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STAAR Science Grade 5 2023 - Past Paper
Quiz by Grade 5 Science - Texas Education Agency
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A student makes a list to describe a friend. Which of the listed characteristics is a learned behavior?
Select TWO correct answers.
Students poured water and cooking oil into a beaker. The students then added a penny, a plastic paper clip, and a cork to the beaker and recorded their observations.
Which list puts the items in order from most dense to least dense?
Axis deer are an invasive species of deer found in Texas. There are about 125,000 axis deer in Texas. Axis deer eat grasses, flowering plants, and shrubs. The diet and habitat of axis deer are often the same as those of other animals native to Texas.
Based on this information, how do axis deer most likely affect Texas ecosystems?
Students made the circuit shown.
Cutting the wire at which numbered position would allow two of the lightbulbs to remain lit?
Which statement BEST describes what happens as water changes from one state to another?
A person observes a fish in a lake. The position of the fish is shown.
Which statement best explains why the observed fish appears to be closer to the surface than the actual fish?
Students create a drawing of organisms in a garden. In their drawing, a bird eats a caterpillar. Another caterpillar is eating the leaves on a parsley plant. Mushrooms grow in the shadow of the parsley.
Complete the table to show the role each organism has in the food web, based on the studentsâ drawing.
Move the correct answer to each box.
To study the water cycle, students add ice cubes to a glass of water. Ten minutes later they observe the glass. On the outside of the glass, students see drops of water.
Which statement explains the studentsâ observations?
Which sentence describes the interaction of a white-tailed deer with both living and nonliving parts of its ecosystem?
Students make a table of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Which table correctly identifies resources as renewable or nonrenewable?
The table shows characteristics of two different types of birds that live in similar forest environments.
Which statement explains an advantage of a bone in the macawâs tongue that the hornbill does NOT need?
The weather map shown can be used to predict the weather.
Part A
Which city is MOST LIKELY to experience clouds and storms in the next few days?
The weather map shown can be used to predict the weather.
Part B
Which evidence from the weather map supports the answer to Part A?
(Denver)
A student pushes a ball along a hallway. The diagram shows the position of the ball every second for five seconds after it starts rolling. At one of the positions shown, an extra force is applied to the ball as it moves.
Which diagram BEST represents the direction of the extra force and the position where the extra force was applied to the ball?
The life stages of two animals are shown.
Which statement BEST describes a stage in the animalsâ development?
A student builds two models.
Which processes of land formation were the studentâs models designed to show?
The diagram shows how one type of fossil fuel is formed.
How should the arrows in the diagram be labeled?
The tallest trees in a rain forest are removed for lumber. This increases the amount of light on the forest floor. The table shows information about fungi and ferns that grow on the forest floor.
Which statement explains why one organism is better adapted to the removal of the tall trees?
The pictures show tools that can be used for separating mixtures.
Which mixture is paired with the best tool for separating the materials?
A diagram of some lunar phases is shown.
Based on the diagram, which lunar phase will occur directly after X?
Researchers found seashell fossils, including those from mollusks and coral, in a rock formation high in the Rocky Mountains.
Which statement BEST explains why seashell fossils can be found on some mountains?
A student makes a sundial. The student takes a picture of the sundial at 3:30 á´.á´.
Based on the studentâs sundial, which letter is closest to the position of the sun when the picture was taken?
Students use a circuit to investigate the properties of six objects. The buzzer makes a sound if an object completes the circuit. The circuit and observations are shown.
Which objects are electrical insulators?
The table lists some traits of three plants.
All the plants listed in the table are MOST LIKELY adapted to which environment?
Rank the different soil types based on their ability to retain water.
A desert food web is shown.
How many carnivores are represented in the desert food web?
A student makes a terrarium containing plants and a lizard. Lizards are cold blooded animals, which means that their body temperature varies with the temperature of the environment. Because of this, they cannot live in extremely hot or cold environments. The student places the terrarium on a windowsill so that the sun will shine on the lizard.
Part A
Which of these could the student use with the terrarium that would help the lizard survive at night?
A student makes a terrarium containing plants and a lizard. Lizards are cold blooded animals, which means that their body temperature varies with the temperature of the environment. Because of this, they cannot live in extremely hot or cold environments. The student places the terrarium on a windowsill so that the sun will shine on the lizard.
Part B
Which statement BEST explains the answer to Part A?
(A lamp)
A group of students builds the electric circuit shown.
Which switches must be closed for Bulb 1 to remain dark but Bulb 2 to produce light?
The locations of some oil fields in Texas are shown on the map.
Based on the locations of the oil fields, which statement MOST LIKELY describes the environmental conditions in Texas millions of years ago?
The diagram shows a light ray that is traveling toward a mirror that is tilted upward.
Which drawing best shows how the light ray travels after it reaches the surface of the mirror?
A teacher uses an aquarium to make a habitat for a frog. A list of student observations of the frog is shown.
Which student observations show the frog interacting with nonliving elements in its environment?
