5th grade science (all units) vocab

The brightness of a star is known as the magnitude.

The squirrels, beetles, birds, deer and mice that live in the forest behind my house are known as a.........

A fox controls the population of mice in a field. In the ecosystem this is the fox's niche. What is a niche?

The hydrosphere includes all the mountains, dirt, soil, rocks and land on Earth.

A chair is a solid.

A carnivore eats only.......

All living things exist in the geosphere.

What is this a picture of below?

The image below is an example of the Earth.........

Matter is made up of tiny particles called ______________.

Water, rocks, and dirt are known as __________ factors.

A _________ is a combination of two or more substances that can be easily seperated.

A mushroom is known as a decomposer. Decomposers break down dead plants and animals for energy.

A primary consumer eats producers for energy.

Plants, animals, and trees as known as ___________ factors.

What does chlorophyll do for plants?

A mosquito feeds on human blood. This is an example of parasitism.

A groundhog digs a burrow for it's family underground. This is known as a habitat.

When an organism produces it's own food it is called a......

Molecules that stick together, stay in place ad vibrate are called gases.

______________ is the pulling force that pulls things towards the center of the Earth.

A group of squirrels live in the forest behind my house. Is this a community or population?

What is the part of a plant that takes in carbon dioxide from the environment for the process of photosynthesis?

Orange juice is an example of a ___________.

The pathway that a planet takes around the sun is known as an "orbit."

What is this a picture of?

An __________ is where all living and nonliving things interact with each other and their environment.

In this food chain, the owl is the secondary consumer.

An egret eats the bugs off of the cows back. What type of symbiotic relationship is this an example of?

This diagram shows the seasons of Earth. What causes the seasons on Earth?