Statewide Science Assessment

A girl collects rocks while at the beach.  She notices that the rocks are milky white and contain fossils.  What type of rock has she found?

• Sedimentary, because it contains fossils

• Sedimentary, because it is milky white

• Metamorphic, because it contains fossils

• Metamorphic, because it is milky white

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Which is an example of erosion?

• water sitting in a well

• magma rising in a volcano

• wind blowing sand on a beach

• heat melting rock underground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which two processes could result in the formation of high mountains with well-rounded peaks?

• volcanic eruptions and global warming

• earthquakes and tidal activity

• movement of tectonic plates and erosion

• production of greenhouse gases and weathering

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is the order of the planets?

• Earth, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Uranus

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

• Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn

• Mars, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus

Everything we touch is made of…

• Atoms

• Air

• Carbon

• Magic

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Why does the Earth have seasons?

• The Earth is tilted.

• The Earth moves closer to and farther away from the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is an ecosystem?

• How living and non-living organisms interact with each other

• The study of living organisms

• How creatures live and survive in the area around them

• The study of dead organisms and how they are decomposed

What is a lunar eclipse?

• The Earth between the sun and the moon.

• The Moon between the sun and the Earth.

• The Moon between the sun and Jupiter.

• The Earth between the sun and Mercury.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The states of matter are...

• Solid, liquid, gas

• Solid, melting, gas

• Freezing, melting, condensation, evaporation

If there was a drought, what effect would happen in the ecosystem?

• All the animals would thrive and populations would grow.

• There would be a decrease in some of the populations in the ecosystem.

• The populations would stay the same.

• Every population would be effected and the populations would decrease.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4