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Grade 5 Forces and Motion
What describes the speed and direction of an object's motion?
  1. velocity
  2. force
  3. magnitude
Grade 5 Magnetism and Electricity
Which is an example of a temporary magnet?
  1. magnetite
  2. electromagnet
  3. bar magnet
  4. horseshoe magnet
Grade 5 Simple Machines
An elevator has a pulley.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Magnetism and Electricity
What material will make a good insulator of electricity?
  1. copper wire
  2. aluminum foil
  3. gold wire
  4. plastic
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 Waves and Sound
What is sound energy?
  1. It is energy that travels in waves through vibrating matter.
  2. It is energy that travels in waves like light from the stars.
  3. It is plain kinetic energy.
  4. It is moving electrons.
Grade 5 Magnetism and Electricity
Matt was trying to make a circuit for the technology festival. If he was trying to make the electricity go all the way around the circuit, what type of circuit does he want?
  1. closed circuit
  2. open circuit
  3. series circuit
  4. parallel circuit
Grade 5 Magnetism and Electricity
An electric circuit with two or more paths for current
  1. Parallel circuit
  2. Series circuit
  3. Short circuit
  4. Electric circuit
Grade 5 Heat Transfer
When you rub your hands together very quickly, it produces heat and is called                .
  1. force
  2. temperature
  3. friction
  4. gravity
Grade 5 Magnetism and Electricity
A material that slows the flow of heat and electricity
  1. Insulator
  2. Conductor
  3. Short circuit
  4. Resistance
Grade 5 Magnetism and Electricity
Choose the magnetic materials.
  1. Plastic and Iron
  2. Steel and Iron
  3. Paper and Cloth
  4. Wood and Silver
Grade 5 Simple Machines
Which is an example of a wheel and axle?
  1. Hammer
  2. Wagon
  3. Ramp
  4. Flag Pole
Grade 5 Matter
Molecules in gas are
  1. close together.
  2. far apart.
  3. tight and pull on each other a lot.
Grade 5 Matter
The particles have more energy and can slide around more than a solid in a                .
  1. gas
  2. liquid
  3. solid
  4. plasma
Grade 5 Matter
Matter can change its state from a gas, to a liquid, to a solid.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Magnetism and Electricity
Which is not an example of static electricity?
  1. Two magnets sticking together
  2. Paper sticking to a balloon
  3. Lightning
  4. Socks sticking together out of the dryer
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 Matter
The process by which a gas changes into a liquid is called                .
  1. evaporation
  2. precipitation
  3. condensation
  4. transpiration
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 Magnetism and Electricity
A magnet that has coils of current carrying wire around an iron core
  1. Static electricity
  2. Electric charge
  3. Electric field
  4. Electromagnet
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