Science Progress Check Study Guide (Grade 3)

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Page numbers:

Topic Page number(s)

Electricity 52, 53, 56, 57 + 64, 65
Magnetism 70, 71, 72

Science: (Click on the link to go to the IXL activity)

Introduction to static electricity and charged objects

Identify magnets that attract or repel
Label magnets that attract or repel

Key Vocabulary

Attract:
Definition: To pull toward
Example: The magnet attracts paperclips.

Electrical Charge:
Definition: The property of matter that causes electricity
Example: Some wires carry an electrical charge.

Repel:
Definition: To push away
Example: The magnets repel each other if they are facing the same pole.

Static Electricity:
Definition: The build-up of an electrical charge on a material
Example: Static electricity caused the shock when I touched the doorknob.

Magnet:
Definition: an object that can attract objects made of iron, cobalt, steel, and nickel
Example: The magnet attracts certain types of metal.
Magnetism:
Definition: the ability of an object to push or pull on another object that has magnetic
property
Example: The magnetism of an object depends on the distance between the objects.

Pole:
Definition: one of two ends of a magnet where the magnetic force is strongest
Example: Magnets have two poles represented by north, N, and south, S.

Practice Questions

Circle the correct answer.

1. The shock that you feel in your finger as you touch a metal doorknob happens because of
_____.
a. electric current
b. magnetism
c. friction
d. static electricity

2. A magnet will attract _____.

a. a wooden pencil
b. a glass bead
c. a plastic bottle
d. an iron screw

3. Look at the diagram. One charge is negative. What is the other charge?
a. positive
b. negative
c. neutral
d. We cannot tell.

4. Which statement is true about an electrically charged balloon?

a. An electrically charged balloon can affect objects without touching them.
b. An electrically charged balloon has the same number of positive and negative
charges.
c. Only yellow balloons can be electrically charged.
d. Holding a balloon in the Sun will make it electrically charged.
5. Salma made an investigation. She rubbed a green balloon on a wool cloth and brought the
charged balloon near different items. Salma recorded her observations on the table below.

Which question can be answered by this investigation?

a. What effect does a charged balloon have on different materials?

b. How does the size of a charged balloon affect its pulling force?
c. What effect does the wool cloth have on different materials?
d. How does the color of a charged balloon affect the motion of an object?

6. Two horseshoe magnets are brought near each other as in the picture.
How will the magnets affect each other?
a. They will attract each other.
b. Nothing will happen. Horseshoe magnets do not
interact with each other.
c. They will cause an electric spark between them.
d. They will repel each other.

7. What question would help determine the cause of a paperclip moving toward a magnet?
a. What is the color of the paperclip?
b. How strong is the magnetic force from the magnet?
c. Is the magnet heavier than the paperclip?
d. What sound does the paperclip make?

8. Which of the following best describes a cause-and-effect relationship involving static

electricity?
a. A plastic ruler being used to measure length
b. A metal spoon conducting heat
c. Rubbing a balloon on your hair causes the balloon to stick to a wall.
d. Turning a light on with a switch
Use the word bank to fill in the blanks. An extra word is provided.

Word Bank negative poles south steel touching

9. A magnet attracts objects made of iron or _________________.

10. The two ends of a magnet where magnetic forces is strongest are called ______________.
11. The north pole of a magnet will attract the _________________ pole of another magnet.
12. Magnets can affect magnetic objects without ___________________ them.

Answer the questions.

13. Reema went down a long plastic tube slide. As she got out of the slide, her hair was
sticking out!

Use the illustration to explain why Reema’s hair stuck out after going down the slide.
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

14. Look at the two balloons below and answer the following questions.

Part A. What will happen if you bring the yellow balloon near the green balloon?
a. The blue balloon will be attracted by the yellow balloon.
b. The blue balloon will be repelled by the yellow balloon.
c. Nothing will happen.
d. The blue balloon will pop.
Part B. Explain your answer in Part A.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

15. Ali is investigating magnets. He hangs a bar magnet from a string so that the magnet can
turn in any direction. Ali places a second bar magnet on a table. His setup is shown.

Ali slowly moves the hanging magnet closer to the magnet on the table.

a. Write a question about the way magnets behave that can be answered by this
investigation.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

b. Identify two things about the setup that would have an effect on the results of the
investigation.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Answer Key:
1. d
2. d
3. b
4. a
5. a
6. d
7. b
8. c

9. steel
10. poles
11. south
12. touching

13. We can see the hair is positively charged. While sliding, some negative charges moved
from Salma’s body to the slide. Since the hairs are positively charged, they will repel each
other, causing the hairs to stick out!

14 (Part A). c (Nothing will happen.)

14 (Part B). Each balloon has an equal number of positive and negative charges. Since both
balloons have balanced charges, nothing will happen if they get near each other.

15 (a). A question about the way magnets behave that can be answered by this investigation
may include:
• Can magnets have forces on each other without the magnets touching?
• Which poles of magnets pull toward [attract] each other?
• Which poles of magnets push away [repel] each other?
• How does the force between magnets change as the magnets get closer to each other?

15 (b). Two things about the setup that have an effect on the results of the investigation may
include:
• distance between the two magnets
• how the two magnets are lined up
• sizes of the two magnets
Answer Key with Questions
Module Pretest: Electricity and Magnetism

1) Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices.

Two objects each other when they pull closer together.

(Blank 1)

Blank 1 options

attract
repel

Correct Answer
attract

2) Which would be attracted to a magnet?

an ice cube
an iron nail
a wax crayon
a copper penny

Correct Answer
an iron nail

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Answer Key with Questions
Module Pretest: Electricity and Magnetism

3) Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices.

A positive charge will another positive charge.

(Blank 1)

Blank 1 options

attract
repel

Correct Answer
repel

4) When electrical charges push each other away, they each other.

Correct Answer
repel

5) A flow of electrical charges is known as _____.

resistance
electrical current
static electricity Not Included
voltage

Correct Answer
electrical current

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Answer Key with Questions
Module Pretest: Electricity and Magnetism

6) Electrical charges can be either positive or _____.

closed
negative
balanced
absorbed

Correct Answer
negative

7) Fill in the blanks using the available answer choices.

is the ability of an object to push or pull on another object like iron

(Blank 1)
or steel.

Blank 1 options

Magnetism
Electricity

Correct Answer
Magnetism

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Answer Key with Questions
Module Pretest: Electricity and Magnetism

8) A attracts iron fillings and paper clips.

Correct Answer
magnet

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