SSA Review

A student is taking laundry out of the dryer. He notices that a sock and a sweater are stuck together. Which statement is the most likely reason the sock was stuck to the sweater?  

• The sock and the sweater have opposite charges.  

• The sock and the sweater have changing charges.

• Both the sock and the sweater have a neutral charge.  

• Both the sock and the sweater have a positive charge.

Which of these does NOT show energy that creates change?  

• a boy pushing a bowling ball.

• a bowling ball falling off a shelf.

• a bowling ball hitting another ball.

• a bowling ball sitting on the shelf.

Imagine that you are standing on Earth, facing the Moon, and behind the Moon is the Sun. What phase of the Moon will you see?  

• New Moon  

• Full Moon

• First Quarter Moon  

• Third Quarter Moon

It's summertime, and some friends are setting up for an outdoor picnic in the park. They hear from a radio report that the air pressure is dropping. What should they do next?  

• Put up more umbrellas to protect against sunburns.  

• Put everything away to avoid the coming snowstorm.  

• Move the picnic into a shelter because rain is on the way.  

• Ask the park manager to turn on lights for the coming fog.  

Michelle has two glasses of juice.  She puts one in the freezer for seven minutes and the other in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.  Which tool can Michelle use to find out which glass of juice is the coldest?

• A balance

• A graduated cylinder

• A meter stick

• A thermometer

Many animals have digestive organs, such as the large intestine, that help them absorb water and nutrients. Plants also have structures that help them absorb water and nutrients. What part of plants functions most like the digestive organs of animals?

• flower

• leaf

• root

• stem

Christina is writing a report about the Solar System.  Which statement best describes the differences between the inner planets and the outer planets?

• The inner planets are collections of frozen gas and rocky particles, and the outer planets are fragments of rock.

• The inner planets are all the same size, and the outer planets vary in size.

• The inner planets have thick, poisonous atmospheres, and the outer planets lack atmospheres.

• The inner planets are small and rocky, and the outer planets are large and gaseous.

Helen is studying the properties of solids. She is comparing the wooden cube and the steel cube shown in the picture.​ ​Which property is the same for the two cubes?  

• color

• luster

• texture

• volume

Kyle and Jan are comparing two samples of matter. They make a table of the properties of each sample. Which property provides the best evidence that both samples are solid rather than liquids?

• color

• mass

• shape

• volume

This image was taken with a very powerful telescope. The telescope enlarged the appearance of the stars in the picture many times. Why do the stars look like small points of light and not big and round like the Sun?

• These stars are much older than the sun.

• These stars are different types of stars than the sun.

• These stars are all much smaller types of stars than the sun.

• These stars are so far away from the Sun they cannot be seen any larger.