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Georgia Milestones Science Practice Test

Build Georgia Milestones Science readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets for ecosystems, matter, energy, Earth and space science, data, and scientific investigation.

Georgia Milestones Science practice sets

This Georgia Milestones Science Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets cover life science, ecosystems, physical science, matter, energy, Earth and space science, weather, data analysis, models, and investigation design.

Science skills covered

  • Explaining producers, consumers, decomposers, adaptations, populations, food webs, and energy flow
  • Analyzing physical and chemical changes, forces, circuits, conductors, thermal energy, and sound
  • Reviewing weather, climate, erosion, the water cycle, rocks, seasons, Moon phases, and renewable resources
  • Identifying variables, controls, hypotheses, models, repeated trials, reliable evidence, and fair tests
  • Interpreting tables, graphs, systems, observations, inferences, claims, and evidence-based conclusions

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Use the evidence in each scenario, model, or data description before choosing an answer. Review the explanation after every response and explain the relationship in your own words.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice for Georgia Milestones Science preparation. It does not replace current Georgia Department of Education guidance, official assessment materials, accommodations, or testing procedures.

Review the Georgia State Test Practice hub, the Georgia State Assessments category, and the official Georgia Milestones Assessment System for current program information.

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Georgia Milestones Science Practice Questions

A 10-question Georgia Milestones Science practice set on earth, space, and weather, with answers and explanations.

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

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Which statement describes weather rather than climate?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Rain is expected in Atlanta this afternoon..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Weather describes short-term conditions, while climate describes long-term patterns.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Weather describes short-term conditions, while climate describes long-term patterns.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

How can sedimentary rock form?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Sediments can be compacted and cemented together..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Compaction and cementation can form sedimentary rock from sediments.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Compaction and cementation can form sedimentary rock from sediments.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What is the main cause of Earths seasons?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is The tilt of Earths axis as Earth orbits the Sun.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Earths tilted axis changes the angle and length of sunlight during its orbit.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Earths tilted axis changes the angle and length of sunlight during its orbit.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Why does the Moon appear to have different phases?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The visible sunlit portion changes as the Moon orbits Earth..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: The Moon reflects sunlight, and its position changes the visible lit portion.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

The Moon reflects sunlight, and its position changes the visible lit portion.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What process can move soil from one place to another during heavy rain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Erosion.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Flowing water can carry soil and cause erosion.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Flowing water can carry soil and cause erosion.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

During which process does liquid water change into water vapor?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Evaporation.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Evaporation changes liquid water into a gas.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Evaporation changes liquid water into a gas.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What can happen where two tectonic plates move suddenly against each other?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is An earthquake may occur..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Sudden movement along a plate boundary can release energy as an earthquake.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Sudden movement along a plate boundary can release energy as an earthquake.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which resource is renewable on a human time scale?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Sunlight.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Sunlight is continually supplied by the Sun and can be renewed naturally.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Sunlight is continually supplied by the Sun and can be renewed naturally.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which instrument measures air pressure?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A barometer.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: A barometer measures air pressure.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

A barometer measures air pressure.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which type of rock commonly forms when layers of sediment are pressed together?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Sedimentary rock.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Pressed and cemented sediment forms sedimentary rock.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Pressed and cemented sediment forms sedimentary rock.

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Frequently asked questions about Georgia Milestones Science Practice

Which grades are covered?

This page is designed for supplemental Georgia Milestones Science practice for the Grade 5 and Grade 8 assessment pathways. High school science is assessed through designated Georgia Milestones End-of-Course courses and can be developed as a separate page.

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 Georgia Milestones questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions and do not reproduce secure assessment content. Check the Georgia Department of Education for current blueprints, assessment guides, accommodations, and testing procedures.