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2013
MCSD Grade 5 Science Quarterly Assessment Q1
Camilla Burton
K-12 Science Supervisor
Monroe County School District
Important:
The items in this assessment measures students mastery of
Grade 5 FCAT Science 2.0 benchmarks. This assessment requires 55 minutes to complete. Many students may complete
the assessment before time expires. Please use the suggested
time when administering the assessment in your classroom.
Student scores should be scanned into performance matters by October 28, 2013. Teachers should analyze this data
for benchmark deficits and determine ways to assist students
in mastering the benchmarks assessed. The items in this test
are secured and should be kept in a secure location.
All answer sheets and student bubble forms must be printed
from Performance Matters online program.
Grade 5 Science Quarterly Assessment Q1
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Christy’s mother observed that there are more flies this summer than there usually
are. Which sequence of steps can Christy use to investigate whether this is true?
a. make a plan, gather information, organize data, draw a conclusion
b. gather information, make a plan, organize data, draw a conclusion
c. make a plan, organize data, draw a conclusion, gather information
d. draw a conclusion, gather information, organize data, make a plan
____ 2. For an experiment, Rosalinda set up four beakers as shown below.
Which variable is being tested in the experiment?
a. size of the measuring cup
b. amount of baking soda
c. amount of liquid
d. type of liquid
____ 3. Angel observed the temperature of a 200 mL sample of water as it was freezing.
Water Temperature
18 ºC (64.4 ºF)
5 ºC (41 ºF)
3 ºC (37.4 ºF)
1 ºC (33.8 ºF)
0 ºC (32 ºF)
Time
(Hours)
0
1
2
3
4
What was Angel doing when he made the chart above?
a. organizing and recording his observations
b. drawing conclusions about his observations
c. controlling his variables
d. interpreting his data
____ 4. When a scientist performed an experiment, she did not get the results she expected.
What should she do?
a. change the results
b. assume her results are correct
c. assume her results are incorrect
d. do the experiment again to test her results
____ 5. Lynette’s teacher told students to repeat their experiments at least three times.
Why did she say this?
a.
b.
c.
d.
to make sure their results are correct
to do the experiments on different data samples
to take up the whole science class time with the experiment
to have a chance to use different methods to gather their data
____ 6. Francisco is doing an experiment to see what materials complete a circuit.
Which activity will NOT be part of his experiment?
a.
b.
c.
d.
recording observations
gathering opinions
interpreting data
making a plan
____ 7. Valeria wrote these observations about orange juice.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Fresh-squeezed orange juice is better than frozen orange juice.
Brand A orange juice contains more vitamin C than Brand B orange juice.
Orange juice is good frozen into ice pops.
My favorite breakfast drink is orange juice.
Which of Valeria’s statements can be tested with an experiment?
a. Statement 1
b. Statement 2
c. Statement 3
d. Statement 4
____ 8. Dora thinks that there are more frogs in the pond by her house when the water
temperature is higher. She is making a chart to use as she gathers data to see
whether she is correct.
What data should Dora record on her chart?
a. time, air temperature, water temperature
b. date, time, air temperature, number of frogs
c. date, time, water temperature, number of frogs
d. date, air temperature, wind speed, number of frogs
____ 9. About three fourths of the galaxies that have been discovered are spiral galaxies. In
which spiral galaxy is Earth located?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sunflower galaxy
Milky Way galaxy
Triangulum galaxy
Andromeda galaxy
____ 10. What would an astronomer expect to find in a galaxy?
a. stars, but not planets
b. planets, but not stars
c. stars, planets, and other objects
d. many new stars, but no dust or gas
____ 11. Which of these describes a sphere of hot gases that gives off its own light and heat?
a. star
b. planet
c. galaxy
d. asteroid
____ 12. During a trip to a planetarium, Greg learned that the outer planets are Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Which statement describes the four outer planets?
a. They do not have rings.
b. They do not have moons.
c. They are made mostly of gas.
d. They have rocky surfaces and volcanoes.
____ 13. Gayle made a drawing showing the relative sizes of the planets in our solar system.
How are the four outer planets different from the four inner planets?
a. They are smaller.
b. They all have moons.
c. They have no atmosphere.
d. They take less time to orbit the Sun.
____ 14. Where are most of the asteroids in our solar system found?
a. in orbit beyond Pluto
b. moving towards the Sun
c. between Earth and the Moon
d. in orbit between Mars and Jupiter
____ 15. Vijay and Raul made this hanging mobile showing some of the objects in our solar
system.
What does the mobile show?
a. The Moon and the Sun orbit Earth.
b. Earth orbits the Sun, but the Moon does not.
c. The Moon orbits Earth, and Earth orbits the Sun.
d. Earth is at the center of the orbits of the Moon and the Sun.
____ 16. Hannah is making spaghetti. She put water in a large pot and turned on the stove.
While she was waiting for the water to boil, she got a phone call. By the time she
returned some of the water in the pot had boiled away.
Which process describes what happened to the water?
a.
b.
c.
d.
condensation
evaporation
melting
precipitation
____ 17. In what state is the water that forms fog?
a.
b.
c.
d.
gas
liquid
solid
precipitation
____ 18. The water in Levi’s birdbath changed from a liquid to a solid. What change occurred
in the weather?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The temperature increased.
The water vapor in the air changed to a gas.
The amount of water vapor in the air increased.
The temperature dropped below 0 ºC (32 ºF).
____ 19. Sovann drew this model of the water cycle.
Phase A in Sovann’s water cycle occurs over the ocean. Which part of the water
cycle is Phase A?
a.
b.
c.
d.
condensation
evaporation
precipitation
runoff
____ 20. This is Cham’s drawing of the water cycle over the ocean.
What is the source of energy for the water cycle?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Earth’s rotation
precipitation
run off
Sun
____ 21. Looking at a globe, Liam noticed that about two thirds of Earth’s surface is ocean.
What can he conclude about oceans in Earth’s water cycle?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Oceans hold most of Earth’s water.
River runoff is the source of most ocean water.
Water flows from oceans into lakes and streams.
You cannot drink salt water so oceans are not important.
____ 22. Fen and her family went camping and enjoyed looking at the stars. Fen saw that
some stars are brighter than others.
Which of these does NOT affect the brightness of a star as seen from Earth?
a. size
b. temperature
c. number of planets
d. distance from Earth
____ 23. Why is the sun the brightest star in the sky?
a.
b.
c.
d.
it is the largest star in our galaxy
it is the brightest star in our galaxy
it is the closest star to Earth our galaxy
it is the hottest star in our galaxy
____ 24. Beth is doing an experiment to determine how often she should fertilize her bean
plants so they will grow best. She is going to test four plants as shown in the table.
Plant
Fertilization Schedule
A
B
C
D
never
monthly
weekly
daily
Which variable is Beth testing?
a.
b.
c.
d.
brand of fertilizer used
amount of fertilizer used
how often the plant is fertilized
time of day the plants are fertilized
____ 25. Gavin and Lily are having glasses of iced tea with their lunch. As their drinks sit in
the room temperature air while they eat lunch, they observe water droplets
forming on their glasses. Which phase of the water cycle do they observe?
a.
b.
c.
d.
condensation
evaporation
precipitation
runoff