This P5 Science SA2 paper from Red Swastika (2025) contains 40 questions worth 40 marks. Use it as a study reference for Science topics typically tested at P5 level in Singapore schools.
Q1MCQ
Bob wrote four statements about living things.
A All living things reproduce.
B All living things respond to changes.
C All living things can make their own food.
D All living things need air, food and water to survive.
Which statement(s) is/are correct?
Q2MCQ🖼 Visual
Study the flow chart below.
Which statement is correct?
Q3MCQ🖼 Visual
The following table gives information on four plants, J, K, L and M, based on two characteristics. A tick (✓) shows that the characteristic is present.
From the information in the table above, the plants are classified as shown below.
Which plant, J, K, L or M, can be classified as Y?
Q4MCQ🖼 Visual
The diagram below shows part of a leaf of a plant when viewed under a microscope.
Fairuz made three statements about the tiny openings.
A They absorb water for the plant.
B They release carbon dioxide only.
C They allow the leaf to take in food.
Which of the following statement(s) about the tiny openings is/are correct?
Q5MCQ🖼 Visual
A group of students were trapped in a lift. After one hour, they felt very uncomfortable as the types of gases in the air in the lift had changed.
Which of the following graphs shows correctly the change in the amount of the types of gases in the air after being trapped in the lift for one hour?
Q6MCQ
Which statement about cells is not correct?
Q7MCQ🖼 Visual
Jamie placed 2 identical pots of plant, J and H, in her school garden. She removed all the leaves from plant J as shown below.
She watered them daily. After a week, one plant died while the other remained healthy and alive.
Which plant died and why?
Q8MCQ🖼 Visual
The diagram below shows a seedling. The arrows show the transportation of substances P and Q inside the seedling.
Based on the diagram, which of the following is correct?
Q9MCQ
Which of the following is similar in the sexual reproduction of humans and flowering plants?
Q10MCQ🖼 Visual
The graph below shows the number of days in each stage of the life cycle of an insect.
Based on the graph, which of the following statements about the insect is true?
Q11MCQ🖼 Visual
The diagram below shows some mango fruits. One of the fruits was cut in half.
Which of the following statements is correct?
Q12MCQ🖼 Visual
Moira performed an experiment using two flowers from the same plant. He removed one part from flower Y and one part from flower Z. After some time, he recorded which flower could form a fruit.
Which of the following correctly shows the part of each flower that has been removed?
Q13MCQ🖼 Visual
Study the circuit.
When one bulb was blown, the other bulbs did not light up.
Which bulb was blown?
Q14MCQ🖼 Visual
In the four circuits, all the bulbs and batteries are new and identical.
Which of the following two bulbs have the same brightness?
Q15MCQ🖼 Visual
The diagram shows a circuit tester and the top view of a circuit card with three steel clips, V, W, and X. The steel clips are connected with wires on the underside of the circuit card.
The table shows the results when the circuit tester is connected to two of the steel clips.
Which of the following is/are possible on the underside of the circuit card?
Q16MCQ🖼 Visual
Alex had three rods, S, T and U, made of different materials. He placed them in various positions, X, Y and Z, as shown in the circuit below.
The table below shows the results of his experiment. A tick (✓) in the box indicates that the light bulbs L1 and L2 were lit.
Which of the statements is true?
Q17MCQ🖼 Visual
The volume of an object can be measured using a measuring cylinder. The object is first placed into the water. Then the change in the water level is observed.
Which object cannot have its volume measured using the above method?
Q18MCQ🖼 Visual
Sally used the set-up below to collect clean water from sea water.
Which of the following will help her to increase the amount of clean water she can collect?
A Add ice cubes to the plastic sheet.
B Use a bigger piece of plastic sheet.
C Using sea water that is at a higher temperature.
D Replace the container with another container that is wider.
Q19MCQ🖼 Visual
Study the set-up. The volume of the container is 100 cm³.
Using the pump, another 20 cm³ of water and 15 cm³ of air are added into the container. What is the final amount of air in the container?
Q20MCQ🖼 Visual
The freezing points and boiling points of four substances, A, B, C and D, are as shown.
