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Worksheets5th Grade Physical Competition
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 44mins
A description of how objects can be measured and observed
A state of matter that has a definite volume and shape
The amount of space an object takes up is...
Volume
A lot
Mass
Matter
______ of an object can be described by locating it relative location to another object or to the background.
Position
Motion
Friction
Force
Marie has a glass of water. The temperature of the water is 40°C. Then Marie adds some ice cubes to the water. After 10 minutes, what would the temperature of the water most likely be?
50°C
45°C
40°C
35°C
Lisa stirs some hot, apple cider with a metal spoon. Which sentence explains what happens to the spoon?
Heat from the hot liquid will warm the spoon until the spoon is hotter than the liquid.
Heat from the hot liquid will warm the spoon until they are both the same temperature.
Heat from the hot liquid will warm the spoon, but the liquid will remain hotter than the spoon.
Heat from the hot liquid will not have any effect on a metal spoon so the spoon will remain cool.
As Elba walks barefoot on the sand, her feet feel very hot. What is the reason for this?
Her feet have a higher temperature than the sand.
Her feet and the sand are the same temperature.
Heat is passing from her feet to the sand.
The sand is transferring heat to her feet.
Energy can flow between objects as heat. Look closely at the picture. What is one way heat is flowing in the picture?
from the fire to the pot
from the person’s hand to the pot
from the person’s hand to the fire
from the water in the pot to the fire
Carmen wears wool socks with her winter boots to keep her feet warm. How is the wool important to heat flow?
Wool is an insulator that keeps Carmen’s feet from losing heat.
Wool is an insulator that provides heat to keep Carmen’s feet warm.
Wool is a conductor that transfers heat from Carmen’s feet to her boots.
Wool is a conductor that transfers heat from the socks to Carmen’s skin.
Austin is making a poster about conductors and insulators. Which of these objects should be listed as a conductor?
rubber eraser
copper wire
plastic straw
wooden pencil
Lisa puts a thermometer in four separate boxes of the same size and same shape. She covers each box with a top made of a different kind of material. Lisa leaves the boxes outside on a hot sunny day. After 2 hours which thermometer should show the highest temperature?
aluminum
cork
rubber
wood
Liu performs the following investigation in her science class:
a. Tear up one piece of paper into small pieces.
b. Place the paper on a table in front of a small fan.
c. Turn on the fan.
d. Observe the paper.
What can Liu conclude based on her observation?
Energy is used to make new substances.
Energy can exist in the form of a fan.
Energy is in objects such as paper
Energy can cause motion.
Mark often goes to the park after school where he observes children having fun setting objects in motion. Mark observes motion in the following activities:
- Hitting a ball
- Pedaling a bicycle
- Pushing friends on a swing
What must always be true of any object that is in motion?
It is moving forward.
It is changing its position.
It is changing its direction.
It is moving at a constant speed.
Ashley and Brian want to race each other to see who is the fastest runner. They will each run a distance of 50 meters. Whoever has the fastest speed will be the winner. What are the two measurement tools they will need to measure each other’s speed when running a distance of 50 meters?
a stopwatch and a measuring tape
a measuring tape and a spring scale
a stopwatch and a graduated cylinder
a measuring tape and foot sizes of the runners
The highness or lowness of a sound (music note)
Volume
Soundwave
Pitch
wavelength
The loudness or softness of a sound
frequency
vibration
amplitude
volume
Derek learns in science class that when an object vibrates, it moves back and forth. Which of the following forms of energy can Derek say results from the vibrations that travel through the air?
Electrical energy
Energy of motion
Sound Energy
Heat Energy
What is the process where a solid changes to a liquid?
freezing
evaporating
condensing
melting
What is the process where a liquid changes to a gas?
freezing
evaporating
condensing
melting
What is the process where a gas changes to a liquid?
freezing
evaporating
condensing
melting
What is the process where a liquid changes to a solid?
freezing
evaporating
condensing
melting
Chris left a glass of water on the table by his bed and forgot about it. A few days later, much of the water was gone. What happened to the water?
It melted.
It evaporated.
It condensed.
It froze.
