Ocean Powered Benchmark Practice Assessment

Matt is riding his favorite skateboards down a hill to see which one is the fastest. He uses three skateboards that all have different shapes but they all have the same mass.

What is the independent variable in this investigation?

• Speed

• Mass

• Skateboard Shape

• The Hill

Matt is riding his favorite skateboards down a hill to see which one is the fastest. He uses three skateboards that all have different shapes but they all have the same mass.

What is the dependent variable in this investigation?

• Speed

• Mass

• Skateboard Shape

• The Hill

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Matt is riding his favorite skateboards down a hill to see which one is the fastest. He uses three skateboards that all have different shapes but they all have the same mass.

What are the control variables in this investigation?

• Speed

• Mass

• Skateboard Shape

• The Hill

Which direction is the figure moving and with how much force?

• 150 N Up

• 75 N Left

• 75 N Right

• The figure is not moving! 0 N

Which team will win the tug of war? What will the Net Force be?

• Purple Team

  20 N Left

• Purple Team

  10 N Left

• Green Team

  20 N Right

• Green Team

  10 N Right

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Andy is a warehouse supervisor. One of his tasks is to organize and transport boxes filled with merchandise. He wears a device on his wrist that records how quickly he moves around the warehouse. 

What is the dependent variable in this graph?

• The Warehouse

• Time of Day

• Speed (m/s)

• The Wrist Device

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If Andy is working in a warehouse and delivers two of the packages on his cart which statement would be correct?

• As the mass of the cart DECREASES, Andy needs to exert LESS force to maintain the same speed

• As the mass of the cart INCREASES, Andy needs to exert LESS force to maintain the same speed

• As the mass of the cart DECREASES, Andy needs to exert MORE force to maintain the same speed

• As the mass of the cart INCREASES, Andy needs to exert MORE force to maintain the same speed

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A boy is riding his bike around a racetrack at a constant speed. After each lap he adds a brick to his backpack. As the mass of the boy on the bike increases, what happens to his kinetic energy?

• The bikes energy increases in an unpredictable way.

• The bikes energy decreases proportionally.

• The bikes kinetic energy decreases in a predictable way.

• The bike's kinetic energy increases in proportion to the change in the cart’s mass.

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Maritza and Gael are collecting cans for a food drive using a small wagon. They calculate the kinetic energy and mass of their wagon while they travel at a constant speed of 2 m/s.

What is being changed (Independent Variable)?

What is being measured (Dependent Variable)?

• IV - Kinetic Energy

  DV - Mass

• IV - Mass

  DV - Kinetic Energy

• IV - Part of Route

  DV - Mass

• IV - Mass

  DV - Part of Route

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What kind of relationship would this data table show if it was graphed?

• Balanced

• Unbalanced

• Linear

• Nonlinear

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