Earth and Space
Life
Chemistry
Physics
Testing strategies
100

The general paths of storm systems that travel across the continental United States are primarily driven by:

* Ocean currents

* Local winds

 * Mountains

*  The jet stream

The Jet stream

100

What is characterized as a mistake or change in an organism's DNA?

Mutation

100

Matter is

What is anything that has mass and takes up space

100

An example of an action/reaction force.

* air escaping from a balloon

*Ball bouncing off of a wall

* rocket traveling through the air

* all of these

Bonus - Which of Netwont's laws does this apply to?

What is all of these

Newton's 3rd law of motion

100

True or false - The ASR is a reading test with big words and all of the answers can be found in the material given. 

What  is true

200

 The jet stream separates major air masses over the central continental U.S. The high pressure air mass to the north of the jet stream has which of the following characteristics in winter?

W) Warm and humid

X) Warm and dry

Y) Cold and humid

Z) Cold and dry

What is Cold and dry

200

What is the difference between a community and a population?

A community is a group of different species living in a common location

A population is a group of the same species living in a common location

200

What is the chemical formula for iron (III) oxide?

Fe2O3

200

Which of the following situations does NOT involve potential energy being changed into kinetic energy?

An apple falling from a tree

Shooting a dart from a spring-loaded gun

Pulling back the string of a bow

A creek flowing down stream

What is Pulling back the string of a bow

200

If giving nontext answers this is the most important thing to remember and do. 

What is LABEL everything clearly

300

Consider the following facts: Neptune is greater than 17 times more massive than Earth and orbits the Sun at less than 20% of the speed that Earth travels in its orbit. Also, Neptune is spinning almost 6 times faster than Earth. How does Neptune’s day length compare to Earth’s?

What is IT IS SHORTER THAN AN EARTH DAY 

300

In an environment what are the abiotic factors?

Any nonliving part of the enivronment ie: rocks, temperature, amount of sunlight, water, etc. 
300

During which change of state do atoms or molecules become more ordered? 

Solid to gas

Gas to liquid

Liquid to solid

Liquid to solid

300

Atomic reactions can produce an alternate source of energy called

What is nuclear energy

300

The type of material that should be "Chunked"

What is large amounts of text and data
400

 Why is it winter in the northern hemisphere when it is summer in the southern hemisphere?

W) The manner in which the Earth rotates regulates the seasons on Earth

X) The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun when the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun

Y) Because of the Earth’s revolution, each hemisphere experiences summer when it is closest to the Sun and winter when it is further away

Z) Because of the Earth’s rotation, seasons are regulated by photoperiods

What is The northern hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun when the southern hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun 

400
  • If we were studying how birds reacted to temperature change what would we do?


    • Ask a bird

    • Study their migration patterns

    • Capture 100 birds and put scientific devices on them.

    • Look on line.

What is study their migration patterns
400

When naming ionic compounds, which group of elements require Roman Numerals?

Transition Metals

400

Resistance to motion when 2 objects come into contact with one another

What is Friction

400

Key terms

What are the words in a prompt (question) that will tell you what type of answer you should give. 

500

Which of the following best describes what drives plate tectonics?

W) Energy from the Sun driving ocean currents and plates

X) Heat from the Earth’s interior driving convection in the mantle

Y) Scientists have not yet developed a robust theory but some leading researchers are linking it to ocean currents

Z) Earthquakes drive plate tectonics, volcanism, and global wind systems

What is Heat from the Earth’s interior driving convection in the mantle 

500

What type of ecosystem do we live in? 

Name a population and a community that we would find here.

What is a desert ecosystem.

What are coyote

What are coyote, rabbits, and deer

500

True or False: A chemical change means that a NEW product is formed because atoms are rearranged.

What is true

500

The law of conservation of energy

What is energy cannot be created or destroyed only tranferred or transformed. 

500

Stand alone

Cluster

Extended response

Inquiry Task

What are the four types of questions on a standardized test