Diagnostic Test I Name Date Read about a seed. Then answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Put some seeds on a dry paper towel. Put some seeds on a wet paper towel. Put each paper towel in its own bag. Place both bags in a warm place. Use a hand lens to look at your seeds every day. The seeds on the wet towel change. First, roots start to grow out of the seeds. After a few days, stems grow out of the seeds. Darken the bubble next to your answer. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 1. What are you trying to find out? Do seeds need light? Do seeds need water? Do seeds need bags? 1-2.6, 1-1.3 2. What can happen to seeds? 1-2.4,1-1,1 They can grow into new plants. They can move around. They can make a plant warm. 3. What grows first? stems roots leaves Grade 1 1-2.4, 1-1.1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 1 Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 4. What do plants need? sunlight darkness cold 1-2.1 Look at the picture. Then answer questions 5 and 6. Flower Stem Leaf Root 1-2.2 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 5. Which plant part holds the plant up? root stem leaf 6. Which plant part takes in water and nutrients from soil? 1-2.2 root stem flower 2 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 7. Which leaves do we eat? A 1-2.3, 1-1.1 C B 8. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill What can we find inside a fruit? flowers stems seeds 1-2.4 9. Deserts have little water. How can plants live in deserts? 1-2.5, 1-2.6 They make water. They store water. They do not need water. Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 3 Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 10. How do arctic plants stay safe from the cold and wind? 1-2.5,1-2.6 They grow tall. They grow close to the ground. They grow underground. 11. You dig into the soil. You look at roots closely. What should you do next? Use sharp tools. Catch earthworms. Wash your hands. 1-2.6,1-1.4 1-3.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 12. What is in the sky only during the day? the Sun the Moon clouds 4 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 13. Without the Sun, what would Earth be like? bright and warm cold and dark hot and wet 1-3.2 14. What must you never do? 1-3.2,1-1.4 Look directly at the Moon. Look directly at clouds. Look directly at the Sun. 1-3.3 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 15. Which picture shows late afternoon? Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 5 Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 16. At dinner time, you see the Moon like this. How does the Moon look at bedtime? 1-3.4, 1-1.1 17. What shape belongs in the box? 18. 1-3.4,1-1.1 rocks sand water soil What does not belong in the box? buildings soil rocks 6 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation buildings 1-4.1 Grade 1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill What Earth Is Made Of Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 19. Which two rocks have something in common? Rock How It Looks and Feels Chalk grey white, soft, smooth Marble grey-green, hard, smooth Granite orange, dark bits, rough 1-4.2, 1-1.1 chalk and marble granite and chalk marble and granite 20. Betty puts a plant in soil. She puts a plant in sand. Every week she measures how tall each plant is. Plant in Soil Plant in Sand 10 inches 10 inches 12 inches 8 inches 14 inches 6 inches © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill Which helps the plant to grow? sand soil both 1-4.3, 1-1.1 21. Which pile of soil is an inch tall? Grade 1 1-4.1, 1-1.2 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 7 Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 22. Each container has 1 cup of water. What is different about the containers? 1-4.4, 1-1.1 the amount of water the size of the water the shape of the water 23. 24. What do people use to build things? water and soil rocks and wood air and water 8 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill Which is true? 1-4.5 Water covers most of Earth. Land covers most of Earth. The land surrounds the water. 1-4.6 Grade 1 Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 25. Which is NOT true about water? It feels wet. It flows downhill. It flows uphill. 1-4.4 26. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill Which thing is next to another? cat and rabbit bear and dog bear and cat 1-5.1 27. What can you move by pushing it? Grade 1 1-5.2 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 9 Diagnostic Test I Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 28. Which will move the fastest if you give it a big push? 1-5.2 beach ball cart wagon 29. You tap a cymbal. Why do you hear a sound? The cymbal bends. The cymbal vibrates. The cymbal moves around. 1-5.3 30. 10 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 1-5.4 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill How are these people moving? zigzag straight forward in a circle Grade 1 Standard 1-2 Test Name Date Read about plants in the arctic. Then answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Some plants live in the arctic. The arctic is an icy, cold place. It is near the North Pole. Arctic plants grow in groups close to the ground. This keeps them safe from the cold and the wind. Small flowers grow only for a short time. They grow when the arctic snow melts. Darken the bubble next to your answer. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 1. What is true about artic plants? They can live in the cold. They do not have roots. They do not need soil. 1-2.5 2. Why do arctic plants grow near the ground? 1-2.6 to get food to keep wet to stay safe from wind 3. What is true about arctic flowers? 1-2.5; 1-2.6 They grow all the time. They grow when it is snowy and cold. They grow when the snow melts. Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 11 Standard 1-2 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 4. Mark has two bean plants. He puts one in sunlight near a window. He puts the other in a dark closet. What is he trying to find out? 1-2.1, 1-1.3 Do plants need the dark? Do plants need light? Do plants need windows? 