Science Review Sheet

Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Organism: any living thing

Environment: everything around the organism
Ecosystem: a group of living and nonliving things and their environment
Producer: an organism that can make its own food
Consumer: an organism that eats food
Decomposer: an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material
to return it to the soil
Food Chain: a sequence of how organisms use other organisms for food
Predator: an animal that hunts another animal for food
Prey: an animal that is hunted by a predator
Scavenger: an animal that feeds on dead or decaying animals or things
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Chapter 2
Carbon dioxide a colorless, odorless gas that people and animals breath
out and plants take in
chlorophyll the green coloring in a plant that captures the sun’s
energy
cell membrane the thin covering of a cell
nucleus the control center of the cell
cytoplasm the jellylike material that fills the inside of a cell
chloroplast: the tiny green part inside a plant cell
pollination: the process by which pollen is carried to the pistil of a
flower
stamen: the part of a flower that produces pollen
pollen: a fine poder in a flower that is needed to make seeds
pistil: the part in a flower where seeds are formed
germinate: to sprout, or begin to grow
heredity: the passing of characteristics from parent to offspring
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Study Sheet

• A stem moves water and food throughout the plant.

• Bulbs and tubers are underground.

• A potato is an example of a tuber. An onion is an example of a bulb.

• A cactus has spines that protect it from animals.

• To classify means to put similar things in the same group.

• Scientific classification is a system for sorting similar organisms (living things) into

named groups.

• Roots hold the plant in the ground and absorb water and food.

• Fibrous roots are often found in moist areas. They branch out around the plant.

• Taproots are found in dry areas. They have a main root that grows deep.

• Simple plants do not have flowers or produce seeds.

• A leaf’s function and form helps it live in its habitat.

• Xylem tissues move food and water from the roots to all parts of the plant.

• Phloem tissue moves food made in the leaves to the rest of the plant.

• A pollinator is an insect or an animal that carries the pollen to the pistil of a flower.

• Pollination is the process by which pollen is carried to the pistil of a flower.

• A plant with a storing stem might live in the desert to conserve water.

• A spore is a tiny, usually single cell that does not need to be pollinated to become a new

plant.
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• A property is a characteristic of matter.

• Meters and liters are both examples of standards of measurement.

• Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.

• Mass is the amount of matter in an object.

• An atom is a tiny particle that all things are made of.

• Conservation of matter is the principle that states that matter can change

form but not cannot be created or destroyed.

• A solid is a state of matter that has a fixed shape and a fixed volume.

• Liquids have no fixed shape, but have a fixed volume.

• A gas is a state of matter that has no fixed shape and no fixed volume.

• A substance is a single kind of matter.

• Any combination of substances that can be physically separated are

mixtures.

• A solution is a mixture of substances that appears to be one substance.

• A change in matter that produces another kind of matter is called chemical

change.
 Chapter 5 Motion and Force
Study Sheet

• The calculation to find speed is distance divided ÷ time = speed.

• Friction is the force that resists motion of one object against another.

• Sir Isaac Newton was famous for discovering the law of motion.

• Fiction can cause objects to slow down.

• Motion is the change of an object’s position.

• Force is a push or pull.

• Power is the amount of work done over a certain span of time.

• Gravity is the force pulling together all objects in the universe.

• Work is the result of a force applied to an object against another.

• Simple machines are tools that requires one force.

• Compound machines are a combination of two or more simple

machines.

• Three ways an object can more are in a line or path, around in a circle,

and back and forth.

• A scientist who studies motion is called a physicist.

• Newton’s first law of motion states that every object at rest stays at rest

and every object in motion remains in motion unless they are acted upon

by outside forces.
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Chapter 6: Electricity

• Electricity is the flow of charged particles.

• Static electricity Is the buildup of non-flowing electrical charge.

• A conductor is a material that allows electricity to flow through it easily.

• Examples of conductors are water and metal.

• An insulator is a material that does not allow electricity to flow through it

easily.

• Examples of insulators are plastics and wood.

• An electric current is a path that electricity can flow through.

• A switch is a device that can open and close a circuit.

• A resistor is a material that slows down but does not stop electricity.

• Incandescent bulbs have filaments that produce light.

• Electrical engineers design new technology that uses electrical energy.

• Sometimes when objects rub against each other negative charges move
from one object to the next.

• A parallel circuit is a circuit where electricity can take more than one path.

• A series circuit is a circuit that has one path that electricity can follow.

• Electricity can flow through a circuit only if it is closed.

• The movement of electric charges is electric discharge.

• Like charges repel, or push away from each other.

• Opposite charges attract.

• Some ways to stay safe around electricity is to not use appliances around
water, stay away from power lines and putting ONLY electric cords in outlets.
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• Attract means to pull toward.

• Electromagnet is a magnet produced by the flow of an electric current.

• A magnet is a metallic object that attracts other objects made of iron,

steel, or certain other metals.

