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MTTC Integrated Science Secondary Practice Test

Unofficial practice for MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094): scientific inquiry, life, earth and space, and physical science.

A student measures out 250 milliliters of solution. What is that volume in cubic meters?

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Constructing and reflecting on scientific knowledge 12

  • A claim appears in a journal only after experts in the same field have examined the researcher's methods and findings. What is this process called? Wikipedia, Scholarly peer review (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 004 (science, technology and society).
  • A class measures the volume of a trapped gas at eight different pressures. Which display best shows how one continuous variable changes with the other? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 001 (conducting scientific research).
  • A classmate calls plate tectonics "just a theory." What does the word theory mean in science? Wikipedia, Scientific theory (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 003 (nature and history of scientific thought).
  • A procedure gives off irritating vapors. Which piece of laboratory equipment is designed to keep users from being exposed to hazardous fumes and vapors? Wikipedia, Fume hood (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 002 (methods and equipment of scientific investigations).
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Constructing and reflecting on scientific knowledge, continued

  • A student measures out 250 milliliters of solution. What is that volume in cubic meters? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 002 (methods and equipment of scientific investigations).
  • A student times a pendulum and finds a period of 1.90 s. The accepted value for that length is 2.00 s. What is the percent error? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 002 (methods and equipment of scientific investigations).
  • A study finds that cities with more indoor ice rinks report more cases of flu, and concludes that ice rinks spread flu. What is wrong with the conclusion? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 001 (conducting scientific research).
  • A technician scoring X-ray images in a treatment study is not told which patients received the new treatment. What does withholding that information guard against? Wikipedia, Blinded experiment (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 001 (conducting scientific research).
  • Five trials of the same measurement give 12.1, 12.3, 12.2, 12.4 and 15.9 seconds. Which statement about the data is correct? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 001 (conducting scientific research).
  • Warming melts sea ice. Open water reflects far less sunlight than ice and absorbs more, which adds to the warming. What kind of feedback is this? Wikipedia, Ice-albedo feedback (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 005 (interrelationships among the sciences).
  • Which international treaty, agreed in 1987, protects the ozone layer by ending, in stages, the production of substances that deplete it? Wikipedia, Montreal Protocol (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 004 (science, technology and society).
  • Which scholar, born about 965 and known in Latin as Alhazen, wrote the Book of Optics and studied reflection and refraction by experiment? Wikipedia, Ibn al-Haytham (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 003 (nature and history of scientific thought).

Life sciences 12

  • A technician loads DNA samples into wells in a gel and applies an electric current. On what basis does the gel separate the DNA fragments? Wikipedia, Gel electrophoresis (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 009 (heredity and modern genetics).
  • Among the major ranks of biological classification, which rank is broader than a family but narrower than a class? Wikipedia, Taxonomic rank (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 007 (organization, characteristics and functions of living things).
  • In 19th-century England soot darkened tree bark, and dark peppered moths became more common than light ones. When the air was cleaned up, light moths predominated again. What does this case illustrate? Wikipedia, Peppered moth evolution (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 010 (evolutionary change of life on Earth).
  • In a eukaryotic cell, where does transcription take place, and what happens to its product? Wikipedia, Protein biosynthesis (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 006 (cell structure and function).
  • In one year a country of 1,000,000 people has 20,000 births and 8,000 deaths, with no migration in or out. What is its growth rate for the year? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 008 (human biology).
  • Most organisms cannot use the nitrogen gas that makes up much of the air. Which process converts it into ammonia and other compounds that living things can use? Wikipedia, Nitrogen fixation (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 011 (ecological systems).
  • Plants, algae and cyanobacteria make food from two raw materials using energy from light. Which two, and which gas is released? Wikipedia, Photosynthesis (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 007 (organization, characteristics and functions of living things).
  • Red-green color blindness is recessive and carried on the X chromosome. A color-blind father and a mother with no copy of the allele have daughters. What share of the daughters carry the allele? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 009 (heredity and modern genetics).
  • Rising seas cut an island in two. Lizards on the two halves no longer meet, and after many generations they can no longer interbreed. Which mode of speciation is this? Wikipedia, Allopatric speciation (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 010 (evolutionary change of life on Earth).
  • Trout released into a pond multiply quickly, then hold steady near 250 fish as food runs short. What is the figure of 250 called? Wikipedia, Carrying capacity (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 011 (ecological systems).
  • Which chamber of the human heart pumps oxygenated blood out through the aorta to the body? Wikipedia, Heart (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 008 (human biology).
  • Which set of features sets a typical plant cell apart from an animal cell? Wikipedia, Plant cell (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 006 (cell structure and function).

