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5th Grade Science
5th Grade Science FCAT Preparation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which compounds do plants break down in photosynthesis? | water and carbon dioxide |
| Which molecules do plants produce in photosynthesis? | glucose and oxygen |
| What are the necessary products plants need to produce their own food? | carbon dioxide, water,and light energy |
| Where in the plant does photosynthesis take place? | the chloropast - located in the plant leaves |
| What is the formula for finding the volume of a box? | lenght x width x height |
| What force keeps a satellite in orbit | gravity |
| What is velocity? | speed & direction |
| What force between bicycle tires and the road affects the speed of the bicycle? | friction |
| What happens if you increase the net force of an object? | the object accelerates |
| What is the main reason for the change in seasons? | the tilt of the Earth on its' axis as it revolves around the sun |
| Paths the planets take around the sun. | Orbits |
| Temperature when a liquid bubbles and changes into vapor. | Boiling point. |
| The amount of matter an object contains. | mass |
| An animal that is hunted for food. | prey |
| Movement of currents within a fluid. | convection |
| Mass per volume. | density |
| A consumer that breaks down organisms into simpler substances. | decomposer |
| Renewable Resource | A resource that is replaced or restored quickly. |
| Prediction | A future observation. |
| The pathway taken by an electrical current is a . . . | circuit |
| Rubber, plastic, wood, & glass are examples of . . . | insulators |
| Examples of conductors are . . . | copper and silver |
| How can electricity be measured? | volts and amps |
| What type of circuit allows electricity to flow? | a closed circuit |
| Nonrenewable Resources | resources that cannot be replaced in a short amount of time, people will use them up before they can be replaced by nature |
| Hypothesis | a statement that we can test |
| volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
| Inference | a reasonable conclusion based on what you observe |
| A motion that causes sound. | vibration |
| The bending of light. | refraction |
| The bouncing of light. | reflection |
| A mixture in which one substance dissolves into another. | solution |
| When two or more substances are mixed together but can be physically separated fairly easily. | mixture |
| Anything that takes up space and mass. | matter |
| Potential energy | the energy available as a result of an object's position or condition. |
| Kinetic energy | Energy that an object has because it is moving. |
| A measure of the amount of force gravity exerts to hold you to the ground. | weight |
| What is Newton's 1st Law? | An object at rest, stays at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion in the same direction and speed unless acted on by a force. |
| What is Newton's 2nd Law? | An object's acceleration depend on the the size and direction of the force and the mass of the object. |
| What is Newton's 3rd Law? | For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. |
| The parts of the cell that carry out tasks and help the cell work are . . . | organelles |
| Contained in the nucleus, they are the blue prints that tell our cells what to do. | D.N.A. |
| Cytoplasm is made up of what type of nutrients? | water |
| The part of the cell that is know as the brain of the cell and directs all activities. | Nucleus |
| Jelly-like material that fills the cell. | Cytoplasm |
| Bubbles inside the cell where material can be stored. | Vacuoles |
| String-like proteins that help form the cell's structure. | Microfilaments |
| Organelles that break dwon fatty acids and toxic materials. | Perixomes |
| The barrier that separates the nucleus from the rest of the cell. | Nuclear Membrane |
| Lysosomes | Part of the cell that contains enzymes that help digest food. |
| Cell Membrane | Outer layer of the cell that allows material to move in or out of the cell. |
| Part of the cell that packages and stores energy and builds lysosomes. | Golgi Bodies |
| Centrioles | Help to separate a cell and create two identical cells. |
| Part of the cell that produces energy and powers the rest of the cell. | Mitochondria |
| Cytoskeleton | Framework that gives the cell its shape. |
| Ribosomes | Part of the cell that links amino acids together to build proteins. |
| How do warm-blooded animals keep their temperatures constant? | They use calories from food to make heat. |
| What is the lowest number of cells a living organism can have? | 1 |
| Groups of African Elephants can journey hundreds of miles in search of food and water. Sometimes, water is underground. The elephants use their long tusks to dig for water. These long tusks are an . . . | adaptation |
| The respiratory and circulatory systems work together. Blood carries oxygen from the . . . | lungs |
| Which organs help you digest food? | mouth, stomach, small intestine, large intestine |
| Is it possible for a child to be exactly like its mother? | No, because it gets only part of its genetic material from her. |
| You put your hand under the tap to see if the bathwater is warm enough. Which organ system is most involved with helping you decide? | Nervous System |
| On a hike through the Big Green Forest, you see rocks, soil, trees, smaller plants and flowers, birds, worms, insects, and mice. What do you call all the living and nonliving things in this forest? | An Ecosystem |
| Which type of organism adds the most nutrients to the soil as it feeds? | decomposers |
| Pictures of the moon show many craters. What caused most of these craters? | space rocks hitting the moon |
| A solar eclipse happens when . . . | the moon casts a shadow on Earth |
| What action causes day to turn to night? | Earth rotates on its axis |
| Seasons change as . . . | Earth revolves around he sun. |
| Seasons change because . . . | Earth's axix is tilted. |
| When water mixes with rock, tiny particles of the rock dissolve in the water. The rock-and-water mixture is called a . . . | solution |
| Imagine you had a machine that could dig straight through Earth to the other side. Which problem would it have to overcome? | intense heat |
| Earth is surrounded by a layer of gas. What is this layer called? | the atmosphere |
| The sun shines in space as it does on Earth. Yet it is freezing cold in space. What causes the difference? | Earth has air (atmosphere) and space does not. The atmosphere traps the sun's heat. |
| When earth's tectonic plates push against each other, what might happen? | Mountains will slowly grow. |
| At the bottom of the deepest ocean, what is the ocean floor made of? | rock and soil |
| Scientists found a fossil of a tooth. It came from a large, now-extinct mammoth. The tooth had a large flat surface. Based on this, what was the mammoth's diet likely to have been? | grass and leaves |
| Why might scientists find a fossil of a sea animal high in the mountains? | Before there were mountains there, there was an ocean. |
| How are the eight planets in our solar system similar? | They are round. |
| Burning coal is a chemical reaction called. . . | oxidation |
| Water can exist in three states. What are these? | solid, liquid and gas |
| You have a substance that is made of only one type of atom. What do you call this substance? | an element |
| In which state does water have a definite mass, volume, and shape? | solid |
| What is a molecule? | a combination of atoms |
| When a beam of light is broken up into parts, what do you see? | a rainbow |
| Which tool relies on the fact that the Earth has a magnetic field, with north and south poles? | a compass |
| Your teacher mixes together two clear liquids. Together the two bubble and turn blue. You just witnessed a . . . | chemical reaction |
| How can force affect a moving object? | It can change an object's velocity and direction. |
| The smallest particle of matter. | atom |
| The basic part of every living thing on earth. | cell |
| dendrite | A branch of a neuron(nerve cell) which receives messages from other cells. |
| A carefully controlled test, made to see if a hypothesis is correct. | experiment |
| invertebrate | An animal without a backbone. |
| A nerve cell. | neuron |
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Missy Glavey
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