Grade 6 Science Diagnostic Test Part I. Multiple Choice. (1-15) Do NOT write in this test booklet. Please bubble in the correct answer on the scan sheet. A student writes in a laboratory notebook: 5. Dogs and cats are animals that have similar body structures but they do not mate with I placed a piece of iron in a beaker of water and the each other. These two animals are classified as iron sank to the bottom of the beaker. the same kingdom and the same species What the student wrote in the laboratory the same kingdom, but different species notebook is an example of a(n) different kingdoms, but the same species observation different kingdoms and different species prediction inference hypothesis Which statement is an inference? 6. Which two organisms belong to the same kingdom? A thermometer shows that the air temperature is 56 degrees Fahrenheit. bird and mushroom green plant and mushroom A mineral sample of galena produced a bird and shark gray-black streak when tested. none of the above Based upon previous data, ten hurricanes may appear in the year 2016. A weather vane indicates the wind is coming from the west. What is the building block of all living things? 7. How do decomposers obtain their food? the cell 1) hunting and killing prey for food the chloroplast 2) changing carbon dioxide and water into food the nucleus 3) absorbing food from dead organisms the cytoplasm 4) producing food from oxygen and sunlight Populations living in one place form a 8. Which factor is most likely to cause the community number of rabbits living in an area to system increase? habitat less water species fewer predators lack of shelter limited food
Grade 6 Science Diagnostic Test Part I. Multiple Choice. (1-15) Do NOT write in this test booklet. Please bubble in the correct answer on the scan sheet. A student writes in a laboratory notebook: I placed a piece of iron in a beaker of water and the iron sank to the bottom of the beaker. What the student wrote in the laboratory notebook is an example of a(n) observation prediction inference hypothesis 5. Dogs and cats are animals that have similar body structures but they do not mate with each other. These two animals are classified as the same kingdom and the same species the same kingdom, but different species different kingdoms, but the same species different kingdoms and different species Which statement is an inference? A thermometer shows that the air temperature is 56 degrees Fahrenheit. A mineral sample of galena produced a gray-black streak when tested. Based upon previous data, ten hurricanes may appear in the year 2016. A weather vane indicates the wind is coming from the west. 6. Which two organisms belong to the same kingdom? bird and mushroom green plant and mushroom bird and shark none of the above What is the building block of all living things? the cell the chloroplast the nucleus the cytoplasm 7. How do decomposers obtain their food? 1) hunting and killing prey for food 2) changing carbon dioxide and water into food 3) absorbing food from dead organisms 4) producing food from oxygen and sunlight Populations living in one place form a community system habitat species 8. Which factor is most likely to cause the number of rabbits living in an area to increase? less water fewer predators lack of shelter limited food