• A magnetic field is the space surrounding a magnet in which the

magnet’s force is active.

• The movement of atoms produces magnetic force.

• A magnetic pole is a place on a magnet where magnetism is the strongest.

• Magnetism is invisible pulling or pushing force that exists around a

magnet.

• Repel means to push away.

• Opposite poles attract.

• All magnets have two magnetic poles.

• When like poles are brought together, they repel.

• A compass needle points north because it is a magnet.

• A ring magnet produces lines of force.

• Earth’s magnetic field shields from cosmic rays.

• An electromagnet is wrapped with wire.

• The core of the Earth has molten, melted minerals and metals.
 Chapter 8: Earth’s Surfaces Review Sheet

• Sedimentary rocks are formed when layers of minerals pile up, stick to each other,
and harden. An example is sandstone.

• Igneous rocks for when magma or lava cools and hardens. Granite is an example.

• Metamorphic rocks form when heat and pressure are applied to a sedimentary
rock. Marble is an example.

• The Rock Cycle is as follows:

ü Wind and water can wear down igneous rock and it creates
sedimentary rock.
ü Heat and pressure can change sedimentary rocks into metamorphic
rocks.
ü Metamorphic rocks can melt, cool, and harden to form igneous
rock.

• Soil is made of rocks and minerals, humus, water, and air.

• Landforms are features of the Earth’s surface. Mountains, valleys, plains, canyons,
rivers, lakes, and coastlines are all landforms.

• Elevation is height ABOVE sea level.

• Mountains are landforms that have an elevation of at least 2,000 feet.

• A valley usually has a river or stream running through them.

• A canyon is a deep valley.

• Plains are mostly flat. They can be easy for farming or can be deserts.

• The soil around rivers is very fertile.

• A river is a body of freshwater that flows to a large lake or sea.

• Beaches are part of coastlines, palace where the land meets the ocean.

• Coastlines help people transport goods from one place to another. They are also

good for fishing.

 Lesson 9 Changes in the Earth’s Surface

• An earthquake is the shaking of the earth’s surface that is caused by the sudden movement of
the crust.

• A mudslide is a large amount of wet soil and rock that slides down a steep slope.

• A volcano is an opening in the earth’s crust that spews out lava, hot ash, and gases during an
eruption.

• A landslide is a large amount of dry soil and rock that slides down a steep slope.

• An avalanche is a large amount of snow, soil, and rock that slides down the side of a mountain.

• A tsunami is a series of large ocean waves caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic

eruption.

• Tools that scientist use to study volcanoes, earthquakes, or tsunamis are: seismograph, tidal
gauges, sensors, or satellites. These tools are used to predict possible earth-changing events or
to monitor changes in the earth’s surface.

• The removal of soil and rook by wind or water is called erosion.

• An earthquake can change the surface of the earth by the following: A river’s course is
changed; the ground splits apart; buildings shake and collapse; a flood occurs.

• A fault is a crack in the earth’s crust.

Chapter 10 The Solar System

Telescope – instrument used to observe faraway objects by making them appear
larger and closer
Probe –unmanned spacecraft that is sent into space
Satellite – object that revolves around a larger object in space
Solar system – includes the sun and all the objects that revolve around the sun
Planet – is a large body of rock or gas that revolves around the sun
Revolution – when an object moves all the way around another object
Orbit – path that an object follows as it revolves around another object
Axis – is an imaginary line that goes through the middle of an object
Rotation – the spinning of an object on its axis
Moon phase- shape of the sun’s light on the moon

Facts-
There are many challenges in traveling in space.
The earth revolves around the sun.
The moon has phases.
An astronaut is trained to travel in space.
Gas planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
The sun is a star.
Satellites revolve around larger objects.
Scientist use telescopes to see things far away.
The earth complete one rotation on its axis in about 24 hours.
The moon revolves around the earth.
The sun is the center of the solar system.
Jupiter is the largest planet.
Saturn is the planet with the most rings around it.
The sun and all the objects that revolve around it make up the solar System.

Planets in order starting with closest to the sun.

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Chapter 11 Stars and Constellations

Astronomy – the study of the universe, including the sun, the
planets, and all the other objects in space
Asteroid- chunk of rock and metal that orbits the sun
Comet- frozen chunk of ice, dust, and rock that orbits the sun
Meteoroid- rock fragment from an asteroid or a comet
Meteor- meteoroid enters the earth’s atmosphere and burns
up
Meteorite- meteoroid that lands on the earth’s surface
Star- glowing ball of burning gas
Galaxy- huge collection of stars, gases, and dust clouds
Constellation- group of stars that forms a pattern that looks
like an animal, person or an object
Milky Way- name of the Earth’s galaxy
Irregular galaxy- has no specific shape
Big Dipper- constellation that is part of Ursa Major
Spiral Galaxy- galaxy that looks like a pinwheel and has arms
that branch out from the center