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Worksheets5th Grade Science STAAR Review 7
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 58mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The ability to cause change is:
a)
Work
b)
Force
c)
Energy
d)
Mass
2.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
c)
Fossil Fuel
d)
Forever Fuel
3.
__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years.
a)
Renewable Energy Resource
b)
Nonrenewable Energy Resource
c)
Fossil Fuels
d)
Forever Fuels
4.
__________is a gas found under the Earth’s surface and is used to produce energy by burning it.
a)
Geothermal
b)
Natural Gas
c)
Solar
d)
Nuclear
5.
__________uses heat from the interior of the Earth.
a)
Solar
b)
Geothermal
c)
Nucler
d)
Wind
6.
_________is compacted matter dug from under the Earth’s surface that is used to provide energy by burning it.
a)
Hydro
b)
Coal
c)
Nuclear
d)
Geothermal
7.
The following are all examples of instincts except:
a)
Blinking
b)
Breathing
c)
Talking
d)
Swallowing
8.
A dolphin that catches bubbles and balances a bouncy ball after a whistle is because of ___.
a)
learned behavior
b)
instinct
c)
inherited trait
9.
What is NOT an example of an inherited TRAIT?
a)
eye color
b)
tongue rolling
c)
height
d)
speaking a language
10.
Which of these is not an inherited trait?
a)
a bird building a nest
b)
a turtle burying its eggs
c)
a bear hibernating in winter
d)
a horse pulling a plow
11.
A student observing animals in a park records ways they interact with living and nonliving parts of their environment. All of the following are ways animals interact with nonliving parts of their environment except:
a)
A turtle suns itself on a hollow log.
b)
A bird reacts to morning sunlight by singing.
c)
A rabbit eats grass near the edge of a pond.
d)
A spider crawls under a rock for protection.
12.
Which of the following facts describes how one animal depends on another to survive?
a)
A penguin uses its webbed feet for swimming fast
b)
A cow causes insects to jump around as it eats grass from the ground.
c)
A bee fertilizes plants as it collects pollen.
d)
A tick attaches itself to a deer and feeds on its blood.
13.
Which of the following facts describes how an animal changes its environment to meet its needs.
a)
A beaver builds a dam in a stream.
b)
A bird hunts for insects and spiders on plant leaves.
c)
An eagle circles a lake for its prey.
d)
A black bear crawls into a cave to hibernate.
14.
Which of the following examples shows how one organism is dependent on another for survival.
a)
A bee collects pollen as it moves from flower to flower.
b)
A sea anemone attaches itself to a hermit crab to feed on its leftover scraps.
c)
A giraffe stretches its neck to eat the leaves off a tall tree.
d)
All of the examples are correct.
15.
This is an example of a ______ circuit
a)
Series
b)
Parallel
c)
Open
d)
Dihexihedral
16.
What kind of circuit is this?
a)
Series
b)
Consecutive
c)
Parallel
d)
Training
17.
What kind of circuit is this?
a)
Series
b)
Consecutive
c)
Parallel
d)
Training
18.
A boy rides a skate board down a hill. Eventually the skate board stops. Which is most responsible for causing the skateboard to stop?
a)
gravity acting on the skateboard
b)
friction acting on the skateboard
c)
the mass of the skateboard
d)
the mass of the boy
19.
A man jumps from a plane and a few seconds later opens his parachute. Which causes his fall to slow once his parachute opens?
a)
decrease in gravity
b)
increase in gravity
c)
decreased air resistance
d)
increased air resistance
20.
If I added 27 grams of salt to water and separated the solution with a hot plate, what amount of salt would be left behind?
a)
20 grams
b)
0 grams
c)
27 grams
d)
10 grams
21.
If you spilled nails in a sandbox, what separation tool/method could you use to clean out the sandbox so it would be safe for children to play in?
a)
Filter
b)
Screen
c)
Magnet
d)
Evaporation
22.
Water and Kool-Aid are mixed together. Hot water, coffee and sugar are mixed together. Which substance is the solvent in both?
a)
Water
b)
Coffee
c)
Kool-aid
d)
Sugar
23.
A salad is an example of which?
a)
element
b)
compound
c)
mixture
d)
solution
24.
To separate a mixture of coffee grounds and water what separation method is used?
a)
Filtration
b)
Distillation
c)
Magnetism
d)
Evaporation
25.
Which of the following is not a simple mixture?
a)
trail mix
b)
sandwich
c)
peas and carrots
d)
lemonade
26.
Which of the following is not a solution?
a)
Chocolate milk
b)
Soda
c)
Lemonade
d)
Sand & iron filings
27.
What makes an estuary different from other ecosystems?
a)
Life in an estuary is influenced by the rise and fall of the tides
b)
Contains both seawater and freshwater
c)
Organisms that live here have to adapt to the brackish water
d)
All of the above
28.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.
d)
How carnivores get their food.
29.
Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?
a)
Owl
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Lilypad
d)
Mouse
30.
Which of the following is a way that humans could change/destroy an ecosystem?
a)
Mowing the grass
b)
Building a shopping center
c)
enjoying a picnic
d)
watching tv
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