Porter's 5th Grade Science Exam

What is a composite flower?

Which of the following is not a type of invertebrate?

A chloroplast is only found in plant cells.

What mineral is stored in bones until it is needed?

a tool used by scientists to identify anunknown organism

does not have a multi-cellular embryo

Vacuole functions to:

Blood Vessels that carry blood toward the heart

A cell wall is only found in plant cells.

Plant that does not have special tubes to carry water, food or other nutrients.

What is the most colorful part of the flower

You use the genus and species levels of taxonomy to get the scientific name.

What prevents backflow of blood in the heart?

A jellyfish is a type of annelid.

Which of the following is NOT a kingdom of living things?

Photosynthesis is the reverse of cellular respiration

Blood Vessels that carry blood away from the heart

Cell membrane contains the DNA in a cell.

measures moisture in the air.

the weather conditions in an area in general orover a long period of time.

Shape of skin cells

Plant that has special tubes to carry water, food and other nutrients.

The endoplasmic reticulum

Shape of nerve cells

have only a stamen or a pistil

two areas of food storage, parallel leaf veins,tap root

A type of Bird is a hawk.

Plant cells use cellulose to:

the conditions for severe weather to possibly form are there.

Which of the following is not a vertebrate type:

Groups of cells make up

Severe storms have formed around you and you should prepare immediately

When only one parent is involved in reproduction

How many chromosomes in a human cell?

Describes how water evaporates, stays in the atmosphere and then fall again as precipitation.

function of white blood cells

when both parents are involved in reproduction

Parts of a seed:

measures air pressure

have both a stamen and a pistil

The fluid inside the cell is called the:

Volcanic Eruptions can not cause sudden changes in climate.

precipitation examples include rain, sleet, and hail

Which of the following is not part of a weather system?

largest of all blood vessels:

Which organelle in the cell holds the DNA?

Largest Human Organ

function of red blood cells

red blood cells are examples of:

Animal with a backbone

Tube that connects larynx to the lungs

one area of food storage, branching leafveins, fibrous root system

what causes a seed to sprout?

Tornadoes and hurricanes both have high winds and are destructive.

animal with no backbone