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Grade 5 Forces and Motion
Gravity does all of the following EXCEPT what?
  1. Brings a ball back to Earth.
  2. Pulls spilled liquid to the ground.
  3. Keeps you from sliding on the grass.
  4. Keeps Earth from flying off into space.
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
What is the tendency of an object to resist change in motion?
  1. force
  2. inertia
  3. equilibrium
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
Newton's law of motion that describes action-reaction pairs is the
  1. first law.
  2. second law.
  3. third law.
  4. law of gravity.
Grade 5 Energy and Momentum
What is the major source of light energy?
  1. food cooking
  2. the Sun
  3. gravity
  4. electricity
Grade 5 Energy and Momentum
What kind of energy comes from the motion of charged particles?
  1. thermal energy
  2. chemical energy
  3. electrical energy
  4. mechanical energy
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
The motion of an object is not always affected by gravity.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
Why are we able to walk on Earth?
  1. Sun
  2. Magnetism
  3. Gravity
  4. Motion
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
Rollers can help reduce friction.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Energy and Momentum
What is energy we can hear?
  1. kinetic energy
  2. mechanical energy
  3. potential energy
  4. sound energy
  5. electrical energy
Grade 5 Energy and Momentum
The ability to perform work or to change an object
  1. Energy
  2. Kinetic energy
  3. Chemical energy
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
How is velocity different from speed?
  1. Velocity is when an object goes in reverse.
  2. Velocity is speed and direction together.
  3. Velocity is not different from speed.
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
Which surface will produce the least amount of friction?
  1. gravel running track
  2. smooth glass tabletop
  3. grassy soccer field
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
Which of the following is true when you take an object to the Moon?
  1. The object will have more mass.
  2. The object will have less mass.
  3. The object will weigh less.
  4. The object will weigh more.
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
A melting ice cube slides around with a lot of friction on a cookie sheet.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
Weight is the force of gravity between the ocean and an object.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Energy and Momentum
When you clap your hands together really hard, what two kinds of energy do you create?
  1. Heat and Sound
  2. Light and Sound
  3. Electrical and Light
  4. Heat and Electrical
Grade 5 Energy and Momentum
An example of potential energy is
  1. a ball rolling down a hill.
  2. a Ferris wheel turning.
  3. a rock sitting on top of a hill.
  4. an apple falling from a tree.
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
Ms. Stewart is riding fast on a skateboard when her wheel suddenly gets stuck in a crack on the sidewalk. Why does her body go flying forward?
  1. There is a net force pushing her off the skateboard.
  2. Her inertia keeps her moving forward.
  3. Someone pushed her.
Grade 5 Energy and Momentum
What is nuclear energy?
  1. Energy that is from solar panels
  2. Energy that is locked in the nucleus of an atom
  3. The kinetic energy of moving electrons
  4. Energy that travels in waves
Grade 5 Forces and Motion
The property of an object that resists change in its motion is                .
  1. mass
  2. inertia
  3. velocity
  4. momentum
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