STAAR Review: Science High School

• Dry, rocky mountains

• Forests of pine trees

• Tall, spiny cacti

• Lakes and rivers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Which of the following is a process that creates the sediments that form sedimentary rock?

• Wind, water, and ice breaking rock into smaller pieces

• Heat from the earth melting rock below the surface

• Volcanoes putting out lava that cools to form new rock

• Continents pushing together to fold layers of rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Small particles of broken down rock can be formed into sedimentary rock when they are buried and then –

• melted completely because of extreme heat.

• compressed and cemented together.

• pushed upward and exposed to wind and water.

• contaminated by underground nuclear material.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A student wanted a model to demonstrate what causes day and night on Earth. The model, illustrated above, was created by placing a softball on a table in a dark room and shining a flashlight on the softball. In this model, what most likely represents the Sun?

• The softball

• The table

• The dark room

• The flashlight

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Observations of sand dunes, like the one in the Mojave Desert pictured here, reveal two characteristics of the dunes. First, sand dunes have a long side with a gentle slope and a short side with a steep slope. Second, they tend to move from one place to another over time. Which of the following best explains the cause of these characteristics?

• Deserts tend to be very hot year round.

• Wind shapes and moves the sand dunes.

• Rain creates the unique form of sand dunes.

• Temperature changes break up large desert rocks.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Students wanted to model the way water erosion can create certain landforms. They let water pour in a thin line over a salt brick for half an hour. The diagram above shows how the brick changed. Which of the following best describes the real-world landform they modeled?

• A delta created by stream deposits

• A canyon carved by a river

• A mountain built by folding rock layers

• Alake filling up with glacial meltwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The most reasonable conclusion for scientists to draw after finding fossil fish bones in the sedimentary rocks beneath a forest would be that in the ancient past this area was covered by–

• sand.

• rocks.

• water.

• plants.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The chart above shows the kinds of fossils found in a certain region at different depths in the rock layers. The most recent environment for which this sequence of fossils gives us evidence was most likely what?

• Ocean

• Desert

• Forest

• Lake

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

When the switch is closed in the illustration above, the bulb will glow. This is because the battery sends what kind of energy through the wire?

• Mechanical

• Electrical

• Sound

• Thermal

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NGSS.4-PS3-2

What kind of energy must be added to change a solid to a liquid?

• Thermal

• Electrical

• Light

• Mechanical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4