Life Science Review 5th Grade

Which of the following is an example of a vertebrate animal?

• fly
• worm
• bird
• starfish

Which of the following traits is inherited?

• riding a bike
• hair color
• counting
• talking

Animal cells have

• cell walls
• chloroplasts
• cytoplasm
• chlorophyll

Bacteria are 

• always harmful
• always beneficial
• neither harmful nor beneficial
• both harm and beneficial

A pear tree is an example of 

• an angiosperm
• a gymnosperm
• a fern
• a wildflower

Which part of plant and animal cells is the control center?

• nucleus
• cytoplasm
• cell membrane
• cell wall

Most fish have ______ to protect their bodies.

• hair
• feathers
• scales
• skin

Which of the following is a learned trait?

• skin color
• reading
• straight or curly hair
• tadpoles turning into frogs

Which of the following statements is true of reptiles?

• They are cold-blooded.
• They have gills.
• Their babies drink their mother's milk.
• They spend part of their life in water and the other part on land.

Which of the following is an example of a harmful microorganism?

• Medicine used to produce penicillin.
• Bacteria used to produce yogurt.
• Yeast is used to ferment grapes.
• A virus causes the flu.