Test Specifications
Contents
Science
Content
(p. 25-39)
The HSPA Content/Skill
Outlines for Macro Statements 5.1 through 5.12 are as follows:
| Systems
| Problem-Solving | History
of Science | Technology
| Mathematics | Structure
of Life | Genetics |
| Matter |
Force & Motion | Energy
| Geological Systems | Universe
| Environment |
| 5.11.7.8.9 - UNIVERSE
I.
MACRO STATEMENT
DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE
ORIGIN, EVOLUTION, AND STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE. |
II.
KNOWLEDGE STATEMENTS
A STUDENT SHOULD KNOW THAT:
A. THE "BIG BANG, "STEADY STATE," AND "PULSATING
UNIVERSE "ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR
SCIENTIFIC THEORIES CONCERNING THE ORIGIN
OF THE UNIVERSE.
B. THE LENGTH OF DAYLIGHT VARIES ACCORDING
TO LATITUDE AND SEASONS.
- Because the earth turns on its axis and
is tilted (23 1 /2 degree) from the vertical to the plane
of the earth's orbit around the sun, the intensity of sunlight
varies throughout the year.
- The length of daylight on any point on
he earth is dependent on its latitude and the position of
the earth in its orbit relative to the sun.
III. SKILL
STATEMENTS
- TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS OUTLINED
ABOVE, A STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- Evaluate evidence that supports scientific
theories of the origin of the universe.
- Construct a model that illustrates how
seasons and latitude affect variation in the length of day
and night.
- Use a diagram to show how seasons in the
northern and southern hemisphere are opposite at any given
time.
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