PSSA Pretest
Quiz by Aimee Dietrich
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includes Teacher and Student dashboards
Measure skillsfrom any curriculum
Measure skills
from any curriculum
Tag the questions with any skills you have. Your dashboard will track each student's mastery of each skill.
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15 questions
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- Q1adaptationprotective coloring or shape that helps and animal blend into the environmenta layer of underground rock that can store watersomething that helps a plant or animal survivea line of bumpy bones that run down the center of a back30s
- Q2anemometerthe force of air pushing down on the Earth's surfacea tool used to measure the speed of winda machine that turns another form of energy into electrical energythe process of breaking down food into tiny pieces that the cell uses for energy30s
- Q3aquifera gas, found in air, that plants can use for foodthe energy that raises the temperature of mattera layer of underground rock that can store waterliving things that break down dead plant and animal material30s
- Q4balance scalea tool used to measure the speed of winda tool used to measure how much mass an object hasa tool used to measure air pressurethe length between two points30s
- Q5camouflageprotective coloring or shape that helps an animal's body match or blend into its environmentthe children of a living thingspecies from the local environmentthe movement of groups of organisms between 2 habitats30s
- Q6barometera tool to measure air pressurea three dimensional model of the Earth's surfacea tool used to measure temperaturea tool used to observe very small objects30s
- Q7vertebratea measure of how long something takesa tool used to show the direction of winda piece of land that sticks out into an ocean, lake, or pondan animal that has a backbone30s
- Q8weather vanea tool used to show the direction in which the wind is blowinga tool to measure wind speeda tool to measure how much rain falls during a given timea tool used to measure how much mass an object has30s
- Q9decomposersan area of land under watera young plant that has sproutedliving things that break down dead plant and animal matterthe process of an animals body breaking down food30s
- Q10respirationa process that damages airthe process of an animal taking in oxygen and getting rid of carbonan area of land that is underwaterplant structure that take in water and air30s
- Q11rain gaugean area of land that is under watera tool used to measure how much rain falls at any given timeplant structures that take in watera measure of how much space something takes up30s
- Q12mimicrythe movement of groups of organisms between tow habitats as the seasons changeparts of plants that create seedsan adaptation that allows an animal to look like a different animal that predators avoida change in body form during the growth of animals30s
- Q13invertebratean animal that does not have a backbonethe process of watering landthe energy of matter in motionqualities and characteristics that are passed down from parents to offspring30s
- Q14nonrenewable resourcesones that cannot be replaced in a lifetimespecies from an outside environmenta change in positionthe energy of matter in motion30s
- Q15systemthe movement of energy from one person, thing, or place to anotherwhen something moves energy is transferreda group of things that work togethera model that shows an object at a fraction of its true size30s