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Benchmark Assessment
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1. Sandy is conducting an investigation to find out which food his cat likes best. What is the independent
variable in his investigation?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2. The four diagrams below show the setup of four similar tests. Which setup do you predict the stopper will
move the farthest when the ball is released and collides with the stopper?
A.
C.
B.
D.
Grade 5 Science
Unit 2: Physical Science
Benchmark Assessment
Parachute Experiment
A student wants to investigate how the mass of the paper clip passengers affects how long it takes a
parachute to float to the ground. These are the materials she used to make her first parachute.
1
10
paper clips
String
3. What materials should the student use to make the next parachute?
A.
B.
C.
4 25 cm pieces of string
4 25 cm pieces of string
15 paper clips
20 paper clips
20 paper clips
Grade 5 Science
Unit 2: Physical Science
Benchmark Assessment
4. An experiment was set up to measure the distance a snail would travel in 5 minutes.
Which of these rulers should be used to give the most precise measurement?
A.
B.
C.
D.
5. A person pushes a box as shown. What is the push most likely to change?
Grade 5 Science
Unit 2: Physical Science
Benchmark Assessment
7. A student rolls a ball on the ground. What causes the ball to slow down and then stop?
A. The motion of the ball
B. The speed of the ball
C. The friction from the ground
Grade 5 Science
Unit 2: Physical Science
Benchmark Assessment
8. Two boats are photographed from above at 3:00pm and 3:15pm. The two boats are exactly the same.
Which statement correctly compares their motion?
A. Both boats are traveling in the same direction, and boat 2 has a greater speed.
B. Both boats are traveling in the same direction, and boat 1 has a greater speed.
C. Both boats are traveling in the same direction at equal speeds.
Grade 5 Science
Unit 2: Physical Science
Benchmark Assessment
A student had a toy truck that he planned to launch down a ramp, and let roll across a flat floor.. He placed
one or more 500-gram blocks in the back of the truck and recorded the distance the truck traveled from the
end of the ramp. The graph below displays his results.
10. How far will the truck most likely travel with a two-block load? (1.6, 1.8)
A. 1 meter
B. 2 meters
C. 3 meters
D. 4 meters
Grade 5 Science
Unit 2: Physical Science
Benchmark Assessment
A.
B.
C.
D.
Grade 5 Science
Unit 2: Physical Science
Benchmark Assessment
A class investigated flippers. Each group conducted several standard launches with a rubber stopper. Then
each group placed pennies between the flip stick and base to change how far down they could push the stick.
Each group did three trials. The distances the stopper traveled are shown in the table below.
Flipper Investigation
# of pennies
Trial 1
Distance (cm)
Trial 2
Distance (cm)
Trial 3
Distance (cm)
Average
Distance (cm)
0 (standard)
244
271
265
260
211
225
218
218
140
151
159
150
66
68
61
65
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Grade 5 Science
Unit 2: Physical Science
Benchmark Assessment
Rachel is wearing roller skates and is standing next to a wall. She pushes off from the wall and then glides to a
stop. Place an X next to all the statements that you think are true about Rachels motion.
A. The force from the wall is becoming less and less as
Rachel glides on her skates.
B. Rachels motion energy is naturally going down and the
energy is disappearing.
C. Rachels motion energy is being turned into other types
of energy.
D. There is a force by the ground slowing Rachel down.
E. There is a force by the ground that keeps Rachel moving
for a while before she stops.
15. Explain your thinking about why Rachel slowed down and stopped after pushing off from the wall.
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