Worksheets5th Grade Science Benchmark Review
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
A student recorded the time it took for all the water in a puddle on a sidewalk to evaporate after a rain. Which kind of energy causes water to evaporate?
(Hint: Remember MELTS)
Light energy from streetlights
Sound energy from passing cars
Thermal energy from the environment
Mechanical energy from nearby streets
Earth continuously rotates on its axis while also moving in an orbit. About how much time does it take for Earth to make one complete rotation on its axis?
(Hint: hand motions)
24 hours
30 days
60 minutes
365 days
For a class demonstration a student turned off the lights in the classroom. The student then shined light from a flashlight through a hole in a piece of cardboard. The class saw the narrow beam of light continue until another student placed a mirror in the light’s path. The light did not continue past the mirror because —
(Hint: hand motions and draw a diagram)
light cannot travel very far
the mirror absorbed all the light
the light was refracted back to the light source
light travels in a straight line and cannot go around objects
A table of different properties of four samples of matter is shown.
Which conclusion can be made about the samples based on the table?
Sample 1 is made of plastic.
Sample 2 is made of metal.
Sample 3 is attracted to magnets.
Sample 4 is less dense than water.
A wagon is pushed and begins to move. As the wagon moves, it slows and comes to a stop. The wagon and the direction it is pushed are shown.
What force causes the wagon to stop?
(Hint: what force works AGAINST motion?)
The force of gravity which is acting in the same direction as the arrow
The force of friction which is acting in the same direction as the arrow
The force of gravity which is acting in the opposite direction of the arrow
The force of friction which is acting in the opposite direction of the arrow
Students made a chart classifying animal behaviors.
Which animal behavior is NOT correctly classified?
(Hint: Inherited = born with Learned - after you are born)
Bear looking for food in a trash can
Owl being active at night
Dog coming when its name is called
Squirrel getting seeds from a bird feeder
Canyons and mesas are two landforms found in the western part of the United States. Which statement best describes how canyons and mesas are similar?
(Hint: What creates a canyon? weathering, erosion or deposition)
Both were formed by slow-moving glaciers.
Both were formed by erosion by wind and water.
Both were part of a mountain that was weathered by ice.
Both were part of a desert that was reshaped by a flood.
A student wants to make a change to the circuit shown below so that when Switch 1 is open and Switch 2 is closed, only one light will be on in the circuit.
Which diagram shows how the student should change the circuit?
(Hint: use your finger to create a complete path from the positive to the negative end of the battery.
Switch: Open = broken, Closed = flows)
Students researching the relationships between some organisms in the Lavaca Bay ecosystem in Texas made this partial food web.
Which of these lists contains only organisms that receive some of their energy directly from other organisms that produce their own food?
(Hint: producers are plants
The direction to arrow goes, is where the energy flows)
Bald eagles and spotted sandpipers
Swamp rabbits, hermit crabs, and swamp sparrows
Phytoplankton, hermit crabs, and blue crabs
Wiregrass, clover grass, and phytoplankton
A science class is observing a pet turtle in a small plastic pool. The students turn on a portable camping lamp that is clamped on to a counter next to the pool.
Which kind of energy is used by the portable lamp to produce light?
(Hint: MELTS)
Mechanical energy, because the lamp is clamped on to the counter
Thermal energy, because the lamp increases the temperature of the water
Electrical energy, because the lamp is battery-operated
Sound energy, because the lamp vibrates when clicked on
Students observe a glass of ice and water. The glass is dry on the outside. After ten minutes students see drops of water on the outside of the glass.
Which statement best explains the students’ observations?
The water vapor in the air changes to a liquid when it touches the cold glass.
The cold water inside the glass rises and then slides down the outside of the glass
The ice in the glass melted and caused the water to overflow the glass.
The water moved to the outside surface through tiny holes in the glass.
Students chose objects to model the relative sizes of Earth and the moon.
Which set of objects best compares the sizes of Earth and the moon?
A dinosaur fossil is shown.
Which question can scientists most likely answer from studying the fossil of the dinosaur?
(Hint: look at the dinosaurs teeth)
What was the pattern on the skin of the dinosaur?
What was the type of food the dinosaur ate?
How fast was the heart of the dinosaur beating?
How many eggs were in the nest of the dinosaur?
In the early 1600s, the astronomer Galileo used a telescope to make observations of Mercury and Venus. What are the positions of these planets in relation to the sun?
(Hint: My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nachos.)
Mercury is the planet closest to the sun, and Venus is the second planet from the sun.
Mercury is the second planet from the sun, and Venus is the third planet from the sun.
Venus is the planet closest to the sun, and Mercury is the second planet from the sun.
Mercury is the third planet from the sun, and Venus is the planet closest to the sun.
This chart describes some beak and toe adaptations that help four bird species survive in different habitats.
Based on these adaptations, which table best matches the bird species to its environment?
A student compares the physical properties of the four objects shown.
Which of these physical properties do all four objects have in common?
They all have the same physical state and conduct electricity.
They all conduct electricity and attract the same metal objects.
They all attract the same metal objects and are not soluble in water.
They all are not soluble in water and have the same physical state.
Students observe these diagrams showing the life cycles of an oak tree and a lady beetle.
