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A student observed a white light bulb while looking through three different sheets of transparent plastic. The student recorded the observations in the data table.

Which explanation do these data best support?

• Each plastic sheet absorbs one wavelength of light.

• Each plastic sheet transmits a different wavelength of light.

• Each plastic sheet refracts the wavelengths of light from the light bulb at different angles.

• Each plastic sheet changes the wavelengths of light from the light bulb in different amounts.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A student is using a model to demonstrate redshift as part of a scientific argument about the nature of the universe.

Which list correctly completes the model to represent how information from stars can be used to understand the nature of the universe?

• 1. away 2. redshifted 3. expanding

• 1. toward 2. unshifted 3. expanding

• 1. toward 2. redshifted 3. contracting

• 1. away 2. unshifted 3. contracting

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

In 1929 American astronomer Edwin Hubble published observations that the wavelength of light emitted from distant galaxies was long and that it shifted toward the red end of the electromagnetic spectrum. Which conclusion about these galaxies can best be made from these observations?

• The galaxies are old since their wavelengths of light are compressed.

• The galaxies are newly formed since their wavelengths of light are stretched.

• The galaxies are moving toward Earth because their wavelengths of light are compressed.

• The galaxies are moving away from Earth because their wavelengths of light are stretched.

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NGSS.HS-PS4-1

The diagram represents the Sun-Earth-Moon system. As Earth spins on its axis, the view of the Moon from Earth changes.

Which moon phases are matched to a correct location on the model?

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The map shows the locations of volcanoes in an area.

Which geologic feature is most likely responsible for the formation of these volcanoes?

• a convergent boundary where oceanic crust is being subducted

• a divergent boundary where new crust is forming a mid-ocean ridge

• a region where hot convection currents are rising through the mantle

• a hot spot where crust is thin enough to allow mantle material to rise to the surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A student is studying a diagram that shows the interaction of two lithospheric plates at a plate boundary. Which statement correctly identifies the most likely surface feature at point 1 and explains its formation?

• Point 1 represents a mountain because the plates are pulling apart, causing new land to rise upward.

• Point 1 represents a mid-ocean ridge because the colliding plates are causing magma to rise and uplift the crust.

• Point 1 represents a volcano because the colliding plates are turning solid rock into magma that is rising to the surface

• Point 1 represents an island hot spot because the plates are pulling apart, allowing magma to reach the surface and form new land.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A student reads about a sexually reproducing population that has high genetic variability. Which statement best explains how this characteristic affects survival of the population if it is exposed to a new disease?

• This characteristic reduces chances for survival because a variation for disease resistance is more likely to exist among the population.

• This characteristic increases chances for survival because a variation for disease resistance is less likely to exist among the population.

• This characteristic reduces chances for survival because a variation for disease resistance is less likely to exist among the population.

• This characteristic increases chances for survival because a variation for disease resistance is more likely to exist among the population.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which statement best explains the conditions that cause volcanoes to form along the northern and southwestern edges of the Pacific Plate?

• The movement of material in the mantle causes the formation of new rock in these areas

• The mantle has convection currents that cause the crust of two plates to collide in these areas.

• The downward movement of cooling magma causes earthquakes to release energy in these areas

• The collection of magma below the plate boundary causes a subduction zone to form in these areas.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

A student builds a stack of different layers of clay and places two marbles in one of the layers of clay. Using this model, which concept can the student best communicate about the marbles?

• The marbles represent organisms of the same species that died.

• The marbles represent different fossils that are about the same age.

• The marbles represent organisms that became extinct at different times.

• The marbles represent rocks that became fossils at about the same time.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

During an investigation, a student measured the distances that four electric toy cars traveled in 12 seconds.

Which toy car had an average speed of 2.5 m/s?

• car 1

• car 2

• car 3

• car 4

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1