The Year 5/6 Science Quiz

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The Year 5/6 Science Quiz

• Part One

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• Section 1
• The Human Body

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Question 1

• What 2 important things do humans need to stay
  alive?

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Question 2

• Give three reasons why you have a skeleton

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Question 3

• What is the pulse?
• Is it
• A fruit
• A Heartbeat
• A Blood Vessel

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• Section 2
• Green Plants

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Question 4

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

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Question 5

• In what part of the plant does most
  photosynthesis happen?
• Flower
• Roots
• Leaves

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Question 6

• When pollen lands on the stigma, is this
  pollination or fertilisation?

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• Section 3
• Variation and Classification

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Question 7

• All living things can be placed into one of two
  groups. What are the groups?

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Question 8

• What does vertebrate mean?

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Question 9

• What is the name of the trees that do not lose
  their leaves in winter?

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• Section 4
• Living Things in their Environment

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Question 10

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

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Question 11

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

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Question 12

• Give one adaptation that a seal has so that it
  can live in the cold sea.

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• Section 5
• Grouping Materials

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Question 13

• What kinds of materials make good thermal
  conductors?

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Question 14

• Would electricity be able to pass through
• Wood
• Metal
• Plastic

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Question 15

• What does permeable mean?

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• Section 6
• Changing Materials

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Question 16

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

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Question 17

• What is water called when its a gas?

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Question 18

• Complete this sentence
• When you melt chocolate you are changing a solid
  to a _____

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• Section 7
• Separating Mixtures of Materials

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Question 19

• Which two of these solids are soluble in water?
• Sugar, nails, stones, salt

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Question 20

• If you dissolved some salt into water, how would
  you separate the salt from the water?

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Question 21

• Condensation forms when warm damp air touches
  what?
• A cold surface
• A warm surface

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• Section 8
• Electricity

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Question 22

• Name 4 things in your house that wouldnt work if
  there was no electricity.

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Question 23

• Why do bathroom light switches often have a cord
  hanging from them?

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Question 24

• If you add an extra battery to a circuit
  containing a bulb, how will this affect the bulb?

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• Section 9
• Forces and Motion

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Question 25

• What are the four things that forces can cause
  objects to do?

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Question 26

• What instrument do you use to measure force?

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Question 27

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

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• Section 10
• Light and Sound

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Question 28

• How are shadows formed?

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Question 29

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

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Question 30

• How are sounds produced?

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• End of Part One