5th Grade Science Practice Tests

Practice Tests

Topics

• Earth and Space Science

  • Earth's Resources and Environment

    • Use science ideas to protect Earth's resources

    • Use science ideas to protect Earth's environment

  • Earth's Distribution of Water

    • Describe the amounts of water on Earth

    • Describe the distribution of water on Earth

  • Differing Brightnesses of Stars

    • Argue and support that brightness in stars is due to distance

  • Patterns of Light and Stars

    • Reveal patterns in length and direction of shadows

    • Reveal patterns in length of day and night

    • Reveal patterns in seasonal appearance of stars

    • Reveal patterns of change in graphical displays

  • Interactions of the Four Spheres of Earth

    • Model ways the four spheres of Earth interact

    • Describe ways the four spheres of Earth interact

• Life Science

  • Growth Needs of Plants

    • Argue that plants need air/water to grow

    • Support how plants need air and water to grow

  • Movement of Matter

    • Model the movement of matter among decomposers

    • Model the movement of matter among plants

    • Model the movement of matter among environments

    • Model the movement of matter among organisms

• Physical Science

  • Creating Something New Via Mixture

    • Investigate whether mixing substances creates something new

  • Identifying Material Properties

    • Identify materials based on properties with measurement

    • Identify materials based on properties with observation

  • Energy from Animals' Food

    • Model how energy in animals' food originated from the sun

    • Model the energy in animals' food

  • Direction of Gravitational Force

    • Argue and give support that gravitational force is directed downward

  • Particle Size

    • Model that matter is too small to see

    • Describe how matter is too small to see

  • Conservation of Matter

    • Measure and graph evidence of matter being conserved