Physical Science Pre-Assessment

Matter can be described by properties of color and taste

• True

• False

Cutting paper is a example of a physical change.

• True

• False

Friction is a force that resists movement.

• True

• False

Speed is calculated by multiplying the distance traveled by the travel time.

• True

• False

Current flows easily through an insulator.

• True

• False

The like poles of two different magnets will repel each other.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Water can change into a gas through _______.

• condensation

• evaporation

• chemical change

• cooling

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Water is _______.

• an element

• a compound

• a solution

• an atom

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

The force that pulls things toward each other is called _______.

• friction

• mass

• motion

• gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

In what way is friction useful to a skydiver?

• It speeds up the fall.

• It slows down the fall.

• It holds air in the parachute.

• It increases the pull of gravity.