Science Benchmark

What is NOT an example of light energy?

• A computer

• A baseball in flight

• A fireplace

• Lightning

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To describe a car’s motion, a student should use its

• mass and volume

• direction and speed

• speed and color

• volume and direction

The foam on the boy's soccer goalie gloves help him stop the ball. Which force is being used?

• Electrical force

• Frictional force

• Magnetic force

• Gravitational force

What is a push or pull exerted by one object on another?

• Motion

• Friction

• Shape

• Force

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A burning candle changes —

• chemical energy into electrical energy

• chemical energy into mechanical energy

• chemical energy into light & heat energy

• heat energy into chemical energy

If an equal force was exerted on boxes of various weights, which box would move the farthest?

• A ten pound box

• A fifty pound box

• A thirty pound box

• A twenty pound box

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A book is sitting on the edge of a shelf. It may fall. This is an example of —

• friction

• potential energy

• force

• kinetic energy

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Which of the following statements about friction are true?

• Less friction is present when walking on a tile floor than when walking on a carpeted floor.

• More friction is present when walking on a tile floor than when walking on a carpeted floor.

• Friction is what causes fire to start when you rub two sticks together.

• Friction causes hands to feel cold when they are rubbed together.

Bits of paper are attracted to the surface of a balloon. What attracts the paper pieces to the balloon?

• friction

• static electricity

• potential energy

• magnetism

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Which planet is known as the largest gas giant in our solar system?

• Mercury

• Jupiter

• Sun

• Saturn