STAAR Grade 5: Science

Question 1

What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

Answer

Respiration

Answer

Transpiration

Answer

Decomposition

Question 2

Which layer of Earth is made of liquid rock called magma?

Accepted Answer

Outer core

Answer

Crust

Answer

Mantle

Answer

Inner core

Question 3

What type of rock forms when magma cools and hardens?

Accepted Answer

Igneous

Answer

Sedimentary

Answer

Metamorphic

Answer

Limestone

Question 4

What happens to water when it evaporates?

Accepted Answer

It turns into water vapor

Answer

It freezes into ice

Answer

It becomes a solid

Answer

It combines with oxygen

Question 5

Which adaptation helps a cactus survive in the desert?

Accepted Answer

Thick waxy skin to store water

Answer

Large, broad leaves

Answer

Long roots that stay near the surface

Answer

Hollow stems that collect rain

Question 6

What is the main function of the circulatory system?

Accepted Answer

To transport blood throughout the body

Answer

To digest food

Answer

To filter waste from the blood

Answer

To support the body's frame