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Grade 5 Respiration, Digestion, and Excretion
What system is responsible for removing salt and urea from the body?
  1. respiratory
  2. excretory
  3. nervous
  4. circulatory
Grade 5 Biomes
Which biome is home to more species than any other biome?
  1. taiga
  2. grassland
  3. deciduous forest
  4. tropical rainforest
Grade 5 Taxonomy
What is the broadest or largest level of classification?
  1. species
  2. kingdom
  3. domain
  4. phylum
Grade 5 Botany
The green food factories of plants are
  1. chloroplasts.
  2. mitochondria.
  3. vacuoles.
  4. cytoplasm.
Grade 5 Botany
To survive, a plant needs
  1. water, sunlight, and special care.
  2. shelter, sunlight, and water.
  3. water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide.
Grade 5 Taxonomy
                have skin covered with scales, fins for swimming, and gills for breathing.
  1. Reptiles
  2. Amphibians
  3. Fish
Grade 5 Taxonomy
Which kingdom makes its own food and has a cell wall?
  1. Plantae
  2. Animalia
  3. Fungi
  4. Protista
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
What adaptation of an organism allows it to burrow underground?
  1. large paws and sharp claws
  2. thick fur coat
  3. hairless tail
  4. small eyes
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
What helps an animal look like another animal to protect it from predators?
  1. niche
  2. migration
  3. camouflage
  4. mimicry
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
A food chain begins when
  1. an animal eats another animal.
  2. an animal eats a green plant.
  3. a plant eats an insect.
  4. an animal eats the remains of a dead tree.
Grade 5 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Which two body systems work together when you touch a hot pan and pull your hand away?
  1. circulatory and digestive systems
  2. respiratory and skeletal/muscular systems
  3. digestive and respiratory systems
  4. skeletal/muscular and nervous systems
  5. nervous and circulatory systems
Grade 5 Skin, Skeleton, and Muscles
Where are red blood cells made?
  1. bone marrow
  2. kidneys
  3. heart
  4. joints
Grade 5 Food Chains and Webs
A decomposer is an organism that
  1. eats plants only.
  2. breaks down dead things.
  3. has died.
  4. eats meat only.
Grade 5 Biotic and Abiotic
A nonliving factor such as light or temperature is a(n)                    .
  1. organism.
  2. abiotic factor.
  3. range of tolerance.
  4. biotic factor.
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
What would happen to a plant if it were turned away from its light source?
  1. The plant would stop growing.
  2. The plant would be unaffected.
  3. The plant would move away from the light source.
  4. The plant would bend toward the light source.
Grade 5 Cell Structure and Function
What do chloroplasts do?
  1. store excess water
  2. provide extra strength and support
  3. act as the cell's control system
  4. create food from sunlight
Grade 5 Biomes
This is the wettest biome and receives the most rainfall. There is much diversity in its organisms, and it is near the equator. The soil quality is poor, so plants get energy from decomposing animals and plants. Most animals, such as monkeys, snakes, and insects live in the trees. What is this biome?
  1. desert
  2. tundra
  3. deciduous forest
  4. tropical rain forest
Grade 5 Biomes
What biome has long, cold winters and short, cold summers; mostly small plants; and soil frozen year-round?
  1. temperate deciduous forest
  2. tropical rainforest
  3. cold desert
  4. tundra
Grade 5 Biomes
In which type of ecosystem would both algae and tadpoles most likely be found?
  1. estuary
  2. pond
  3. tide pool
  4. coral reef
Grade 5 Adaptations and Behavior
A viceroy butterfly looks like the monarch butterfly. The monarch tastes terrible to birds, so birds will not take the chance and eat a viceroy. What is this kind of adaptation?
  1. mimicry
  2. camouflage
  3. hibernation
  4. migration
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