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Scott Foresman 5th Grade Science Test
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Science
5th Grade
04/20/2008

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What are the life processes?
Definition
Getting Energy, Using Energy, Getting Rid of Waste, Reproducing, Growing, Reacting to Change.
Term
Which cells carry oxygen to all cells in the body?
Definition
Red Blood Cells
Term
How do scienctists classify organisms?
Definition
By their similarities.
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Which living things are one-celled organisms?
Definition
Moneran, and most protists.
Term
Is moss a fungus?
Definition
No.
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A species is...
Definition
A group of organisms of only one kind that can interbreed in nature.
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Are sponges plants?
Definition
No, they are invertebrates.
Term
What animal has snake-like tentacles around its mouth?
Definition
Hydra
Term
What are characteristics of amphibians?
Definition
Frogs/Salamanders, lay eggs in water, begin lives with gills in water.
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What are characteristics of mammals?
Definition
Has some hair/fur on its body, have lungs and breathe air all their lives, feed young with milk from mother
Term
Name a vascular plant that is vascular and makes seeds/flowers.
Definition
Grass
Term
What are characteristics of mosses?
Definition
not vascular, no roots, spores.
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What do green leaves of plants use sun energy to do?
Definition
Make Sugar.
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Membrane is:
Definition
a thin layer of a cell that controls what goes in and out of it.
Term
Jelly like substance around the nucleus?
Definition
Cytoplasm
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Chloroplast?
Definition
Green part which causes photosynthsis.
Term
Nucleus?
Definition
Controls what other cell parts do.
Term
Cell Wall?
Definition
Keeps the cell in its shape, plant cells only.
Term
Why do most scientists think that viruses are not living things?
Definition
Viruses do not grow the way living things do. They cannot release and use energy. Viruses can only reproduce in living cells.
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Describe the bodies and body supports of mollusks.
Definition
Mollusks are invertebrates that have soft bodies. Some are supported and protected by one or two shells.
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