McGinty 4th Grade Science CUA #2 Review

Mr. McGinty's students conducted an experiment on force and recorded the following results. What question could the students be investigating?

Surface Type: Grass- Distance Traveled: 20 cm

Surface Type: Carpet- Distance Traveled: 15 cm

Surface Type: Smooth Wooden Floor- Distance Traveled: 30 cm

• Which car traveled the total farthest distance?

• How does the type of surface affect the distance the toy car travels?

• Does the mass of the of the toy car affect the distance it travels?

• Which surface has the roughest texture?

Which answer choice is an example of energy being transferred by an object in motion?

• brick sitting on the sidewalk

• a glass of water sitting on a desk

• a tennis ball sitting on the grass

• a volleyball being hit over a net

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Some students are pushing a sled across different surfaces using the same amount of force. The sled will move the easiest and farthest on which surface?

• ice

• carpet

• wood

• grass

A big rock being dropped into a lake creating waves is known as which type of energy?

• wave energy

• motion energy

• sound energy

• McGinty Magic

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A soccer ball being kicked across the grass is known as what type of energy?

• wave energy

• motion energy

• sound energy

• too much energy

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A kid playing the drums is an example of what type of energy?

• wave energy

• motion energy

• sound energy

• McGinty Magic

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When a guitar string is being plucked how does energy transfer occur?

• The guitar strings create heat energy.

• The string loses energy.

• The string gets energy from the air.

• The sound waves transfer energy through different vibrations.

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Which is an example of the force of gravity acting on an object?

• Dropping a basketball

• Playing a piano

• Cleaning a rug

• Sleeping in class

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CAP(False) or NO CAP(True)

The force decreases as the distance between two magnets get farther apart.

• CAP

• NO CAP

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Which of these objects will NOT allow energy to flow within a circuit. This object would be considered an insulator.

• A penny

• A metal fork

• a copper wire

• a Styrofoam cup