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A predator is an animal that feeds on other animals. **blank** of these is a predator
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[
"deer",
"cow",
"goat"
] |
wolf
|
Calcium is a mineral that helps make your bones and teeth strong. **blank** of these foods is the best source of calcium
|
[
"candy",
"rice",
"meat"
] |
cheese
|
**blank** is most likely to cause damage when hitting the roof of a car
|
[
"rain",
"sleet",
"snow"
] |
hail
|
A student sorted mineral samples into two groups: dull and shiny. **blank** of the following properties did the student use to sort the mineral samples into groups
|
[
"cleavage",
"color",
"streak"
] |
luster
|
**blank** of the following metals will be attracted to a magnet
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[
"copper",
"gold",
"silver"
] |
iron
|
**blank** of the following organisms would most likely get its food energy only from consumers
|
[
"deer",
"grass",
"mushroom"
] |
hawk
|
The Sun is the largest body in the solar system. The Sun is a ___ **blank**
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[
"moon",
"planet",
"satellite"
] |
star
|
**blank** of the following processes makes it possible for plants to use energy from sunlight to produce their own food
|
[
"metamorphosis",
"pollination",
"reproduction"
] |
photosynthesis
|
During **blank** stage of its life cycle does a butterfly spend the most time eating plant leaves
|
[
"adult",
"egg",
"pupa"
] |
larva
|
**blank** makes a compass needle point north
|
[
"electrical",
"heat",
"light"
] |
magnetic
|
Glaciers are slow-moving sheets of ice found on land. What process occurs **blank** glacial ice is heated to 5° Celsius
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[
"evaporation",
"freezing",
"precipitation"
] |
melting
|
a producer is **blank**
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[
"frog",
"mushroom",
"lizard"
] |
grass
|
**blank** is most responsible for recycling dead plants and animals in an ecosystem
|
[
"water",
"fish",
"insects"
] |
bacteria
|
After a rain, a puddle of water remains on a sidewalk. After a day of sunshine, the puddle is gone. **blank** process is most responsible for the disappearance of the puddle
|
[
"precipitation",
"transpiration",
"condensation"
] |
evaporation
|
**blank** processes foods into a useable source of energy
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[
"circulatory",
"nervous",
"skeletal"
] |
digestive
|
A student rubs her hands together on a cold winter day. The heat that warms her hands is produced by **blank**
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[
"gravity",
"light",
"magnetism"
] |
friction
|
**blank** will stay the same when it is stretched
|
[
"shape",
"length",
"width"
] |
mass
|
water have a definite shape and volume in **blank**
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[
"gas",
"liquid"
] |
solid
|
**blank** of a plant takes in water and nutrients from the soil
|
[
"stem",
"flower",
"leaf"
] |
root
|
**blank** is identified using the sense of smell
|
[
"color",
"temperature",
"weight"
] |
odor
|
the major source of energy for food chains is **blank**
|
[
"water",
"air",
"grass"
] |
sunlight
|
Some birds fly south in the fall and return in the spring. This is an example of **blank**
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[
"camouflage",
"hibernation",
"growth"
] |
migration
|
**blank** of energy is needed to cut a piece of wood into smaller pieces with a saw
|
[
"light",
"heat",
"sound"
] |
mechanical
|
the best conductor of electricity is **blank**
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[
"glass",
"wood",
"plastic"
] |
metal
|
**blank** causes objects to be pulled toward earth
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[
"friction",
"light",
"electricity"
] |
gravity
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**blank** allows it to bend
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[
"color",
"mass",
"size"
] |
flexibility
|
A ball is thrown up into the air. **blank** force causes the ball to fall to the ground
|
[
"friction",
"magnetism",
"electricity"
] |
gravity
|
**blank** is most likely to occur because the air temperature is 90 °f
|
[
"blinking",
"salivating",
"shivering"
] |
sweating
|
The energy that is stored in food originally comes from **blank**
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[
"air",
"soil",
"water"
] |
sunlight
|
When two animals live in the same area and depend on the same organism for food, they are **blank**
