Iowa Assessments (ITBS) Practice Pack — Grade 7

20 original Iowa Assessments (ITBS)-style questions · Answer key on the last page · iprepgenius.com/printables

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1.
Use the graph to answer: How many for Thu and Wed TOGETHER?
(A)6
(B)15
(C)17
(D)16
2.
a tranquil lake
Tranquil means about the same as —
(A)deep
(B)clear
(C)distant
(D)calm
3.
Which word is spelled wrong?
(A)beginning
(B)receive
(C)government
(D)libary
(E)(No mistakes)
4.
Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?
(A)Nina and Ava walked
(B)to the library on
(C)Monday to return their
(D)books before closing time
(E)(No mistakes)
5.
Robot Geologists

The rovers that explore Mars are often called robot geologists, and the nickname is earned. Like a field scientist, a rover studies layers of rock to read the planet's history. When one drilled into a dry lakebed and found clay that forms only in calm, fresh water, scientists concluded that Mars was once far friendlier to life than it is today. A rover's day is planned to the minute by engineers on Earth, yet the machine must handle surprises alone: a signal takes many minutes to cross the distance between the planets, so no one can steer a rover around a rock in real time. Each evening, the rover reports what it found; each night, humans write tomorrow's plan.
The last sentence shows that rover missions are —
(A)a daily partnership between humans and machine
(B)planned years in advance with no changes
(C)finished after one drive
(D)run entirely by the rover
6.Which process produces gametes with half the chromosome number?
(A)respiration
(B)photosynthesis
(C)mitosis
(D)meiosis
7.
2,352 + 2,346 = ?
(A)4,688
(B)4,698
(C)4,697
(D)4,708
8.
Use the graph to answer: Which had the FEWEST?
(A)Plums
(B)Grapes
(C)Apples
(D)Pears
9.
a feeble excuse
Feeble means about the same as —
(A)weak
(B)late
(C)funny
(D)written
10.
Which word is spelled wrong?
(A)rhythm
(B)neccessary
(C)privilege
(D)definitely
(E)(No mistakes)
11.
Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?
(A)The students wrote letters
(B)to Mrs. Chen, thanking her
(C)for the field trip on
(D)september 2 to the museum.
(E)(No mistakes)
12.
Robot Geologists

The rovers that explore Mars are often called robot geologists, and the nickname is earned. Like a field scientist, a rover studies layers of rock to read the planet's history. When one drilled into a dry lakebed and found clay that forms only in calm, fresh water, scientists concluded that Mars was once far friendlier to life than it is today. A rover's day is planned to the minute by engineers on Earth, yet the machine must handle surprises alone: a signal takes many minutes to cross the distance between the planets, so no one can steer a rover around a rock in real time. Each evening, the rover reports what it found; each night, humans write tomorrow's plan.
Why can't engineers steer a rover in real time?
(A)Signals take minutes to travel between planets
(B)Rovers have no cameras
(C)The rovers move too quickly
(D)Mars blocks all radio waves
13.What does Newton's third law state?
(A)Energy is destroyed by friction.
(B)For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
(C)Heavy objects fall faster always.
(D)Objects always slow down alone.
14.
836 ÷ 11 = ?
(A)76
(B)66
(C)77
(D)825
15.
Use the graph to answer: How many MORE for Mon than Tue?
(A)1
(B)3
(C)13
(D)2
16.
reluctant to answer
Reluctant means about the same as —
(A)eager
(B)unwilling
(C)slow
(D)unable
17.
Which word is spelled wrong?
(A)library
(B)rhythm
(C)athelete
(D)surprise
(E)(No mistakes)
18.
Which line has a mistake in capitalization or punctuation?
(A)Didn't Nina say that
(B)practice starts early on
(C)monday morning this week
(D)because of the big game?
(E)(No mistakes)
19.
Cities Beneath the Waves

A coral reef looks like colorful stone, but it is actually a city of tiny animals called polyps. Each polyp builds a hard cup of limestone around its soft body, and millions of these cups, stacked over centuries, form the reef. The polyps have partners: microscopic algae live inside their tissues, turning sunlight into food that the polyps share. The algae also give coral its brilliant colors. When ocean water grows too warm, the stressed polyps expel their algae. The reef turns bone white — an event called bleaching — and the polyps begin to starve. If the water cools in time, algae return and the city recovers; if not, the reef dies, and the thousands of fish species that shelter there lose their home.
You can conclude that a bleached reef —
(A)can still recover if the water cools soon
(B)no longer needs algae
(C)is always dead forever
(D)becomes more colorful
20.What is the function of alveoli in the lungs?
(A)exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide with the blood
(B)pumping blood
(C)digesting fats
(D)filtering urine

Answer Key — Iowa Assessments (ITBS) Grade 7

1. D — Read each bar against the scale: Mon = 6, Tue = 7, Wed = 5, Thu = 11. So the answer is 16 — D.
2. D — "tranquil" means calm — D. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "tranquil".
3. D — "libary" is wrong; the correct spelling is "library" (D).
4. D — Line D has the mistake: a sentence must end with the correct end mark. It should read "books before closing time.".
5. A — Report each evening, new plan each night — A. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
6. D — The correct answer is: meiosis. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.
7. B — 2,352 + 2,346 = 4,698 (B). The other choices come from common slips: dropped carries or borrows, place-value slides, and off-by-one counting.
8. B — Read each bar against the scale: Apples = 9, Pears = 11, Grapes = 6, Plums = 8. So the answer is Grapes — B.
9. A — "feeble" means weak — A. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "feeble".
10. B — "neccessary" is wrong; the correct spelling is "necessary" (B).
11. D — Line D has the mistake: days of the week and months must be capitalized. It should read "September 2 to the museum.".
12. A — The delay is stated — A. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
13. B — The correct answer is: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.
14. A — 836 ÷ 11 = 76 (A). The other choices come from common slips: dropped carries or borrows, place-value slides, and off-by-one counting.
15. A — Read each bar against the scale: Mon = 7, Tue = 6, Wed = 4, Thu = 9. So the answer is 1 — A.
16. B — "reluctant" means unwilling — B. The other words describe things that might fit the scene, but none means "reluctant".
17. C — "athelete" is wrong; the correct spelling is "athlete" (C).
18. C — Line C has the mistake: days of the week and months must be capitalized. It should read "Monday morning this week".
19. A — The passage says algae can return in time — A. The other choices are not supported by the passage.
20. A — The correct answer is: exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide with the blood. The other choices do not correctly answer the question.

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