STAAR Ciencias Quinto Grado

A student wants to answer the following testable question: Does the length of the string affect the number of times a washer will swing back and forth when released at a 45 degree angle?

Which diagram shows the three trials that will answer the testable question?

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• B

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• D

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Which diagram best represents the Sun-Earth-Moon system?

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• B

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• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which list correctly identifies the physical characteristics both Earth and its moon have in common?

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• B

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• D

Data for three animal populations in a small area was collected over a period of 20 years. In 2002, an outdoor shopping mall was built in the area. Researchers found that the squirrel and raccoon populations grew between 2000 and 2010 due to additional food sources while the population of deer decreased. Which graph best shows the change in animal populations?

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• D

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which T-chart correctly classifies learned behaviors and inherited traits?

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• B

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• D

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NGSS.3-LS3-1

Which image best represents one or more living organisms depending on another living organism for survival?

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• D

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What most likely happened to the dead plants and animals?

• They were eaten by scavengers.

• G They became fossil fuels.

• H They were washed away by water

• J They became an underground aquifer.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What property of soils is the student most likely examining with this procedure?

• F The differences in texture between wet and dry soils

• G How well different soils retain water

• H How much water is needed to dissolve different soils

• J The amount of time it takes different soils to dry

Based on their properties, which of the objects is most likely a metal?

• Object , because it is a solid that is less dense than water

• Object 2, because all metals float in water

• Object 2, because metals conduct thermal energy and electricity

• Object1, because it can be used to provide insulation for thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Which statement correctly describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this wetland?

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

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

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

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

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3