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 5th Grade: Earth’s Spheres Assessment Rationale This ACT Aspire­inspired assessment was developed to assess students understanding of the Arkansas K­12 Science Standards as well as to prepare students to take the ACT Aspire in Science. The format of these prompts and questions were developed to reflect the format, skills, and practices of the ACT Aspire summative assessment. Teacher Instructions This packet contains an answer key followed by blank student pages. The answer key shows the correct answers in bold for multiple choice and sample constructed responses. ACT Aspire Summative Resources Table 3.24 outlines the ACT Aspire Science summative assessment: The following is a list of additional resources teachers can use in their classroom to prepare their students for the Science section of the ACT Aspire Assessment. ❏ Readiness Standards ­ ACT Aspire document reviews the strands of science where questions will be derived. Also provides an over of three domains of science on the assessment and strategies to prepare students. ❏ Science Exemplars with scoring explanations: G
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rade 5 3rd­5th Grade Sandbox Items h ttp://actaspire.pearson.com/exemplars.html Sandbox questions can be used with all grade levels. One option is to display questions and have students work in small groups to answer questions. Discuss correct answer with students before submitting final answers as the sandbox test will not report scores or provide any feedback of student answers. ACT ASPIRE SANDBOX LOGINS Subject Username Password Science Grade 3 science3 actaspire Science Grade 4 science4 actaspire Science Grade 5 science5 actaspire [Developed for instructional purposes only by NWA Science Curriculum Specialist, 2016] 5th Grade: Earth’s Spheres Answer Key Earth's natural environment can be seen as four interacting spheres. The solid part of the Earth's crust, consisting of rocks and soil, is known as the geosphere. The layer of gases surrounding the earth is known as the atmosphere . The hydrosphere includes all the Earth's water found in the oceans, glaciers, streams, lakes, the soil, groundwater, and in the air. The hydrosphere interacts with all the other Earth spheres. The water of the hydrosphere is distributed among the other spheres. Table 1 Distribution of Water in the Hydrosphere Saltwater Fresh Water Oceans 97.5% Ice Caps and Glaciers 1.97% Atmosphere 0.001% Lakes, Rivers, Soil 0.03% Groundwater 0.5% The water cycle t races the movement of water and energy between these various spheres. As energy and materials flow between these first three spheres, conditions for life to exist are produced which supports the fourth sphere. This realm of living things, including plants and animals, is known as the b
iosphere. Figure 1: The Water Cycle [Developed for instructional purposes only by NWA Science Curriculum Specialist, 2016] 5th Grade: Earth’s Spheres Answer Key 1. Sort the following into each of the four spheres: Geosphere Mountains Rock Hydrosphere River Lake Clouds Snow Biosphere Tree Grass Fish Atmosphere Air air rock river tree mountains fish lake grass clouds snow 2. Use Table 1 to put the amounts of water freshwater distributed around the world in order from greatest to least. 3. Use Table 1 to calculate the total amount of freshwater available on Earth. Explain how you found your answer. [Developed for instructional purposes only by NWA Science Curriculum Specialist, 2016] 5th Grade: Earth’s Spheres Answer Key 4. Use the information from the passage and Figure 1 to explain how water moves from the ocean and back into a river? 5. Explain how the hydrosphere interacts with another one of Earth’s spheres. Use the information from the passage and Figure 1 as evidence to support your explanation. [Developed for instructional purposes only by NWA Science Curriculum Specialist, 2016] 5th Grade: Earth’s Spheres Name: _______________________ Earth's natural environment can be seen as four interacting spheres. The solid part of the earth's crust, consisting of rocks and soil, is known as the geosphere. The layer of gases surrounding the earth is known as the atmosphere . The hydrosphere includes all the earth's water found in the oceans, glaciers, streams, lakes, the soil, groundwater, and in the air. The hydrosphere interacts with all the other earth spheres. The water of the hydrosphere is distributed among the other spheres. Table 1 Distribution of Water in the Hydrosphere Saltwater Fresh Water Oceans 97.5% Ice Caps and Glaciers 1.97% Atmosphere 0.001% Lakes, Rivers, Soil 0.03% Groundwater 0.5% The water cycle t races the movement of water and energy between these various spheres. As energy and materials flow between these first three spheres, conditions for life to exist are produced which supports the fourth sphere. This realm of living things, including plants and animals, is known as the b
iosphere. Figure 1 [Developed for instructional purposes only by NWA Science Curriculum Specialist, 2016] 5th Grade: Earth’s Spheres Name: ___________________________ 1. Sort the following into each of the four spheres: Geosphere Hydrosphere Biosphere Atmosphere air rock river tree mountains fish lake grass clouds snow 2. Use Table 1 to put the amounts of water freshwater distributed around the world in order from greatest to least. 3. Use Table 1 to calculate the total amount of freshwater available on Earth. Explain how you found your answer. [Developed for instructional purposes only by NWA Science Curriculum Specialist, 2016] 5th Grade: Earth’s Spheres Name: ___________________________ 4. Use the information from the passage and Figure 1 to explain how water moves from the ocean and back into a river? 5. If there is a drought, lack of water, how would that affect another Earth’s sphere. Use the information from the passage and Figure 1 as evidence to support your explanation. [Developed for instructional purposes only by NWA Science Curriculum Specialist, 2016]