Grade 5 Science All Assessments & Revision of examination
1.
Landforms are measured by a -------- surveyor
-----.
2.
A scientist who studies Earth's structure and
history is called a (n)----- geologist -------.
3.
The scientific theory that states Earth's crust
is made of moving plates is called –-- plate tectonics
------.
4.
–--- island chain
------- a line
of islands.
5.
–(e)----- lava
------ magma that
reaches Earth's surface.
6.
A species that is in danger of becoming extinct
is a(n)---------endangered species---------.
7.
Establishment of the first living community to
develop in an area that used to be lifeless is called----pioneer
community-------.
8.
When a species dies out completely, the species
is---------extinct-------.
9.
The establishment of a new community where a
community had already existed is called-------secondary succession-----------.
10. The process of one ecosystem gradually
changing into a different type of ecosystem is called ------------
succession----------.
11. In the final stages of succession, a(n)---climax
community---- develops.
12. One of the first species to live in an area
that used to be lifeless is a(n)--------pioneer species------.
13. Succession
that occurs where there is no soil and where few, if any, living things exist
is ------------ primary succession------.
14. The----temperate-----
rain forest biome has lots of rain and a cooler climate than tropical forests.
15. The----deciduous
forest------- is a forest biome with four seasons and trees that lose their leaves
in autumn.
16.
As hardened magma builds up on both sides of a
plate boundary, a(n) -------rift valley-----forms at the center of a mid-ocean
ridge.
17.
The force of compression can form ----folded
mountains---- at the point where two plates push together.
18.
The theory that states that the continents were
once one landmass and that they drifted to their present positions over many
years is called–--continental drift-----.
19.
A highland in the middle of the oceans that
runs parallel to the continents is called a(n) –------mid-ocean ridge---------.
20.
Shear forces at a fault can form------fault-block
mountains--------.
1.
-----island arc---- a
series of volcanic islands that form along a plate boundary
2. ----shied
volcano--- a broad volcano with gently sloping sides formed from thin,
fluid lava
3.
---hot spot---- a stationary pool of
magma below Earth's crust
4.
----composite volcano---- a
large, cone-shaped volcano built from alternating layers of cinders and
hardened lava
5.
-----crater------- a cup-shaped depression that forms around
a
volcano's
vent
1. Each
of these has its own typical animals, plants, soil, and -------climate-----.
2. In the -----deciduous forest------ biome,
deciduous trees dominate.
3. These
are ---hardwood--- trees that lose their leaves each autumn.
4. The
coldest, harshest biome is the tundra, which is a treeless area with a layer of
----permafrost--- under the surface.
5. Another
largely treeless biome is the ------grassland-----, where grasses are the main
type of plant life.
1. In which natural cycle must an important gas in
Earth's atmosphere be fixed before plants can use it?
a. sulfur
cycle
b. carbon
cycle
c. nitrogen
cycle
d. oxygen cycle
2. Which of these processes is the changing of water
vapor into liquid water?
a. condensation
b. infiltration
c. evaporation
d. Transpiration
3. Which kind of species is in danger of totally
disappearing from Earth?
a. threatened
b. endangered
c. extinct
d. Pioneer
4. In
the last stage of succession, the plants and animals in an ecosystem form a(n)
a. pioneer
community.
b. endangered
community.
c. climax
community.
d. primary
community.
5. Which type of succession would occur after a
fire has burned a forest?
a. primary
succession
b. tertiary
c. Secondary succession
d. climax succession
6. Which type of biome has the greatest diversity
of plants and animals?
a. tundra
b. deciduous forest
c. desert
d. tropical rain forest
7. In which cold, northern biome are conifers the main type
of plant life?
a. ad deciduous forest
b. tropical rain
forest
c. taiga
d. tundra
8.
In which biome do
hardwood trees lose their leaves before the cold winter sets in?
a. tundra
b. taiga
c. deciduous forest
d. tropical rain forest
9. The cold temperatures and frozen ground prevent the growth
of trees in the
a. taiga.
b. desert.
c. tundra.
d. grasslands.
10. Creatures that drift freely in water ecosystems are called
a. plankton.
b. benthos.
c. nekton.
d. crustaceans.
3. Which of these is a physical feature on Earth's
surface?
a. tsunami
b. landform
c. mantle
d. hotspot
4. The crust and the top part of the mantle make up
the
a. atmosphere.
b. hydrosphere.
c. asthenosphere.
d. lithosphere.
5. Earth's surface layer is the
a. mantle.
b. crust.
c. biosphere.
d. asthenosphere.
6. What layer of Earth's interior lies just below
the crust?
a. mantle
b. inner core
c. lithosphere
d. outer core
7. The plate tectonics model states that Earth's
crust is composed of
e. one solid piece of rock.
f. both liquid and frozen water.
g. several huge slabs of rock that fit together.
h. Hot, melted rock.
8. What is a fault?
e. energy that an earthquake produces
f. the opening in a volcano
g. a large crack in Earth's crust
h. the boundry between two plats.
9. Huge slabs of rock moving suddenly against each
other in the Earth's crust create
a. earthquakes.
b. abyssal plains.
c. volcanos.
d. a trench stretch.
10.
A mass of large
flowing ice that can erode rock is called a(n)
a. glacier.
b. landslide.
c. iceberg.
d. delta.
11.
What is the term
used for melted rock that reaches the Earth's surface?
e. lava
f. mantle
g. magma
h. boundary rock
12.
Underwater
earthquakes of a great magnitude can create
a. continental divides.
b. trenches.
c. tsunamis.
d. aquatic drift.
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