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5th Grade- Science Vocabulary

Total questions: 99

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A state of matter that does not have a definite shape or take up a definite amount of space. A ___ can expand to fill any available space in a container.

a)

liquid

b)

gas

c)

solid

d)

displacement

2.

A state of matter that does not have a definite shape but takes up a definite amount of space. A ____ fills the bottom of its container when at rest, and flows freely when poured.

a)

liquid

b)

powder

c)

solid

d)

gas

3.

A state of matter that has a definite shape and takes up a definite amount of space. It keeps it shape when at rest, whether or not it is in a container.

a)

gas

b)

state

c)

solid

d)

volume

4.

A form, stage, or condition of something that can change. Solid, liquid, and gas are _____ of matter.

a)

observation

b)

states

c)

procedure

d)

liquid

5.

The measure of how heavy something is. It is often used as a measure of mass.

a)

weight

b)

air

c)

property

d)

solid

6.

The amount of space something occupies. A property of all matter.

a)

air

b)

expand

c)

volume

d)

property

7.

What is needed to do work or cause change

a)

Energy

b)

Sound Energy

c)

Mechanical Energy

d)

Protein

8.

A combination of 3 or more substances in which each keep their physical properties and can be separated easily.

a)

Mixture

b)

Solution

c)

Physical Property

d)

Dissovle

9.

A change in a substance without forming a new substance, such as changing size or state of matter

a)

physical property

b)

physical change

c)

physical state

d)

mixture

10.

A characteristic that can be observed or measured

a)

Physical State

b)

Physical Change

c)

Solution

d)

Physical Property

11.

Anything that has mass and takes up space

a)

mass

b)

matter

c)

physical properties

d)

magnetism

12.

Characteristics that can be observed or measured

a)

matter

b)

mass

c)

physical properties

d)

physical state

13.

The classification of matter as a solid, liquid, and gas

a)

physical state

b)

physical property

c)

mass

d)

matter

14.

A material that slows down or stops electric current or heat from flowing.

a)

insulator

b)

conductor

c)

mass

d)

magnetism

15.

An amount of matter in something

a)

weight

b)

matter

c)

mass

d)

volume

16.

A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change directions.

a)

Friction

b)

Position

c)

Force

d)

Location

17.

A force that resists the motion of two surfaces sliding across one another.

a)

Force

b)

Push

c)

Location

d)

Friction

18.

The force that causes objects with mass to attract each other.

a)

Friction

b)

Gravity

c)

Force

d)

Location

19.

A change in position or location.

a)

Friction

b)

Force

c)

Movement

d)

Direction

20.

Where an object is located.

a)

Friction

b)

Distance

c)

Location

d)

Force

21.

A line or course in which something is moving.

a)

Gravity

b)

location

c)

Direction

d)

Force

22.

A force that resists the motion of two surfaces sliding across one another.

a)

Gravity

b)

Force

c)

Direction

d)

Friction

23.

The force that causes objects with mass to attract each other.

a)

Force

b)

Direction

c)

Gravity

d)

