MAP Science Prep

A student put water and red food coloring into a glass. He put the stem of celery into the glass. The next day he drew pictures of what he saw. Use evidence to explain how plant leaves get water.

How do plants leaves get water?

• leaves gets water from the air

• leaves get water through the whole stem

• leaves get water through small tubes in the stem

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What is the evidence?

(Click on all the evidence that helps your explanation.)

• The leaves turned red.

• The inside of the cut stem is green with red dots.

• The outside of the stem is green

• There are red lines under the outside skin of the stem

• The celery is 15 cm. long

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Make a driagram of a food chain.

Drag the pictures and arrows into the diagram to show how energy is transfered in a food chain.

• Sun ← Grass ← Deer

• Grass→ Deer → Eagle

• Sun → Deer → Eagle

• Sun → Grass → Deer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

These fossil fuels were found in a desert area.

What were the environmental conditions that existed in this area when these fossils were formed?

• This area was sandy and dry

• This area was cold and windy

• This area was covered by water

• This area was covered with rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

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Kayla weighted 500 g of chocolate chips. She put the chocolste chips into a pot on the stove, and the chocolate chips melted.

How much should the chocolate weigh after it melts?

• It will weigh about 400 g because melted chocolate is hot.

• It will weigh about 450 g because melted chocolate takes up less space.

• It will weigh about 500 g because the solid chocolate only change form.

• It will weigh about 550 g because solid chocolate has a lot of air pockets.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Students make a claim that a toy car will go farther with a bigger push.

Show how the students should test their claim. Indicate the correct order for the steps. Some steps may be used more than once.

A. Give the car a big push.

B Give the car a small push.

C. Place the car on the start line.

D. Measure the distance the car travels.

• B, D, C, A, D, A

• C, B, D, C, A, D

• C, B, A, C, B, D

• C, A, B, D, A, D

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​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Drag the names of the energy before and after each conversion to the correct boxes.

a

b

c

d

g

electrical

light

heat

sound

mechanical

chemical

electrical.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Show the position of the Sun in the sky at 6 a.m, 12:00 noon, and 6 p.m in March. by dragging the labels to the correct boxes.

a

b

c

6 p.m.

12 noon

6 a.m.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Use the model to describe how the Earth systems interact.

b

c

a

d

water is heated up by the Sun

water vapor is cooled and condenses

liquid water is collected and stored

liquid water in the atmosphere falls

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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Label each step

a

b

c

d

melting

evaporation

freezing

condensation

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