Science Review for 5th Grade End of Year Test
(GA Milestones)
harmful microorganisms
beneficial microorganisms
single-celled organisms
multi-celled organisms
animal cell
plant cell
microscope
vertebrate
invertebrate
Groups of vertebrates
Germs…bad guys that make us sick,
spoil food, or cause disease
Good guys that can make food,
medicine, or help us digest
Only one cell…monerans, protists,
some fungi
Made up of many cells…plants,
animals, some fungi
Know these parts and what they
do…cell membrane, cytoplasm,
nucleus, mitochondria, vacuoles
Know these parts and what they
do…cell wall, cell membrane,
cytoplasm, nucleus, mitochondria,
vacuole, chloroplasts
A tool scientists use to see small
things
An animal that has a backbone
An animal that does NOT have a
backbone
fish (scaly skin, cold blood, lays
eggs)
amphibian (slimy skin, changes
form, lays eggs)
reptile (dry, scaly skin, lays eggs,
cold blood)
bird(feathers, lays eggs)
mammal(fur, live birth, milk, warm
blood)
Vascular plants
Nonvascular plants
Inherited traits
Learned behaviors
gene
Mass of an object is equal
to the sum of its parts
Physical changes
Plants that have tubes that carry
water and nutrients to all parts of
the plant…
Xylem (goes up) and Phloem (flows
down)
Plants that do NOT have tubes to
carry nutrients…all water and
nutrients are passed from cell to
cell and absorbed
Traits are physical characteristics
that have been passed down from
parents to offspring…eye color, hair
color, skin color, etc.
Learned behaviors are behaviors
that you have to be taught (you are
not born knowing how to do
it)…ride a bike, read, play a sport,
juggle, etc.
Inside each cell of an organism,
inside of each nucleus, is the DNA
code that has specific genes in the
code that define the inherited traits
of that organism.
If you take apart anything, and
measure its mass, it will be equal to
the mass of that thing put
together…
Change is just physical (or
mechanical)…meaning the item has not
changed into a new substance. If you rip
paper up into tiny bits of confetti, it’s still
paper, no matter how different it looks!
Change of State
Chemical changes
Static electricity
Parallel circuit
Series circuit
Everything on earth can change
state from a solid to a liquid to a
gas. It all requires a change in
temperature! This is a
physical/mechanical change! The
substance is still the same
substance…just in a new
form/state.
New substances form when 2 or
more items combine…rust forms
when oxygen, iron, and water
combine…foaming occurs when
vinegar and baking soda
combine…black crust forms when
marshmallow and fire combine…if
that item can never go back to its
original form, a chemical change
has happened.
Electricity that forms when there is
a buildup of negative charges.
Lightening, socks sticking to clothes
in the dryer, balloon sticks to hair,
shocking a person after walking
across a carpet, etc.
An electric circuit that runs on more
than one path…if one item breaks
the connection, the rest of the
circuit still works!
An electric circuit that runs on one
path…if one item breaks the
connection, the entire circuit will
not work.
Insulator
Conductor
electromagnet
Constructive processes
Destructive processes
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
Impact of Organisms
Seismological Studies
Flood Control
Beach Reclamation
A substance that STOPS the flow of
electricity.
A substance that allows electricity
to flow.
A magnet that is created by
wrapping wire around an piece of
iron and running an electric current
through it.
Earthquakes, faults (convergent,
divergent, transform boundaries),
volcanoes building islands, rivers
forming deltas, wind creating sand
dunes, etc.
Landslides, sinkholes, earthquakes,
volcanoes, ocean waves, wind,
glaciers
Carry it away! Forces that carry
sediment away: wind, water, ice
Break it down! Forces that cause
weathering: wind, water, ice,
gravity, pressure, temperature,
organisms, etc.
Sediment deposits…examples
include sand dunes, river deltas,
etc.
Plants can weather rocks too…roots
can grow and break off big chunks!
Study of earthquakes
Dams, levees, storm drains, etc.
Dredging, reefs, barrier islands, etc.