Science Review Vocabulary Assessment

Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. Identify the independent variable.

• Distance traveled by the ball
• Height of the ramp
• Mass of the ball
• Who set up the experiment (Ms. S, etc)

Ms. S set up an experiment to see how the mass of a ball affects the distance it rolls off a ramp. What is the dependent variable?

• Distance traveled by the ball
• Height of the ramp
• Mass of the ball
• Where the experiment took place.

A tool that measures air pressure

• wind vane

• rain guage

• barometer

• thermometer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Select the answer that displays the picture of a barometer.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

_______ are wispy, feathery clouds.

• stratus
• cirrus
• cumulus
• cumulonimbus

_______ clouds look like cotton balls.

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

A mineral breaks into pieces like are shown in the picture. How would you describe its breakage?

• cleavage
• fracture
• glassy
• waxy

What is weathering?

• The process by which
  water, ice, wind or gravity
  moves fragments of rock
  and soil.
• The process by which
  water, ice, wind or gravity
  deposit rock sediments
  and soil in a new place.
• The breaking down of
  Earth’s crust into smaller
  and smaller pieces.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is erosion?

• The process by which
  water, ice, wind or gravity
  moves fragments of rock
  and soil.
• The process by which
  water, ice, wind or gravity
  deposit rock sediments
  and soil in a new place.
• The breaking down of
  Earth’s crust into smaller
  and smaller pieces.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Velocity is both ____ and _____. 

• speed , direction 
• direction, mass
• volume, density 
• direction, magnitude