Grade 2 Science Unit 3 Formative Assessment

A boy has plastic alphabet blocks that stick to the refrigerator.

What is inside the alphabet blocks that allows them to stick to the refrigerator?

• A staple

• A magnet

• A thumbtack

• Nothing

Tags

NGSS.3-PS2-3

What happens when two north poles of a magnet are placed together?

• they repel
• they attract
• they cancel each other out
• the strength of the magnet is doubled

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

True or False: All metals stick to magnets.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

A student placed two magnets on the desk. They clicked together. This happened because _______________________.

• There was glue on them

• Magnets are magical

• Like poles were facing each other

• Unlike poles were facing each other

A skier is going down a slope. She is moving because the skis are-

• rolling

• spinning

• sliding

• stopping

Several students are playing on a carousel in the school playground. How does the carousel move?

• It slides.

• It spins.

• It rolls.

• It stops.

Select an object that rolls.

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What type of movement is represented in this drawing.

• Rolling

• Stopping

• Zigzagging

• Sliding