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Expectation: 3.6(C)DOK: 2Jose throws a ball across a field. At first, it flies up into the air, then it begins to move downward. What causes the ball's motion to change?
Gravity
Temperature
Magnetism
Electricity
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Expectation: 3.10(A)DOK: 2Chameleons are a kind of lizard that can change the color of their skin. All of the following are ways that changing its skin color will help the chameleon live in its environment EXCEPT
blending into leaves to hide it from animals that want to eat it.
using its color to sneak up on insects that it wants to eat.
changing its color to get another chameleon's attention.
changing its color to take in sunlight to make food.
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Expectation: 3.7(B)DOK: 2An earthquake could cause a landslide by
shaking the soil and rocks on a hill loose, making them fall down the hill.
flooding land with water that leaves exposed soil on the side of a hill.
heating rock into a liquid, causing it to melt and form new rock on the hill.
making a wind storm that blows soil and rocks off the side of a hill.
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Expectation: 3.5(D)DOK: 2
bowl
Adding raspberries to the bowl
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Beatriz wants to make a mixture using a bowl of blueberries. Which of the following would turn her bowl of blueberries into a mixture?
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Cutting up the raspberries
Mashing the blueberries
Adding more blueberries to the
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Expectation: 3.8(C)DOK: 2Which picture shows the correct positions and orbits of Earth, the Sun, and the Moon?
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What is the mass, in grams, of the calcium carbonate?
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The balance below is measuring a piece of sidewalk chalk, also known as calciumcarbonate, in grams.
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Expectation: 3.5(B)DOK: 2Read the passage "Matter X, Y, and Z" in the box below.
Matter X, Y, and Z
Matter X, Y, and Z are all in round balloons and are all round-shaped like the balloons. When matter X is put into a box, its shape stays the same, and it is still round. When matter Y is moved from its round balloon to a box, it escapes and takes the shape of the room. Matter Y cannot be placed back into the box. When matter Z is placed into the box, it takes the shape of the box, but it stays in the box.
Which table about matter X, Y, and Z is correct?
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Expectation: 3.10(A)DOK: 2The picture below shows a butterfly in its natural environment.
Which of the following most likely keeps the butterfly from getting eaten by animals in its natural environment?
Points on its antennae
Scent of its wings
Length of its antennae
Patterns on its wings
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