Science FCAT

What is the FASTEST moving planet?

• Earth

• Saturn

• Mercury

• Venus

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What is the HOTTEST planet?

• Earth

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

What is the LARGEST planet?

• The Sun

• Neptune

• Venus

• Jupiter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which of the following shows an energy transformation from chemical energy to electrical to light energy?

• A bolt of lightning lights the night sky.

• A candle glows brightly in the dark.

• A fire in a fireplace lights up a room.

• A battery causes a flashlight to shine.

People get energy from the food that they eat and transform that energy as they move. Which energy transformations occur as a student rapidly rubs the palms of his hands together?

• mechanical to thermal to electrical

• chemical to mechanical to thermal

• mechanical to chemical to sound

• chemical to sound to electrical

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which of the following shows the correct order of the energy transformations that occur when green plants produce their food from the Sun’s energy?

• chemical to thermal

• light to chemical

• thermal to light

• chemical to electrical

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 

• Energy

• Kinetic

• Friction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object. 

• Height and mass

• Friction and movement

• Mass and Movement

• Height and Friction 

What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• Potential

• Kinetic

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2