Science STAAR Released Test

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

• It is easier for a bony fish to change direction quickly since muscles control the movement of the tail fin.

• The bones in the tail fin help a bony fish sink to lower depths in the water when searching for food.

• The flexible tail fin is fanned by the water, so a bony fish uses less energy to swim.

• The thin spines of the tail fin prevent a bony fish from being seen by larger predator fish.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• The differences in texture between wet and dry soils

• How well different soils retain water

• How much water is needed to dissolve different soils

• The amount of time it takes different soils to dry

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

• Energy is transferred from hawks to shrews to grasshoppers to marsh grasses.

• Energy is transferred from marsh grasses to crickets to hawks to frogs.

• Energy is transferred from grasshoppers to crickets to frogs to hawks.

• Energy is transferred from cattails to crickets to shrews to hawks.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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• Light can be refracted and separated into different colors as it moves from air to a different medium.

• Light is refracted as it moves from one medium to another medium.

• Light travels in a straight line and can be reflected off the surface of water.

• Light is absorbed by water and reflected off glass.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

• a rapid series of earthquakes

• volcanic activity

• a flood with rapidly moving water

• the movement of a glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4