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Properties of materials year 5

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these property words describe glass?

a)

Opaque and Brittle

b)

Hard and Brittle

c)

Soft and Rigid

d)

Flexible and Rigid

2.

A good material for making an umbrella should be

a)

Absorbent and shiny

b)

Heavy and rough

c)

Light and waterproof

d)

Light and shiny

3.

Wood is a natural material

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which statement is false?

a)

Glass is a man made material

b)

Glass can be brittle

c)

Glass is made from sand a natural material

d)

Glass is a natural material

5.

What material can conduct heat and electricity, can be hammered into a shape, or drawn into a wire.

a)

metal

b)

fabric

c)

plastic

d)

glass

6.

Which property means can't see through?

a)

Transparent

b)

Translucent

c)

Opaque

7.

Conductors such as metal let

_____ flow through easily?

a)

Heat

b)

water

c)

milk

d)

oil

8.

Which of the below materials are not natural?

a)

Sand

b)

Stone

c)

Cotton

d)

Glass

9.

Why is glass good for a greenhouse?

a)

Opaque and hard

b)

Transparent and hard

c)

Transparent and brittle

d)

Opaque and brittle

10.

Which part of the Bunsen flame is the hottest?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

11.

The gas should be turned on ____________ lighting the splint.

a)

Before

b)

After

12.

During an experiment, a bunsen burner is placed on:

a)

Gauze mat

b)

tripod

c)

Safety mat

d)

Work top

13.

When you first light a bunsen burner, the flame should be:

a)

Orange safety flame

b)

Blue roaring flame

14.

Which of these materials will dissolve in water?

a)

Sand

b)

Stones

c)

Salt

d)

Sugar

15.

When a solid is dissolved in water, what is the mixture called?

a)

Solute

b)

Solution

c)

soluble

d)

saturated

16.

What happens to sugar when it is put into cold water and stirred?

a)

Becomes saturated

b)

Dissolves

c)

evaporates

d)

dissapears

17.

Mia mixed a teaspoon of an unknown solid into a beaker. She wrote this in her results table ' The solid cannot be seen.The liquid is clear. '

What process has happened?

a)

Insoluble

b)

Soluble

c)

Dissolving

d)

Saturated

18.

Which of the following would dissolve in water

a)

Oil

b)

Soap

c)

Clay

d)

Chalk

19.

Which one of the following is not a solution?

a)

Coffee

b)

Sweet tea

c)

A beaker of sand and water

d)

Fizzy drink

20.

What might you use to separate a mixture of sand and iron filings?

a)

A filter

b)

A sieve

c)

A magnet

d)

A spoon

21.

How could a mixture of salt and sand be separated?

a)

By sieving only

b)

By adding water

c)

By filtering only

d)

By dissolving the salt in water and then filtering

22.

What do we call a material that will not dissolve in water or another liquid?

a)

Waterproof

b)

Absorbent

c)

Insoluble

d)

Soluble

23.

What method would be used to separate a solution of sugar and water?

a)

Using a magnet

b)

Filtering the mixture

c)

Using a magnet

d)

Boiling the water until evaporated

24.

Which of the below speeds up dissolving?

a)

Increase temperature of solute

b)

Increase temperature of solvent

c)

Increase stirring

d)

Adding more solute

25.

How can you separate the salt from a salt water solution?

a)

Dissolving

b)

Melting

c)

Evaporating

d)

Freezing

26.

Miss Maxwell stirs a teaspoon of sugar into hot water. The sugar dissolves. She wants to carry out an experiment to separate the sugar and water again. Which method should she use?

a)

Separating with a magnet

b)

Evaporating

c)

Filtering

d)

Sieving

27.

Which of these are NOT a solution? There is more than one answer.

a)

Coffee dissolved in water.

b)

Oats and water.

c)

Flour and rice.

d)

Jelly cubes dissolved in water.

28.

Which of these cannot be separated using evaporation?

a)

Salt and water.

b)

Sugar and water.

c)

Coffee and water.

d)

Oats and water.

29.

Which of these cannot be separated using sieving?

a)

Rice and water.

b)

Pasta and sauce.

c)

Lemonade and lemons.

d)

Oil and orange juice.

30.

Which of these cannot be separated using filtration? There is more than one answer.

a)

Rice and flour.

b)

Rocks and flour.

c)

Oats and Sugar.

d)

Water and oats.

31.

What will happen if a salt solution is left in the sun for a week?

a)

The water and the salt will evaporate.

b)

The salt will soak up the water.

c)

The water will evaporate leaving the salt behind.

d)

The salt will evaporate leaving the water behind.

32.
Which of these is an example of a reversible change?
a)
Frying an egg.
b)
Baking a cake.
c)
Making ice cubes out of pure water.
d)
Mixing bicarbonate of soda and vinegar.
33.
Which of these is an example of an irreversible change?
a)
Mixing coins and water.
b)
Mixing paper clips and sand.
c)
Mixing sugar and water.
d)
Baking a cake
34.

Will easily catch fire and burn quickly.

a)

Insulator

b)

Permeable

c)

Absorbant

d)

Flammable

35.

What is an independent variable in an investigation?

a)

the factor that you change

b)

that factor that you measure

c)

the factor that you keep the same

36.

Choose the correct word to fill in the blank:

The ............................ variable is the thing that is measured or observed.

a)

independent

b)

control

c)

dependent

d)

main

37.

Which description best describes what happens when a material is burnt?

a)

The process is reversible.

b)

The process is irreversible: the original material is destroyed a new material is produced

c)

The material being burnt disappears.

d)

The material being burnt always turns completely into a

gas.

38.

Which metals rusts?

a)

Copper

b)

manganese

c)

iron

d)

potassium

39.

A rusting bicycle

a)

physical change

b)

chemical change

40.

What type of reactions are able to change products back to the their original form?

a)

Reversible reactions

b)

Irreversible reactions

c)

Combustion reactions

d)

Combination reactions

41.

burning wood is ........... change

a)

Reversible

b)

Irreversible

42.

Rusting occur in the presence of

a)

oxygen

b)

water

c)

hydrogen

43.

Which of the following methods can prevent rusting?

a)

applying grease on objects made from iron

b)

painting steel objects

c)

cover steel and iron objects with a damp cloth

d)

cover steel objects with non-rusty material

44.

Which nail rusts first?

a)

Nail in test tube A

b)

Nail in test tube C

c)

Nail in test tube E

d)

Nail in test tube F

45.

An irreversible reaction is also known as a

a)

Chemical reaction

b)

Physical reaction

c)

explosive reaction

46.

An reversible reaction is also known as a

a)

Chemical reaction

b)

Physical reaction

c)

explosive reaction

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