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5th Grade Science Vocab 3

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Any living thing

a)

Organism

b)

water

c)

sun

2.

An organism's young, or children

a)

Mother

b)

Offspring

c)

Father

3.

Plants use water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide to make their own food.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Transpiration

c)

Conservation

4.

3 states of matter-solid, liquid, gas

a)

Matter

b)

Mass

c)

Physical States

5.

A group of the same kind of organisms living in an ecosystem

a)

Community

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Population

6.

When water falls from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, and hail

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

7.

An animal that is naturally preyed upon

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

c)

Decomposer

8.

The third stage of complete metamorphosis, where insects create a cacoon around itself and changes form inside.

a)

Larva

b)

Nymph

c)

Pupa

9.

Light BOUNCES off an object

a)

Refraction

b)

Reflection

c)

Transmit

10.

A natural resource that can be replaced as it is used

a)

Non-renewable resource

b)

Renewable resource

c)

Fossil Fuel

11.

The place where an object is located

a)

Position

b)

Direction

c)

Condition

12.

An animal that naturally preys on others

a)

Prey

b)

Predator

c)

Decomposer

13.

An organism that makes its own food

a)

Decomposer

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

14.

A circuit with more than one path. If one goes out, the rest stay on.

a)

Series Circuit

b)

Parallel Circuit

c)

Open Circuit

15.

Light bends as it passes from one medium to another, such as a lens or prism

a)

Reflection

b)

Transmit

c)

Refraction

16.

To push away

a)

Attract

b)

Repel

c)

Propel

17.

Organisms take in oxygen and convert it into carbon dioxide

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Respiration

c)

Confrontation

18.

To spin or turn on an axis

a)

Rotate

b)

Revolve

c)

Go around

19.

One day or 24 hours - earth faces the sun for 12 hours and faces away from the sun for 12 hours.

a)

Revoluiton

b)

Go Around

c)

Rotation

20.

Hills of sand formed by wind

a)

Canyon

b)

Glacier

c)

Sand dune

21.

A set of procedures to follow during a scientific investigation

a)

Steps

b)

Scientific method

c)

Cycle

22.

Rock that is formed when layers of sediments are compacted and cemented

a)

sedimentary rock

b)

metamorphic rock

c)

igneous rock

23.

To move in a path around an object

a)

Rotate

b)

Revolve

c)

Axis

24.

One year- gives the Earth its seasons

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Spin

25.

Water that flows over the surface of the ground, sometimes taking sediments with it.

a)

Ground water

b)

Runoff

c)

Absorption

26.

An object orbiting around the Earth

a)

Satellite

b)

Saturn

c)

Sun

27.

Small particles of rock that are weathered off larger pieces or rock

a)

Chunks

b)

layers

c)

Sediments

28.

Energy from the sun

a)

Electrical Energy

b)

Wind Energy

c)

Solar Energy

29.

A state of matter with fixed volume and shape

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

30.

The part of a solution that dissolves in a liquid

a)

Solvent

b)

Polute

c)

Solute

31.

A mixture in which one substance dissolves in a liquid

a)

Mixture

b)

Solution

32.

A huge ball of gasses that gives off its own light. The only star in our solar system

a)

Sun

b)

Earth

c)

Moon

33.

Air vibrations we can hear

a)

Light energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Sound Energy

34.

The ability of a substance to dissolve in a liquid

a)

Mix

b)

Dissappear

c)

Solubility

35.

The LIQUID part of a solution

a)

Solvent

b)

Solute

c)

Pollute

36.

A measure of how far an object moves in a certain amount of time

a)

Motion

b)

Direction

c)

Speed

37.

The dark, cooler spots on the Sun

a)

Hot spots

b)

Sunspots

c)

Cool spots

38.

A circuit with only ONE path. If one goes out, the rest go out.

a)

Parallel Circuit

b)

Open Circuit

c)

Series Circuit

39.

Fossils that show traces of ancient organisms such as footprints or fossilized droppings.

a)

Trace Fossils

b)

Cast

c)

Mold

40.

When light passes through a surface, such as a window

a)

Absorb

b)

Transmit

c)

Reflect

41.

Heat Energy

a)

Thermal Energy

b)

Sound Energy

c)

Light Energy

42.

How much space an object takes up

a)

Mass

b)

Matter

c)

Volume

43.

The amount of gravity pulling down on you

a)

Mass

b)

Weight

c)

Force

44.

Alternative energy provided by the movement of wind

a)

Hydropower

b)

Geothermal

c)

Wind energy

45.

Water vapor escapes from plant's pores

a)

Transpiration

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

46.

A characteristic

a)

Abnormal

b)

Trait

c)

Property

47.

The constant movement of water throughout the Earth's atmosphere

a)

Life Cycle

b)

Lunar Cycle

c)

Water Cycle

48.

The direction the sun appears to SET

a)

North

b)

West

c)

East

49.

Factor that changes in an inverstigation

a)

Variable

b)

Constant

c)

Hypothesis

50.

What doesn't change in an experiement

a)

Varibale

b)

Constant