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Grade 5 Standard 1 Unit Test A Matter Multiple Choice (Utah)

1. A house made of toy blocks is weighed. It is taken apart and each block weighed separately. If the weight of all the blocks is added, what will it total?
A. A little less than the weight of the house.
B. The same as the house.
C. A little more than the weight of the house.
D. It would depend on how large the house was.

2. Water is boiled in a flask with a balloon over the top. As the water heats, the balloon expands. What has happened to the weight of this flask and balloon in this experiment?
A. It has increased as the balloon expands.
B. It has decreased as the water boiled away.
C. It has stayed the same.
D. It is unpredictable because the balloon is flexible.

3. 5 grams of orange-drink mix is added to 100 grams of water. What would you expect the new solution to weigh?
A. 95 grams
B. 100 grams
C. 105 grams
D. 500 grams

4. How do you know when something is a solid?
A. It will pour.
B. It takes the shape of its container.
C. It cannot be seen easily.
D. It will hold its shape.

OK, for those that want to see, here are the answers to the first set of questions:

Answers to Standard 1 Unit Test A:
Multiple Choice
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. D

I didn't post them before, because I'm too stupid to figure out how to post invisible text. I guess I'll have to hunt down a fifth grader to show me....

OK smartie-pants, tell me how to post invisible text, and I'll put up some more 5th grade questions (and answers) for you!

This is a test

Yes, both the 'tealy' and the 'greeny' colors use 66FFFF

OK kids, next we have some Language Arts Questions from California:

The following is a rough draft of a student’s story, which may contain errors.

Quote:

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Abuelita Sees the Ocean

(1) My grandmother and I were sitting on the porch one hot, sunny summer morning. (2) She had just made lemonade the way only Abuelita can, not too sweet. (3) Lots of ice and a thin yellow slice of real lemon floated in each of our glasses. (4) We closed our eyes and took a long drink. (5) “Let it cool you as it flows down to your toes,” she said. (6) She’d only been here for six months after leaving Mexico city.

(7) “I love to wiggle my toes in the sand at the beach and feel the waves come up over them,” I said after finishing half of my lemonade in one long drink.

(8) “Oh, have you been there? Abuelita asked.” (9) I was shocked to learn she had never seen the ocean. (10) I thought everyone in Mexico and California had been to the beach! (11) It was time to take her there.

(12) The next day was Saturday, and we all got into our car: Abuelita, Mami, Papi, my older brother Carlos, and me. (13) It took about an hour and a half to get there, which is why we don’t go very often. (14) When we do go though, we have so much fun.

(15) No amount of fun could compare, though, to the look in Abuelita’s eyes when she saw that infinite field of blue that is the Pacific ocean. (16) Tears filled her eyes, and she couldn’t even find the words to say what she was feeling, either in English or Spanish.

(17) We spread out our blankets, towels, umbrella, and all the other things that people take to the beach. (18) We had a big bottle full of Abuelita’s ice-cold lemonade; as a result, it tasted even better than the day before. (19) I even persuaded Abuelita to go into the water with me, begining of course with our toes wiggling in the sand. (20) Instead of cooling off from the head down, we cooled ourselves from our toes up as we entered the reflecting splash of waves that reached out to greet us.

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1. What is the correct way to capitalize the underlined words in sentence 6?
A leaving mexico City
B Leaving Mexico City
C leaving mexico city
D leaving Mexico City

2. Which is the correct way to punctuate sentence 8?
A “Oh, have you been there, Abuelita asked?”
B “Oh, have you been there?” Abuelita asked.
C “Oh,” have you been there? Abuelita asked.
D Oh, have you been there? “Abuelita asked.”

3. What is the correct way to write the underlined part of sentence 15?
A that is The Pacific ocean
B that is The pacific ocean
C that is the Pacific Ocean
D that is the pacific ocean

4. How should sentence 18 be correctly written?
A We had a big bottle full of Abuelita’s ice-cold lemonade, as a result, it tasted even better than the day before.
B We had a big bottle full of Abuelita’s ice-cold lemonade, eventually it tasted even better than the day before.
C We had a big bottle full of Abuelita’s ice-cold lemonade, which tasted even better than the day before.
D We had a big bottle full of Abuelita’s ice-cold lemonade; as a result, it tasted even better than the day before.

5. What is the correct spelling of the underlined word in sentence 19?
A beginning
B beginning
C beginning
D Leave as is.

The following questions are not about a passage. Read and answer the questions.

Read this sentence.
Soon she was writing about other memorable events in her life, too.

7. In which word does able mean the same as it does in the word memorable?
A stable
B lovable
C tablet
D fable

Read this sentence.
My dog, Tibbs, is a truly extraordinary animal.

8. In this sentence, what does extraordinary mean?
A regular
B amazing
C imaginary
D perplexed

9. Which of these is a synonym for the word remark?
A decision
B attempt
C comment
D benefit

The following is a rough draft of a student’s journal entry. It contains errors.

Quote:

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August 21, 2003
(1) The house next door stood vacant for almost a month, but yesterday everything changed. (2) Mom and Dad told my brother Luke that the Wilson family bought the vacant home this summer. (3) Luke told me the news, but we had not seen anyone move in yet. (4) Early yesterday morning, however, a moving truck pulled up to the front of the home. (5) Luke and I quickly ate breakfast and decided to go outside to play catch; we hoped to see the new family that perchased the home next door. (6) A few minutes later, a car pulled up next door. (7) Trying not to act too excited, I casually set down my ball and glove and sat on the steps outside our front door. (8) Luke joined me, but the people in the car did not see him or me. (9) I watched five people walk up to the front of the home: a man, a woman, and three children.

(10) The family stopped next to the big oak tree. (11) A man carried a large brown box that was almost too big for him to hold. (12) The man reached into the box and pulled out a large tire. (13) “A tire!” Luke exclaimed as he quickly jumped up.

(14) The man reached into the box and took out a long rope. (15) He tied one end of the rope to the tire and the other end to a tree branch. (16) The family stepped back to admire the tire. (17) The two younger children began taking turns swinging on it. (18) The older brother looked around. (19) He spotted my ball and glove where they lay on the grass. (20) Then his head turned toward Luke and me.

(21) I looked at Luke and smiled. (22) We stood up and walked over to meet our new neighbors.

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Read this sentence from the journal entry.

Luke and I quickly ate breakfast and decided to go outside to play catch; we hoped to see the new family that perchased the home next door.

10. What is the correct spelling of the underlined word in the sentence?
A perchised
B purchised
C perchused
D purchased

11. Which sentence could best be added to the end of the second paragraph to help develop the plot of the story?
A I am looking forward to starting another school year with my new neighbors.
B For breakfast that morning, Luke and I ate eggs and toast.
C The big oak tree next to my house provides shade on sunny days.
D Luke and I patiently watched and wondered how they were going to use an old tire.

12. Which sentence could best be added to the journal entry to better end the story?
A I was really curious about the box that the man carried.
B Luke and I have played with the children next door every day since they arrived.
C One of the children was wearing a bright red shirt and blue jeans.
D Luke and I really enjoy swinging on our new neighbors’ tire swing.

ETA: Fixing underlining problems
ETA2: fixing journal entries