5th Grade Science Benchmark

Front

Which of these describes one or more living organisms that depend on another living organism to survive?

Options:

Bacteria living in the mouth of a horse

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Ivy plants growing up a fence to reach sunlight

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Mold living on a hard, rocky surface

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A fish releasing carbon dioxide into the pond water

Back

Bacteria living in the mouth of a horse

Front

What is the athlete demonstrating in the picture?

Back

Doing work by pushing the ball and changing its motion and position

Front

What must occur for Group 1 to measure how much liquid water is produced from a 10L sample of snow?

Back

The temperature of the sample must change.

Front

Students design an experiment to determine how much force is needed to move bricks with different masses slowly across a platform. Which procedure should student include in their design?

Back

conduct 5 trials, pulling each brick in the same way for each trial

Front

How is carbon dioxide directly involved in the survival of organisms in an aquarium?

Back

The plants need carbon dioxide to make sugar.

Front

Aquatic plants have adaptations that help them live in water. For example, the structures needed for making food are located on the tops of floating plant leaves. This adaptation helps the plants __

Back

absorb sunlight

Front

What are weathering and erosion responsible for?

Back

Weathering and erosion are directly responsible for the breakdown of any type of rock into smaller particles and the carrying away of the loose sediments.