Physical Science Test Review

True or False?

Heat is a form of energy.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A student wraps a wire around an iron nail. The student then connects the wire to a battery. The nail attracts another nail and they stick together.

What force holds the two nails together?

• Gravitational force

• Friction force

• Magnetic force

• Air resistance force

Michael was helping his mom cook. He knew that he could get burned if he touched the pan on the stove, but it was alright to touch the handle.

Why would the pan get hot, but the handle on the pan remain cool enough to touch?

• Because the handle is a conductor and the pan is an insulator.

• Because the pan touches the stove and the handle does not.

• Because the pan is a conductor and the handle is an insulator.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which statement is true?

• Heat energy transfers from cold objects to hot objects.

• Heat energy transfers from cold to hot objects and from hot to cold objects.

• Heat energy transfers from hot objects to cold objects.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What happens to the weight of water when it is frozen into ice?

• It becomes heavier.

• It becomes lighter.

• The weight stays the same.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Kathy was making Jello. She poured the package of jello into the water and stirred the mixture until it dissolved. Which of the following statements is true.

• The weight of the mixture is less than the weight of the water and the weight of the Jello Powder added together.

• The weight of the mixture is equal to the weight of the water by itself because the Jello Powder disappeared.

• The weight of the mixture is greater than the weight of the water and the Jello Powder added together.

• The weight of the mixture is equal to the weight of the water and the weight of the Jello Powder added together.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Joe puts a piece of paper into a paper shredder.

How does this affect the weight of the paper?

• The weight of the shredded paper is less than the whole piece of paper.

• The weight of the shredded paper and the whole piece of paper are the same.

• The weight of the shredded paper is greater than the whole paper.

• The weight of the shredded paper is less than the whole piece of paper.

Wood, plastic, and rubber are what kind of materials?

• Conductors

• Insulators

Nails, copper, and a metal paperclip are all what kind of materials?

• Conductors

• Insulators

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Which of these pictures represents a working closed circuit?

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NGSS.4-PS3-2