School Improvement in Maryland

Public Release Item: Public Release items have appeared on HSA forms and then are released for public viewing and use. Releasing items is one step to ensuring that schools, districts, and other stakeholders understand how the core learning goals are assessed on the HSA.

Goal 1 Skills And Processes

Expectation 1.5 The student will use appropriate methods for communicating in writing and orally the processes and results of scientific investigation.

Indicator 1.5.5 The student will create and/or interpret graphics. (scale drawings, photographs, digital images, field of view, etc.)

Selected Response Item - Released in 2004

A student used a microscope to observe several protists. The student sketched the protists and recorded their magnifications. The drawings and measurements are shown below.

Which of these protists is the largest?

  1. Difflugia
  2. Stentor
  3. Euglena
  4. Paramecium
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Correct Answer:
A