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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 integrated georgia milestones science review, 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 data table shows that seedlings receiving 8 hours of light grew taller than seedlings receiving 2 hours under the same conditions. What conclusion is supported?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The seedlings with more light grew taller in this investigation..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: The conclusion stays within the conditions measured in the investigation.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

The conclusion stays within the conditions measured in the investigation.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

A student places an ice cube on a metal tray and another on a foam tray. The ice on metal melts faster. What is a likely explanation?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Metal transfers thermal energy more readily than foam..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Metal is a better conductor, so thermal energy reaches the ice more readily.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Metal is a better conductor, so thermal energy reaches the ice more readily.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

A food web contains grass, insects, frogs, and herons. If grass decreases because of drought, which change is most likely?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Insects may decrease because there is less plant food..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Less grass can reduce the food available to insects and affect higher consumers.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Less grass can reduce the food available to insects and affect higher consumers.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

A weather map shows a line of storms moving toward a town. Which observation would best help predict the storms arrival?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is The direction and speed of the storm system.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Movement direction and speed provide evidence for estimating arrival time.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Movement direction and speed provide evidence for estimating arrival time.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which statement best distinguishes a scientific observation from an inference?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is An observation records what is seen or measured, while an inference explains what the evidence may mean..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Observations are evidence, while inferences are interpretations based on evidence.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Observations are evidence, while inferences are interpretations based on evidence.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

A student sees that a shadow is longest in the morning and shorter near midday. What pattern is shown?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The shadow length changes as the Sun appears to move across the sky..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: The changing shadow length is related to the apparent position of the Sun.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

The changing shadow length is related to the apparent position of the Sun.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

A closed container holds water and ice. After the ice melts, what happens to the total amount of matter in the closed container?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is It remains the same even though the state changes..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: A change of state does not remove matter from a closed system.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

A change of state does not remove matter from a closed system.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

A student compares two soil samples and finds that Sample A drains water faster. Which additional evidence would make the conclusion stronger?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Repeating the test with equal amounts of water and recording drainage time.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Controlled repeated measurements provide stronger evidence for a drainage comparison.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Controlled repeated measurements provide stronger evidence for a drainage comparison.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

A habitat loses most of its trees. Which change could affect several organisms in the habitat?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Less shelter and food may be available for animals that depend on the trees..

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: Trees can provide food and shelter, so their loss can affect multiple populations.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

Trees can provide food and shelter, so their loss can affect multiple populations.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

A student uses a diagram to show energy moving from the Sun to plants and then to animals. What does the diagram model?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The direction of energy transfer through a food chain.

  1. Identify the science idea: Determine the system, process, pattern, or evidence the question asks you to analyze.
  2. Use the evidence: The arrows and organisms represent how energy moves through feeding relationships.
  3. Check the explanation: Confirm that the selected answer matches the model, observation, data, or scientific relationship in the question.

The arrows and organisms represent how energy moves through feeding relationships.

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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.