Year 5 Science Assessment

Which property would you best use to describe a glass window?

• Opaque

• Transparent

• Translucent

• Heavy

Which property would best describe stone?

• Soft

• Hard

• Flexible

• Translucent

A material is shiny, heavy and hard to break. What might the material be?

• Rubber

• Plastic

• Steel

• Glass

Which material should be used to make the frame for a bike. The material must be strong, lightweight and have a high melting point.

• Aluminium

• Gold

• Silver

• Bronze

If a material is described as being soluble what does this mean?

• It does not dissolve in water

• It does dissolve in water

• It is a solvent

• It absorbs water

An insoluble material does not dissolve in water

• True

• False

What would happen if I added sugar to a cup of water?

• The sugar will sink

• Nothing

• The sugar will dissolve

What effect would using boiling water have instead of cold water?

• No effect

• The sugar would dissolve faster

• The sugar would dissolve slower

Which technique would you use to separate a mixture of sugar and water?

• Magnetism

• Sieving

• Filtering

• Evaporation

Which technique would you use to separate a mixture of sand and water?

• Magnetism

• Filtering

• Sieving

• Evaporation