Science GMAS Review 1

Which is the BEST comparison of static electricity and electric current?

• Static electricity flows through wires, while electric current jumps across wires.

• Static electricity involves open circuits, while electric current involves closed circuits.

• Static electricty involves build-up of electrons in an object, while electric current involves the flow of electrons through wires.

• Static electricity begins with objects that have a negative charge, while electric current begins with objects that have a positive charge.

Which statement about vertebrates is true?

• Vertebrates have skeletons.

• Vertebrates live only on land.

• Most animals are vertebrates.

• Vertebrates do not have backbones.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Where will ice MOST LIKELY weather Earth's surface features?

• on the ocean floor below iceburgs

• on land where much rain falls and temperatures are warm

• on land where little rain falls and temperatures are below freezing

• on land where rain falls and temperatures vary above and below freezing

Which of these actions to substances can be reversed? Select TWO actions.

• rusting

• mixing

• burning

• bending

• tarnishing

A student studies algae in a lake. The student records her observations in the table.

Which argument is supported by the student's evidence?

• Some microorganisms are harmful to animals

• Many animals are beneficial to microorganisms

• Some microorganisms are beneficial to animals

• Microorganisms are too small to affect most animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A student researches several plants. She then groups them according to their characteristics.

Which are MOST LIKELY the names of the plant groups?

• ferns, trees

• mosses, flowering plants

• spore producers, seed producers

• flowering plants, coniferous plants

Which statement describes how deposition builds up the surface of a floodplain?

• Lava flows from a volcano and piles up.

• Rainwater seeps into the ground and freezes.

• A river flows over its banks and slows down.

• A river slows down as it flows into the ocean.

A student carries out an investigation to observe a change of state in water. She records her observations and data in the diagram.

Which argument is supported by the student's observations?

• A decrease in temperature makes water change from a liquid to a solid.

• A decrease in temperature makes water change from a solid to a liquid.

• An increase in temperature makes water change from a liquid to a solid.

• An increase in temperature makes water change from a solid to a liquid.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A scientist plans to make models of three kinds of cells: oak leaf, squirrel muscle, and fern leaf.

Which model(s) will have organelles that contain chlorophyll?

• only the fern leaf cell

• only the squirrel muscle cell

• the fern leaf and the oak leaf cell

• the oak leaf cell, the squirrel muscle cell, and they fern leaf cell

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The leaders of a coastal town want to slow the erosion of a nearby beach. Which technology should they research?

• groins

• levees

• storm drains

• beach nourishment

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2