Science Spiral

Students investigate the physical properties of some substances. They draw a table to show how the substances can be grouped. The students need to complete the table with column headings.

Which column headings should the students use for their table?

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Which of the following occurs when lemon juice is mixed with water?

• the mass of the lemon juice decreases

• the water becomes a solid

• the lemon juice dissolves and spreads out evenly in the water

• the volume of the water decreases.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Students fill a cart with books. The cart has a handle on each end.

Which actions will make moving the cart in one direction easiest for the students?

• Student 1 pulls the cart to the left while Student 2 pull the cart to the right.

• Student 1 pulls the cart to the left while Student 2 pushes the cart to the left.

• Student 1 pushes the cart to the right while Student 2 pushes the cart downward.

• Student 1 pushes the cart to the right while Student 2 pull the cart upward.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

The table lists the ingredients of five different mixtures.

In which mixtures do all the ingredients maintain (keep) their physical state?

• Mixtures 3 and 4 only

• Mixtures 1, 3, and 4

• Mixtures 1, 2, 5

• Mixtures 2 and 5 only

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A thin beam of light is shown in the picture.

What does the picture demonstrate about light?

• Light and its reflection travel in straight lines.

• Light cannot reflect from more than one surface.

• Light that goes through water cannot travel in a straight line.

• Light can travel in a circular path.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A student builds a circuit allowing the lightbulbs to light, the buzzers to make sound, and the motors to turn.

Which two switches can be open and still allow all of the parts to work?

• Switches 1 and 3

• Switches 1 and 4

• Switches 2 and 3

• Switches 3 and 4

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

The photograph shows a laser cutting a sheet of metal as the laser moves from one end of the metal to the other.

Four groups of students each made a table of examples of the different types of energy involved in this process. Which of these tables is correct?

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A student wants to build a circuit with four lightbulbs and one bell. The student wants to place a switch in the circuit so that only one light will still be on and the bell will still ring when the switch is opened.

Which of these circuits should the student build?

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

The picture shows how a light ray behaves with two different types of materials.

Which table best describes the behavior of the light ray as it encounters the materials?

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Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A student wants to classify four different objects based on physical properties. The student uses the questions shown in the table to test each object.

Which statement correctly identifies two of the materials based on the classification of properties in the table?

• Material 1 is a rubber ball.

  Material 2 is a piece of cardboard.

• Material 2 is an aluminum washer.

  Material 3 is a copper wire.

• Material 3 is a piece of cardboard.

  Material 4 is an aluminum washer.

• Material 1 is a copper wire.

  Material 4 is a rubber ball.