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id: 14730

question: Compare the average kinetic energies of the particles in each sample. Which sample has the higher temperature?

choice: (A) neither; the samples have the same temperature (B) sample A (C) sample B

context: The diagrams below show two pure samples of gas in identical closed, rigid containers. Each colored ball represents one gas particle. Both samples have the same number of particles.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: The temperature of a substance depends on the average kinetic energy of the particles in the substance.
1: The higher the average kinetic energy of the particles, the higher the temperature of the substance.
2: The kinetic energy of a particle is determined by its mass and speed.
3: For a pure substance, the greater the mass of each particle in the substance and the higher the average speed of the particles, the higher their average kinetic energy.
4: Each particle in the two samples has the same mass, but the particles in sample A have a higher average speed than the particles in sample B.
5: So, the particles in sample A have a higher average kinetic energy than the particles in sample B.
6: Because the particles in sample A have the higher average kinetic energy, sample A must have the higher temperature.
7: The answer is B.

id: 14774

question: Would you find the word lose on a dictionary page with the following guide words? lit - lung

choice: (A) yes (B) no

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary.
1: They tell you the first word and last word on the page.
2: The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
3: To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters.
4: If the first letters are the same, look at the second letters.
5: If the second letters are the same, look at the third letters, and so on.
6: If one word is shorter, and there are no more letters to compare, then the shorter word comes first in alphabetical order.
7: For example, be comes before bed.
8: Put the words in alphabetical order.
9: Since lose is not between the guide words lit - lung, it would not be found on that page.
10: The answer is B.

id: 14804

question: Would you find the word grain on a dictionary page with the following guide words? gallop - generous

choice: (A) yes (B) no

gold answer: B

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Guide words appear on each page of a dictionary.
1: They tell you the first word and last word on the page.
2: The other words on the page come between the guide words in alphabetical order.
3: To put words in alphabetical order, put them in order by their first letters.
4: If the first letters are the same, look at the second letters.
5: If the second letters are the same, look at the third letters, and so on.
6: If one word is shorter, and there are no more letters to compare, then the shorter word comes first in alphabetical order.
7: For example, be comes before bed.
8: Put the words in alphabetical order.
9: Since grain is between the guide words gallop - generous, it would be found on that page.
10: The answer is A.

id: 14936

question: Compare the average kinetic energies of the particles in each sample. Which sample has the higher temperature?

choice: (A) sample A (B) sample B (C) neither; the samples have the same temperature

context: The diagrams below show two pure samples of gas in identical closed, rigid containers. Each colored ball represents one gas particle. Both samples have the same number of particles.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: The temperature of a substance depends on the average kinetic energy of the particles in the substance.
1: The higher the average kinetic energy of the particles, the higher the temperature of the substance.
2: The kinetic energy of a particle is determined by its mass and speed.
3: For a pure substance, the greater the mass of each particle in the substance and the higher the average speed of the particles, the higher their average kinetic energy.
4: Each particle in the two samples has the same mass, but the particles in sample B have a higher average speed than the particles in sample A.
5: So, the particles in sample B have a higher average kinetic energy than the particles in sample A.
6: Because the particles in sample B have the higher average kinetic energy, sample B must have the higher temperature.
7: The answer is B.

id: 14960

question: Think about the magnetic force between the magnets in each pair. Which of the following statements is true?

choice: (A) The magnitude of the magnetic force is greater in Pair 2. (B) The magnitude of the magnetic force is the same in both pairs. (C) The magnitude of the magnetic force is greater in Pair 1.

context: The images below show two pairs of magnets. The magnets in different pairs do not affect each other. All the magnets shown are made of the same material, but some of them are different sizes and shapes.

gold answer: C

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Magnets can pull or push on each other without touching.
1: When magnets attract, they pull together.
2: When magnets repel, they push apart.
3: These pulls and pushes between magnets are called magnetic forces.
4: The strength of a force is called its magnitude.
5: The greater the magnitude of the magnetic force between two magnets, the more strongly the magnets attract or repel each other.
6: You can change the magnitude of a magnetic force between two magnets by using magnets of different sizes.
7: The magnitude of the magnetic force is greater when the magnets are larger.
8: Magnet sizes affect the magnitude of the magnetic force.
9: Imagine magnets that are the same shape and made of the same material.
10: The larger the magnets, the greater the magnitude of the magnetic force between them.
11: Magnet A is the same size in both pairs.
12: But Magnet B is larger in Pair 2 than in Pair 1.
13: So, the magnitude of the magnetic force is greater in Pair 2 than in Pair 1.
14: The answer is A.

