Grade 5 Science. (Grade 4) Practice Test

A student studies an organism in an ecosystem. She makes the following model to show how energy from the Sun is transferred from one organism to another. How would this diagram be classified?

• two-dimensional model

• three-dimensional model

• written explanation

• computer model

A student observes how the moon changes over the course of one month. She draws this diagram into her notebook. Which phase of the moon is shown here?

• first quarter

• full moon

• third quarter

• new moon

Why are these objects usually made out of cloth or silicone (rubber)?

• to spread the heat from hot objects to cool ones

• to put out fires in the kitchen

• to stop heat from transferring to cooler objects

• to make hot objects cool off faster

Lucy is on the right in the image below. Which of the following describes why her hair is as pictured?

• All of Lucy's siblings have straight hair.

• One of Lucy's parents has curly hair.

• Lucy was born with straight hair that became curly.

• Many of Lucy's friends have curly hair.

A student wants to learn about these natural resources in Florida:

• How much solar energy can be collected and used on a cloudy day?

• Do the turbines that convert wind energy into electricity make a landscape less attractive?

• What uses of water in the home are most important?

• Do solar panels on the roof that collect energy from the Sun come in different shapes?

A student investigates how Earth moves around the Sun over time. She records some measurements in the table below:

• Decade and Month

• Month and Day

• Year and Day

• Decade and Year

Valerie takes an hour-long bike ride. She wants to find out how fast she was going. What does she need to do to figure out her speed?

• find the number of times she stopped

• find the distance that she traveled

• find the directions of the route she took

• find the amount of gears on the bike

Coastal ragweed is a flowering evergreen plant that is common in the coastal uplands of Florida. Because it is a wind-pollinated plant, which of the following statements is correct?

• Their stamens and stigmas are outside the flower and they have large petals.

• Their stamens and stigmas are inside the flower and they have large petals.

• Their stigmas and stamens are outside the flower and they have small petals.

• Their anthers are large and outside the plant, where they pollinate the ovary.

Students place a stick in the ground of the schoolyard. They measure how the length of its shadow changes throughout the morning. They record their data in the following table. Which is a valid summary of these results?

• The shadow's length changed at the same rate from 9:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.

• The length of the stick decreased over this time period.

• Shadows cannot be measured in the afternoon.

• The shadow decreased in length within the two hours.

Below is a diagram of Earth moving through space. Considering that it takes one year for Earth to revolve around the Sun, approximately how long does it take for Earth to move from point B to point D?

• 91 days

• 182 days

• 274 days

• 365 days