5th Grade Science STAAR Released Test

Front

What most likely happened to the dead plants and animals?

Back

They became fossil fuels.

Front

Advantage of bony fish tail fin over shark tail fin?

Back

It is easier for a bony fish to change direction quickly since muscles control the movement of the tail fin.

Front

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

Back

How well different soils retain water

Front

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

Back

Object 2, because metals conduct thermal energy and electricity

Front

Which of these describes one or more living organisms that depend on another living organism to survive?

Back

Bacteria living in the mouth of a horse

Front

What is the athlete demonstrating in the picture?

Back

Doing work by pushing the ball and changing its motion and position

Front

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

Back

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

Front

What must occur for students to measure how much liquid water is produced from a 10 L sample of snow?

Back

The temperature of the sample must change.

Front

What is a learned behavior of a bright-red male cardinal that comes to a school bird feeder every morning?

Back

Coming to the bird feeder each morning

Front

Which fuel is an alternative resource that was most likely the first fuel used by humans?

Back

Wood