2024–2025 TMSCA Middle School Science Test – 1

Front

When heating a liquid in a test tube, you should always follow each of these safety precautions except:

Back

Wear latex gloves.

Front

What is the independent variable in Amir's experiment testing if caffeine affects appetite?

Back

The amount of caffeine consumed.

Front

All of the following should be kept the same in this experiment except:

Back

The amount of caffeine consumed

Front

What would you call the group that were given no caffeine?

Back

The control

Front

Trey ran a 5 km race and finished in 32 minutes. What was his average speed?

Back

2.60 m/s

Front

Finish the analogy. Artery is to Capillary as Highway is to ____________.

Back

Street

Front

What does the prefix “hemo” mean?

Back

blood

Front

The study or exploration of caves is called ____________.

Back

Speleology

Front

English physicist who helped revolutionize the knowledge of atomic structure by his discovery of the electron in 1897.

Back

JJ Thompson

Front

Robert Hooke is known as _______________.

Back

The Father of Cytology