5th Grade Science 1
Consists of gas, dust, and many stars including any objects orbiting the stars
What is a galaxy?
Called gas giants because they are comprised mostly of gas.
What are the outer plants?
The average pattern of weather in a certain location over many years.
What is climate?
The turning of an object on its axis.
What is rotation?
An irregularly shaped rocky or metallic object that orbits the sun and is much smaller than a planet.
What is an asteroid?
A type of rock that forms from cooled magma or lava (formed from intense heat)
What is igneous rock?
Resources that can be replaced quickly in a lifetime.
What are renewable resources?
How a mineral appears to reflect light or shine.
What is luster?
Resources that cannot be replaced quickly in a lifetime.
What are nonrenewable resources?
A type of rock formed from layers of sediment: pieces of other rocks and fossilized organisms. (formed from pressure)
What is sedimentary rock?
Has a definite shape and definite volume?
What is a solid?
Two or more items that combine but retain their unique physical properties.
What is mixture?
A type of rock that is formed over time from existing rock due to extreme pressure and heat.
What is metamorphic rock?
When a solid mixes evenly throughout a liquid.
What is dissolve?
Light that bends is called.
What is refraction?
Name 2 common materials that dissolve in water.
What are sugar and salt?
Items that allow electricity to flow easily. Name 3 examples.
What are conductors? copper, gold, silver, aluminum, steel
This environment has the side facing a body of water has high precipitation, while the side away from the body of water is dry
What is a mountain?
Materials used to reduce or prevent the transfer of electricity. Name 3 examples.
What are insulators? rummer, plastic, glass.
Name 2 common materials that DO NOT dissolve in water.
What are sand and pepper?
Produces enzymes that aid in digestion.
What is the liver?
Name 4 tools that mixtures can be separated based on their properties.
What are magnets, sifter/sieve/wire mesh, hands, forceps/tweezers?
Name 3 factors that affect dissolving rates.
What are stir/mix, create smaller pieces, and add heat?
Stored energy when objects are at rest and energy of motion when an object is in motion. Both together create.
What is potential and kinetic energy? What is mechanical energy?
Name each stage of a complete metamorphosis of a butterfly.
What are the egg, larva, pupa, adult butterfly?