Earth/space sciences 12

  • A hiker wants the gentlest way up a hill and studies a topographic map. Which side of the hill should she choose? Wikipedia, Contour line (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 012 (the lithosphere and the changing earth).
  • About twice a month the range between high and low tide is at its greatest. Where is the Moon at those times? Wikipedia, Tide (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 015 (the universe and the methods of astronomy).
  • The age of Earth is estimated at about 4.54 billion years. On what is that estimate mainly based? Wikipedia, Age of Earth (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 012 (the lithosphere and the changing earth).
  • How do ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica let scientists measure the carbon dioxide level of the atmosphere long ago? Wikipedia, Ice core (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 014 (atmosphere, weather and climate).
  • Hubble's law describes how galaxies move relative to Earth. What does it state? Wikipedia, Hubble's law (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 015 (the universe and the methods of astronomy).
  • In the stratosphere, temperature rises with increasing altitude. What causes the rise? Wikipedia, Atmosphere of Earth (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 014 (atmosphere, weather and climate).
  • Northwest Europe has a warmer climate than other regions at similar latitudes. Which ocean feature is at least partly responsible? Wikipedia, Gulf Stream (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 013 (the hydrosphere).
  • Steam at 100 °C turns to liquid water at 100 °C on a cold window. What happens to energy during the change, and to the temperature of the water? Wikipedia, Latent heat (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 013 (the hydrosphere).
  • Surveys of the ocean floor in the 1960s found stripes of rock magnetized in alternating directions. How were the stripes arranged around a mid-ocean ridge? Wikipedia, Seafloor spreading (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 012 (the lithosphere and the changing earth).
  • What happens to a star like the Sun once it has exhausted its nuclear fuel? Wikipedia, Stellar evolution (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 015 (the universe and the methods of astronomy).
  • What is the North American term for an area of land whose flowing surface water all converges on one point, such as a river mouth? Wikipedia, Drainage basin (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 013 (the hydrosphere).
  • What property makes a gas a greenhouse gas? Wikipedia, Greenhouse effect (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 014 (atmosphere, weather and climate).

