Study Island Copyright 2014 Edmentum - All rights reserved. Generation Date: 12/10/2014 Generated By: Cheryl Shelton Title: Grade 5 Blizzard Bag 2014-2015 Science - Day 1 1. Tyrone poured two cups of water on the sidewalk. He poured one cup on a sunny place. He poured the second cup on a shady place. He timed how long it took the water to evaporate. The water on the sunny part evaporated faster. The next day, he poured a cup of water on the driveway early in the morning. He timed how long it took to evaporate. He poured another cup on the same spot at noon and another one at night. The water evaporated fastest at noon. What do these investigations most likely tell him? Heat makes water evaporate faster. Sidewalks make water evaporate. Water does not evaporate in the grass. Water does not evaporate in the shade. 2. Martin is presenting a question that he will answer with his science fair project. His question is: How fast do water and nutrients move up the stem of a carnation? Which statement about Martin's question is correct? It is testable because it can be answered using an experiment. It is not testable because it is an opinion. It is testable because the answer is in the encyclopedia. It is not testable because there is no experiment that can answer it.
3. Pedro has a new puppy. When Pedro got the puppy, it was 8 weeks old and weighed 12 pounds. Every week for the next three weeks, Pedro weighed the puppy and recorded the results in the chart below. Change in Puppy's Weight Over Time Week Weight (pounds) 8 12 9 16 10 20 11 24 12? If the puppy continues to grow at the same rate, how much will it weigh when it is 12 weeks old? 26 pounds 28 pounds 30 pounds 32 pounds 4. Haley knows that plants and animals are made up of many different materials. She wants to know how these materials can cycle through an ecosystem. What question could Haley ask to learn more about this topic? What happens to the materials that make up a living organism after it dies? What kind of plant should Haley buy her mom for her birthday? What kind of organism is the most popular at Haley's school? What will happen to a sunflower plant if it is grown in a dark closet?
5. Fourth graders were experimenting with melting times of ice cubes. All the ice cubes were exactly the same size and shape. They had three identical glasses. Sam put his ice cube in an empty glass on the counter. Ciaran put his cube in an empty glass in the refrigerator, and Faith put her ice cube in a glass filled with water on the counter. What would the fourth graders want to observe and record about the experiment? the amount of water produced from the melted ice cube the shape of the melting ice cube the color of the melting ice cube the time it took for the ice cube to melt completely 6. Mr. Baker's class has three pet mice. The students observe the mice every day for two weeks. Every hour, they write down what the mice are doing. At the end of the two weeks, they look at the data. They see that the mice are sleeping most of the time. What does this most likely tell the students about mice? Mice are awake at night. Mice never wake up. Mice are awake all day. Mice like to eat cheese.
7. For several years, a scientist has been studying the mineral levels in the soil found in a certain area of forest. Then, last year, a wildfire swept through the forest, killing the plants that had lived there and chasing away the animals. During the days and months following the fire, the scientist revisited the fire-damaged forest and made observations. She counted the number of shrubs and tree seedlings beginning to grow where the tall adult trees had once stood. She made note of three new kinds of insects that she has not seen in the area before. Then, she measured the amount of minerals in the soil. Using this information and the data the scientist had already gathered on the soil, what is a question the scientist could answer? How much more sunlight do the seedlings get now? What will the mineral levels in the soil be in 20 years? Do animals run from fire because of the heat or the smell? How much did the fire change the mineral levels in the soil? 8. Which of these is a type of scientific investigation? making a prediction and testing it grouping and comparing properties observing and collecting data all of these
9. Sierra asked her friends which color they liked best. Her data is shown below. Look at the data. Based on the graph, which is true? Sierra only wears yellow clothes. Two of Sierra's friends were wearing blue shirts. Fewest of Sierra's friends like pink. Ten of Sierra's friends like purple. 10. A science class is studying the weather. Which of the following is a testable question that the class could ask about the weather and then answer by doing an experiment? Why do people think that rainbows have a pot of gold? Who can make the best snowballs? How many inches will it rain in October? What makes people like sunny weather?
11. Mr. Jenson's class is observing the growth of one kind of pea plant. The class wants to design an experiment to answer the question, "What amount of water will cause the plants to produce the greatest number of peas?" What could the class do to create the experiment? stop watering all of the pea plants and then count the number of peas that the plants produce give all of the pea plants different amounts of water and count the number of peas that the plants produce give all the pea plants the same amount of water and count the number of peas that the plants produce give all the pea plants different amounts of water and only guess the number of peas that the plants produce
12. Amy found a new plant food at the store, and she believes it will make any flowering plants grow more flowers than they would without the food. She has decided to do an experiment to test this. She purchased two potted violets, two rosebushes, and two potted tulips. She put the violets and tulips in the same place on the windowsill. Then she planted the rosebushes in the same sunny area of her backyard. She watered one of each kind of plant with the new plant food, and the rest of the plants she watered without the plant food. Throughout the summer, Amy counted the new flowers on each plant, and she kept the totals in a table, shown below. Plant Type Number of Flowers with Plant Food Number of Flowers without Food Violets 11 14 Tulips 7 13 Roses 17 21 Do Amy's results support her belief about the plant food? The results don't tell her anything. The results tell her that there are no plant foods that work. The results definitely support her belief. The results do not support her belief. 13. Lucy lives near a small pond. Lucy is studying the spread of the invasive plant called purple loosestrife near the pond. Every month for the past two years, she has counted the number of loosestrife plants near the pond. She has also counted the number of other plants, such as cattails, found at the pond over the years. What question can Lucy answer using the data she has collected? Do songbirds eat the seeds produced by the loosestrife plants? Has the number of cattails gone down as the number of loosestrife plants has gone up? Do ducks like to nest in loosestrife plants more than in cattail plants? What is the best temperature for growing loosestrife plants and cattail plants?