Module 3

Rhett read the source above about catfish. Based on the source, he made this claim: The catfish's taste buds help it to locate food. Which evidence from the source best supports this claim?

• A catfish can have as many as 175,000 taste buds.

• A catfish has a lot of taste buds.

• Catfish are named for their feline-like whiskers.

• Catfish have poor eyesight.

Ms. Urdaz's class voted on their favorite animals. This bar graph shows the results of this vote. Based on the graph, which statement best describes how the students voted? Select the TWO correct answers.

• Fewer students voted for fish than monkeys.

• More students voted for monkeys than giraffes.

• Fewer students voted for cats than fish.

• More students voted for dogs than cats.

Read the stimulus about cat's eyes above. Based on the stimulus, which claim best explains how one body structure helps a cat survive?

• The cat's ears help it to hear the smallest of sounds.

• The cat's fur help to keep it warm.

• The pupils of a cat's eye can help it to see its prey.

• The claws of a cat help it to catch its prey.

Using the source above, which claim best explains how one body/sensory structure helps a rabbit survive?

• The rabbit's nose helps it to find food.

• The rabbit's ears help it to eat food.

• The rabbit's back legs help it to jump far distances.

• The rabbit's ears help it to listen for predators.

Which of the following is a scientific OBSERVATION about the elephant's behaviors in the photo?

• Why are the elephants rolling around in the mud?

• The elephants are in a desert.

• Elephants are huge mammals.

• The elephants are rolling around in the mud.

• That looks like fun.

Open the image and analyze closely and then answer the question. Look at the different colored layers in the basin in Diagram 3. Which layer has the youngest rocks.

• Yellow

• Green

• Orange

• Charcoal

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Open the image and read closely and then select all that are correct.

• Bothe the plain ice and the gravel ice leave a path in the sand.

• Sometimes gravel falls off the ice block and is left behind, embedded in the sand and clay.

• The gravel ice leaves scratches in the clay and grooves in the sand.

• The plain ice moves more easily on the sand than the clay.

• The gravel ice pushes the sand ahead of the block. The sand piles up in front, forming a small hill.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Open the picture and read and review it closely. Then answer the question.

How long did it take for the erosion to go from Diagram 1 to Diagram 3?

• Many weeks

• Many years

• Many hundreds of years

• Many millions of years.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Open the image and analyze closely and then answer the question.

Where did the sediment shown in the basin in Diagram 2 come from

• The center of the earth

• Animals digging and burrowing.

• Humans leaving rubbish

• The mountain wearing down.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which layer of rock is most likely the oldest.

• The layer containing triolbites.

• The layer containing fish.

• The layer containing amphibians.

• The layer containing dionsaurs.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-4