Physical Science Cset Questions - Ulv

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Kindergarten
1. Properties of materials can be observed, measured, and predicted. As a basis for understanding this concept:

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a. Students know objects can be described in terms of the materials they are made of (e.g., clay, cloth, paper) and their physical properties (e.g., color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, attraction to magnets, floating, sinking).
b. Students know water can be a liquid or a solid and can be made to change back and forth from one form to the other.
c. Students know water left in an open container evaporates (goes into the air) but water in a closed container does not.

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First Grade
1. Materials come in different forms (states), including solids, liquids, and gases. As a basis for understanding this concept:

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a. Students know solids, liquids, and gases have different properties.
b. Students know the properties of substances can change when the substances are mixed, cooled, or heated.

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Second Grade
1. The motion of objects can be observed and measured. As a basis for understanding this concept:

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a. Students know the position of an object can be described by locating it in relation to another object or to the background.
b. Students know an object’s motion can be described by recording the change in position of the object over time.
c. Students know the way to change how something is moving is by giving it a push or a pull. The size of the change is related to the strength, or the amount of force, of the push or pull.
d. Students know tools and machines are used to apply pushes and pulls (forces) to make things move.
e. Students know objects fall to the ground unless something holds them up.
f. Students know magnets can be used to make some objects move without being touched.
g. Students know sound is made by vibrating objects and can be described by its pitch and volume.

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Third Grade
1. Energy and matter have multiple forms and can be changed from one form to another. As a basis for understanding this concept:

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a. Students know energy comes from the Sun to Earth in the form of light.
b. Students know sources of stored energy take many forms, such as food, fuel, and batteries.
c. Students know machines and living things convert stored energy to motion and heat.
d. Students know energy can be carried from one place to another by waves, such as water waves and sound waves, by electric current, and by moving objects.
e. Students know matter has three forms: solid, liquid, and gas.
f. Students know evaporation and melting are changes that occur when the objects are heated.
g. Students know that when two or more substances are combined, a new substance may be formed with properties that are different from those of the original materials.
h. Students know all matter is made of small particles called atoms, too small to see with the naked eye.
i. Students know people once thought that earth, wind, fire, and water were the basic elements that made up all matter. Science experiments show that there are more than 100 different types of atoms, which are presented on the periodic table of the elements.

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Third Grade
2. Light has a source and travels in a direction. As a basis for understanding this concept:

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a. Students know sunlight can be blocked to create shadows.
b. Students know light is reflected from mirrors and other surfaces.
c. Students know the color of light striking an object affects the way the object is seen.
d. Students know an object is seen when light traveling from the object enters the eye.