Challenging Year 6 Science multiple-choice questions

Which feature best distinguishes living things from non-living things?

• Ability to move

• Ability to reproduce

• Having mass

• Taking up space

A plant kept in the dark for several days will most likely

• grow faster

• stop respiring

• fail to make food

• produce more oxygen

Which group contains only vertebrates?

• Frog, snake, fish

• Snail, crab, insect

• Earthworm, lizard, bird

• Spider, fish, toad

Which statement about the human lungs is correct?

• They pump blood round the body

• They digest food

• They exchange gases

• They remove solid waste

• Water molecules stop moving

• Water becomes a solid

• Water molecules move faster

• Water changes into ice

Which material would be most suitable for making saucepan handles?

• Aluminium

• Iron

• Plastic

• Copper

Which statement about sound is true?

• Sound travels fastest in air

• Sound cannot pass through solids

• Sound is produced by vibrations

• Sound travels in a vacuum

A magnet attracts

• all metals

• only iron and steel

• copper and aluminium

• plastic and wood

Which energy change occurs in an electric bell?

• Heat → sound

• Electrical → sound

• Light → electrical

• Chemical → heat

Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeleton?

• Support

• Movement

• Protection

• Digestion