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WorksheetsScience Revision - Year 5
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins
Living things can carry out 7 life processes. These are:
Movement, Reproduction, Sensitivity, Growth, Respiration...
Choose 2 correct answers
Evolution
Excretion
Nutrition
Natural
A plant forms seeds. The vital function here is...
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition
Growth
Students are sweating and breathing out after a day playing sports. The vital function here is...
Movement
Respiration
Nutrition
Excretion
Jamie is 5 cm taller than two years ago. The vital function here is...
Sensitivity
Reproduction
Growth
Respiration
Kate hears a dog a barking and turns around. The vital function here is...
Reproduction
Sensitivity
Respiration
Movement
Choose the missing stage in the human life cycle:
1. childhood
2. ____________
3. adulthood
toddler
elderly
adolescence
Choose the missing stages in the life cycle of a bird:
1. Adult bird
2. The female bird lays an egg
3. __________
4. When the eggs hatch, the small birds are called hatchlings.
5. __________
3. Chick
5. Embryo
3. Embryo
5. Chick
3. Chick
5. Adult Bird
3. Hatchling
5. Chick
When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles start living on land.
True
False
When tadpoles develop their hind legs and lungs, they can hop and breathe on land.
True
False
A butterfly begins as...
an insect
an egg
a larva
a pupa
When a caterpillar hatches, it is called...
butterfly
pupa
larva
adult butterfly
Here the caterpillar has become...
a pupa
a larva
a butterfly
a leaf
Which of the following is NOT a stage in an animal's life cycle?
Birth
Reproduction
Feeding
Death
Why is reproduction a necessary part in the life cycle?
If it did not reproduce, a species would become extinct.
Without reproduction there would be too many of each species.
There would be no young animals to look after older animals.
Without reproduction, animals would not continue to grow and develop.
Which adult animal looks very different when it is young?
Lion
Frog
Turtle
Elephant
Which of these is the correct order of an insect's life cycle?
1. Egg
2. Larva
3. Pupa
4. Adult
1. Larva
2. Pupa
3. Egg
4. Adult
1. Egg
2. Pupa
3. Larva
4. Adult
1. Adult
2. Egg
3. Larva
4. Pupa
Animals with a backbone are called...
vertebrates
invertebrates
Animals without a backbone are called...
vertebrates
invertebrates
All the vertebrates are divided into 5 groups:
Mammals, Birds, Fish...
Choose the other 2 vertebrate groups
Reptiles
Insects
Worms
Amphibians
Choose the vertebrate animals
parrot
spider
snake
dog
Choose the invertebrate animals
snail
slug
goldfish
tuna
Mammals and birds are
warm-blooded
cold blooded
Choose the cold-blooded animal groups
fish
mammals
reptiles
amphibians
Dogs are mammals.
Choose the characteristics that belong to dogs.
have fur
lay eggs on land
have lungs to breathe
give milk to their young.
Whales and dolphins are mammals.
True
False
Choose the characteristics that belong to the fish group.
have scales
are warm-blooded
have fins and gills
lay millions of eggs
live on land and in water
The crocodile is a reptile.
Choose the characteristics that belong to reptiles.
are warm-blooded
are cold-blooded
have dry scaly skin
lay eggs on land
The frog is an amphibian.
Choose the characteristics that belong to amphibians.
lay eggs on land
can live in water and on land
have webbed feet
are cold-blooded
Choose the characterisics that belong to birds.
all of them fly
lay eggs on land
are cold-blooded
have a beak
are warm-blooded
Choose 3 main features of insects
have a hard external skeleton (exoskeleton)
have feather
lay eggs in water
have a segmented body
have at least three pairs of jointed legs
Which of the following plant life cycles is in the correct order?
1. Seeds
2. Stems and Roots
3. Germination
4. Leaves
5. Flowers
6. Pollination
1. Stems and Roots
2. Seeds
3. Leaves
4. Flowers
5. Germination
6. Pollination
1. Seeds
2. Germination
3. Stems and Roots
4. Flowers
5. Leaves
6. Pollination
1. Seeds
2. Germination
3. Stems and Roots
4. Leaves
5. Flowers
6. Pollination
Plants make their own food. What do plants use to make their own food?
sunlight
air
water
wind
The _______ provide support by anchoring the plant to the ground and absorb water and nutrients needs for plant growth.
leaves
stem
fruit
roots
The ______ carries water and nutrients taken up by the roots to the leaves.
