NCSE (Core) EXAMBANK PREP QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A.
The Constitution of the United States can be amended in several ways.
Identify the ways it can be done. Select all that apply.
A. Two-thirds of both houses of Congress must propose an amendment and
then three-fourths of the state legislature must ratify.
D. Two-thirds of the state legislatures must call on Congress to hold a
Constitutional Convention where amendments are proposed and then three-
fourths of states must approve the amendment via ratifying convention.
Which of the following political documents was a clear attempt to set limits
on the power of the federal government?
A. Bill of Rights
The concept expressed in this law is an integral part of which amendment
in the Bill of Rights in our Constitution?
A. Amendment 1
If Sarah switched the lens from low power to high power, what would she
see in the field of view?
D. fewer cells than with the low-power view, but in greater detail.
A sixth grade science teacher is setting up for an investigation. All of the
following are examples of how the teacher should communicate safety
concerns for any investigation except —
B. Review the safety guidelines and relevant safety information only at the
beginning of the year.
For a science research project, students measured the growth of bean
plants over time and under two different environmental conditions. Bean
plants in set A were provided white light and bean plants in set B were
given green light. Both sets of plants were provided the same amount of
,soil, water, fertilizer, temperature, and space. Plants were measured
weekly for 12 weeks. At the end of the 12 weeks, students were tasked
with displaying the data collected in the data tables in their journals.
What is the best way to display the change over time data?
C. A line graph showing the amount of growth each week.
Which of the following best explains the differences between the groups in
the amount of soil collected at the bottom of the tray in this experiment?
C. Because the directions did not specify the volume of water or the rate in
which the students were to pour the water, the variance in the force of the
water between groups most likely caused the difference in the results.
What skill was the teacher developing by giving them data and the claim
and then having them conduct the labs?
B. verify evidence by conducting an experiment
Which of the following scenarios explains the proper use of a science tool?
B. using a spring scale to test the amount of force used to move an object
Why is learning about how diet and exercise impact the body important
for students?
B. It helps them make positive personal dietary choices
How do the uses of the resources of oil, gas, and coal compare to the uses
of wood, metal, and land?
A. Oil, gas, and coal are used for fuel where wood, metal, and land are used
to create products.
research and development have been slow in terms of replacing fossil
fuels with a more cost effective and efficient fuel. How does the continued
use of fossil fuels impact personal and societal needs?
A. When the price of fossil fuel rises, this impacts the cost of living, which
impacts families and the economy.
,Which of the following repeatedly moves water between Earth's
hydrosphere and Earth's atmosphere and back again?
D. water cycle
How does the use of fertilizer demonstrate that systems can be described
in terms of time, energy, and matter?
A. Plants use fertilizer, which is matter, to grow faster as they use the sun's
energy to grow and take up more space.
Does the mass of the object or the length of the string affect the period of
the pendulum? She then has her class seated in small groups, in which
they construct their own pendulum and set out to design an experiment to
answer the question.
A. Mass is an independent variable; period is a dependent variable
A sixth-grade teacher wants to teach students about the transfer of energy
within a roller coaster. Which method would be developmentally
appropriate for 11-12-year-old students?
A. Pose a testable question and have students build foam roller coasters using
foam piping, tape, and a marble to test the question.
Which of the following process skills is an example of a developmentally
appropriate task for kindergarten students to be able to do when
performing a scientific investigation?
C. Observe, sort, group, and order object by one or two attributes.
A school in Oklahoma experienced an extremely cold winter. Students are
familiar with this kind of weather. Using their background knowledge of
weather, which source of information can be best used for students to
makes an informed choice about what to wear to school on a cold winter
day?
B. A weather forecast
Ms. Molina's sixth graders will be tested in science on the upcoming
STAAR test. She fears the students will be tested over information she has
, not had time to teach in the busy school year. Ms. Molina intends to use
formative assessments to gauge her students' progress in understanding
important objectives in the remaining months before the STAAR test.
Which of the following is the best choice of formative assessment to use
for this purpose?
B. Use practice STAAR test questions each day as a daily warm up to provide
practice and determine mastery of important objectives.
Which of the following describes the type of lesson the teacher prepared
and implemented to teach this concept?
B. an experimental inquiry based lesson where students have to think, question
and carry out the lesson.
Students in a sixth-grade class have just completed an experiment in
which they investigated the motion of balls on flat and inclined ramps.
Next, the teacher poses the following multiple-choice question on the
board. Posing this type of question on the board demonstrates the teacher
most likely knows the importance of-
B. formative assessments
Sixth-grade students are working in groups to deepen their understanding
about the motion of objects using examples from everyday situations. In
previous lessons, they studied the concepts of force, displacement, and
work. What should students already understand about the concept of
work?
D. Work is done if a force acts on an object and causes displacement of the
object.
Which of the following would make the box remain stationary?
C. add 35 N to the left arrow.
Which statement correctly describes the force needed to push the same
load up each of the inclined planes?
