Earth
From Earth: stars look like points of light in the night sky. The sun looks like a huge fireball in the sky. Why do other stars appear different from the sun?
The stars are farther from the Earth than the sun.
Scientists classify stars by many characteristics. One of them is their color. What color is the hottest star?
blue white
One of the ways the sun gives off energy is in the form of light. In which way does this light affect plants?
It allows plants to make their own food.
One day Jenna walked through her yard. She saw many small animals there (earthworm, grasshopper, lizard, or spider). Which of these animals that she saw is a vertebrate?
Lizard
Isabella puts a pot of water on the stove. With her mom’s help, she heats the water until it boils. Then she and her mom measure the temperature of the water. Which of the following temperatures is the water closest to (0 C, 32 F, 100 C, or 100F)?
100 C
Some constellations are visible from different places on Earth only during a part of the year. Why are constellations not visible everywhere on Earth all year long?
Earth’s revolution
Every night, the stars, and moon appear to move across the Earth’s sky. Why does this happens?
Earth rotates on its axis.
Food is made in the leaves of a plant. Where does the food from the leaves go next?
Stem
During the winter, a frog hibernates under water. What happens to the frog while it hibernates?
It uses less energy.
Lataya collects one leaf from each tree around the school. What would be the BEST way for Lataya to find out which leaf has the greatest mass?
Find the mass of each leaf in a pan balance.
Earth orbits the sun. Yet the sun appears to move through the sky. For example, the sun always appears to rise in the east and set in the west. What is responsible for this apparent motion of the sun?
Earth’s rotation
Kashvi likes to look out the window at the moon. She observes that it seems to change every week. Why does this happen?
The amount of the lighted part of the moon that faces Earth changes.
Ferns are plants that have roots, stems, and fronds, which are leaf structures made up of many very tiny leaves. Which structure are you likely to find on a fern?
Spore
Some living things feed only on plants. For example, rabbits eat only plants. What is the name for living things that eat only plants?
Herbivores
Saqib places an ice cube on a plate. The ice cube changed from a solid to a liquid. What happened to the amount of matter in the cube?
It stayed the same.
Cho finds two different kinds of sedimentary rock while on a rock hunt. Which of these rocks might be the two she found?
Limestone and shale
The bald cypress tree produces seeds that are protected within cones. This tree is found in Florida swamps where heavy rains create floods. The flood water spread the cones throughout the swamps. What role do the flood waters play in the life cycle of the bald cypress?
Seed dispersal
Monarch butterflies migrate to warm places every winter. What causes this?
Instinct
Objects can be sorted into groups using properties. What is a physical property of an object?
Something that can be observed about the object.
Florida has many natural resources. What is Florida's most abundant resource and is the MOST important for the survival of Florida’s residents?
Natural spring water
The cedar tree is a nonflowering plant. The orange blossom tree is a flowering plant. Both trees have similar life cycles. What is the order of events in the life cycles of both plants?
Pollination fertilization seed seed dispersal
The flow chart below shows an incomplete food chain. The arrows show how energy flows from one living thing to the next. Producer ????? Consumer Decomposer
Consumer