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Which question is the experiment most likely designed to answer?

• What are the effects of water on plant growth?

• What amount of fertilizer is best to use for plants?

• How does the height of a plant affect how much sunlight it needs?

• How does the amount of sunlight a plant receives affect its growth?

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Elaine wants to measure the volume of a large pitcher of lemonade. Which units should Elaine use?

• meters

• liters

• degrees

• grams

Which question could Julie answer most easily by conducting a scientific experiment?

• Does the mass of an ice cube change when it melts?

• How long does it take for water to freeze?

• What is the temperature of the water?

• Does ice melt faster in air or in water?

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Rachel wonders how the number of ice cubes added to a glass of juice affects the temperature of the juice. She wants to design an investigation that tests this question and that will produce clear, repeatable results.

Which data table shows the best experimental design? A, B, C, or D?

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Miguel was conducting an experiment. He wrote the following sentences in his notebook:

1. The starting temperature of the water was 10 degrees Celsius.
2. An object weighing 5 grams was placed in the water.
3. The temperature of the water increased to 15 degrees.
4. The object must have been hotter than 10 degrees.

In which sentence did Miguel make an inference?

• sentence 2

• sentence 4

• sentence 1

• sentence 3

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Which graph best represents the information in the table?

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Cattle have mainly fed on grass in a particular region in Texas for the past 40 years. Recently, the population of cattle has doubled. What effects might this growth have on the ecosystem?

• The cattle are diseased.

• Next year, the cattle population will have tripled.

• The cattle need more space or more grass.

• The cattle need less space or less food.

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Fishermen have recently begun fishing near Antartica. Due to their success, they plan to expand their business and capture thirty to fiftty times as many fish. What effects might this have on the ecosystem?

• The fish might become endangered.

• Any prey of these fish might overpopulate.

• Both answers are correct.

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Name two plant groups that have a combined growth less than that of plant 3.

• 1 & 2

• 2 & 7

• 1 & 7

• 6 & 7

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According to fig 2 which mineral would be found in rocks of medium grade

• Muscovite

• Biotite

• Kyanite

• Plagioclase