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Quest: 5th Grade Science Assessment

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Here are some science questions from the Standards for Grades 2-5 to help you test your knowledge of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

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This is the mineral galena. What type of luster does it have?

  1. Vitreous

    No. A vitreous luster means that the mineral looks glassy. Galena does not look like it is made of glass.

  2. Shiny

    No. Shiny is not a type of luster.

  3. Metallic

    Yes! A metallic luster means that the mineral looks like it is made of metal. Galena reflects light in the same way that a piece of metal does. If a mineral looks like it is made of metal, it has a metallic luster.

  4. Silver

    No. Silver is a color, not a type of luster. Luster is the way that a mineral reflects light, not is color.

Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.

Florida

SC.4.E.6.2 Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks.
Definition of a Mineral video, checked
What is a Mineral? video, checked
Identifying Minerals video, learnalong
Minerals Around You text page, learnalong, checked
Review Minerals-3 practice
Review Minerals-4 practice
Review Minerals-5 practice
Review Minerals-6 practice
Review Minerals-7 practice
Review Minerals-8 practice
Review Minerals-1 practice
Review Minerals-2 practice

Utah

UT.4.III.1.b Observe rocks using a magnifying glass and draw shapes and colors of the minerals.
Definition of a Mineral video, checked
What is a Mineral? video, checked
Identifying Minerals video, learnalong
What is a Rock? video, learnalong, checked
Review Minerals-5 practice
Review Minerals-6 practice
Review Minerals-7 practice
Review Minerals-8 practice
Review Minerals-3 practice
Review Minerals-4 practice
UT.8.III.1.b Observe and describe the minerals found in rocks (e.g., shape, color, luster, texture, hardness).
Definition of a Mineral video, checked
What is a Mineral? video, checked
Identifying Minerals video, learnalong
What is a Rock? video, learnalong, checked
Review Minerals-3 practice
Review Minerals-4 practice
Review Minerals-5 practice
Review Minerals-6 practice
Review Minerals-7 practice
Review Minerals-8 practice
Review Minerals-1 practice
Review Minerals-2 practice

NGSS

5-PS1-3 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Density: Ice, Oil, and Water video, checked
Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked
Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked
What is a Mineral? video, checked
Identifying Minerals video, learnalong
Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked
Making Turmeric Paper video, checked
Testing for Tannic Acid video
Definition of a Mineral video, checked
Floating Bubbles video, checked
Finding Fat in Foods video, ClosedCaptions, checked
Fireworks Colors video
Iron Cereal video, ClosedCaptions, checked
A Cool Change text page
Acid Hunt text page
Review Minerals-2 practice
Review Minerals-3 practice
Review Minerals-4 practice
Review Minerals-5 practice
Review Minerals-6 practice
Review Minerals-7 practice
Review Minerals-8 practice

Which of the following states of matter will change its shape to fit its container, but not its size?

  1. Solid

    No. Under normal pressure, solids do not change their shape or size to fit their container.

  2. Liquid

    Yes. Liquids will take on the shape of their container, but do not change their size.

  3. Gas

    No. Gases will expand to fill their container, taking on both its shape and size.

  4. Plasma

    No. Like gases, plasmas take on the size and shape of their container.

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Florida

SC.2.P.8.3 Recognize that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container.
Egg States video, checked
Wonderful Water video, checked
Ice Cream Science video, checked
Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked
Review Matter-1 practice
SC.5.P.8.1 Compare and contrast the basic properties of solids, liquids, and gases, such as mass, volume, color, texture, and temperature.

>>> Teacher Page: States of Matter

Ice Cream Science video, checked
Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked
Air Space video
A Bouncing Water Balloon video
Egg States video, checked
Experimenting with Dry Ice video, free, checked
Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked
Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked
Air has Weight text page
Teach It Right the First Time. text page, free
Review Matter-2 practice
Review Matter-1 practice
Review Matter-3 practice
Review Weather-10 practice
SC.8.P.8.1 Explore the scientific theory of atoms (also known as atomic theory) by using models to explain the motion of particles in solids, liquids, and gases.
A Bouncing Water Balloon video
Egg States video, checked
Experimenting with Dry Ice video, free, checked
Ice Cream Science video, checked
Expansion of Solids video, ClosedCaptions, checked
Review Matter-1 practice
Review Matter-3 practice

Utah

UT.5.I.2.a Identify the physical properties of matter (e.g., hard, soft, solid, liquid, gas).
Ice Cream Science video, checked
Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked
Crushed Can video, checked
A Bouncing Water Balloon video
Egg States video, checked
Experimenting with Dry Ice video, free, checked
Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked
Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked
Review Matter-1 practice
Review Matter-3 practice
UT.7.I.1.c Diagram the arrangement of particles in the physical states of matter (i.e., solid, liquid, gas).
A Bouncing Water Balloon video
Egg States video, checked
Ice Cream Science video, checked
Review Matter-1 practice
UT.8.I.1.b Classify substances based on their chemical and physical properties (e.g., reacts with water, does not react with water, flammable or nonflammable, hard or soft, flexible or nonflexible, evaporates or melts at room temperature).
Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked
Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked
Ice Cream Science video, checked
Scaring Pepper video, checked
Making Turmeric Paper video, checked
Testing for Tannic Acid video
Relighting Candles video, checked
How They Get the Sparks in a Sparkler video
Orange Flash video
Stale Bread video
Cabbage Indicator video, checked
Experimenting with Dry Ice video, free, checked
Making Butter video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated
Acid Hunt text page
A Clean Trick text page
Review Matter-1 practice

NGSS

When this traffic jam starts moving, the cars will be able to speed up faster than the big trucks. Why?

  1. The cars have more powerful engines.

    No. The trucks have more powerful engines than the cars do.

