Grade 5 - Science Interim Assessment Third Grading Period

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1 Name Date ID Grade 5 - Science Interim Assessment Third Grading Period 1. A darkling beetle is an adult mealworm. A butterfly and a darkling beetle both... like lots of light. go through metamorphosis. like wet sandy soil. go through icy sand. 2. A student wants to teach his beetle to come to the wet soil on the right side of its cage for food. Each morning the student places an apple slice on the right side in the wet soil. For the first 2 weeks the student notices the beetle only comes to the wet soil after he places the food in the cage. Each afternoon the beetle is snug on the left side in the dry soil. On the morning of Day 16 the student finds the beetle on the right side waiting for the food. The behavior on Day 16 is an example of... an ecosystem. an inherited trait. a learned characteristic. a cycle. 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 1

2 3. A student soaked a bean seed in water. The following day, the student broke open the seed and found a small green sprout inside. The next week the student soaked a bean seed in concentrated salt water. The day after, the student broke open the seed and found nothing had changed. What happened to the bean seed soaked in salt water? It evolved. was rotten. germinated. was dormant. 4. Predict the adaptive characteristic that allows the cheetah to hide in its environment. sharp teeth strong legs good eyesight spotted fur 5. Living things move in many different ways. Fish swim, birds fly, and people walk. Why do animals need to move around so much? to get carbon dioxide to get air to find a pretty color to find food 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 2

3 6. A student wants to know if worms help flowers grow. Which of these steps should come first? Measure the height of the flowers every day. Make a chart of measurements. Put worms in one pot of flowers. Make a conclusion about worms and flower growth. 7. A student planted seeds in two pots. She watered Pot A with plain water and Pot B with a liquid fertilizer containing nitrogen. What conclusion can the student draw about the plants in Pot A and Pot B? The plant watered with fertilizer grew slower. The plant watered with fertilizer grew faster. Both plants remained the same height. The plant watered with plain water grew faster. 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 3

4 8. A student kept a journal about his garden. He wrote about how his plants grew, but he didn't keep the pages in order. The pages were labeled: Pick the fruit. Plant the seeds. Flowers blossom. Seeds sprout. How should these journal pages be ordered? Seeds sprout. Pick the fruit. Flowers blossom. Last, plant the seeds. Plant the seeds. Pick the fruit. Flowers blossom. Last, seeds sprout. Flowers blossom. Seeds sprout. Plant the seeds. Last, pick the fruit. Plant the seeds. Seeds sprout. Flowers blossom. Last, pick the fruit. 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 4

5 9. A student collected data from an experiment with radish seed. Radish seeds were planted in 5 different pots and watered with different amounts of water. After 2 weeks the student then measured the length of the roots. According to these data charts, what was the best amount of water in the environment for these radish seeds to sprout? 8 ml 15 ml 20 ml 25 ml 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 5

6 10. A student did an experiment with green plants. The plants were the same. He put one plant in the sunlight by a window. He put another in a closet. Here are the results for how tall each plant grew. Week Sun Closet 1 3 cm 3 cm cm 3 cm 3 4 cm 3 cm cm 3 cm 5 5 cm 3 cm Predict the height of the plant in the sunlight in week 7. 3 cm 5.5 cm 6 cm 6.5 cm 11. Which of the following would you use to best measure the mass of a beetle? meter stick microscope eyedropper balance 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 6

7 12. Darkling beetles are black insects. What inherited trait will the next generation of adult beetles have? black color slim fingernails eight legs big teeth 13. Animals receive energy from the food they eat. Based on this food chain, which animal do people usually eat? Green Leaves Chicken Caterpillar Praying Mantis 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 7

8 14. The teacher took students outside on a field trip to the park to observe and identify the organisms. They dug in the dirt around the trees and found 27 isopods. What safety procedure should the students follow upon returning to school? Wear their safety goggles. Check to see who is missing. Put the isopods down the sink. Wash their hands. 15. Two students both have blond, curly hair and brown eyes. They are tall and like to wear blue jeans. Which of these did the students not inherit from their parents? Having blond hair Round brown eyes Long tall body Liking blue jeans 16. A student brought in some pond water for science class. The students observed algae, fungus, and some small insects in the pond water. The students also believed that the pond water contained ciliates such as blepharisma or paramecium. Which of these tools could be used to find ciliates in pond water? tweezers droppers magnifying glass microscope 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 8

