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5th Grade Science STAAR Review 6

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Petroleum and natural gas form from...
a)
strong winds
b)
cooled magma
c)
radioactive materials
d)
remains of plants and animals 
2.
Hydroelectric power produces electricity using.....
a)
Wind
b)
Sunlight
c)
Moving water
d)
Dung
3.
Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?
a)
milk
b)
coal
c)
biomass
d)
water
4.

A teacher gives a student four clear sealed containers. Each container holds a different substance. The student records some observations about the substance in each container. Based on these observations, which container most likely holds only gas?

a)

Container 1

b)

Container 2

c)

Container 3

d)

Container 4

5.

A farmer keeps bees to pollinate crops. The farmer makes several observations about the bees. Which of these observations describes a learned behavior?

a)

Bees make return trips to drink sugar water from a bowl placed 40 meters from their hive.

b)

Bees have dark eyes and black-and-yellow stripes.

c)

Bees produce honey from the nectar they collect.

d)

Bees will sting when threatened or disturbed.

6.

A student looks into a mirror and sees an image of an object. Which diagram shows an X where the object is most likely located?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

An African savanna is a grassland with shrubs and a few small trees. It has warm temperatures all year long, a dry winter season, and a rainy summer season. Which group of animals is most likely supported by an African savanna?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Which statement best describes the relationship between humans and plants in the carbon dioxide–oxygen cycle?

a)

Humans depend on oxygen released into the air by plants, and plants depend on carbon dioxide that humans release into the air.

b)

Plants produce carbon dioxide as a product of photosynthesis and release it into the air to provide energy for humans.

c)

Plants depend primarily on energy supplied by oxygen for photosynthesis, a process which releases carbon dioxide needed by humans.

d)

Humans and plants use gases in the air and the energy of sunlight to produce their own food.

9.
Which of these organisms is best suited for the terrarium?
a)
Blue jay
b)
Lobster
c)
Snail
d)
Water lily
10.
When a powdered drink mix was added to water, the liquid turned orange. A student decided the taste was too strong, so he poured out half of the liquid and added more water. Which of the following most likely occurred when more water was added?
a)
The physical state changed.
b)
The orange color became lighter.
c)
The liquid had a sweeter taste.
d)
None of the above
11.
The photograph below shows a canyon in northern Arizona. Which of these describes how this canyon was most likely formed?
a)
Floods eroded the sandstone away from the canyon walls.
b)
Glaciers eroded the canyon rock as they melted and moved.
c)
Ice wedged into cracks in the rock and weathered the canyon walls.
d)
Wind blew large rocks that smashed against the canyon walls.
12.
A group of fifth-grade students was researching alternative energy resources in the school library. Each student made a list of resources. Which list contains only alternative energy resources?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
13.

Astronauts who have walked on the Moon....

a)

weighed less on the Moon

b)

weighed more on the Moon

c)

had greater mass on the Moon

d)

felt greater magnetism on the Moon

14.
Inherited traits that help an organism survive in its environment
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Adaptations
c)
Learned Behaviors
d)
Instincts
e)
Insulator
15.
When a switch is in an on position and electrical current can travel through
a)
Reflection
b)
Boiling Point
c)
Consumer
d)
Closed Circuit
e)
Open Circuit
16.
Long hair in the laboratory must be -
a)
cut short
b)
held away from the experiment with one hand
c)
always groomed neatly
d)
tied back or kept entirely out of the way with a hair band, etc.
17.
a)
Used to smother fires on a person or an object
b)
Used to soak up chemical spills
c)
Used to keep warm in experiments involving a drop in temperature
d)
None of the above
18.
A physical property is a characteristic of matter that can be ____________ or _______________ without changing the chemical composition.
a)
changed or measured
b)
observed or measured
c)
observed or changed
d)
measured or combusted
19.
What is the volume of the rock? The water level is displaced from 20 mL to 23 mL with the rock.
a)
3 mL
b)
23 mL
c)
20 mL
d)
43 mL
20.
This is testing ___________
a)
relative density
b)
solubility
c)
mass
d)
conductivity 
21.
Mass, relative density, solubility, color, texture, state of matter, conductivity, etc.
a)
Physical state
b)
Insulators
c)
Physical Properties 
d)
Inferences
22.
Molecules are tightly packed together
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
23.
Boiling point of fresh water...
a)
100ºC
b)
0ºC
c)
32ºF
d)
212ºC
24.
If you poured 3 liquids that do not mix how could you tell which one is the most dense?
a)
The liquid on top
b)
The liquid in the middle
c)
The liquid at the bottom
25.
A combination of 2 or more substances that can be easily separated is called- 
a)
a mixture
b)
a solution 
c)
a solute 
d)
a solvent 
26.
A combination of two or more substances that cannot easily be separated--
a)
mixture
b)
solution
c)
solute
d)
solvent
27.
If you spilled nails in a sandbox, what separation tool/method could you use to clean out the sandbox so it would be safe for children to play in?
a)
Filter
b)
Screen
c)
Magnet
d)
Evaporation
28.
Lemonade is a special mixture called a 
a)
substance
b)
solution
c)
plasma
d)
ingredient
29.
Which of the following would be considered a mixture? 
a)
lemonade
b)
sweet tea
c)
trail mix
d)
chocolate milk
30.
Which of the following would be a solution?
a)
cereal and milk
b)
sugar water
c)
pizza
d)
mixed berries
31.
Which is NOT an insulator.
a)
Wool
b)
Plastic
c)
Copper
d)
Glass
32.
Something electricity can't move through is called a(n) ______.
a)
conductor
b)
wire
c)
shoe
d)
insulator
33.
People might use a lamp to help them see, but in many cases, the bulb gets quite warm.  The two forms of energy being produced by the lamp are _____________________________. 
a)
sound and thermal
b)
electrical and light
c)
light and thermal
d)
sound and mechanical
34.
A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-
a)
always travels in a straight line
b)
bends when it passes through water
c)
makes the water in the glass evaporate
d)
reflects the pencil on the water's surface
35.
What do we call this tool that separates white light into the colors of the Visible Spectrum?
a)
tuning fork
b)
prism
c)
microscope
d)
graduated cylinder
36.
Light bending as it passes through a rain drop is an example of...
a)
Refraction
b)
Reflection
37.

An object that blocks all of the light from passing through is...

a)

transparent

b)

clear

c)

opaque

d)

translucent

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