Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

Floridastudents.org tutorial

Journey of the Solar System

Derived from: http://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/163519

Earth is the only planet that ______________________________________________________

Practice 1: Place a check mark next to ALL objects you would find on Earth:

_____ 1. Animals

_____ 2. Plants

_____ 3. Aliens

_____ 4. Landforms

_____ 5. Oceans

Practice 2: Match the description with the term that best represents it

1. The Earth

2. The Sun

3. Orbit

A. Planet in the Solar System

B. Path an object takes around another

C. Provides energy for plants to

produce food

Practice 3: Circle the following that is NOT a characteristic of our planets

Cleared objects in its orbital path

Orbit the Sun

Spherical in shape

Must have life forms

Practice 4: Match the characteristic that best reflects the celestial object

1. Mercury and Venus

2. Earth

3. Moon

4. Jupiter

A. Has no natural satellites

B. Has one natural satellite

C. Has over 60 moons

D. Takes approximately 27 days to orbit

Practice 5: Write A for Asteroid M for Meteor and C for Comet next to the correct description.

_____ 1. Composed of small objects that pass through the Earth’s atmosphere

_____ 2. Composed of rock and/or metal

_____ 3. Composed of ice and dust

_____ 4. Typically found in a belt between Mars and Jupiter

_____ 5. Produces a tail when close to the Sun

CJ

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.5.P.9.1 Floridastudents.org tutorial

Reversible and Irreversible Changes

Derived from http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/rev_irrev_changes_fs.shtml

1. What happens when sugar is added to water? ______________________________________

2. Where does the sugar go? _____________________________________________________

3. Which substances dissolve in water?

___________________________________________________________________________

4. Which substances do not dissolve in water?

___________________________________________________________________________

5. Once ice is melted, can you change it back to ice? ___________________________________

6. Is melting ice a reversible (physical) change or an irreversible (chemical) change?

___________________________________________________________________________

7. Once heated, can a raw egg change back? ________________________________________

8. Is cooking an egg a physical (reversible) or chemical (irreversible) change?

___________________________________________________________________________

9. Is dissolving salt in water a physical or chemical change?

___________________________________________________________________________

10. Is mixing sand with water a physical or chemical change? How do you know?

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

11. Which of these would not help salt dissolve more quickly in water?

A. Stirring

B. Crushing the salt into a fine powder

C. Lowering the temperature of the water

12. Which of these is a reversible (physical) change?

A. Metal rusting

B. Baking a cake

C. Freezing orange juice to make a popsicle

13. Which of these is an irreversible (chemical) change?

A. Candle wax melting

B. Candle wax burning

C. Ice cream melting

14. How can you change burnt paper back into its original form?

A. Scrape off the ash

B. Freeze it

C. You can’t

15. Which of these statements is false?

A. Physical changes produce new substances

B. Chemical changes are usually irreversible

C. Physical changes are usually reversible

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.5.L.17.1 Amazing Animal Adaptations Floridastudents.org tutorial Response Form Derived from https://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/109039

Exercise 1: Defining Adaptation

Write yes in front of the phrases that are part of the definition of adaptation.

_________ A characteristic that helps an animal or plant survive.

_________ A fast response to an environmental change.

_________ A characteristic that was inherited over many, many generations.

_________ A characteristic that is specific to the environment where it lives.

Exercise 2: What’s the Adaptation Write yes in front of each animal adaptation listed below.

__________ 1. Wings allow many species of birds to fly.

__________ 2. Hair provides warmth and insulation for many animals.

__________ 3. Camouflage helps animals blend in with their environment.

__________ 4. Many animal mothers are protective of their offspring.

Exercise 3: Categorizing Adaptations Write behavior or physical characteristic in front of example.

___________________________ 1. Flock of geese migrating for the winter

___________________________ 2. Long necks help giraffes reach leaves

___________________________ 3. Long and sticky giant anteater tongues

____________________________ 4. Lions hunt in coordinated groups

____________________________ 5. Penguins huddling to stay warm

Exercise 4: Where’s My Habitat? Draw lines to match each animal to its correct habitat.

Ocean Snow leopard

Desert Poison dart-frog

Jungle Walrus

Mountain Cheetah

Exercise 5: Adaptations are Inherited Write yes in front of each example of an inherited adaptation.

1. _______ Many birds have developed the ability to fly in order to find food and avoid predators. 2. _______ When cats hunt, they often crouch down and creep quietly towards their prey, before

pouncing.

3. _______ A fox living near a farm learns that eggs from the chickens the farmer keeps are a

great source of food.

