Science STAAR

The Grand Canyon is more than 400 km long and in some places almost 2 km deep. Which model best represents the main process that formed the Grand Canyon?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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A family takes a group picture in a park where bluebonnets are blooming. The family notices that some of the blooms are white and others are blue. The color of the blooms is most likely determined by —

• inheritance from parent plants

• the age of the plant

• the types of consumers that eat the plant

• air temperature

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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A family was vacationing in the mountains in a cabin that had no electrical power. They needed boiling water in order to prepare dried soup mix. With no electrical energy available, which method would most likely provide enough thermal energy to quickly heat the water to boiling?

• Using a microwave oven to heat water in a glass jar for 3 minutes

• Shining a battery-powered flashlight on a metal container of water for 10 minutes

• Placing a metal pot of water over glowing charcoal in an outdoor grill for 10 minutes

• Shaking the water in a closed, insulated plastic bottle for 3 minutes

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

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Aquatic plants have adaptations that help them live in water. For example, the structures needed for making food are located on the tops of floating plant leaves. This adaptation helps the plants —

• absorb sunlight

• capture fish

• stay anchored

• avoid predators

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

• Dry, rocky mountains

• Forests of pine trees

• Tall, spiny cacti

• Lakes and rivers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the atomic number of oxygen?

• 5

• Sandwich

• 8

• 17

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the molecular structure of table salt?

• Sandwich

• Molecular who?

• H2O

• NaCl

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Energy=____to the speed of light squared

• Gravity

• Mass

• Sandwich

• Lightning

What female Nobel Prize winner conducted research on radioactivity?

• Sandwich

• Tierra Guinn

• Marie Curie

• Isaac Newton

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Who was Dimitri Ivanovich Mendeleev?

• Periodic table inventor

• Sandwich

• A singer

• An Astronomer

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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