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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 scientific practices and data, 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

A student tests whether different amounts of water affect plant height. What is the independent variable?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The amount of water.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: The independent variable is the factor the student changes.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

The independent variable is the factor the student changes.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

In the same plant experiment, which variable should remain the same for every group?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The type of plant.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Keeping the plant type the same helps make the water amount the main difference.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Keeping the plant type the same helps make the water amount the main difference.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which hypothesis is testable?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is If a plant receives more light, then its height will increase over two weeks..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: A testable hypothesis predicts a measurable relationship between variables.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

A testable hypothesis predicts a measurable relationship between variables.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A student tests different temperatures and measures dissolving time. Which variable belongs on the horizontal axis of the graph?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The temperature being tested.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: The changed independent variable is commonly placed on the horizontal axis.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

The changed independent variable is commonly placed on the horizontal axis.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Why should scientists repeat trials in an investigation?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is To determine whether a pattern is consistent.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Repeated trials help show whether a result is reliable and consistent.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Repeated trials help show whether a result is reliable and consistent.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Why might scientists build a model of a difficult system?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A model can represent important parts and relationships that are hard to observe directly..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Models simplify or represent systems so scientists can study relationships and make predictions.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Models simplify or represent systems so scientists can study relationships and make predictions.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A class measures plant height in three trials and all results increase after more light is added. What conclusion is best supported?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is More light was associated with greater plant height in the tested conditions..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: The repeated increase supports a limited conclusion about the tested plants and conditions.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

The repeated increase supports a limited conclusion about the tested plants and conditions.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which source would be most reliable for identifying the average rainfall in a region?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A long-term record from a weather agency.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: A long-term agency record is collected systematically and can be checked.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

A long-term agency record is collected systematically and can be checked.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A claim says a new filter removes more particles than an old filter. Which evidence best supports the claim?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Repeated tests show the new filter leaves fewer particles in the water..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Particle measurements directly compare the performance of the two filters.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Particle measurements directly compare the performance of the two filters.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A fair test compares two paper towel brands. What should the student change?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The brand of paper towel only.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Changing one main variable makes it easier to identify the cause of a difference.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Changing one main variable makes it easier to identify the cause of a difference.

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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.