Worksheetsscience benchmark review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How much did it rain in April?
a)
12 inches
b)
10 inches
c)
6 inches
d)
8 inches
2.
A student recorded the amount of snow for each snowfall during a winter season. In order to easily analyze the data, what is the best way to organize it?
a)
Make a chart listing the dates of the snowfalls
b)
Create a bar graph to compare snowfalls
c)
Calculate the average snowfall for the winter
d)
Write a summary of each snowfall
3.
Which statement is a prediction?
a)
The frog will jump off the log.
b)
The frog likes a warm, moist environment.
c)
The frog will catch a fly.
d)
The frog stayed on the log for 4 minutes.
4.
The correct order of the planets starting closest to the sun is...
a)
Earth; Jupiter; Mercury; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune; Venus; Mars
b)
Mercury; Venus; Earth; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus; Neptune
c)
Neptune; Uranus; Saturn; Jupiter; Mars; Earth; Venus; Mercury
d)
Mercury; Mars; Jupiter; Saturn; Venus; Uranus; Earth; Neptune
5.
Which planet is the smallest and closest to the sun?
a)
Mars
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Mercury
6.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are considered...
a)
Inner Terrestrial
b)
Gas Giants
7.
Which planet is sixth from the sun?
a)
Venus
b)
Jupiter
c)
Saturn
d)
Neptune
8.
Which planet is similar in size and mass to Earth?
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Jupiter
d)
Saturn
9.
Which planet is eighth from the sun and appears blue in color?
a)
Venus
b)
Saturn
c)
Jupiter
d)
Neptune
10.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are considered...
a)
Inner Terrestrial Planets
b)
Gas Giants
11.
Which planet is third from the Sun?
a)
Mercury
b)
Earth
c)
Venus
d)
Mars
12.
Why does the Earth have seasons?
a)
The temperature of the sun changes.
b)
Earth rotates on its axis.
c)
Earth's axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.
d)
The distance between Earth and the sun changes.
13.
What is the difference between revolution and rotation of the earth and the moon?
a)
The earth revolves about its axis and the moon rotates around the earth
b)
The earth rotates about its axis and the moon revolves around the earth
c)
The earth rotates about the sun and the moon revolves around the earth.
d)
The earth revolves around the moon and the moon rotates around the sun.
14.
As the Earth travels around the sun, this tilt causes different areas of the Earth’s surface to get different amounts of daylight at different times of the year. The angle of the Sun’s rays to the surface also causes areas to have more or less of the Sun’s energy. This causes the ________.
a)
months
b)
day and night
c)
seasons
d)
years
15.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
16.
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
17.
Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
new
d)
eclipse
18.
Name this phase of the moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
19.
Name this moon phase.
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
20.
Spinning of Earth on its axis.
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
21.
Movement of Earth around the sun.
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
22.
What is a day?
a)
time required for the Earth to orbit once around the sun
b)
time required for the moon to orbit once around the Earth
c)
time required for the earth to rotate once on its axis
d)
gravity
23.
what is a year?
a)
time required for the Earth to rotate once around its axis
b)
force
c)
time required for the Earth to orbit once around the sun
d)
time required for the moon to orbit once around the Earth
24.
All the populations (living things) and nonliving things (soil, water, air) in an environment that interact with each other form a/an....
a)
Food Chain
b)
Population
c)
Solar System
d)
Ecosystem
25.
All the organisms of the same species that live in the same place at the same time are a -
a)
Community
b)
Population
c)
Food Chain
d)
Consumers
26.
Different populations of plants and animals living in the same place at the same time make up a -
a)
Population
b)
Food Web
c)
Producers
d)
Community
27.
The long neck of a giraffe to help reach leaves is an example of a _____________________.
a)
Structural Adaptation
b)
Behavioral Adaptation
28.
A brown bear hibernating in the winter is an example of a _____________________.
a)
Structural Adaptation
b)
Behavioral Adaptation
29.
A porcupines sharp quills for protection is an example of a _____________________.
a)
Structural Adaptation
b)
Behavioral Adaptation
30.