5. What Plants Need air water What can you add to the box? nutrients heat cold 1-2.1 12 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 6. Tim puts one bean plant in a small pot of soil. Mara puts five bean plants in a small pot of soil. What happens? 1-2.1, 1-1.1 Tim’s plant grows taller than Mara’s. Mara’s plants grow taller than Tim’s. All the plants grow. Grade 1 Standard 1-2 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 7. Which part of a plant makes food? 8. Which flower is 1-inch across? 1 1-2.2 1-2.2, 1-1.2 2 1-2.4 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 9. What part of a plant makes seeds? Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 13 Standard 1-2 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 10. What part is missing? 1-2.2 stem leaf root 12. Which plant root do we eat? 14 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 1-2.3 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 11. Which plant is in the wrong place? 1-2.3 Grade 1 Standard 1-2 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 13. What can happen to a seed when you plant it? 1-2.4, 1-1.1 14. What can you find inside this fruit? roots seeds leaves 1-2.4 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 15. Which is a seedling? 1-2.4 Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 15 Standard 1-2 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 16. You plant a seed. You water it. What should you do next? Let it dry out. Wash your hands. Drink some water. 1-2.6, 1-1.4 17. This place is hot and wet. Many tall, big plants live there. What is this place? 1-2.5 the desert the arctic the rain forest © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 18. This plant has a stem that stores water. Where does this plant live? 1-2.6 the desert the arctic the rain forest 16 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-2 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 19. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill This plant lives in a rain forest. How does the shape of its leaves help the plant live? 1-2.6 It helps the leaves take in water. Extra water falls off the leaves. The leaves eat small animals. Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 17 Standard 1-2 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 20. You plant a seed. A new plant grows from the seed. It becomes an adult plant. What does it do? 1-2.4 It makes seeds. It becomes young again. It plants a seed. 18 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-3 Test Name Date Read about what the Sun gives us. Then answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Fill two cups with soil. Feel the soil in both cups. They both feel a little cool. Now put one cup of soil in a sunny place. Put the other cup in the shade. Wait one hour. Feel the soil in both cups again. The one in the shade is still cool. Darken the bubble next to your answer. 1. How will the soil in the sunny place feel? 1-3.2, 1-1.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill cool warm cold 2. What does the Sun give Earth? heat night shade 1-3.2 3. To be safe, what should you do after you touch soil? 1-1.4 Cover the soil. Wet the soil. Wash your hands. Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 19 Standard 1-3 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 4. Look at the picture. When do you see this? only at night only in the day day and night 1-3.3 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 5. What would you see around dinner time? 1-3.1 20 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-3 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 6. To be safe, what must you never look directly at? 1-3.2, 1-1.4 the Moon clouds the Sun 7. When can you see these? only at night only in the day day or night 1-3.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 8. What can this help you measure? wind rain temperature Grade 1 1-1.2 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 21 Standard 1-3 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 9. Which picture shows the Sun from morning to noon? 1-3.3, 1-1.1 10. 1-3.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill When can you see the Moon? at night only during the day only night and day 22 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-3 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 11. You look up and see the Moon. How does the Moon look a few hours later? 1-3.3, 1-1.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 12. Look at the Moon. Which will be the next Moon phase? Grade 1 1-3.4, 1-1.1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 23 Standard 1-3 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 13. Look at the Moon. What will be the next Moon phase? 1-3.4, 1-1.1 14. How are the Sun and the Moon alike? 1-3.3 You see them both at night. Both look like they rise and set in the sky. Both move around Earth. 15. Phases of the Moon last full new Which word does not belong in the box? quarter last new 24 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill quarter 1-1.1, 1-3.4 Grade 1 Standard 1-3 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 16. When do you see almost no Moon at all? new Moon quarter Moon full Moon 1-3.4, 1-1.1 17. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill A blade of grass casts a shadow. Which shadow below is longer than 1 inch? 1-3.2, 1-1.2 18. • makes light • makes heat • helps plants grow What is the best name for this box? The Moon The Sun The Sun and the Moon Grade 1 1-3.2 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 25 Standard 1-3 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 19. The cup of water is indoors for an hour. Now put it outdoors for an hour. Put it in the Sun. What happens to the thermometer? 1-3.2; 1-1.2 The Moon stars What is the best name for this box? The Sky The Day Sky The Night Sky 26 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 20. South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 1-1.1; 1-3.1 Grade 1 Standard 1-4 Test Name Date Read about things Earth gives us. Then answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Many things we use are from Earth. For example, rocks and trees are from Earth. We use rocks to build walls, roads, and buildings. We use trees to build homes, tables, and chairs. Soil and water are from Earth. We use them to grow plants. We use water to wash, drink, and play. Darken the bubble next to your answer. 