4.PS3.2

1. Students choose playground activities to demonstrate energy transfer. Which activity shows a transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy?

• sliding from the top of a slide

• hanging from monkey bars

• sitting on a bench

• hiding behind a tree

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

2. A student sets up the cardboard tube shown. The student holds the tube at an angle. The student drops a ball into each hole, then measures how fast the ball travels when it comes out of the tube.

• Hole 1, because the ball will have the most potential energy

• Hole 2, because the ball will have the most kinetic energy

• Hole 3, because the ball will have the least potential energy

• Hole 4, because the ball will have the least kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

3. A student pushed a rock from the top of a hill. What type of energy change occurred after the rock was pushed?

• Heat energy was converted to potential energy.

• Electrical energy was converted to heat energy.

• Potential energy was converted to kinetic energy.

• Kinetic energy was converted to electrical energy.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

4. A pendulum swings between three positions, A, B, and C. The table gives the kinetic energy and potential energy of the pendulum at the three positions. Which statement best explains the relationship between kinetic energy and potential energy?

• The potential energy of the pendulum is always greater than its kinetic energy.

• The potential energy of the pendulum is always less than its kinetic energy.

• When potential energy increases, kinetic energy increases.

• When potential energy decreases, kinetic energy increases.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

5. Thomas watches an orange fall from a tree to the ground.

Which best describes the flow of energy as the orange falls and hits the ground?

• Solar energy → Potential energy → Heat energy

• Potential energy → Sound energy → Heat energy

• Kinetic energy → Potential energy → Sound energy

• Potential energy → Kinetic energy → Sound energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

6. The diagram shows a ball at its starting position on top of a table. The ball rolls off the table and falls toward the ground. The graphs contain the potential energy (PE), kinetic energy (KE), and total energy (TE) of the ball. The total energy is the sum of the kinetic and potential energy of the ball. Which statement best describes the energy of the ball as seen in the diagram?

• The total energy changes as the ball moves from the table to the floor.

• Potential energy is stored when the ball is on the table and increases when it falls.

• Potential energy and kinetic energy change as the ball moves, but the total energy stays the same.

• Potential energy and kinetic energy stay the same when the ball is falling, but change when the ball is on the table.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

7. Mr. Turner cut the stem of a water plant. He put the plant in a cup full of water under a light. The students in Mr. Turner’s class observed bubbles coming out of the stem. What are the bubbles being released by the plant?

• carbon dioxide

• helium

• hydrogen

• oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

8. Mike and his dad went fossil hunting on a mountain. They found these fossils:

1) a shark tooth
2) a snail shell
3) a clam shell 

Based on these fossils, how had the area changed?

• 
  It used to be warmer.

• It used to be colder.

• It used to be in an ocean.

• It used to be in a desert.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

9. Several students look at a map of volcanoes located in the Pacific Ocean. Based on the map, which student's statement is true?

• "Most volcanoes occur at the center of a continent."

• "Most volcanoes occur where two countries meet."

• "Most volcanoes occur where continents and the Pacific Ocean meet."

• 
  "Most volcanoes occur at the center of the Pacific Ocean."

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

10. What advantage do some plants have over animals in a drought?

• Plants can use underground water.

• Plants can live without water.

• Plants release oxygen.

• Plants cannot move.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1