Geese migrating south for the winter is an example of a ____________________.
a)
Structural Adaptation
b)
Behavioral Adaptation
31.
The place where an animal lives and gets its food, water, and shelter is a...
a)
Habitat
b)
Niche
c)
Food Chain
d)
Consumer
32.
The job an organism performs in the food web of its community is a...
a)
Producer
b)
Niche
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
33.
This picture is an example of a _______________________.
a)
Community
b)
Population
34.
This image shows an ecosystem because __________________ and ___________________ things interact together.
a)
Producers; Consumers
b)
Living; Decomposers
c)
Producers; Nonliving
d)
Living; Nonliving
35.
To make an electromagnet, a conductor should be coiled around —
a)
a glass tube
b)
an iron nail
c)
a roll of paper
d)
a wooden stick
36.
Early scientists most likely saw a discharge of electricity for the first time when observing a —
a)
waterfall
b)
rainbow
c)
lightning storm
d)
volcano erupting
37.
Which energy transformation most likely occurs in a steam iron?
a)
Electrical energy changes to heat energy.
b)
Electrical energy changes to sound energy
c)
Mechanical energy changes to heat energy.
d)
Mechanical energy changes to light energy
38.
In this picture, the iron filings show the shape of the magnetic —
a)
axis
b)
core
c)
field
d)
pole
39.
A fifth-grade class constructed this circuit. Which of these objects most likely made the light glow when connected to points X and Y?
a)
Plastic straw
b)
Cotton string
c)
Aluminum foil
d)
Rubber eraser
40.
Which item is designed to change electrical energy into heat energy?
a)
alarm clock
b)
hand dryer
c)
fan
d)
telephone
41.
Bits of paper are attracted to the surface of this balloon. What attracts the paper pieces to the balloon?
a)
Friction
b)
Magnetism
c)
Potential energy
d)
Static electricity
42.
Which of these correctly shows what happens when two magnets are placed side by side?
a)
F
b)
G
c)
H
d)
J
43.
The electrician in this picture is wearing rubber gloves for protection. The purpose of the rubber gloves is to —
a)
keep the electrician dry
b)
create an electrical circuit
c)
produce electricity
d)
insulate the electrician
44.
An electric motor is designed to turn electrical energy into —
a)
solar energy
b)
potential energy
c)
static electricity
d)
mechanical energy
45.
The energy used to move most bicycles is an example of what type of energy?
a)
Electrical
b)
Mechanical
c)
Chemical
d)
Nuclear
46.
Which of these can most easily produce magnetic fields?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Wind
c)
Electricity
d)
Flowing water
47.
Benjamin Franklin conducted this famous experiment that showed lightning was —
a)
a movement of air molecules
b)
a magnetic field
c)
an electrical discharge
d)
a glowing chemical
48.
Electric lights will not come on unless their electrical circuit is a —
a)
parallel circuit
b)
series circuit
c)
closed circuit
d)
short circuit
49.
A bar magnet is placed on a table, and a sheet of blank paper is placed over the magnet. What could be sprinkled on the paper to show the magnetic field of the bar magnet?
a)
Salt
b)
Iron filings
c)
. Sand
d)
Soil
50.
The picture shows a comb that was used on a cold, dry day. Which of these cause the bits of paper to be attracted to the comb?
a)
Magnetic forces
b)
Chemical
reactions
c)
Static electricity
d)
Heat differences
51.
Which of these materials is a good conductor of electricity?
a)
Rubber
b)
Glass
c)
Metal
d)
Newspaper
52.
What material would be safest to use as an insulator to cover electrical wires?
a)
Aluminum
b)
Rubber
c)
Tin
d)
Water
53.
Copper wire is often wrapped in plastic. Plastic material is a good —
a)
electromagnet
b)
insulator
c)
circuit
d)
current
54.
The magnetic fields of any magnet are greatest —
a)
around the middle
b)
around the poles
c)
around only the south pole
d)
around only the north pole
55.
Benjamin Franklin discovered the form of energy produced by lightning. Experiments with lightning killed many people before he discovered that lightning is a form of —
a)
gravity
b)
water
c)
magnetism
d)
electricity
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