ABCTE MSE CORE EXAM TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is photosynthesis? - ✔✔The process by which plants use light energy to
convert water and carbon dioxide into stored energy or food.
✔✔Why is photosynthesis perhaps the most important function on earth? - ✔✔Because
it is responsible for the creation of an environment suitable for humans and other
species to survive.
✔✔What is Mitosis? - ✔✔Cell division
✔✔What is meiosis? - ✔✔Cell reproduction.
✔✔In cells, what is respiration? - ✔✔The process whereby cells created energy from
food.
✔✔What is an example of exothermic process through chemical reaction? - ✔✔A
candle flame burning.
✔✔What is the exothermic process? - ✔✔Releases heat and causes the temperature of
the immediate surrounding to rise.
✔✔Explain the endothermic process. - ✔✔The process absorbs heat and cools the
surroundings.
✔✔What is a key to classifying if a process is exothermic or endothermic? - ✔✔Note
how the temperature of the surroundings changes.
✔✔What are some nonrenewable energy sources? - ✔✔Coal, natural gas, and oil.
✔✔What classifies something as a nonrenewable energy source? - ✔✔They are not
replenished as fast as they are used.
✔✔What are some renewable energy sources? - ✔✔Wind, solar and biomass.
✔✔What is biomass energy? - ✔✔It comes from burning waste products that come in
the form of wood, crops, algae and other materials.
✔✔When white light passes through a prism, what is the results? - ✔✔Light is broken
apart into the colors of the visible light spectrum.
✔✔What is it called when light is broken apart into the colors of the light spectrum? -
✔✔Refraction. (it is bent) Red light is bent LESS than the other colors of light which is
, why it is above the other colors of the rainbow which are bent more and more as they
move towards violet light.
✔✔What is the formula for distance? - ✔✔d = rt
✔✔which of the 4 states of matter cannot change volume? - ✔✔Solids. A solid keeps its
shape unless it is broken. If it DOES change its SHAPE... if it's broken, the VOLUME
doesn't change. It is the only state of matter that cannot be compressed.
✔✔What best describes a black hole? - ✔✔A region of space-time where gravity is so
strong that not even light can escape.
✔✔What is an effective means to measure a students fluency level? - ✔✔The student
reads a grade-level text while the teacher measures the child's expression to gauge
how individual words and meaningful phrases are read.
✔✔What should students do first when asked to write an essay? - ✔✔Free write - this
allows students to gather ideas and determine what is important to them.
✔✔Steps in the writing process? - ✔✔Free write, outline, draft, edit, publish.
✔✔Explain Jargon: - ✔✔A specialized vocabulary, usually understood by a group of
people who share a vocation or similar interest.
✔✔Explain Dialect: - ✔✔Regional version of a language.
✔✔Explain Patois: - ✔✔A regional version of a language.
✔✔Explain Argot: - ✔✔A version of language shared by criminals.
✔✔What is interpretive writing? - ✔✔Writing that helps the reader understand an event,
story, or topic. UNDERSTAND is the key word.(interpret)
✔✔What is expository writing? - ✔✔Writing that is used to explain, describe, or give
information about a topic.
✔✔What is persuasive writing? - ✔✔Writing that attempts to convince the reader
✔✔What is narrative writing? - ✔✔A genre of writing that tells a story from the writers
imagination or experience.
✔✔What is Scanning? - ✔✔Technique employed when looking for a specific word or
phrase.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is photosynthesis? - ✔✔The process by which plants use light energy to
convert water and carbon dioxide into stored energy or food.
✔✔Why is photosynthesis perhaps the most important function on earth? - ✔✔Because
it is responsible for the creation of an environment suitable for humans and other
species to survive.
✔✔What is Mitosis? - ✔✔Cell division
✔✔What is meiosis? - ✔✔Cell reproduction.
✔✔In cells, what is respiration? - ✔✔The process whereby cells created energy from
food.
✔✔What is an example of exothermic process through chemical reaction? - ✔✔A
candle flame burning.
✔✔What is the exothermic process? - ✔✔Releases heat and causes the temperature of
the immediate surrounding to rise.
✔✔Explain the endothermic process. - ✔✔The process absorbs heat and cools the
surroundings.
✔✔What is a key to classifying if a process is exothermic or endothermic? - ✔✔Note
how the temperature of the surroundings changes.
✔✔What are some nonrenewable energy sources? - ✔✔Coal, natural gas, and oil.
✔✔What classifies something as a nonrenewable energy source? - ✔✔They are not
replenished as fast as they are used.
✔✔What are some renewable energy sources? - ✔✔Wind, solar and biomass.
✔✔What is biomass energy? - ✔✔It comes from burning waste products that come in
the form of wood, crops, algae and other materials.
✔✔When white light passes through a prism, what is the results? - ✔✔Light is broken
apart into the colors of the visible light spectrum.
✔✔What is it called when light is broken apart into the colors of the light spectrum? -
✔✔Refraction. (it is bent) Red light is bent LESS than the other colors of light which is
, why it is above the other colors of the rainbow which are bent more and more as they
move towards violet light.
✔✔What is the formula for distance? - ✔✔d = rt
✔✔which of the 4 states of matter cannot change volume? - ✔✔Solids. A solid keeps its
shape unless it is broken. If it DOES change its SHAPE... if it's broken, the VOLUME
doesn't change. It is the only state of matter that cannot be compressed.
✔✔What best describes a black hole? - ✔✔A region of space-time where gravity is so
strong that not even light can escape.
✔✔What is an effective means to measure a students fluency level? - ✔✔The student
reads a grade-level text while the teacher measures the child's expression to gauge
how individual words and meaningful phrases are read.
✔✔What should students do first when asked to write an essay? - ✔✔Free write - this
allows students to gather ideas and determine what is important to them.
✔✔Steps in the writing process? - ✔✔Free write, outline, draft, edit, publish.
✔✔Explain Jargon: - ✔✔A specialized vocabulary, usually understood by a group of
people who share a vocation or similar interest.
✔✔Explain Dialect: - ✔✔Regional version of a language.
✔✔Explain Patois: - ✔✔A regional version of a language.
✔✔Explain Argot: - ✔✔A version of language shared by criminals.
✔✔What is interpretive writing? - ✔✔Writing that helps the reader understand an event,
story, or topic. UNDERSTAND is the key word.(interpret)
✔✔What is expository writing? - ✔✔Writing that is used to explain, describe, or give
information about a topic.
✔✔What is persuasive writing? - ✔✔Writing that attempts to convince the reader
✔✔What is narrative writing? - ✔✔A genre of writing that tells a story from the writers
imagination or experience.
✔✔What is Scanning? - ✔✔Technique employed when looking for a specific word or
phrase.
