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7.7 Using and Evaluating Models Worksheet

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This Grade 7 Science worksheet provides structured practice on 7.7 Using and Evaluating Models. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

Using and Evaluating Models - Which model best represents the described scientific system and its limitations? (NGSS SEPs: Developing and Using Models; CCSS RST.6–8.7)

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Grade 7

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Science

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery
A school wants to know whether better wall insulation will reduce energy use throughout the entire year. Which model is best?
AA heat-flow simulation of the building across seasons using insulation, indoor temperature, and weather data
BA list of the classroom numbers inside the building
COne winter photograph of the building exterior
DA diagram of one wall material with no seasonal data
Solution & Explanation:Year-round energy use depends on changing outdoor conditions and heat transfer through the building, so a simulation is the most useful model for prediction.
Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery
Look at the model. Which reasoning about this trophic cascade model is strongest?
AIt suggests wolves can affect plants indirectly through their effects on herbivores, but it cannot prove exact population sizes without more data
BIt shows that plants have no effect on herbivores
CIt proves wolves control every variable in the ecosystem
DIt guarantees the same change in every ecosystem
Solution & Explanation:A trophic cascade model is useful for showing indirect relationships in a system, but exact outcomes depend on additional evidence and local conditions.
Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery
A student wants to represent how oxygen, glucose, and wastes move between blood and body cells. Which model is most useful?
AA map of the school hallways
BAn exchange diagram with arrows across capillary walls between blood and tissue cells
CA bar graph of monthly rainfall
DA list of food groups
Solution & Explanation:An exchange diagram can show matter moving between two connected parts of a system and is well suited to blood-tissue exchange.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Grade 7 Science students. It aligns with educational standard NGSS SEPs (Primary standard selected for prompt fields in this prompt cell: NGSS SEPs. Skill statement in this prompt cell: Which model best represents the described scientific system and its limitations? Associated standards listed with this skill in this prompt cell: NGSS SEPs: Developing and Using Models; CCSS RST.6-8.7. Use this prompt-provided wording as the supporting standard description for this workflow.).

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