SPIRAL REVIEW – 3RD QUARTER

5th Grade ScienceTroup County School System

Week 1: Monday

1. Which of these makes vertebrates different from invertebrates?

a. Vertebrates have backbones.b. Vertebrates live above water.c. Vertebrates have two parents.d. Vertebrates are warm-blooded.

Week 1: Monday

2. You come across a bend in a river with a broad, sandy beach. This sand formation is likely caused by _____________.

a. depositionb. erosionc. eruptiond. reclamation

Week 1: Monday

3. Which of these describes the space taken up by an object?

a. length b. mass c. matter d. volume

Week 1: Tuesday

1. Which physical characteristic classifies an animal as a mammal?

a. fur or hairb. eyes and earsc. hooves or hornsd. lungs and kidneys

Week 1: Tuesday

2. The Hawaiian Islands were formed as a result of _____________.

a. depositionb. glaciersc. hurricanesd. volcanic activity

Week 1: Tuesday3. Why do scientists measure and record the mass of objects rather than their weight? a. Mass fluctuates with changes in temperature while weight remains constant.b. Weight fluctuates with changes in temperature while mass remains constant. c. Weight depends on the pull of gravity, so it changes depending on an object’s location while mass remains the same. d. Mass depends on the pull of gravity, so it changes

depending on an object’s location while weight the same

Week 1: Wednesday

Based on Rita’s chart, which statement below is true? a. All of these animals live on land.b. There are no cold-blooded amphibians.c. No warm-blooded animals live in the water.d. All animals that live on land are warm-blooded.

Week 1: Wednesday

2. What do you call the sudden movement of Earth’s crust?

a. earthquakeb. faultc. tsunamid. volcano

Week 1: Wednesday

3. Bill has three notebooks each of which have masses of 2 kg. His backpack has a mass of0.5 kg. If he puts the notebooks in his backpack, what will be the total mass?

a. 2.5 kg b. 5.5 kg c. 6.5 kg d. 7 kg

Week 1: Thursday

1. What do all amphibians have in common?

a. They all feed on plants.b. They are all cold-blooded.c. They all care for their young.d. They all live only in the water

Week 1: Thursday

2. Which of these can rapidly affect Earth’s surface?

a. earthquakesb. annual rainfallc. sediment depositsd. frozen precipitation

Week 2: Monday

1. If two different objects balance on a scale, _________________.

a. they have the same type of matter b. they have the same volume of matter c. they have the same density of matter d. they have the same amount of matter

Week 2: Monday

Based on Jared’s research, which of animal listed below is NOT a reptile? a. frogb. lizardc. snaked. turtle

Week 2: Monday

Week 2: Tuesday

1. These may all be classified as ______________.

a. crustaceansb. invertebratesc. predators d. vertebrates

Week 2: Tuesday

Week 2: Tuesday3. Baking soda mixed with vinegar produces carbon dioxide

and water.

The BEST way to prove that no mass was lost during this reaction is to _______________.

a. use equal masses of baking soda and vinegar b. determine the masses of all the substances before and after the reaction c. determine the mass of the carbon dioxide and water that

is produced d. compare the mass of the vinegar and water to be certain they are equal

Week 2: Tuesday

4. Open-Ended Question:

A student wants to compare the amount of matter in a scoop of frozen ice cream to that of a scoop of melted ice cream. Explain how the student might make this comparison. In your explanation, be sure to include

• the equipment needed• the likely outcome of the

comparison

Week 2: Wednesday

Week 2: Wednesday

2. Certain land features form where plates meet. Which land feature forms where two continental plates collide?

a. glaciersb. oceansc. mountainsd. trenches

Week 2: Wednesday

Week 2: Thursday

1. Open- Ended Response:

Why is it important to sort or classify or sort all living things by their characteristics?

