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Florida Statewide Science Assessment Practice Test

Build Florida science readiness with five focused 10-question sets covering physical science, life science, Earth and space science, ecosystems, data, and scientific investigation.

Florida Statewide Science Assessment practice sets

This Florida Statewide Science Assessment Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets support Grades 5 and 8 science readiness with physical science, life science, Earth and space science, ecosystems, environmental science, investigation, models, and data interpretation.

Science skills covered

  • Force, motion, matter, chemical change, thermal energy, waves, circuits, magnetism, and simple machines
  • Photosynthesis, food webs, body systems, heredity, natural selection, ecosystems, populations, and organism relationships
  • Earth rotation, water cycle, weather, fossils, Moon phases, seasons, renewable resources, and environmental change
  • Variables, controlled experiments, repeated trials, graphs, data tables, observations, inferences, models, precision, and evidence
  • Integrated science reasoning with energy flow, environmental solutions, weather evidence, electrical conductors, and scientific explanations

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Use the models, observations, and data in each question as evidence. Review the explanation after each response and note whether the missed skill involves a scientific idea, a variable, a pattern, or evidence.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice for the Florida Statewide Science Assessment in Grades 5 and 8. It does not replace current Florida Department of Education guidance, official assessment materials, accommodations, or testing policies.

Review the Florida State Assessments hub, the Florida State Test Practice page, or the official Florida assessment information for current program details.

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Florida Statewide Science Assessment Practice Questions

A 10-question Florida Statewide Science Assessment practice set on life science and ecosystems, with answers and explanations.

Read each science situation, model, or data description carefully, choose the best answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

A plant is placed in sunlight and produces sugar in its leaves. Which process is occurring?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Photosynthesis.

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: Plants use light energy to make sugar from carbon dioxide and water during photosynthesis.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

Plants use light energy to make sugar from carbon dioxide and water during photosynthesis.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

In a food web, grass is eaten by rabbits and rabbits are eaten by foxes. What would most directly happen if the rabbit population decreased greatly?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The fox population may decrease because less food is available..

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: A decrease in rabbits reduces a food source for foxes and can affect their population.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

A decrease in rabbits reduces a food source for foxes and can affect their population.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which body system moves oxygen from the lungs to cells throughout the body?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Circulatory system.

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: Blood in the circulatory system transports oxygen from the lungs to body cells.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

Blood in the circulatory system transports oxygen from the lungs to body cells.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A population of insects includes individuals with different colors. Birds more often eat the insects that are easy to see. Over many generations, what is likely to happen?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The less visible color may become more common..

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: Insects that are harder to see are more likely to survive and reproduce, increasing that trait over generations.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

Insects that are harder to see are more likely to survive and reproduce, increasing that trait over generations.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

A cell has a nucleus, cell membrane, and cytoplasm. What is the main function of the cell membrane?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is It controls what enters and leaves the cell..

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: The cell membrane regulates movement of materials into and out of the cell.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

The cell membrane regulates movement of materials into and out of the cell.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Two parents have brown eyes, but their child has blue eyes. Which statement best explains how this can occur?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The child inherited a combination of alleles that produces blue eyes..

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: Different allele combinations can produce a trait that is not visibly expressed in both parents.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

Different allele combinations can produce a trait that is not visibly expressed in both parents.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A forest receives less rainfall for several years. Which organism is most likely to be affected first by the reduced water supply?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A plant that needs regular water to grow.

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: Plants depend directly on water for growth and are likely to respond first among the listed organisms.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

Plants depend directly on water for growth and are likely to respond first among the listed organisms.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which relationship benefits both organisms?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Bees obtain nectar from flowers while pollinating the flowers..

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: Bees gain food and flowers gain pollination, so both organisms benefit.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

Bees gain food and flowers gain pollination, so both organisms benefit.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A scientist compares the number of seeds that germinate under red, blue, and white light. What is the independent variable?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The color of light.

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: The scientist changes the light color, making it the independent variable.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

The scientist changes the light color, making it the independent variable.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A student observes that a lizard population has fewer individuals after a new predator enters the habitat. Which explanation is best supported?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The new predator increased competition or predation pressure on the lizards..

  1. Identify the science idea: Read the situation, data, or model carefully and identify the scientific relationship being tested.
  2. Choose the best answer: A new predator can reduce lizard numbers through predation and competition for resources.
  3. Check the evidence: Make sure the answer matches the observation, measurement, model, or evidence described in the question.

A new predator can reduce lizard numbers through predation and competition for resources.

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Frequently asked questions about Florida Science Practice

Which grades are covered?

This page provides supplemental practice for the Florida Statewide Science Assessment in Grade 5 and Grade 8. The sets include a mixture of foundational and middle school science reasoning.

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 Florida science questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest Florida Department of Education assessment information for current science assessment details, materials, accommodations, and policies.