STAAR Blitz - Day 12 - NICHOLAS GLAESER | Library

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Other Answer Choices:

mass

conducts

properties

magnetic

solid

more

soluble in water

conductor

gas

liquid

insulates

less

5.5.A

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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.
 
A ____________ is an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow.  Electrical current flows through a(n) ___________  circuit and does not flow through a(n) _________  circuit.

Other Answer Choices:

open

closed

circuit

5.6.B

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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

Light travels in a _____________  line.  When light bends as it travels through a medium, _______________  occurs.  When light bounces back off an object, _______________ 
occurs.

Other Answer Choices:

straight

curved

refraction

reflection

5.6.C

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Sort the items below based on their ability to reflect or refract light.

glasses
chrome (shiny metal)
bathroom mirror
a shiny car
fish tank

5.6.C

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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

Sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels take a long time to form.  There are different processes that led to each of them being formed.

Sedimentary rocks are formed when ______________ are ______________in a new place.  Then, _______________and cementation occur over many years change the sediments into sedimentary rock.

Fossil fuels, such as coal, ______________, and natural gas are created from dead organisms that underwent heat and _____________ for _____________ of years.

Other Answer Choices:

sediments

pressure

petroleum

millions

compaction

deposited

5.7.A

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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

_______________ is the breaking down of rocks on Earth’s surface.  ____________moves sediments from one place to another.  _______________occurs when ______________  are dropped off in a new place.  There are three main causes of weathering, erosion, and deposition are wind, ______________________, and ice.

Other Answer Choices:

Weathering

Erosion

Deposition

sediments

water

5.7.B

1

Identify each landform on the picture below.

Other Answer Choices:

wide valley

sand dune

cliff

delta

canyon

mesa

5.7.B

1

Match the landforms on the left to the primary process that formed each one.

sand dune
mesa
wide valley
delta

5.7.B

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Place the order of events in the formation of sedimentary rock.

Other Answer Choices:

The sediments
are deposited
at the bottom
of lakes and
oceans.

The sediments
are
compacted
by pressure
on top and
cemented by
water.

5.7.A

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Place the order of events in the formation of coal.

Other Answer Choices:

Millions of
years ago,
plants in
swamps
collected
energy from
the sun.

Heat and
pressure
changed the
remains into
coal.

5.7.A

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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

Earth ____________ on its _________ once every 24 hours.  Earth’s _____________  causes day and __________.  The sun rises in the _________ each morning and sets in the _________ each evening.

Other Answer Choices:

rotation

west

revolves

rotates

night

axis

east

5.8.C

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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

Animals can use ______________  components of their ecosystem like manmade structures, rocks, shells, and dirt as shelter.  Animals use ___________     components of their ecosystem like plants and other animals as food.

Other Answer Choices:

living

nonliving

5.9.A

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Categorize the items on the left as interacting with a living component or a nonliving component.

A cheetah catches an antelope for a meal
A hawk building its nest with twigs and branches
A badger digs a den in the dirt
A squirrel drinks water from a pond

Interacting with Living Component
Interacting with a Nonliving Component

5.9.A

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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

A food web shows the flow of ___________  through an ecosystem.  Arrows represent the direction energy moves through a food web.  A _____________ is an organism that makes its own energy.  A _____________ must eat in order to get the energy it needs.  A _______________ breaks down dead material and returns nutrients to the soil.

Other Answer Choices:

consumer

producer

energy

decomposer

5.9.B

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Fill in the blanks to complete the passage.

The _____________, or purpose, of a camel’s foot is to allow it to walk easily through sand.  This structure allows the camel to _____________________ in its environment.

Other Answer Choices:

function

live and survive

5.10.A