The balance shown is measuring the mass of a rock. Which of the following is the correct mass of the rock?

• 5 grams

• 7 grams

• 8 grams

• 9 grams

Kenitra described the physical properties of four objects and recorded her observations in the table above. What title should she place in the middle column?

• Mass

• Texture

• Magnetism

• Sink or float

Bobby made observations about objects and recorded the information in the table below. Which object is an iron nail?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

We use tools to find out about the properties of matter. Which of the following is NOT a tool for finding properties?

• hand lens

• magnet

• balance

• calendar

Tags

NGSS.2-PS1-1

Louis’s group placed plastic beads and metal buttons in a container and stirred. What did the group create?

• Mass

• Mixture

• Density

• Magnetism

The picture below shows a science investigation completed by students in a third-grade class. Based on the picture above, what property of matter were the students testing?

• The ability of different types of soda to float or sink

• Measuring how much mass is inside two cans of soda

• Whether or not aluminum cans are magnetic or nonmagnetic

• The color, shape and size of soda cans

When you place gravel and sand in a bucket and mix it up, what do you observe?

• The gravel becomes just like the sand.

• You cannot separate the sand and gravel.

• You cannot tell the sand and gravel apart.

• The sand and gravel form a mixture.

Which BEST describes a mixture?

• when two or more materials are put together

• only one type of material in a container

• materials that are always solids

• materials that are never gases

The diagram shows changes to water. The process shown in the diagram is caused by--

• Adding heat

• Producing heat

• Removing heat

• Increasing heat

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A student poured water from one container to another. Why does the liquid appear to take up a different amount of space?

• liquids take the shape of their container

• liquids do not pour

• the volume of a liquid changes when poured from one container to another container

• the mass of a liquid changes when poured from one container to another container