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California CAASPP · Grades 3–8 and 11 · Smarter Balanced

California CAASPP Practice Test: Grades 3–8 and 11

Build CAASPP readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets covering ELA reading, language, writing, mathematics, data, and scientific reasoning.

California CAASPP Grades 3–8 and 11 practice sets

This California CAASPP Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets support supplemental review of Smarter Balanced ELA and Math skills, evidence-based reasoning, data interpretation, and science application.

CAASPP skills covered

  • Main purpose, character evidence, text structure, vocabulary, figurative language, summaries, organization, reliable sources, and charts
  • Semicolons, concise revision, verb tense, transitions, modifiers, thesis statements, colons, evidence, relevance, and conclusions
  • Percent, equations, area, slope, median, right triangles, probability, sequences, radius, and proportional relationships
  • Tables, graphs, multistep problems, perimeter, proportions, outliers, reasonableness, expressions, and scale interpretation
  • Water cycle, variables, fossils, food chains, natural selection, enzyme graphs, circuits, biodiversity, controls, and thermal energy

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Mark uncertain questions, use evidence from the passage or data, and review the explanation for every missed or guessed answer.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current California Department of Education CAASPP guidance, official blueprints, accommodations, or testing schedules.

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

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California CAASPP Practice Questions

A 10-question California CAASPP practice set on caaspp scientific reasoning and grade 11 application, with answers and explanations.

Read each question carefully, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which process changes liquid water into water vapor?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Evaporation.

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: Evaporation is the change from liquid water to water vapor.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

Evaporation is the change from liquid water to water vapor.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

A student tests whether fertilizer affects plant growth. What is the dependent variable?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The measured height or growth of the plants.

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: The dependent variable is the outcome measured in response to fertilizer.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

The dependent variable is the outcome measured in response to fertilizer.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A fossil contains features of an organism that lived in water. What can the fossil help scientists infer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The organism’s environment or way of life.

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: Fossil structures provide evidence about an organism and its environment.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

Fossil structures provide evidence about an organism and its environment.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which statement best describes energy in a food chain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Energy enters from the Sun and moves through producers and consumers..

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: Most ecosystems begin with sunlight captured by producers and then transfer energy through feeding relationships.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

Most ecosystems begin with sunlight captured by producers and then transfer energy through feeding relationships.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A population of bacteria becomes resistant to an antibiotic over generations. Which explanation is best supported?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Bacteria with inherited resistance survive and reproduce more often..

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: Natural selection can increase inherited resistance when susceptible bacteria are removed.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

Natural selection can increase inherited resistance when susceptible bacteria are removed.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A graph shows enzyme activity rising until 35 degrees Celsius and falling above 35 degrees. What is 35 degrees in this model?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The approximate optimum temperature tested..

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: The peak of the graph represents the greatest measured activity under the test conditions.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

The peak of the graph represents the greatest measured activity under the test conditions.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A circuit contains a battery, wires, and a bulb. The bulb lights when the switch is closed. What does this show?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A closed circuit allows current to flow through the bulb..

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: Closing the switch completes the conducting path and allows current to flow.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

Closing the switch completes the conducting path and allows current to flow.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which observation is evidence that a habitat is losing biodiversity?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Fewer kinds of plants and animals are found there over time..

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: Biodiversity refers to the variety of living things, so fewer kinds indicates a loss.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

Biodiversity refers to the variety of living things, so fewer kinds indicates a loss.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Two groups test a water filter. Group A uses clean water and Group B uses muddy water, but both groups use the same filter. Why might the results be difficult to compare?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The starting water conditions are different..

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: Different starting conditions can affect the results independently of the filter.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

Different starting conditions can affect the results independently of the filter.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A student observes that a metal spoon becomes warm after sitting in hot soup. What form of energy transfer is most directly shown?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Thermal energy moving from the soup to the spoon.

  1. Identify the skill: Decide whether the question asks for reading evidence, language use, a calculation, a pattern, or an explanation of a model.
  2. Use the evidence: Thermal energy moves from the warmer soup into the cooler spoon.
  3. Check the response: Make sure the answer matches the exact wording, units, conditions, and evidence in the question.

Thermal energy moves from the warmer soup into the cooler spoon.

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Frequently asked questions about California CAASPP Practice Test

Which CAASPP skills are covered?

The page covers Smarter Balanced ELA reading, language, writing, mathematics, data reasoning, and science application for Grades 3–8 and 11.

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 CAASPP questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest California Department of Education information for official materials, standards, accommodations, and policies.