Delaware State Assessments · DeSSA-Alt · Science · Grades 5, 8, and 10
Build Delaware DeSSA-Alt Science readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets covering life science, Earth and space science, physical science, environment, data, investigations, and evidence.
This Delaware DeSSA-Alt Science Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets use clear language and practical contexts to review living systems, Earth and space, physical science, environmental systems, data, investigations, and evidence.
Read one short science task at a time. Identify the observation or evidence, choose the best explanation, and review the solution after each response.
This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current Delaware Department of Education, official DeSSA-Alt materials, accommodations, or testing policies.
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A 10-question Delaware DeSSA-Alt Science practice set on life science, with answers and explanations.
Read each short science task carefully, identify the evidence, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is Light from the Sun.
Plants use light energy to make food.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is A rabbit that eats grass.
A herbivore eats plants, such as grass.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is A place where a living thing gets what it needs.
A habitat provides living things with resources such as food, water, shelter, and space.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Sun, grass, rabbit, fox.
Plants use energy from the Sun, rabbits eat plants, and foxes can eat rabbits.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is It helps control cell activities..
The nucleus contains information and helps direct many cell activities.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is Natural eye color.
Inherited traits such as natural eye color can be passed from parents.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is Pollen.
Bees can carry pollen between flowers, helping plants reproduce.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is Break down dead plants and animals..
Decomposers break down dead material and return nutrients to the environment.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is It germinates..
Germination is the beginning of a seed growing into a plant.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is It can make the rabbit harder for predators to see..
Blending into the surroundings can help an animal avoid being seen.
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This page provides accessible Science practice across the Delaware DeSSA-Alt grade ranges listed for Grades 5, 8, and high school science.
There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.
No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest Delaware Department of Education and official DeSSA-Alt information for current materials, accommodations, and policies.
