Question Bank for Grade 5 Science

Which of the following is a way to reduce energy?

• Turn ON all the lights

• Turn OFF all the lights

• Turn ON the heater to high heat

Which of the following is NOT a way to reduce water?

• Take shorter showers

• Water your grass everyday day and night

• Turn off the water when you brush your teeth

Which of the following is a way you can conserve energy?

• Ride your bike

• Take the bus

• Use the car to go to school everyday

True or false. When you conserve you use less resources to save energy.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a method for conserving natural resources?

• Leaving the water on while brushing your teeth

• Recycling paper

• Turning off the light when not in use

• packing lunch in a reusable container

True of false. When you reduce, reuse, and recycle you are conserving natural resources?

• True

• False

What are some things you can do to conserve energy and help protect our environment?

• leave water on, leave TV on, run dishwasher with 1 plate

• run the washing machine with 1 shirt

• leave the refrigerator door open

• turn off water, turn off lights, turn off TV

What might happen if we continue burning fossil fuels at the rate we do today? Choose the best answer.

• The cost of fossil fuels may drop

• Fewer and fewer oil wells and coal mines may be constructed

• The earth's climate may change rapidly

• Automobiles may become less fuel efficient

Which of the following processes consumes the least energy?

• Turning a tree into paper products

• Extracting oil from the ground and turning it into a plastic jug

• Recycling an old glass bottle so it can be used again

• Mining aluminum and shaping it into a soda can

How is an LED lightbulb different from an incandescent lightbulb?

• It is smaller

• It emits less light

• It consumes less power

• It doesn't last as long