5th Science STAAR review

Front

Why did Maya's fingers get burned after picking up a metal spoon left in hot tea?

Back

The metal spoon conducted heat to her hand.

Front

What physical property allows for the demonstration of sugar cubes changing shape when water is dripped on them?

Back

The sugar slowly dissolved to make a solution.

Front

Your teacher collects samples of salt water from the ocean near Galveston, Texas. She collects water samples at 1 meter and at 10 meters from the shore. She wants to determine how much salt is in each water sample. How can she find out?

Back

Measure the mass of the salt in each sample after the water evaporates.

Front

A student adds 100 mL of water to a beaker and brings the water to a boil. She then places a thermometer in the beaker. Which thermometer below represents the thermometer in the beaker?

Back

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Front

A metal pan with butter is placed on a stove. If the stove is turned on, which processes occur that cause the butter to melt?

Back

The pan conducts heat to the butter and the particles that make up the butter speed up.

Front

What test will not show the difference between plastic and metal?

Back

Test to see if it is heavy.

Front

A teacher gives her students a battery, wires, fan blades, and a motor. The diagram below shows how the students assembled these parts. What can the students do with this device?

Back

Use the energy stored in the battery to turn the fan blades.

Front

Sophia thinks that the Moon produces its own light, like the Sun. Her science teacher explains that the light rays coming from the Moon are —

Back

reflected light from the Sun

Front

Jessica is practicing her basketball passing skills. She wants to make sure her teammates can get the ball. She tries multiple ways to pass the ball and discovers that the —

Back

more force she uses, the farther the ball will travel

Front

Sherry sets up a circuit but the bulb does not light when she closes the switch because one of the wires does not reach the battery. Which material will help her complete the circuit and light the bulb? Options: plastic paperclip, aluminum foil, pink silk ribbon, drinking straw

Back

aluminum foil