5th Grade Science
Organisms that make their own food.
Producers.
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail or examples of what? The answer is NOT "weather".
Precipitation.
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is MATTER?
The process involved when matter changes from a liquid to a gas.
What is EVAPORATION?
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.
True or False
rocks, water, and dirt are biotic things
False
Rocks and soil are part of this sphere.
Weather instrument that measures temperature.
Thermometer.
What is the hydropshere?
Matter exists as particles that are too small to be seen.
a. sometimes false c. always false
b. always true
b. always true
Water droplets forming from water vapor.
Condensation.
An ecosystem that permafrost, low vegetation, migration, and hibernation.
What is the tundra ecosystem?
Organisms that eat other organisms.
Consumers. Predators is also an acceptable answer.
Most of Earth's freshwater is found here.
What are GLACIERS?
Natural resources that cannot be replaced once they are used and exist in a fixed amount.
What are non-renewable resources?
The amount of moisture in the air is called:
a.Barometric pressure
b.Wind
c.Temperature
d.Humidity
d.Humidity
Most of the Earth's water is in the ______.
What is:
OCEANS
These are Earth's 4 spheres.
What are Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Geosphere, Atmopshere?
Major adverse(harmful) events that result from the Earth's natural processes.
What is Natural disaster?
Organisms that break down dead organic material.
Decomposers.
Where do producers get energy?
The Sun
What are shadows like in the beginning of the day and the end of the day?
long
How long does it take Earth to orbit around the sun?
365.25 days or 1 year or 365 days
Biotic things are:
a. Living b. Non- Living c. Natural things
d. Sand
a. Living
What organism in every ecosystem is needed by all others to survive?
Producers (in most cases, plants).
__________ is the average weather over a period of time.
a. abiotic b. climate c. biotic d. adaptation
Name at least three phases of the water cycle.
b. Climate
A phase when the moon is between the Earth and the sun.
What is new Moon?
Harmful chemicals, smoke, or trash that get into the air, water, or land making it unsafe for living organisms.
What is pollution?
A predator is an organism in any ecosystem that consumes ___________.
Prey.
Which best describes grasses, shrubs, and trees?
a. producers b. consumers
c. decomposers d. scavengers
a. Producers
When the Earth blocks the sunlight from reaching the moon.
What is lunar eclipse?
_________ is the practice of using natural resources responsibility?
What is substainability?
What is one thing that non-living things don't give us?
a. food b. air c. water d. sunlight
a. Food
Water in a graduated cylinder weighs 20 grams. Fifteen grams of salt is added to warm water which causes it to dissolve. What is the mass of the water after the salt dissolves?
What is 35 GRAMS?
Name at least three phases of the water cycle.
Condensation, Precipitation, Evaporation, Collection
What is responsible for things falling?
Gravity
This is how long it takes for the moon to orbit Earth?
What is 27-29 days
This is what Earth spins on.
Its axis.
Everything that surrounds and effects an animal, living and non-living.
What is an ecosystem or environment?
Energy released from food started off as energy from the what?
What is THE SUN?
Plants grow primarily because of these two things.
What is sunlight and water?
Trail mix is an example of this.
a. mixture b. solution c.particles d.photosynthesis
A mixture.
Which of the following is a biotic resource of an ecosystem? (a) Sun (b) Water (c) Tree (d) Rock
c. Tree
A phase of the moon that appears to get larger each night.
What is waxing?
This is the reaction of when bread gets turned into toast, changing it into a new substance
A Chemical Reaction.