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5th Grade Semester Study Guide

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This type of sentence is a complete thought and an incomplete thought combined by a conjunction. 
a)
simple 
b)
complex
c)
compound 
d)
compound/complex
2.
What is the difference between an insect and a reptile?
a)
one is an invertebrate, one had a backbone
b)
both are cold blooded 
c)
An insect had more than one section of body
d)
a reptile is cold blooded and the insect is a vertebrate
3.
The Transcontinental railroad made it easier to _________ and ___________.
a)
communicate and export 
b)
move cattle and travel 
c)
sell slaves  and travel 
d)
transport and communicate 
4.
Give the correct order of the place value chart
a)
thousand, tenth, ones, hundredth, thousandth 
b)
thousand, hundred, tens, ones, tenth, hundredth, thousandth, ten thousandth 
c)
hundred, thousand, ones, tens, hundredth, tenth, thousandth
d)
Ten thousand, hundred, one, thousandth, yeah- No!
5.
Which was NOT a cause for the Civil War?
a)
The south was tired of paying high taxes. 
b)
Fight over states rights. 
c)
The transcontinental railroad was destroyed. 
d)
The abolitionist movement. 
6.
Which is a responsibility of a citizen?
a)
The right to remain silent. 
b)
To clean up the park. 
c)
To vote at age 16
d)
To serve on a jury. 
7.
What is binomial nomenclature?
a)
Scientific way of giving plant and animals to names to recognize them easier.
b)
The classification process. 
c)
The study of the plant and animal kingdom. 
d)
The difference between plant and animals. 
8.
When I am writing a constructed response. I should use R.A.C.E. What does R.A.C.E stand for?
a)
rename the article, ask questions, center your page, explain your point. 
b)
rename the article, answer the questions, communicate your results, explain your ideas
c)
restate the questions, ask the reader a question, cite your evidence, and evaluate the text structure. 
d)
restate the prompt, answer the question, cite your evidence, explain your answer.
9.
Which asks a testable question?
a)
investigation
b)
experiment 
10.
What asks a non-testable question?
a)
inquiry 
b)
experiment 
11.
When I try to figure out what words will be on the dictionary page, this process can help me. 
a)
using the dictionary 
b)
saying the words in my head 
c)
using alphabetical order 
d)
knowing the meanings 
12.
1.2 x 6
a)
72
b)
.72
c)
7.2
d)
720
13.
1.2 divided by 6
a)
.2
b)
2
c)
.02
d)
20
14.
Which immigrants were discriminated against during the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad?
a)
Africans 
b)
Polish
c)
European 
d)
Asian
15.
What does the 5th Amendment not protect?
a)
Double jeopardy 
b)
Due process of the Law 
c)
Self-incrimination/pleading the 5th 
d)
the right to a speedy trial 
16.
The Navy forces a family to care for six soldiers. Which Amendment does this break?
a)
5th 
b)
3rd 
c)
4th 
d)
9th 
17.
Why was there so much destruction in the South during the Civil War. 
a)
The slave revolted 
b)
Sherman's March to Sea
c)
Most of the battles were fought in the south 
d)
The Confederate Army destroyed the land because they didn't want the slaves to steal food
18.
What was Reconstruction?
a)
They wanted to Rebuild the South and help with their transition back into the Union.
b)
To help slaves run away from their owners. 
c)
To find jobs for former slaves. 
d)
To educate blacks and poor whites. 
19.
Which Amendment declared all people citizens?
a)
13th
b)
14th
c)
15th
d)
19th 
20.
What is 1/10 of 100 
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
21.
identify the type of sentence below:
Where are your shoes?
a)
declarative 
b)
imperative 
c)
interrogative 
d)
exclamatory 
22.
identify the following sentence:
Put way your clothes. 
a)
declarative 
b)
imperative 
c)
interrogative 
d)
exclamatory 
23.
Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the lyrics. By contrast, in musical theater an actor's dramatic performance is primary, and the music plays a lesser role. However, the words of the opera, or libretto, are sung rather than spoken. The singers are accompanied by a musical ensemble ranging from a small instrumental ensemble to a full symphonic orchestra.
What can you infer?
a)
Opera is not very detailed. 
b)
Those in the Opera are talented in music or drama or instrument. 
c)
Operas will last a short time period. 
d)
Singers also play the instruments. 
24.
I made a desk out of prefabricated wood. If the prefix "pre" means before. What does prefabricated mean?
a)
I made the wood before I made the desk.  
b)
Each section is made beforehand and it is created to assemble quickly. 
c)
I will last a long time. 
d)
It was made at Wal-Mart, taken apart, and sent in pieces. 
25.
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favor of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them.
The fact that the writer of the passage thinks that we can kill dolphins more easily than they can kill us.......
a)
means that they are better adapted to their environment than we are
b)
 shows that dolphins have a very sophisticated form of communication
c)
proves that dolphins are not the most intelligent species at sea
d)
does not mean that we are superior to them
26.
Why did many settlers move to the West?
a)
The Homestead Act ensured they would get land. 
b)
Native Americans were giving away land. 
c)
They wanted to work on the Transcontinental Railroad.
d)
They wanted to sharecrop and look for gold. 
27.
What is the main difference between the plant cell and the animal cell?
a)
plant cells have a nucleus 
b)
animal cells have a cell membrane 
c)
plant cells have chloroplasts 
d)
plant cells have mitochondria 
28.
What is the correct  order?
a)
Kingdom, species, order, family, class, genus, phylum 
b)
kingdom, phylum, class, order, species, genus 
c)
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species 
d)
phylum, genus, species, family, order, class
29.
Evaluate the expression:
24 divided by 6 plus the product of 3 and 4 
a)
20
b)
43
c)
11
d)
16
30.
Identify past perfect tense in the following sentences. 
a)
I will have ordered all of my Christmas gifts. 
b)
she has ordered all of her Christmas gifts. 
c)
She had ordered all of her Christmas gifts. 
d)
She ordered her Christmas gifts. 
31.
Why were the cattle sold on the East?
a)
To get rid of the barbed wire
b)
They sold them for more money in West. 
c)
They sold them for less money in the East.
d)
They sold them for more money in the East. 
32.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
a)
A Confederate Soldier
b)
He began Tuskegee University. 
c)
He created more than 300 uses for peanuts. 
d)
He married Harriet Tubman. 
33.
What is the difference between chronological order and sequence?
a)
Sequence tells a story by dates and time. 
b)
Chronological tells information like a biography. 
c)
Sequence explains the order by events or a how journal entry. 
d)
Chronological order tells according to time and dates. Sequence tells information through a story or through steps. 
34.
There are more invertebrates than vertebrates. 
a)
true
b)
false 
35.
You are fabulous. 
a)
True
b)
False
36.
Fairview is fabulous because
a)
We don't  study. 
b)
We have fun.
c)
We have students and teachers that make Fairview Awesome. 
d)
We have low expectations.