Science Benchmark Assessment

What is this scientific instrument of measuring called?

• Triple Beam Balance
• Scale
• Thermometer
• Wheel and Axle

What is the independent varaible by looking at this graph?

• Height
• Age
• Neither
• Both

What is this picture of?

• Thunderstorm
• Tornado
• Hurricane
• Volcano

What does the "H" stand for and what does this mean?

• Hyper People System: people with extreme hyper activity
• High Pressure System: whirling mass of cool, dry air rotating clockwise
• High Pressure System: whirling mass of cool, moist air rotating clockwise
• Hip Pop Song: hip and pop music mix

Which group does this animal belong to?

• Sponge
• Birds
• Mammals
• Arthropods

How do these animals difference from invertebrates?

• They have legs.
• They have lungs.
• They have fur.
• They have a backbone.

One way that mosses and ferns are similar is they both

• are flowering plants
• produce spores
• grow with little rainfall
• are vascular plants

Seeds with one cotyledon

• monocots
• dicots

Seeds with two cotyledons

• monocots
• dicots

Narrow leaves with parallel veins

• monocots
• dicots