Line 1: *Organisms cluster around hydrothermal vents in the ocean floor. Chimneys top some hydrothermal vents. Organisms cluster around chimneys in the ocean floor.*
*(D)*
Line 2: *What do organisms cluster around in the ocean floor?
Options:
- (A) kalenchoes
- (B) ferns
- (C) bacteria
- (D) Chimneys
- (E) an object
- (F) alveoli
- (G) graptolites
- (H) allow growth*
Logic of a solution: *Excretion is the process of removing wastes and excess water from the body. Solid waste is called feces. Excretion is the process of removing feces and excess water from the body.*
*(D)*
The original question: *What is the process of removing feces and excess water from the human body called?
Options:
- (A) recycling
- (B) salivation
- (C) waste production
- (D) excretion
- (E) Exfoliation
- (F) perspiration
- (G) Deposition.
- (H) Deposition*
Line 1: *Soil can be depleted of nutrients. Fertilizers add nutrients to the soil. Soil can be depleted of what fertilizers can add to soil.*
*(B)*
Line 2: *Soil can be depleted of a thing that fertilizers can what to soil?
Options:
- (A) grow
- (B) add
- (C) loss
- (D) pH
- (E) harm
- (F) corn
- (G) peat
- (H) kill*
Logic of a solution: *Digestion is the process of breaking down food into components the body can absorb. Food proteins are changed into energy or heat to be used or absorbed by the body. Digestion is the process of breaking down food proteins into energy or heat.*
*(E)*
The original question: *What is the process of breaking down food proteins into energy or heat?
Options:
- (A) dissecting
- (B) dehydration
- (C) elimination
- (D) energy
- (E) digestion
- (F) Cooking
- (G) calorie retention
- (H) Evaporation*
Line 1: *Molecules of DNA are encoded with instructions that tell cells what to do. DNA DNA DNA is a person's genetic fingerprint. Molecules of a person's genetic fingerprint are encoded with instructions that tell cells what to do.*
*(D)*
Line 2: *Molecules of what are encoded with instructions that tell cells what to do?
Options:
- (A) Earth revolving around the sun
- (B) A compound that donates proton
- (C) Something that comes in a bundle of fibers
- (D) A person's genetic fingerprint
- (E) characteristics
- (F) a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
- (G) Electrical energy
- (H) it helps plants in growing*
Line 1: *Insects may live in large colonies and have complex social behaviors. Social behavior is organized by social relationships. Insects may live in large colonies and have complex social relationships.*
*(A)*
Line 2:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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*What live in large colonies and have complex social relationships.
Options:
- (A) Insects
- (B) potatoes
- (C) plants
- (D) parasites
- (E) honeybees
- (F) tortoises
- (G) bees
- (H) animals*