5th Grade Science STAAR Release 2016

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the rotation of Earth

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Decomposers

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4 learned behaviors, 4 inherited traits

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Removing Wire 1

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Erosion is one of the processes involved in the formation of sedimentary rock. Which of these best describes the process of erosion? Options: Rocks are broken into smaller pieces that remain in the same location. , Pressure compacts layers of sediment and turns them into rock. , Pieces of rock or soil are carried from one place to another. , Sediment grains fall to the bottom of a lake to form sedimentary layers.

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Pieces of rock or soil are carried from one place to another.

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The caramel candy changes state the fastest in a location with higher heat or temperature.

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A student observing birds in a park records some ways that birds interact with living and nonliving parts of their environment. All the following observations are ways that a bird interacts with nonliving parts of its environment except — reacting to morning sunlight by singing, drinking and taking a bath in a puddle of water, responding to cold temperatures by fluffing its feathers, feeding insects to its chicks.

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feeding insects to its chicks

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Activities 1, 4, and 6

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What most likely happened to the blue liquid paint mixture left in an open container?

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The water evaporated, leaving only a dry blue solid in the container.

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swim and dive easily