Three questions on each of fifteen grade 7 Louisiana science standards, sorted the way LEAP reports them.
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The real test: LEAP science, grade 7
Time limit
195 minutes
Sessions
Three, each timed at 65 minutes. No extra time without a documented accommodation.
What counts
Five item sets, one task and twelve standalone items, worth 58 points. One more item set or task and four more standalone items are field-test questions that do
Reporting categories
Investigate, Evaluate and Reason Scientifically. The extended response of the task counts in the overall score and in no category.
Testing window, 2027
April 1 to May 12, 2027, for computer-based tests.
Grade-band test
Grade 7 keeps its own test in 2026-2027 and 2027-2028. From 2028-2029 the grade 7 test includes content from grades 5 through 7.
Scores
Five achievement levels: Unsatisfactory, Approaching Basic, Basic, Mastery and Advanced.
A cup of water is heated, and its thermometer reading rises. What does the higher temperature show about the particles of the water?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS3-4
A forecast gives a 70 percent chance of rain tomorrow. What does this show about predicting weather?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-5
A student wants to know whether the kind of material changes how much a sample warms. Which plan is a fair test?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS3-4
Air pressure is high over one town and low over a town nearby. Which way does the air tend to flow?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-5
Greenhouse gases are a major factor in the current rise in the mean surface temperature of Earth. Which human activity releases them?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS3-5
In an investigation, 50 grams, 100 grams and 150 grams of water each get the same amount of energy from a heater. What is the dependent variable?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS3-4
Scientists compare human activities and natural processes when they study the rise in global temperatures. Which of these is a natural process?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS3-5
Which evidence would best help a student clarify what has caused global temperatures to rise over the past century?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS3-5
Which set of measurements describes the weather at one place?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-5
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Evaluate 9
A person touches a hot pan and pulls the hand away at once. Which two body systems worked together?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-3
A student claims that cutting the trees along a stream did not affect its trout. Which evidence would best test the claim?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS2-4
A white solid melts at 186°C and dissolves in water. After strong heating, a black solid is left that does not melt at 186°C and does not dissolve. What do the data show?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-2
In a model ecosystem, hawks are removed. Mouse counts are 200 in year 1, 340 in year 2 and 520 in year 3. Which claim do the data support?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS2-4
Two clear liquids are mixed. A yellow solid forms and settles to the bottom. What do these data suggest?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-2
The water level of a pond drops during a two-year drought. Counts of frogs fall from 120 to 45. Which argument do the data support?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS2-4
Which list goes from the smallest part of the body to the largest?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-3
Which measurement, taken before and after two substances are mixed, best helps decide whether a new substance has formed?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-2
Which statement is the best evidence that the stomach is an organ and not a single tissue?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-3
Reason Scientifically 27
A calf gains 200 kilograms as it grows. Where does most of the matter in its new tissue come from?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-7
A marsh filters pollutants out of the water that flows through it. What is this an example of?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS2-5
A model of a reaction starts with 1 carbon atom, 4 hydrogen atoms and 4 oxygen atoms. Which set of atoms must the products contain?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-5
A model of the water cycle needs two drivers to keep the water moving. Which two belong in the model?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-4
A rabbit eats grass. What happens to the food molecules inside its body?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-7
A town must stop soil from washing off a bare hill into a stream, and it has little money. Which of these is a constraint on the design?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS2-5
Beetles in a field with dark soil are either dark or light, and the color is inherited. Birds find the light beetles more easily. What is expected after many generations?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS4-4
How should the particles of helium gas be drawn in a model?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-4
In a model of matter, the particles are packed closely, vibrate in place and do not change positions. Which state does the model show?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-4
In a model of the water cycle, which arrow shows the force of gravity at work?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-4
In a sealed flask, 14 grams of one substance react completely with 9 grams of another. What is the total mass of the products?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-5
In cellular respiration, sugar reacts with oxygen and stored energy is released. Which gas is produced?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-6
Of 200 mice in a field, 40 have fur that matches the ground, and owls catch these mice less often. The fur color is inherited. Which prediction is best?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS4-4
Scientists count 48 species in one marsh and 12 species in a nearby marsh of the same size. What is a count like this often used to measure?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS2-5
Suppose that in one kind of plant the allele for spotted leaves (S) is dominant over the allele for plain leaves (s). Two Ss plants are crossed. What fraction of the offspring is expected to have plain leaves?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS3-2
Thermal energy is removed from water vapor until it becomes liquid water. How does a model of its particles change?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-4
Two parent plants produce seeds by sexual reproduction. How does the genetic information of an offspring compare with that of each parent?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS3-2
What drives the global pattern of connected ocean currents?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-6
What makes global winds and ocean currents curve instead of moving in straight lines?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-6
When food molecules are broken apart and rearranged in the cells of an organism, what is released?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-7
Where does the energy stored in the sugars of a plant come from?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-6
Which model shows asexual reproduction?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS3-2
Which process moves water from the leaves of plants into the air?U.S. Geological Survey, Water Science School, "Evapotranspiration and the Water Cycle"; Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-4
Which statement best explains why climates differ from the equator to the poles?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-ESS2-6
Which two substances does a plant take in to make sugar in photosynthesis?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS1-6
Why do some traits become more common in a population over many generations?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-LS4-4
Why does the total mass stay the same in a chemical reaction?Louisiana Student Standards for Science (2017), performance expectation 7-MS-PS1-5
An unofficial grade 7 science practice test for LEAP, the Louisiana state test: 45 questions written for this site, each naming the Louisiana science standard it practices. None is a state item. Not affiliated with the Louisiana Department of Education.
Read the full guide
Fifteen standards in three categories
The state's assessment guide sorts fifteen grade 7 performance expectations into three reporting categories, and each expectation has three questions here. Investigate: heating experiments, air masses and weather, and the causes of rising global temperatures. Evaluate: data on chemical reactions, body systems, and changes in ecosystems. Reason Scientifically: particle models, conservation of atoms, the water cycle, climate patterns, photosynthesis and respiration, food as matter and energy, ecosystem services, reproduction, and natural selection.
What the real test adds
LEAP anchors most questions in a described event with a map, table or graph, and some answers are two-part or written. These questions stand alone, so use them to check the ideas, then try the state's practice test for the format.
Reason Scientifically holds nine of the fifteen standards. Missed answers with the same code, such as 7-MS-LS1-6, point to one idea to review.
Questions and answers
Is 7th grade science tested on LEAP?
Yes. Grade 7 takes its own LEAP science test in 2026-2027 and 2027-2028. From 2028-2029 the grade 7 test draws on grades 5 through 7. Grades 5, 6 and 8 take no LEAP science test from 2027-2028 on.
How long is the grade 7 LEAP science test?
It has three sessions of 65 minutes each, 195 minutes in all, and every session is timed. The 58 points come from five item sets, one task and twelve standalone items.
Is this the LEAP 2025 grade 7 science practice test from the state?
No. This page is unofficial, and all 45 questions are our own. The Louisiana Department of Education lists a LEAP 2025 grade 7 science practice test answer key on its practice tests page; the button under the questions goes there.
What do Investigate, Evaluate and Reason Scientifically mean on LEAP?
They are the three reporting categories. Investigate is asking questions and planning investigations. Evaluate is analyzing data, using mathematics and arguing from evidence. Reason Scientifically is using models, building explanations and designing solutions.