5th Grade Science SOL Review Game - 4th & 5th Grade Content

Question 1

Food chains start with a producer (a plant) and end with a _____.

Accepted Answer

decomposer

Question 2

Pollen forms on the ends of the male reproductive part of the flower called the ______.

Accepted Answer

stamen

Question 3

The weight of air causes _____.

Accepted Answer

air pressure

Question 4

Long beaks and webbed feet help an organism survive and are called _____ adaptations.

Accepted Answer

structural

Question 5

Rock material, sand and soil can be moved by water and wind in a process called _____.

Accepted Answer

erosion

Question 6

If you rub a balloon on fabric or your hair, you may create _____.

Accepted Answer

static electricity

Question 7

The instrument that measures precipitation is _____.

Accepted Answer

rain gauge

Question 8

Potential energy is _____ energy.

Accepted Answer

stored

Question 9

Migration is something an organism does to survive and is called a _____ adaptation.

Accepted Answer

behavioral

Question 10

Some light can pass through wax paper. Wax paper is _____.

Accepted Answer

translucent

Question 11

Living things are made of _____.

Accepted Answer

cells

Question 12

The smallest planet is _____.

Accepted Answer

Mercury

Question 13

Most plants are ______.

Accepted Answer

vascular

Question 14

The distance between two peaks of a wave is called _____.

Accepted Answer

wavelength

Question 15

The number of vibration in a given time is _____.

Accepted Answer

frequency

Question 16

If you heat a liquid it may _____.

Accepted Answer

change to a gas

Question 17

A light bulb will only light up if the circuit is _____.

Accepted Answer

closed

Question 18

Three types of rocks are sedimentary, igneous and _____.

Accepted Answer

metamorphic

Question 19

The layers of the Earth that are mostly made of rocky material are the _____.

Accepted Answer

crust and mantle

Question 20

When two or more elements combine to make a new substance, it is called _____.

Accepted Answer

a compound

Question 21

Because plants make their own food, they are called _____.

Accepted Answer

producers

Question 22

Organisms that get their energy by eating plants or animals are called _____.

Accepted Answer

consumers

Question 23

To produce food, green plants need water, sunlight, air and _____.

Accepted Answer

chlorophyll

Question 24

Animals with backbones are _____.

Accepted Answer

vertebrates

Question 25

The tilt of the Earth as it revolves around the sun causes _____.

Accepted Answer

seasons

Question 26

High, thin, wispy clouds are _____.

Accepted Answer

cirrus

Question 27

Earth is one of _____ planets that revolves around the sun.

Accepted Answer

8

Question 28

The control center of the cell is the:

Accepted Answer

nucleus

Question 29

A great variety of ocean animals are found in the shallow part of the ocean, above the _____.

Accepted Answer

continental shelf

Question 30

What kind of cloud brings stormy weather?

Accepted Answer

cumulonimbus

Question 31

An important resource mined in the southwestern part of Virginia is _____.

Accepted Answer

coal

Question 32

Electrical energy easily moves through metal, which is a _____.

Accepted Answer

conductor

Question 33

Plates that slide against each other cause _____.

Accepted Answer

earthquakes

Question 34

About half of the water in Virginia drains to the Chespeake Bay _____.

Accepted Answer

watershed

Question 35

Sound travels in _____.

Accepted Answer

waves

Question 36

When light passes through an object, it is _____.

Accepted Answer

transmitted

Question 37

Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars are the _____.

Accepted Answer

rocky inner planets

Question 38

Which part of the plant makes food for the plant?

Accepted Answer

leaf

Question 39

Two objects rubbing together create _____.

Accepted Answer

friction

Question 40

There are more than 100 pure substances called _____.

Accepted Answer

elements

Question 41

The instrument that measures air pressure is a _____.

Accepted Answer

barometer

Question 42

Which part of the plant takes in water and nutrients?

Accepted Answer

root

Question 43

The salinity of the ocean varies. Salinity means _____.

Accepted Answer

saltiness

Question 44

In an experiment, we look at things to get information. This is called making _____.

Accepted Answer

an observation

Question 45

In a solid, the molecules are _____.

Accepted Answer

tightly packed

Question 46

The Earth revolves around the sun in _____.

Accepted Answer

one year (365 days)

Question 47

Mountains and ocean ridges are caused by _____.

Accepted Answer

plate movements

Question 48

When a warm air mass pushes out a cold air mass, we call it a _____.

Accepted Answer

warm front

Question 49

Objects in motion have _____ energy.

Accepted Answer

kinetic

Question 50

Musical instruments produce a sound by _____.

Accepted Answer

vibrating

Question 51

When light bounces off an object, it is _____.

Accepted Answer

reflected

Question 52

Only plant cells have a cell membrane and a _____.

Accepted Answer

cell wall

Question 53

The water and waste storage sacs are called _____.

Accepted Answer

vacuoles

Question 54

As you go deeper into the ocean, what decreases?

Accepted Answer

temperature

Question 55

Substances that be combined but can be separated again are called _____.

Accepted Answer

mixtures

5th Grade Science SOL Review Game - 4th & 5th Grade Content

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5th Grade Science SOL Review Game - 4th & 5th Grade Content

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