Science STAAR 2023

Find how a sudden elimination of zooplankton will immediately affect this food web.

• Phytoplankton numbers will decrease.

• Tuna numbers will increase.

• Shrimp numbers will decrease.

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Phytoplankton are producers because

• they use sunlight to make their own food

• they give off air bubbles to keep the water fresh

• they eat other consumers for energy

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Solids, liquids, and gases have different properties. This is ice. It is a solid. Find the description of a solid.

• definite mass and takes the shape of its container

• no definite mass and no definite shape

• definite mass and definite shape

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

This is a hot beverage that is turning into steam, a gas.

Find why the beverage changes from a liquid to a gas.

• It had heat removed.

• It had heat added.

• It was poured into a glass.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The swing being pushed to move back and forth demonstrates mechanical energy.

Find an example of mechanical energy.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Find how the boy can reduce the force needed to lift the heavy object.

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

This is a food web from a Gulf of Mexico biome.

Find the food web.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Find an organism that is in this food web.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Water can be a solid, a liquid, or a gas.

When water boils it changes into a gas.

Find the gas.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

When heat is added to water, it begins to boil.

The steam that is released is a gas.

Find the liquid that is changing to gas.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4