5th Grade Science
Organisms that make their own food.
Producers.
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Precipitation.
A trait passed down from parents.
Inherited trait.
Push or pull on an object
Force.
This is what an herbivore eats.
Producers or plants.
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation and run-off are major parts of this global process.
The Water Cycle.
True or False
rocks, water, and dirt are biotic things
False
What type or resource is wind
renewable resource
Weather instrument that measures temperature.
Thermometer.
This body system is a transport system, carrying nutrients, wastes, oxygen and carbon dioxide around the body.
Cardiovascular or Circulatory System.
This is what a carnivore eats.
Other consumers or meat.
Water droplets forming from water vapor.
Condensation.
This body system protects many more fragile parts of the body.
Skeletal System.
Organisms that eat other organisms.
Consumers.
This is resistance of motion.
Friction.
Day to day, hour by hour changes in the conditions in atmosphere (air around you).
Weather.
This body system is responsible for processing nutrients from food and disposing of wastes.
Digestive System.
This climate is warm, rainy, and humid
Tropical climate.
A trait or characteristic that an organism does not get from heredity.
A Learned or Acquired Trait.
The type of consumers eat both plants and animals.
Omnivores.
Name an insulator of electrical energy
plastic, rubber, cardboard, glass...
Which safety tool protects the eyes
Goggles
Organisms that break down dead organic material.
Decomposers.
Where do producers get energy?
The Sun
Where is oil and natural gas found
bottom of the ocean.
Which part is missing from this order of Levels of Organization? Organisms, _________, Communities, Ecosystems, Biomes.
Populations.
This ecosystem is generally dry, has few trees and large areas of grass.
Grasslands.
What organism in every ecosystem is needed by all others to survive?
Producers (in most cases, plants).
The correct 4 stages of the water cycle starting with evaporation, ending with runoff.
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff.
This body system takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide for the body.
Respiratory System.
Coal can be found in....
This body system receives oxygen from the respiratory system and delivers it to all of the cells around the body.
Cardiovascular or Circulatory System.
A predator is an organism in any ecosystem that consumes ___________.
Prey.
Which part is missing from this order of Levels of Organization? Cells, Tissues, ________, Body Systems, Organism.
Organs.
Which tool is used to see small objects appear larger?
magnifying glass
webbed feet is an adaptation that helps animals...
survive and swim in aquatic environments
Why do we have day and night time?
because of the Earth's rotation.
This body system is considered the "control" system for all of the body.
Nervous System.
State of matter that changes from gas to liquid is called....
condensation
What is responsible for precipitation falling?
Long term weather patterns. Key words: years, decades...
Climate.
This is what Earth spins on.
Its axis.
This causes air to move.
High air pressure area pushing air toward low air pressure area.
Jonathan pulls his chair out to sit down. Is that an example of a balanced or unbalanced force?
Unbalanced
The two types of grasslands we learned about.
Savannas and prairies.
How long does it take Earth to orbit around the sun?
1 Year or 365 days.
Trail mix is an example of this.
A mixture.
This type of forest has coniferous trees and trees that change and lose leaves in different seasons.
Temperate Forest or Deciduous Forest.
These three types - cardiac, smooth and skeletal - belong to what body system?
Muscular System.
This is the reaction of when bread gets turned into toast, changing it into a new substance
A Chemical Reaction.