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Science Revision
End of Year Assessments - June
Year 5 2022/2023

Year 5 Science Revision – 2022/2023 Ms.Sam

 Plant Adaptations

The picture shows a plant and two

1 names of parts of the plant.

Root Leaf

(a) Draw a line from each word to

label the correct part of the plant.

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 (b) Which is the correct pathway of
water in the plant? Circle one let ter.

A soil root stem leaf

B soil leaf stem root

C root leaf stem soil

D leaf soil root stem

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2 This plant is growing near a light.

The light is not shown in the picture.

Write L in the place you think the light

is while this plant is growing.
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3 Why do farmers add fertiliser to the soil
in their fields? Circle one let ter.

A to warm the soil

B to feed the worms

C to add minerals

D to kill weeds
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4 Sameer puts a white flower into a

beaker of water containing a blue dye.

White flower

Blue dye
and water

Predict what Sameer will see when he

looks at the flower the next day.

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5 Nina is growing some cress seeds. She
grows one dish of cress seeds in a dark
place and one dish of the same type of
cress seeds in a sunny place.

A B

(a) (i) Which dish shows plants that

have grown in the dark place?

Tick ( ) one box and give one reason

why you chose this answer.

A B

Reason:
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(ii) Give one other way that the

plants in the dark and the
plants in the light will differ.

The plants in the dark will be …

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 (iii) Why did Nina use the same
type of cress seeds in each dish?

(b) What else should Nina give the

plants to keep them alive?

Write one thing.

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1 Class 5 are outside investigating plants.
Draw a line to match each measuring
instrument with what it measures.

Measuring instrument What it measures

air temperature

height of plant

light intensity

mass of plant

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2 Which of these do plants need for respiration?
Circle one let ter.

A fertiliser

B light

C oxygen

D water
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3 (a) Which is the most likely habitat for this

plant? Circle one let ter.

Flower

Leaf

A desert

B forest

C grassland

D water
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(b) Give a reason for your choice.

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4 Deepesh is growing a small plant in a pot.

He makes a plastic cover to help the plant

grow well.

(a) (i) Why must the plastic cover be

transparent?

(ii) Give one reason why the plant will

grow well with a cover.

(b) Which part of the plant will take up

water from the soil?

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5 The picture shows plants growing in a
rainforest.

At which level do plants get least light?

Circle one let ter.

A B C D
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6 (a) This plant is a cactus. It lives in a desert

habitat.

Spines

It does not have leaves; it has prickly spines.

State one way that spines help the cactus

survive in the desert.

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(b) This bush is also found in a desert habitat.

The bush makes a poison that kills the roots

of other plants.

How would making this poison help the bush

survive in a desert? Give two ways.

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Mixing and Separating Materials

1 Which of these mixtures could be separated

using this sieve?

A sand and flour

B sand and sugar

C stones and sand

D salt and water

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2 a) Which of these mixtures can be separated
using filtration?

A salt and water

B sand and water

C sugar and water

D sand and sugar

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b) This equipment is used for filtration.

Write the correct name for each piece of

equipment in the boxes below.

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3 a) Paolo wants to dissolve some salt in water.

cm3
100

90

80

70

60

50

40

30
water
20

10

(i) What volume of water does he use?

(ii) Which of these will make the salt dissolve

faster?

A using bottled water

B stirring the water

C cooling the water

D using bigger salt crystals

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b) Paolo puts the salt solution into this dish.

salt solution

He leaves the dish in a warm classroom.

When he comes back the next day, there is

only white powder in the dish.

(i) Name the white powder Paulo sees in the dish.

(ii) What has happened to the liquid that was in

the dish?

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4 The graph shows how two solids, X and Y, dissolve
in 100 cm3 water at different temperatures.

110
Y
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
Y X
20
10
X
0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
temperature (˚C)

a) (i) How many grams of solid X dissolve at 30°C?

grams
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(ii) How does increasing the temperature affect

solid X?

A at higher temperatures less dissolves

B at lower temperatures more dissolves

C at higher temperatures more dissolves

D at lower temperatures none dissolves

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Diet and Digestion

1 Complete the sentences using the words in

the box.

Each word may only be used once.

size money diet food

amount exercise house hungry

range healthy similar lot

Humans need a balanced ____________ to stay

healthy.

It is important to have the correct ____________

of a ____________ of nutrients.

To have a ____________ lifestyle, humans need

enough sleep and regular ____________ .
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2 (a) Which food is a good source of protein?
Circle one let ter.

A B C D
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(b) Why do we need protein in our diet?

Circle one let ter.

