NYS Science Test Prep

Which list contains only nonliving things?

• coins, snakes, birds

• water, rocks, sunlight

• rubber ball, plants, house

• soil, fish, air

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NGSS.2-PS1-1

An example of a learned behavior is

• driving a car

• having blue eyes

• shivering in the cold

• breathing air

Some birds build nests in the spring. This nest building is a seasonal adaptation that occurs to help the birds

• fly south

• find food

• protect their young

• survive the winter

Which plant structure takes in the water and nutrients used by the plant to grow?

• flower

• leaf

• stem

• roots

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

Each seed is attached to a structure that helps the seed to

• obtain water

• produce food

• disperse (spread)

• capture sunlight

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

The diagram below shows a bird. The ♫ symbol represents the bird making sounds (chirping).

Which animal behavior is demonstrated by the bird chirping?

• taking in nutrients

• eliminating waste

• reproducing

• communicating

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NGSS.4-LS1-2

What is a decomposer?

• a living thing that breaks down dead organisms

• a living thing that makes its own food

• an animal that eats live plants

• an animal that hunts other animals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The fur of an arctic fox turns from brown to white as winter approaches. This is an example of

• camouflage

• hibernation

• migration

• movement

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Some birds live in a forest. If many of the trees in the forest are cut down, the shelter for the birds will

• decrease

• increase

• remain the same

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The human body gets the energy it needs for growth and repair directly from

• soil

• food

• sunlight

• water