1. trees rocks soil water What is the best name for this box? Things from Earth Things We Build Needs of Living Things 1-4.1, 1-1.1 2. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill buildings roads homes What is the best name for this box? Things from Earth Things We Build Needs of Living Things Grade 1 tables 1-4.1, 1-1.1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 27 Standard 1-4 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 3. Which does NOT help plants grow? water soil rocks 1-4.6, 1-1.1 4. Sort these rocks by how bumpy they are. Which rock does not belong with the other two? 1-4.2, 1-1.1 5. Sort these piles of sand by color. Which pile does not belong with the other two? 1-4.2, 1-1.1 6. Sort these rocks by size. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill Which rock does not belong with the other two? 1-4.2, 1-1.1 28 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-4 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 7. Which rock is more than 1 inch across? 1-4.2, 1-1.2 8. You plant bean seeds in three kinds of soil. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill Which kind of soil does not belong with the others? 1-4.3, 1-1.1 Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 29 Standard 1-4 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 9. You have a cup of water. You pour it into each of these containers. 1-4.4, 1-1.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill What changes about the water? the amount the shape the color 30 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-4 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. Compare these two piles of soil. Then answer questions 10 and 11. 10. How are the two piles of soil different? color size of bits of soil shape of piles 1-4.3, 1-1.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 11. What can you see about the piles of soil? color how they hold water how they help plants grow 1-4.3, 1-1.1 12. You pour some water on a plate. You tilt the plate. What happens to the water? 1-4.4, 1-1.1 It dries up. It flows down the plate. It gets darker. Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 31 Standard 1-4 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 13. You put your hand into a cup of cool water. How does it feel? sandy wet warm 1-4.4, 1-1.1 14. B A If you pour water into cup B, what will happen? 1-4.4, 1-1.1 cup A will go down cup B will go down cup B will go up 32 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 1-4.4 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 15. Where can you find salty water? in oceans in the bathtub in a lake Grade 1 Standard 1-4 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 16. You plant a seed in soil. You add water. What should you do then? 1-4.6, 1-1.4 Put the soil in a shady place. Add more water to the soil. Wash the soil off your hands. 17. B A Which map shows water in a pond? A B none of them 1-4.5 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 18. What kind of water does the map show? rivers lakes oceans Grade 1 1-4.5 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 33 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 19. You have a bathtub of water. You have a cup of water. You also have a spoon of water. Which could be a model of an ocean? bathtub cup spoon 20. 1-4.5 Ways We Use Water washing cooking 1-4.6 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill What can you add to the box? building growing plants cutting 34 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Read about using a rubber band. Then answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Put safety goggles on. Stretch a rubber band around the top of a plastic bowl. Now hold the bowl. Pull the rubber band. Let the rubber band go. What do you see? What do you hear? Do it again. This time touch the rubber band to stop it. Darken the bubble next to your answer. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 1. You pull the rubber band. What happens when you let it go? 1-5.3, 1.1.1 It tears into two pieces. It vibrates and makes a sound. It snaps back into place. 2. You let the rubber band go. Then, you touch the rubber band. What happens? 1-5.3, 1.1.1 It stops making a sound. It keeps making a sound It snaps back into place. 3. Why do you need to wear safety goggles? to see the rubber band better to keep your eyes safe to keep hair out of your eyes Grade 1 1.1.4 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 35 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 4. You ride a big Ferris wheel at the fair. How do you move? 1-5.4 round and round in a circle zigzag and back and forth straight forward 5. You and a friend sit side by side. Where is your friend? 1-5.1 above you next to you behind you 1-5.2 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 6. A cart rolls by you. How can you stop it? Pull it as it rolls by. Push it as it rolls by. Toss a ball into it. 36 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 7. Which of these toys do you pull? 1-5.2 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill The ride has stopped. Use it to answer questions 8 and 9. 8. Which two animals are next to each other? duck and cat cat and bear cat and dog 9. Which animal is above the other? bear and cat duck and bear cat and dog Grade 1 1-5.1, 1-1.1 1-1.1; 1-5.1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 37 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 10. Jay tapped the marble. The line showed how far it moved. How far did it move? 1-5.2, 1-1.2 1 inch less than an inch more than an inch 11. Maria tapped three marbles. Which marble moved the most? 1-5.2, 1-1.2 1-5.4; 1-1.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 12. Which animal is moving differently? 38 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 13. Which one makes sounds by blowing? 1-5.3; 1-1.1 14. Which one makes sounds by tapping? 1-5.3, 1-1.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 15. Which one makes sounds by making strings vibrate? 