
5th Grade Science TCAP
Quiz by Tammy Wright
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_____ describe how a substance behaves during a chemical reaction.
________of a substance can include: Compressibility, radioactivity, toxicity, flammability, heat of combustion, reactivity between chemicals, etc
To take something complex and break it down into parts to examine it carefully.
A detailed plan or drawing that outlines the instructions to build something.
Working together with others to achieve a common goal or solve a problem.
The limitations or restrictions given to an engineer before creating a design, such as time, budget, materials, or available resources.
The requirements or standards that a design must meet to be considered successful.
The process of planning and creating something to meet a specific purpose or need.
taking our scientific understanding of the natural world and using it to invent, design, and build things to solve problems and achieve practical goals
To judge the quality, value, or effectiveness of a design or solution.
The introduction of new ideas, methods, or technologies that improve or create something in a unique way.
To make changes or adjustments to a design or prototype in order to improve its performance or meet specific requirements.
The process of finding solutions to difficulties or challenges.
A series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular result.
an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process.
The answer or resolution to a problem or challenge.
Anything that was created and not part of the natural world
To evaluate or experiment with a design or prototype to determine its functionality, effectiveness, or performance.
A weight on a string that hangs from a single point. It swings and creates a pattern of motion
A series of repeating events.
is when a force acts to move an object.
is a force that attracts objects to each other.
is how heavy something is, determined by the pull of gravity on the object’s mass.
is a force that slows down a moving object when it rubs against another object.
Small animals, mostly insects, get stuck in tree resin. Resin is a sticky substance that comes from a tree. The resin hardens and becomes a fossil.
Chronological collection of life's remains in sedimentary rock layers.
In a sequence of layered rocks, the older rocks will be under the younger (newer) rocks.
A scientist who studies fossils to learn about organisms that lived long ago
When an organism gets trapped in tar, amber, or ice.
Method of determining the age of a fossil by comparing its placement with that of fossils in other layers of rock.
Any indirect evidence of life preserved as an impression in rock; trails, footprints, tracks, burrows, and bite marks.
A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity: four different shapes are spiral, barred, elliptical, and irregular
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The distance that light travels in one year
A meteor/meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.
the galaxy where our solar system is located
A natural satellite that revolves around a planet.
The changing appearances of the lighted portion of the Moon as seen from Earth
a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
The movement of an object around another object
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
The spinning motion of a planet on its axis
Caused by the tilt of Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun
All the matter, energy, and space that exist.