NYS Physical review

Which unit is used to measure how warm or cool the air is?

• Grams
• Kilometers
• degrees Celsius
• cubic Centimeters

Water is boiled in a pan on the stove.  The state of water changes from:

• liquid to solid
• solid to liquid
• gas to liquid
• liquid to gas

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which kind of energy is produced when a student beats a drum?

• electrical
• sound
• light
• chemical

Electricity traveling through a wire is an example of:

• A force applied by a simple machine
• Energy flowing through the water cycle
• Earth's gravitational pull on an object
• Energy being transferred from place to place

Which forms of energy are produced by a burning candle?

• heat and mechanical
• electrical and sound
• light and electrical
• heat and light

A toaster changes electrical energy to:

• heat energy
• solar energy
• sound energy
• mechanical energy

Which property of a rock can a student best observe by touching it with their hand?

• color

• odor

• taste

• texture

A circuit tester is best used to determine an object's

• reflectiveness

• conductivity

• flexibility

• weight

Answer explanation

Conductivity measures a materials ability to transport electrical energy.

Good conductors: metal

Poor conductors: plastic, rubber, wood

Remember metal had to be touching metal in the circuits that we built.

The diagrams best show how the surrounding conditions affect the umbrella's

• shadow

• size

• shape

• texture

The diagrams show three shoes on a wooden board. In diagram A, the board is lying flat on the ground. In diagram B, a rope has been used to lift one end of the board. The shoes in diagram B did NOT slide down the when the board was lifted.

Which form of energy is used to lift the board in diagram B?

• light

• heat

• mechanical

• sound

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2