5th Grade Science 1
What is the difference between rotation and revolution
Rotation is the spinning action of a planet on its axis. Take 24 hours. Causes day and night.
Revolution is the orbit of a planet around the sun. Takes a year.
The inner planets are made of ________.
Rock
How long does it take for Earth to revolve around the sun?
365 days/ a year
What does a herbivore eat?
plants
What is the saying we learned to remember the planets?
My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nachos.
Sun sets in the _________.
WEST
The outer planets are made of _______.
Gases
How many days does it take for the lunar (moon) cycle?
28 days
Producers are
plants that make their own food
What causes seasons
The Earth's tilt
Food webs are different than food chains because there are _____________________.
Multiple food chains (many connected)
This is the process called when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy to make their own food?
What is Photosynthesis?
Primary source of energy for all food chains is the ____.
sun
Consumers are
organisms that eat other consumers or producers
Name a decomposer
fungi, mushrooms, bacteria, worms
A ______ revolves around Earth
Moon
What are the planets in order from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
what does an omnivore eat?
plants and meat
what does a carnivore eat?
meat
What planets are between the earth and the sun?
Mercury and Venus
a path that one object takes around another object
Orbit
What is between the inner and outer planets?
Asteroid Belt
What does the arrow represent in Food Webs/Chains?
ENERGY
An animal who breaks down dead things is called a ______.
decomposer
Causes objects to slow down
friction