Science STAAR Review

The diagram below shows four positions in Earth's orbit around the sun. 
The Northern Hemisphere experiences the beginning of spring when Earth is in-

• Position 1

• Position 2

• Position 3

• Position 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which of these locations on Earth experiences the least change in the number of daylight hours throughout the year?

• Equator

• North Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The diagram below shows a model of the movement of two tectonic plates. When the plates collide, one plate often moves below the other plate.
The rising magma that can result from this type of plate movement may produce-

• fossil layers

• volcanic islands

• deep-sea sediment

• seafloor spreading

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The points labeled W and Y on the topographic map below show the campsites of two families. Each family hiked to the elevation on the map marked X. The arrows show the paths taken by both families.
What was the change in elevation, to the nearest ten meters, for the family that took the steepest path to Point X?

• 10

• 20

• 60

• 120

What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?

• It is summer.

• It is spring.

• It is winter.

• It is fall.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Organisms that digest dead producers and consumers such as mold, fungus, bacteria and worms.

• Producer

• Parasite

• Decomposer

• Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem until a stable community is established.

• Ecological Succession

• Biodiversity

• Adaptation

• Competition

Process by which organisms that are suited to a particular environment are better able to survive and reproduce than other organisms that are not.

• Ecological Succession

• Biodiversity

• Natural Selection

• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them. 

• They may eat more than one other organism. 

• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 

• They have no resources available to them.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a body system that controls growth and homeostasis by secreting hormones from glands.

• skeletal system

• nervous system

• endocrine sytem

• integumentary system