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ADAPTED ASSESSMENT ON FORCES AND MOTIONS
1. If you give a toy car a push, what happens? (EX.3.P.1.1, EX.4.P.1.3)
a. It moves away from you.
b. It stays still.
c. It rolls towards you.
2. If you are riding a skateboard and your wheel gets stuck in a crack on the sidewalk.
What happens you? (EX.3.P.1, EX.3.P.1)
a. You stop.
b. You fall in front of the skateboard.
c. You fall behind the skateboard.
3. If you drop a small ball and a large ball from the top of the slide which one will hit the
ground first? (EX.3.P.1.3)
a. The small ball will hit the ground first.
b. The large ball will hit the ground first.
c. The small ball and the large ball hit the ground at the same time.
4. What cause objects to fall (EX.3.P.1)
a. gravity
b. speed
c. light
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5. When the orange car hit the green car, what happened to the orange car? EX.3.P.
1.3, EX.5.P.1, EX.4.P.1.3
a. The orange car stops.
b. The orange car keeps going straight.
c. The orange car will be knocked back.
6. (Demo #1: The teacher will place car on the table with a string attached. She will
add washers to the string while students observe what happens as more weight is
added.) EX.3.P.1 EX.5.P.1.2
Draw or write to show what happened in the experiment. Your teacher will write
as you describe that you saw to label your answer.
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7. (Demo #2: The teacher will allow the car to travel on a ramp. Students will observe
what happens. Draw or write to show what was observed. Draw arrows to show the
motion observed. The teacher will write what you say. )
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