5th Grade Science 1
means an energy source that has a continuous supply (solar power, wind power) we can make more in a short time
What is Renewable?
This is the sixth planet from the sun?
What is Saturn?
what is a cultivated forest
a manmade forest
plants that make their own food
What are producers?
The ability to do work. The ability to cause changes in matter. People get it when they eat food.
What is Energy
A material that allows heat or electrical energy to pass through it easily
Conductor
This is the process called when leaves on trees use sunlight for energy?
What is Photosynthesis?
The movement of sediments
Erosion
All organisms that eat and eat
What are consumers?
What are the planets in order from the sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
They prevent or stop energy from passing through easily.
What is an Insulator?
What is coal?
the layer of gasses that surround our planet
What is the atmosphere?
What causes day and night everyday
Earth rotating on its axis
How long does it take for Earth to orbit the sun?
365.25 days
natural body that revolves in an orbit around a star
What is a planet?
What is the largest AND smallest planet in our solar system?
Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system while Jupiter is the largest.
when a liquid changes to a gas it is called
Evaporation
a very large body of saltwater
A ocean or sea
How many days does it take for the lunar (moon) cycle?
28 days
What is faster: light or sound?
What is the process of breaking down rock into sediment?
What is weathering?
made from decomposing plants and animals over millions of years
What are Fossil fuels?
The sun appears to move across the sky East to West. Why?
The earth is spinning on its axis making it look like the Sun is moving
T or F
Planets closer to the sun orbit faster than planets farther away.
True
giant mass of burning hydrogen and helium at middle of solar system
What is the sun/star?
The energy of motion
What is Kinetic Energy?
When a gas(water vapor)changes to a liquid it is called
Condensation
What causes the four seasons (fall, winter, spring, and summer)
The till of the Earth as it orbits or revolves around the Sun.
metamorphic rocks form under intense ______ and ______.
heat and pressure
means natural substance that is not replenished (oil, coal) takes millions of years to form
What is Non renewable?
Light rays bouncing off a smooth, shiny surface is called
what is Reflection
An open circuit means the light will be ______
What is on?
what is the start of all food chains and food webs
the sun
The largest planet is
Jupiter
a path that one object takes around another object
What is an orbit?
When two objects rub against each other it is called _______.
What is Fricton?
Neutrons have a ________ charge
neutral
use the dichotomous key to find the type of bean. It is oblong, a dark color, and speckled
1a. The bean is round — garbanzo bean.
1b. The bean is oblong — go to step 2.
2a. The bean is a dark color — go to step 3.
2b. The bean is white — white northern bean.
3a. The bean is speckled — pinto bean.
3b. The bean is a solid color — go to step 4.
4a. The bean is black — black bean.
4b. The bean is dark red — kidney bean.
pinto bean
What does a herbivore eat?
plants
long term weather patterns
What is climate?
This is what an animal who breaks down dead things is called
What is a decomposer?
Electrons have a ________ charge
negative
The apex predator of the ocean.
Orca/Killer Whale or shark
what does a carnivore eat?
meat
All living things are ________.
Matter
An open circuit means the light will be
off
Protons have a ________ charge
What is positive?
Is the sun a planet or star?
Star
what does an omnivore eat?
plants and meat