Staar Review Quiz

How many planets in the solar system are farther from the sun than Jupiter is?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Answer explanation

The Earth is 3rd from the sun and Jupiter is 2 awar from Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Food chains show feeding relationships between organisms living within an ecosystem. Which food chain correctly shows the flow of energy that might be found in a grassland ecosystem?

• Foxes ->

  Beetles -> Grasses -> Songbirds

• Grasses ->

  Beetles ->

  Songbirds ->

  Foxes

• Foxes ->

  Songbirds ->

  Beetles ->

  Grasses

• Grasses ->

  Foxes ->

  Songbirds ->

  Beetles

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A student washes dishes using hot water. This causes fog to form on the students eyeglasses.

Which process caused the fog to forn on the eyeglasses?

• Water vapor melted on the student's eyeglasses.

• Water vapor evaporated off the student's eyeglasses.

• Water vapor condensed on the student's eyeglasses.

• Water vapor froze on the student's eyeglasses.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A student went outside one evening and saw a full moon. About how many days later can the student expect to see the next third quarter moon?

• 7

• 15

• 22

• 30

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A picture of trees, a mountain, and a pond are shown.

Which process did light undergo on the pond's surface to produce the image of the trees and mountain?

• Refraction

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

An old-growth forest has many tall trees. It also has many smaller shrubs and plants that grow much closer to the ground under the tall trees.

Which factor is MOST LIKELY resonsible for limiting the growth of these smaller shrubs and plants in the forest?

• Limited access to sunlight

• Limited access to water

• Limited access to nutrients

• Limited access to oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A student conducting an investigatiton dissolves salt in water and then adds the salt solution to a beaker containing sand. The students now wants to seperate the salt and the sand from the mixture.

What 2 ways should use to separate the salt and the sand from the mixture.

• Filtration

• Evaporation

• Magnetism

• Shaking

A student watches a toy car speed up as it rolls down a ramp. After the car gets to the bottom of the ramp, the car slows to a stop as it rolls across the classroom floor.

Which force caused the car to speed up when rolling down the ramp, and which force caused it to slow down when rolling across the floor?

• Gravity - Gravity

• Frictition - Friction

• Gravity - Friction

• Friction - Gravity

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Both falcons and bats hunt for their food. Falcons use mainly theiir eyes and bats use mainly their ears to locate prey.

Which form of energy does each predator mainly use for locating their prey?

• Bat: light

  Falcon: thermal

• Bat: sound

  Falcon: light

• Bat: solar

  Falcon: sound

• Bat: solar

  Falcon: electrical

The mouse is consumed by which 2 carnivores?

• Fox

  Snake

• Hawk

  Fox

• Owl

  Hawk

• Snake

  Owl

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4