5TH SCIENCE EOG REVIEW 2

Mandy is helping her mom cook. She takes a glass casserole dish directly from the refrigerator and puts it in the oven. Which best explains the result of putting the cold dish in the hot oven?

• The dish cracks or breaks.
• The dish quickly changes color.
• The dish contracts and shrinks.
• The dish stays cool and will not warm.

Which best explains why a blacksmith must heat iron before shaping it?

• Heating iron makes it softer.
• Heating iron makes it harder.
• Heating iron changes its color.
• Heating iron changes its texture.

Which best describes the transfer of heat due to the movement of gases or liquids?

• radiation
• convection 
• evaporation
• condensation

A cold metal spoon is placed in a bowl of hot soup. Which best describes how the spoon is affected?

• The heat from the soup does not affect the temperature of the spoon.
• The heat from the soup is conducted through the spoon, making the spoon warmer.
• The cold air in the room radiates into the soup, cooling it, and keeping the spoon cool.
• The cold from the spoon is conducted into the soup, causing the soup to cool to the same temperature as the spoon.

Joe and his family all have brown eyes, brown hair, and love chocolate. Which is an example of a learned characteristic?

• brown hair
• brown eyes
• love of chocolate

Which of the following human traits is least likely to be inherited?

• height
• eye color
• hair color
• fingerprints

Which is a characteristic a child will inherit from its parents?

• favorite music
• ability to read
• natural hair color
• ability to ride a bicycle

Which is an example of an inherited characteristic?

• a person swimming 
• a bird with feathers
• a dog obeying commands 
• a person speaking Spanish

The mother and kitten look like each other because

• the kitten responded to stimuli around her the same way the mother did
• the kitten is growing up in the same environment as the mother
• the mother passed on many of her traits to the kitten
• the mother trained the kitten to have her traits

Which characteristic, inherited from a dog’s parents, would most likely increase its ability to protect its owner?

• the dog’s fur color
• the dog’s grooming
• the dog’s ability to bark
• the dog’s ability to perform tricks