A to move food through the digestive

system

B to grow and repair the body

C to give us healthy bacteria

D to make food easier to swallow

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3 Which nutrient is most important to an athlete
during a 100 m sprint? Circle one let ter.

A carbohydrate

B fat

C fibre

D minerals
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4 The diagram shows the human digestive system.

Write each word from the box once next to

the correct label line.

There are more label lines than you need.

stomach oesophagus small intestine

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5 Draw a line to match each scientific word to its
correct meaning.

Scientific word Meaning

breaking down
absorption
food

moving food
ingestion from the mouth
to the stomach

removing
egestion
undigested waste

taking food into

digestion
the mouth

digested food
swallowing moving into the
blood
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Earth and Space

1 Which word best describes the Sun?

A moon

B planet

C satellite

D star
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2 How long does it take for the Earth to spin on its

axis once?

A 1 hour

B 24 hours

C 28 days

D 1 year
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3 The diagram shows the planets that orbit our
Sun, in order.

A diagram of our System

Sun Mercury Venus X Mars Jupiter Y Uranus Neptune

a) Complete the title for the diagram by writing

the missing word.
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b) Two planets, X and Y, are not named.

Name planets X and Y.

Y
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c) What does ‘orbit our Sun’ mean?

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d) Dhiviya reads this information about the planet
Mercury.

The day side of the planet reaches temperatures

of 427°C. The night side can get as cold as −180°C.

(i) Suggest what makes the day side hotter

than the night side.

(ii) The planet Jupiter is very cold. It is much

colder than Mercury.

Predict one planet that is likely to be colder

than Jupiter.

Give a reason for your choice.

Planet

Reason

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4 The planet Mars has two moons.

a) How many moons does Earth have?

b) Scientists think Jupiter has 79 moons, but they

are not sure.

53 of Jupiter’s moons have been given names.

How many of Jupiter’s moons do not have

names?

c) Scientists know how many moons Earth and

Mars have.

Suggest a reason why scientists are less certain

how many moons Jupiter has.

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Seeing and Reflecting

Circle one letter for your answer in

questions 1–4.

1 Which word best completes the sentence?

An opaque object …

A blocks light. C filters light.

B conducts light. D separates light.

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2 Which of these is a source of light?

A a battery C a mirror

B an eye D a torch
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3 (a) Why does this glitter ball look shiny?

A it blocks light C it reflects light

B it is a light source D it is translucent

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(b) Which word best describes the surface on

the shiny glitter ball?

A dull C smooth

B rough D transparent
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4 Which diagram shows the direction light
travels when we see an object in a mirror?

Mirror Mirror

Object Eye Object Eye

A B
Mirror Mirror

Object Eye Object Eye

C D
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5 Jenna makes a shadow of a box on a screen.

She is investigating how changing the distance

of the torch from the box affects the size of
the shadow on the screen.

Box
Screen

Torch
Shadow
 (a) Put one tick ( ) in each row to show
which variables Jenna should change,
measure or keep the same.

Keep the
Variable Change? Measure?
same?
height of shadow
angle of torch
position of box
distance between
torch and box
height of screen
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(b) Predict how the shadow will change as

Jenna moves the torch closer to the box.

6 Madame Bernard has a light meter in her office.

The graph show how the light level in her

office changes one morning.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time (minutes)

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Two minutes after arriving at work, she
switches her computer on.

(a) (i) What happens to the light level when

she switches her computer on?

(ii) What is she most likely to have done

six minutes after arriving? Circle one
let ter.

A closed the door

B opened the blinds

C made a phone call

D opened her email 1

(b) Madame Bernard opens a folder and

starts to read.

Draw a line with two arrows on the diagram

to show the direction light travels for Madame
Bernard to see the words in the folder.

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 Q1. Shadows

(a) One sunny day, some children use a rounders post to make shadows in their playground.

When light shines on the rounders post, a shadow forms.

Where does the light come from?

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(b) The rounders post makes a dark shadow.

Tick ONE box to complete the sentence below.

The rounders post makes a dark shadow because it is...

opaque. smooth.

solid. transparent.

tall. heavy.

1 mark

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(c) The children draw round the shadow of the rounders post every half hour from 9:30 until 12 noon.

They measure the length of each shadow and record their results in this table:

Time (am) Length of shadow (cm)

9:30 146

10:00 130

10:30 116

11:00 109

11:30 106

12:00 103

What happened to the length of the shadow during the morning?

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(d) The children make a line graph to show the results from the morning.

Continue the line on the graph to show how the length of the shadow would change between 12 noon and
2:30pm.

1 mark