4. _______ A pair of wild ducks living in a city pond wait for food after learning that a child comes

to feed them at the same time each day.

Exercise 6: Write to explain how long, prehensile tails are an important adaptation that helps howler

monkeys survive in the wild.

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.4. E.6.2 Rocks and Minerals: Properties of Minerals Floridastudents.org Tutorial Response Form

Derived from http://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/166832

Practice 1: Write yes after all items that reflect characteristics of minerals.

Occur naturally _________ Solid _________

Mostly inorganic _________ Specific chemical structure _________

Crystal system _________ Living thing_________

Practice 2: Draw lines to match the description on the right with the correct term on the left.

.

Practice 3: Explain why mineral streak is a better indicator of mineral type than mineral color.

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Practice 4: After each item write its mineral property: hardness or luster.

Practice 5: Circle the term that is defined as how easy it is to split a mineral into small pieces that

form a smooth surface.

Mineral Hardness Mineral Luster

Mineral Cleavage Chemical Structure

1. Ability of light to reflect off the surface of a mineral. _______________________

2. Based on the ability to pass light through a mineral. _______________________

3. Measured on a scale of 1 to ten. _______________________

4. Diamond is a 10 on the Mohs’s scale. _______________________

5. Can be described as glassy or dull. _______________________

6. Based on the ability to scratch a mineral. _______________________

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.5.P.10.4 Electrical To Thermal Energy Floridastudents.org tutorial Response Form Derived from http://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/173453

Practice 1: Matching Drag and Drop

Draw lines to match the natural resource on the right with name of the structure on the left.

Structure Natural Resource

1. Turbine Earth’s Heat

2. Fossil Fuel Power Station Sunlight

3. Hydroelectric Dam Wind

4. Solar Panel Water

5. Geothermal Power Station Oil

Practice 2: Pick One

Circle the correct term that describes the transfer of energy from a hot object to a cold object.

Temperature Molecules Heat Oil

Practice 3: Text Entry: Fill in the missing word that best fits.

Natural resources are transformed into charged particles. These particles travel through power lines

to provide electricity to houses, schools, and other large buildings. They travel through a small

copper _______________ connected to the electronic device. Plugging the device into a wall socket

results in the flow of particles, which powers on the device.

Practice 4: Sequence Drag and Drop

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Use the following terms to fill in the order above in which the flow of particles transform electric

energy into thermal energy:

Wall socket Light bulb Wind turbine Plug Power line

Practice 5: Essay

Explain how electric energy changes to thermal energy and how natural resources play a role in

producing heat.

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.5.E.7.3 Air Pressure Part 1: What is it?

Floridastudents.org tutorial Response Form

Derived from https://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/175167

Practice 1: Write Yes in front of all of the statements that describe air.

_________ Air has mass.

_________ Air is a solid.

_________ Air is matter.

_________ Air is a gas.

Practice 2: Write Yes in front of all of the statements that describe air.

__________ Air is made up of mostly oxygen.

__________ The same amount of air can take up different volumes.

__________ Air can expand to fit into a large space.

__________ Air can be forced to fit into a small space.

__________ Air can contain water vapor.

__________ Air floats around freely and has no mass.

Practice 3: Write Yes in front of all the true statements related to air and the force of gravity on air.

__________ Mass is the amount of matter contained in an object.

__________ Weight is the force of gravity acting on the mass of an object.

__________ The force of gravity acts on the mass of each air molecule causing air to have weight.

Practice 4: Write true in front of the statement about air pressure that is correct.

____________ The force of gravity creates air pressure.

____________ Air pressure becomes stronger as elevation increases.

____________ Air pressure pushes downwards on all objects on Earth.

____________ The heaviest air molecules are found at the Earth’s surface.

Practice 5: Write Low or High to identify the air pressure level that best describes the pictures.

________________ ________________

________________ ________________

________________ ________________

Practice 6: Mark an X in front of the best choice to complete each statement.

Practice 7: Write the correct letter choice to complete the following statements.

__________ 1. The millibar is a unit of measurement which equals …

__________ 2. The average air pressure at sea level is …

__________ 3. 1000 millibars …

Letter Choices:

A. a force produced by a 1 gram object across a 1 square centimeter surface.

B. a force produced by a 1 kilogram object across a 1 square centimeter.

C. approximately 1000 millibars.

Practice 8: Mark an X in front of the best choice to complete each statement.

Practice 9: Mark an X in front of the best choice to complete each statement.

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.4.L.17.3 Food Chains of Florida Floridastudents.org tutorial Response Form

Derived from https://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/175911

Practice 1: Main Source of Energy

Mark an X in front of the main source of energy for Florida’s habitats.

_________ Plants

_________ Animals

_________ The Sun

_________ People

Practice 2: Producers and Consumers

Circle Producer or Consumer to identify what each living thing below role is.

Producer or Consumer

Producer or Consumer

Produce or Consumer

Producer or Consumer

Producer or Consumer

Producer or Consumer

Practice 3: Food Chains

Write the name of the living thing in its correct location in the food chain.

Practice 4: Florida’s Forests Write True or False in front of the statement.

__________ Producers supply energy in the form of food to consumers.

Practice 5: Florida’s Freshwater Springs

Write the name of the living thing in its correct location in the food chain.

Practice 6: The Everglades

Write the name of the living thing in its correct location in the food chain.

Practice 7: Florida’s Coral Reefs

Write the name of the living thing in its correct location in the food chain.

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.5.N.2.1 Let’s Investigate Floridastudents.org Tutorial Response Form

Derived from https://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/119284

Practice 1: Write Yes in front of any of the statements below that support your observations made

about Image A and Image B footprints.

_________ The animal in Image A has 4 toes on each paw.

_________ In image B, there are 5 toes on the larger paws and 4 toes on the smaller paws.

_________ Both animals may have claws on the end of each toe.

_________ Both animals have the same paw shape.

_________ Both images are from the same animal.

Practice 2: Use the Word Bank to write in the name of the Tool their beak is like and Food the bird

eats to complete the Food Chain.

Word Bank: net straw snake fish

Practice 3: Check off the statements below about bird beaks that were observed as evidence from

the video.

__________ Woodpeckers eat wood because it’s in their name.

__________ Birds with spear-like beaks are able to quickly stab at their food.

__________ Ducks swallow everything in the water as food.

___________ Long, straw-like beaks are good for poking into things to find food.

___________ Short, hard beaks can break through seeds easily.

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.4.E.6.3 Natural Resources Floridastudents.org tutorial Response Form

Derived from https://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/163734

Practice 1: Circle ALL of the resources that are examples of natural resources.

Tree Air

Food Computer

Water

Practice 2: Write renewable or nonrenewable after each resource.

1. Fossil fuels ________________________

2. Trees ________________________

3. Nuclear Fuel ________________________

4. Water ________________________

5. Minerals ________________________

6. Sunlight ________________________

Practice 3: Draw lines to match each nonrenewable resource with its description.

Nonrenewable Resource Description

Metals Converts nuclear energy to electricity

Fossil Fuels Materials used to build cars

Nuclear Examples include coal, oil and natural gas

Practice 4: Draw lines to match the name of the resource image on the right with the use of the

resources on the left.

Paper and Building Materials Forest

Food Tomato Plants

Electricity Wind turbines

Practice 5: Write examples of how we can reduce, reuse and recycle in the appropriate bin table

using the examples below the table.

Trash Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Turn off water Turn off lights Metal can

Paper Glass bottle Bring your own grocery bag

cj

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

Floridastudents.org tutorial

Rotation of the Earth

Derived from: http://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/164056

Practice 1: Place a check mark next to all items that reflect characteristics of Earth

_____ 1. Earth spins once in a day

_____ 2. It takes 24 hours to complete a rotation

_____ 3. It rotates on its axis

_____ 4. The Sun rises in the West

Practice 2: Which arrow represents the direction of Earth’s rotation for the Sun to appear to rise in

the East and set in the West?

A. –

B. –

C. –

D. –

Practice 3: Match the proper time for each Moon location in a day

East West

A. 8:00 pm

B. 11:00 pm

C. 9:00 pm

D. 10:00 pm

Practice 4: Match the description to the correct term

1. Rotation of the Earth

2. Sun

3. East to West

4. Dark Sky

A. Cause the apparent motion of the

stars across the sky

B. Needed to clearly see the stars

C. Makes it so we cannot see the other

stars during the daylight

D. Direction the stars appear to move

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.4.L.16.4 The Life Cycles of Florida Animals Floridastudents.org tutorial Response Form

Derived from https://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/174747

Life Cycle Practice 1: Write the names of the animals to match the type of life cycle they go through.

Animal names: butterfly, bird, frog, fish

Simple Life Cycle: ___________________ ___________________

Metamorphosis: ___________________ ___________________

Complete Metamorphosis Practice 1: Write yes in front of all of the answer choices that describe

characteristics of the larva or caterpillar stage of a monarch butterfly.