1-5.3, 1-1.1 Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 39 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 16. How are these children moving? zigzag in a circle back and forth 1-5.4 40 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 17. A cart rolls past you. You push it. What happens? 1-5.2 It rolls faster. It stops. It turns around. Grade 1 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 18. 1-5.4 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill How are these children moving? in a circle zigzag back and forth Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 41 Standard 1-5 Test Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 19. What is under something else? 1-5.1 The tree is under the house. The Sun is under the house. The ground is under the house. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 20. Which of these makes something move by pulling? 1-5.2 planting a seed dragging a cart lifting a book 42 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Read about where plants live. Then answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Plants grow where they get what they need. Some plants live in deserts. Deserts are hot, dry places. Some desert plants have thick stems. These stems store water. Many plants live in a rain forest. A rain forest is a hot, wet place. Many rain forest plants have large, pointy leaves. Water falls off these leaves. The plants do not get too much water. Darken the bubble next to your answer. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 1. What do plants need? 1-2.1 hot air water dry places 2. How is a desert different from a rain forest? Deserts are dry. Rain forests are wet. Deserts are hot. Rain forests are cold. Deserts are wet. Rain forests are dry. 1-2.5 3. Why do some desert plants have thick stems? The stems keep water out. The stems store water. The stems keep the plants warm. Grade 1 1-2.6 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 43 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 4. What Plants Need air water light What can you add to the box? space heat cold 1-2.1 Look at the picture. Then answer questions 5 and 6. Flower Stem Leaf Root 1-2.2 6. Which plant part keeps the plant in the ground? root stem flower 44 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 1-2.2 Grade 1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 5. Which plant part makes food? root stem leaf Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 7. Which root can we eat? carrot dandelion cactus 8. What is inside a fruit? roots leaves seeds 1-2.3, 1-1.1 1-2.4 1-2.5 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 9. Why do rain forests have so many plants? They are dry places. They are wet and warm. They are cold, windy places. Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 45 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 10. How can desert plants store water? 1.2-6 They grow very tall. They have many big leaves. They have thick stems and spiny leaves. 11. You dig in the soil. You look for rocks. What should you do to stay safe? Drink water. Wash your hands. Put on a warm hat. 1-4.1, 1-1.4 1-3.1 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 12. What is NEVER in the sky at night? clouds the Moon the Sun 46 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 13. What does the Sun give Earth? cold and sound heat and light rocks and ice 1-3.2 14. How can your keep your eyes safe? 1-3.3, 1-1.4 Do not look directly at the Moon. Do not look directly at the Sun. Do not look directly at clouds. 1-3.3 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 15. Which picture shows an early morning? Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 47 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 16. This is how the Moon looked at bedtime. How did it look at dinner time? 1-3.3, 1-1.1 17. Here is the Moon on one night. What is the next Moon phase? What Earth Is Made Of rocks soil sand What else belongs in the box? houses cars water 48 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 18. 1-3.4, 1-1.1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 1-4.1 Grade 1 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 19. Which two rocks are alike in some way? Rock How It Looks and Feels limestone green, hard, smooth marble pink, hard, smooth sandstone orange, layers, rough 1-4.2, 1-1.1 limestone and marble sandstone and limestone marble and sandstone 20. Ben studies two kinds of soil. He made a table of what he found. Topsoil Sandy Soil feels crumbly feels rough most plants grow well holds some water holds a little water What is missing from Sandy Soil? arctic plants grow well no plants grow desert plants grow well 1-1.1, 1-4.3 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 21. Which rock is 1 inch long? Grade 1 1-1.1; 1-1.2 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 49 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 22. Ricky has water in a cup. He pours it into a glass. What has changed? 1-4.4, 1-1.1 the amount of the water the size of the water the shape of the water 23. 24. trees 1-4.5 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill Where is the water in these maps? the dark part of each map the light part of each map the middle of each map rocks What would you call this box? 1-4.6 What We Use to Grow Plants What We Use to Build Things Things We Need to Live Each Day 50 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 25. You pour water on a plate. You lift one end of the plate up. What happens to the water? 1-5.4 It stays put. It zigzags. It flows downward. 26. What is over the book? cup apple flower 1-5.1 1-5.2 © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 27. What can you move by pulling it? Grade 1 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation 51 Diagnostic Test II Name Date Darken the bubble next to your answer. 28. Which of these can move if you tap it? a beach ball a cart filled with books a wagon filled with boxes 1-5.2 29. You stretch a rubber band. You pluck it. You hear a sound. Why? 1-5.3 The rubber band snaps. The rubber band vibrates. The rubber band stretches. © Macmillan/McGraw–Hill 30. How do people who are skating around a rink move? 1-5.4 zigzag straight forward in a circle 52 South Carolina Standards Test Preparation Grade 1