Science State Assessment

What is the difference between an independent and dependent variable?

• independent variable is what you change in the experiment, dependent variable is the result of the change

• dependent variable is what you change in the experiment, independent variable is the result of the change

• independent variable is altered and dependent variable is altered too

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Why do we want to test one variable at a time?

• Because it is hard to setup a data table with more

• To know what is causing the changes. This helps us understand cause and effect.

• It is what has always been done

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Where are earthquakes most likely to occur?

• In the middle of plates

• In the oceans

• Along plate boundaries

• Anywhere on the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This is an example of what type of relationship between organisms?

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Competition

What type of front is this?

• Warm front

• Cold front

• Stationary front

• Occluded front

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Organisms who receive their energy by consuming other organisms.

• Chloroplast

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

• Phototropism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The part of a cell that contains the chromosomes (wound up DNA) in eukaryotic cells.

• Chloroplasts

• Cell Wall

• Nucleus

• Homeostasis

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The genetic code for all of your traits.

• Nucleus

• DNA

• Chloroplast

• Recessive gene

The organelle inside a plant cell that converts sunlight into energy.

• Chloroplast

• Photosynthesis

• Parasite

• Cell Wall

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The part of a plant cell that is rigid & permeable.

• Chloroplast

• Turgor Pressure

• Cell Wall

• Phototropism