Test - Week 4 6th

1.

If the person in the middle lets go of the rope, in which direction would objects X and
Y go?

A. X up, Y up
B. X up, Y down
C. X down, Y down
D. X down, Y up

2. Students are completing an investigation on types of heat transfer. For one part of the
investigation, they place their hand on a cool window and feel the difference in thermal
energy. When they are touching the glass, what type of heat transfer are they experiencing?

F. Conduction
G. Convection
H. Radiation
J. Ionization

3. A sixth grade student is conducting an experiment using marbles, rulers, and books to
determine if the height of the books affect the distance the marble rolls. The student
 used two books stacked on top of each other and conducted the test two times and he
recorded different results, the student should most likely -

A. average the results of the two experiments.

B. use only the results of the first experiment.
C. use only the results of the second experiment.
D. conduct the experiment again and record more results.

4. Students collect data as a toy car travels up and then back down a ramp. Time is
started at the top of the ramp and stopped when the car returns to its starting
position. Which graph best represents the relationship between distance and time?

F.

G.
 H.

J.

5. Students collected and graphed data as a marble traveled on a ramp.

The graphed data is shown below.

What is the total distance traveled by the marble?

A. 0 cm
B. 4 cm
C. 80 cm
D. 160 cm
6. Thermal energy always moves from-

F. the atmosphere to objects on the ground.

G. objects on the ground to the atmosphere.
H. objects of higher temperatures to objects of lower temperatures.
J. objects of lower temperatures to objects of higher temperatures.

7. A book falls off the edge of a student desk. Which force moves the book toward the
classroom floor?

A. the push of pressure in the air

B. the magnetic force in the floor
C. the pull of gravity in Earth
D. the pull of Earth's revolution in the solar system

8. A student leaves school at the end of the school day. He measures the distance and
time that he travels as soon as school is released. What best explains the graph from
1 to 5 minutes?

F. The student leaves on his bicycle.

G. The student is walking at a constant speed home.
H. The student waited for his ride outside the school.
J. The student goes back to school because he forgot his homework.
9. A student is very tired after a long band practice. He decides to walk up the ramp to
the band hall instead of climbing the stairs. What does this accomplish?

A. The student will walk a shorter distance to the band hall, but exert more force.
B. The student will walk farther to get to the band hall, but exert less force.
C. The student will walk a shorter distance to the band hall and exert less force.
D. The student will walk farther to get to the band hall and exert more force.

10. The graph below shows the motion of a car.

What is the average speed of the car between 4 and 8 seconds to the nearest tenth of
a m/s?

Record your answer and fill in the bubbles on your answer document. Be sure to use
the correct place value.
11.

Observe the inclined plane and ball in the above image. If the ball rolls down the
inclined plane in the direction of the arrow in 2.42 seconds, what is the average speed
of the ball during the roll?

A. 4.96 m/s
B. 2.07 m/s
C. 1.65 m/s
D. 1.24 m/s

12. Which of the following objects changes electrical energy into thermal energy when
used?

F. H.

G. J.
13. A marble is given potential energy by being placed at Location W. When the marble is
released, it rolls down the track.

At which location does the marble have maximum kinetic energy?

A. Location W
B. Location X
C. Location Y
D. Location Z

14. Which inclined plane requires the most force to push the ball to the top?

F. H.

G. J.
15.

Energy is transferred from one source to another in order to heat a substance in a pan
which can make the handle on the pan get hot. Which answer choice correctly
describes the transfer of energy moving from point “A” to point “C?”

A. The process begins as conduction shown at point “A”. Then heat molecules transform by convection to
heat the matter in the pan at point “B.” From that point, energy is transformed into radiation at point
“C” which causes the handle of the pot to get hot.
B. Point “A” is showing the convection of heat as energy moves to point “B.” Conduction takes place
moving from point “B” to point “C.” The handle of the pan becomes warm due to the heat radiating
from the pan.
C. The type of thermal energy at point “A” is radiation. As heat moves to point “B,” it transforms to
conduction. The process continues as energy is transformed to convection which causes the handle of
the pan to warm at point “C.”
D. The process begins as radiation, at point “A;” it then transfers to convection as the substance begins to
heat at point “B.” The molecules of the substance transfer heat to the pot and handle through
conduction.

16 A student drew the diagram below to show the movement of water through a
. hydroelectric dam.
 The student used the diagram to describe changes in the potential and kinetic energy
of the water. At which location is the gravitational potential energy of the water the
greatest?

F. Location W
G. Location X
H. Location Y
J. Location Z

17. A student kicks a soccer ball three times. Another student records the distance, the
amount of time the ball travels, and the average speed in the table shown below.

How many seconds did it take for the ball to travel 30 m during Kick 3?

A. 0.5 s
B. 1.0 s
C. 1.5 s
D. 2.0 s
18. A bicycle rider is traveling up a hill. When the rider reaches the top of the hill, she
stops to rest. Then she travels down the hill. The diagram shows the rider in the three
different positions.

Which of these correctly describes the potential energy and the kinetic energy of the
bicycle rider?

F. When the rider is at the top of the hill, her potential energy is the greatest, and
her kinetic energy is the least.
G. As the rider moves up the hill, her kinetic energy increases, and her potential
energy decreases.
H. When the rider goes down the hill, her potential energy increases, and her kinetic
energy decreases.
J. As the rider reaches the bottom of the hill, her kinetic energy and her potential
energy decrease.