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id: 20220

question: Which text uses the word nauseous in its traditional sense?

choice: (A) Audrey's little brother looked a little sick after eating mounds of candy and then going on the nauseous rides at the state fair. (B) Audrey's little brother looked a little nauseous after eating mounds of candy and then going on the dizzying rides at the state fair.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Words change in meaning when speakers begin using them in new ways.
1: For example, the word peruse once only meant to examine in detail, but it's now also commonly used to mean to look through in a casual manner.
2: When a word changes in meaning, its correct usage is often debated.
3: Although a newer sense of the word may be more commonly used, many people consider a word's traditional definition to be the correct usage.
4: Being able to distinguish the different uses of a word can help you use it appropriately for different audiences.
5: Britney perused her notes, carefully preparing for her exam.
6: The traditional usage above is considered more standard.
7: David perused the magazine, absentmindedly flipping through the pages.
8: The nontraditional usage above is now commonly used, but traditional style guides generally advise against it.
9: The first text uses nauseous in its traditional sense: causing disgust or nausea.
10: Audrey's little brother looked a little nauseous after eating mounds of candy and then going on the dizzying rides at the state fair.
11: The second text uses nauseous in its nontraditional sense: feeling disgusted or nauseated.
12: Audrey's little brother looked a little sick after eating mounds of candy and then going on the nauseous rides at the state fair.
13: Most style guides recommend to use the traditional sense of the word nauseous because it is considered more standard.
14: The answer is B.

id: 20304

question: Complete the sentence. In this chemical reaction, ozone is a ().

choice: (A) product (B) reactant

context: This passage describes a chemical reaction. Read the passage. Then, follow the instructions below. Ozone is a gas found high up in Earth's atmosphere. In places with severe air pollution, ozone can also be found in the air closer to the ground. This ground-level ozone forms when oxygen in the air combines with carbon monoxide and other chemicals in polluted air. Ground-level ozone can harm humans by damaging their lungs.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: A chemical change occurs when new substances are formed from existing substances.
1: This process is called a chemical reaction.
2: In a chemical reaction, one or more substances change into one or more different substances.
3: During the reaction, the atoms of the original substances are rearranged to form other substances.
4: The original substances in a chemical reaction are called reactants.
5: These substances react, or go through a chemical change.
6: The substances that are formed in a chemical reaction are called products.
7: These substances are produced by the chemical reaction.
8: So, in a chemical reaction, reactants go through a chemical change to form products.
9: Read the underlined text carefully.
10: Look for information about what happens to ozone in a chemical reaction.
11: Ozone is a gas found high up in Earth's atmosphere.
12: In places with severe air pollution, ozone can also be found in the air closer to the ground.
13: This ground-level ozone forms when oxygen in the air combines with carbon monoxide and other chemicals in polluted air.
14: Ground-level ozone can harm humans by damaging their lungs.
15: The underlined text tells you that when oxygen and carbon monoxide combine, ground-level ozone is formed.
16: When ozone and other chemicals react, or go through a chemical change, ozone is destroyed.
17: Because ozone reacts in this chemical reaction, ozone is a reactant.
18: The answer is B.

id: 20360

question: Which theater of the war covered the smallest amount of territory?

choice: (A) the Trans-Mississippi Theater (B) the Western Theater (C) the Eastern Theater

context: Almost all of the battles of the Civil War happened in three zones, or theaters. The following map shows the theaters. Use it to answer the question below.

gold answer: C

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Look at the map.
1: The smallest territory is the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
2: It is the theater shown in gray on the map.
3: The Trans-Mississippi Theater included territory west of the Mississippi River.
4: It also included territory to the south of the river.
5: The river is shown on the map.
6: The Western Theater included territory west of the Mississippi River.
7: It also included territory to the south of the river.
8: The Eastern Theater included territory to the east of the Mississippi River.
9: It also included territory to the south of the river.
10: The answer is A.

id: 20362

question: Which of the following organisms is the primary consumer in this food web?

choice: (A) water flea (B) black crappie (C) water mold

context: Below is a food web from Little Rock Lake, a freshwater lake ecosystem in Wisconsin. A food web models how the matter eaten by organisms moves through an ecosystem. The arrows in a food web represent how matter moves between organisms in an ecosystem.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: A food web is a model.
1: A food web shows where organisms in an ecosystem get their food.
2: Models can make things in nature easier to understand because models can represent complex things in a simpler way.
3: If a food web showed every organism in an ecosystem, the food web would be hard to understand.
4: So, each food web shows how some organisms in an ecosystem can get their food.
5: Arrows show how matter moves.
6: A food web has arrows that point from one organism to another.
7: Each arrow shows the direction that matter moves when one organism eats another organism.
8: An arrow starts from the organism that is eaten.
9: The arrow points to the organism that is doing the eating.
10: An organism in a food web can have more than one arrow pointing from it.
11: This shows that the organism is eaten by more than one other organism in the food web.
12: An organism in a food web can also have more than one arrow pointing to it.
13: This shows that the organism eats more than one other organism in the food web.
14: Primary consumers eat producers.
15: So, in a food web, primary consumers have arrows pointing to them from producers.
16: The water mold has arrows pointing to it from the green algae and the water flea.
17: Neither the green algae nor the water flea is a producer, so the water mold is not a primary consumer.
18: The black crappie has an arrow pointing to it from the water flea.
19: The water flea is a producer, so the black crappie is a primary consumer.
20: The water flea has an arrow pointing to it from the green algae.
21: The green algae is a producer, so the water flea is a primary consumer.
22: The rotifer has an arrow pointing to it from the water flea.
23: The water flea is a producer, so the rotifer is a primary consumer.
24: The answer is B.

