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Grade 5 Cell Structure and Function
What is the process of the movement of water through the cell membrane?
  1. osmosis
  2. cell wall
  3. diffusion
  4. cell theory
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
What three things are true about Gregor Mendel? (Select all that apply.)
  1. He was a monk in the 1800s.
  2. He liked to breed different types of animals.
  3. He studied genes by working with pea plants.
  4. He learned about dominant and recessive genes.
  5. He tried to grow the largest tomatoes.
Grade 5 Ecology
Ecology is the study of how all living things relate to one another and their world.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 DNA, RNA, and Genetics
What is the function of chromosomes?
  1. They produce energy in a cell.
  2. They contain all the information that directs and controls a cell's activities.
  3. They leave one cell to form a new cell when a cell divides.
  4. They link together to form the cell membrane.
Grade 5 Cell Structure and Function
                are rectangular in shape.
  1. Animal cells
  2. Plant cells
  3. Bacteria cells
Grade 5 Circulatory and Immune Systems
Which blood vessels carry blood toward the heart?
  1. capillaries
  2. arteries
  3. veins
Grade 5 Taxonomy
Amoebas and algae belong to which kingdom?
  1. Monera
  2. Protista
  3. Fungi
  4. Plantae
  5. Animalia
Grade 5 Cell Structure and Function
Red blood cells filled with oxygen travel from the lungs to all the parts of the body. There is more oxygen in the red blood cells than in the body cells. There is more carbon dioxide in the body cells than in the red blood cells. How do carbon dioxide and oxygen move to where they need to go?
  1. osmosis
  2. diffusion
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
If an animal species cannot                 changes in its environment it can move to another location.
  1. react to
  2. adapt to
  3. control
  4. make
Grade 5 Taxonomy
The system of classification we use today was developed by the Swedish scientist
  1. Alfred Nobel.
  2. Carl Linnaeus.
  3. Anders Sparrman.
  4. Eva Ekeblad.
Grade 5 Cell Structure and Function
The                 directs a cell's activities.
  1. nucleus
  2. cell wall
  3. vesicle
Grade 5 Botany
In the carbon cycle, which event provides plants with carbon dioxide?
  1. bear breathing in a forest
  2. leaf falling on the ground
  3. flower blooming in a garden
  4. light shining on a plant
Grade 5 Botany
Glucose is the food that plants need to live.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Cell Structure and Function
                cells have organelles called chloroplasts, which enable plants to make their own food.
  1. Protist
  2. Animal
  3. Fungus
  4. Plant
Grade 5 Circulatory and Immune Systems
A person's heart rate decreases during exercise.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 5 Circulatory and Immune Systems
What body system does your heart work with?
  1. skeletal
  2. digestive
  3. circulatory
  4. muscle
Grade 5 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
Which body system turns food into nutrients for the body?
  1. muscular
  2. cardiovascular
  3. digestive
  4. respiratory
Grade 5 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Which body system holds up the body and makes it move?
  1. muscular
  2. digestive
  3. endocrine
  4. nervous
Grade 5 Communities, Populations, and Ecosystems
An example of an invasive species damaging an ecosystem is                                                                 .
  1. robins building a nest in a tree.
  2. foxes hunting a rabbit.
  3. kudzu vines climbing on native plants and blocking out sunlight.
  4. deer grazing on a farmer's crops.
Grade 5 Taxonomy
Invertebrates are animals that
  1. do not have a backbone.
  2. have a backbone.
  3. eat meat.
  4. eat plants.
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