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| | | This mini-collection contains the released Earth and Space Sciences items from the 2007 and 2008 administration of the Ohio Achievement Test for grade 5 science. |
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|  | | | | | ODE Assessment Grade 5: Earth and Space Sciences, Desert Canyon (ORC#: 10668) | | This extended response question asks students to examine a diagram of a desert canyon and identify one slow process and one rapid process that could have helped shape the canyon and provide evidence of both of these processes from the diagram. Students must recall how the processes that shape Earth are both slow (e.g., erosion, weathering, deposition) and fast (e.g., earthquakes, landslides) and know what would provide evidence of these processes. (author/ts) |
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| | | | | ODE Assessment Grade 5: Earth and Space Sciences, Pattern of Day and Night (ORC#: 10677) | This multiple choice question asks students to identify what portion of Earth experiences night at the same time. Students must know about: - the characteristics, cycles and patterns of the Earth and its
place in the solar system
- that Earth's rotation on its axis causes day and
night
- that the shape of Earth is nearly spherical resulting in one half of Earth
facs toward the sun at any time
- that the half of Earth that faces
toward the sun experiences day while the half of Earth that faces away from the sun
experiences night. (author/ts)
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| | | | | ODE Assessment Grade 5: Earth and Space Sciences, Relative Size of Stars (ORC#: 10690) | | This multiple choice question asks students to explain why stars seem smaller in the night sky compared to the sun. Students must recall that the sun is the closest star to Earth while other stars are much farther away from Earth. They should understand that even though other stars may be bigger, they look smaller because they are much farther away. (author/ts) |
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| | | | | ODE Assessment Grade 5: Earth and Space Sciences, Cloud Type (ORC#: 11881) | This multiple choice question asks students to examine a weather map and determine what type of clouds must be in the sky above Chillicothe. According to the map Chillicothe is experiencing
rain and thunderstorms. The clouds that are responsible for that type of weather are
cumulonimbus. (author/cb) |
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 | | | | | Rock Samples Cluster Questions | | Students refer to a table with information about rock characteristics and rely on their understanding of Earth processes to answer the four questions in this cluster. |
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