STAAR Review I

Which statement describes weather, rather than climate?

• The weather is usually hot and humid year around
• The destination has hot summers and cold winters
• The summer temperatures average between 29 and 35 degrees
• The humidity level on Tuesday was 30%

A class learns about fossil fuels.  They learn that coal, oil and natural gas are classified as nonrenewable resources because they take so long to form.  How can the class conserve fossil fuels?

• Use both sides of notebook paper
• Arrange a car pool to and from school
• Create a backyard compost pile
• Plant flowers in front of the school

Which testable question could be used to investigate the effects of force on an object?

• Why do toy cars move?
• Which type of battery lasts the longest?
• Where can magnets be purchased?
• Do balls roll faster on rough or smooth surfaces?

Which of the following is a learned behavior of a kitten?

• Having gray fur
• Playing with yarn
• Drinking Water
• Having two ears

What describes the ability of a solid to dissolve in water?

• melt
• dissapear
• solubility
• evaporate

What is the state of matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape

• solid
• liquid
• plasma
• gas

Using the weather map shown, which city has most likely seen an increase in temperature? 

• Houston
• Oklahoma City 
• Boston
• Los Angeles

A freshwater ecosystem has various food webs. One of these food webs is shown here. Which organisms transfer the most energy within the food web?

• Bass, because they are predators in this web

• Copepods, because they support two chains in this web

• Crayfish, because they are at the bottom of this web

• Algae, because they are the producers in this web

A student draws diagrams of her house and the location of the sun in the sky. Which diagram below does not correctly represent the location of the sun at the time indicated?

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The diagram shows a fish being viewed from above the water. The fish appears to be closer to the surface than it really is. What causes this difference?

• Light is reflected.

• Light is refracted.

• Light is focused.

• Light is blocked.