Could there be another explanation?

Question 1

Jordan puts two identical glasses of lemonade with the same amount of ice outside. One glass sits on a wooden picnic table in the shade, the other sits on a metal tray that is in the sun. After 20 minutes the ice in the glass on the metal tray is almost gone. Besides the sun being hotter, which of the following is another good reason the ice melted faster?

Accepted Answer

The metal tray conducts heat from the sun to the glass more quickly than the wooden table does.

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The glass on the metal tray had fewer ice cubes than the glass in the shade.

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The wooden table was covered with a cooling blanket that kept the ice colder.

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The lemonade in the sun had extra sugar, which makes ice melt faster.

Question 2

You see a plant on the windowsill that looks wilted. The first idea might be that it hasn't been watered. Which of the following could be another explanation?

Accepted Answer

It's getting too much direct sunlight.

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It hasn't been watered.

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The plant is a cactus.

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The pot is too big.

Question 3

You walk into the classroom and see that the floor is wet. One possible explanation is that a student spilled a cup of water. Which of the following could also be a good explanation for why the floor is wet?

Accepted Answer

Someone used a mop to clean the floor and left water behind.

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The ceiling fell and turned into a puddle.

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The floor is actually made of ice that melted on its own.

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A bird flew in and dropped a whole lake on the floor.

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You see a plant on the windowsill that looks wilted. The first idea might be that it hasn't been watered. Which of the following could be another explanation?

You walk into the classroom and see that the floor is wet. One possible explanation is that a student spilled a cup of water. Which of the following could also be a good explanation for why the floor is wet?

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