5th Grade Assessed Life Science Review

While on a nature hike Xavier’s mother told him that plants can make their own food through a process called photosynthesis. He noticed trees, bushes and long wild grass. Which part of these plants is where they “breathe” and make food, and which part absorbs water?

• The flowers allow the plants to make food and the stem absorbs water.

• The leaves allow the plants to make food and the roots absorb water

• The stem allows the plants to make food and the roots absorb water

• The leaves help the plants make food and the flowers absorb water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

In a human, the skeletal system provides support and protection for organs. Which part of the plant is relate to the skeletal system?

• the roots

• the stem

• the stamen

• the chloroplasts

Ostriches are natives of Africa and can weigh as much as 130 kg (285 lbs). Hummingbirds, native to the Americas, weigh about 3 g (0.106 oz). How are the ostrich and the hummingbird similar?

• They both fly

• They both lay eggs

• They both eat only insects

• They both make nests in trees

In what way are ferns different from flowering plants that produce seeds?

• The stems of ferns are woodier than the stems of seed producing flowers

• Ferns spread by underground runners rather than scattering seeds from flowers

• The leaf of a fern does not include structures to move nutrients through the plant

• Ferns reproduce using spores rather than seeds produced by most flowering plants

The cedar tree is a nonflowering plant. The orange blossom tree is a flowering plant. Both trees have similar life cycles. What is the order of events in the life cycles of both plants?

• seed, pollination, seed dispersal, fertilization

• pollination, seed, seed dispersal, fertilization

• fertilization, pollination, seed, seed dispersal

• pollination, fertilization, seed, seed dispersal

Elijah is preparing for a test on animal life cycles. He needs to remember how some animals go through metamorphosis. Which animal would be an example of an animal that goes through metamorphosis?

• coyote

• sea turtle

• grasshopper

• nurse shark

The giant swallowtail butterfly caterpillar forms a chrysalis like the one shown in

Step 3 of the diagram below.

Which of the following describes this life cycle stage of the giant swallowtail

• Nymph

• Egg

• Larva

• Pupa

Most of the plants in a grassland ecosystem are grasses. There are few shrubs, trees, and other tall plants. As a result, there is very little protection from strong winds. How are grasses well adapted to strong winds?

• They can bend without breaking.

• It takes a lot of force to bend them.

• It takes a very deep freeze to kill them.

• They grow back easily when chopped off.

Which organ pumps oxygen throughout the bloodstream in your body?

• lungs

• heart

• brain

• stomach

Within the human body, which organ is considered the primary site of digestion and absorption of nutrients from food?

• Stomach

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

• Bladder