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[
"decomposing",
"germinating",
"hibernating"
] |
competing
|
**blank** is produced when a guitar string vibrates
|
[
"chemical",
"light",
"magnetic"
] |
sound
|
A student rubs his hands together to warm them. His hands get warm due to **blank**
|
[
"gravity",
"magnetism",
"sound"
] |
friction
|
**blank** describes how easily electricity travels through it
|
[
"color",
"temperature",
"reflectivity"
] |
conductivity
|
pieces of rock material being moved over earth 's surface by water and wind are during **blank**
|
[
"conduction",
"deposition",
"revolution"
] |
erosion
|
The main function of a fish's fins is to help the fish **blank**
|
[
"reproduce",
"see",
"breathe"
] |
move
|
Green plants get the energy they need to make food from **blank**
|
[
"water",
"air",
"soil"
] |
sunlight
|
an example of a nonliving thing is **blank**
|
[
"bird",
"insect",
"dog"
] |
water
|
**blank** results in day and night
|
[
"erosion",
"deposition",
"revolution"
] |
rotation
|
**blank** is produced when paper is burned
|
[
"magnetic",
"electrical",
"chemical"
] |
heat
|
**blank** causes a bicycle to slow down when the brakes are used
|
[
"electricity",
"gravity",
"magnetism"
] |
friction
|
**blank** organisms break down and recycle dead plants and animals
|
[
"predators",
"prey",
"producers"
] |
decomposers
|
A dog growls when a predator gets close. Growling is an example of **blank** animal behavior
|
[
"migration",
"hibernation",
"germination"
] |
communication
|
an example of a life process is **blank**
|
[
"coloration",
"camouflage",
"migration"
] |
reproduction
|
There is a shadow under a tree. **blank** form of energy must be present for the shadow to occur
|
[
"heat",
"sound",
"mechanical"
] |
light
|
Matter is defined as anything that takes up space and has **blank**
|
[
"texture",
"odor",
"color"
] |
mass
|
The hardness, odor, and taste of an object can all be **blank**
|
[
"measured with a metric ruler",
"measured with a spring scale",
"observed with a hand lens"
] |
observed with the senses
|
**blank** would absorb the most light on a sunny day
|
[
"pink",
"white",
"yellow"
] |
black
|
**blank** causes a soccer ball to fall to the ground after it has been kicked up in the air
|
[
"erosion",
"friction",
"magnetism"
] |
gravity
|
Volume and mass are properties of **blank**
|
[
"friction",
"light",
"sound"
] |
matter
|
**blank** is common to most living things
|
[
"flying",
"talking",
"seeing"
] |
reproducing
|
animals increase during **blank** in size
|
[
"breathing",
"shedding",
"repairing"
] |
growing
|
**blank** of organism helps return nutrients from dead plants and animals to the soil
|
[
"producer",
"prey",
"predator"
] |
decomposer
|
**blank** occurs when ocean waves drop seashells on a beach
|
[
"condensation",
"classification",
"rotation"
] |
deposition
|
**blank** of measurement should be used to describe the mass of an apple
|
[
"liter",
"minute",
"meter"
] |
gram
|
**blank** describes the texture of a kitten 's fur
|
[
"gray",
"warm",
"long"
] |
soft
|
best classified as a nonrenewable resource is **blank** of the following
|
[
"Grass",
"Sunlight",
"Oxygen"
] |
Aluminum
|
**blank** of these warms most of the air, water, and land on Earth
|
[
"Coal",
"Electricity",
"Wind"
] |
Sunlight
|
Ice cubes are an example of **blank** form of water
|
[
"Gas",
"Liquid",
"Natural"
] |
Solid
|
Most plants begin their life cycle as ___ **blank**
|
[
"leaves",
"flowers",
"roots"
] |
seeds
|
Students collect pond water in their beakers. **blank** is the best unit of measurement for the volume of water they collect
|
[
"Grams",
"Meters",
"Centimeters"
] |
Milliliters
|
Seeds that remain inactive until the right conditions of light, water, and soil are present are called ___ **blank**
|
[
"pollen",
"flowers",
"recycled"
] |
dormant
|
A bicyclist rides on a flat road and then stops pedaling but does not apply the brakes. The bicycle stops because of ___ **blank**
|
[
"balance",
"attraction",
"magnetism"
] |
friction
|
**blank** of these senses lets dora know when a skunk has been close to her house
|
[
"Taste",
"Touch",
"Hearing"
] |
Smell
|
In winter, the arctic fox has white fur. In summer, its fur changes color to brown and gray. The change in fur color helps the arctic fox to ___ **blank**
|
[
"run",
"mate",
"hibernate"
] |
hide
|
plants need **blank** of the following to make their own food
|
[
"Flowers",
"Bacteria",
"Oxygen"
] |
Sunlight
|
**blank** of a sunflower plant absorbs water and nutrients
|
