School Improvement in Maryland

Answer Key Science Grade 5 Public Release Items - 2008

MSA Item Number Answer Grade Objectives Assessed
1 C 5 6.B.2.c Identify and describe that an environmental issue affects individual people and groups of people differently.
2 B 4 3.E.1.b Describe what happens to food in plants and animals.
3 A 5 1.B.1.a Develop explanations using knowledge possessed and evidence from observations, reliable print resources, and investigations.
4 B 5 6.B.2.b Explain how human activities may have a negative consequence on the natural environment.
5 5 1.B.1.a Develop explanations using knowledge possessed and evidence from observations, reliable print resources, and investigations.
6 C 5 4.C.1.a Observe and describe the changes heating and cooling cause to the different states in which water exists.
7 D 5 1.B.1.a Develop explanations using knowledge possessed and evidence from observations, reliable print resources, and investigations.
8 B 5 2.E.1.a Describe how water on Earth changes.
9 B 5 5.A.1.a Observe, describe, and compare types of motion.
10 B 5 5.A.2.b Observe and explain the changes in selected motion patterns using the relationship between force and mass.
11 B 5 5.A.2.a Observe and give examples that show changes in speed or direction of motion are caused by an interaction of forces acting on an object:
12 C 4 5.B.1.b Observe, describe, and compare materials that readily conduct heat and those that do not conduct heat very well.
13 B 4 3.A.1.b Classify a variety of animals and plants according to their observable features and provide reasons for placing them into different groups.
14 A 4 3.F.1.b Explain that changes in an organism's habitat are sometimes beneficial to it and sometimes harmful.
15 C 5 3.E.1.a Identify the sun as the primary source of energy for all living organisms.
16 C 5 4.C.1.a Observe and describe the changes heating and cooling cause to the different states in which water exists.
17 4 5.C.3.a Investigate and describe the effect that two magnets have on each other.
18 B 5 6.A.1.b Describe how humans use renewable natural resources, such as plants, soil, water, animals.
19 B 4 2.D.1.e Recognize that the pattern of stars in the sky stays the same although their locations in the sky appear to change with the seasons.
20 D 4 5.B.1.b Observe, describe, and compare materials that readily conduct heat and those that do not conduct heat very well.
21 C 5 5.D.3.a Observe and describe the images formed by a plane mirror.
22 D 5 1.A.1.b Select and use appropriate tools hand lens or microscope (magnifiers), centimeter ruler (length), spring scale (weight), balance (mass), Celsius thermometer (temperature), graduated cylinder (liquid volume), and stopwatch (elapsed time) to augment observations of objects, events, and processes.
23 A 5 6.A.1.a Identify and compare Maryland's renewable resources and nonrenewable resources.
24 C 5 6.B.2.a Explain how human activities may have positive consequences on the natural environment.
25 A 5 6.B.2.b Explain how human activities may have a negative consequence on the natural environment.
26 C 5 4.D.1.b Based on observations from investigations and video technology, describe what happens to the observable properties of materials when several materials are combined to make a new material, such as baking soda combined with vinegar
27 B 5 1.C.1.d Construct and share reasonable explanations for questions asked.
28 B 5 3.E.1.a Identify the sun as the primary source of energy for all living organisms.
29 B 5 2.A.3.b Identify and compare the properties of rocks that are composed of a single mineral with those of other rocks made of several minerals using their physical properties.
30 A 5 2.E.1.b Explain that the sun is the main source of energy that causes the changes in the water on Earth.
31 C 5 2.D.1.b Identify the properties of the planet Earth that make it possible for the survival of life as we know it.
32 C 4 5.B.1.b Observe, describe, and compare materials that readily conduct heat and those that do not conduct heat very well.
33 C 5 4.C.1.a Observe and describe the changes heating and cooling cause to the different states in which water exists.
34 B 5 1.C.1.d Construct and share reasonable explanations for questions asked.
35 C 5 1.C.1.a Make use of and analyze models, such as tables and graphs to summarize and interpret data.
36 D 5 2.E.1.a Describe how water on Earth changes.
37 A 5 2.A.2.c Cite examples that demonstrate how the natural agents of wind, water, and ice produce slow changes on the Earth's surface such as carving out deep canyons and building up sand dunes.
38 D 5 6.B.2.b Explain how human activities may have a negative consequence on the natural environment.
39 C 5 6.A.1.b Describe how humans use renewable natural resources, such as plants, soil, water, animals.
40 D 5 4.C.1.a Observe and describe the changes heating and cooling cause to the different states in which water exists.
41 D 5 2.E.1.a Describe how water on Earth changes.
42 5 4.C.1.a Observe and describe the changes heating and cooling cause to the different states in which water exists.
43 C 4 3.D.1.a Describe ways in which organisms in one habitat differ from those in another habitat and consider how these differences help them survive and reproduce.
44 D 4 3.F.1.a Identify and describe the interactions of organisms present in a habitat.
45 A 5 3.A.1.a Identify and describe features and behaviors of some of the plants and animals living in a familiar environment and explain ways that these organisms are well suited to their environment.