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Standard 1.0 Skills and Processes |
Topic A. Constructing Knowledge |
Indicator 1. Design, analyze, or carry out simple investigations and formulate appropriate conclusions based on data obtained or provided. |
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Students dropped a tennis ball from heights of 2.00 meters and 1.00 meter. The students compared the heights of the ball after the first bounce of each drop.
Students recorded the findings from Trial 1 and Trial 2 in the data table below.
Which mathematical operation can be used to calculate the ratio between the Drop Height (DH) and the First Bounce Height (BH)?
/toolkit/vsc/assessment_items/msa_science_8_010.xml |
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Students measured the length of a flagpole shadow several times during a day. The students recorded their data in the table below.
What is the length of the flagpole shadow at 1 P.M.?
/toolkit/vsc/assessment_items/msa_science_8_061.xml |
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Use the information below to answer the following. A group of students investigated physics concepts at an ice-skating rink. The students skated at different speeds and pushed boxes across the ice. The boxes were exactly the same except for their mass.
The perimeter of the skating rink is 75 meters. A student skates the perimeter of the rink 4 times in 5 minutes.
What is the average speed of the student in meters per second?
/toolkit/vsc/assessment_items/msa_science_8_076.xml |
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