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5th Grade Life Science STAAR Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

rabbits, caterpillars, deer, wolves, owls, grasshoppers, and humans are all...

a)

decomposers

b)

consumers

c)

carnivores

d)

producers

2.

Which is a producer? (a)  

Choose from the below words
Oak tree
snake
mushroom
owl
3.
What is it called when a plant makes its own food? 
a)
producing
b)
photosynthesis
c)
herbivore 
d)
photoproducing
4.
What does a plant need to make its own food?
a)
sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
b)
sunlight, water, soil
c)
sunlight, water, oxygen
d)
sunlight, oxygen, carbon dioxide
5.

What do the arrows show in a food web? (a)  

Choose from the below words
What animal eats what
Transfer of energy
Predator and prey relationships
Transfer of food
6.
How do carnivores get their energy if they don't eat plants?
a)
It's a trick question, they do eat plants
b)
From the sun and water
c)

From the animals they eat that do eat plants

d)
From decomposers
7.

True or false, this is an example of a food web (a)  

Choose from the below words
True
False
8.
What do all food chains and food webs start with?
a)
primary consumers
b)
producers
c)
secondary consumers
d)
tertiary consumers
9.

Which are examples of producers? (a)  

Choose from the below words
grass, leaves, algae
the sun
crickets, spiders, beetles
mushrooms, fungi
10.
What breaks down dead organisms? 
a)
predators
b)
decomposers
c)
consumers
d)
scavengers
11.
Decomposers put what back into the soil?
a)
Dirt
b)
Food
c)
Energy
d)
Nutrients 
12.
What are some examples of decomposers?
a)
earth worms, fungi, bacteria
b)
beetles, vultures 
c)
algae, phytoplankton
13.
What provides the start of all energy?
a)
Sun
b)
Producers
c)
Nutrients
d)
Decomposers
14.

What is the difference between an amphibian and a fish?

a)

Amphibians breathe with lungs while fish breathe with gills.

b)

Amphibians breathe with gills while fish breathe with lungd

c)

Amphibians and fish breathe with gills.

d)

Amphibians and fish breathe with lungs.

15.

Animals that have hair or fur, give birth to live young, make milk for their young and breathes with lungs are called (a)  

Choose from the below words
mammals
reptiles
amphibians
fish
16.

A partial food web is shown. Make a food chain that shows a complete pathway in which energy flows in this food web.

a)

Grasses

b)

Mice

c)

Snakes

d)

Hawks

1)
2)
3)
4)
17.

The chart lists animal behaviors. Which behaviors are not correctly classified? Select TWO of the following choices.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

18.

Students listed 5 observations they made of organisms in terrariums and aquariums. Which observations describe interactions between two living things? Select TWO statements.

a)

A fish eats aquatic plants.

b)

A snake rests on a heated mat.

c)

A turtle basks on a rock under a lamp.

d)

A bearded dragon eats a cricket.

e)

An anole runs across the dirt.

19.

Animals can (a)   to changes where they live.

20.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
21.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
22.
How many carnivores are shown in this food web?
23.
An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
autotroph
24.
What is an omnivore?
a)
An organism that only eats plants for energy
b)
An organism that eats animals for energy
c)
An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.
25.

Horses eat grass, so they are a (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
26.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
27.

Eelgrass is a major source of food for birds and turtles in an estuary. What will most likely happen to the bird and turtle populations if people remove the eelgrass to build a bridge?

a)

turtle population will increase but bird population decreases

b)

both turtle and bird population increases

c)

bird population increases but turtle population decreases

d)

both bird and turtle populations decrease

28.

In a lake ecosystem, how would people catching too many minnows most likely affect the minnows' predators?

a)

predators will loose major food source

b)

predators will leave to find food

c)

predators would not be affected at all

d)

predators would reproduce more

29.

In a certain habitat, a coyote's main source of food is the cottontail rabbit. What would happen if the number of coyotes in this habitat were increased?

a)

number of rabbits increase

b)

number of rabbits decrease

c)

rabbits would not exist

d)

number of rabbits would not change

30.
Organisms of the same species living in the same environment together
a)
population
b)
community
c)
ecosystem
d)
environment
31.
What is the stage of the caterpillar called?
a)
pupa
b)
adult
c)
egg
d)
larva
32.
What is a life cycle?
a)
process of changing from one form to another
b)
changes an animal goes through during its life
c)
larva spins this covering out of silk or grows hard shells
33.
A immature ______________ looks very similar to its parents.
a)
nymph
b)
adult
c)
egg
d)
pupa
34.

Which is an example of organisms interacting?

a)

A bird building a nest in a tree

b)

A shark eating a seal for food

c)

A butterfly eating nectar from a flower

d)

All of the above

35.

Changes that living things go through are called (a)   .

Choose from the below words
Egg
Metamorphosis
Adult
Sounds
36.

Which answer choice shows the frog's life cycle stages in the correct order?

a)

3, 4, 2, 1

b)

2, 3, 1, 4

c)

1, 2, 3, 4

d)

3, 1, 2, 4

37.
What is the first stage of the life cycle of a butterfly?
a)
pupa
b)
adult
c)
egg
d)
larva
38.

Which insect goes through complete metamorphosis?

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

Look at this picture of a life cycle.

Which stage shows an egg?

40.

Which of these is the correct order of a frog's life cycle?

a)

Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult

b)

Egg, Juvenile, Adult

c)

Egg, Tadpole, Frogling, Adult

d)

Egg, Larva, Fry, Juvenile, Adult