A. X will require less force over a longer distance.
AND ANSWERS RATED A.
The Constitution of the United States can be amended in several ways.
Identify the ways it can be done. Select all that apply.
A. Two-thirds of both houses of Congress must propose an amendment and
then three-fourths of the state legislature must ratify.
D. Two-thirds of the state legislatures must call on Congress to hold a
Constitutional Convention where amendments are proposed and then three-
fourths of states must approve the amendment via ratifying convention.
Which of the following political documents was a clear attempt to set limits
on the power of the federal government?
A. Bill of Rights
The concept expressed in this law is an integral part of which amendment
in the Bill of Rights in our Constitution?
A. Amendment 1
If Sarah switched the lens from low power to high power, what would she
see in the field of view?
D. fewer cells than with the low-power view, but in greater detail.
A sixth grade science teacher is setting up for an investigation. All of the
following are examples of how the teacher should communicate safety
concerns for any investigation except —
B. Review the safety guidelines and relevant safety information only at the
beginning of the year.
For a science research project, students measured the growth of bean
plants over time and under two different environmental conditions. Bean
plants in set A were provided white light and bean plants in set B were
given green light. Both sets of plants were provided the same amount of
,soil, water, fertilizer, temperature, and space. Plants were measured
weekly for 12 weeks. At the end of the 12 weeks, students were tasked
with displaying the data collected in the data tables in their journals.
What is the best way to display the change over time data?
C. A line graph showing the amount of growth each week.
Which of the following best explains the differences between the groups in
the amount of soil collected at the bottom of the tray in this experiment?
C. Because the directions did not specify the volume of water or the rate in
which the students were to pour the water, the variance in the force of the
water between groups most likely caused the difference in the results.
What skill was the teacher developing by giving them data and the claim
and then having them conduct the labs?
B. verify evidence by conducting an experiment
Which of the following scenarios explains the proper use of a science tool?
B. using a spring scale to test the amount of force used to move an object
Why is learning about how diet and exercise impact the body important
for students?
B. It helps them make positive personal dietary choices
How do the uses of the resources of oil, gas, and coal compare to the uses
of wood, metal, and land?
A. Oil, gas, and coal are used for fuel where wood, metal, and land are used
to create products.
research and development have been slow in terms of replacing fossil
fuels with a more cost effective and efficient fuel. How does the continued
use of fossil fuels impact personal and societal needs?
A. When the price of fossil fuel rises, this impacts the cost of living, which
impacts families and the economy.
,Which of the following repeatedly moves water between Earth's
hydrosphere and Earth's atmosphere and back again?
D. water cycle
How does the use of fertilizer demonstrate that systems can be described
in terms of time, energy, and matter?
A. Plants use fertilizer, which is matter, to grow faster as they use the sun's
energy to grow and take up more space.
Does the mass of the object or the length of the string affect the period of
the pendulum? She then has her class seated in small groups, in which
they construct their own pendulum and set out to design an experiment to
answer the question.
A. Mass is an independent variable; period is a dependent variable
A sixth-grade teacher wants to teach students about the transfer of energy
within a roller coaster. Which method would be developmentally
appropriate for 11-12-year-old students?
A. Pose a testable question and have students build foam roller coasters using
foam piping, tape, and a marble to test the question.
Which of the following process skills is an example of a developmentally
appropriate task for kindergarten students to be able to do when
performing a scientific investigation?
C. Observe, sort, group, and order object by one or two attributes.
A school in Oklahoma experienced an extremely cold winter. Students are
familiar with this kind of weather. Using their background knowledge of
weather, which source of information can be best used for students to
makes an informed choice about what to wear to school on a cold winter
day?
B. A weather forecast
Ms. Molina's sixth graders will be tested in science on the upcoming
STAAR test. She fears the students will be tested over information she has
, not had time to teach in the busy school year. Ms. Molina intends to use
formative assessments to gauge her students' progress in understanding
important objectives in the remaining months before the STAAR test.
Which of the following is the best choice of formative assessment to use
for this purpose?
B. Use practice STAAR test questions each day as a daily warm up to provide
practice and determine mastery of important objectives.
Which of the following describes the type of lesson the teacher prepared
and implemented to teach this concept?
B. an experimental inquiry based lesson where students have to think, question
and carry out the lesson.
Students in a sixth-grade class have just completed an experiment in
which they investigated the motion of balls on flat and inclined ramps.
Next, the teacher poses the following multiple-choice question on the
board. Posing this type of question on the board demonstrates the teacher
most likely knows the importance of-
B. formative assessments
Sixth-grade students are working in groups to deepen their understanding
about the motion of objects using examples from everyday situations. In
previous lessons, they studied the concepts of force, displacement, and
work. What should students already understand about the concept of
work?
D. Work is done if a force acts on an object and causes displacement of the
object.
Which of the following would make the box remain stationary?
C. add 35 N to the left arrow.
Which statement correctly describes the force needed to push the same
load up each of the inclined planes?
A. X will require less force over a longer distance.
