2nd Grade

Science Benchmark Review

1. Jeff spills water (liquid) on the science lab floor.
 What should Jeff do next?

a. Get another glass of water.

b. Ask another student to clean it up.
c. Clean up the liquid with paper towels.
d. nothing
2. Some students in Mrs. Clark’s class want to know
how big an acorn is. Which tool should they use to
find the correct measurement?
 
a. Ruler
b. Paper Clips
c. A Balance
d. Magnets
 3. Which of these is an example of how we can
CONSERVE water?

a.Leave the water running while we brush our teeth.

b.Play in the sprinklers in our front yard.
c.Do several loads of laundry.
d.Collect rain water in a pail and use it to water your
plants.
 4. A group of students have sunflower seeds. They ask the
following question: Will the sunflower seeds grow faster if we
use fertilizer? The students created a chart.
Look at the results on their chart below.

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Growth Growth Growth Growth

Fertilizer 2 inches 4 inches 6 inches 8 inches

No 1 inch 2 inches 3 inches 4 inches

Fertilizer
Based on their chart, what can we conclude?
a.The seeds all grew at the same rate.
b.Fertilizer helped their seeds grow faster.
c.Fertilizer did not make the seeds grow faster.
 5. Some students are trying to determine which basketball
contains more mass. They ask the following question: Does the
basketball without air have more mass than the basketball filled
with air?

What statement is true?

a.The basketball with air has more mass.
b.The basketball without air has more mass.
c.Both basketballs have the same amount of mass.
 6. The physical properties of a brick include: a
rectangular shape, hard, sharp edges, and does not
bend easily.

Which of these can bricks be used for:

a.Making a garden
b.Painting a picture
c.Building a new home
d.Making dishes
7. If a box of paper clips spill on the floor, which tool can
be used to pick them up easily?

a.A pencil
b.A ruler
c.Scissors
d.Magnet
8. Sound energy is a form of energy that we can hear, and
is moving around us all the time. Sound is created when
keys of an instrument, like a piano, are pushed down.
What will happen if you push the keys with a lot of force?

a.The sound will be very soft

b.Nothing
c.The sound will be very loud
d.You will not be able to hear any sounds
9. Heat energy causes changes in temperature. Which of
these pictures shows something that can be used to
heat your food?

a. c.

b. d.
10. . What might happen is these two students moved this
desk using the same force at the same time?

a.It would move diagonally

b.It would not move at all
c.It would only move forward
d.It would move backwards
12. All of these pictures show something in motion.
Which of these show a spinning motion?