4.7 TEKS-Based Assessment

Name

1. What tools are needed to measure the time it takes for a ball to roll 50 cm? Choose TWO answers.

• Meter stick
• Spring scale
• Stopwatch
• Calculator
• Beaker

2. A student set up the investigation shown below. What question is the student most likely trying to answer?

• How far apart will the magnet and paperclip be when the magnet begins to attract the paperclip?
• How well do different types of magnets attract a paperclip?
• Is plastic a magnetic material?
• Which force is stronger: gravity or magnetism?

3. What investigation will help a lab team test the effect of friction on an object?

• Kick different balls across a field.
• Roll a toy car across smooth and rough surfaces.
• Drop a ball from different heights.
• Roll different toy cars across the table.

4. A student enters his classroom to see the setup for an investigation. There are two ramps at different heights and a toy car. What question is the class most likely trying to answer?

• How does the height of a ramp affect the distance a toy car will travel?
• How does a toy car affect the angle of a ramp?
• How does friction affect the distance a toy car will travel?
• How does the surface of the ramp affect the height of the ramp?

Name

1. Force

• a push or a pull
• a force that pulls down towards the center
• a force of attraction to a magnet
• a force that resists motion
• a set of steps followed to answer a testable question

2. Magnetism

• a force of attraction to a magnet
• a force that pulls down towards the center
• a push or a pull
• a force that resists motion
• a set of steps followed to answer a testable question

3. Friction

• a force that resists motion
• a force that pulls down towards the center
• a push or a pull
• a force of attraction to a magnet
• a set of steps followed to answer a testable question

4. Gravity

• a force that pulls down towards the center
• a push or a pull
• a force of attraction to a magnet
• a force that resists motion
• a set of steps followed to answer a testable question