5th Science STAAR Review

• Adult lacewings lay eggs, but adult frogs give birth to live larvae.

• When they hatch, young lacewings and young frogs look different from their adult forms

• When they hatch, both lacewings and frogs have long legs for jumping.

• Both adult lacewings and adult frogs have more legs than they had as larvae.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of the following explains how water undergoes a change of state in one stage of the water cycle in order to move from the ocean’s surface into the air?

• Liquid water that is heated by the sun becomes a gas and rises.

• Gaseous water rises as it is cooled by the ocean

• Liquid water that is heated by the sun condenses into rain.

• Gaseous water collects in drops of fog above the ocean’s surface.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which change occurs when lemon juice is mixed with water?

• The mass of the lemon juice decreases

• The water becomes a solid

• The lemon juice dissolves and spreads out evenly in the water.

• The volume of the water decreases.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

• A wetland ecosystem with slow-moving water

• A coastal ecosystem with constant rough waves

• A desert ecosystem where rainfall drains away quickly

• An underground river ecosystem where the temperature remains constant

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

• F Student 1 pulls the cart to the left while Student 2 pulls the cart to the right.

• Student 1 pulls the cart to the left while Student 2 pushes the cart to the left.

• Student 1 pushes the cart to the right while Student 2 pushes the cart downward.

• Student 1 pushes the cart to the right while Student 2 pulls the cart upward.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

• Mixtures 3 and 4 only

• Mixtures 1, 3, and 4

• Mixtures 1, 2, and 5

• Mixtures 2 and 5 only

Which statement correctly describes how a landform is formed?

• A lake is formed when flowing water carves out the sides of a canyon.

• A mountain range is formed when glaciers slowly move across the landscape.

• A delta is formed at the mouth of a river when flowing water slows and deposits sediment.

• A U-shaped valley is formed when winds pick up and move sediment away from the landscape.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

• Light and its reflections travel in straight lines.

• Light cannot reflect from more than one surface.

• Light that goes through water cannot travel in straight lines.

• Light can travel in a circular path.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

• Red-tailed hawks, snowshoe hares, and caterpillars

• Snowshoe hares and caterpillars

• Snowshoe hares and shrews

• Shrews and red foxes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3