5th Grade Science
Non renewable means
natural substance that is not replenished (oil, coal)
The geosphere is
made up of the solid earth ( mountains, soil)
What are the five basic senses that humans have?
Sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
This is who discovered the law of gravity after getting hit in the head by an apple
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
The largest planet is
Jupiter
Renewable means
an energy source that has a continuous supply (solar power, wind power)
The biosphere is made up of
any living organisms
Luminous spheroid of plasma found in our solar system. The only one in our solar system.
A single strand of DNA is often referred to as...
What are chromosomes?
An orbit is
a path that one object takes around another object
Energy is
power from physical or chemical resources to do work
the hydrosphere is
the combined mass of water found on, under, and above surfaces
Organisms that eat other organisms.
What is a consumer?
This process occurs when leaves on trees and plants use sunlight for energy to make food.
What is Photosynthesis?
What is the largest AND smallest planet in our solar system?
The smallest planet in our solar system is Mercury and the largest planet is Jupiter.
various answers
the atmosphere is
the layer of gasses that surround places (troposphere)
Plant like organisms that makes its own food.
What are producters?
What is coal?
How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?
365 days
What does a detritivore eat?
What are dead things?
Cryosphere is
where solid water if formed (icebergs)
What are the 7 continents?
Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, North America, South America, and Antarctica
What are 46 chromesomes?
How many days does it take for the lunar (moon) cycle?
28-30 days
what does a carnivore eat?
meat
made from decomposing plants and animals and used as a source of power and energy
What are Fossil fuels?
What tool would I use to find the mass of an object?
A balance scale
This is the reaction of when bread gets turned into toast, changing it into something different
What is a Chemical Reaction
T or F
Planets closer to the sun orbit faster than planets farther away. Explain
True. Planets that are closer to the sun have a shorter path to travel around the sun.
what does an omnivore eat?
plants and meat
Colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon material. Animals produce this as a waste. Plants use it for photosynthesis.
What is Carbon dioxide?
How many bones does a human have?
206 bones.
Combining two or more substances and a new substance is made different from the original substances.
What is a chemical reaction?
distance is
how much ground an object has covered during its motion
This is what an animal who breaks down dead things is called
What is a decomposer?
Methane is not the most potent of the greenhouse gases as it traps the most heat. What other well-known gas is adding to the greenhouse effect.
What is carbon dioxide?
List the steps in the scientific method
Observe, problem, hypothesis, experiment, results, conclusion
This is the process of when something is slowly withered (broken down or destroyed) away thanks to water or wind
What is Erosion?
massive self-luminous body of gas
what is a star
long term weather patterns of an area
What is climate?
Overpopulation, overfishing, burning fossil fuels
What is the special feature of amphibians?
They can survive in both in land and water
_____ is a SET or pair of instructions that specifies the traits of an organism.
What is DNA?
the branch of science that studies space
What is Astronomy?
the greenhouse effect is
trapping of sun's warmth in planets lower atmosphere
decomposers
break down dead material
The apex predator of the ocean.
Orca/Killer Whale.
What are the planets in order from the sun?
M V E M J S U N (P)
planet is
a large natural spherical body that revolves in an orbit around a star