Physical sciences 12

  • A 4-ohm resistor and an 8-ohm resistor are connected in series across a 12-volt battery. What is the potential difference across the 8-ohm resistor? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 020 (electricity and magnetism).
  • A 60 kg skater standing still on smooth ice catches a 4 kg ball thrown at 16 m/s. Friction is negligible. How fast do the skater and ball move together just afterward? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 019 (mechanics).
  • A balloon holds 8.0 L of an ideal gas at 400 K. It cools to 300 K with the pressure unchanged. What volume does the gas fill now? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 018 (physical properties of matter and the gas laws).
  • A bar magnet is pushed in and out of a coil of wire, and a meter wired to the coil shows a current only while the magnet moves. Which phenomenon is this? Wikipedia, Electromagnetic induction (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 020 (electricity and magnetism).
  • A cup of hot coffee left on a desk cools to room temperature, and it never warms back up by itself. Which law describes the direction of this change? Wikipedia, Second law of thermodynamics (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 021 (energy and thermodynamics).
  • A person stands 2 meters in front of a flat mirror. Which description of the image is correct? Wikipedia, Plane mirror (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 022 (waves, light and sound).
  • A substance added to a reaction mixture makes the reaction go faster and is recovered unchanged at the end. What has it done to the reaction? Wikipedia, Catalysis (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 017 (chemical changes in matter).
  • Carbon has an atomic mass of about 12 and hydrogen about 1. How many moles of methane, CH₄, are in 48 grams of the gas? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 017 (chemical changes in matter).
  • Ethene burns in oxygen to give carbon dioxide and water: C₂H₄ + O₂ → CO₂ + H₂O, not yet balanced. Balanced with the smallest whole numbers, what is the coefficient of O₂? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 017 (chemical changes in matter).
  • Lithium, sodium and potassium sit in the same group of the periodic table and react in similar ways. Why? Wikipedia, Group (periodic table) (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 016 (chemical properties of matter).
  • Table salt is hard and brittle and has a high melting point. As a solid it does not conduct electricity, but it conducts when melted or dissolved. What explains the change? Wikipedia, Salt (chemistry) (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 018 (physical properties of matter and the gas laws).
  • Waves on a pond pass a floating leaf 2 times each second, and the crests are 1.5 meters apart. How fast do the waves travel? The answer rests on the text printed in the question and on the wording of the objective (read 2026-10-13). Outline: MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) (094) test objectives, objective 022 (waves, light and sound).

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test objectives of the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) field 094, Integrated Science (Secondary), as the MTTC site prints them (https://www.mttc.nesinc.com/Content/STUDYGUIDE/MI_SG_obj_094.htm and the test page https://www.mttc.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/MI094_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-13): Constructing and reflecting on scientific knowledge, Life sciences, Earth/space sciences and Physical sciences, 25% each; 100 multiple-choice questions, 2 hours 30 minutes of testing time, passing score 220, with an on-screen periodic table. This bank holds 48 questions, 12 in each subarea. Every fact was read on 2026-10-13 in the Wikipedia article named under its question. 13 questions are worked out from the figures or the case printed in the question, and their answers were recomputed. Licence: Questions, passages, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

A free MTTC Integrated Science Secondary practice test for field 094: 48 questions of our own, 12 in each subarea, 13 of them calculations or data cases. It is unofficial; the Michigan Department of Education and Pearson are not involved.

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What field 094 covers

Four subareas of 25% each, by the test objectives read October 13, 2026: constructing and reflecting on scientific knowledge, life sciences, earth and space sciences, and physical sciences, over 22 objectives. Exam mode draws 40 of the 48 questions for 60 minutes, which is the real test's pace of 100 in two and a half hours.

Worked answers

Thirteen questions are calculations or data cases: a choice of graph, a correlation mistaken for a cause, percent error, a unit conversion, a median against a mean, a sex-linked cross, a growth rate, a balanced equation, moles, a gas at constant pressure, momentum, a series circuit and wave speed. Each explanation shows the steps.

  • A quarter of the test is about science itself: research design, equipment and safety, the history of ideas, society, and the links among the sciences.
  • Objectives 016 and 017 reach into organic chemistry: polymers, aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, and functional groups such as alcohols, ethers and amines.

Questions and answers

Is a periodic table provided on the MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary) test?

Yes. The test page says an on-screen periodic table is provided with the test, and the preparation page lists it as a reference material. The mole question here prints the atomic masses it needs.

How many questions are on MTTC Integrated Science (Secondary)?

100 multiple-choice questions, taken on a computer in 2 hours 30 minutes of testing time. The appointment runs 2 hours 45 minutes, and the test page adds that a test may include questions that are being evaluated and do not affect the score.

What is the passing score for MTTC 094?

A scaled score of 220, on a scale that runs from 100 to 300. The Michigan Department of Education sets it. Examinees who pass are not given a numeric total; those who do not pass are.

How soon can you retake MTTC Integrated Science?

The MTTC retake policy asks for 30 days between attempts at the same test and puts no limit on the number of attempts at a test you have not passed.

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