State Test Practice

USE YOUR PACKET 1) Based on this data, why does the sun appear to be brightest star from Earth?

• The sun is a yellow star

• the sun is the hottest star

• the sun is the closest star to Earth

• The sun is the farthest star from Earth

2) Orion can be seen until May. Which statement best explains why Orion cannot be seen during the summer in Mississippi?

• The orbit of Earth on its axis shifts Orion to the daytime sky

• The rotation of Earth on its axis shifts Orion to the daytime sky

• The orbit of Earth around the Sun places the Sun between Earth and Orion

• The rotation of Earth around the Sun places the Sun between Earth and Orion

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3) Which statement best supports the claim that the telescope can be used to observe objects in the sky?

• Galileo pointed the telescope toward the sky

• Galileo invented the telescope in the 17th century

• Galileo invented a telescope that could magnify distant objects

• Galileo noticed the moon was covered in bumps and craters

4-A) The lit portion of the moon is becoming ________ because the moon is ____________.

• Larger, orbiting earth

• Smaller, orbiting earth

• Larger, orbiting the sun

• Smaller, orbiting the sun

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4-B) Record the letter of the Moon phase in the box that correctly completes the model.

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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5) Choose the correct order of the model that represents a solar eclipse.

• Sun-moon-earth

• Earth-sun-moon

• Moon-Sun-Earth

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6) Choose the correct order in which the ideas were accepted by the scientific community.

• w-x-y

• x-w-y

• y-x-w

• w-y-x

7) Which options are results from photosynthesis?

• Oxygen

• Carbon dioxide

• water

• sunlight

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8) Which ecosystem is being described:

Located a high at high elevation above sea level

Rocky soil with few nutrients

Long winters and short summers

Low amount of precipitation

Few plants or grasses and no trees

Animals include elk, coyotes, mountain lions, and big horn sheep

• Forest

• Desert

• Tundra

• Grassland

9) Choose the correct order of organisms to best represent the amount of energy available at each level.

• 1-krill

  2-orca

  3-penguin

  4-plankton

  5-seal

• 2-orca

  5-seal

  3-penguin

  1-krill

  4-plankton

• 5-seal

  4-Plankton

  3-penguin

  2-orca

  1-krill

• 4-plankton

  1-krill

  3-penguin

  5-seal

  2-orca

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