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Science Grade V

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is best for Sue to do to help her have a healthy diet? Tick ONE box.

a)

eat sugary foods. .

b)

eat foods that contain fat or oil.

c)

eat a variety of different foods

d)

eat only fruit.

2.

Sue eats the best foods to give her a healthy life. Give ONE other way Sue could keep her body healthy.

a)

keep fit/exercise

b)

NOT brush her teeth regularly

c)

Not get plenty of/enough sleep

d)

eat too much salt/sugar

3.

Kiran wants to find out if the temperature of water affects the time it takes for sugar to dissolve. Kiran dissolves one teaspoon of sugar in 100 cm3 of water. She repeats her test using water at different temperatures. TIck THREE variables in the boxes given that Kiran should keep the same to make her test fair.

a)

same (amount of) sugar

b)

same amount of/type of water

c)

same clothes she wears

d)

same air temperature/place

4.

The children of Grade V are separating the particles in different types of soils using this equipment. Name this equipment used to separate the soil particles.

a)

colander

b)

net

c)

rattle

d)

sieve

5.

The plant needs water to grow. Name the part of the plant that takes in water from the soil.

a)

leaves

b)

stem

c)

root

d)

flowers

6.

In the mini garden, water changes to water vapour. What is the scientific name for the process in which water changes into water vapour?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

melting

d)

freeezing.

7.

Class 6 are investigating how long it takes heat to travel along rods made from different materials. What scientific name is given to materials that allow heat to travel along them?

a)

hammer

b)

electric conductor

c)

insulator

d)

(thermal) conductor

8.

Students of Class 6 push a paperclip into some wax. Then they attach the wax to a rod. The candle heats up the rod. The heat travels along the rod to the wax. When the wax melts, the paperclip falls off. Class 6 measure the time it takes for the paperclip to fall off. What force causes the paperclip to fall into the tray?

a)

friction

b)

gravitational attraction or gravity

c)

air resistance

d)

upthrust

9.

George makes a model of the Sun, Earth and Moon. Tick THREE boxes to show some changes that would make George’s model more accurate.

a)

The Sun should be bigger than the Earth.

b)

The Sun should be a sphere.

c)

The Moon should be the same size as the Earth.

d)

The Moon should be a triangular shaped.

e)

The Moon should be smaller than the Earth.

10.

Polly wants the electric star bulbs to shine more brightly. She has some ideas about how she can do this. Tick the correct idea to show if Polly will see the star bulbs shine more brightly.

a)

add another cell

b)

add another bulb

c)

use longer wires