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Grade 5 Science practice sheet

Manitoba Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________

  1. Question 1

    A seedling grows taller because its cells…

    • turn into water
    • divide and get bigger
    • disappear
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    divide and get bigger

    Hint: Growth means more cells.

  2. Question 2

    Put the parts of the digestive system in the order food travels through them.

    • 🌀Stomach: acid and juices churn the food
    • 🩸Small intestine: nutrients pass into the blood
    • 💧Large intestine: water is absorbed
    • 👄Mouth: teeth chew and saliva mixes in
    • ⬇️Esophagus: muscles squeeze food down
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    Mouth: teeth chew and saliva mixes in → Esophagus: muscles squeeze food down → Stomach: acid and juices churn the food → Small intestine: nutrients pass into the blood → Large intestine: water is absorbed

    Hint: Food is chewed in the mouth, squeezed down the esophagus, churned in the stomach, then moves through the small intestine and finally the large intestine.

  3. Question 3

    Put the steps of bending your arm in order.

    • 🧠The brain sends a signal to the biceps
    • 💪The biceps contracts (gets shorter)
    • ↪️The arm bends at the elbow joint
    • 🦴A tendon pulls on a forearm bone
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    The brain sends a signal to the biceps → The biceps contracts (gets shorter) → A tendon pulls on a forearm bone → The arm bends at the elbow joint

    Hint: Your brain sends the message first. Then the biceps contracts, its tendon pulls the bone, and the arm bends at the elbow joint.

  4. Question 4

    A hockey puck slides far on ice because…

    • there is little friction
    • there is a lot of friction
    • gravity is off
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    there is little friction

    Hint: Ice is slippery.

  5. Question 5

    These ramps all lift a box to the same height. Order them from LEAST force needed to MOST.

    • 📐4 m ramp
    • 📐2 m ramp
    • 📐5 m ramp
    • 📐1 m ramp
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    5 m ramp → 4 m ramp → 2 m ramp → 1 m ramp

    Hint: For the same height, a longer ramp is gentler, so it needs less force. The trade-off: you push the box a longer distance.

  6. Question 6

    A warm front is when…

    • warm air moves over cooler air
    • winds stop
    • cold air pushes under warm air
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    warm air moves over cooler air

    Hint: The warm air slides up over the cold air.

  7. Question 7

    What is a greenhouse effect?

    • plants make the air warmer by growing
    • clouds turn green
    • gases in the air trap some of the Sun's heat
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    gases in the air trap some of the Sun's heat

    Hint: It is natural, and more gas traps more heat.

  8. Question 8

    Cells that do a special job are called…

    • empty cells
    • dead cells
    • specialized cells
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    specialized cells

    Hint: Different cells do different jobs.

  9. Question 9

    Which organ absorbs most of the nutrients from food into the blood?

    • the stomach
    • the large intestine
    • the small intestine
    • the esophagus
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    the small intestine

    Hint: The small intestine is long and lined with tiny finger-like bumps that pass nutrients into the blood.

  10. Question 10

    Where is a good place to feel your pulse?

    • on your fingernail
    • on your kneecap
    • on the tip of your nose
    • on the inside of your wrist
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    on the inside of your wrist

    Hint: You can feel your pulse where an artery is close to the skin, like the inside of your wrist or the side of your neck.

Answer key

  1. 1. divide and get bigger (Cells: The Basic Unit of Life)
  2. 2. Mouth: teeth chew and saliva mixes in → Esophagus: muscles squeeze food down → Stomach: acid and juices churn the food → Small intestine: nutrients pass into the blood → Large intestine: water is absorbed (Digestion & Breathing)
  3. 3. The brain sends a signal to the biceps → The biceps contracts (gets shorter) → A tendon pulls on a forearm bone → The arm bends at the elbow joint (Heart, Bones & Muscles)
  4. 4. there is little friction (Forces, Friction and Machines)
  5. 5. 5 m ramp → 4 m ramp → 2 m ramp → 1 m ramp (Simple Machines)
  6. 6. warm air moves over cooler air (Weather and the Water Cycle)
  7. 7. gases in the air trap some of the Sun's heat (Climate)
  8. 8. specialized cells (Cells: The Basic Unit of Life)
  9. 9. the small intestine (Digestion & Breathing)
  10. 10. on the inside of your wrist (Heart, Bones & Muscles)

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