Grade 5 Science
Test 1 Review Sheet—Only information in green is on the test!
Scientific Method
 What are the six steps of the scientific method?
Chapter 1: Comparing Living Things
Section 1: Is it Living or Non-Living?
 What are the 6 life processes?
 What are living things made of? __________________________
 How are living things organized? _____________________________
Section 2: How are Living Things classified?
 What is the most general classification level? _________________________
 What is the most specific classification level? _________________________
 What are the 5 kingdoms?
Section 3: How are plants classified?
 know characteristics of mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants (see the guided notes for
that section—only study the Types of Plants chart)
Name
Mosses
Ferns
Conifers
Flowering
Plants
Do they
have
tubes?
How do they Do they
reproduce?
produce
flowers?
Where
do they
grow?
How tall can
they get?
Other important
facts
Chapter 2: Reproduction and Change
Section 1: How do organisms grow and reproduce?
 Cellular Reproduction v. Fertilization—make a Venn Diagram comparing these two methods of
reproduction

Parts of Flower—label the parts below, and indicate if they are part of the male or female
reproductive system

Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant—list the four steps below, and write one sentence explaining
what happens at each step
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
Step 4:
 Pollination—What are the two ways a plant can be pollinated?
Chapter 3: Adaptations
Section 1: What are adaptations?
 What are behavioral adaptations?
 What are structural adaptations?
 Define mimicry