id: 14963

question: Which solution has a higher concentration of pink particles?

choice: (A) Solution A (B) Solution B (C) neither; their concentrations are the same

context: The diagram below is a model of two solutions. Each pink ball represents one particle of solute.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: A solution is made up of two or more substances that are completely mixed.
1: In a solution, solute particles are mixed into a solvent.
2: The solute cannot be separated from the solvent by a filter.
3: For example, if you stir a spoonful of salt into a cup of water, the salt will mix into the water to make a saltwater solution.
4: In this case, the salt is the solute.
5: The water is the solvent.
6: The concentration of a solute in a solution is a measure of the ratio of solute to solvent.
7: Concentration can be described in terms of particles of solute per volume of solvent.
8: concentration = particles of solute / volume of solvent In Solution A and Solution B, the pink particles represent the solute.
9: To figure out which solution has a higher concentration of pink particles, look at both the number of pink particles and the volume of the solvent in each container.
10: Use the concentration formula to find the number of pink particles per milliliter.
11: Solution B has more pink particles per milliliter.
12: So, Solution B has a higher concentration of pink particles.
13: The answer is B.

id: 15037

question: Choose the poem that uses anaphora.

choice: (A) So much have I forgotten in ten years, So much in ten brief years; I have forgot What time the purple apples come to juice And what month brings the shy forget-me-not. (B) My vigor is a new-minted penny, Which I cast at your feet. Gather it up from the dust, That its sparkle may amuse you.

context: From Claude McKay, "Flame-Heart" and from Amy Lowell, "A Lady"

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Poets often use the sounds of words to create interesting effects and to express moods and emotions.
1: Understanding these elements of poetry can help you better interpret and appreciate poetic forms.
2: Anaphora is the repetition of words or sequences of words at the beginning of multiple phrases, sentences, or lines.
3: Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, Out of the mocking-bird's throat, the musical shuttle, Out of the Ninth-month midnight —From Walt Whitman, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" Onomatopoeia is when language sounds like what it talks about.
4: Sometimes the onomatopoeia uses made-up words: Tlot-tlot!
5: tlot-tlot!
6: Had they heard it?
7: The horse hoofs ringing clear.
8: —From Alfred Noyes, "The Highwayman" Sometimes the onomatopoeia uses real words: Hark!
9: the honey bee is humming.
10: —From Mary Howitt, "The Voice of Spring" Alliteration is when beginning consonant sounds are repeated in words that are close together.
11: Where the wild men watched and waited Wolves in the forest, and bears in the bush.
12: —From Bayard Taylor, "A Night with a Wolf" Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.
13: Often, assonance can create rhymes or near-rhymes within lines.
14: I wandered lonely as a Cloud That floats on high o'er Vales and Hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden Daffodils.
15: —From William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" Meter is a poem's rhythm, or the pattern of strong and weak syllables.
16: Strong syllables are stressed, while weak syllables are unstressed.
17: A poem has an iambic meter when the beat sounds like da-DUM.
18: A weak syllable is followed by a strong syllable.
19: Occasionally, a line may begin with a strong syllable.
20: He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.
21: —From Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Eagle" A poem has a trochaic meter when the beat sounds like DUM-da.
22: A strong syllable is followed by a weak syllable.
23: Occasionally, a line may end in a strong syllable.
24: Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
25: —From Edgar Allen Poe, "The Raven" Free verse is when a poem has neither a regular rhythm nor a rhyme pattern.
26: The old bridge has a wrinkled face.
27: He bends his back For us to go over.
28: —From Hilda Conkling, "The Old Bridge" The syllables in bold are strong.
29: You can see this poem does not have a regular rhythm.
30: It also doesn't have a rhyme pattern.
31: This poem uses anaphora.
32: It repeats the same word or words at the beginning of multiple lines or phrases.
33: My vigor is a new-minted penny, Which I cast at your feet.
34: Gather it up from the dust, That its sparkle may amuse you.
35: The answer is B.

id: 15099

question: Which is a sentence fragment?