Position

24.
The surroundings in which an organism lives 
a)
niche
b)
biotic
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
25.
Living parts in the environment
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
c)
community
26.
Nonliving parts in the environment 
a)
cooperation
b)
predation
c)
abiotic
d)
biotic
27.
Home to an organism
a)
biotic 
b)
evaporation
c)
population
d)
habitat
28.
Organisms of the same species living in the same environment together
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
29.
Populations living in the same environment at the same time 
a)
population
b)
community
c)
biotic 
d)
niche
30.
Community  and the abiotic parts living together
a)
evaporation
b)
ecosystem
c)
abiotic 
d)
enviroment
31.
Role of an organism
a)
niche
b)
community
c)
biotic 
d)
water cycle
32.
Movement of water through earths ecosystems
a)
precpitation
b)
transpiration
c)
condensation
d)
water cycle
33.
What are examples of biotic factors?
a)
 mushroom, snail, whale
b)
tree, hair, paper
c)
 clouds, dirt, plastic
d)
 athlete's foot, grapes, gold
34.
What are examples of abiotic factors?
a)
clouds, dirt, mold
b)
glass, sand, water
35.
An organism that does not make its own food and gets energy from other organisms
a)
 consumer
b)
 producer
c)
 autotroph
d)
 scavenger
36.
What member of an ecosystem would a field of daisies represent?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
37.
What member of an ecosystem would a group of cats represent?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
38.
What part of an ecosystem would a single flower represent?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Ecosystem
39.
What would a combination of various life forms represent in an ecosystem?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
40.
What would you call all of the biotic and abiotic organisms living together in the same place?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
41.
What do you call the place where plants, animals and non-living things form a single living space?
a)
Organism
b)
Population
c)
Community
d)
Ecosystem
42.
a rock
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
43.
water
a)
biotic
b)
abiotic
44.
What is the vocabulary word for a group of individuals that live in a certain area?
a)
Community 
b)
Individual 
c)
Population 
d)
Ecosystem 
45.
What is the vocabulary word for a group of individuals that live in a certain area?
a)
Community 
b)
Individual 
c)
Population 
d)
Ecosystem 
46.
What are personal characteristics called that have been passed on to offspring from parents, such as dimples or eye color?
a)
recessive traits
b)
genetics
c)
inherited traits
d)
gene
47.
What is the study of heredity called?
a)
Genes
b)
Genetics
c)
Unique
d)
Inherited traits
48.
What type of trait is rare?
a)
Dominant trait
b)
Inherited trait
c)
Recessive trait
d)
Albino trait
49.
What is a set of instructions for an inherited trait?
a)
Genes
b)
Jeans
c)
Genetics
d)
Genesis
50.
What type of trait is more common?
a)
Parental trait
b)
Inherited trait
c)
Recessive
d)
Dominant
51.
Inherited traits can include cleft chin, freckles and color blindness.
a)
True
b)
False
52.
Which characteristic is NOT inherited?
a)
Hairline (straight or widow's peak)
b)
Spoken language (English, Spanish, etc...)
c)
Earlobes (attached or detached)
d)
Hair type (straight or curly)
53.
If one parent has blue eyes and one parent has green eyes, the offspring will definitely have blue eyes. 
a)
True
b)
False
54.
What tool can you use to help figure out the probability of a trait being dominant or recessive?
a)
Four Square
b)
Punnett Square
c)
Puzzle Square
d)
Circle Square
55.

A quality or characteristic of a living thing.

a)

trait

b)

genes

c)

behavior

d)

population

56.

Characteristics that a living thing gets from their parents.

a)

acquired traits

b)

inherited traits

c)

population

d)

behavior

57.

A characteristic that a living thing gets in its lifetime.

a)

acquired traits

b)

inherited traits

c)

genes

d)

population

58.

The passing on of traits and physical features from parents to their offspring.

a)

population

b)

heredity

c)

trait

d)

acquired trait

59.

All the organisms in one group at the same place and time.

a)

trait

b)

genes

c)

heredity

d)

population

60.

A way in which a living thing acts or responds to its surrounding.

a)

behavior

b)

inherited traits

c)

genes

d)

heredity

61.

A mother dog and her puppy both have curly fur. Which BEST explains this?

a)

In dogs, curly fur is more common than straight fur.

b)

In dogs, curly fur is an acquired trait.

c)

The mother dog acquired curly fur and passed on that trait to her puppy.

d)

The mother dog inherited curly fur and passed on that trait to her puppy.

62.

Which of these is a learned behavior for a human.

a)

sleeping

b)

laughing

c)

playing a violin

d)

having brown eyes

63.

In a population of cardinals, all the birds have short beaks. Their short beaks are an example of _________________.

a)

a learned behavior

b)

an inherited trait

c)

an acquired trait

d)

an inherited behavior

64.
Is gravity a push or a pull?
a)
push
b)
pull
c)
neither
d)
both
65.

You are testing how the amount you water a plant affects its growth. What would be the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE in this experiment.

a)

They type of pot you put the plants in.

b)

The amount you water each plant.

c)

The amount of sunlight the plants get.

d)

The amount the plant grows.

66.

