Science Quiz Bee grades 4-5

Which of these items is the best conductor of heat?

• a metal fork

• a wooden handle

• a solid plastic bottle

• a foam plastic drink container

Which of the following can act as a prism?

• radio

• raindrop

• piece of paper

• laser

How do white light waves act when they enter a prism?

• They are reflected.

• They become raindrops.

• They bend or refract.

• They are absorbed.

Which of the following shows convection?

• The sun warms your skin.

• You rub your hands together quickly.

• A metal spoon in soup becomes warm.

• A mobile turns from a candle burning below it.

___________ measures how fast an object moves.

• speed

• motion

• location

• position

Define volume.

• How loud you hear it
• Space it takes up
• Amount of air
• The height and weight

What is mass?

• Amount of matter in object
• How much you weigh
• Total amount of volume

What is matter?

• Takes up Mass
• Takes up Mass & Volume
• Takes up Volume
• Anything

Fill in the Blank.
An object's _______ is how strongly gravity pulls on it.

• Mass
• Volume
• Density
• Weight

What temperature is boiling point? (Fahrenheit)

• 212 degrees
• 100 degrees
• 353 degrees
• 400 degrees