[
"Stems",
"Leaves",
"Flowers"
] |
Roots
|
**blank** of these can make a shadow on the ground during the day
|
[
"River",
"Air",
"Thunder"
] |
Cloud
|
All animals need air to survive. An insect gets air through tiny holes on the sides of its body. A whale breathes through a blow hole. **blank** body part do fish use to breathe
|
[
"skin",
"nose",
"mouth"
] |
gills
|
**blank** of the following is broken down in the body to release energy
|
[
"water",
"salt",
"oxygen"
] |
sugar
|
All living things contain **blank** element
|
[
"helium",
"sodium",
"copper"
] |
carbon
|
not a form of precipitation is **blank** of the following
|
[
"Hail",
"Rain",
"Snow"
] |
Wind
|
the best conductor of electricity is **blank**
|
[
"Wood",
"Stone",
"Plastic"
] |
Metal
|
**blank** is most responsible for the uneven heating of the air in the atmosphere
|
[
"radiation",
"conduction",
"condensation"
] |
convection
|
When a dog sees a cat, a message travels from the dog's eyes to the dog's **blank**
|
[
"nose",
"paws",
"muscles"
] |
brain
|
**blank** helps people understand what makes up white light
|
[
"Barometer",
"Microscope",
"Thermometer"
] |
Prism
|
A black bear eats many different things, including grasses, roots, and berries. It also eats insects, fish, and other small animals. **blank** of these BEST describes a black bear
|
[
"Carnivore",
"Herbivore",
"Producer"
] |
Omnivore
|
Copper wire is often wrapped in plastic. Plastic material is a good **blank**
|
[
"electromagnet",
"circuit",
"current"
] |
insulator
|
A wild turkey's forest community includes **blank**
|
[
"rainfall",
"soil",
"wind"
] |
insects
|
**blank** of these is needed in all stages of the butterfly 's life cycle
|
[
"Wings",
"Eyes",
"Soil"
] |
Air
|
The teeth of a carnivore are MOSTLY - **blank**
|
[
"rounded",
"wide",
"flat"
] |
pointed
|
Having dry, hot weather for a long time can cause a **blank**
|
[
"thunderstorm",
"tornado",
"flood"
] |
drought
|
All of the populations of species in an area make up a **blank**
|
[
"region",
"niche",
"family"
] |
community
|
**blank** of scientist would study the relationship between simple machines and energy
|
[
"chemist",
"biologist",
"geologist"
] |
physicist
|
**blank** has six-sided transparent crystals that will scratch glass
|
[
"sulfur",
"calcite",
"feldspar"
] |
quartz
|
**blank** serve as evidence for a scientific theory
|
[
"guesses",
"opinions",
"arguments"
] |
observations
|
The temperature in a hot star is high enough to pull electrons away from atoms. **blank** state of matter results from this process
|
[
"gas",
"solid",
"liquid"
] |
plasma
|
an animal belong to **blank** if it lays eggs and has scales and gills
|
[
"amphibian",
"bird",
"reptile"
] |
fish
|
**blank** can dry out plants and cause wildfires
|
[
"earthquake",
"flood",
"tornado"
] |
drought
|
A rock sample will most likely contain **blank**
|
[
"plants",
"water",
"wood"
] |
minerals
|
the shadow of the school 's flagpole will be the shortest at **blank**
|
[
"sunrise",
"midafternoon",
"sunset"
] |
noon
|
a source of light is **blank** of the following
|
[
"Earth",
"planet",
"moon"
] |
star
|
**blank** of the following properties provides the best way to identify a mineral
|
[
"shape",
"size",
"temperature"
] |
hardness
|
In the first half of this century, **blank** technology allowed people, for the first time, to work IN the city but live OUTSIDE the city
|
[
"airplanes",
"telephones",
"television"
] |
automobiles
|
an example of a human-made product is **blank**
|
[
"tomato",
"wheat",
"coal"
] |
cake
|
**blank** live part of their lives in water and part on land , and go through metamorphosis
|
[
"reptiles",
"birds",
"mammals"
] |
amphibians
|
a consumer is **blank** of the following
|
[
"grain",
"vegetable",
"tree"
] |
rabbit
|
during **blank** below does water vapor change to liquid water
|
[
"melting",
"freezing",
"evaporation"
] |
condensation
|
A caterpillar changing into a butterfly is an example of **blank**
|
[
"instinct",
"duplication",
"reproduction"
] |
metamorphosis
|
Gavin has two rocks. Both rocks are made up entirely of the same mineral. **blank** other property of his two rocks is most likely to be the same
|
[
"size",
"shape",
"weight"
] |
color
|
Some plants grow only in specific places in the world. Some cacti, for example, grow only in deserts. Which of the following is most important in determining **blank** a plant can grow and survive
|
[
"animals",
"tides",
"wind"
] |
climate
|
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