Science Benchmark Review

A person sees the Moon in the night sky and creates a model using a drawing of the moon. The moon does not give off light. What should the person add to the model to explain why the Moon is visible in the night sky?

• add a person’s eyes producing light at night

• add a person’s eyes reflecting light from nearby

• add the Moon reflecting light from the Sun

• add the Sun shining light into the person’s eyes

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A deer sees a human walking in the woods and becomes scared. The diagram shows the deer looking at the human.

Where on the diagram can a student place a star sticker to show what will happen in the deer’s body after it sees the human?

• Place a star on the deer’s teeth and tongue. The deer gets a message to eat.

• Place a star on the deer’s fur. The deer gets a message to grow.

• Place a star on the deer’s leg muscles. The deer gets a message to run.

• Place a star on the deer’s ears. The deer gets a message to twitch.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A book is placed inside a dark room, and a child cannot see the book. However, the child can see the book when a lit candle is placed in the dark room near the book. The table shows what the child sees.

Which statement correctly describes how the book is visible to the child?

• The light from the candle passes through the book.

• The book reflects the light produced by the candle.

• The book absorbs all the light falling on it from the candle.

• The light from the candle scatters in all directions in the dark room.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The diagram shows symbols representing different components.

A teacher explains that when the body senses a stimulus, the body responds in a specific pattern. Which sequence of symbols can the teacher use to support the explanation?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Chart 1 lists steps involved in a cat’s response when its paw touches a puddle of water.

What is the order of information flow that takes place when a cat’s paw touches a puddle of water?

• 1, 2, 4, 3, 5

• 1, 4, 2, 5, 3

• 1, 5, 2, 3, 4

• 1, 3, 2, 5, 4

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

An animal eats small, red tomatoes and likes the sweet-sour taste. Next, the animal finds an eats some small, red berries and likes the sweet taste. However, the red berries make the animal feel sick because they are yew berries that have harmful seeds. The model shows the described behavior.

Which statement best describes the sense the animal will use in the future to find food and the behavior that will occur because of eating the red yew berries?

• The animal will use vision and likely be more careful before eating red fruits.

• The animal will use taste and likely spit out fruit that does not taste good.

• The animal will use touch and likely be faster at picking red fruits.

• The animal will use sound and likely listen for differences in fruits before eating them.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

A teacher turns off the lights in a room. The other people in the room cannot see their tables. The teacher turns on the lights, and the tables can now be seen. The people in the room write statements about their experience.

Which statement explains what occurs?

• 1 and 3

• 1 and 4

• 2 and 4

• 2 and 5

Which model shows how information moves through an organism?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8