5th Grade Science 1
Non renewable means
natural substance that is not replenished (oil, coal)
What is a producer?
Uses suns energy to make its own food.
How many days in a revolution around the Sun?
365 Days
What are 3 examples of an ecosystem?
Ocean, rain forest, desert, classroom, swamps, grassland
What is a mixture?
Combination of two or more substances
Renewable means
an energy source that has a continuous supply (solar power, wind power)
Which sphere of Earth is for all natural bodies of water?
Hydrosphere
The biosphere is made up of
any living organisms
Consumers
eat organisms
What is an example of a mixture?
Many different answers but they each retain their individual properties
The sun rises in the
East
Which sphere of Earth is for the ground on Earth?
Geosphere
All of them are because without one of them, Earth and everything on it would die.
If I said that a can of soda is circular, aluminum, and the color red..what am I describing about that object? (Hint: Answer is one word)
its properties
What does a carnivore eat?
What does a herbivore eat?
meat
plants
The sun sets in the
West
Which sphere of Earth is for all living things
biosphere
organisms in an ecosystem that break down dead plants, animals, and waste products
decomposers
If I drop a pencil off a table, it will fall to the ground? Why?
Gravity
Why do stars in the night sky look different tonight in April than they would in August or December?
The Earth is orbiting through space and our view of the sky is different each night.
The time of day where your shadow is the shortest
noon (12 PM)
Which sphere of earth is for the air?
Atmosphere
What is a solution (science)?
Mixing two or more things together and they dissolve into each other evenly.
False; it only appears really bright because it is the closest star to us on Earth
An orbit is
a path that one object takes around another object
This is the reaction of when bread gets turned into toast, changing it into something different
What is a Chemical Reaction
An organism
Describe the water cycle
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
How many days does it take for the lunar (moon) cycle?
28 days
The two points in a span of 24 hours where your shadow is longest
Where does condensation happen?
High up in the sky; in the clouds
An example of producers and why?
Plants because they make their own food.
True or False: in a food chain, arrows point to what is doing the eating. If false, why?
True
Salt in water; many different answers; as long as all parts dissolve evenly into one another.