RISE Science Grade 7 study guide
RISE Science Grade 7 · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
RISE Science Grade 7 is the summative science assessment Utah students typically take at the end of seventh grade, administered through the state's Readiness Improvement Success Empowerment (RISE) system. It is a state accountability test rather than a professional certification: it is used by schools and districts to gauge whether students have met Utah's seventh-grade science standards, and results are reported to families, schools, and the state. It is not something a candidate registers for individually, and it does not grant a license or credential. The assessment is organized around three broad domains. Topics on this exam: Forces and Interactions, Changes to Earth Over Time, and Structure and Function of Life. The RISE Science Grade 7 study guide has 3 sections and about 1,144 words.
01Forces and Interactions
A force is a push or a pull described by both strength (measured in newtons) and direction. Forces may be contact forces (friction, air resistance, normal force, an applied push) or non-contact forces (gravity, magnetism, electric force). Gravity pulls any two objects with mass toward each other; near Earth, the gravitational force on an object is its weight. Mass (in kilograms) is the amount of matter and does not change with location; weight is a force and does change.
392 words, about 2 min02Changes to Earth Over Time
Earth's surface is always changing. Inside the planet, heat drives convection in the mantle, which moves lithospheric plates that collide, separate, or slide past one another. These motions build mountains, volcanoes, and faults, and cause earthquakes. At the surface, weathering breaks rock into smaller pieces in place, erosion transports those pieces, and deposition drops them, building layers of sediment that harden into sedimentary rock.
371 words, about 2 min03Structure and Function of Life
All living things are made of cells, the smallest units that carry out life's functions. Cell theory states that organisms consist of one or more cells, the cell is the basic unit of life, and new cells come only from existing cells. Cells share a cell membrane that controls what enters and leaves, cytoplasm, ribosomes, and genetic material. Plant and animal cells both contain mitochondria, which release energy from food during cellular respiration.
381 words, about 2 min