Mary has a closed container of volume 80 cm³. She stored 100 cm³ of a substance in the container at 28 °C.
Which substance did she store in the container?
Q21MCQ🖼 Visual
Mingxin was able to see his shoe inside a plastic container.
Which of the following explains why he was able to see the shoe?
A There is light falling onto the shoe.
B The shoe reflects light into Mingxin's eyes.
C Light from Mingxin's eyes falls onto the shoe.
D The plastic container allows light to pass through.
Q22MCQ🖼 Visual
Study the diagram.
Which action will cause the shadow on the screen to be bigger?
A Move the screen further from the puppet.
B Move the puppet closer to the light source.
C Move the audience further from the screen.
D Move the light source further away from the puppet.
Q23MCQ🖼 Visual
A man was walking down a street from X to Y. There was a street lamp at position A.
Which graph shows how the length of his shadow changed during this time?
Q24MCQ🖼 Visual
Three similar bowls, D, E and F, each containing the same amount of hot soup are placed on the table in the same room.
Which statements are correct?
A The hot soup in bowl E has the highest temperature.
B The hot soup in bowl F has the most amount of heat.
C The hot soup in the three bowls has the same amount of heat.
D The hot soup in the three bowls will lose heat to the surroundings.
Q25MCQ🖼 Visual
A company wanted to select materials to make the handle and the base of a frying pan.
The worker in the company covered two ice cubes with two boxes made of different materials. He measured and recorded the time taken for the ice cubes to melt.
The results are shown in the graph below.
Which material should the company select for the handle and the base of a frying pan?
Q26MCQ🖼 Visual
The diagram shows an electromagnet.
Which of the following will increase the strength of the electromagnet?
A Increase the length of the wire.
B Increase the number of batteries.
C Change the direction of the battery.
D Increase the number of coils of wire around the iron nail.
Q27MCQ🖼 Visual
Carrie placed two magnets and one iron rod in the positions shown below. She tied rod X to a string and brought it near magnets A, B and the iron rod and observed what happened. She repeated the experiment for rod Y.
She recorded her observations in the table below. A tick (✔) indicates that there was attraction between the two objects.
Which of the following shows the bars for rods X and Y?
Q28MCQ🖼 Visual
Guoling conducted an experiment using a bar magnet to magnetise a steel bar and made the following conclusion, "The poles of magnetized steel bar will change if I use the opposite pole of the magnet to stroke steel bar."
Which pairs of diagrams support her conclusion?
Q29MCQ🖼 Visual
Plastic bags for wet umbrellas are often provided at the entrances of shopping malls to keep the floor dry on rainy days.
Which two of the following are the most important properties that these plastic bags must have?
Q30MCQ🖼 Visual
Faiz set up an experiment as shown below to investigate a property of three strips, L, M and N, made of different materials.
He added 50 g cubes onto each strip until d was 3 cm.
Based on his results, he concluded that strip N was the most flexible and strip L was the least flexible.
Which of the following results did he observe in order to arrive at his conclusion?
Q31Structured3 marks
An individual who suffers from asthma would feel shortness of breath as less oxygen enters the lungs when breathing in. While having this illness, Maya realised that her heartbeat was faster.
Maya measured the amount of oxygen in the air she breathed in and out.
(a) Would the amount of oxygen in the exhaled air increase, decrease or remain the same as inhaled air? (1m)
(b) Explain why Maya's heartbeat was faster when she has an asthma attack. (2m)
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Jane kept some mosquitoes at different temperatures of water. She observed the time taken for each stage of development in the mosquito's life cycle at the different temperatures.
She recorded her results in the table below.
(a) Based on the information given above, state the relationship between the length of time taken for a mosquito to develop into an adult and the temperature of water. (1m)
(b) Based on the information above, at which temperature of water will the mosquito take the longest time to develop into an adult? (1m)
(c) Based on the information given in the table and graph above, in which month will the number of adult mosquitoes most likely be the highest? Explain your answer. (2m)
(d) Some male mosquitoes carrying bacteria Y were released into Country X. The number of dengue cases decreased after the release of these male mosquitoes. Explain why. (2m)
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The diagram below shows how substances are transported in a plant. P and Q represent different parts of the plant. The arrows represent the movement of food and water.
