Lewis County Schools

Skill: Science (Structure and Transformation of Matter)

Science Grade 5

This test section contains EIGHT multiple-choice and ONE open-response (short-answer) questions. Please mark your answers for the multiple-choice questions in the spaces provided on your Student Response Booklet. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET. WHEN YOU FINISH, DO NOT WORK ON ANY OTHER TEST SECTION.
1. / What is NOT an example of a physical property?
O / A. / The color of a piece of candy
O / B. / The mass of an automobile
O / C. / How two chemicals combine to form a new chemical
O / D. / The weight of an astronaut on the moon
2. / How is the volume of an irregularly shaped solid measured?
O / A. / By weighing the solid on a spring scale
O / B. / By measuring how much liquid the solid displaces
O / C. / By multiplying the length, width, and height of the solid
O / D. / By dividing the solid’s mass by its volume
3. / Which physical property would you need to measure or calculate to tell a diamond from a zircon?
O / A. / The mass of the gemstone
O / B. / The volume of the gemstone
O / C. / The density of the gemstone
O / D. / All of the above
4. / The particles in a liquid ______
O / A. / Move more freely than they do in a gas
O / B. / Move freely enough to allow a liquid to change its shape
O / C. / Are packed close together and move very slowly
O / D. / Do not move at all

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5. / What can water ice do that dry ice cannot do?
O / A. / Melt
O / B. / Become a gas
O / C. / Change from a solid directly into a gas
O / D. / Change its shape
6. / Which can exist on a planet where the temperature is 2000 degrees Celsius?
O / A. / Water oceans
O / B. / Lakes of liquid iron
O / C. / Water ice caps
O / D. / Lake of liquid carbon
7. / Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
O / A. / When you change the state of matter you also change the substance
O / B. / Particles can evaporate from a liquid before the liquid comes to a boil
O / C. / All substances can change states
O / D. / Condensation is the opposite of evaporation
8. / Which of the following produces a chemical reaction?
O / A. / Opening a bottle of soda
O / B. / Melting butter
O / C. / Burning wood
O / D. / Painting a wall
OPEN-RESPONSE QUESTION
Read all parts of the open-response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open-response question in the space provided on your Student Response Booklet. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET.
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Scoring Guide

SCORE / DESCRIPTION
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0 / Student’s response is totally incorrect or irrelevant.
Blank / No student response.

Annotated Rubric/ Performance Expectations for ORQ

Academic Expectation:

Core Content:

Ceiling DOK Level: Question DOK Level:

Question Type (circle): Scaffold, Single Dimension/Component, Two or More Relatively Independent Components, Student Choice, Respond to Provided Information

An appropriate student response should provide evidence of the student’s understand that numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships between numbers and number systems are means of representing real-world quantities.

For example, an appropriate response to this question would show that the student can

Essential Vocabulary:

Resources/Technology:

Bill Nye Videos

Unitedstreaming

Windows on Science

Multiple Choice Item Information: