Two animals that live in Florida are the American Bittern and the Key Deer. The American Bittern is a bird that has a buff and brown colored back that allows it to blend in with the sawgrass of the lakes it lives near. When it feels threatened, the American Bittern stops moving and points its head skyward to resemble a reed. The Key Deer is brown in color, lives in the forest, and stops moving when it feels threatened. How do these two animals use similar adaptations in order to survive in their very different environments?

The Earth orbits the sun. Yet the sun appears to move through the sky. For example, the sun always appears to rise in the east and set in the west. What is responsible for this apparent motion of the sun?

Wind, water, and ice are involved in both weathering and erosion. However, weathering and erosion are two different processes. Which sentence states a difference between weathering and erosion?

Which of the following is most important to Earth’s water cycle?

Plants and animals in an ecosystem depend on each other for food and survival. Look at the food chain image. What is the grasshopper’s main source of energy in this food chain?

Which of the following explains why producers are always found at the beginning of a food chain?

In the life cycle of a plant, the first step is seed germination. During the second step, the plant grows. What occurs in the next step of the life cycle of a plant?

Flowering plants often attract insects, such as bees. Bees help plants pollinate. This illustration shows several parts that make up a flower. Which part of the flower is where a bee collects the pollen?

The human body needs energy to carry out its life functions. The body gets the energy it needs by breaking down food. Which organ plays the greatest role in breaking down food?

Tina wants to find out if giving a tomato plant liquid plant food increases the number of tomatoes the plant produces. Tina chooses six tomato plants that are the same type and the same size. She gives three of the plants liquid plant food every other day, and gives the three other plants no plant food. She keeps all other factors the same. What data would be most useful for Tina to collect during her experiment?

Ricardo observed some chemical and physical changes of objects. Then he created this table. Which change did Ricardo put in the wrong column?

Some materials conduct electricity, but others do not. Which of these materials is a good conductor of electricity?

The amount of friction exerted when an object moves across a surface depends on how the object and the surface rub together. For which of these surfaces will friction be greatest when a block of wood slides across it?

Bianca adds three (3) tablespoons of cocoa mix to milk. It does not all dissolve. What could she do to the milk to get the cocoa to dissolve completely?

Devin’s family is building a house. His parents want to use a renewable energy source to provide energy for the house. Which of the following could they use?

Kaly and Riley wanted to find out which material would insulate their teacher’s coffee cup and keep the coffee hot for the longest period of time. They first wrapped her cup with bubble wrap. Then they recorded the temperature of the coffee cup once every 15 minutes for 2 hours. Next, they followed the same procedure using newspaper instead of bubble wrap and got the same results. What could they do to make sure their results are valid?

The picture shows a phase of the moon on May 1st. What will the phase be on May 12th?

Sheila is organizing the rocks in her collection. She knows that limestone often contains fossils. In which category of rock should she classify these rocks?

The Monarch Butterfly can be found in Florida. The diagram shows its life cycle. What does the diagram tell you about the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly?

Which answer choice correctly lists environments from most dry to least dry?