choice: (A) Her comfortable clothing and her warm coat. (B) The city manager will run the meeting she will explain the budget.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: A sentence is a group of words that forms a complete thought.
1: It has both a subject and a verb.
2: My friends walk along the path.
3: A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.
4: It is usually missing a subject or a verb.
5: Knows the answer.
6: This is a sentence fragment.
7: It is missing a subject.
8: Who knows the answer?
9: She knows the answer.
10: The bright red car.
11: This is a sentence fragment.
12: It is missing a verb.
13: What did the bright red car do?
14: The bright red car stopped.
15: A run-on sentence is made up of two sentences that are joined without end punctuation or with just a comma.
16: I knocked on the door it opened.
17: It started raining, we ran inside.
18: To fix a run-on sentence, separate it into two sentences.
19: Add end punctuation after the first sentence, and capitalize the second sentence.
20: I knocked on the door.
21: It opened.
22: It started raining.
23: We ran inside.
24: You can also fix a run-on sentence by rewriting it as a compound sentence.
25: A compound sentence is two sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction such as and, but, or, or so.
26: I knocked on the door, and it opened.
27: It started raining, so we ran inside.
28: The city manager will run the meeting she will explain the budget is a sentence fragment.
29: It is missing a subject after the word she.
30: The answer is B.

id: 15113

question: Think about the magnetic force between the magnets in each pair. Which of the following statements is true?

choice: (A) The strength of the magnetic force is the same in both pairs. (B) The magnetic force is weaker in Pair 2. (C) The magnetic force is weaker in Pair 1.

context: The images below show two pairs of magnets. The magnets in different pairs do not affect each other. All the magnets shown are made of the same material.

gold answer: B

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Magnets can pull or push on each other without touching.
1: When magnets attract, they pull together.
2: When magnets repel, they push apart.
3: These pulls and pushes between magnets are called magnetic forces.
4: The stronger the magnetic force between two magnets, the more strongly the magnets attract or repel each other.
5: You can change the strength of a magnetic force between two magnets by changing the distance between them.
6: The magnetic force is weaker when the magnets are farther apart.
7: Distance affects the strength of the magnetic force.
8: When magnets are farther apart, the magnetic force between them is weaker.
9: The magnets in Pair 1 are farther apart than the magnets in Pair 2.
10: So, the magnetic force is weaker in Pair 1 than in Pair 2.
11: The answer is C.

id: 15119

question: Choose the poem that uses alliteration.

choice: (A) She knows a cheap release From worry and from pain— The cowboys spur their horses Over the unending plain. (B) So I gazed on this unhappy thing With wonder and surprise, While sadly with his waving wing He wiped his weeping eyes.

context: From Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "A Conservative" and from Florence Kiper Frank, "The Movies"

gold answer: B

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Poets often use the sounds of words to create interesting effects and to express moods and emotions.
1: Understanding these elements of poetry can help you better interpret and appreciate poetic forms.
2: Anaphora is the repetition of words or sequences of words at the beginning of multiple phrases, sentences, or lines.
3: Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, Out of the mocking-bird's throat, the musical shuttle, Out of the Ninth-month midnight —From Walt Whitman, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" Onomatopoeia is when language sounds like what it talks about.
4: Sometimes the onomatopoeia uses made-up words: Tlot-tlot!
5: tlot-tlot!
6: Had they heard it?
7: The horse hoofs ringing clear.
8: —From Alfred Noyes, "The Highwayman" Sometimes the onomatopoeia uses real words: Hark!
9: the honey bee is humming.
10: —From Mary Howitt, "The Voice of Spring" Alliteration is when beginning consonant sounds are repeated in words that are close together.
11: Where the wild men watched and waited Wolves in the forest, and bears in the bush.
12: —From Bayard Taylor, "A Night with a Wolf" Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds.
13: Often, assonance can create rhymes or near-rhymes within lines.
14: I wandered lonely as a Cloud That floats on high o'er Vales and Hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden Daffodils.
15: —From William Wordsworth, "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" Meter is a poem's rhythm, or the pattern of strong and weak syllables.
16: Strong syllables are stressed, while weak syllables are unstressed.
17: A poem has an iambic meter when the beat sounds like da-DUM.
18: A weak syllable is followed by a strong syllable.
19: Occasionally, a line may begin with a strong syllable.
20: He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls.
21: —From Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Eagle" A poem has a trochaic meter when the beat sounds like DUM-da.
22: A strong syllable is followed by a weak syllable.
23: Occasionally, a line may end in a strong syllable.
24: Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
25: —From Edgar Allen Poe, "The Raven" Free verse is when a poem has neither a regular rhythm nor a rhyme pattern.
26: The old bridge has a wrinkled face.
27: He bends his back For us to go over.
28: —From Hilda Conkling, "The Old Bridge" The syllables in bold are strong.
29: You can see this poem does not have a regular rhythm.
30: It also doesn't have a rhyme pattern.
31: This poem uses alliteration.
32: It repeats beginning consonant sounds.
33: She knows a cheap release From worry and from pain— The cowboys spur their horses Over the unending plain.
34: The answer is A.