October 5, 2015
5th Grade Science Newsletter
Dear Parents,
We will be wrapping up our study of land biomes and begin
learning about how living and non-living things relate in
systems and/or cycles; such as Food Chains and Food Webs.
Students will also learn how plant and animal structures and
behaviors help them survive in their habitats.
Quiz dates are set in the boxes.
Please feel free to contact me during planning or after school.
Thank you for support, Ms. Price
Quiz Friday October 9, 2015: Biomes (1-5)
1. Biome- a climate of a land (location); the
average temperature/ weather, soil: Know
Tundra, Taiga, Deciduous Forest, Rain
Forest, Grassland, Desert
2. Terrestrial-land
3. Aquatic-water
4. Impact-direct effect or change
5. Organisms- living things (plants/animals)
Quiz Thursday October 15, 2015 (6-20)
6. Biotic- living
7. Abiotic-non-living
8. Ecosystem- all of the living and nonliving
parts of an environment
9. Producer- an organism that uses sunlight, to
make its own food for energy
10. Consumer- an organism that gets energy
by eating other organisms
11. Decomposer- an organism that get energy
by eating dead organisms, nonliving
materials, or waste
12. Scavenger –organism that eats dead
animals
13. Food Chain-a path of energy from on
organism to another
14. Food Web-interconnected set of food chains
15. Predator- an organism that hunts and feeds
on another organism
16. Prey- an organism that is eaten by other
organisms.
17. Carnivore- organism that eat only other
consumers, including insects, not plants
18. Omnivore- an organism that eat both
producers and consumers
19. Herbivore- an organism that only eats
producers, plants
20. Overpopulation-an increase in the number
of individuals of one species
Quiz Thursday October 21, 2015 (1-9)
1. Species- all the organisms with similar
characteristics that allow them to reproduce
2. Population-all the organism of the same
species that live in the same area
3. Community-populations of different species
that live in the same area at the same time.
4. Reproduction-the act of making something
new.
5. Photosynthesis- the process in which plants
use energy from sun to make their own food.
6. Perish- die
7. Adaptation- any characteristic that helps a
plant or animal survive
8. Camouflage- characteristics that blend in with
the surrounding environment and increase
chances of survival
9. Mimicry- the resemblance of an organism to
another organism or to its surrounding that gives
it a better chance of survival.
Quiz Thursday October 29, 2015 (10-19)
10. Migration- the seasonal movement of animals
from one place to another
11. Hibernation- when an animal becomes still in
an enclosed space and reduces bodily functions
to save energy.
12. Dormant- when plants become inactive in
winter months.
13. Instinct-a behavior that organisms are born with
14. Inherited traits-A characteristic that is passed
from parents to offspring.
15. Learned behaviors- Animal behavior that
develops from observation or instruction rather
than being passed down by heredity
16. Habitat- the place or environment in which an
organism naturally lives
17. Environment-space, conditions, and all the
living and non-living things around an organism
18. Structural adaptation- part of the organism’s
body that is adapted to help it survive.
19. Behavioral adaptation- a behavior or action
that an organism uses to help it survive.
**A few science vocabulary words from previous
quizzes will be used again in the following weeks to
ensure students retain all vocabulary.