Force & Motion
Two 5th grade classes are playing tug-of-war. If the center of the rope is not moving, what must be true?
A. Both classes are pulling equally.
B. Both classes have equal mass.
C. The forces are balanced.
D. One class is pulling harder than the other.
C. Both Forces are balanced
Which abiotic factor below indicates a difference between a river ecosystem and an ocean ecosystem?
A. Sharks
B. Water
C. Algae
D. Salt
D. salt
How does the Respiratory System
help the body stay alive?
A. It helps the body to respond to
the environment
B. It helps the body get gases from the atmosphere
C. It helps the body move
D. It helps the body maintain a stable environment
B. It help the body get gases from the atmosphere
Which of the following is not an example of a chemical change?
A. freezing
B. burning
C. baking
D. Rust
A. freezing
Emily records seasonal changes in Charlotte. She uses monthly averages of temperature and precipitation to do this. What is she observing?
A. the water cycle
B. the weather
C. the climate
D. cold fronts
C. the climate
Which best describes the Earth’s gravitational force?
A. It pulls objects away from the air
B. It’s mass is smaller than the moon
C. It pulls objects closer to the Earth
D. The gravitational force does not exist on Earth
C. It pulls objects closer to the Earth
How is a food web different from a food chain?
A. They are the same thing
B. It is more complex
C. It is easier to understand
D. It is constantly changing
B. It is more complex
How do all the children in a family grow up to have a similar height?
A. They are healthy and exercise
B. They all ate carrots
C. They all acquired their height
D. They all inherited their genes
D. They all inherited their genes
A 6 gram ice cube melted. How much water resulted?
A. 3 grams
B. 5 grams
C. 6 grams
D. 12 grams
C. 6 grams
Which factor will most likely increase evaporation rates?
A. an increase in transpiration
B. a decrease in sunlight
C. an increase in sunlight
D. an increase in conduction
C. an increase in sunlight
A branch on a large tree falls and breaks. It falls 20 meters in 1 second. In the next second, it falls 30 meters more. Which statement best describes the motion of the branch?
A. It changes direction
B. It is slowing down
C. It becomes larger
D. It is speeding up
D. It is speeding up
Which organisms make up the bottom of the energy pyramid?
A. producers
B. primary consumers
C. top consumers
D. decomposer
A. producers
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a living thing?
A. Covered in fur and hair
B. Made of cells
C. Ability to get energy
D. Responds to the environment
A. Covered in fur and hair
Which of the following is an example of a physical change?
A. A piece of metal changing color from being outside
B. A glass being broken
C. Baking a cake
D. Logs burning in a fire
B. A glass being broken
What type of weather will a warm front bring?
A. Cold and wet
B. Cold and dry
C. Warm and dry
D. Warm and wet
D. warm and wet
Students did an experiment where they dropped a cup, a book, tissue paper and a paper clip. They found that the tissue paper took the longest. Why did it take the longest to fall?
A. It has the largest volume
B. It experienced the most wind resistance
C. It was probably the largest
D. It experienced the most gravity
B. It experienced the most wind resistance
What ecosystem contains organisms that must adapt frequently to changing salinity levels?
A. tropical rain forest
B. deciduous forest
C. estuary
D. pond
C. estuary
What are the main components of the nervous system?
A. bones, ligaments and tendons
B. stomach, esophagus and intestines
C. brain, spinal cord and neurons
D. heart, arteries and veins
C. brain, spinal cord and nerves
A material that conducts heat energy easily is
a (n)
A. insulator
B. conductor
C. metal
D. liquid
B. conductor
What creates global winds?
A. differences in the geography of the land
B. difference in precipitation
C. difference in clouds
D. difference in sunlight
A. differences in the geography of the land
Thomas rolls a bowling ball and a beach ball. If he rolls with the same force, which one travels further?
A. They will travel the same distance
B. The beach ball
C. The bowling ball
D. They will not move because it is a balanced force
B. the beach ball
Why is sunlight important to ecosystems?
A. Sunlight provides light for living things to see
B. Sunlight is the only source for animals
C. Sunlight isn’t needed in an ecosystem
D. Sunlight provides energy needed for producers to store food
D. Sunlight provides energy needed for producers to store food
What is a a job of the skeletal system?
A. Sends messages from brain to cells
B. Digests food
C. Makes red blood cells
D. Transport blood
C. Makes red blood cells
Liquid water that turns into water vapor (from the sun's heat Energy) is a process called?
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Transpiration
D. Precipitation
A. Evaporation
A rising barometer means that the weather will most likely:
A. improve
B. stay the same
C. get worse
D. get warmer
A. improve