Free Year 6 Physical science Quiz — 10 Questions, Instant Results

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Physical science in Year 6 science

Here is the ground the questions cover. In Year 6 physical science covers electrical energy, simple circuits, energy transformations and energy sources.

The items are tagged to the Victorian Curriculum for Year 6, so a score here reflects the standard a Year 6 class is working to, not a generic online level.

Mistakes we see most often in physical science

A wrong answer is more useful than a right one if you know why it happened. In sessions with Year 6 students, these are the patterns our tutors see most:

• Electricity is used up in a circuit.
• Heat and temperature are treated as the same thing.
• Light is thought to come from our eyes.

None of these is a sign of low ability. Each is a reasonable idea that worked in an earlier year and needs replacing, which is exactly what a good explanation, or a tutor, does.

Ways to build physical science at Year 6

If the quiz shows a gap, more of the same worksheets rarely fixes it. Try these instead:

1. Make shadows with a torch and measure how they change.
2. Test which objects a magnet attracts.
3. Build a simple circuit with a battery, bulb and wires.

Middle primary science is best learned by doing and explaining. Simple home investigations, a results table and a one-sentence conclusion build the habits the curriculum wants.

About the questions on this page

The 10 questions are drawn from 27 eligible items on physical science in our Year 6 science bank, all at the easy and at-level tiers. The selection is fixed for this address so a shared link shows the same quiz; press New set of questions or add ?seed= to the address for a different mix. Options are shuffled, no two questions share a stem, and the answer key is fetched from our server only after you submit, so it is not hidden in the page.

Because every question here is on physical science, a low score is a clear signal and a high score is genuinely reassuring for this topic. What it cannot tell you is whether the other Year 6 science topics are equally secure, or how far above the year level the student can go; the free Skills Check covers both.

The quiz: 10 questions

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Question 1

Physical science

A shadow of a tree is very long in the early morning but much shorter at midday. Why?

The tree blocks less light at midday The Sun gets brighter at midday The tree grows shorter during the day The Sun is higher in the sky at midday

Question 2

Physical science

When you turn up the volume on a speaker, how does the sound change?

It becomes higher pitched It becomes louder because the vibrations are bigger It travels faster through the air It changes into light energy

Question 3

Physical science

Two magnets are brought together and push each other apart. What does this tell you?

One magnet has lost its magnetism The magnets are made of plastic Like poles are facing each other Opposite poles are facing each other

Question 4

Physical science

Sound is made when objects…

Glow Freeze Melt Vibrate

Question 5

Physical science

A student rubs a balloon on their hair and holds it near small pieces of paper. The paper jumps up to the balloon. What causes this?

Magnetism in the paper Gravity pulling the paper up Static electricity on the balloon The balloon getting warmer

Question 6

Physical science

A ball is dropped and a feather is dropped from the same height in a normal classroom. Why does the ball usually land first?

The feather has no gravity acting on it The ball is attracted to the floor by magnetism Air resistance slows the feather more Gravity is stronger on the ball

Question 7

Physical science

A hockey puck slides across ice and travels much further than the same puck sliding across a wooden gym floor. Which statement best explains the difference?

Gravity is stronger on the wooden floor than on the ice. The puck has more stored energy on the ice than on the wooden floor. The ice surface produces less friction on the puck than the wooden floor does. The wooden floor pushes back harder against gravity, slowing the puck.

Question 8

Physical science

Which travels faster?

A car Light Wind Sound

Question 9

Physical science

Which statement about a magnet is correct?

Its poles can be removed by cutting it in half It only has one pole It attracts all metals equally It has a north pole and a south pole

Question 10

Physical science

What force pulls objects towards the ground?

Gravity Magnetism Friction Electricity

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Your result

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How to read a score out of 10

9 or 10 out of 10

The easy and at-level content is secure. The useful question now is how far above the year level the student can go, which a ten-item quiz cannot show. The free Skills Check adds stretch and challenge questions on every topic so you can see the ceiling as well as the floor.

7 or 8 out of 10

Solid, with one or two specific gaps. Look at which topic the incorrect answers came from (the results panel names the weakest topic) and spend a week on that topic before re-testing with a different seed.

5 or 6 out of 10

Some core ideas are shaky. The pattern matters more than the score: two misses in the same topic is a gap; misses scattered across topics usually means reading the question too fast. Either way, the Skills Check will tell you which.

4 or fewer out of 10

Foundations from an earlier year are probably missing, which is common and fixable. Try the quiz one year level down to confirm, then talk to a tutor about a short catch-up plan rather than more of the same practice.

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