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WorksheetsScience SOL Review 5th Grade
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is an adaptation?
a)
A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.
b)
The food that an animal eats.
c)
How energy moves in a food web.
2.
This is a period of deep sleep that occurs in some animals when outside temperatures are cold: ______
a)
hibernation
b)
migration
3.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To hide from predators
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
4.
An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings
a)
Environment
b)
Mimicry
c)
Camouflage
5.
Why do some animals hibernate?
a)
The cold weather makes them sleepy.
b)
Their food supply is smaller in the winter.
c)
They have no one to play with.
6.
Anything that is living
a)
organism
b)
consumer
c)
habitat
d)
producer
7.
Name a place that a plant or animal lives in its environment where its needs are met.
a)
energy
b)
extinct
c)
food chain
d)
habitat
8.
An organism that no longer exists; They couldn’t adapt to environmental changes
a)
organism
b)
extinct
c)
food chain
d)
habitat
9.
The way energy is passed from one organism to another
a)
food chain
b)
energy
c)
extinct
d)
habitat
10.
Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
leaves
c)
mold
d)
worm
11.
What four things do every organism need for survival?
a)
food, water, dirt, and a hat
b)
protection, water, food, and air
c)
air, sun, dirt, and water
d)
light, electricity, and worms
12.
Which of these is a natural change?
a)
tornado
b)
pollution
c)
clearing land by cutting down trees
d)
making new roads
13.
Examples of a producer
a)
frog
b)
algae
c)
worm
d)
mouse
14.
Example of a consumer
a)
worm
b)
bacteria
c)
mushroom
d)
hawk
15.
Example of a decomposer
a)
fungus
b)
mouse
c)
plants
d)
frogs
16.
How does building, constructing roads, cutting down trees, and pollution affect a habitat?
a)
increases the size of a habitat
b)
increases animal population
c)
increases food supply
d)
destroys a habitat
17.
A tree is a ....
a)
composer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
18.
The "red planet" is
a)
Venus
b)
Uranus
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
19.
True about Venus:
1. Much larger than Earth
2. Very thick atmosphere
3. 2 moons
4. Atmosphere made of carbon dioxide
1. Much larger than Earth
2. Very thick atmosphere
3. 2 moons
4. Atmosphere made of carbon dioxide
a)
1 & 2
b)
2 & 4
c)
2 & 3
d)
3 & 4
20.
The Great Red Spot is a storm in Jupiter's atmosphere.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
What is the correct order of the planets from the sun?
a)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
b)
Mercury, Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
c)
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune.
d)
Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
22.
Which is the largest object in our solar system?
a)
Sun
b)
Jupiter
c)
Earth
d)
Pluto
23.
Which planet is closest to the sun?
a)
Uranus
b)
Mercury
c)
Neptune
d)
Earth
24.
Which one of these planets is an inner planet
a)
uranus
b)
earth
c)
pluto
d)
saturn
25.
What is the difference between Earth rotating and Revolving
a)
Rotating- spins on axis (24 hours) Revolving- orbits sun(1 year)
b)
Revolving- spins on axis (24 hours) Rotating- orbits sun(1 year)
26.
Which planet has the largest rings?
a)
Jupiter
b)
Neptune
c)
Mars
d)
Saturn
27.
Which planets are the gas giants?
a)
Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus
b)
Jupiter, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn
c)
Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus
d)
Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Pluto
28.
Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.
a)
dust
b)
water
c)
cloud particles
d)
precipitation
29.
They are highest clouds in the sky. They look curly, white and feathery. Usually mean good weather.
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Stratus
30.
This is sometimes called a thunderhead cloud. It looks very tall like mountains and heavy rain comes from it.
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Stratus
d)
Cumulonimbus
31.
They are low in the sky and look soft and fluffy.
a)
Cirrus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Cumulus
d)
Stratus
32.
These clouds are the closest to the ground. Their name means layer- or sheet like. They bring rain or snow and cover most of the sky.
a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulonimbus
d)
Cumulus
33.
Which cloud brings nice weather?
a)
Cumulonimbus
b)
Cumulus
c)
Stratus
34.
Low clouds (like fog), that are thick, cover the sky, and block the sun. Usually bring continuous precipitation (rain or snow).
a)
stratus
b)
cumulus
c)
cirrus
d)
nimbo
35.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
36.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
37.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
38.
What is this instrument?
a)
wind vane
b)
barometer
c)
hygometer
d)
anemometer
39.
This is a .............
a)
thermometer
b)
barometer
c)
weather vane
d)
anemometer
40.
The _______ measures how much rain falls in a specific period of time.
a)
thermometer
b)
weather vane
c)
anemometer
d)
rain gauge
41.
Wind speed is measured by a ______________.
a)
anemometer
b)
weather vane
c)
hygrometer
d)
barometer
42.
What weather instrument is this?
a)
rain gauge
b)
weather vane
c)
barometer
d)
thermometer
43.
A _________ measures the air pressure.
a)
thermometer
b)
hygrometer
c)
thermometer
d)
barometer
44.
______ measures the humidity in the atmosphere.
a)
barometer
b)
hygrometer
c)
thermometer
d)
weather vane
45.
A ______________ measures wind direction.
a)
anemometer
b)
weather vane
c)
barometer
d)
hygrometer
46.
What are the positions or order of the Earth, Moon and Sun when there is a full moon?
a)
Sun, Moon, Earth
b)
Sun, Earth, Moon
c)
Moon, Earth, Sun
d)
Moon, Sun, Earth
47.
Name this phase of the moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
first quarter moon
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
48.
Name this moon phase.
a)
new moon
b)
firt quarter moon
c)
third quarter moon
d)
waning gibbous
49.
Name this moon phase.
a)
first quarter
b)
third quarter
c)
new moon
d)
waxing crescent
50.
Name this moon phase.
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
51.
Rotation means to...
a)
Dance
b)
Go around something
c)
Spin
d)
Stop
52.
The Earth rotates around it's axis every...
a)
12 hours
b)
365 days
c)
24 hours
d)
366 days
53.
The path that the Earth takes around the Sun is called...
a)
An orbit
b)
A walk
c)
A rotation
d)
A path
54.
Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
a)
Waning crescent
b)
Full moon
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
New moon
55.
What is this moon phase?
a)
new moon
b)
1st quarter
c)
full moon
d)
3rd quarter
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