Tips for Taking Your
Science OAA
Never Settle for Less
Than Your BEST!
Multiple Choice Questions
Read carefully & Read question more
than once if necessary
 Understand what is being asked
 Read all the choices before choosing
your answer
 Eliminate incorrect choices first if you
have having difficulty
 There is only one correct answer choice
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Constructed Response Questions
Read questions carefully
 If a question asks you to do more than
one thing – for example: “identify and
provide support” . . .Be sure you do
BOTH THINGS!
 Read over your written answer to be
sure that it makes sense and that you
didn’t leave out any information
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Constructed Response Questions
These are usually 2 or 4 point questions
 Put a lot of effort into these answers
 Answer all of the questions to the best of
your ability
 Try your best
 DO NOT LEAVE ANY QUESTIONS
BLANK!
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Content of Test – Life Science
Plants
 Animals
 Ecosystems & Biomes
 Transfer of Energy in an Ecosystem
 Food Webs & Chains
 Succession
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Content of Test – Life Science
Predator / Prey Relationships
 Symbiotic Relationships
 Cell Structures & Functions
 Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Organ
Systems
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Content of Test – Life Science
Body Plans and Internal Anatomy
 Relationship between Photosynthesis
and Cellular Respiration (including the
chemical formulas)
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Content of Test – Life Science
 Mitosis,
Meiosis &
Inherited Traits
 Diversity of
Species Happens
over Many
Generations
Content of Test – Earth Science
Earth’s Interior
 Earth’s Surface
 Rocks & Minerals
 Weathering & Erosion
 Plate Tectonics
 Environmental Impacts
 Composition of the Atmosphere
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Content of Test – Earth Science
Properties of & the Formation of Soil
 Biomes
 Energy & the Atmosphere
 Weather & Clouds
 Nutrient Cycles
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Carbon / Oxygen
 Nitrogen
 Water Cycle
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Content of Test – Space Science
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Earth, Moon, Sun System
Lunar & Solar Eclipses
 Tides
 Moon Phases
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Content of Test – Space Science
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Tools Used to Study Space
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Telescopes, rockets, satellites
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Life Cycle of a Star
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Small Bodies in Space
Asteroids
 Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites
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Content of Test – Physical Science
Forces have magnitude & direction
 Some forces are invisible (electricity,
gravity, & magnetism)
 Net forces change the motion of objects
 Different forms of Kinetic & Potential
Energy
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Content of Test – Physical Science
Reference points, changes in position
and time are used to describe motion
 Transformation of Energy
 Waves are produced by vibrations and
transfer energy
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Content of Test – Physical Science
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Conservation of
Energy & Matter
 Density (equal
volumes of different
substances often
have different
masses)
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Energy sources can
be classified as
either renewable or
nonrenewable
 Chemical & Physical
Changes
General Test Taking Advise
Get a good night sleep before a test
 Relax & know that you are well prepared
 Try your best
 Answer all questions
 Check over your test carefully before
turning it in
 Use good handwriting
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General Test Taking Advise
Keep a positive attitude throughout the
whole test and try to stay relaxed. If you
start to feel nervous take a few deep
breaths to relax.
 Do the easiest problems first. Don't stay
on a problem that you are stuck on.
 Do the problems that have the greatest
point values first.
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General Test Taking Advise
If you don't know an answer, skip it. Go
on with the rest of the test and come
back to it later. Other parts of the test
may have some information that will help
you out with that question.
 Stand up and stretch during breaks.
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General Test Taking Advise
Pace yourself, don't rush
 Read the entire question and pay
attention to the details
 Don't worry if others finish before you
 Focus on the test in front of you
 Don’t turn in your test until you are sure it
is your best effort
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Good Luck!
Never Settle
for Less
Than Your
BEST!