General Science P4-P6

What is the 6th planet from the sun?

• Jupiter

• Saturn

• Venus

• Neptune

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Liquid has _______.

• no definite shape or volume

• a fixed or definite shape but no definite volume.

• a fixed or definite shape and volume.

• a definite or fixed volume but no definite shape.

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

Which is an example of an insulator?

• silver

• diamond

• graphite

• copper

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

In which season do the sun's rays hit the Earth at the most direct angle?

• Winter

• Autumn

• Spring

• Summer

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

After observing an outdoor ecosystem, a student writes this conclusion in a science notebook: "Ecosystems are only made of biotic components." Is the student's conclusion logical?

• Yes, because ecosystems are made of living things that interact. 

• Yes, because an ecosystem is another name for habitat.

• No, because ecosystems are made of living and nonliving components that interact.

• No, because an ecosystem has nothing to do with biotic components. 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Students want to write a summary statement explaining how the sun and oceans interact in the water cycle. Which evidence could be used to prove these claims. 

• Water rains down as precipitation from the clouds and returns to the oceans as transpiration.

• Water is heated by the sun and cycles through the oceans, the atmosphere, and Earth's fresh water. 

• Water condenses from the oceans and returns to Earth as evaporation.

• Runoffs return the water to the clouds where it precipitates as snow.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Maria was observing swallowtail butterflies in the wild in Martindale. Which one of these is an "observation" that she could have made?

• The swallowtail likes to fly more than its other activities.

• The swallowtail belongs to the class, Insecta.

• The swallowtail is closely related to the Monarch butterfly anatomically.

• There are 550 species of swallowtail butterflies.