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| Worcester - GRADE HS BIOLOGY |
| ITEM INFORMATION | | PERCENT OF DISTRICT'S POSSIBLE POINTS |
| ITEM | TYPE | REPORTING CATEGORY | STANDARD | ITEM DESC | | POSSIBLE POINTS | WORCESTER | STATE | DISTRICT-STATE DIFFERENCE |
| 1 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.2 | Explain how a mutation that causes a condition most likely was introduced into a population. | | 1 | 63% | 76% | -13 |
| 2 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.2 | Describe a problem that results when fluid accumulates in alveoli. | | 1 | 47% | 56% | -9 |
| 3 | SR | EC | HS.LS.2.5 | Use a carbon cycle model to determine which actions store or release carbon. | | 1 | 37% | 45% | -8 |
| 4 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.1 | Describe what happens during fertilization. | | 1 | 35% | 44% | -9 |
| 5 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.3 | Describe the function of lysosomes in cells. | | 1 | 45% | 53% | -8 |
| 6 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.7 | Describe the importance of oxygen for a marine organism and determine the graph that shows how the amount of carbon dioxide produced by an organism changes as the organism swims underwater. | | 2 | 45% | 54% | -9 |
| 7 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.4 | Describe how certain conditions are influenced by the interaction of genetics and the environment. | | 1 | 37% | 46% | -9 |
| 8 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.6 | Identify a type of organic molecule based on the chemical structure of its monomer. | | 1 | 35% | 50% | -15 |
| 9 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.2 | Determine which organ is directly affected by a specific hormone. | | 1 | 45% | 48% | -3 |
| 10 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.1 | Calculate the approximate mass of DNA in a human gamete. | | 1 | 48% | 55% | -7 |
| 11 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.1 | Interpret a model to describe the purpose of the cellular process it represents. | | 1 | 43% | 58% | -15 |
| 12 | SR | EC | HS.LS.2.7 | Explain how an introduced plant most likely affected native plants. | | 1 | 47% | 59% | -12 |
| 13 | SR | EC | HS.LS.2.1 | Interpret a food web to explain how a change in the population of one organism affected the population of a different organism. | | 1 | 47% | 59% | -12 |
| 14 | SR | EV | HS.LS.4.5 | Explain a change in the genetic diversity of a population over a specific time period. | | 1 | 57% | 64% | -7 |
| 15 | SR | EC | HS.LS.2.4 | Complete an energy pyramid based on a food web and calculate the percentage of energy stored in the trophic level of a specific population. | | 2 | 46% | 60% | -14 |
| 16 | CR | EC | HS.LS.2.7 | Explain how the reintroduction of a species affected a native species, describe one way an ecosystem benefited from the removal of an invasive species, explain how removing the invasive species affected the native species, and explain how an action humans could take could help the native species. | | 3 | 30% | 41% | -11 |
| 17 | SR | EV | HS.LS.4.4 | Determine what information about a species of bacteria would help scientists estimate how quickly the bacteria could adapt to an environmental change. | | 1 | 41% | 53% | -12 |
| 18 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.1 | Complete a model to show the molecules and processes involved in protein synthesis. | | 1 | 35% | 44% | -9 |
| 19 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.1 | Interpret given information to determine the cellular process in which crossing over occurs. | | 1 | 39% | 45% | -6 |
| 20 | CR | EV | HS.LS.4.5 | Identify environmental factors that could result in differences in plant height, describe evidence from an investigation to show if genetics plays a role in plant height, identify the process that causes adaptations, and describe an investigation to determine if two populations are the same species. | | 4 | 29% | 42% | -13 |
| 21 | CR | HE | HS.LS.3.3 | Identify genotypes of a phenotype, complete a Punnett square of a given cross, determine the percentage of offspring with the phenotype, and explain why the frequency of alleles for the phenotype would be more or less common in a certain environment. | | 4 | 34% | 51% | -17 |
| 22 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.3 | Interpret given information to explain how homeostasis helps to regulate body temperature. | | 1 | 59% | 73% | -14 |
| 23 | SR | EV | HS.LS.4.1 | Analyze a cladogram to determine when a trait was first observed. | | 1 | 51% | 57% | -6 |
| 24 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.3 | Explain the expected outcome of an investigation involving the passive transport of water molecules across a membrane. | | 1 | 37% | 46% | -9 |
| 25 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.3 | Use a data table to determine the pattern of inheritance for a trait and the fraction of offspring that are expected to inherit a specific phenotype for a given cross. | | 2 | 57% | 62% | -5 |
| 26 | SR | EV | HS.LS.4.2 | Describe the role of natural selection in favoring a specific trait in an area where the geographic ranges of two similar species overlap. | | 1 | 37% | 44% | -7 |
| 27 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.2 | Interpret a model to identify a cellular process and describe an outcome of the process. | | 1 | 31% | 43% | -12 |
| 28 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.6 | Complete a model to identify the monomers that make up macromolecules involved in protein synthesis. | | 1 | 36% | 48% | -12 |
| 29 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.3 | Determine the probability of an organism to inherit a specific trait. | | 1 | 50% | 67% | -17 |
| 30 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.5 | Identify where a tree obtains most of the carbon necessary for growth. | | 1 | 34% | 46% | -12 |
| 31 | SR | EV | HS.LS.4.5 | Determine which situation most likely led to speciation as a result of geographic isolation. | | 1 | 40% | 53% | -13 |
| 32 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.4 | Describe how a hypothesis about an herbivore affecting gene expression in plants could be supported with a comparison of the plants. | | 1 | 49% | 62% | -13 |
| 33 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.1 | Determine where a mutation may occur in a cell and what resulting molecule is changed during transcription. | | 1 | 38% | 52% | -14 |
| 34 | SR | HE | HS.LS.3.1 | Complete a model to show how a zygote forms. | | 1 | 15% | 28% | -13 |
| 35 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.4 | Interpret a data table to determine how a mutation that reduces DNA replication would affect cells with the mutation. | | 1 | 36% | 45% | -9 |
| 36 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.7 | Complete a model to show how oxygen is used by an organism, identify the cellular process oxygen supports, and identify another reactant needed for that process. | | 2 | 22% | 34% | -12 |
| 37 | CR | MO | HS.LS.1.2 | Describe what would most likely happen to an organism with a mutation that affects the esophagus, describe how an organism's blood would be affected by mutations in the small intestine and liver, and explain the reasoning for each description. | | 3 | 23% | 34% | -11 |
| 38 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.6 | Determine the evidence needed to determine that a soil sample contains the remains of organisms. | | 1 | 40% | 49% | -9 |
| 39 | SR | EV | HS.LS.4.1 | Describe how a diverse group of organisms can produce proteins with almost identical amino acid sequences. | | 1 | 50% | 64% | -14 |
| 40 | SR | MO | HS.LS.1.5 | Analyze the setup of an investigation to determine the purpose of the investigation, the process involved, and the products measured. | | 1 | 21% | 36% | -15 |
| 41 | SR | EV | HS.LS.4.4 | Use information from a video to determine which graph best represents changes in a population of bacteria over time and explain a difference between bacteria in the population after time has passed. | | 2 | 51% | 59% | -8 |
| 42 | CR | EC | HS.LS.2.4 | Interpret a food web to determine the trophic level of an organism and explain why a population would be most affected if another population became extinct. | | 2 | 58% | 71% | -13 |
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