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5th Grade Science Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is gravity?

a)

The speed and direction of a moving object.

b)

The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass.

c)

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

d)

A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

2.

What does friction refer to?

a)

The speed and direction of a moving object.

b)

A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another.

c)

A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

d)

Change in velocity with respect to time.

3.

What is mass?

a)

The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass.

b)

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

c)

A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

d)

Material that has mass and takes up some amount of space.

4.

What is matter?

a)

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

b)

The speed and direction of a moving object.

c)

Material that has mass and takes up some amount of space.

d)

A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another.

5.

What is force?

a)

Change in velocity with respect to time.

b)

A push or pull exerted by one object on another, causing a change in motion.

c)

The speed and direction of a moving object.

d)

A change in the position of an object compared to another object.

6.

What is motion?

a)

A change in the position of an object compared to another object.

b)

Material that has mass and takes up some amount of space.

c)

A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

d)

The force of attraction between any two objects due to their mass.

7.

What is momentum?

a)

Strength or speed of movement.

b)

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

c)

Change in velocity with respect to time.

d)

The speed and direction of a moving object.

8.

What is acceleration?

a)

The speed and direction of a moving object.

b)

Change in velocity with respect to time.

c)

A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another.

d)

A push or pull exerted by one object on another.

9.

What is velocity?

a)

Change in velocity with respect to time.

b)

The speed and direction of a moving object.

c)

A measure of the amount of matter in an object.

d)

A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another.

10.

What is inertia?

a)

The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line or of any object to resist a change in motion.

b)

The continual movement of water between the land, ocean, and the air.

c)

The process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas.

d)

Water that is released from clouds in the sky.

11.

What is evaporation?

a)

To turn from a gas into a liquid.

b)

The process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas.

c)

Water that is released from clouds in the sky.

d)

The tendency of a moving object to keep moving in a straight line.

12.

What is condensation?

a)

The process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas.

b)

To turn from a gas into a liquid.

c)

The continual movement of water between the land, ocean, and the air.

d)

The process in plants by which water is taken up by the roots.

13.

What is precipitation?

a)

The process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas.

b)

Water that is released from clouds in the sky; includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, & freezing rain.

c)

The process in plants by which water is taken up by the roots.

d)

Rainfall not absorbed by the soil.

14.

What is transpiration?

a)

The process in plants by which water is taken up by the roots and released as water vapor through stomata in the leaves.

b)

The process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas.

c)

Rainfall not absorbed by the soil.

d)

The continual movement of water between the land, ocean, and the air.

15.

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

16.

The amount of matter in a solid, liquid, or gas

a)

density

b)

texture

c)

mass

d)

volume

17.

when matter has a change in its physical properties but not its chemical properties; only state, shape, size, color change; there is no new substance created

a)

chemical change

b)

physical change

c)

inherited physical traits

d)

acquired physical traits

18.

What pulls objects to the center of the Earth?

a)

the sun

b)

the moon

c)

the tides

d)

gravity

19.
What is a force?
a)
a push or pull
b)
speed or acceleration 
c)
potential or kinetic energy
d)
balanced or unbalanced force
20.
A ball is moving in a certain direction.  What would happen to the ball if a greater force was applied on the ball along its direction of motion?
a)
The speed of the ball would decrease.
b)
The speed of the ball would increase.
c)
The ball will stop instantly.
d)
The ball will change direction.
21.
7.  A boy pushes a cart across the floor.  What is the push most likely to change?
a)
A.  The mass of the cart
b)
B.  The shape of the cart
c)
C.  The position of the cart
d)
D.  All of the above
22.
What percentage of energy is transferred to the next level in the energy pyramid?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
90%
23.
Where can matter be found?
a)
Everywhere
b)
On Earth only
c)
In a solid and liquid only
24.
What are the 3 states of matter?
a)
Water, air, ball
b)
mass, volume, grams
c)
solid, liquid, gas
d)
chair, table, pencil
25.

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