5th grade Science practice sheet
Maine Learning Results · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
How can you get pure water back from salt water? Put the steps in order.
- 🔥Heat the salt water
- ♨️Water evaporates and the salt stays behind
- 💧Drops of pure water drip into a clean cup
- ❄️The vapor touches a cold surface and condenses
Heat the salt water → Water evaporates and the salt stays behind → The vapor touches a cold surface and condenses → Drops of pure water drip into a clean cup
Hint: Heat makes the water evaporate and leave the salt behind. Then the water vapor cools, condenses and drips into a clean container.
Question 2
Which state of matter takes the shape of its container but keeps the same volume?
- Solid
- Gas
- Liquid
Liquid
Hint: Water in a glass fills the bottom of the glass and keeps its volume.
Question 3
Which of these is a physical change of state that is NOT water?
- Bread being toasted
- A match burning
- Wax melting near a candle flame
Wax melting near a candle flame
Hint: A change of state keeps the same substance. Burning and toasting make new substances.
Question 4
Which change is hard to reverse?
- Folding paper
- Burning wood
- Freezing water
Burning wood
Hint: Burning makes ash and gases, which are new substances.
Question 5
Which tool measures mass?
⚖️- a measuring cup
- a balance scale
- a thermometer
- a ruler
a balance scale
Hint: A balance compares masses. It gives grams or kilograms.
Question 6
Why do forecasters use computers and many measurements?
- weather has many parts that interact
- weather never changes
- clouds cannot be seen
weather has many parts that interact
Hint: Many things work together to make weather.
Question 7
Which is a producer?
- Mushroom
- Wolf
- Deer
- Grass
Grass
Hint: It makes its own food.
Question 8
Which is a producer?
- Mushroom
- Salmon
- Douglas fir tree
- Orca
Douglas fir tree
Hint: Makes its own food.
Question 9
In engineering, constraints are…
- the test results
- the goals of the design
- the winners
- limits such as cost, time or materials
limits such as cost, time or materials
Hint: What holds you back.
Question 10
What pattern does this table show?
Sugar that dissolves in 100 mL of water (about) Water temperature Sugar dissolved 20 °C 200 g 40 °C 240 g 60 °C 290 g 80 °C 360 g - the warmer the water, the more sugar dissolves
- sugar dissolves only in cold water
- temperature doesn't change how much dissolves
- the warmer the water, the less sugar dissolves
the warmer the water, the more sugar dissolves
Hint: Read down both columns. As the temperature goes up, the grams of sugar go up too, so solubility increases.
Answer key
- 1. Heat the salt water → Water evaporates and the salt stays behind → The vapor touches a cold surface and condenses → Drops of pure water drip into a clean cup (Solutions & Mixtures)
- 2. Liquid (Solid, Liquid, Gas)
- 3. Wax melting near a candle flame (Changes of State)
- 4. Burning wood (Physical or Chemical?)
- 5. a balance scale (Measuring Matter)
- 6. weather has many parts that interact (Weather and the Water Cycle)
- 7. Grass (Energy from the Sun)
- 8. Douglas fir tree (Matter Moves in Ecosystems)
- 9. limits such as cost, time or materials (Engineering Challenges)
- 10. the warmer the water, the more sugar dissolves (Solutions & Mixtures)
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