Staar 2024

Which of the following best describes an electron?

• It has no charge and about the same mass as a proton

• It has a negative charge and much less mass than a proton

• It has a positive charge and much more mass than a neutron

• It has a negative charge and about the same mass as a neutron

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

The diagram below shows four positions in Earth's orbit around the sun. 
The Northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of spring when Earth is in-

• Position 1

• Position 2

• Position 3

• Position 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of these locations on Earth experiences the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?

• Equator

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The points labeled W and Y on the topographic map below show the campsites of two families. Each family hiked to the elevation on the map marked X. The arrows show the paths taken by both families.
What was the change in elevation, to the nearest ten meters, for the family that took the steepest path to Point X?

• 10

• 20

• 60

• 120

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.

• It is spring.

• It is winter.

• It is fall.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them. 

• They may eat more than one other organism. 

• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 

• They have no resources available to them.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

• Increasing salinity of seawater near the land

• Intense rays from the sun striking the land

• Solids floating in seawater depositing on the land

• Strong storm winds blowing across the land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is shown below.
Based on this diagram, which type of stars would belong to spectral class M and have the highest luminosity?

• Main-sequence stars

• Giants

• White dwarfs

• Supergiants

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The diagram below shows a model of the movement of two tectonic plates. When the plates collide, one plate often moves below the other plate.
The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce-

• fossil layers

• volcanic islands

• deep-sea sediment

• seafloor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Which of the following best describes the process of photosynthesis?

• A) Conversion of glucose into energy in the mitochondria

• B) Conversion of light energy into chemical energy in chloroplasts

• C) Breakdown of carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon

• D) Absorption of nutrients from the soil by roots

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3