(a) Identify parts P and Q. (2m)
The diagram below shows a tomato plant.
Kylie decided to remove all flowers from the plant except flower F. After a few days, she realised that flower F became bigger.
(b) Explain why flower F became bigger. (2m)
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The diagram below shows plant Z.
(a) Name the process where pollen grains is transferred from an anther to a stigma of a flower. (1m)
(b) Describe the process of fertilisation. (1m)
Study the diagram shown. The larva of organism A is often found eating the flowers of plant Z. Organism A is a pest and harms the flowers of plant Z.
(ci) What will happen to the number of fruits produced by plant Z? (1m)
(cii) Explain your answer in part (i). (2m)
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Kenneth constructed a circuit with identical batteries and four bulbs P, Q, R and S. He covered the wires connecting the bulbs with a card as shown.
All the bulbs lit up. He then replaced one bulb from the circuit each time with an eraser and observed the rest of the bulbs.
His observations are shown below.
(a) Explain why the bulbs lit up in the circuit. (1m)
(b) Complete the circuit diagram using wires to show how the four bulbs are connected. (2m)
(c) Give an advantage of using a switch in an electrical circuit. (1m)
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After John took a warm shower, he noticed a layer of substance formed on the mirror in the bathroom, causing the mirror to be fogged. The substance was removed after John wiped his hand on the mirror.
John opened his bathroom door and he noticed that the layer of substance disappeared after a short while.
(a) Name the process that caused the layer of substance on the mirror to disappear after John opened his bathroom door. (1m)
(b) Explain how the layer of substance formed on the mirror during John's warm shower. (2m)
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Eva conducted an experiment using three identical shirts, E, F and G, with a mass of 100 g each. She soaked the shirts in water and the mass of each shirt was 200 g after being soaked in water. She then hung the shirts to dry in her house as shown below.
She measured the mass of the shirts after two hours. Her results are recorded in a table below.
(a) State a possible mass of shirt E after three hours. (1m)
(b) Eva repeated the experiment above without shirt G. She wanted to investigate how temperature of the surrounding affects how quickly the shirts E and F will take to dry.
What are two changes she needs to make to the current setup after shirt G is removed? (2m)
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The experiment was set up in a dark room as shown.
Light from the torch was shone onto material W and the amount of light detected by the light sensor was measured. The experiment was repeated with different materials, X and Y, and the readings on the light sensor were recorded in a graph below.
(a) Explain why there was a shadow formed when an object was placed between the torch and material W. (1m)
(b) Which material is the most suitable to be used to make the lenses of a pair of sunglasses. Explain your answer. (1m)
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The table below shows how the length of a tile made of material V changes with temperature of the surrounding.
(a) State the relationship between the length of the tile and the temperature of the surrounding. (1m)
(b) State the increase in the length of the tile as the temperature of the surrounding increases from 28 °C to 34 °C. (1m)
Aisha built a model of a pavement at night. She pasted the tiles next to each other onto the pavement as shown.
The next day, she placed the model in the sun and found that the tiles cracked. The model was not disturbed by any person or animal.
(c) Explain why the tiles cracked in the day. (2m)
(d) Using the same type of tiles, suggest how Aisha can rebuild the model at the same place so that the tiles will not crack. (1m)
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Tim poured cold water into two bottles, A and B. Both bottles are made of material T. The bottles are left in the kitchen which has a temperature of 30 °C. The diagram below shows how the inside of each bottle looks like.
He measured and recorded the temperature of the water in each bottle after 30 minutes.
(a) Which bottle can keep the water colder? Explain your answer. (2m)
(b) Tim opened the cap of the bottles and left them on his kitchen table. State the temperature of the water in both bottles after five hours. (1m)
Tim did an experiment using material T with the setup shown below. He added 2 kg weights to material T until it broke.
(c) What property of material T is Tim testing for? (1m)
(d) Besides the property that Tim tested for in (c), name one other property material T must have. (1m)
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