
State Science Test Practice Performance Tasks
Quiz by Amy Bennett-Rosado
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- Q1
Here is a student sample answer. What score would you give this answer.
“The pyramid shows that zooplankton eat matter in phytoplankton and algae.Insects eat matter in zooplankton, and fish eat matter in insects.”
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120s - Q2
The energy pyramid shows how organisms interact within a healthy lake. Explain how an energy pyramid can show how matter flows among the organisims.
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A rancher had cattle at Point 2 on the map. Later the rancher sold the land and turned into a park. Describe the most likely changes to the lake with no cattle present near the rivers. Use one example of a non living thing and one living thing.
Here is a students answer what score would you give it?
Nitrogen in water decreases. Populations of fish increase.Algae bloom shrinks.
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30s - Q4
A rancher had cattle at Point 2 on the map. Later the rancher sold the land and turned into a park. Describe the most likely changes to the lake with no cattle present near the rivers. Use one example of a non living thing and one living thing.
Here is a students answer what score would you give it?
“Nitrogen increases.”“Fish increase.”
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30s - Q5
A rancher had cattle at Point 2 on the map. Later the rancher sold the land and turned into a park. Describe the most likely changes to the lake with no cattle present near the rivers. Use one example of a non living thing and one living thing.
Here is a students answer what score would you give it?
“Nitrogen increases.”
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30s - Q6
A rancher had cattle at Point 2 on the map. Later the rancher sold the land and turned into a park.
Describe the most likely changes to the lake with no cattle present near the rivers. Use one example of a non living thing and one living thing.
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Artic hares live in the northernmost part of North America where the ground is covered with snow during the coldest months. Artic hares change their fur by molting and growing new fur twice a year. The diagram shows a hare in July and a hare in January.
Explain how the change from brown to white fur helps the Artic hare survive in winter?
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Two plants of the same type are planted on the same day under similar conditions, but they recieve different amounts of water. The table shows how each plant was watered and the observed trait in each plant. Using the diagram explain how each trait in the plant is influenced by the environment.
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