4th Grade Science TCAP Prep Quiz

Which method best allows students to launch the airplanes with the same force?

• Have different students launch each of the airplanes by throwing them.

• Wait for a strong wind to launch each of the airplanes.

• Blow into a straw attached to each airplane to launch them.

• Stretch a rubber band to the same length to launch each airplane.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

Dropping the ball into which hole will cause the ball to travel the fastest?

• 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-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What did the student use to strike each bar on the xylophone?

• Different amounts of force

• The same amount of force

• Increasing amounts of force

• Decreasing amounts of force

What was the volume of each note played by the student?

• Different volumes

• Increasing volumes

• The same volume

• Decreasing volumes

What does the diagram of the xylophone show?

• The xylophone's color

• The xylophone's pitch range

• The xylophone's size

• The xylophone's weight

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What does the wave image represent?

• The sound of a drum

• The sound of a guitar

• The sound of bar 1 on the xylophone

• The sound of a piano

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which picture shows the most likely wave image recorded when the student struck bar 2 on the xylophone?

• M

• P

• R

• S

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

Which statement is correct based on the data shown?

• The amount of water used is not related to the human population.

• The amount of water used is higher when the human population is lower.

• The amount of water used is lowest when the human population is highest.

• The amount of water used is higher when the human population is higher.

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CCSS.8.SP.A.1

Which three statements correctly describe materials plants need?

• M, P, S

• M, R, T

• M, P, R

• M, P, T

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of these best describes a way that gray wolves adapt to survive the changing temperatures?

• Wolves develop a heavy coat in the fall and shed it in the spring.

• Each wolf’s howl sounds different from the others.

• A wolf pack works together to find food in the fall.

• Wolves are most active at sunrise and sunset.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4