Grade 5 Science Worksheet Unit 3: How Ecosystems Work
Unit 1: Classifying Living Things What are biotic factors in an ecosystem?
What is the basic unit of life? A) Non-living components
A) Tissue B) Living components
B) Organ C) Climate and weather
C) Cell D) Soil and water
D) System
Which factor is essential for maintaining
Which of the following is a type of cell? balanced ecosystems?
A) Heart A) Overpopulation
B) Bone B) Pollution
C) Neuron C) Predator-prey relationships
D) Muscle D) Deforestation
How many kingdoms of life are there?
A) Four Unit 4: Systems of the Human Body
B) Five What does the nervous system do?
C) Six A) Pumps blood
D) Seven B) Digests food
C) Sends and receives messages
Which category is used in animal D) Produces hormones
classification?
A) Species Which system produces hormones that
B) Photosynthesis regulate the body?
C) Mitosis A) Digestive system
D) Chlorophyll B) Nervous system
C) Endocrine system
Unit 2: All Living Things Reproduce D) Respiratory system
What is reproduction?
A) The process of making food Unit 5: Reproduction and Health
B) The process of making new organisms Why do people take medicine?
C) The process of breathing A) To make food taste better
D) The process of growing B) To treat illnesses
C) To help plants grow
How do most plants reproduce? D) To improve vision
A) By laying eggs
B) By giving birth to live young
C) By spores
D) By seeds
Unit 6: Matter, Light and Sound Unit 9: Earth's Surface and Resources
What is matter made of? What forms the Earth's surface?
A) Light A) Stars and planets
B) Elements B) Rocks, soil, and water
C) Sound C) Only plants
D) Air D) Only oceans
How do lenses affect light? What are fossil fuels?
A) They stop light A) Renewable energy sources
B) They change the color of light B) Formed from ancient plants and animals
C) They bend light C) Unlimited in supply
D) They produce sound D) Made of water and air
Unit 7: Energy and Force What can we find underground as resources?
Where does energy come from? A) Freshwater lakes
A) Plants only B) Wind farms
B) The sun, food, and fuels C) Minerals and fossil fuels
C) Only from the wind D) Solar panels
D) Only from water
What type of energy is produced by magnets?
A) Sound energy
B) Thermal energy
C) Electrical energy
D) Light energy
Unit 8: The Origin of the Universe
What is the theory of the Big Bang?
A) A theory about Earth's weather
B) A theory about the creation of the universe
C) A theory about ocean currents
D) A theory about plant growth
What is a galaxy?
A) A star that orbits a planet
B) A large system of stars, dust, and gas
C) A type of moon
D) A cloud on Earth