Science STAAR Practice

Process by which an animal or plant species becomes fitted to its environment to help them survive.

• Interdependence

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Competition

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Photosynthetic plant that is the beginning of the food chain for many aquatic animals.

• Phytoplankton

• Parasite

• Producer

• Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Mutual dependence between organisms in order to help them survive.

• Competition

• Interdependence

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Variety of life

• Natural Selection

• Ecological Succession

• Interdependence

• Biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

• 4N 
• 6N 
• 10 N 
• 14 N 

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

• 40,000 N
• 100 N
• 100 m/s^2
• 10,000 kg

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

• The cart was stationary with a velocity of 0 m/s for the entire 7 seconds. 
• The cart was stationary except for a short burst of acceleration of 0.5 m/s^2 . 
• The cart moved at a constant velocity of 0.5 m/s for the entire 7 seconds.
• The cart accelerated at a constant rate of approximately 0.8 m/s^2 . 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

• Activity 3 required more work than Activity 1, but Activity 3 did not require more work than Activity 2. 
• Activity 1 required the same amount of work as Activity 3. 
• Activity 2 required the most work. 
• Activity 1 was the only activity that required work. 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

• Airplane W has a greater kinetic energy than Airplane X. 
• The two airplanes have the same gravitational potential energy but different kinetic energies. 
• Airplane X has more gravitational potential energy than Airplane W. 
• The two airplanes have the same kinetic energy but different gravitational potential energies.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Four students were asked to name the parts of an atom that determine the atom's identity and chemical properties. The student's responses are shown in the table. Which student's responses are correct?

• student 1

• student 2

• student 3

• student 4

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1