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WorksheetsScience Vocabulary practice
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Materials that let energy pass through it easily are called (a)
Materials that don't let energy travel through it easily are called (a)
Which of the following are good electrical conductors? Choose all that apply.
copper
grass
plastic
aluminum
Which of the following are examples of good electrical insulators? choose all that apply.
steel
rubber
glass
wood
Which of the following are examples of good thermal insulators? choose all that apply.
steel
Straw
cotton
rubber
Which of the following are good thermal conductors? Choose all that apply.
copper
grass
plastic
aluminum
The characteristics of an object, such as size, color and physical state are called:
Classify
Which property causes a nail or a grape to fall to the bottom of a water tank?
Density
To arrange or sort (a group of people or things) in classes or categories according to shared properties or characteristics is to
Physical Properties
What physical property do salt, sugar, and Kool-Aid powder all have in common? (a)
Substances that dissolve in a liquid are (a)
What happens when a substance dissolves?
It disappears
It melts
It gets smaller and smaller until it is evenly mixed
It evaporates
A (a) is different substances mixed together where each substance keeps its own physical properties.
(b)
A (a) is where substances are spread out evenly and the physical properties of the substances change.
Match the following
mixture
Fruit Salad
mixture
Piggy bank of coins
mixture
Glass of Sweet tea
solution
Jar of Buttons
solution
Bowl of iron filings and sand
Electrical Energy
energy of moving parts
Sound Energy
energy of moving electrons
Light Energy
energy that helps us see
Thermal Energy
energy of heat
Mechanical Energy
energy of vibrations
Which of the following produces mechanical energy?
Which of the following produces electrical energy?
Which of the following produces sound energy?
Which of the following produces sound energy?
Which of the following produces thermal energy? (only 1 correct answer)
Which of the following produces light energy?
parallel circuit
a closed conducting loop through which energy can flow
circuit
Electrical energy that flows down one path
series circuit
Electrical energy that flows down multiple paths
A medium is (a)
Which is light bouncing off of a surface? (a)
What is the bending of light as it moves through one medium into another? (a)
Match the following
a substance that forms when layers of
materials and sediments settle on top of
each other and then harden
the process where sediments are joined
together to form one solid substance
the process where sediments are packed
tightly together because of pressure
The three types of fossil fuels are (a) , (b) , and (c) .
Fossil fuels are renewable
true
false
These are not real
erosion
the breaking down of rocks into
sediments by wind, water, or ice
deposition
the movement of sediments from
one place to another by wind,
water, or ice
weathering
the process in which sediments
are dropped in a new place by
wind, water, or ice
evaporation
the process by which a liquid becomes a gas
condensation
the average measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, snow, and rain in a place over time
climate
the conditions of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
weather
the process by which a gas becomes a liquid
(a) It snowed last Tuesday.
(b) Sudden increase in temperature.
(c) Washington DC usually has very humid summers.
(d) Annual high temperatures in the month of May in Texas have decreased over many decades.
(e) From the year 1860 to 1960, the average temperature in July was 97 degrees.
In the diagram, which point represents evaporation?
In the diagram, which point represents condensation?
What cycle does Rotation cause?
day and night
hemisphere
disco
pe, art, stem, library, music
How long is 1 rotation?
24 minutes
2 years
24 hours
365 days
Which direction does the Sun appear to rise?
North
East
South
West
Which direction does the Sun appear to set
North
East
South
West
Which direction does the Earth rotate? (a)
If the Sun is in the WEST, a shadow will be towards the (a)
Ecosystem
what happens when an organism’s needs are not met
interaction
the interaction of living and non-living elements in an area
Perish
what happens when an organism’s needs are sufficiently met
Thrive
objects or living things depending on each other
Which statements are examples of something thriving in an ecosystem: (select all that apply)
producers receiving plenty of rain and sunlight
droughts
Communities growing within an ecosystem
decay
What can cause an organism to perish? (choose all that apply)
lack of food
holidays
plenty of rain
lack of food web balance
when an entire species dies out
extinction
the different stages in an organism’s development
life cycle
the protection of our natural resources
conservation
Which of the following is an example of a life cycle?
sunlight —> plant —> grasshopper —> bird
egg —> caterpillar —> pupa —> adult
midnight —> sunrise —> noon —> sunset
winter —> spring —> summer —> fall
an organism that gets its energy from eating
other organisms
decomposer
an organism that produces its own food (sugar)
producer
the process by which producers make glucose
consumer
organisms that break down dead material
photosynthesis
Which of the following are decomposers?
caterpillar
shrub
snail
fungi
Photosynthesis:
(a) + (b) + (c) = glucose + oxygen
Function
a structure or function of an organism that
helps it to survive in its environment
Structure
a physical part of an organism
Adaptation
the purpose of an organism’s body part
What are some of the structures of a plant that help it survive? (choose all that apply)
leaves
roots
seeds
petals
scent
What is the function of a giraffe’s long neck?
To look cool
to defend themselves from predators
to be able to reach high branches on trees
to be able to swim and keep their head above water
Match the following
behaviors that an organism is born knowing
how to do
behaviors that must be taught or learned
through experience
characteristics of an organism that are passed
down from parents to their offspring
(a) Riding a bike
(b) Breathing
(c) Number of petals on a flower
(d) Eye color
(e) Number of legs on a scorpion
(a) Communicating
(b) Desire to hunt
(c) Raccoon getting food from a trash can
(d) Birds migrating
