Sample questions
10 questions from mixed topics. This public sample does not change when generators update. Ontario curriculum: Science and Technology (2022). This mixed sample does not use one code. Mapped expectations include C2 and E2. A single-topic sheet prints its own code.
- 1.
What is an unbalanced force?
- Athe colour of a moving object
- Bforces that cancel each other
- Ca net force that changes an object's motion
- Da force that never changes speed
- 2.
A ball is dropped from a desk. Which direction does gravity pull it?
- Asideways toward the wall
- Bupward toward the ceiling
- Cstraight down toward Earth
- Din whatever direction it was thrown
- 3.
What forms the tiny rock bits found in soil?
- Adead leaves pressed by rain
- Bseeds that harden in the ground
- Cwater that dries into stone
- Dlarger rocks broken down over long periods
- 4.
What do all animals, including a deer, need?
- Afood, water, air, and shelter
- Bfood and water, but not air
- Csoil instead of shelter
- Dsunlight so they can make food like plants
- 5.
Why is walking harder on ice than on dry pavement?
- Aice removes the force of gravity
- Bthere is less friction on ice
- Cgravity is stronger on ice
- Dthere is more friction on ice
- 6.
Why might a robin build a nest or find shelter?
- Ato stay safe and raise young
- Bto store heat from the sun
- Cto change into a plant
- Dto make food from sunlight
- 7.
Is a spider an insect?
- AOnly if it has six legs
- BNo
- COnly if it has wings
- DYes
- 8.
A handful of damp, dark earth is mostly...
- Asoil
- Ba single mineral crystal
- Cpure water
- Da gas only
- 9.
Nina digs up a handful with 8 small rocks, bits of dead leaves, air spaces, and water. This mixture is...
- Aa single mineral
- Bsoil
- Ca pure element
- Dbedrock
- 10.
Plant roots on a slope help the soil by...
- Ablocking all water from entering
- Bholding it in place
- Cremoving air spaces plants need
- Dmaking the soil softer so rain washes it away