9 17. A student found this flower pot in his garden. Using this ruler, how many centimeters taller is this flower pot than the beetle? 6 cm 12 cm 2 cm 4 cm 18. Fish and humans both breathe in oxygen and breathe out... chlorine dioxide nitrogen oxide carbon dioxide oxygen dioxide 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 9

10 19. Adapted from: "Tree Rings: by Bruce Palmer" Trees are extraordinary plants! When you cut down a tree and look at a cross section, you'll see a distinct pattern of rings. Some rings may be close together; others may be far apart. Each ring is a layer of wood produced during the tree's growing season. In most trees growing in northern and temperate climates, one annual ring is added each year. The width of each year's annual ring varies, depending on weather and other environmental factors. Little rainfall causes slower growth with narrow rings, while lots of rainfall will increase growth, producing wider rings. A growth pattern of narrow rings on one side with wide rings on the other shows the results of crowding on the side of the tree where the rings are narrow. Forest fires can also leave scars. By counting the annual rings between fire scars, scientists can determine how many fires there were during the life of the tree. Floods and insects also mark tree rings. Scientists can study the tree rings to understand the height of the tree. years with lots of rain. food made by the roots. color of plants around the tree. 20. A student obtained the same results the first three times she completed an experiment. She thought that repeating the experiment for a fourth time would give her the same results again. She ran the experiment a fourth time and did get the same results. What term would be used to describe the student's educated guess about the fourth trial? a test a conclusion a hypothesis a scientific law 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 10

11 21. This graph shows the number of bacteria in a dish. The graph shows five days of data Days Which conclusion below can be made from the data between days 4 and 5? The number of bacteria increased. The size of the bacteria increased. The size of the bacteria decreased. The number of bacteria decreased. 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 11

12 22. Height of Plant After 1 Week Kinds of Seeds A student investigated the sprouting of different kinds of seeds in seawater. According to her data which seed was best adapted to grow in seawater? Pea Barley Bean Wheat 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 12

13 Use the following information to answer questions 23 and Which group can change light energy into food energy? Producers only Consumers only Both producers and consumers Neither producers nor consumers 24. Which group depends on other organisms as a food source? Producers only Consumers only Both producers and consumers Neither producers nor consumers 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 13

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15 Read the passage All About Whales to answer questions 25, 26, 27, and 28. All About Whales Some people and scientists believe that whales are very intelligent. Some even believe that whales may be more intelligent than people, and others believe that whales are about as smart as dogs. It is really hard to decide who is right about whale intelligence. It is a fact that whales have very large brains, but does a large brain mean that it is smarter? The structure of a brain may give some clues. Scientists have studied the human brain and found that certain activities come from certain parts of the brain. They know that the front part of the human brain is used for thinking. Since the front part of many whale brains is very large does that mean that they are smarter? Who knows, whales could use their brain very differently than people do. It is not known if they use the front part of their brain for thinking or not. Some scientists also believe that the amount of folding on the front part of the brain shows the amount of intelligence in a creature. If this were true, dolphins not whales would definitely be smarter than people. Dolphins have twice as many folds in the front part of their brains as humans have. The only sure thing is that scientific evidence is not clear about the intelligence of dolphins, whales and dogs. 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 14

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17 Read the passage All About Whales to answer questions 25, 26, 27, and Thinking Intelligence Very large Which idea belongs in the empty box according to the article? Front part of the brain Middle part of the brain Back part of the brain Bottom part of the brain 26. The author provides clues in paragraph 4 about the front structure of the brain to lead the reader to believe that... whales can think like humans. dolphins could be smarter than humans. whales have brains the size of a dog's brain. whales are as smart as dogs. 27. What is the best main idea of the article? The number of brain cells determines intelligence. The size of the brain determines intelligence. Whales are known as the most intelligent animal. The true intelligence of whales is unknown. 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 15

18 Read the passage All About Whales to answer questions 25, 26, 27, and In paragraph #2 the word intelligence means- to think how smart brain cells folds 5 th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 16

19 Name Date ID Grade 5 - Science Interim Assessment Third Grading Period Answer Document th Grade Science Interim Assessment (3) 17