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5th Grade End of Year Science Vocabulary Group 2

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a long, coiled organ between the stomach and large intestine where most nutrients are removed from food and passed into the blood

a)

small intestine

b)

large intestine

c)

stomach

d)

bladder

2.

an organ in which water gets absorbed from any remaining food that isn't digested and that becomes waste

a)

large intestine

b)

small intestine

c)

bladder

d)

kidneys

3.

a characteristic that a living thing gets from its parents

a)

inherited trait

b)

learned behavior

c)

acquired trait

d)

instinct

4.

A body part or behavior that helps a living thing survive in its environment

a)

adaptation

b)

camouflage

c)

mimicry

d)

environment

5.

The amount of matter in an object

a)

Volume

b)

Mass

c)

Matter

d)

Weight

6.

An animal with a backbone

a)

Vertabrate

b)

Invertabrate

c)

Mammal

d)

Fish

7.

Animals with no backbone

a)

snail

b)

vertabrate

c)

invertabrate

d)

Tiger

8.

Matter is...

a)

The amount of matter in an object

b)

The amount of given space an object takes up

c)

The amount of gravitational pull on an object

d)

Anything that has mass and volume

9.

Planets are...

a)

Small, natural objects that revolve around other larger objects

b)

The force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth

c)

Made up of a star, the planets, and other space objects that revolve around it

d)

Large, round bodies that revolve around a star

10.

Comets are...

a)

Rocky, airless worlds that orbit our sun, but are too small to be called planets. Tens of thousands of these minor planets are gathered in the main asteroid belt, a vast doughnut-shaped ring between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

b)

A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure

c)

Cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust roughly the size of a small town. When a comet’s orbit brings it close to the sun, it heats up and spews dust and gases into a giant glowing head larger than most planets. The dust and gases form a tail that stretches away from the sun for millions of kilometers.

d)

The force of attraction by which terrestrial bodies tend to fall toward the center of the earth

11.

Producers are...

a)

Living things that make their own food with the process of photosynthesis

b)

Living organisms that eat or consume other living things to stay alive

c)

Living things that get energy by breaking down wastes and dead plant and animal matter

d)

The place where a living things lives in an ecosystem

12.

Consumers are...

a)

Living things that make their own food with the process of photosynthesis

b)

Living organisms that eat or consume other living things to stay alive

c)

Living things that get energy by breaking down wastes and dead plant and animal matter

d)

The place where a living things lives in an ecosystem

13.

A predator is...

a)

The transfer of food energy in a sequence of living things

b)

The transfer of food energy through multiple food chains combined in an ecosystem

c)

An animal that hunts and eats another animal

d)

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

14.

Prey is...

a)

The transfer of food energy in a sequence of living things

b)

The transfer of food energy through multiple food chains combined in an ecosystem

c)

An animal that hunts and eats another animal

d)

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

15.

A food chain is...

a)

The transfer of food energy in a sequence of living things

b)

The transfer of food energy through multiple food chains combined in an ecosystem

c)

An animal that hunts and eats another animal

d)

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal

16.
The surroundings in which an organism lives 
a)
niche
b)
biotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
17.
Organisms of the same species living in the same environment together
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
18.
Populations living in the same environment at the same time 
a)
population
b)
community
c)
biotic 
d)
niche
19.
Movement of water through earths ecosystems
a)
precpitation
b)
transpiration
c)
condensation
d)
water cycle
20.

Consumer

a)

An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food

b)

An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

c)

An organism that makes its own food

d)

A representation of the flow of energy from the sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem

21.

Decomposer

a)

An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food

b)

An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

c)

An organism that makes its own food

d)

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem

22.

Producer

a)

An organism that gets energy by feeding on dead materials and waste

b)

An organism that eats other organisms (plants and / or animals) for food

c)

A representation of the flow of energy from the sun through producers to consumers and decomposers in an ecosystem

d)

An organism that makes its own food

23.

Absorbent is....

a)

a substance that can soak up a liquid, or to take in energy and retain it.

b)

a substance that repels liquid

c)

a kind of pollution

d)

a pair of sensory organs

24.
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rocks?
a)
deposition
b)
landslide
c)
weathering
d)
erosion
25.
Weathering is...
a)
the breaking apart, wearing away, or dissolving of rock. 
b)
the scraping away of materials
c)
material that comes from the weathering of rock
d)
the moving of sediment and rock from one place to another. 
26.
Evaporation occurs when water changes into 
a)
transpiration
b)
snow
c)
solid
d)
vapor
27.

Classifying is...

a)

the distinguishing features or quality of something

b)

to sort things into different groups.

c)

a substance that has two or more elements in it

d)

making a conclusion about an experiment

28.

The bouncing back of light waves off of a surface is...

a)

Reflection

b)

Refraction

c)

Light

d)

Lens

29.

A mirror _________ light.

a)

absorbs

b)

reflects

c)

refracts

30.
What is the definition for Controlled Experiment ?
a)
Information acquired by observation or experimentation.
b)
A unit of measure of distance (m)
c)
An experiment in which only one variable is manipulated at a time.
d)
Always applies under the same conditions (Ex. The Law of Gravity)
31.

Volume is...

a)

the weight of an object

b)

the length of an object

c)

how much room something takes up lxwxh

d)

the area of an object lxw

32.

Texture is...

a)

how something smells

b)

is a substance or material which is not made up of natural substances

c)

how something sounds

d)

the appearance, feel and structure of a substance

33.
The color of a mineral in powder form is called the mineral's 
a)
hardness
b)
specific gravity
c)
luster
d)
streak
34.
How light reflects off of a mineral is called the mineral's 
a)
luster
b)
streak
c)
cleavage
d)
fracture
35.
A mineral's resistance to being scratched is called?
a)
streak
b)
luster
c)
hardness
d)
heft
36.
Breakage along smooth, flat planes
a)
fracture
b)
cleavage
c)
streak
d)
ore
37.

Precipitation is ....

a)

rain, hail, sleet, and snow

b)

snow, rain, and sleet

c)

ice