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Lacewings are insects that hatch from eggs.
Which of these correctly compares the lacewing life cycle with the frog life cycle?
SCI 3.10B
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Which of the following explains how water undergoes a change of state in one stage of the water cycle in order to move from the ocean’s surface into the air?
SCI.5.8b
Students investigate the physical properties of some substances. They draw a table to show how the substances can be grouped. The students need to complete the table with column headings.
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Which column headings should the students use for their table?
SCI.5.5a
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Which change occurs when lemon juice is mixed with water?
SCI.5.5c
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Common duckweed is a small plant that grows on the surface of many ponds and lakes. It is free floating and has a single root.
Which statement describes the type of ecosystem in which duckweed can most likely be observed?
SCI 3.9A
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Students fill a cart with books. The cart has a handle on each end.
Which actions will make moving the cart in one direction easiest for the students?
SCI 3.6B
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The table lists the ingredients of five different mixtures.
In which mixtures do all the ingredients maintain their physical state?
SCI.5.5b
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Which statement correctly describes how a landform is formed?
SCI.5.7b
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A thin beam of light is shown in this picture.
What does the picture demonstrate about light?
SCI.5.6c
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A partial forest food web is shown.
Which list contains only animals that receive energy transferred directly from consumers in this food web?
SCI.5.9b
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A student conducts the investigation shown in the diagram. In this experiment a paper cup hangs from a string tied to a single uncooked spaghetti noodle. The student measures and records the mass of a penny. The student then adds pennies to the paper cup one at a time.
Which question is the student most likely trying to answer with this investigation?
SCI.5.6d
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A student builds a circuit allowing the lightbulbs to light, the buzzers to make sound, and the motors to turn.
Which two switches can be open and still allow all of the parts to work?
SCI.5.6b
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The diagram shows parts of a process that occurred over time.
Which process does this diagram most likely represent?
SCI.5.7a
The photograph shows a laser cutting a sheet of metal as the laser moves from one end of the metal to the other.
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Four groups of students each made a table of examples of the different types of energy involved in this process. Which of these tables is correct?
SCI.5.6a
Students plan to investigate the different states of matter. They will measure the volume of water in three containers after five days. They make this table to organize the data.
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Which graph represents the volume of water most likely left in the containers after five days?
SCI 3.5C
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A student wants to build a circuit with four lightbulbs and one bell. The student wants to place a switch in the circuit so that only one light will still be on and the bell will still ring when the switch is opened.
Which of these circuits should the student build?
SCI.5.6b
The picture shows how a light ray behaves with two different types of materials.
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Which table best describes the behavior of the light ray as it encounters the materials?
SCI.5.6c
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Which of these environments could form coal if the area is buried for a long time?
SCI.5.7a
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A zookeeper sets up a habitat for a certain species of rabbit. Which answer choice describes the rabbit as it interacts with two nonliving parts of the rabbit’s habitat?
SCI.5.9a
The diagram shows the shadow of a tree in a field at noon on a summer day.
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The sun rises at 7:00 A.M. on this day. Which diagram best shows the shadow of the tree at 10:00 A.M. on the same day?
SCI.5.8c
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A student makes a partial Texas aquatic food web as shown.
Which type of organism should replace the X in the food web?
SCI.5.9b
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A student filled each of four beakers with 100 mL of water at 25 °C. The student added an equal amount of a different substance to each of the beakers of water.
Based on the student’s observations in the table, how many of the substances did NOT dissolve in the water?
SCI.5.5a
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A scientist finds the plant fossil shown.
Which question can the scientist most likely answer by examining this fossil?
SCI.5.9d
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The moon, the sun, and Earth have different physical characteristics. Which of these best describes a physical characteristic of the sun?
SCI.5.8d
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Which landform is a result of rapid changes to Earth’s surface?
SCI 3.7B
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The picture shows two animals that live in Texas.
Both animals have structures that help them survive. Which sentence best describes the function of the structures that these animals have in common?
SCI.5.10a
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A student observed and recorded some activities in an aquarium.
An interaction between two living parts of the environment is represented by —
SCI.5.9a
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A student read an article about natural resources and listed some resources in the chart shown.
Which answer choice best classifies the natural resources in the chart?
SCI.4.7c
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Which table correctly classifies statements about weather and climate?
SCI.5.8a
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A student wants to classify four different objects based on physical properties. The student uses the questions shown in the table to test each object.
Which statement correctly identifies two of the materials based on the classification of properties in the table?
SCI.5.5a
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Unlike humans, otters have special flaps that close off their nostrils and ears. These flaps help otters survive in an environment that is —
SCI.5.10a
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A student raises a parrot from the time it hatches. Which of these behaviors did the parrot most likely learn from living in the student’s home?
SCI.5.10b
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Eight activities that use energy are listed in the box.
Each of these activities requires the use of which kind of energy?
SCI.5.6a
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This photograph shows a fence between a sand dune and a road.
What is most likely the main reason this fence was built?
SCI.5.7b
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A wooded habitat changes as a new road is built.
How will building this road most likely affect this habitat?
SCI.5.9c
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A group of students makes observations about fish in a small aquarium.
