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Question 1

Which landform would likely be formed where the end of a river meets the ocean?

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delta

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canyon

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glacier

Question 2

How are fossil fuels formed?

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dead organisms buried, heated, and squeezed together

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sediments that are moved by water and heated

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living plants and animals

Question 3

The diagram shows the ______ of Earth, which takes _________.

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rotation; 1 day

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rotation; 1 year

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rotation; 1 month

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revolution; 1 year

Question 4

Which two organisms listed below would likely compete for food?

-sloth: young leaves and twigs

-jaguar: frogs, turtles, rodents

-green iguana: leaves, flowers, and fruit

-toucan: nuts, fruit, seeds, leaves

-mongoose: insects, small mammals, birds

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sloth and iguana

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jaguar and sloth

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toucan and jaguar

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mongoose and iguana

Question 5

Which step could be added to this diagram?

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condensation

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compaction

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absorbtion

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reflection

Question 6

A student measures the temperature and wind speed outside school everyday for a week. The student is measuring-

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weather because it is day-to-day changes

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climate because it is daily changes

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weather because it shows temperature over a long time

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climate because it shows temperature over a long time

Question 7

How do the African buffalo and bird help each other survive?

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The bird eats ticks off the buffalo.

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The buffalo eats the bird.

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The buffalo provides shelter for the bird.

Question 8

To form sedimentary rock, sediments are deposited over time, creating

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layers

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fossil fuels

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canyons

Question 9

The owls get their energy directly from-

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mice

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birds

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grains

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grass

Question 10

This diagram shows how the Earth and Jupiter-

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orbit, or revolve, each year

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orbit each other

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rotate each day

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orbit each day

Question 11

Mrs. Duarte wants to build a new house. She wants to view the sunrise each morning in her backyard. Which direction should Mrs. Duarte's backyard be facing so that it experiences sunrise each morning?

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east

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north

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south

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west

Question 12

This fossil was recently found in a layer of sedimentary rock directly under a forest. What conclusion can be made of the type of environment the area used to be in the past?

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lake

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mountain

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U-shaped valley

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plateau

Question 13

This rock was likely weathered by-

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frozen water that melted or thawed

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blowing wind

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tornadoes

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rushing water

Question 14

Where would a shadow be around noon?

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directly overhead

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to the east

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to the west

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to the south

Question 15

Which order of inner planets is correct?

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars

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Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars

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Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury

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Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus

Question 16

Which material would retain, or absorb, water the MOST?

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cotton

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wood

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plastic

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gold

Question 17

Which is a difference between the mixtures and solutions in the image?

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Solutions have substances evenly dissolved and mixtures do not.

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Mixtures have substances evenly dissolved and solutions do not.

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Mixtures cannot be separated.

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Solutions can never be separated.

Question 18

Light travels in ____________ which allows ___________ to form.

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straight lines ; shadows

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crooked lines ; shadows

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straight lines ; refraction

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wavy lines ; reflection

Question 19

The variable in an experiment that is ________ is the one that is being ___________.

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changed ; tested

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changed ; not being tested

Question 20

Mrs. Ramirez builds 3 bird houses, one red, one blue, and one green. She builds them each the same size and puts them in the same location. She adds 1 cup of the same bird seed to each house. What variable is Mrs. Ramirez testing in this investigation?

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Does the color of bird house affect how much is eaten by birds?

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Does the type of seed affect how much is eaten by birds?

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Does the size of house affect how much seed is eaten by birds?

Question 21

A student plants sunflower seeds in three identical containers. One container gets clay soil, one container gets sandy soil, and one container gets loam. The student placed all containers outside in the sun. What variable is the student testing in this investigation?

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Does the type of soil affect how tall a sunflower grows?

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Does the amount of water a sunflower seed receives affect how much it grows?

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Does the amount of light a sunflower receives affect how tall it grows?

Question 22

Which is a mixture that can be easily separated with water?

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sand and salt

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apples and oranges

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iron and aluminum nails

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cork and ping pong balls

Question 23

Which lab tool can be used to heat substances?

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hot plate

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graduated cylinder

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thermometer

Question 24

Which organisms in this food web compete for food?

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mice and grasshoppers

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foxes and owls

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birds and foxes

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mice and rabbits

Question 25

In what type of climate would you find the following animals?

sloth, iguana, toucan, jaguar

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tropical rainforest

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polar tundra

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arid desert

Question 26

How would a mixture of sand, pebbles, and iron filings be separated?

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remove the iron filings with a magnet, then use a strainer to separate the pebbles from the sand

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add water, filter the iron filings, remove the pebbles by hand

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remove the pebbles by hand, use a magnet for the sand, then add water

Question 27

Which list contains items that are BOTH magnetic AND conductors?

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iron, steel

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iron, copper, plastic

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copper, gold, silver, iron

Question 28

How can a solution of saltwater be separated?

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evaporate or boil the water, the salt will be left behind as a solid

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it cannot be separated in any way

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use a coffee filter

Question 29

Which list contains materials that can fully dissolve in water?

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salt, sugar, drink powder

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salt, sand, iron filings

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sand, pebbles, cotton

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salt, sugar, cornstarch

Question 30

Will the bulb in this circuit light up?

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no because the switch is open

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yes because it is complete

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no because it is missing a power source

Question 31

Which bird has a beak best suited for cracking seeds and nuts and eating fruit?

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parrot

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eagle

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pelican

Question 32

Plants need _________ released by animals to go through photosynthesis.

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carbon dioxide

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oxygen

Question 33

Which would least likely help a bird survive in the wetlands?

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being the smallest bird in North America

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long legs

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wings

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sharp, pointed beak

Question 34

A mystery object is more dense than water, non-soluble, and non-magnetic. Which of the following objects could it be?

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sand

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iron filings

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salt

Question 35

Which is NOT a description of weather for a town?

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the town gets an average of 50 inches of rain a year

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the area got 3 hours of rain today

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the temperature is 80 degrees currently

Question 36

Which step of the water cycle is a DIRECT RESULT of condensation?

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precipitation back down to Earth

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evaporation

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heat energy changes liquid water to gas

Question 37

Which cycle happens due to Earth's rotation?

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both day/night and sun's movement

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year

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day/night

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sun's apparent movement across the sky

Question 38

Which layer is the oldest?

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G

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A

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F

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C

Question 39

What do the arrows in a food chain represent?

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flow of energy

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photosynthesis

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energy increasing along the food chain

Question 40

Which is NOT true about light

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light refracts when is goes through a plain glass window

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light travels in straight lines

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light is reflected when is hits a shiny object

Question 41

Which of the following is the variable students are testing in this investigation?

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ramp friction

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ramp height

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car mass

Question 42

Which is an inherited trait of a bird?

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wings

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flying

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building a nest

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number of offspring

Question 43

Where would coal be found?

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where there was an ancient swamp

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in the middle of an ocean

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at a tundra

Question 44

Why does setup A allow the person to see the light?

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light travels in straight lines

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light is reflected

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light is refracted

Question 45

In an experiment, what should a student do after conducting the first trial?

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repeat the investigation for trials 2 and 3

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determine if the hypothesis was correct

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change the variable

Question 46

Who is going to ACE the science STAAR tomorrow?!?

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me

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the pillbugs

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