Magnetism is a non-contact force were the magnets do not need to touch an object for that object to start moving. Which poles of the magnets will repel each other through a magnetic push force?
north end & north end
north end & south end
magnet & iron nail
electrons & protons
To bounce light, sound, or heat off of a surface.
Refraction
Reflection
Evaporation
Conduction
To take up and store energy without reflecting or transmitting that energy
Behavior
Climate
Absorb
Mechanical
the bouncing of light off a surface
reflection
refraction
transmit
absorption
the bending of light as light passes through another material
reflection
refraction
absorption
transmit
Garima was changing the light bulb. When she touched the light bulb she immediately had to put it down. She was surprised by what she felt. She knew that a light bulb gives off light energy but what was she not aware of until she touched the light bulb?
Objects that give off light often also give off heat energy.
Objects that give off light often also give off sound energy.
Objects can only give off one from of energy at a time.
The texture of objects change when they give off energy.
Alyxavier is drinking a glass of Sprite using a straw. He notices that when he looks at the straw, it seems to be bent or broken where it meets the water. Which best explains what is happening with the straw.
The water is pulling on the straw and causing it to bend.
The water is pressing on the straw with such force that it is bending.
Light bends as it hits the water and makes the straw appear broken or bent.
The water is dissolving the plastic and is breaking the straw.
Kate had two cups of water. She added a tablespoon of sugar to one cup and mixed it. She put a tablespoon of sand in the second cup and mixed it. What happened to the sugar and sand when Kate mixed them with water?
The sand dissolved forming a solution; the sugar did not dissolve.
The sand dissolved forming a solution; the sugar evaporated
The sugar dissolved forming a solution; the sand did not dissolve.
The sugar melted; the sand did not melt.
Juan was hungry. He put cheese, ham, tomato, and pickle on a slice of bread. He folded the bread in half and ate it. Which of the following describes what Juan made when he combined all these ingredients?
a solution
a change of state
a chemical change
a mixture
Haley’s mom filled an ice cube tray with water and placed it in the freezer to make ice. The tray contained 500 grams of water when she filled it. How will freezing the water affect its mass?
Freezing the water will decrease its mass.
Freezing the water will increase its mass.
Freezing the water will not change its mass.
Freezing the water will first increase and then decrease its mass.
Josh placed sand in his toy truck at the top of the hill. The toy truck started going down the hill. Eventually the toy truck came to a stop. What is the most reasonable cause for the truck eventually coming to a stop?
Gravity acting on the toy truck
Friction acting on the toy truck
The mass of the toy truck
The mass of the sand in the toy truck
Ariana uses balloons to investigate static electricity. Which of the following best explains what will happen when she brings two positively charged balloons close to each other?
The balloons will move apart.
One balloon will lose its charge.
The balloons will come together.
One balloon will gain a negative charge
Mrs. Wilmoth was boiling a pot of water on the stove to cook supper. The pot contained 1,000 ml of water. After it began boiling, there was only 900 ml of water in the pot. What happened to the 100 ml of water?
The water gained mass as it boiled.
100 ml. of water changed to water vapor.
The water contained salt and the salt evaporated.
100 ml. of water was added to the pot.
Which of these is a physical change?
Baking a cake
Wood burning into ash
Water turning into ice
Metal rusting
Jamie and Melissa walked the hiking trail and started at the same point. They both walked the same constant speed, but Melissa walked 10 minutes longer than Jamie. What information can you gather from the walk?
Jamie slowed down near the end of the walk.
Melissa walked farther than Jamie.
Jamie walked farther than Melissa.
Melissa accelerated during the last 10 minutes.
The light bulb will light up because the circuit is complete.
The light bulb will light up because the circuit is broken.
The light bulb will not light up because the circuit is complete.
The light bulb will not light up because the circuit is broken.
What would best complete this circuit?
A mixture is the result of a physical change because...
On a waterwheel, the water falls and causes the wheel to turn. What form of energy is being used to turn the wheel?
electrical energy
mechanical energy
thermal energy
sound energy
Teacher Tass rubbed two balloons with a piece of wool. What will happen when the balloons are brought near each other?
Why the balloon attract to the sweater?
Both have the same charges.
Both have positive charges.
Both are opposite charges.
Both have negative charges.
