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    | Below are sample questions from the 
      TIMSS achievement tests in Science administered to twenty-six countries. 
      TIMSS is a research project sponsored by the International Association for 
      the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). These questions may be 
      used in the classroom, as a tool for evaluation, or to provide examples 
      of test-question writing.  | 
  
   
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    | Grades 
      7 and 8 | 
  
   
    | 1. A strait line on a graph passes 
      through the points (3,2) and (4,4). Which of these points also lies on the 
      line?  | 
  
   
    | A. (1,1) | 
  
   
    | B. (2,4) | 
  
   
    | C. (5,6) | 
  
   
    | D. (6,3) | 
  
   
    | E. (6,5) | 
  
   
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    | Answer: C | 
  
   
     
       
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    | 2. A quadrilateral MUST be a parallelogram 
      if it has | 
  
   
    | A. one pair of adjacent sides equal | 
  
   
    | B. one pair of parallel sides | 
  
   
    | C. a diagonal as axis of symmetry | 
  
   
    | D. two adjacent angles equal | 
  
   
    | E. two pairs of parallel sides | 
  
   
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    | Answer: E | 
  
   
     
       
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    | 3. In a quadrilateral, two of the 
      angles each have a measure of 110 degrees, and the measure of the third 
      angle is 90 degrees. What is the measure of the remaining angle? | 
  
   
    | A. 50 degrees | 
  
   
    | B. 90 degrees | 
  
   
    | C. 130 degrees | 
  
   
    | D. 140 degrees | 
  
   
    | E. None of the above | 
  
   
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    | Answer: A | 
  
   
     
       
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    | 4. What is the ratio of the length 
      of a side of a square to its perimeter? | 
  
   
    | A. 1/1 | 
  
   
    | B. 1/2 | 
  
   
    | C. 1/3 | 
  
   
    | D. 1/4 | 
  
   
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    | Answer: D | 
  
   
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