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 fifth planet from the sun?
What is Jupiter?
What is Florida's most mined nonrenewable resource?
Phosphate
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
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
The layers of gas that surround the Earth, other planets, or stars
What is the atmosphere?
What is a primary consumer
an animal that feeds on plants a herbivore
The largest planet is
Jupiter
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 other organisms
What are consumers?
What are the planets in order from the sun?
M V E M J S U N
natural body in space that revolves in an orbit around a star
What is a planet?
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.
when a liquid changes to a gas it is called
Evaporation
What tool would I use to find the mass of an object?
A balance scale or triple beam balance
How many days does it take for the lunar (moon) cycle?
28 days
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 days
giant mass of burning hydrogen and helium at middle of solar system
What is the sun/star?
Describe the transfer of energy when turning on the stove or oven.
electrical energy to heat 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 tilt of the Earth as it orbits or revolves around the Sun.
Give an example of a 4 step food chain
various answers
Name an item that is less dense than water
Substances such as; oil, cork, cardboard
This is the reaction of when bread gets turned into toast, changing it into something different
What is a Chemical Reaction
made from decomposing plants and animals over millions of years, examples include oil and coal
What are Fossil fuels?
What is the equation for speed?
speed = distance/time
T or F
Planets closer to the sun orbit faster than planets farther away.
True
long term weather patterns
What is climate?
This is what an animal who breaks down dead things is called
What is a decomposer?
what happens to organism in an area where a new road is build
organisms must move out of the area or die
The apex predator of the ocean.
Orca/Killer Whale.
what does a carnivore eat?
meat
a path that one object takes around another object
What is an orbit?
This is the process of when something is eroded away thanks to water or wind
What is Erosion?
What are gigantic blocks of slowly moving ice, usually located on the North/South poles.
glacier
A low area of land between hills and mountains.
valley
What does a herbivore eat?
plants
Name an item that is more dense than water
Items such as; coins, paper clip, washer
An open circuit means the light will be
off
break down dead material
What are decomposers?
Is the sun a planet or star?
Star
what does an omnivore eat?
plants and meat