Tips for Taking Your Science OAA

1. Tips for Taking Your Science OAA Never Settle for Less Than Your BEST!

2. Multiple Choice Questions • Read carefully & Read question more than once if necessary • Understand what is being asked • Read all the choices before choosing your answer • Eliminate incorrect choices first if you have having difficulty • There is only one correct answer choice

3. Constructed Response Questions • Read questions carefully • If a question asks you to do more than one thing – for example: “identify and provide support” . . .Be sure you do BOTH THINGS! • Read over your written answer to be sure that it makes sense and that you didn’t leave out any information

4. Constructed Response Questions • These are usually 2 or 4 point questions • Put a lot of effort into these answers • Answer all of the questions to the best of your ability • Try your best • DO NOT LEAVE ANY QUESTIONS BLANK!

5. Content of Test – Life Science • Plants • Animals • Ecosystems & Biomes • Transfer of Energy in an Ecosystem • Food Webs & Chains • Succession

6. Content of Test – Life Science • Predator / Prey Relationships • Symbiotic Relationships • Cell Structures & Functions • Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems

7. Content of Test – Life Science • Body Plans and Internal Anatomy • Relationship between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration (including the chemical formulas)

8. Content of Test – Life Science • Mitosis, Meiosis & Inherited Traits • Diversity of Species Happens over Many Generations

9. Content of Test – Earth Science • Earth’s Interior • Earth’s Surface • Rocks & Minerals • Weathering & Erosion • Plate Tectonics • Environmental Impacts • Composition of the Atmosphere

10. Content of Test – Earth Science • Properties of & the Formation of Soil • Biomes • Energy & the Atmosphere • Weather & Clouds • Nutrient Cycles • Carbon / Oxygen • Nitrogen • Water Cycle

11. Content of Test – Space Science • Earth, Moon, Sun System • Lunar & Solar Eclipses • Tides • Moon Phases

12. Content of Test – Space Science • Tools Used to Study Space • Telescopes, rockets, satellites • Life Cycle of a Star • Small Bodies in Space • Asteroids • Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites

13. Content of Test – Physical Science • Forces have magnitude & direction • Some forces are invisible (electricity, gravity, & magnetism) • Net forces change the motion of objects • Different forms of Kinetic & Potential Energy

14. Content of Test – Physical Science • Reference points, changes in position and time are used to describe motion • Transformation of Energy • Waves are produced by vibrations and transfer energy

15. Conservation of Energy & Matter Density (equal volumes of different substances often have different masses) Energy sources can be classified as either renewable or nonrenewable Chemical & Physical Changes Content of Test – Physical Science

16. General Test Taking Advise • Get a good night sleep before a test • Relax & know that you are well prepared • Try your best • Answer all questions • Check over your test carefully before turning it in • Use good handwriting

17. General Test Taking Advise • Keep a positive attitude throughout the whole test and try to stay relaxed. If you start to feel nervous take a few deep breaths to relax. • Do the easiest problems first. Don't stay on a problem that you are stuck on. • Do the problems that have the greatest point values first.

18. General Test Taking Advise • If you don't know an answer, skip it. Go on with the rest of the test and come back to it later. Other parts of the test may have some information that will help you out with that question. • Stand up and stretch during breaks.

19. General Test Taking Advise • Pace yourself, don't rush • Read the entire question and pay attention to the details • Don't worry if others finish before you • Focus on the test in front of you • Don’t turn in your test until you are sure it is your best effort

20. Good Luck! Never Settle for Less Than Your BEST!