Which inference can be made by comparing these diagrams?
Plants require less energy than insects require to undergo changes from a young organism to a mature organism.
Insects and plants follow a series of changes that allows them to survive and reproduce.
Insects are more likely than plants are to adapt to changes in the environment to survive.
Insects and plants are dependent on one another for survival.
Which process will happen when the sun interacts with the ocean?
Rain will fall only on the land.
Water will not evaporate at nighttime.
Salt water will become fresh water vapor.
Precipitation will happen less often.
A partial desert food web is shown.
Which food chain shows one complete pathway in which energy flows through this food web?
Desert grasses and shrubs → termites → barn owls
Desert grasses and shrubs → mountain zebras → cheetahs
Desert grasses and shrubs → termites → spotted hyenas
Desert grasses and shrubs → gemsboks → Grant’s golden moles
A student constructs the circuit shown for a science demonstration.
With the switches in these positions, which lights are on?
All the lights
Lights 1 and 2 only
Lights 3 and 4 only
None of the lights
A student prepared a snack that consisted of grapes, pecans, and strawberries sprinkled with white powdered sugar. The student stored the snack in a refrigerator. An hour later the student observed that the powdered sugar could no longer be seen but the fruit and nuts had not changed in appearance. What most likely happened to the sugar in the mixture?
The sugar evaporated at the lower temperature in the refrigerator without causing any changes to the fruit and nuts.
The sugar was more dense than the other foods in the mixture, so it settled to the bottom of the container.
The sugar dissolved in the moisture on the fruit.
The sugar absorbed energy from the nuts and melted into a colorless liquid.
The chart lists plants and animals interacting with parts of an environment.
Which statements describe an animal interacting with a living part of the environment?
Statements 1, 4, and 6 only
Statements 1, 3, and 5 only
Statements 2, 5, and 6 only
Statements 2, 3, and 4 only
A student drew the following pictures to show the day-night cycle of Earth.
Based on the pictures, how many hours should the student record on the nighttime picture to complete a day-night cycle?
11 hours
12 hours
13 hours
24 hours
A student uses a flashlight to shine a beam of light on three different objects.
Which table describes what happens to the light beam as it interacts with each object?
White oak trees grow to be 24 to 30 meters tall. Their long branches are covered with leaves, and their roots reach deep into the soil to hold the tree in place. White oaks drop their leaves during the winter months.
In which ecosystem would forests of white oak trees be most likely to survive
Ecosystem 1
Ecosystem 2
Ecosystem 3
Ecosystem 4
A three-step process is shown.
Which of these are most likely formed by the process shown?
Glaciers
Mountains
Sand dunes
Sedimentary rocks
A group of students is given four small cubes of the same size and instructed to place them in a beaker of water. One cube floats to the surface of the water. Two of the cubes float in the middle of the beaker under the surface of the water. The last cube sinks to the bottom of the beaker. Which conclusion is best supported by what the students observed?
Two of the four cubes are soluble in water.
All four cubes have different masses.
Each cube is made of a different type of solid material.
One of the cubes is more dense than the other three.
Which effect would most likely occur if a six-lane highway were built through an ecosystem?
Competition for resources would be reduced.
Habitats available to animals would be reduced.
Air pollution would decrease.
Water pollution would decrease.
Students investigate force. The masses they use begin at rest on the ramp. The setup the students use is shown
Which change will reduce the amount of force needed to move the masses?
Decrease the height of the ramp
Increase the height of the ramp
Add an additional mass
Pull the spring scale with two hands
Students record characteristics of a tomato plant. One student’s list is shown
Which tomato plant characteristic is least likely to be inherited?
Flower color
Leaf shape
Type of roots
Number of tomatoes
Students list resources that are used to heat buildings.
Which of these tables correctly classifies the resources?
A student mixes a sample of stones with a sample of table salt. The mass and volume of the samples were determined before mixing the samples. The mass and volume of each sample is shown.
Which statement is true about the mixture?
The mass of the mixture is 85 grams.
The mass of the mixture is 60 milliliters.
The volume of the mixture is 60 grams.
The volume of the mixture is 85 milliliters.
A student’s model of a closed ecosystem is shown. The student plans to add land snails to the model in order to show how the snails interact with different parts of the ecosystem.
What should the student add to the model so that the snails will survive?
Fish to provide food
Sticks to provide a place to hide
Deep water to provide carbon dioxide
Living plants to provide oxygen
Deltas are large landforms found along coastlines. What process forms deltas?
Cementation of sediments by rivers
Deposition of sediments by rivers
Erosion of sediments by ocean waves
Deposition of sediments by ocean waves
The raccoon can be found in most areas of Texas. The coati has a smaller territory and is found from Big Bend to Brownsville. These two species are related. The chart shows the characteristics of these two species.
Which statement does NOT describe how the body structures of these animals help them escape predators?
Paws with long claws on flexible toes help them climb trees.
Sharp teeth allow them to catch prey on land or in water.
Long tails allow them to balance on branches in trees.
Good eyesight helps them to see at night.
Sediments are transported at different speeds. Which type of sediment transport is the slowest?
Transport by rivers
Transport by winds
Transport by glaciers
Transport by ocean currents