It also supports the plant by allowing the leaves to reach the sunlight needed to produce food.
flower
fruit
stem
roots
Choose the natural ways in which seeds can be dispersed (planted)
some seeds travel by wind
some seeds are eaten by humans
some seeds float in the water to get to land
some seeds are carried by animals or bugs
some seeds drop out of the flower and onto the ground
Choose the NATURAL ways through which habitats can change
droughts
trespassing
hurricanes
earthquakes
deforestation
Choose the HUMAN actions/activities that can change a habitat
construction (building houses)
pollution
volcanoes
trespassing
heavy rainfall
Changes to habitats may lead to...
Choose 2 correct answers
less beautiful landscapes
extinction of certain speciies.
endangered species (in danger of becoming extinct)
more animals surviving in the wild
Wind Speed is measured by
a thermometer
a wind vane
an anemometer
a wind sock
Choose 3 ways how animals and/or plants adapt to the environment
change their diet
hibernation
camouflage
shed leaves and grow new ones in different seasons
Not all metals are magnetic.
True
False
These magnets will
attract
repel
These magnets will
attract
repel
These magnets will
attract
repel
These magnets will
attract
repel
Will this work?
Yes
No
Will this work?
Yes
No
Will this work?
Yes
No
Will this work?
Yes
No
Will this work?
Yes
No
Will this work?
Yes
No
Choose the conductors
aluminium foil
wooden ruler
drawing pin
pencil
metal spoon
Choose the insulators
piece of string
piece of card
nail
key
In a radio, electrical energy is changed into
heat energy
sound energy
movement energy
light energy
In a TV, electrical energy is changed into
heat energy
sound energy
light energy
movement energy
In a hairdryer, electrical energy is changed into
heat energy
sound energy
movement energy
light energy
In a lightbulb, electrical energy is changed into
heat energy
sound energy
movement energy
light energy
Sound can travel through solids, liquids and gases.
True
False
Astronauts can hear each other in space.
True
False
Light travels in a straight line.
True
False
Choose the natural sources of light
bulb
Sun
stars
torch
lightning
Choose the artifical sources of light.
Sun
fireworks
firefly
candlelight
lamp
Mirrors _____ light.
block
reflect
change
When a solid dissolves in water, it is said to be
soluble
insoluble
Which of these dissolve in water and are, therefore, soluble?
sugar
sand
coffee
salt
flour
Cutlery and saucepans are made from metal because
it is strong and hard
it is cheap
it is flexible
it is a good conductor of heat and electricity
Children's toys are made from plastic because it is
it is dull
waterproof
a good electrical insulator
it is hard
Glass is used for spectacles and windows because it is
opaque
waterproof
transparent
flexible
Which is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
Mars
Earth
Venus
Which is the second largest planet in our solar system?
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mercury
Which planet is furthest from the sun?
Earth
Neptune
Jupiter
Uranus
Which is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury
Neptune
Venus
Earth
It takes ______ for the Earth to spin once on its axis.
365 days / 1 year
24 hours / 1 day
12 hours
When the Earth faces the Sun, it is
day time
night time
When the Earth faces away from the sun, it is
day time
night time
It takes the Earth _________ to orbit the Sun.
24 hours / 1 day
12 hours
365 / 366 days
(1 year / 1 leap year)
28 days
The largest object in our solar system is
the Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
the Sun
Choose the mixtures that can be separated by a magnet
coins and beads
iron nails, marbles and salt
sugar, coffee and salt
rice and flour
pebbles, paperclips and sand
Which separation method would be best to separate salt and water?
magnetism
evaporation
filtration
sieving
Which separation method would be best to separate soil and water?
filtration
evaporation
magnetism
sieving
When we are running, swimming, riding a bike or walking our dog we are using _______ energy
thermal
light
sound
kinetic
This type of energy can change the temperature of an object
light
movement
heat
electrical
The ________ supports the body.
skull
heart
backbone
lungs
______ is a type of energy ray. It can pass through things that light cannot pass through.
X-Ray
Sunlight
Stars
Moonlight
