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Alabama ACAP Alternate Practice Test

Build Alabama ACAP Alternate readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets covering reading, communication, math, science, community skills, problem solving, and data.

Alabama ACAP Alternate Practice sets

This Alabama ACAP Alternate Practice page provides five short practice sets with 10 multiple-choice questions each. The original tasks use clear language and practical situations to review reading, communication, math, science, community knowledge, problem solving, and data skills.

Skills covered

  • Main idea, sequence, vocabulary, text evidence, signs, directions, complete sentences, and requesting help
  • Counting, comparing numbers, addition, subtraction, fractions, money, time, shapes, measurement, and patterns
  • Living things, plant needs, senses, weather, matter, force, habitats, day and night, tools, and safety
  • Maps, community helpers, rules, goods and services, time, symbols, voting, directions, and responsibility
  • Schedules, picture data, classification, everyday decisions, cause and effect, needs and wants, and pedestrian safety

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Read or listen to each task, use the information provided, and review the explanation after responding. These practice sets can support classroom review, guided study, and independent skill building.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current Alabama State Department of Education guidance, official alternate assessment materials, accommodations, or testing schedules.

For the broader Alabama assessment hub, visit Alabama State Assessments.

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Alabama ACAP Alternate Practice Questions

A 10-question Alabama ACAP Alternate practice set on science and observation, with answers and explanations.

Choose one answer for each question. Read or listen to the task carefully, use the information provided, and review the explanation after answering.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which object is living?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A tree.

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: A tree is living because it grows, uses resources, and carries out life processes.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

A tree is living because it grows, uses resources, and carries out life processes.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a plant need to grow?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Water and light.

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: Plants need water, light, air, and suitable nutrients to grow.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

Plants need water, light, air, and suitable nutrients to grow.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sense helps a person notice that a lemon is sour?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Taste.

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: Taste helps identify sour flavors.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

Taste helps identify sour flavors.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Dark clouds, falling rain, and wet sidewalks describe which weather condition?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Rainy weather.

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: Falling rain and wet sidewalks are evidence of rainy weather.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

Falling rain and wet sidewalks are evidence of rainy weather.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What happens to water when it is placed in a freezer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is It freezes into a solid..

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: Freezing changes liquid water into solid ice.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

Freezing changes liquid water into solid ice.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which action is a push?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Moving a door away from you.

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: A push moves an object away from the person or force applying it.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

A push moves an object away from the person or force applying it.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Where would a fish most likely live?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is In a pond.

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: A pond provides water, which is the habitat a fish needs.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

A pond provides water, which is the habitat a fish needs.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What causes daytime on the side of Earth facing the Sun?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Sunlight reaches that side..

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: The side of Earth facing the Sun receives sunlight and has daytime.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

The side of Earth facing the Sun receives sunlight and has daytime.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which tool measures temperature?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Thermometer.

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: A thermometer measures how hot or cold something is.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

A thermometer measures how hot or cold something is.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which action is safest when a person sees an unknown liquid on the floor?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Stay away and tell an adult..

  1. Read the task: Read the short passage, symbol, number, picture description, or situation and identify what it asks you to do.
  2. Use the information: An unknown liquid may be unsafe, so a person should avoid it and tell a trusted adult.
  3. Check the choice: Compare the answer with the information in the task and confirm that it makes sense.

An unknown liquid may be unsafe, so a person should avoid it and tell a trusted adult.

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Frequently asked questions about Alabama ACAP Alternate Practice

What skills are covered?

The page covers reading, communication, number sense, math operations, science observation, community knowledge, practical problem solving, data, and safety.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official ACAP Alternate questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Always check the latest Alabama State Department of Education information for official alternate assessment materials, testing dates, accommodations, and policies.