(7) Which scenario is showing gravity as the main force moving an object?

a)

My pencil fell to the ground when I dropped it.

b)

A plane taking off.

c)

A feather floating in the wind.

d)

A boy threw a ball up in the air.

67.
What is the force that causes everything to be pulled down to the Earth?
a)
friction
b)
gravity
c)
balanced
d)
unbalanced
68.
the transfer of heat energy between substances that are in direct contact with each other
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
transfer
69.
the transfer of heat energy through liquids and gases (air)
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
transfer
70.
the transfer of heat energy through waves or particles
a)
conduction
b)
convection
c)
radiation
d)
transfer
71.
A form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.
a)
energy
b)
conduction
c)
heat
d)
convection
72.
objects that more easily transfer heat
a)
insulator
b)
conductor
c)
kinetic energy
d)
potential energy
73.
objects that prevent heat transfer
a)
insulator
b)
conductor
c)
kinetic energy
d)
potential energy
74.
to pass from one place to another
a)
heat
b)
energy
c)
transfer
d)
conductor
75.
energy in motion
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
heat
d)
transfer
76.
stored energy
a)
kinetic energy
b)
potential energy
c)
heat
d)
transfer
77.
the ability to do work or transfer heat
a)
energy
b)
transfer
c)
heat
d)
insulator
78.

Fog is the _____ cloud.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Stratus

d)

Nimbus

79.

The mid-level cloud is the ______ cloud.

a)

Stratus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Nimbus

80.

Which cloud is higher in the sky.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

None

81.

Thunder Storm Clouds are called ______

a)

Stratus

b)

Nimbus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Cirrus

82.

____ clouds look like cotton

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Nimbus

d)

Cirrus

83.

Hard Question: What are mid_level clouds made of?

a)

Water vapor

b)

Gas

c)

Ice Crystals

d)

Water vapor and ice crystals

84.

Clouds that look like stripes in the air are ______ clouds.

a)

Cirrus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Nimbus

d)

Stratus

85.

Clouds that cover the sky like a blanket are ______ clouds.

a)

Stratus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Nimbus

86.

The cloud made out of ice crystals are the______ clouds.  Hint: is the picture.

a)

Stratus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Nimbus

87.

What does a thermometer measure?

a)

time

b)

temperature

c)

weight

88.
According to the diagram, when does condensation take place?
a)
when the water runs from rivers into the sea
b)
when the water is falling to the Earth as rain or snow
c)
when the water goes from the sea to the clouds
d)
when the water turns into rain in the clouds
89.
Which of the following situations is an example of condensation?
a)
car windows fogging up
b)
snow falling from the clouds
c)
a pot of boiling water turning into gas
d)
a plant releasing oxygen into the atmosphere
90.
Which instrument is used to measure changes in wind speed?
a)
hygrometer
b)
thermometer
c)
anemometer
d)
barometer
91.
Imagine the United States has a high mountain range all along its western coastline.  The land east of the mountain range would probably be
a)
desert.
b)
swamp.
c)
grassland.
d)
forest.
92.

clouds that bring strong storms, usually anvil shaped

a)

cirrus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

cumulus

93.

blows to the land from the sea, brings cooler air to the beach, happens during the day

a)

sea breeze

b)

land breeze

c)

beach breeze

d)

prevailing westerlies

94.

winds that change frequently, occur low to the ground, and are unpredictable

a)

global winds

b)

prevailing winds

c)

westerlies

d)

local winds

95.

blows to the sea from the land, happens at night

a)

sea breeze

b)

land breeze

c)

maritime tropical

d)

global winds

96.

a warming of the Pacific ocean due to weak trade winds, floods/droughts occur, fish have to move, not many hurricanes

a)

gulf stream

b)

jet stream

c)

El Nino

d)

La Nina

97.

measures air pressure

a)

barometer

b)

anemometer

c)

thermometer

d)

wind vane

98.

ocean current that brings warm moist weather up the East coast

a)

jet stream

b)

polar stream

c)

tropical stream

d)

gulf stream

99.

a cooling of the Pacific ocean, due to weak trade winds, floods/droughts occur, good for fishing, many hurricanes

a)

La Nina

b)

El Nino

c)

El Gato

d)

La Bolsa

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