5th Grade Science 1
Enzo is pushing his brother on a swing. Enzo's brother says he wants his feet to go higher. What does Enzo need to do?
Push the swing with more force
This is what an animal who breaks down dead things is called
What is a decomposer?
A doctor says drinking two glasses of milk in the morning gives students more energy. Which is good scientific evidence for or against the doctors claim?
A) A brochure from the doctor stating benefits of milk
B) Data from scientific investigations about drinking milk in the morning
C) A TV advertisement about drinking milk in the morning
D) Statements from five people about drinking milk in the morning
B
The fifth planet from the sun.
What is Jupiter?
Animals that only eat plants.
What is an herbivore?
the gas that plants need to survive
what is carbon dioxide
Creates their own food using photosynthesis.
What is a producer?
An object in motion stays in motion, an object at rest stays at rest: unless something acts upon it
Newton's 1st Law
Travels in waves.
What is light and sound?
Why do stars appear to move at night?
Earth's rotation
Animals that only eat meat.
What is a carnivore?
A log burning is an example of what?
Chemical change
Animals that eat both plants and meat.
What is an omnivore?
Breaks down dead organic material.
What is a decomposer?
Animals that have to eat other things to obtain energy to survive.
What is a consumer?
Jonathan pulls his chair out to sit down. Is that an example of a balanced or unbalanced force?
The process when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy
What is Photosynthesis?
The silvery Javan gibbon is a monkey that lives in a tropical forest. Which adaptation would help it survive in its ecosystem?
A) Thick fur to stay warm in very cold winters in the tropical forest
B) Long arms with grasping fingers to hang and swing from branches
C) White fur to blend into leafy treetops
D) White fur to blend in during snowy winters
Long arms with grasping fingers
Organisms that eat other organisms
What are consumers?
A bird has a sharp, curved beak. What does it likely eat?
Meat/small animals
the earth revolves around this object
What is the Sun?
Material that allows light to completely pass through.
What is transparency?
Sound travels fastest through this medium.
What is a solid?
Carnivores eat this
What is meat?
Fast vibrations create this.
What is a high pitch?
it takes 24 hours
What is the Earth's rotation?
Bending of light.
What is refraction?
Gaseous planets in our solar system.
What is Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
this organism eats only plants
What is an herbivore?
For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.
What is Newton's Third Law?
what are the 3 states of matter?
What is solid, liquid, gas?
An object in motion stays in motion. An object at rest will stay at rest, unless a force acts up on it.
What is Newton's 1st Law?
What is a property of all matter?
Mass
Rocky planets in our solar system.
What is Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Earth?
Non-native species that harm the ecosystem.
What is invasive species?
Why do we see different constellations at different times of the year?
The Earth's revolution
Is water more or less dense than oil?
more dense
Material that does not allow light to pass through.
What is opaque?
where do producers get energy?
the sun
A complex network of interconnected food chains to illustrate the flow of energy in an ecosystem.
What is a food web?
It takes 365 days
What is revolution?
109 times larger than the Earth.
What is the size of the sun?
True or False
rocks, water, and dirt are living things
false
Invasive species in the Great Lakes.
What is a zebra mussel?
How many stars are in a galaxy?
Hundreds of billions
White light shines on a prism.
What is refraction of white light on a prism?
Uses suns energy to make its own food.
What is a producer?
break down dead material
What are decomposers?
A package is dropped from a plane. It drops quickly until a parachute opens. The package falls at a slower rate.
What is an example of air pushing up against the parachute?
an omnivore eats this
What are plants and meat?