Week 2: Thursday

2. Erosion takes soil away from some places and drops it in other places. Which landform is made when soil is carried by a river and dropped near the ocean?

a. canyonb. cliffc. deltad. valley

Week 2: Thursday3. A student wants to show that the matter in a whole apple is equal to the matter in the pieces of the same apple.

Which process best describes how the student can demonstrate the relationship between the matter in the whole apple and the apple pieces?

a. observing the apple pieces b. cutting the apple into more pieces c. observing the color of the whole apple, then observing the color of the apple pieces d. determining the mass of the whole apple, then determining the mass of the apple pieces

Week 3: Monday

Week 3: Tuesday

1. How does a volcano cause a constructive change to the Earth's surface?

a. It floods the land.b. It adds new land.c. It takes land away.d. It breaks apart land.

Week 3: Tuesday2. The student removed Beaker 1 from the freezer the next day. When the student turned the beaker over, a block of ice fell out and broke into small pieces.Which statement describes the relationship between the mass of the block of ice and the mass of the small pieces of ice?

a. The mass of the block of ice was slightly greater because some of the small pieces melted.

b. The mass of the block of ice was less than the total mass of the smaller pieces of ice. c. The mass of the block of ice was equal to the total mass of the smaller pieces of ice. d. The mass of the block of ice was greater than the total mass of the smaller pieces of ice.

Week 3: Tuesday

3. You observe a very tall tree growing in the forest. How would you best describe it?

a. invertebrateb. nonvascularc. unicellulard. vascular

Week 3: Tuesday

4. Open-Ended Questions:

What are some types of constructive forces?

Week 3: Wednesday

Week 3: Wednesday

2. Pine trees, flowering plants, and ferns all belong to which division in the plant kingdom? a. nonvascularb. soft stemsc. vasculard. woody stems

Week 3: Wednesday

3. What is the pulling of sand particles sideways along a beach called?

a. beach driftb. beach erosionc. breakersd. sandbars

Week 3: Thursday

1. Redwood trees can grow to be very tall. They can grow so tall because they___________.

a. are plants with tubesb. are plants that do not have tubesc. are plants that have flowers with seedsd. are plants that loose their leaves in winter

Week 3: Thursday

2. Which is the BEST way to separate a mixture of iron filings, sand, gravel, and pebbles?

a. Dissolve the sand in water and use a screen to separate the pebbles. b. Put the mixture in water, then use a magnet to remove the iron filings. c. Use a magnet to remove the iron filings, then put the gravel in water and pick out the pebbles. d. Use a magnet to remove the iron filings, then use

screens of different sizes to separate the pebbles and gravel from the sand.

Week 4: Monday

1. What kinds of trees lose their leaves?

a. deciduous b. evergreen c. nonvascular d. non-woody

Week 4: Monday

2. Which of these is a giant wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean?

a. epicenterb. faultc. focusd. tsunami

Week 4: Monday

3. A good example of a solution is _____________.

a. a cake b. salt water c. milk in cereal d. distilled water

Week 4: Monday

4. Open-Ended Questions:

What are some types of destructive forces?

Week 4: Tuesday

1. How do scientists classify plants?

a. by physical structureb. by their chloroplastsc. by the color of their flowersd. by the type of insects they attract

Week 4: Tuesday

2. The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by natural processes is called _________.

a. depositionb. fossilizationc. sedimentd. weathering

Week 4: Wednesday

1. Which is a physical change?

a. Rusting iron b. Burning paper c. Reacting baking soda and vinegar

d. Separating a mixture of salt and water

Week 4: Wednesday

2. Which of these is caused by an earthquake?

a. faultb. hurricanec. tsunamid. volcano

Week 4: Wednesday

3. What are the two main groups of plants?

a. ferns and mossb. spores and seededc. seeded and seedlessd. vascular and non-vascular

Week 4: Wednesday

4. Open-Ended Question:

What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

Week 4: Thursday

Week 4: Thursday

2. Caves form under certain conditions. In which kind of environment would a cave be MOST LIKELY to form?

a. a cool prairieb. a wide desertc. a rainy hillsided. a windy mountainside

Week 4: Thursday

3. Which is a physical change?

a. Rusting iron b. Burning paper c. Cracking an egg shell d. Reacting baking soda and vinegar

Week 4: Thursday

4. Open-Ended Question:

How are the Earth’s surface features affected by destructive processes?

