Year 5 Properties and Changes of Materials Worksheet - Beginner

Year 5 Properties and Changes of Materials worksheet for Year 5 (Key Stage 2 / Year 3-6 (Ages 7-11)). Beginner level science practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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Materials in Action: Properties, Mixtures and Changes

Year 5 Science | Beginner level | Ages 9–10

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Instructions: Read each question carefully and use the clues provided. Write answers in the boxes; scientific words such as dissolve, filter and reversible will help you explain your thinking. The questions cover material properties, dissolving, separating mixtures, and reversible and irreversible changes.

Compare the Properties

Use the information in the table to answer each question. A transparent material lets light pass through so that you can see through it. Write a short answer in each box.

Material	Hard or soft?	Transparent or opaque?	Conducts electricity?
Copper	Hard	Opaque	Yes
Rubber	Soft	Opaque	No
Glass	Hard	Transparent	No

1. Which material in the table is soft?

2. Which material is transparent?

3. Which material conducts electricity?

4. Name the two hard materials.

Dissolving: What Can You Observe?

A soluble solid dissolves in a liquid and seems to disappear, forming a solution. An insoluble solid does not dissolve. Use the observations below rather than guessing from the material’s appearance.

A pupil stirs each solid into water and waits two minutes.

Sugar: the solid is no longer visible.

Sand: grains remain at the bottom.

Salt: the solid is no longer visible.

1. Which two solids dissolved in the water?

2. Which solid was insoluble?

3. What is the name for a solid that dissolves in a liquid?

4. After sugar dissolves, has it vanished, or is it still mixed through the water?

Choose a Way to Separate a Mixture

Match each mixture to a suitable method by writing the method’s name in the box. Sieving separates solids of different sizes; filtering separates an insoluble solid from a liquid; evaporating can recover a dissolved solid from a solution.

Methods: sieving, filtering, evaporating

1. Separate large stones from small sand.

2. Separate sand from water.

3. Recover dissolved salt from salty water.

4. Separate small pasta shapes from cooking water using a sieve.

Reversible or Irreversible?

A reversible change can be undone to get the original material back. An irreversible change makes a new material or cannot easily be undone. Decide which description best fits each change and write it in the box.

1. Ice melts into liquid water.

2. Water freezes into ice.

3. A piece of paper burns and becomes ash.

4. An iron nail rusts.

5. Chocolate melts when warmed and becomes solid again when cooled.