Sample SC Ready Science

Which statement best uses evidence from the map to support the theory of plate tectonics?

• The fossils indicate that the landmasses were once farther apart and that the organisms traveled long distances between them.

• The fossils indicate that the landmasses were once joined together and then became separated over a long period of time.

• The fossils indicate that the organisms swam from one landmass to the other landmass before they became fossilized.

• The fossils indicate that the organisms developed independently on both landmasses and maintained their similarity as the landmasses moved apart over time.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Do kinetic energy and particle movement both increase or decrease as temperature rises?

• increases

• decreases

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which statement is best supported by the data in the table?

• Mucrospirifer fossils are the youngest index fossils.

• Pecten index fossils are older than Paradoxides index fossils

• Perisphinctes and Nerinea index fossils are about the same age.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Which evidence best supports that the Perisphinctes and Nerinea index fossils are approximately the same age?

• Both index fossils were formed in the Mesozoic era.

• The Cenozoic era happened before the Paleozoic era.

• The youngest index fossils were formed in the Paleozoic era.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Select the two statements that describe how materials in the house interact with the environment in winter.

• The windows reflect solar energy.

• The floor tiles reflect solar energy.

• The windows transmit solar energy.

• The windows absorb solar energy and release heat.

• The floor tiles absorb solar energy and release heat.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A student examines the weather map provided.

The temperature is expected to become ________ and there will also be an increased likelihood of________.

• colder; cloudy skies with rain

• warmer ; cloudy skies with rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An eagle is flying near a chicken coop. A hen produces a sound that acts as an alarm to her chicks. The chicks run toward the hen and hide under her feathers. Which flowchart shows the correct cause-and-effect relationship for the behavior of the chicks?

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Which method would most effectively verify that fossils discovered in South Carolina are remnants of once-living organisms?

• using iron filings to test the materials for magnetic properties

• using microscopes to search for evidence of cellular structures

• using circuits to determine whether the materials conduct electricity

• using digital scales and beakers of water to find the mass and volume of the fossils

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Each rock type can follow only one pathway of the rock cycle.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The figure below shows an example of a geologic change that supports the principle of uniformitarianism. What geologic change is shown in the figure?

• erosion

• abrasion

• volcanism

• deposition

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2