SOL 5th Grade Science Prep

Which adaptation listed helps the fly survive in its environment?

• It has large eyes to see things coming from different directions.

• It has strong legs so it can walk everywhere it needs to go.

• It has a food gathering part that comes straight from its stomach.

• It has slow reactions so it can think clearly about each move it makes.

A student tested triple thick paper towels to see if they actually lasted three times as long. Triple thick paper towels were unrolled and sprayed with water. Single thick paper towels were unrolled and sprayed with water. Which of the following should be a

necessary constant in the experiment?

• Place where paper towels are bought

• Design on paper towels

• Thickness of paper towels

• Amount of water sprayed on paper towels

Which diagram would be best to use to help create a model of oxygen?

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Which plants are nonvascular?

• Moss

• Juniper Shrub

• Celery

• Daisy

• Liverwort

What is the best estimate

for the mass of a pencil in grams?

• 5g

• 50g

• 500g

• 5,000g

student planted seeds in each material to see which would help the plant grow the best.



In which two potting materials did the seeds have the most difficulty growing?

• Clay

• Sand

• Water

• Gravel

• Potting Soil

The type of boundary that is formed when tectonic plates move toward each other is called?

• sloping

• convergent

• divergent

• sliding

Which material will sound travel through the slowest?

• oxygen gas

• wooden table

• pool water

• glass jar

What causes igneous rocks to form?

• Sediment forming

• Heat and pressure

• Lava cooling

• Wind and weather

A student wrote in a journal about an experiment done in class.

What was the independent variable in this experiment?

• number of foods

• greasy spot

• different foods

• kinds of fat