5th Grade Science
Organisms that make their own food.
Producers.
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Precipitation.
A trait passed down from parents.
Inherited trait.
Push or pull on an object
Force.
This is what an herbivore eats.
Producers or plants.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation and run-off are major parts of this global process.
The Water Cycle.
What type or resource is wind
renewable resource
Weather instrument that measures temperature.
Thermometer.
This is what a carnivore eats.
Other consumers or meat.
Water droplets forming from water vapor.
Condensation.
Organisms that eat other organisms.
Consumers.
This is resistance of motion.
Friction.
Day to day, hour by hour changes in the conditions in atmosphere (air around you).
Weather.
The type of consumers eat both plants and animals.
Omnivores.
Name an insulator of electrical energy
plastic, rubber, cardboard, glass...
Which safety tool protects the eyes
Goggles
Organisms that break down dead organic material.
Decomposers.
Where do producers get energy?
The Sun
Where is oil and natural gas found
bottom of the ocean.
What organism in every ecosystem is needed by all others to survive?
Producers (in most cases, plants).
The correct 4 stages of the water cycle starting with evaporation, ending with runoff.
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff.
Coal can be found in....
A predator is an organism in any ecosystem that consumes ___________.
Prey.
Which tool is used to see small objects appear larger?
magnifying glass
webbed feet is an adaptation that helps animals...
survive and swim in aquatic environments
Why do we have day and night time?
because of the Earth's rotation.
State of matter that changes from gas to liquid is called....
condensation
What is responsible for precipitation falling?
Long term weather patterns. Key words: years, decades...
Climate.
This is what Earth spins on.
Its axis.
Jonathan pulls his chair out to sit down. Is that an example of a balanced or unbalanced force?
Unbalanced
How long does it take Earth to orbit around the sun?
1 Year or 365 days.
Trail mix is an example of this.
A mixture.
This is the reaction of when bread gets turned into toast, changing it into a new substance
A Chemical Reaction.