Y5 Science retrieval quiz

Days are longer in the winter and shorter in summer.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Days are longer in the summer and shorter in winter.

Weather changes through the year, getting hotter in the summer and colder in the winter.

• True

• False

Earth orbits the Sun with one orbit constituting a year of 355/356 days.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Earth orbits the Sun with one orbit constituting a year of 365/366 days.

Complete the sentence:

Light is a form of...

• heat

• energy

• brightness

We need light to see things and darkness is the absence of light.

• True

• False

Light travels in wriggly lines.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Light travels in straight lines.

Everything that we can see is either a light source or something that is reflecting light from a light source into our eyes.

• True

• False

The moon is a light source.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The Moon is not a light source. The Sun is a light source, but the Moon is not and is merely reflecting light from the Sun.

Many light sources make you feel cold.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Many light sources give off light and heat. The Sun is just one example.

The Sun gives off light and heat when hydrogen turns into helium.

• True

• False