WorksheetsGRADE 5 SCIENCE QUIZ
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Q1. Why is water treated before use? To ..........................
make it nice
make it safe to drink
make people happy
D. show that we care
Q2. Which one of the following may cause a person to lose much water from the body?
Small pox and cholera
Scabies and dysentery
Headache and malaria
Diarrhoea and vomiting
Q3. Which ones of the following are waterborne diseases?
Cholera, dysentery and typhoid
Cholera, typhoid and tuberculosis
Measles, cholera and dysentery
Tuberculosis, measles and scabies
Q4. An overcrowded classroom had both door and windows closed and as a result, the leaners experienced a problem of breathing because ..........
there was no carbon dioxide in the classroom.
they started sweating.
the pupils felt hot.
fresh air was not let in.
Q5. How can you improve the soil in order to make it suitable for framing?
By .............
applying compost manure.
shading.
removing the weeds
watering every day
Q6. It is important to apply fertiliser in crops so as to ....................
kill pastes
improve soil fertility
prevent soil erosion
show that you are a good farmer
Q7. The following are external parts of the human body. Which one is not?
Eyes
Ears
Heart
Toes
Q8. ........................ means keeping the body clean, neat and having good appearance.
Eating
Cosmetic
Grooming
Bathing
Q9. Which of the following plant is non-green?
Maize plant
Fungi
Ferns
Moss plant
Q10. The three parts of an insect are.......................
head, thorax and four legs
thorax, head and abdomen
abdomen, eyes and legs
head, thorax and heart
Q11. The parasite that causes bilharzia is a (a)
Q12. The human circulatory system is made up of three main parts: These are the heart, blood vessels and (a)
Q15. What organisms causes dysentery and cholera?
(a)
Q16. Which is a commonly abused substance?
Coffee
Dagga
Milo
Tea
Q17. Which is needed during the process of photosynthesis?
Sulphur
Acids
Water
Chlorine
Q18. Which is used in baking, fermentation of beer and as food?
Fern
Algae
Moss
Fungi
Q19. Study the picture and identify the type of a simple machine it is.
Wadge
Pulley
Inclined plane
Lever
Q20. An organism with eight legs is known as .............
an aphid
a centipede
a spider
a millipede