id: 20371

question: Will these magnets attract or repel each other?

choice: (A) repel (B) attract

context: Two magnets are placed as shown.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Magnets can pull or push on other magnets without touching them.
1: When magnets attract, they pull together.
2: When magnets repel, they push apart.
3: These pulls and pushes are called magnetic forces.
4: Magnetic forces are strongest at the magnets' poles, or ends.
5: Every magnet has two poles: a north pole (N) and a south pole (S).
6: Here are some examples of magnets.
7: Their poles are shown in different colors and labeled.
8: Whether a magnet attracts or repels other magnets depends on the positions of its poles.
9: If opposite poles are closest to each other, the magnets attract.
10: The magnets in the pair below attract.
11: If the same, or like, poles are closest to each other, the magnets repel.
12: The magnets in both pairs below repel.
13: To predict if these magnets will attract or repel, look at which poles are closest to each other.
14: The north pole of one magnet is closest to the south pole of the other magnet.
15: Opposite poles attract.
16: So, these magnets will attract each other.
17: The answer is B.

id: 20436

question: Which is a sentence fragment?

choice: (A) Puts the towel back in the bathroom. (B) Erin spilled apple juice on the carpet.

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: Erin spilled apple juice on the carpet is a sentence fragment.
29: It is missing a subject.
30: The answer is B.

id: 20464

question: Which specific humidity level was measured within the outlined area shown?

choice: (A) 11 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air (B) 2 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air (C) 13 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air

context: The map below shows humidity in the lower atmosphere on February 21, 2017. The map shows specific humidity, a measurement of the amount of water vapor in the air. The outlined area shows an air mass that influenced weather in Africa on that day. Look at the map. Then, answer the question below. Data source: United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Earth System Research Laboratory, Physical Sciences Division

gold answer: B

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: To study air masses, scientists can use maps that show conditions within Earth's atmosphere.
1: For example, the map below uses color to show specific humidity, a measurement of the amount of water vapor in the air.
2: The map's legend tells you the specific humidity level that each color represents.
3: Colors on the left in the legend represent lower specific humidity levels than colors on the right.
4: For example, areas on the map that are the darkest shade of purple have a specific humidity from zero grams per kilogram (g/kg) up to two g/kg.
5: Areas that are the next darkest shade of purple have a specific humidity from two g/kg up to four g/kg.
6: Look at the colors shown within the outlined area.
7: Then, use the legend to determine which specific humidity levels those colors represent.
8: The legend tells you that this air mass contained air with specific humidity levels between 2 and 8 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air.
9: 13 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air is within this range.
10: 2 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air is within this range.
11: 11 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air is within this range.
12: The answer is C.

id: 20577

question: Which of these states is farthest west?

choice: (A) West Virginia (B) Michigan (C) Delaware (D) New York

gold answer: B

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Maps have four cardinal directions, or main directions.
1: Those directions are north, south, east, and west.
2: A compass rose is a set of arrows that point to the cardinal directions.
3: A compass rose usually shows only the first letter of each cardinal direction.
4: The north arrow points to the North Pole.
5: On most maps, north is at the top of the map.
6: To find the answer, look at the compass rose.
7: Look at which way the west arrow is pointing.
8: West Virginia is farthest west.
9: The answer is A.

id: 20594

question: How long is a hummingbird's beak?

choice: (A) 1 foot (B) 1 mile (C) 1 inch (D) 1 yard

context: Select the best estimate.

gold answer: C

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: Measurements are written with both a number and a unit.
1: The unit comes after the number.
2: The unit shows what the number means.
3: When you are using customary units, length may be written with units of inches, feet, yards, or miles.
4: There are 12 inches in 1 foot, and 3 feet in 1 yard.
5: There are 5,280 feet in 1 mile.
6: A football is about 1 foot long.
7: A football field is 100 yards long.
8: The best estimate for the length of a hummingbird's beak is 1 foot.
9: 1 inch is too short.
10: 1 yard and 1 mile are too long.
11: The answer is A.

id: 20658

question: Which is this organism's scientific name?

choice: (A) Aldabrachelys gigantea (B) Aldabra giant tortoise

context: This organism is an Aldabra giant tortoise. It is also called Aldabrachelys gigantea.

gold answer: A

wrong prediction:

Rationale:

0: An organism's common name is the name that people normally call the organism.
1: Common names often contain words you know.
2: An organism's scientific name is the name scientists use to identify the organism.
3: Scientific names often contain words that are not used in everyday English.
4: Scientific names are written in italics, but common names are usually not.
5: The first word of the scientific name is capitalized, and the second word is not.
6: For example, the common name of the animal below is giant panda.
7: Its scientific name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca.
8: Aldabra giant tortoise is the common name.
9: So, you know that Aldabra giant tortoise is the scientific name.
10: The answer is B.