SQUADS ACT Prep Round 4 Subject: 10 th Grade Science Agenda Page 51 Learning Intentions - Today, I am going to practice College Readiness Standards in Science: 1.Evaluation of Models, Inferences, and Experimental Results, 20-23, 24-27, Scientific Investigation, Success Criteria – I am successful if I can… 1.Identify key issues or assumptions in a model, determine whether given information supports or contradicts a simple conclusion, and why. 2.Determine the experimental conditions that would produce specified results. Week 18 CPW

10 th Grade Science You have 3 Minutes to read your passage. You will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to work on each question individually. You will have 1 minute and 30 seconds to work as a group and write your rationales for each answer.

10 th Grade Science 1.Which of the following statements best describes how Scientist 2 would explain why no large, identifiable fragments of the object have been recovered? A.Any large, identifiable fragments that reached the ground have been removed from the area by erosion. B.Any large, identifiable fragments were thrown hundreds of kilometers from the site. C.No large, identifiable fragments of the object reached the ground. D.No large, identifiable fragments of the object have been recovered due to the soil conditions in the area.

10 th Grade Science 2.How would the behavior of the asteroid differ from that described in Scientist 2’s viewpoint if the asteroid had not been flattened by the air pressure difference? The asteroid would: A.not have entered Earth’s atmosphere. B.have struck another planet in the solar system. C.have decelerated more gradually. D.have frozen.

10 th Grade Science 3.Which of the following statements would both scientists most likely use to explain the damage to the forest caused by the object’s explosion? Energy from the explosion: A.traveled rapidly down to Earth’s surface. B.dissipated in the upper atmosphere. C.was released less than 1 km above Earth’s surface. D.was released as the object struck Earth’s surface.

10 th Grade Science 4.Scientist 1’s viewpoint would be weakened by which of the following observations about comets, if true? A.Comets are composed mainly of frozen materials. B.Comets are much larger than 100 m in diameter. C.Comets often pass close enough to Earth to intersect Earth’s atmosphere. D.Comets orbit the Sun.

Now ‘Squad Up’ and replay this PPT. Use the Student Answer/Rationale Sheet. Then exchange your Squad’s answer sheet with that of another squad. Launch the ANSWERS video.ANSWERS SQUADS ACT Prep Round 4 Subject: 10 th Grade Science Agenda Page 51 CPW Week 18