5th Grade Science - Vocabulary Quiz

abiotic factor

• a living part of an ecosystem

• a nonliving part of an ecosystem

• a mushroom

• a pond

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

acid rain

• harmful rain caused by pollution

• harmful rain caused by the burning of all fuels

• harmful rain caused by the burning of fossil fuels

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

air mass

• a large region of air that has a similar temperature and humidity

• a small region of air that has a similar temperature and humidity

• a large region of air that has different temperature and humidity

• a small region of air that different temperature and humidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

algae bloom

• an always harmful rapid increase in the amount of algae found in water

• a rapid increase of the amount of algae found in water

• a slow increase of the amount of algae found in water

• a sometimes harmful rapid increase in the amount of algae found in water

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

apparent motion

• when a star or other objects in the sky are moving

• when a star or other object in the sky seems to move even though it is Earth that is moving

• when objects in the sky are moving

• when a star or other object in the sky seems to move even though the Earth isn't moving

atmosphere

• the gases on Earth

• the land that makes up the Earth

• the water on Earth

• the gases that surround Earth

bacteria

• an organism with no cells

• an abiotic factor in an ecosystem

• a type of single cell organism

• a type of multi-cell organism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

biosphere

• the part of Earth in which living things exist and interact

• the part of Earth in which non-living things exist

• the part of Earth that is made up of water

• the gases that surround the Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

biotic factor

• a nonliving thing in an ecosystem, such as a pond, the air, or the dirt

• a living thing in an ecosystem, such as a plant, an animal, or a bacterium

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

chemical change

• a change that produces new matter with different properties from the original matter

• a change that effects old matter with different properties from the original matter

• a change that produces new matter

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5