Middle School Sample Questions

Below are sample questions used at the regional competitions in previous years. Please note: as fields of science advance, the answers to some of the questions change. The files below should be used as a resource for sample questions, not sample answers. Thanks, and good luck at your competition!

Sample Questions Set 1 (from 2009) | Sample Questions Set 2 (from 2008) | Sample Questions Set 3 (from 2007)
Sample Questions Set 4 (from 2010) | Sample Questions Set 5 (from 2011)  |  Sample Questions Set 6 (from 2012)
Sample Questions Set 7 (from 2013) | Sample Questions Set 8 (from 2014) | Sample Questions Set 9 (from 2015)
Sample Questions 10 (from 2016) | Sample Questions 11 (from 2017)  |  Sample Questions12* (from 2018) 
Sample Questions 13 (from 2019)*

*Indication of new sets

Sample Questions Set 1

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16
• Round 17
• Round 18

Sample Questions Set 2

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10

 Sample Questions Set 3

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Sample Energy Questions

Sample Questions Set 4

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16
• Round 17

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Sample Questions Set 5

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16

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Sample Questions Set 6

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16
• Round 17

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SampleQuestions Set 7

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15

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Sample Questions Set 8

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16
• Round 17

Sample Questions Set 9

• Round 1 
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16
• Round 17

Sample Questions Set 10

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14 
• Round 15 
• Round 16 
• Round 17 

Sample Questions Set 11

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16
• Round 17 

Sample Questions Set 12*

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16
• Round 17 

Sample Questions Set 13

• Round 1
• Round 2
• Round 3
• Round 4
• Round 5
• Round 6
• Round 7
• Round 8
• Round 9
• Round 10
• Round 11
• Round 12
• Round 13
• Round 14
• Round 15
• Round 16
• Round 17

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Sample Rounds

• Round Robin Round 2
• Round Robin Round 5
• Double Elimination Round 1
• Double Elimination Round 3
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