Quiz about 5th Grade Science Review

Question 1

What direction does the sun rise?

Accepted Answer

East

Answer

West

Answer

South

Answer

North

Question 2

What direction does the sun set?

Accepted Answer

West

Answer

East

Answer

South

Answer

North

Question 3

Which picture was taken at midday (at noon)?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

D

Question 4

Look at the image of the pole. Which position shows the position of the sun?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 5

Look at the shadow. What time of day is it? (Use the compass to help, remember sun rises in the east and sets in the west)

Accepted Answer

A - Sunrise

Answer

B - Late morning

Answer

C - Noon

Answer

D - Sunset

Question 6

True or False:

The length of the shadows of a flagpole are shorter during the winter months

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 7

True or False:

The length of the shadows of a flagpole are shorter during the summer months

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Question 8

True or False:

Objects that you can see in the sky have different brightness because some are larger than others and some are further from Earth than others

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Answer

TRUE

Question 9

One scientist collected air and ground temperatures at a cold lake. The other scientist recorded water temperatures at the same cold lake. Which image best represents cold air at 11:00 p.m.

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 10

The graphical displays show the distribution of water on Earth. Where is most of the fresh water on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Icecaps and Glaciers

Answer

Lakes

Answer

Ocean

Answer

Groundwater

Question 11

Based on the graphical displays, where does most of the water vapor in the atmosphere come from?

Accepted Answer

Ocean

Answer

Lakes

Answer

Icecaps and Glacier

Answer

Groundwater

Question 12

True or False:

When water changes from one state to another, each process has a name. This diagram is the correct way water changes

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Answer

FALSE

Question 13

Which outline in the student's recorded observations represents the position of the stick's shadow at 2:00 p.m.?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 14

A shadow on December 21 at 8:00am is ____ compared to December 21 at 11:00 am

Accepted Answer

Longer

Answer

Shorter

Answer

Same

Question 15

A shadow on December 21 at 10:00am is ____ compared to June 21 at 10:00 am

Accepted Answer

Longer

Answer

Same

Answer

Shorter

Question 16

If a landing wheel happened to fall off an airplane while in flight, what do you predict would happen to the wheel?

Accepted Answer

The wheel would continue in the direction of the plane and then start to fall down to the ground

Answer

The wheel would keep going in the direction of the airplane

Answer

The wheel would fall straight down to the ground

Answer

The wheel would fly into space

Question 17

You are at the beach. When you arrive at the beach early in the morning, the temperature of the sand is cool and comfortable to walk on. You take a swim in the ocean. In the late afternoon, the sand is very hot. You can hardly walk on it. You think the water must have gotten very hot, too. However when you get in it is still cool. WHICH PREDICTION IS MOST LIKELY THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SAND AND WATER AT SUNSET?

Accepted Answer

The sand is cool and the water is cool

Answer

The sand is hot, and the water is hot

Answer

The sand is hot and the water is cool

Answer

The sand is cool and the water is hot

5th Grade Science Review

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Similar Resources on Wayground

Popular Resources on Wayground

Discover more resources for Science