Interpreting Data

In school, Kerry learned how much rain her town receives on average each year. She read that most of the rain comes in the spring. Kerry made a pie graph to display the information she read. Each color on the pie graph represents a season. Which color represents spring?

• yellow

• green

• red

• purple

Explanations for occurrences in the natural world should be based on _______.

• opinion

• guesses

• evidence

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Pedro has a new puppy. When Pedro got the puppy, it was 8 weeks old and weighed 12 pounds. Every week for the next three weeks, Pedro weighed the puppy and recorded the results in the chart below. If the puppy continues to grow at the same rate, how much will it weigh when it is 12 weeks old?

• 30 pounds

• 28 pounds

• 32 pounds

• 26 pounds

What caused Javier's plants to grow different amounts?

• He gave the plants different amounts of water.

• He gave the plants different amounts of sunlight.

• He gave the plants different amounts of fertilizer.

• He put each plant in a different colored pot.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

While talking about the test with other teachers, Mr. Smith used this table to show that

• there were too many words on the spelling test.

• the spelling test was too hard.

• the students did well on this spelling test.

• the students will all do well on the next spelling test.

During a scientific study, Tracy found that taking small amounts of zinc can help people recover more quickly from a cold. During the experiment, Tracy carefully wrote down every step of her methods and all of her results. What should Tracy do next?

Look at the data. Based on the graph, which is true?

• Ten of Sierra's friends like purple.

• Sierra only wears yellow clothes.

• Two of Sierra's friends were wearing blue shirts.

• Fewest of Sierra's friends like pink.

Do Amy's results support her belief about the plant food? Refer to the table provided for details on the number of flowers with and without plant food.

• The results definitely support her belief.

• The results don't tell her anything.

• The results do not support her belief.

• The results tell her that there are no plant foods that work.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Why should Gregory keep careful records of all of the procedures that he uses during his experiment?

• so that other people know whether to eat peanuts, sunflower seeds, or acorns

• so that other people can steal his ideas and claim them for their own

• so that other people can feed the squirrels at their local park

• so that other people can repeat the experiment and compare results

Mrs. Baker's class is feeding their pet fish two different kinds of food. Food A is blue and rectangular. Food B is green and round. All of the fish eat food B only. One of the students says that the fish like food B because the fish like the color green. Another student says that the fish like food B because the fish like round-shaped food. Which student's conclusion is valid?

• Only the second student's conclusion is valid because the two kinds of food are the same color.

• Both conclusions could be valid because there are different ways to interpret the same results.

• Neither conclusion is valid because scientific investigations cannot be done on living organisms.

• Only the first student's conclusion is valid because the two kinds of food are the same shape.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4