HCS SOL Review Assessment (PreTest)

Which is the best inference for why the amount of life decreases as you go deeper into the ocean?

• Many organisms do not know how to swim.

• Some organisms are floating organisms.

• Some organisms are afraid of the dark.

• Many organisms need warmer temperatures and air to breathe.

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VA.4.7.c

A student conducts an experiment using an electromagnet and determines that her hypothesis was correct. Which was most likely her hypothesis?

• If there are more coils of wire around the bar, then I will be able to pick up more metal paper clips.

• If there are fewer coils of wire around the bar, then the electromagnetic field will grow stronger.

• If I exchange an iron bar for a copper one, a lightbulb will light up.

• If I keep the size of the batteries the same, there will be fewer coils of wire. 5.45.4sl55.5.5.4

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VA.5.4.e

Ultrasound machines use high-frequency sound waves to create images of internal body structures. It's commonly used in medical diagnostics to view organs, muscles, and unborn babies in the womb. This is an example of a — 

• force acting upon an object causing motion.

• form of electrical energy transformed to thermal. 

• potential energy source.

• technological application of sound.

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VA.5.5.d

Which of the following best demonstrates how energy can be moved from place to place?

• Planting seeds in a garden.

• Playing music on a stereo.

• Watching a sunset.

• Taking a nap.

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VA.5.2.b

Two students arm-wrestle, as shown in this picture.

Both students push as hard as they can against the other, but neither arm moves. What is a conclusion that we can draw from this?

• The students used the same amount of force.

• Student B used more force than Student A.

• Student A used more force than Student B.

• There is not enough information to draw a conclusion.

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VA.5.3.c

A student notes these clouds in the sky at 4:00pm.

A student also  notices that the air pressure appears to be falling, and that it is currently 0°C on January 19. Which is the best prediction about upcoming weather?

• Tornadoes are likely.

• Flooding will occur.

• Snow will fall overnight.

• A hurricane is coming.

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VA.4.4.a

A student conducts an experiment to determine how far a hockey puck travels on different surfaces when the same amount of force is applied. She recorded the data provided.

Which of these is the best inference to make from these results?

• The hockey puck traveled the farthest on the ice because of gravity.

• The hockey puck’s energy transferred more to the ice than the wood or carpet.

• The hockey puck traveled the least distance on the carpet because of friction.

• More force would be required to move the hockey puck the same distance on the wooden floor as the carpeted floor.

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VA.5.3.e

Sound is the transfer of what type of energy?

• Chemical

• Mechanical

• Thermal

• Radiant

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VA.5.5.b

A student draws these models of a solid and a liquid.

One limitation of these models is that they do not show—

• That particles in liquids have more energy than particles in solids.

• How the particles of solids and liquids are structured differently

• Why solids do not take on the shape of their containers

• Why liquids take on the shape of their containers

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VA.5.7.a

How is energy transferred in sound waves?

• By visible light waves.

• Sound does not need a medium to travel through.

• Through chemical reactions

• Through the vibration of particles in the medium it travels throug. 

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VA.5.5.a