5th Grade Science Vocabulary Quiz

What is the process by which plants make their food using sunlight called?

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Digestion

• Fermentation

What is the term for a push or pull on an object that can cause it to move?

• Gravity

• Friction

• Force

• Acceleration

Which of the following is NOT a state of matter?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• Heat

What do we call the path that the Earth takes as it moves around the Sun?

• Orbit

• Axis

• Crater

• Galaxy

What is the term for the change of water from a gas to a liquid?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

What is the term used to describe a material that does not allow heat or electricity to move through it easily?

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Resistor

• Capacitor

What do we call the first link in a food chain, which usually includes plants and algae?

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

• Predators

What is the term for the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by movement of the Earth's plates?

• Tornado

• Hurricane

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

What do we call the process by which an animal or plant species becomes extinct in a specific location, but still exists elsewhere?

• Global extinction

• Local extinction

• Endangered

• Threatened

What is the term for a living thing that can carry out life processes on its own?

• Organism

• Molecule

• Compound

• Element