Quiz about Fifth Grade Force STAAR Review

Question 1

Optical fibers are used for long-distance communications. They transmit data from one place to another. An optical fiber is made of an extremely thin glass strand. Light enters one end of the fiber and moves through the fiber as shown. After light leaves the fiber, the light will travel -

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in a straight line

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back in the way it exited

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along the outside of the fiber

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in a circle

Question 2

Students designed an investigation to determine how far a ball would travel when released at the top of two ramps of different heights. They set up the investigation shown. What should the lab team do to improve their investigation?

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Use Ball A on both ramps

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Use Ramp 2 for both balls

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Use Ramp 1 for both balls

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Place Ball B on Ramp 1 and Ball A on Ramp 2

Question 3

A spring scale is a tool that measures the strength of force needed to move an object. The force is measured in Newtons (N). A student sets up two spring scales pulling wooden boxes of different masses across a table. Which question is the investigation most likely designed to answer?

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How does mass affect the force needed to move an object?

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How does the surface affect the force needed to move an object?

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How do wooden blocks affect spring scales?

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How does the mass of one block affect the mass of another block?

Question 4

A student designed an investigation to determine the effect of a sphere's mass on the height it will reach when launched from a spring launcher. The student selects four spheres with different volumes and masses. The student launched each sphere and measured the top height each sphere reached.

What should the student do to improve this investigation?

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Use four spheres with different masses but the same volume

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Use four different spring launchers

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Use two additional spheres in order to gather more data

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Use spheres with different volumes but the same mass

Question 5

A force that attracts two objects toward each other is called ____.

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gravity

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friction

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push

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mass

Question 6

Why does a ball fall to the ground after it is thrown through the air?

Accepted Answer

gravity

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friction

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light energy

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air pressure

Question 7

A teacher drops a tennis ball and golf ball at the same height to see if they will land at different times. What force causes the tennis ball and the golf ball to land on the ground?

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gravity

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magnetism

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air pressure

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friction

Question 8

A student designs an experiment to test the force of a catapult using four cubes with the same volume, but with different masses. What other scientific equipment would the student most likely use for this experiment?

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A metric ruler to measure the distance each cube travels after being launched.

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A stop watch to see how much time it takes to load each cube on the catapult.

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A beaker to measure the volume of each cube.

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A triple beam balance to measure the mass of each cube.

Question 9

What should the student do to move the wagon farther away from himself?

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Push on the handle of the wagon

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Pull on the handle of the wagon

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Sit on top of the wagon

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Lift the wagon

Question 10

Four students are moving a table as shown by the rectangle below. Each number represents a student. Student 3 and 4 are pulling, and student 1 and 2 are pushing. Which direction will the table move?

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Southwest

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Northeast

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Southeast

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Northwest

Question 11

The picture shows an athlete throwing a football. What type of force is used to throw the ball?

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A push to move the ball away from the athlete

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A pull to move the ball across the field

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Friction to make the ball move faster

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Gravity to keep the ball close to the ground

Question 12

A teacher attaches a spring to a string and places it on a wheel and axel. A weight is added to the other end of the string and the spring begins to stretch out. The teacher then cuts the weight from the system. In which direction will the spring move once the weight is cut from the system?

Accepted Answer

Option B is correct

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A.

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C.

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D.

Question 13

All of the following are examples of an object having a change in position EXCEPT -

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a ball sitting on the ground

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pushing a wagon

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bouncing a ball

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swinging on a swing

Question 14

Pictured is a model of a roller coaster track made for rolling marbles. A student places the marble at the starting point and releases the marble. At which point will the marble be traveling the fastest?

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Point M

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Point N

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Point O

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Point P

Question 15

Pictured are two groups pulling on a rope with different forces. If the two groups continue to pull at this force, what will most likely happen?

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Group B will move backward and Group A will move forward.

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Group A and Group B will not move.

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Group A and Group B will move forward.

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Group A will move backward and Group B will move forward.

Question 16

The pans on the double pan balance below contain an equal amount of mass. Each hexagram weight is labeled with the mass in grams. What is the mass of the circular objects?

Accepted Answer

34 g

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24 g

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108 g

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24 g

Question 17

Throughout the day, a student measured the shadow of a stick set up vertically on the ground outside. The data table displays her measurements. Which of the following explains the data in the table?

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Earth spinning on its axis

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the Sun's orbit around Earth

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the rotation of Earth's moon

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the revolution and rotation of the Sun

Question 18

A lab team placed an equal amount of gravel in four identical trays positioned at different angles. They kept water flowing steadily at the top of the tray. Which of the following is a reasonable explanation that can be inferred from the evidence in the graph?

Accepted Answer

As the slope angle increased, the time it took to erode the gravel decreased.

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Ice eroded gravel more slowly than water.

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Gravel eroded more quickly than sand because it has larger mass.

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A lower slope angle caused gravel to erode more quickly.

Question 19

A lab team pulled back a pull-back car different distances and recorded how far it traveled each time. Bases on the data, which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

As the distance pulled back increased, the distance traveled increased.

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For every 5 cm. the car was pulled back, it traveled 2 cm.

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As the distance pulled back increased, the speed decreased.

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The distance traveled doubled.

Question 20

Students collected the data above and want to know why temperatures are higher when there are more hours of daylight. Which of the following best explains the data in the table?