Extra Week 1: Monday

1. The Grand Canyon was formed as the result of _______________.

a. erosionb. a glacierc. a volcanod. an earthquake

Extra Week 1: Monday

2. What does vascular tissue do?

a. keep the plant in placeb. make food for the plantc. protect the plant from the sund. move water and food inside the plant

Extra Week: Monday

3. Which is the BEST way to separate a mixture of iron filings, sand, gravel, and pebbles?

a. Dissolve the sand in water and use a screen to separate the pebbles. b. Put the mixture in water, then use a magnet to remove the iron filings. c. Use a magnet to remove the iron filings, then put the gravel in water and pick out the pebbles. d. Use a magnet to remove the iron filings, then use screens of different sizes to separate the pebbles and gravel from the sand

Extra Week: Tuesday

1. A good example of a solution is _____________.

a. a cake b. salt water c. milk in cereal d. distilled water

Extra Week: Tuesday

2. Which of these is NOT an example of an event that changes the surface of Earth rapidly?

a. avalanchesb. earthquakesc. glaciersd. landslides

Extra Week: Tuesday

3. Which group do flowering plants belong to?

a. fernsb. mossesc. seed plantsd. coniferous plants

Extra Week: Wednesday

1. Open-Ended Question:

How are the blood vessels in your body like the tubes in vascular plants?

Extra Week: Wednesday

2. Which is a physical change?

a. Rusting iron b. Burning paper c. Reacting baking soda and vinegar

d. Separating a mixture of salt and water

Extra Week: Wednesday

3. Which of these is a giant wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean?

a. epicenterb. faultc. focusd. tsunami

Extra Week: Thursday

1. What are genes?

a. something you wearb. chemical blueprints for your bodyc. traits you inherit from your parentsd. behaviors you learn from your parents

Extra Week: Thursday

2. The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by natural processes is called _________.

a. depositionb. fossilizationc. sedimentd. weathering

Extra Week: Thursday3. Cecil poured two liquids into a bowl. The

liquids bubbled until all of the liquid was gone, and a solid remained in the bowl. What is the MOST LIKELY explanation for what happened?

a. The liquids combined to form a mixture. b. The liquids evaporated, leaving a solid. c. The liquids reacted chemically to form a solid. d. The liquids reacted chemically to form a gas and a solid.

Extra Week 2: Monday

1. Which statement is TRUE?

a. Behaviors are never inherited.b. Behaviors are always inherited. c. Inherited traits are controlled by genes.d. Inherited traits are not passed on to offspring.

Extra Week 2: Monday

2. Which BEST explains why this beach house is built on stilts?

a. to protect it from wildlifeb. to make it more accessible by boatc. to make it easier to see from far awayd. to protect it from high tides and waves

Extra Week 2: Monday

3. Open-Ended Question:

How was Georgia’s Providence Canyon formed?

Extra Week 2: Tuesday

1. Which characteristic would NOT be passed on by a gene?

a. white furb. broken wingc. brown scalesd. webbed feet

Extra Week 2: Tuesday

2. When bleach is poured on a shirt, what is the best sign that a chemical change takes place?

a. The shirt does not change its mass. b. The shirt is no longer mixed with dirt. c. The shirt changes color under the bleach. d. The shirt becomes wet with the liquid bleach.

Extra Week 2: Tuesday

3. The lava that flows from a volcano is caused by pressure underneath the Earth’s surface. This pressure is caused by ________________.

a. human activities that impact the lava flowb. earthquakes that occur in the Earth’s corec. heat trapped deep under the Earth’s surfaced. chemical weathering that occurs under the Earth’s surface