Yr5 Diagnostic Test

Name ___________________________________ Date _____________
Year 5 diagnostic exam

1 a Label the layers of the structure of the Earth on the diagram.
b Which layer is solid and made of metal?
____________________________________________________________________________
c Which layer is liquid rock?
____________________________________________________________________________
d Complete these sentences to describe two reasons why this diagram is a good model
of the structure of the Earth.
The Earth is shaped like a ________________.

The diagram clearly shows the ________________ inside the Earth.
Cambridge Primary Science 5 – Fiona Baxter & Liz Dilley © Cambridge University Press 2021 1
2 Fill in the missing words to complete the sentences about how muscles work.
Muscles are joined to the _________________. Muscles _________________ on bones to make
them move. Muscles work in _________________. When one muscle _________________ and
gets shorter, the other muscle _________________ and gets longer.
3 a Underline the conductors of electricity in this list of materials:
copper plastic seawater cork wood aluminium glass pure water steel
Choose the right words to complete these conclusions.

Underline or highlight the words you choose.
b When you add a lamp to a circuit, all the lamps will shine more brightly than/less brightly
than/the same as before.
c When you add a cell to a circuit, all the lamps will glow more brightly than/less brightly than/the
same as before.
d If you add a cell and a lamp to a circuit that has only one cell and one lamp, all the
lamps will shine more brightly than/less brightly than/the same as before.
4 Class 4 drew a graph of the results of an investigation.
Look at their graph and answer the questions that follow.
a What did they measure?
____________________________________________________________________________
b What did they change?
____________________________________________________________________________
5 Draw rays on this diagram to show how Marcus sees the cricket ball. Label the rays.
a Label the parts of the volcano lettered A–D.
A: ___________________ B: ___________________
C: ___________________ D: ___________________
b What type of volcano is this?
___________________________________________________________________________
7 Tick two ways that each bird’s beak is suited to its habitat.
Shape of beak Short Long Flat Pointed Hooked
A bird that lives next to a

river and eats fish
A bird that lives in
grassland and eats seeds
8 The table show the properties of substance A and substance B.
Substance Flows from one container to Keeps its shape

the next
A  X
B X 
a What is a substance?
____________________________________________________________________________
b Which substance is a solid? A or B?
____________________________________________________________________________
c Draw the arrangement of particles in substance A.
9 An earthquake occurred in Japan. The epicentre was 10 km off the coast. Tsunami warnings
were sent to everyone living along the coast of Japan and other islands nearby.
a What is an epicentre?
____________________________________________________________________________
b What is a tsunami?
____________________________________________________________________________
c Why were warnings sent to people living along the coast?
____________________________________________________________________________
d Why does Japan often have earthquakes?
____________________________________________________________________________
10
This diagram shows the Earth at two points in its orbit around the Sun.
a What movement is the Earth doing around its axis?
____________________________________________________________________________
b What does this movement cause?
____________________________________________________________________________
c On the diagram, colour in the areas on both Earths that are having night.
d Explain why you shaded these parts of the Earth.
____________________________________________________________________________

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Name ___________________________________ Date _____________

Year 5 diagnostic exam

b Which layer is solid and made of metal?

c Which layer is liquid rock?

The Earth is shaped like a ________________.

Muscles are joined to the _________________. Muscles _________________ on bones to make

gets shorter, the other muscle _________________ and gets longer.

3 a Underline the conductors of electricity in this list of materials:

Choose the right words to complete these conclusions.

a What did they measure?

b What did they change?

a Label the parts of the volcano lettered A–D.

b What type of volcano is this?

Shape of beak Short Long Flat Pointed Hooked

A bird that lives next to a

8 The table show the properties of substance A and substance B.

Substance Flows from one container to Keeps its shape

b Which substance is a solid? A or B?

c Draw the arrangement of particles in substance A.

c Why were warnings sent to people living along the coast?

d Why does Japan often have earthquakes?

a What movement is the Earth doing around its axis?

b What does this movement cause?

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