STAAR Science Questions

Students placed four cubes of the same volume in a beaker of water. One cube floats on top of the water, one cube sinks to the bottom, and two cubs float in the middle of the water, beneath the surface. Click on the correct answer for Part A and Part B.

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5.5A

A partial food web is shown. Make a food chain that shows a complete pathway in which energy flows in this food web.

• Grasses

• Hawks

• Mice

• Snakes

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5.9B

The diagram shows land and sea. What is most likely occurring in Location X?

• Weathering of rock by water

• Cementation to form sedimentary rock

• Deposition to form a river delta

• Layering of deposited sediment

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5.7B

A table classifying objects by physical properties is shown. What column heading should be used at the top of each column? Match the letter of the column heading to the correct answer.

Column A: ​ (a)  

Column B: ​ (b)  

Column C: ​ (c)  

Column D: ​ (d)  

• Soluble in Water
• Electrical Conductor
• Less Dense than Water
• Attracted to a Magnet

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5.5A

A partial forest food web is shown. Which organism does NOT obtain energy from any producers?

• Possum

• Deer

• Chipmunk

• Owl

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5.9B

The chart lists animal behaviors. Which behaviors are not correctly classified? Select TWO of the following choices.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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5.10B

Canyons are U-shaped valleys form differently. Choose the correct answer for Part A and Part B.

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5.7B

With the switches in the positions shown, which lights appear lit?

• C and D only

• A, B, C, and D

• A and B only

• None of the bulbs

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5.6B

Three objects are shown. Based on their common properties, how should these objects be classified?

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5.5A

Match each landform to how it is formed.

• delta

• ice weathering and erosion

• V-shaped valley

• water weathering and erosion

• sand dune

• wind deposition

• U-shaped valley

• water deposition

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5.7B