Chapter 1-3: Practice Assessment

Four students compete in a sack race. When the teacher says “Go,” they start hopping toward the finish line. The table shows how long they take to complete the race.

Who won the race? ​ (a)  

• Colin

• Sofia

• Lisa
• Dan

The winner beat the racer in second place by ________ seconds.

• 3

• 1

• 5

• 7

The winner beat the racer who came in last by ________ seconds.

• 6

• 3

• 8

• 10

The science teacher asks Arun, “What is one way that science and engineering have improved your daily life?” Which is Arun’s best answer?

• I really like movies about creatures that live in outer space.

• I like swimming at the beach with my family.

• My favorite song is about riding in cars and buses.

• Medicine helped me get better when I was sick.

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Mr. Suarez gets a sore back when he rides a typical bicycle. He wants to design a bicycle that he can ride while lying down. What stage of the Engineering Design Process does the photo show? Enter words from the list to complete the sentence. The photo shows Mr. Suarez (a)   a working model of a ​ (b)   .

• problem
• testing
• building
• prototype
• identifying

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Sofia wants to learn more about a career as an astronaut. What is the best way for her to learn more about this career?

• She should watch a cartoon about traveling into space.

• She should ask her friends to discuss what they know about being an astronaut.

• She should read articles from NASA, a government agency that sends astronauts into space.

• She should create drawings of planets, stars, and other objects in space.

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. Four students made bird feeders. They used different foods and placed the feeders on low tree branches and made observations.

Part A: The results best support which of these conclusions about the birds?

• The birds will eat any food that they can find.

• The birds prefer to eat granola and birdseed instead of bread crumbs.

• The birds will eat birdseed but not other foods.

• The birds prefer to eat food from bird feeders instead of from the ground.

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How do the results in the table show which food birds prefer?

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Theo is given a sample of matter in a container. What test will show that the sample is a gas and not a liquid or solid?

• The sample becomes smaller when its container is squeezed.

• The sample changes shape when it is poured into a new container.

• The sample has a very small mass.

• The sample has a very warm temperature.

The three drawings show a toy duck and a toy moose on a balance. For each drawing, which toy has more mass? Match.

• duck

• 
• moose

• 
• neither

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