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Solids, Liquids, Gases
Characteristics
Energy
Speed
100
What is a common use of water in its solid state? ?A. cooling drinks ?b. cleaning floors ?c. watering plants ?d. cooking potatoes
What is a. cooling drinks
100
Which investigation involves mostly observation rather than a controlled experiment? ?A. classifying matter by recording color, shape, and texture? b. exploring how the height of a ramp affects the speed of a rolling ball? c. determining how water changes as it is heated in the same pot on the same stove three times? d. discovering how temperatures is different inside boxes of three different colors under a heat lamp.
What is a. classifying matter by recording color, shape, and texture
100
Electricity, heat, and light all play a part in making a toaster work. Which of these are classified as types of energy? ?A. electricity only ?b. electricity and heat only ?c. electricity and light only? d. electricity, heat, and light
What is d. electricity, heat, and light
100
Why do we need speed?!
Look to Ms. Campbell to see if this is a good answer!
200
Rebecca is studying what happens to water when it freezes. Below are three sentences she wrote in her science notebook. ?1. I measured a cup of water in a measuring cup and placed it in the freezer. ?2. In the morning, the ice in the cup measured a little bit more than one cup.?3. ice keeps expanding as it gets colder.??Which sentence is an inference?
What is statement number 3
200
What happens to the iron part of a garden rake that is left outside in wet weather for a few weeks??A. it changes color and is no longer shiny ?b. it begins to break down and return to the soil.? C. wind and rain wear it down and make it smoother? d. sunlight heats it and makes it bend and change shape
What is a. it changes color and is no longer shiny
200
There is a windmill. What does it produce? A. blowing air ?b. moving water? c. electrical energy ?d. energy from the sun
What is c. electrical energy
200
Five different groups in a science class used a stopwatch to measure the time it took for a baseball to fall from three different heights. Which of these is most likely the reason for the difference in the results? ?A. the baseball fell at different speeds.?B. the stopwatch went too slow or fast sometimes ?c. the students made mistakes recording the data in the table? d. the time it took to start or stop the stopwatch was different for each student
What is a. the baseball fell at different speeds
300
Which of these best describes water when it is a gas? ?A. it loses its mass? b. it floats in the air? c. it does not have a definite shape? d. it is not matter because it is invisible
What is c. It does not have a definite shape
300
Riley wanted to set a hot pan of cookies on the counter without making the counter too hot. Which of these would be best to set the pan of cookies on?? A. a glass tray? b. a copper plate ?c. a cotton dish towel? d. a square of aluminum foil
What is c. a cotton dish towel
300
Which of these is the most similar to the way sound travels from a doorbell to your ear? ?A. the way light moves through space ?b. the way wind moves through the sky ?c. the way waves spread out from a pebble dropped in water ?d. the way electricity travels through a wire in an electrical circuit
What is c. the way waves spread out from a pebble dropped in water
300
Amanda rode her bike in a straight path across the park. She pedaled as hard as she could for the last 100 meters. Which of these stayed the same during her bike ride? ?A. the speed of the bike ?b. the direction of the bike? c. the force on the pedals of the bike? d. the position of the bike in the park
What is b. the direction of the bike
400
What happens when an ice cube touches your skin? ?A. the cold of the ice cube flows into your skin ?b. the heat of your skin flows into the ice cube ?c. cold flows into your skin, and heat flows into the ice cube ?d. your skin feels the cold, but there is no flow of cold or heat
What is b. the heat of your skin flows into the ice cube
400
Logan has a lump of clay that has a mass of 400 grams. He breaks the clay into four smaller lumps. What happens to the total mass of all four lumps of clay??A. the total mass is the same. ?B. The total mass is increased.?C. The total mass is unknown. ?D. the total mass is decreased.
A. The total mass is the same.
400
Which of these best describes the scientific idea of energy??A. the feeling someone has when wide awake ?b. the ability to cause motion or create change ?c. something all living things need to live and grow. ?D. a force that can cause a a big motion or an explosion
What is b. the ability to cause motion or create change
400
What must be measured to figure out the speed of an object? ?A. time of travel only ?b. distance traveled only ?c. distance and time only? d. position, distance, and time
What is c. distance and time only
500
For homework one evening, two students timed how long it took for an ice cube to melt and compared their results at school the next day. One student said it took 1 hour and 18 minutes. The other student said it took 2 hours and 3 minutes. Which of these most likely explains this difference?? A. One student used a stopwatch, and the other used a clock? b. the temperature in one student’s home was a little higher ?c. the ice cubes used by the students were very different in size? d. the water used to make the ice cubes came from different sources
What is c. the ice cubes used by the students were very different in size
500
Richard has a ball of ice and a cube of ice that look about the same size. He wants to find out which one has more volume. Which of these is the best way to find out? ?A. compare the width of the ball to the width of the cube ?B. hold one in each hand and see which one feels heavier?c. crush each one and compare the sizes of the piles of crushed ice?d. D. melt both of them in measuring cups and measure the liquid water
What is D. Melt both of them in measuring cups and measure the liquid water
500
Madison hits a drum with a drumstick and makes it vibrate. Then she rests her hand on the drum and stops the vibration. What happens to the sound of the drum? ??A. The sound stops because the vibrations have stopped.?B. The sound stops because it cannot pass through her hand.?C. The sound becomes clearer because the vibrations have stopped. ?D. The sound decreases in pitch because the vibrations have stopped.
What is A. The sound stops because the vibrations have stopped
500
Two cars start traveling on the same road from the same place in the same direction. If the two cars travel at different speeds for 1 hour, they will ?a. arrive at the same place? b. travel different distances? c. end up on two different roads? d. move together for most of the trip?
What is a. arrive a the same place