5th Grade Science Quiz

Which is the best examples of precipitation?

Snow falling when the weather cools

Ice cubes melting when you put them out in the sun

A puddle disappearing on a hot summer afternoon

Dew forming on plants during a cold night

Trent puts a cup of water out in the hot sun, and 2 hours later, th water is gone! This is an example of which stage of the water cycle?

Precipitation

Runoff

Evaporation

Condensation

Which of the following activities results in the formation of a new material?

Chopping wood

Slicing a pizza

Baking a cake

Mixing sand

How are the molecules in a block of iron affected when the block is melted?

The molecules gain mass

The molecules contain less energy

The molecules move more rapidly

The molecules increase in volume

What is the main difference between a chemical and physical change?

Chemical changes form a new material

Chemical changes only happen with fire

Physical changes cannot be reversed

Physical changes are only when something breaks

It was a hot summer day. Mattie poured herself a glass of lemonade. The lemonade was warm, so Mattie put some ice in the glass. After 10 minutes, Mattie noticed that the ice was melting and the lemonade was cold. Which idea do you think best explains why the lemonade got cold?

The coldness from the ice moved into the lemonade

The heat from the lemonade moved into the ice

The coldness and the heat moved back and forth until the lemonade cooled off

The heat from the ice moved into the lemonade

Tina is boiling water in a metal pot for a weather experiment. What is most likely the reason she would need to use a potholder for moving the metal pot?

Conduction causes the water to be hot

Radiation causes the pot to be hot

Convection causes the pot to be hot

Transpiration causes the pot to be hot

Which of the following is the best example of conduction.

A fireplace sending heat across the room

Boiling water

A pot heating up on the stove

A microwave heating your food

The sun is melting you ice cream is an example of

Radiation because it is touching your ice cream

Radiation because waves of heat melt your ice cream

Conduction because waves of heat melt your ice cream

Convection because it is heating up the ice cream through currents

Heat always moves

From the warmer object to the colder object

From the colder object to the warmer object

Back and forth between the two objects

It depends on the situation

Which best describes a material that would be used to insulate a house?

Excellent conductor of heat

Excellent conductor of cold

Poor conductor of heat

Poor conductor of cold

Which is the best choice for the handle of a frying pan?

Metal, because it conducts heat

Wood, because it conducts heat

Metal, because it does not conduct heat

Wood, because it does not conduct heat

I have two equal glasses of water. In one glass the ice melts so it is all liquid. The other glass still has solid ice and water. How will the compare?

They will be equal, because matter cannot be created or destroyed.

The ice will weigh more because it is solid

The liquid will weigh more because water is heavy

The one with more molecules will weigh less.

As jeweler melts gold to make jewelry. As the gold melts, the mass

Increases

Decreases

Is destroyed

Stays the same

Joseph bought a bag of Skittles and wants to divide the bag into piles for the colors. A pile for red, one for green, and so on. What will be true about all of the piles?

All of the piles will weight the same

The weight of the whole bag will be equal to the weight of the piles together.

The weight of the whole bag will be more than the weight of the piles together.

The weight of the whole bag will be less than the weight of the piles together.

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