Benchmark 2 Science

Which table describes what happens to the light beam as it interacts with each object?

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Which table describes the behavior of the light ray as it encounters the materials?

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A student wants to make a change to the circuit shown below so that when Switch 1 is open and Switch 2 is closed, only one light will be on the circuit.

Which diagram shows how the student should change the circuit?

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A glass of water was left outside over a period of five days.

What caused the level of water in the glass to decrease each day?

• thermal energy over time caused the water to evaporate

• Colder temperatures changed the water from liquid to solid

• melting caused less liquid to appear in the glass

• the boiling point of water changed

The graph shows how far each object rolled after being pushed.

Based on the graph, which object requires the greatest force to put it in motion?

• golf ball

• basketball

• baseball

• bowling ball

Student drops the same heavy ball onto identical blocks of soft clay from different heights. For each height they measure the depth of the dent the ball makes in the clay.

Why is the depth of the dent different in each trial?

• The size of the ball changes

• the material of the ball changes

• the mass of the ball when it his the clay changes

• the force of the ball when it hits the clay changes

A student uses a spring scale to pull a 50-gram block horizontally across a wood desk. Then the students pull the block the same distance across surfaces of carpet, sandpaper, and glass.

Which question is this investigation most likely designed to answer?

• How do blocks of different sizes react to force?

• How do different surfaces affect the amount of force needed to move a block?

• How do blocks affect spring scales?

• How does the mass of a block change when it is pulled across a desk?

The diagram shows parts of a process that occurred over time.

Which process does the diagram most likely represent?

• The erosion of a coastline

• The deposition of sediments

• the weathering of a mountain

• the formation of a sea

The diagram shows layers deposited under a body of water. Compressing as it is layering. This layering continued for millions of years. What most likely happened to the dead plants and animals?

• The were eaten by scavengers

• they became fossil fuels

• they were washed away by water

• they became an underground aquifer

Which list contains only processes that must occur in order for fossil fuels to form?

• Formation of faults, burial, glacier formation

• organism growth, burial, volcanic eruptions

• organism growth, burial compression

• erosion, burial, earthquakes