The Year 5/6 The Year 5/6 Science QuizScience Quiz

Part OnePart One

Section 1Section 1The Human BodyThe Human Body

Question 1

What 2 important things do humans need to stay alive?

Question 2

Give three reasons why you have a skeleton

Question 3

What is the pulse?Is it:

A. A fruitB. A HeartbeatC. A Blood Vessel

Section 2Section 2Green PlantsGreen Plants

Question 4

What are the three ways in which fruits and seeds can be

scattered?

Question 5

In what part of the plant does most photosynthesis happen?

A. FlowerB. RootsC. Leaves

Question 6

When pollen lands on the stigma, is this pollination or

fertilisation?

Section 3Section 3Variation and Variation and ClassificationClassification

Question 7

All living things can be placed into one of two groups. What

are the groups?

Question 8

What does vertebrate mean?

Question 9

What is the name of the trees that do not lose their leaves

in winter?

Section 4Section 4Living Things in their Living Things in their

EnvironmentEnvironment

Question 10

What is the name of the place where a plant or an animal

lives?

Question 11

What does an arrow mean when used in a food chain?

Question 12

Give one adaptation that a seal has so that it can live in the

cold sea.

Section 5Section 5Grouping MaterialsGrouping Materials

Question 13

What kinds of materials make good thermal conductors?

Question 14

Would electricity be able to pass through

A. WoodB. MetalC. Plastic

Question 15

What does permeable mean?

Section 6Section 6Changing MaterialsChanging Materials

Question 16

What happens to sugar when you add it to a cup of tea?

Question 17

What is water called when it’s a gas?

Question 18

Complete this sentence:When you melt chocolate you

are changing a solid to a _____

Section 7Section 7Separating Mixtures of Separating Mixtures of

MaterialsMaterials

Question 19

Which two of these solids are soluble in water?

Sugar, nails, stones, salt

Question 20

If you dissolved some salt into water, how would you

separate the salt from the water?

Question 21

Condensation forms when warm damp air touches

what?A. A cold surfaceB. A warm surface

Section 8Section 8ElectricityElectricity

Question 22

Name 4 things in your house that wouldn’t work if there

was no electricity.

Question 23

Why do bathroom light switches often have a cord

hanging from them?

Question 24

If you add an extra battery to a circuit containing a bulb, how

will this affect the bulb?

Section 9Section 9Forces and MotionForces and Motion

Question 25

What are the four things that forces can cause objects to

do?

Question 26

What instrument do you use to measure force?

Question 27

What is the name of the force that gives us grip?

Section 10Section 10Light and SoundLight and Sound

Question 28

How are shadows formed?

Question 29

On a sunny day, what time of the day will your shadow be

shortest?

Question 30

How are sounds produced?

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