5th grade Science practice sheet
Alabama Course of Study · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Which state of matter spreads out to fill its whole container?
- Solid
- Gas
- Liquid
Gas
Hint: The particles of a gas move freely and spread out.
Question 2
In a solid, the particles are…
🧊- packed tightly, wiggling in place
- sliding past each other
- far apart and zooming around
packed tightly, wiggling in place
Hint: That's why a solid keeps its shape. Its particles stay in place and just wiggle.
Question 3
In a gas, the particles…
💨- vibrate in place
- do not have any space between them
- are far apart and move in all directions
- are packed tightly together
are far apart and move in all directions
Hint: Gas particles have the largest spaces between them.
Question 4
Kenji has a dry mix of iron filings, sand and salt. Put his separation steps in order.
- ☕Pour it through a filter to catch the sand
- ☀️Let the water evaporate to leave the salt
- 🧲Run a magnet through the dry mix to pull out the iron
- 🥄Add water and stir until the salt dissolves
Run a magnet through the dry mix to pull out the iron → Add water and stir until the salt dissolves → Pour it through a filter to catch the sand → Let the water evaporate to leave the salt
Hint: Use the magnet while the mix is still dry. Then dissolve the salt, filter out the sand, and evaporate the water to get the salt back.
Question 5
A bowl of water is left on a counter for days and the level goes down. What is the cause?
- Evaporation
- Melting
- Condensation
Evaporation
Hint: Water slowly changes into water vapor and mixes with the air.
Question 6
Sugar is stirred into tea and seems to disappear. This is a…
- chemical change
- physical change
- change of state to a gas
physical change
Hint: The sugar is still there, and you could taste it. No new substance formed.
Question 7
Green plants are green because of…
- sugar
- chlorophyll
- soil
- water
chlorophyll
Hint: It captures light.
Question 8
Which reduces the paper a class uses?
- Printing on both sides
- Printing one page per sheet
- Printing extra copies
- Throwing away used paper
Printing on both sides
Hint: Use less.
Question 9
The sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars because it is…
- much closer to Earth
- made of fire
- the biggest star in the universe
- the only hot star
much closer to Earth
Hint: Distance changes how bright a star looks.
Question 10
Recycling helps protect Earth by…
- making more trash
- using more energy
- using fewer new resources
- filling landfills
using fewer new resources
Hint: Reuse materials.
Answer key
- 1. Gas (Solid, Liquid, Gas)
- 2. packed tightly, wiggling in place (Matter & Particles)
- 3. are far apart and move in all directions (Measuring Matter)
- 4. Run a magnet through the dry mix to pull out the iron → Add water and stir until the salt dissolves → Pour it through a filter to catch the sand → Let the water evaporate to leave the salt (Solutions & Mixtures)
- 5. Evaporation (Changes of State)
- 6. physical change (Physical or Chemical?)
- 7. chlorophyll (Energy from the Sun)
- 8. Printing on both sides (Protecting Resources)
- 9. much closer to Earth (Sun, Stars & Shadows)
- 10. using fewer new resources (Earth's Systems & Water)
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