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Benchmark Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A student puts four objects in a bucket filled with water. the objects are listed below.

∎Beach Ball

∎Glass Marble

∎Paper clip

∎Wooden spoon

Which two objects are most likely less dense than water?

a)

Wooden spoon and paper clip

b)

Beach ball and glass marble

c)

Paper clip and glass marble

d)

Wood spoon and Beach ball

2.

Three different objects that use the same source of energy are shown here. What is the energy source for these objects? (5.6A)

a)

Light energy

b)

Mechanical energy

c)

Sound energy

d)

Electrical energy

3.

A class is learning about states of matter. The teacher shows the students how to set up the investigation shown in the diagram. What kinds of energy are needed in this investigation to change the state of matter of the candle?(5.6A)

a)

Light, mechanical, and thermal

b)

Electrical and thermal

c)

Mechanical, light, and electrical

d)

Thermal and mechanical

4.

A teacher wears protective gloves to lift a metal plan filled with boiling water from a hot plate. Why are the protective gloves necessary? (5.6A)

a)

The metal pan creates thermal energy.

b)

The metal pan insulates thermal energy.

c)

The metal pan conducts thermal energy.

d)

The metal pan reduces thermal energy.

5.

Which object requires only mechanical energy to perform its main function? (5.6A)

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.
What kind of circuit is this?
a)
series
b)
parallel
7.
What is a switch's function in a circuit?
a)
to make the current hotter or colder
b)
turn on and off the flow of current
c)
the pathway that current flows
d)
to add more power to the circuit
8.

Students are asked to create a system using two mirrors and a flashlight to hit a target with a beam of light. Which diagram correctly uses the two mirrors and the flashlight to hit the target?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.
What is one problem with using a series circuit? 
a)
It has a lot of series. 
b)
If one goes down, they all go down! 
c)
It doesn't work properly.
d)
There are no problems. 
10.
A class prepared some electrical circuits using battery, connecting wires, and three light bulbs.  Which of these circuits can make the three bulbs light?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
11.

When light travels through air into a prism, it bends and separates into many colors. In which other situation does light bend? (5.6C)

a)

When light moves through air into water

b)

When light hits a wall

c)

When light passes through outer space

d)

When light hits a mirror

12.
The force of friction is caused by:
a)
surfaces rubbing against one another
b)
objects heating or cooling
c)
rough surfaces
d)
smooth surfaces
13.

Is this image an example of reflection or refraction?

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

14.
This is testing ___________
a)
relative density
b)
solubility
c)
mass
d)
conductivity 
15.
What do sugar, salt, Kool-Aid powder, Crystal Light, etc., do in liquid water?
a)
turn into ice 
b)
remain in powder form 
c)
dissolve
16.

A student adds 10 grams of four different powdered solids into four different beakers. The student then adds 100 mL of water to each beaker, stirs the mixtures, and allows them to sit for half an hour before recording observations. Which question is the student most likely trying to answer with this investigation? (5.5C)

a)

At what water temperature do the substances dissolve?

b)

How much water is needed to cause a substance to change state?

c)

What causes a substance to sink when put in water?

d)

Which substances dissolve in water?

17.

Students accidentally dropped a mixture of sand and iron filings into a cup of water. How could they quickly separate these three substances?

a)

Pour the mixture into a funnel with a filter.

b)

Put the mixture on a hot plate to evaporate the water.

c)

Pour the mixture through a filter, then use a magnet.

18.

The diagrams show two trials of an experiment in which a spring scale was used to measure force. This experiment can be used to determine--- (5.6D)

a)

how mass affects the force needed to move objects

b)

how force affects the mass of two objects

c)

how the fore used to pull a dictionary affects the mass of a box of marbles

d)

how the mass of a box of marbles affects the mass of a dictionary

19.

A student observes that the craters on the moon are different sizes. The student designs an experiment to study the formation of craters. The materials for the experiment are marbles and a pan of flour. The student makes a hypothesis that the size of the craters made on the surface of the flour will depend on the height from which the marble is dropped. Some of the steps in the student's experiment are described in the picture. Which of these is most likely Step 3 in the student's experiment? (5.6D)

a)

Drop the same marble from different heights into the pan of flour

b)

Drop marbles of different masses from the same height into the pan of flour

c)

Drop marbles of different sizes from different heights into the pan of flour

d)

Drop a single marble one time into the pan of flour

20.

Which physical property could be used to classify the following items into more than one group:

-rubber

-cotton

-wood

-metal paper clip

a)

physical state

b)

conductivity

c)

solubility