5th Grade Science Review

How many planets are there?

• 8
• 6
• 12
• 50000000 billion.

Students are combining dried beans and rice.  What would be the most efficient way to separate the ingredients?

• Evaporation
• Coffee Filters
• Tweezers
• Microscope

Sound Waves cause molecules to _______

• Vibrate
• Move
• Dance
• Freeze

A place where plants and animals live and grow is called a ____________. It provides, food, water, shelter, and air.

• shelter
• tree
• habitat
• organism

Is baking a cake a physical or chemical change?

• physical
• chemical
• both
• neither

A student puts four objects in a bucket filled with water. The objects are listed below. 
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 Plastic ball
Glass marble
Metal paper clip
Wood block 
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Which two objects are most likely less dense than the water?

• Wood block and metal paper clip
• Plastic ball and glass marble
• Metal paper clip and glass marble
• Wood block and plastic ball

A student combined powdered paint with water to make a small amount of a blue liquid paint mixture. The student left the paint mixture in an open container. Several days later the student found the container and observed that changes had occurred. What most likely happened to the mixture?

• The container was empty after the mixture evaporated into the air.  
• The paint evaporated, leaving only clear water in the container.
• The water evaporated, leaving only a dry blue solid in the container.  
• The liquid paint mixture was lighter in color after some water evaporated.  

Traits that are passed from parents to their offspring are

• Acquired traits
• Learned Traits
• Inherited Traits
• Genes

A teacher wears protective gloves to lift a metal pan filled with boiling water from a hot plate. Why are the protective gloves necessary?

• The metal pan creates thermal energy
• The metal pan insulates thermal energy
• The metal pan conducts thermal energy
• The metal pan reduces thermal energy

Which material is most likely to expand if exposed to freezing temperatures?

• iron
• wood
• water
• plastic