
First Semester Warm Up Review
Quiz by Michelle
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- print as a bubble sheet
- Q1
Which circuit shown will produce light when the switch is closed?
30sSCI.5.2D - Q2
Which statement best explains why the sun appears to move across the sky during the day?
The Earth is rotating on its axis.
The Earth is revolving around the sun.
The Earth is closest to the sun in the winter.
The Earth is tilted at 23.5 degrees.
30sSCI.5.8C - Q3
A student places objects in a bucket of water to determine if they will float.
Which set of items is less dense than water?
Plastic paper clip, penny, and cork
Toothpick, cork, and vegetable oil
Metal spoon, vegetable oil, and penny
Toothpick, metal spoon, and plastic paper clip
30sSCI.5.2D - Q4
A student uses the setup shown to investigate ways to speed up evaporation.
Which forms of energy are being compared in the student’s investigation?
Light energy and electrical energy
Light energy and thermal energy
Mechanical energy and thermal energy
Mechanical energy and electrical energy
30sSCI.5.2A - Q5
A student plans to make a chart that describes each process in the water cycle. Which sentence should the student use to describe the process of condensation?
Water flows downhill.
Polar ice turns into liquid water.
Water vapor collects to form droplets.
Liquid water turns into water vapor.
30s - Q6
Examples of objects that use different types of energy to perform their functions are shown.
Which examples use mechanical energy to perform their functions?
Examples 1 and 2 only
Examples 1, 3, and 4
Examples 1, 2, and 4
Examples 3 and 4 only
30sSCI.5.6A - Q7
A student is classifying objects. Answering which question will provide the best evidence that an object is a metal?
What is its mass?
How quickly does it dissolve in water?
Does it conduct thermal energy?
What is its physical state?
30sSCI.5.2B - Q8
A student pours 14 grams of sugar into a jar filled with 500 milliliters of water. The student thoroughly stirs the sugar and water to make a solution.
Which change most likely occurs to the sugar when it is added to the water?
The sugar changes water into a new substance in the solution.
The sugar breaks down to form a new substance in the solution.
The sugar completely dissolves in the solution.
The sugar floats on the surface of the water in the solution.
30sSCI.5.5C - Q9
Students conduct an investigation with breakfast cereal. The first four steps of the students’ investigation are in the table shown.
The students are trying to determine the presence of which substance in the cereal?
Wheat
Iron
Salt
Sugar
30sSCI.5.4A - Q10
A student makes the model shown with objects representing the sun, Earth, and the moon to use in a class demonstration.
Which action should the student do with the objects to demonstrate a complete day-night cycle of Earth?
Move the moon around Earth once
Move Earth around the sun once
Spin the sun in a circle once
Spin Earth in a circle once
30sSCI.5.3C - Q11
Students build a balloon-rocket car using a balloon, a straw, a water bottle, and some tape. When the straw is released by a student, the air from the balloon comes out. A diagram of the car is shown.
Which statement best describes the motion of the car when the straw is released?
The car will move toward the wall because of the force of the air from the straw.
The car will move fast because the straw gets light as the air is released.
The car will move away from the wall in the same direction as the air that is leaving the balloon.
The car will not move because the air escapes from the balloon.
30sSCI.5.2D - Q12
The student is observing part of a plant with a microscope.
Which statement describes a behavior of light in the microscope?
Light travels through the microscope lens without changing direction.
Moving in straight lines causes light to increase in brightness.
Light refracts through the lens of the microscope.
Moving in straight lines keeps light from reflecting.
30sSCI.5.4A