Vocabulary
What is an adaptation?
Changes in living things that help them survive in their environment.
Which list contains only nonliving things?
A coins, snakes, birds
B water, rocks, sunlight
C rubber ball, plants, house
D soil, fish, air
B-Water, rocks, sunlight
Which property of an object can be described as smooth?
A color
B odor
C size
D texture
D-texture
When a boy stands in a field in the sunlight, he usually is able to see his
A weight
B temperature
C reflection
D shadow
D-shadow
Which object will most likely be attracted to a magnet?
A wooden block
B plastic cup
C metal nail
D glass bead
C-metal nail
What is a Learned Trait?
Some birds build nests in the spring. This nest building is a seasonal adaptation that occurs to help the birds
A fly south
B find food
C protect their young
D survive the winter
C-protect their young
One example of matter is
A sound
B light
C heat
D water
D-water
Which process occurs when rocks and soil slide down a mountain?
A erosion
B migration
C recycling
D maintenance
A- erosion
A student tosses a ball into the air. Which force causes the ball to fall back to the ground?
A gravity
B magnetism
C mechanical
D friction
A-gravity
What is an Inherited Characteristic?
What is a decomposer?
A a living thing that breaks down dead organisms
B a living thing that makes its own food
C an animal that eats live plants
D an animal that hunts other animals
A-a living thing that breaks down dead organisms.
One property of liquids is that they have a definite
A flexibility
B temperature
C volume
D shape
C-volume
Ice is solid water that has
A a definite shape and a definite volume
B a definite shape, but no definite volume
C no definite shape and no definite volume
D no definite shape, but a definite volume
A-a definite shape and a definite volume
On a field trip, a student holds a frog and reports that it has slippery skin. This is an example of
A a measurement
B a prediction
C an explanation
D an observation
D-an observation
What is a Life Span?
The fur of an arctic fox turns from brown to white as winter approaches. This is an example of
A camouflage
B hibernation
C migration
D movement
A-camouflage
Which process causes a wet towel to become dry?
A condensation
B evaporation
C precipitation
D deposition
B-evaporation
Describe one change that will happen to an oak tree in New York State as the season changes from fall to winter
Acceptable answers:
—The tree will lose its leaves.
— The tree will become bare.
— The leaves will change color.
— The leaves will fall.
— The leaves will die.
— Acorns will fall off the tree.
Which property of an object determines how well it conducts electricity?
A the color of the object
B the mass of the object
C how fast the object sinks in water
D the material that the object is made of
D-The material that the object is made of
What is Displacement (in a liquid)?
When an object is immersed in a liquid, it will push the liquid out of the way and takes it place.
Some birds live in a forest. If many of the trees in the forest are cut down, the shelter for the birds will
A decrease
B increase
C remain the same
A- decrease
What process in the water cycle occurs when liquid water becomes a gas?
evaporation
The number of daylight hours in New York State changes with the
A season of the year
B Moon’s changing appearance
C direction of the wind
D arrival of a severe storm
A- Season of the year
Describe one way that a tornado might affect the habitat of humans living in the area.
Acceptable answers:
— destroys their homes
— destroys the food supply
— The trees are torn out of the ground.
— Houses will blow away.
— Floods will cause damage.
— flooding
— damage/destroy people’s habitat
Unacceptable responses include: kills people People will die. (Acceptable responses must address the habitat.)