SQSA 3rd Qtr

Aria is cleaning her room and finds a box containing a mixture of paper clips, salt, and coins. What is the best method to separate the paper clips from the mixture?

• Filtration

• Magnetism

• Evaporation

• Chromatography

Evelyn, Kai, and Elijah are organizing a paper airplane competition. They believe that the type of paper and the design of the airplane might influence the flight distance. To test if the type of paper affects the flight distance, they build several airplanes using different types of paper but keep the same design. Why is it important that all the airplanes have the same design?

• By using the same design, the students can learn about the effect of the design.

• If they do not use the same design, the students cannot learn about the effect of the paper.

• By using the same design, the students can learn both about the effect of the design and the effect of the paper.

• It is not important for the airplanes to have the same design because the students are not testing the effect of the design.

Mia places a metal spoon that is at room temperature in a bowl of hot soup. How will the thermal energies of the spoon and the soup be affected?

•       The spoon will increase in thermal energy and the soup will decrease in thermal energy.

• Both the spoon and the soup will increase in thermal energy.

• The spoon will decrease in thermal energy and the soup will increase in thermal energy.

• Both the spoon and the soup will decrease in thermal energy.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Sofía is conducting an experiment with four different elements. A cube of an unknown element has a shiny, silver color. The side of the cube measures 2.0 cm and the cube has a mass of 14.56 g.

Based on the information in the table, what element is the cube made of?

• barium

• beryllium

• chromium

• phosphorus

Condensation occurs when a gas turns into a liquid. Which of these is an example of condensation?

• water vapor turning into rain

• water vapor turning into snow

• a pond melting in spring

•  a pond freezing in winter

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Michael has been assigned to measure the density of an irregularly shaped piece of metal. Which apparatus would be most appropriate to carry out this task?

• flask, Bunsen burner

• beaker, crucible

• ruler, balance

• graduated cylinder, balance

Most sidewalks are made of solid concrete sections. There are spaces between the sections. What happens to the spaces on a hot summer day and why?

• The spaces widen because the concrete sections shrink.

• The spaces narrow because the concrete sections expand.

• The spaces remain the same because the concrete sections neither shrink nor expand.

• Some spaces widen, others narrow, and others remain the same because each concrete section behaves differently on a hot summer day.

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

For a substance to change phase, the amount of internal energy must change. Water exists in three phases: liquid, solid (ice), and gaseous (water vapor). Which of the following lists the phases in order of increasing total energy?

• gas, liquid, solid

• solid, gas, liquid

• solid, liquid, gas

• liquid, gas, solid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

In which state of matter are the molecules most separated?

• All states are the same.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

A substance is being heated. The image shows four charts in order from top to bottom with the first chart at the top. Using the image, which answer option shows true information about the substance being heated?

• 1st Chart

• 2nd Chart

• 3rd Chart

• 4th Chart

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5