School Science Bowl 2025

Many spiders make webs to catch their food. Web making is an example of which kind of adaptation?

• learned

• instinct

• physical

• structural

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Marissa observed stars in the sky. Which of her observations is a personal opinion?

• Stars give off light energy.

• Some stars appear brighter than others.

• Some stars appear prettier in the winter.

• Stars are tiny points of light in the night sky.

Hiro rolls up a paper towel and puts it in a straw. He puts one end of the straw in a glass of water and observes the movement of the water from the glass up the towel. Which statement best describes Hiro’s model?

• It shows the pathway of water from the leaves of a plant to the stem.

• It shows the pathway of water from the leaves of a plant to the roots.

• It shows the pathway of water from the roots of a plant through the stem.

• It shows the pathway of water from the roots of a plant directly to the leaves.

A teacher writes the following note on a student’s experimental design: “You did not identify a control group for your experiment.” Why is it important for a scientist to identify a control group for their experiment?

• A control group is required to keep every variable the same.

• A control group is required because it is the variable you are testing.

• A control group is required to follow all the steps of the scientific method.

• A control group is required to compare what you are testing to what normally occurs.

As Dora completes activity 2, which object would cause the bar magnet to move away from point X? 

• an iron nail

• an aluminum can

• the north end of another bar magnet

• the south end of another bar magnet

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What can you conclude from the information in the chart from Max and Shane’s investigation?

• Sand and marbles are conductors.

• Tap water, saltwater, and aluminum foil are conductors.

• The lightbulb did light when an insulator was placed in the electrical circuit.

• The lightbulb did not light when a conductor was placed in the electrical circuit.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Mr. Rodriguez usually keeps his classroom quiet during the day, but he wonders if his students can solve a puzzle in a shorter amount of time with music playing in the background. He decides to conduct an experiment. On Monday he gives his students a puzzle under normal conditions with no music, and records each student's finishing time. On Tuesday he gives his students the same puzzle, but plays music in the background and records each student's finishing time. Which of the following is the control group in Mr. Rodriguez’s experiment?

• the class with no music

• the class with music playing

• the puzzle given to both classes

• the time needed for students to complete the puzzle

Two towns have about the same latitude and elevation. One town is on the coast and the other is far inland. How would the daytime weather of the inland town most likely be different from the daytime weather in the coastal town?

• lower temperatures and less rainfall

• higher temperatures and less rainfall

• lower temperatures and more rainfall

• higher temperatures and more rainfall

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Fred and Wilma observed and recorded the shape of the Moon from their own backyards for a week. Their observations, tools used, and times they observed the Moon are listed in the table below. What caused the difference in observations of the Moon between Fred and Wilma?

• They observed using their five senses.

• They observed the Moon at different times of the night.

• They observed the Moon at different times of the month.

• They observed two different Moons because they were different shapes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Around seven o’clock one evening, Deion observed a pattern of stars, called Orion, in the night sky. Three hours later he went outside to show his parents that same pattern of stars. What would he notice about the pattern of stars after three hours?

• The pattern of stars would appear to be in the same place in the sky.

• The pattern would be smaller because the stars moved closer together.

• The pattern of stars would appear to have moved together across the sky.

• The pattern would change because each star would have moved in a different direction.