  2. The cars have tires with more friction.

    No. The truck tires are larger, which means they have more contact with the ground, and more friction.

  3. The cars weigh less.

    Yes! The heavier an object is (the more mass it has), the more force it takes to move it. The trucks weigh a lot more than the cars, so it takes much more energy to get them moving.

  4. The cars are more streamlined

    No. A streamlined shape helps when the cars are moving quickly, but does not do much as they are starting up.

Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.

Florida

SC.5.P.13.3 Investigate and describe that the more mass an object has, the less effect a given force will have on the object's motion.
Wrong Way Balloon video, checked
High Bounce video, checked
The Difference Between Weight and Mass video, checked
Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked
Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked
Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked
Obedient Coin video, checked
Review Force and Motion-1 practice
Review Force and Motion-2 practice

Utah

UT.3.III.2.b Compare and chart the relative effects of a force of the same strength on objects of different weight (e.g., the breeze from a fan will move a piece of paper but may not move a piece of cardboard).
High Bounce video, checked
Floating Cups video, checked
Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked
Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked
Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked
Review Force and Motion-2 practice
Review Force and Motion-1 practice

NGSS

MS-PS2-2 Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object’s motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.
Water in a Glass, part 3 video, checked
Water in a Glass, part 1 video, checked
Newton's First Law of Motion video, ClosedCaptions
Obedient Coin video, checked
Wrong Way Balloon video, checked
Strange Flame, part 2 video, checked
Strange Flame, part 1 video, checked
Science Friction video, checked
Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked
More Science of Balance video, checked
Science of Balance video, checked
The Old Tablecloth Trick video
Bernoulli Effect video
Smoke Rings video
Floating Cups video, checked
The Difference Between Weight and Mass video, checked
Torque video
Water in a Glass, part 2 video, checked
Balancing a Meter Stick text page
Review Force and Motion-1 practice
Review Force and Motion-2 practice
Review Force and Motion-4 practice

Science photo 718

Which of these is NOT a form of energy?

  1. Light

    No. Light is a form of kinetic energy.

  2. Thermal

    No. Thermal is a form of kinetic energy.

  3. Fire

    Yes. Fire is a chemical reaction that can produce forms of energy such as light, heat, and motion, but fire is NOT a form of energy.

  4. Motion

    No. Motion is a form of kinetic energy.

Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.

Florida

SC.4.E.6.3 Recognize that humans need resources found on Earth and that these are either renewable or nonrenewable.
Recycle video
Review Energy-4 quest
Review Energy-1 practice

Utah

NGSS

4-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment.
Investigating Acid Rain video, checked
Solar Power video, checked
Review Energy-4 quest
Review Energy-1 practice
5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
Recycle video
Review Energy-4 quest

I used this piece of quartz to scratch a piece of glass. What was I testing?

  1. Streak

    No. To test streak, you rub the mineral on a white tile, to see its color when it is powdered.

  2. Fracture

    No. Fracture is one way that minerals can break. I am not breaking the mineral.

  3. Hardness

    Yes. Hardness is measured by scratching other substances, such as your fingernail, copper, and glass. This quartz scratches the glass, which tells us it has a hardness or 5.5 or more. Actually, the hardness of quartz is 7, quite a bit harder than glass.

  4. Cleavage

    No. Cleavage is one of the ways that minerals can break. I am not breaking the mineral.

Click to see which state standards this question tests, and which of my videos, experiments, and other resources support that topic.

Florida

SC.4.E.6.2 Identify the physical properties of common earth-forming minerals, including hardness, color, luster, cleavage, and streak color, and recognize the role of minerals in the formation of rocks.
Definition of a Mineral video, checked
What is a Mineral? video, checked
Identifying Minerals video, learnalong
Minerals Around You text page, learnalong, checked
Review Minerals-3 practice
Review Minerals-4 practice
Review Minerals-5 practice
Review Minerals-6 practice
Review Minerals-7 practice
Review Minerals-8 practice
Review Minerals-1 practice
Review Minerals-2 practice

Utah

UT.4.III.1.b Observe rocks using a magnifying glass and draw shapes and colors of the minerals.
Definition of a Mineral video, checked
What is a Mineral? video, checked
Identifying Minerals video, learnalong
What is a Rock? video, learnalong, checked
Review Minerals-5 practice
Review Minerals-6 practice
Review Minerals-7 practice
Review Minerals-8 practice
Review Minerals-3 practice
Review Minerals-4 practice
UT.8.III.1.b Observe and describe the minerals found in rocks (e.g., shape, color, luster, texture, hardness).
Definition of a Mineral video, checked
What is a Mineral? video, checked
Identifying Minerals video, learnalong
What is a Rock? video, learnalong, checked
Review Minerals-3 practice
Review Minerals-4 practice
Review Minerals-5 practice
Review Minerals-6 practice
Review Minerals-7 practice
Review Minerals-8 practice
Review Minerals-1 practice
Review Minerals-2 practice

NGSS

5-PS1-3 Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
Density: Ice, Oil, and Water video, checked
Wax and Wood, part 1 video, checked
Wax and Wood, part 2 video, checked
What is a Mineral? video, checked
Identifying Minerals video, learnalong
Raw Egg or Boiled? video, checked
Making Turmeric Paper video, checked
Testing for Tannic Acid video
Definition of a Mineral video, checked
Floating Bubbles video, checked
Finding Fat in Foods video, ClosedCaptions, checked
Fireworks Colors video
Iron Cereal video, ClosedCaptions, checked
A Cool Change text page
Acid Hunt text page
Review Minerals-2 practice
Review Minerals-3 practice
Review Minerals-4 practice
Review Minerals-5 practice
Review Minerals-6 practice
Review Minerals-7 practice
Review Minerals-8 practice

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