spruce - (E) insects - (F) animals - (G) Cane. - (H) bees
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Instruct: Explain simply why (E) is the correct answer to: What can be a source of food for many species of fish? Options: - (A) Fully cooking the oysters - (B) Organic compounds - (C) beef - (D) fishing poles - (E) sessile organisms - (F) barnacles - (G) grass - (H) gastropod shells. Explanation: Answer: Sponges are a source of food for many species of fish. Most sponges are sessile. Sessile organisms can be a source of food for many species of fish. Instruct: Cells that divide uncontrollably may form a tumor, or abnormal mass of cells. When p53 is mutated, cells divide uncontrollably. When p53 is mutated a tumor may form.is the reasoning for what question and answer pair? Answer: Q: If a tumor has formed, this gene might have mutated: Options: - (A) p53 - (B) SNPs - (C) OCA 2 - (D) DNA - (E) gene - (F) tRNA - (G) malignancy - (H) TRH A: (A) Instruct: Q: What helps cells take up sugar from the blood in the body? Options: - (A) exercise - (B) sugar - (C) Energy - (D) Energy. - (E) bones - (F) pancreas - (G) insulin - (H) blood cells A: (G) Explain how we arrive at this answer: Answer: Explanation: Insulin helps cells take up glucose from the blood. For instance, glucose is a sugar. Insulin helps cells take up sugar from the blood. Instruct: Come up with a question and stream of consciousness reasoning that would justify this answer: (H) Answer:
The question is: The cells that produce antibodies are key in what system? Options: - (A) health - (B) T cells - (C) vision - (D) humans - (E) macrophages - (F) B cells - (G) disease - (H) immune Stream of consciousness: Lymphocytes are the key cells involved in the immune response. B lymphocytes produce antibodies . The key cells involved in the immune response produce antibodies.
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