5th Grade Science 1
The steps that scientist take to answer a testable question.
The Scientific Method
the push or pull of objects
What is force?
Who is Ms. Wood's favorite student?
SHE DOESN'T HAVE ONE!! SHE LOVES ALL OF HER STUDENTS!
Water, wind, and other natural forces cause rocks and earth to wear away. These forces also move bits of rock and earth to new places. This movement changes the shape of the land. These processes are called...
erosion
What are the 8 planets in order?
What is Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
What is a possible answer to a scientific question?
Hypothesis
This is the fifth planet from the sun?
What is Jupiter?
What is the name of the binoculars in Toy Story?
Lenny the Binoculars
Plants that make their own food.
What are Producers?
What causes motion?
Unbalanced forces
Give two differences between the inner and outer planets.
solid/gas, small/big, closer/further
This is the process called when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy?
What is Photosynthesis?
Name 2 TV shows that aired in the 90's.
Friends, Seinfeld, 90210, That 70's Show, Boy Meets World, The Wonder Years, The Simpsons, Fresh Prince of Belair... so much more
An organism that cannot produce its own food and must eat other plants and/or animals to get energy.
Consumers
The sun rises in this direction
What is the east?
the earth revolves around this object
What is the Sun?
How many days does it take for the earth revolve around the sun?
A molecule that contains the genetic code that is unique to every individual...
DNA or Deoxyribonucleic acid
Carnivores eat this
What is meat?
Name the 3 states of matter.
Solid, liquid, gas
it takes 24 hours
What is the Earth's rotation?
the largest AND smallest planet in our solar system
What is Mercury and Jupiter?
Finish the lyric:
Take me out to the ball game. Take me out with the crowd....
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack. I don’t care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team. If they don’t win it’s a shame. For it’s one, two, three strikes, you’re out. At the old ball game!
Organisms that only eat plants.
Herbivore?
The number of days does it takes for the lunar (moon) cycle?
What is about 27 days or a month?
Give an example of a predator and prey relationship.
Fox and a rabbit.
The formula for SPEED
Speed = Distance / Time
What is Ms. Wood's favorite chocolate bar?
3 Musketeers
Name 2 decomposers.
Bacteria and fungi
T or F - Planets closer to the sun orbit faster than planets farther away.
True
What is the sun?
What is a star?
Why do the moon and stars appear to change position?
Earth's rotation
Why is the sky blue?
Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered more than the other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.
The variable that CHANGES AS A RESULT in an experiment
What is dependent variable
An object at rest with stay at rest, an object in motion will stay in motion unless an outside force acts upon it.
Inertia
a path that one object takes around another object
What is revolution?
What is the reason for all investigations and experiments?
There is a QUESTION!
True or False - The climate in the northeastern region of the United States is typically humid and cold.
True
What breaks down dead organic matter in an ecosystem?
decomposers
Worms, maggots, and bacteria are know as this
What are decomposers?
What is the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?
A biotic factor is a living component, whereas an abiotic factor is a NONliving component.
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
Food webs consist of many food chains. Both show the energy flow within an ecosystem.
What does CAASPP stand for?
California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress
What does the Solar System consist of?
The Sun and everything that revolves around it (Sun, planets, asteroids, comets).
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at any given place and time. It can very depending on the time of day, season, or location.
Climate is the average weather pattern of a region over time. It varies from place to place it depends on average temperature and average rainfall.
Primary consumers (insects, mice) eat _________.
Plants
Uses suns energy to make its own food.
What is a producer?
What does the acronym PhD stand for?
Doctor of Philosopohy
The more mass an object has, the more force is needed to move it. T or F?
T
Why is the ocean salty?
Ocean salt primarily comes from rocks on land and openings in the seafloor. Salt in the ocean comes from two sources: runoff from the land and openings in the seafloor. Rocks on land are the major source of salts dissolved in seawater. Rainwater that falls on land is slightly acidic, so it erodes rocks.