CSET Subtest 2 Questions and answers 2026\2027
A+ Grade
Water cycle What does X represent?
- correct answer Condensation
Rain drop and gravity-which direction will it fall?
- correct answer SLIGHT RIGHT
Why does the ocean not freeze as fast as a lake?
- correct answer (Salt water freezes at a lower level temperature) The answer also has ice crystals in it.
What would happen if a plant was watered with ocean or salt water?
- correct answer If a plant is watered with salt water it will wilt, if too much water is lost during osmosis
the plant will die.
What are the folds of the long digestive system for? s
- correct answer To increase surface area over which the nutrients can be absorbed
From the Northern Hemisphere, what place would experience the longest amount of daylight? (
- correct answer Anchorage, Alaska
What are mutations?
- correct answer Variations and survival are choices.
Polaris View
- correct answer Polaris is known as the North Star, since it is directly located above Earth's North Pole:
The stars circle around it, it does not move, northern direction, Earth rotates
, Compared to the waters of the continental shelf, the surface waters of the open ocean are generally
much less productive because they?
- correct answer Lack of nutrients derived from the land or ocean sediment on the sea-bed.
Which is the best example of physical weathering?
- correct answer Key Words: Frost in granite or rock (something like that) The sentence has "Ice Crystals"
in the answer
Function of a cell. A question about what is produced in the nucleus:
- correct answer RNA molecules are synthesized from DNA template
Questions on photosynthesis (what is the best example of photosynthesis or something)
- correct answer The answer is something like plants take in carbon dioxide and water to create glucose
and o2.
Question about a little boy making a model of an atom, what would be the most accurate
- correct answer having the protons and neutrons in the nucleus. (same wording as the test)
In the Northern Hemisphere, on a day in the winter solstice, which place experiences the longest
amount of sunlight
- correct answer Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica (24 hours) ← southern hemisphere, winter solstice JUNE 1
Members of what group act as Decomposers?
- correct answer Fungi
16.Renewable energy, what starts as kinetic energy then goes to electric energy?
- correct answer A: Windmill (same wording as test) (movement-related = Windmills moving)
Which of the following changes is an example of natural selection?
- correct answer The percentage of beetles that are genetically darker in color increases in populations
that expand from prairie into forest.
A+ Grade
Water cycle What does X represent?
- correct answer Condensation
Rain drop and gravity-which direction will it fall?
- correct answer SLIGHT RIGHT
Why does the ocean not freeze as fast as a lake?
- correct answer (Salt water freezes at a lower level temperature) The answer also has ice crystals in it.
What would happen if a plant was watered with ocean or salt water?
- correct answer If a plant is watered with salt water it will wilt, if too much water is lost during osmosis
the plant will die.
What are the folds of the long digestive system for? s
- correct answer To increase surface area over which the nutrients can be absorbed
From the Northern Hemisphere, what place would experience the longest amount of daylight? (
- correct answer Anchorage, Alaska
What are mutations?
- correct answer Variations and survival are choices.
Polaris View
- correct answer Polaris is known as the North Star, since it is directly located above Earth's North Pole:
The stars circle around it, it does not move, northern direction, Earth rotates
, Compared to the waters of the continental shelf, the surface waters of the open ocean are generally
much less productive because they?
- correct answer Lack of nutrients derived from the land or ocean sediment on the sea-bed.
Which is the best example of physical weathering?
- correct answer Key Words: Frost in granite or rock (something like that) The sentence has "Ice Crystals"
in the answer
Function of a cell. A question about what is produced in the nucleus:
- correct answer RNA molecules are synthesized from DNA template
Questions on photosynthesis (what is the best example of photosynthesis or something)
- correct answer The answer is something like plants take in carbon dioxide and water to create glucose
and o2.
Question about a little boy making a model of an atom, what would be the most accurate
- correct answer having the protons and neutrons in the nucleus. (same wording as the test)
In the Northern Hemisphere, on a day in the winter solstice, which place experiences the longest
amount of sunlight
- correct answer Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica (24 hours) ← southern hemisphere, winter solstice JUNE 1
Members of what group act as Decomposers?
- correct answer Fungi
16.Renewable energy, what starts as kinetic energy then goes to electric energy?
- correct answer A: Windmill (same wording as test) (movement-related = Windmills moving)
Which of the following changes is an example of natural selection?
- correct answer The percentage of beetles that are genetically darker in color increases in populations
that expand from prairie into forest.
