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WorksheetsNC Check ins Review
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
Which investigation will best test the effects of gravity on moving objects?
pencils falling from the same height
balloons floating upward from the same height
a bicycle speeding up on a flat surface
a ball slowing down on a flat surface
A man is pushing a ball up a hill. If the man stops pushing the ball and steps out of the way, what will most likely happen to the ball?
It will stop on the hill.
It will roll down the hill.
It will roll to the side toward the man.
It will continue to roll up the hill.
Which best describes the role friction plays in the operation of a car?
Friction makes a car go faster.
Friction keeps a car from stopping.
Friction turns the car in a new direction.
Friction helps a car slow down and stop.
Carey left a bowling ball and kickball outside on a windy day. Which best explains why the kickball moved but the bowling ball did not?
The kickball has less mass so it was easier to move.
The force of gravity acting on the bowling ball is greater.
The mass of the kickball is greater so it is easier to move.
The force of gravity acting on the kickball is greater.
Jim played ice hockey with his friends. When he hit the puck, it stopped before reaching the goal. Which most likelycaused this to happen?
mass
friction
gravity
momentum
Four cars are at the starting line of a race. Which car will require the most force to start moving?
car with mass of 1200 kilograms
car with mass of 1500 kilograms
car with mass of 1700 kilograms
car with mass of 2000 kilograms
A train is moving along a track. If the forces acting on the train are balanced, how will its motion be affected?
Change direction
Continue, unchanged
Speed up
Stop
A force that occurs when an object rubs against another object
thermometer
conduction
friction
radiation
The tendency of an object to stay in motion or at rest until a force acts upon it is
inertia
gravity
speed
frame of reference
(speed = distance ÷ time)
This graph shows the motion of an object. Which best describes the motion of the object?
It is sitting still.
It is moving at a constant speed.
It continually increases its speed.
It travels at constant speed and suddenly stops.
Which graph best illustrates a train sitting at the station waiting to depart?
Joe rolls a ball to Cindy, and Cindy rolls it back to Joe at the same speed.
Which graph shows the motion of the ball as it rolls between them?
How would the campers know that a chemical change has taken place?
Which example best describes a physical change?
baking a pie
burning a candle
making a paper airplane
lighting a match
Sarah boiled some water to cook spaghetti. The water boiled because of
conduction
convection
radiation
transpiration
Which is an example of convection
the heat coming from a campfire
a spoon in a bowl of soup becoming warmer
Warmer water at the surface of swimming pool
Jimmy is a astronaut, when he was in space he drifted close to the sun. He said that he felt the hottest he had ever felt. What kind of heat transfer caused this?
COMBUSTION
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
Which is an example of radiation?
boiling a pot of noodles for dinner
Getting hot from lying in the sun
feeling warm while taking a hot shower
burning yourself after touching a hot plate
A boy touches a stove and gets burned. What transfer of heat caused his hand to get burned?
radiation
conduction
convection
combustion
how ice melts in
a person’s hand?
how ice melts in
a person’s hand?
energy from the
sun reach Earth?
how heat
is transferred?
Which is most responsible for the uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere?
radiation
convection
conduction
condensation
The heat from the lamp allows this lizard to remain warm. This is an example of which type of heat transfer?
radiation
conduction
convection
Jill notices that her skin gets burned when she sits out in the sun. What best explains why this happens?
The soil is convecting heat into the air.
The heat from the sun is being conducted to the Earth.
The heat from the sun is radiating down to Earth’s surface.
What causes liquid water to freeze?
when cold from the water is transferred to something else
when heat from something else is transferred to the water
when heat from the water is transferred to something else
when cold from something else is transferred to the water
Which is an example of convection
the heat coming from a campfire
a spoon in a bowl of soup becoming warmer
Warmer water at the surface of swimming pool
While stirring hot coffee a spoon becomes warm; the spoon gets hot due to
conduction
convection
radiation
Insulation
Tina is boiling water in a metal pot for a weather experiment. What is most likely the reason she would need to use a pot holder for moving the metal pot?
radiation causes the pot to be hot.
Conduction causes the pot to be hot.
Convection causes the pot to be hot.
Transpiration causes the pot to be hot.
which of the following is an example of radiation?
Macaroni moving around in a pot of boiling water.
steam rising form a boiling pot of grits being cooked.
The sun shining through a window and warming a table.
Bacon frying in a pan.
A cold metal spoon is placed in a bowl of hot soup. which best describes how the spoon is affected?
The heat from the soup does not affect the temperature of the spoon.
the heat from the soup is conducted through the spoon, making the spoon warmer.
The cold air in the room radiates into the soup, cooling it, and keeping the spoon cool.
The cold from the spoon is conducted into the soup, causing the soup to cool to the same temperature as the spoon.
Which is an example of radiation?
boiling a pot of noodles for dinner
Getting hot from lying in the sun
feeling warm while taking a hot shower
burning yourself after touching a hot plate
A boy touches a stove and gets burned. What transfer of heat caused his hand to get burned?
radiation
conduction
convection
combustion
Which best explains why a pan placed on a hot stove top will begin to warm?
conduction
convection
radiation
insulation
On a hot summer day, a student dropped an ice cube onto a park bench. Within minutes, the ice cube melted. Which best describes the process the student observed?
radiation
combustion
conduction
Convection
which best describes the process of convection?
Convection is the primary way heat travels through rays.
convection is the primary way heat travels through metals.
convection is the primary way heat travels through appliances.
Convection is the primary way heat travels through liquids and gasses.
Joe is cooking dinner on the stove. Joe picks up the pan handle and burns his hand. Joe immediately begins to rinse his hand under cold water. Explain how this alleviates Joe's pain.
Heat from Joe's burned hand leaves his hand into the cold water, making it feel cooler.
Cold from Joe's burned hand leaves his hand into the cold water, making it feel cooler
Cold from the water is absorbed into Joe's burned hand, making it feel cooler
Heat from the water is absorbed into Joe's burned hand, making it feel cooler
Jimmy is a astronaut, when he was in space he drifted close to the sun. He said that he felt the hottest he had ever felt. What kind of heat transfer caused this?
COMBUSTION
Radiation
Convection
Conduction
Which best explains why
a full glass bottle of water
should not be stored in a freezer?
The temperature of the freezer will make the water too cold.
Water expands when it freezes, and could break the bottle.
Water contracts when it freezes, and could break the bottle.
The temperature of the freezer will not make the water cold.
An engineer can choose from three different materials to make a heat-resistant handle for a stirring spoon. Which material is least likely to get hot when the spoon is placed in boiling water?
Wood
Aluminum
Tin
What happens to metal railroad tracks during the heat of a summer day?
Decrease in length
Increase in length
Decrease in weight
Increase in weight
most likely to expand
if exposed to freezing temperatures?
cold during an afternoon
sports game. Which container would most likely
keep her drinks cold for several hours?
