Grade 5 Science Questions and Answers
A free sample of Grade 5 Science practice questions with the correct answer and an explanation, following the Lebanese curriculum. Useful for revision before school tests.
أسئلة العلوم للصف 5 مع الأجوبة والشرح وفق المنهج اللبناني.
How to use this page: read each question, try to answer it yourself, then open the answer to check your reasoning. Questions are grouped by the chapter they belong to on EduRise, in the order of the Lebanese Grade 5 Science programme.
15 Grade 5 Science practice questions
Chapter: Ecosystems & Food Webs · easy
1. Which of these is a carnivore?
- A. A cow
- B. A deer
- C. A lion
- D. A goat
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Answer: A lion
Explanation: Lions eat other animals.
Chapter: Ecosystems & Food Webs · easy
2. Which animal lives in a freshwater pond?
- A. A camel
- B. A shark
- C. A polar bear
- D. A frog
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Answer: A frog
Explanation: Frogs live in ponds and rivers.
Chapter: Nervous System · easy
3. Which sense organ do we use to hear?
- A. The tongue
- B. The eyes
- C. The ears
- D. The nose
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Answer: The ears
Explanation: We hear with the ears.
Chapter: Nervous System · easy
4. Which sense organ do we use to smell?
- A. The eyes
- B. The nose
- C. The ears
- D. The tongue
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Answer: The nose
Explanation: We smell with the nose.
Chapter: Mixtures & Solutions · easy
5. Which of these is a solution?
- A. Lemonade
- B. Sand in water
- C. Trail mix
- D. Oil and water
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Answer: Lemonade
Explanation: The sugar dissolves completely in lemonade.
Chapter: Mixtures & Solutions · easy
6. Milk is a mixture of two…
- A. Metals
- B. Solids
- C. Rocks
- D. Liquids
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Answer: Liquids
Explanation: Milk has water and milk fat mixed together.
Chapter: Electricity & Magnetism · easy
7. What does a bulb need to light up?
- A. Electric current
- B. A magnet
- C. Water
- D. Wind
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Answer: Electric current
Explanation: Current flowing through the bulb makes it light.
Chapter: Electricity & Magnetism · easy
8. What is a conductor?
- A. A material that blocks electricity
- B. A magnet with one pole
- C. A material that lets electricity pass
- D. A broken circuit
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Answer: A material that lets electricity pass
Explanation: Conductors let electricity pass.
Chapter: Earth Layers & Natural Disasters · easy
9. Which of these is NOT a natural disaster?
- A. A flood
- B. An earthquake
- C. A tornado
- D. A rainbow
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Answer: A rainbow
Explanation: A rainbow is harmless; the others are disasters.
Chapter: Earth Layers & Natural Disasters · easy
10. What shakes during an earthquake?
- A. The Moon
- B. The clouds
- C. The Sun
- D. The ground
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Answer: The ground
Explanation: An earthquake shakes the ground.
Chapter: Pollution & Environmental Protection · easy
11. Which place is a habitat for fish?
- A. A river
- B. A road
- C. A car park
- D. A garbage bin
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Answer: A river
Explanation: Fish live in water: a river is their home (habitat).
Chapter: Pollution & Environmental Protection · easy
12. Which vehicle makes no smoke?
- A. A bus
- B. A truck
- C. A car
- D. A bicycle
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Answer: A bicycle
Explanation: Bikes make no smoke.
Chapter: Light and Shadows · easy
13. What is light?
- A. A kind of sound
- B. A kind of liquid
- C. A form of energy
- D. A kind of rock
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Answer: A form of energy
Explanation: Light is energy that lets us see.
Chapter: Light and Shadows · easy
14. What forms when an opaque object blocks light?
- A. A shadow
- B. A mirror
- C. A rainbow
- D. An echo
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Answer: A shadow
Explanation: Blocked light leaves a shadow.
Chapter: The Solar System: Planets in Detail · easy
15. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the…
- A. outer planets
- B. moons
- C. stars
- D. inner planets
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Answer: inner planets
Explanation: They are the four inner planets.
More practice
These are sample questions only. The full Grade 5 Science course on EduRise includes every chapter, lessons, 936 questions and timed exams.
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About these questions
Where do these Grade 5 Science questions come from?
They are a sample from EduRise's Grade 5 Science question bank (936 questions across 9 chapters), written to follow the Lebanese curriculum. Each chapter on EduRise has its own practice set and a timed exam.
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