Praxis 5005 (Science) Kathleen Jasper Book Practice Tests Exam with Questions
and Answers
____________ happen when warmer, lighter air at the Equator moves toward the cooler air at
the poles.
a. convection currents
b. conduction currents
c. atmospheric currents
d. jet streams - ✔✔✔-A
______________ are made up of metals and rocky material, while ______________ are made
up of ice, dust, and rocky material.
a. comets, asteroids
b. asteroids, comets
c. meteors, comets
d. asteroids, meteors - ✔✔✔-B
_______________ are atoms that have lost or gained one or more ___________
a. compounds, electrons
b. compounds, protons
c. ions, protons
d. ions, electrons - ✔✔✔-D
_______________ are formed when Earth's plates pull apart
a. convergent plate boundaries
,Praxis 5005 (Science) Kathleen Jasper Book Practice Tests Exam with Questions
and Answers
b. subjective plate boundaries
c. volcanic plate boundaries
d. divergent plate boundaries - ✔✔✔-D
A 500 g object at 50 °C is placed into 500 l of 25 °C water in an insulated container. After a few
minutes, what could their temperatures be?
A. Object is 25 °C; water is 50 °C
B. Object is 27.5 °C; water is 27.5 °C
C. Object is 35 °C; water is 25 °C
D. Object is 50 °C; water is 25 °C - ✔✔✔-B
A 5th grade student is skeptical about a theory presented in class. What can the teacher do to
help the student understand the validity of the theory?
a. Remind the student that the person who established the theory is very famous in science
b. emphasize that for something to become a theory, it must be tested multiple times resulting
the same results
c. tell the student that the theory is aligned with the state standards
d. guarantee the student that if it is written in the textbook, then it is a theory - ✔✔✔-B
A byproduct of cellular respiration is:
,Praxis 5005 (Science) Kathleen Jasper Book Practice Tests Exam with Questions
and Answers
a. carbon
b. oxygen
c. carbon dioxide
d. carbohydrates - ✔✔✔-C
A cook leaves a metal spoon in the pot of hot water. When the cook grabs the spoon a few
minutes later, the spoon burns the cook's hand. What process is happening?
a. conduction
b. convection
c. evaporation
d. radiation - ✔✔✔-A
A eukaryote that does not make its own food and that does not contain cells with a cell wall is
a(n):
a. animalia
b. plantae
c. protista
d. algae - ✔✔✔-A
A giant wave caused by an earthquake is called a:
a. tsunami
b. tidal wave
c. seismic wave
, Praxis 5005 (Science) Kathleen Jasper Book Practice Tests Exam with Questions
and Answers
d. epicenter - ✔✔✔-A
A student is conducting an experiment. She is testing the effectiveness of fertilizer A and
fertilizer B. She has
done research on both fertilizers and predicts that fertilizer A will be more effective than
fertilizer B because
fertilizer A contains more phosphorous.
She has 3 pots. In the first pot, she adds 5 seeds, fertilizer A, and 4 quarts of dirt. In the second
pot, she adds
5 seeds, fertilizer B, and 4 quarts of dirt. In the third pot, she adds 5 seeds, no fertilizer, and 4
quarts of dirt.
She uses the same amount of water every day to water the plants. All of the plants receive the
same amount of
sunlight. In two weeks, she measures the difference in growth among the three plants.
In this experiment, the student's prediction is called the:
a. control
b. constant
c. independent variable
d. hypothesis - ✔✔✔-D
A student is conducting an experiment. She is testing the effectiveness of fertilizer A and
fertilizer B. She has
and Answers
____________ happen when warmer, lighter air at the Equator moves toward the cooler air at
the poles.
a. convection currents
b. conduction currents
c. atmospheric currents
d. jet streams - ✔✔✔-A
______________ are made up of metals and rocky material, while ______________ are made
up of ice, dust, and rocky material.
a. comets, asteroids
b. asteroids, comets
c. meteors, comets
d. asteroids, meteors - ✔✔✔-B
_______________ are atoms that have lost or gained one or more ___________
a. compounds, electrons
b. compounds, protons
c. ions, protons
d. ions, electrons - ✔✔✔-D
_______________ are formed when Earth's plates pull apart
a. convergent plate boundaries
,Praxis 5005 (Science) Kathleen Jasper Book Practice Tests Exam with Questions
and Answers
b. subjective plate boundaries
c. volcanic plate boundaries
d. divergent plate boundaries - ✔✔✔-D
A 500 g object at 50 °C is placed into 500 l of 25 °C water in an insulated container. After a few
minutes, what could their temperatures be?
A. Object is 25 °C; water is 50 °C
B. Object is 27.5 °C; water is 27.5 °C
C. Object is 35 °C; water is 25 °C
D. Object is 50 °C; water is 25 °C - ✔✔✔-B
A 5th grade student is skeptical about a theory presented in class. What can the teacher do to
help the student understand the validity of the theory?
a. Remind the student that the person who established the theory is very famous in science
b. emphasize that for something to become a theory, it must be tested multiple times resulting
the same results
c. tell the student that the theory is aligned with the state standards
d. guarantee the student that if it is written in the textbook, then it is a theory - ✔✔✔-B
A byproduct of cellular respiration is:
,Praxis 5005 (Science) Kathleen Jasper Book Practice Tests Exam with Questions
and Answers
a. carbon
b. oxygen
c. carbon dioxide
d. carbohydrates - ✔✔✔-C
A cook leaves a metal spoon in the pot of hot water. When the cook grabs the spoon a few
minutes later, the spoon burns the cook's hand. What process is happening?
a. conduction
b. convection
c. evaporation
d. radiation - ✔✔✔-A
A eukaryote that does not make its own food and that does not contain cells with a cell wall is
a(n):
a. animalia
b. plantae
c. protista
d. algae - ✔✔✔-A
A giant wave caused by an earthquake is called a:
a. tsunami
b. tidal wave
c. seismic wave
, Praxis 5005 (Science) Kathleen Jasper Book Practice Tests Exam with Questions
and Answers
d. epicenter - ✔✔✔-A
A student is conducting an experiment. She is testing the effectiveness of fertilizer A and
fertilizer B. She has
done research on both fertilizers and predicts that fertilizer A will be more effective than
fertilizer B because
fertilizer A contains more phosphorous.
She has 3 pots. In the first pot, she adds 5 seeds, fertilizer A, and 4 quarts of dirt. In the second
pot, she adds
5 seeds, fertilizer B, and 4 quarts of dirt. In the third pot, she adds 5 seeds, no fertilizer, and 4
quarts of dirt.
She uses the same amount of water every day to water the plants. All of the plants receive the
same amount of
sunlight. In two weeks, she measures the difference in growth among the three plants.
In this experiment, the student's prediction is called the:
a. control
b. constant
c. independent variable
d. hypothesis - ✔✔✔-D
A student is conducting an experiment. She is testing the effectiveness of fertilizer A and
fertilizer B. She has
