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Grade 5 Challenge: Science Riddles Worksheet with Answers

Grade 5 (US) · Year 6 (UK) · Class 5 (India) · Science

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Riddles about planets, animals, weather and matter for young scientists. This free upper elementary worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Challenge: Science Riddles

Grade 5 · Science

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Learning goal: Challenge Puzzles

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

I fall from the sky but am not rain. I am cold and white. What am I?

Answer: snow

Part A

Match each clue to the right word. Write the letter in the box.

  1. 1I am water you can't pour because I am frozen. What am I?
  2. 2I am the hottest planet, even though I am not the closest to the sun. What am I?
  3. 3I pull everything toward Earth but you can't see me. What am I?
  4. 4I am the only planet known to have life. What am I?
  5. 5I am a mammal that can fly. What am I?
  6. 6I change from a caterpillar into something with wings. What am I?
  • AGravity
  • BVenus
  • CButterfly
  • DIce
  • EBat
  • FEarth
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

Word bank

mercurynitrogenoxygena treediamondthe sun
  1. 7

    I am a gas that makes up most of the air you breathe. What am I?

  2. 8

    I have roots but I am not a tooth, and I have leaves but I am not a book. What am I?

  3. 9

    I am the hardest natural mineral. What am I?

  4. 10

    I can't be seen, but without me a fire goes out. What am I?

  5. 11

    I am a metal that is liquid at room temperature. What am I?

  6. 12

    I am a star that you can see in the daytime. What am I?

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  1. 1.D — ice
  2. 2.B — Venus
  3. 3.A — gravity
  4. 4.F — Earth
  5. 5.E — a bat
  6. 6.C — a butterfly
  7. 7.nitrogen
  8. 8.a tree
  9. 9.diamond
  10. 10.oxygen
  11. 11.mercury
  12. 12.the sun

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