__________ Is laid on a milkweed by the mother.

__________ Its only job is to eat for 10-14 days.

__________ Has to store lots of energy.

__________ It hatches after about 5 – 10 days.

Complete Metamorphosis Practice 2: Number the stages listed below 1 to 5 with 1 being first and

5 being last to identify the correct butterfly life cycle stages.

__________ An egg is laid on a milkweed plant.

__________ The butterfly looks for food and a mate.

__________ After about 10 days an adult butterfly emerges from the pupa.

___________ A pupa or chrysalis forms.

Incomplete Metamorphosis Practice 1: Draw lines to the characteristics on the right with each

stage of the life cycle of the lubber grasshopper it describes on the left.

Egg Rapid growth, wings develop, typically mostly black in color.

Nymph Fully developed, typically mostly yellow in color.

Adult About 30 – 50 of them are produced and placed in pods.

Final Practice: Label the correct type of metamorphosis for each of the examples below.

Practice 5: Choose the statement that best describes how

_____ 1. G

_____ 2. G

_____ 3. G

_____ 4. G

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.5.P.10.2 Floridastudents.org tutorial Response Form

Energy and Motion

Derived from http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/126476

Practice 1: Choose the correct answer from the following: stored, kinetic, moving or no

An object that is at rest, or not moving, has _______________________ energy.

Practice 2: Write the numbers of your choices under the appropriate category.

Choices: 1. Has kinetic energy 2. Energy is created with moving water

3. Utilized by hydropower 4. Renewable energy source

_______________________________________________ _____________________________________________

Practice 3: Write your answer below to explain what happens when you increase the flow of air into

a system.

________________________________________________________________________________

Practice 4: Write yes in front of all of the energy items that directly causes motion which will help the

turtle win the race.

________ 1. A flowing waterfall to create energy to push him along

________ 2. Turning on a lightbulb

_________3. Increase wind speed to create motion going in the direction of the race

_________4. Energy taken in for photosynthesis

Practice 5: Draw lines to match the definition on the right to the correct term on the left.

1. Energy A. Energy from the flowing of water

2. Motion B. Force resulting in the motion of an object

3. Hydropower C. The action of changing place or position

4. Work D. The ability to do work

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.4.E.6.4 Weathering and Erosion Floridastudents.org tutorial Response Form

Derived from https://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/163735

Practice 1: Write the correct term: Physical Weathering or Erosion under its correct image and

definition.

____________________________________ ___________________________________

Practice 2: After each example, write what best represents it weathering or erosion.

1. Rocks breaking into smaller rocks _____________________

2. Rounded rocks in the river _____________________

3. Small rocks moved down river _____________________

4. Piles of rocks collected at the end of the river _____________________

Practice 3: Number the steps in the correct order of the rock freeze and thaw weathering sequence.

___________ Water gets into a crack or hole of a rock on a mountain.

___________ The rock breaks due to the pressure

___________ The temperature decreases and water freezes and expands

___________ The smaller pieces of the rock falls down the mountain due to gravity.

Practice 4: Write wind or plants after each condition to identify which the condition is dependent on.

1. Rocks spilling pressure _______________

2. Sandstorms _______________

3. Weathering of rock by sand _______________

4. Root growth _______________

5. Erosion of sand _______________

6. Growing on rock _______________

Practice 5: Draw lines to match each item with the expression that best represents it.

Expression Item

Cutting out of the land to form the Great Lakes Glacier

Large mass of slow moving ice Glacial movement

Small particles of weathered rock such as clay, silt or sand Rock formation

When soil is converted by heat, pressure and time Soil

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

Floridastudents.org tutorial

What’s the Matter in the Galaxy?

Derived from: http://floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/109317

Use the word bank to complete the sentences

Practice 1: Word Bank

Billions

Galaxy

Gas

Planets

Milky Way

Dust

Moons

Stars

A ________________ is a massive, gravitationally bound system. Our home galaxy is the

________________________________. A galaxy contains many types of matter like round objects

that orbit a star called ___________________, huge objects that create their own light called

_________________, and __________________ which are natural satellites of

_________________. Tons of ____________ and ________________ from hydrogen, helium gas

particles and minerals are scattered across the galaxy.

Practice 2: Match the description to the object.

This celestial body is held

together by gravity and

generates its own light

This natural satellite orbits a

planet. Our Earth has one.

This object is round and

orbits a star. There are 8 in

our solar system.

Practice 3: True or False: the universe contains only a few galaxies but a lot of stars.

Practice 4: Match the descriptions to the terms.

1. Gas and dust

2. Interstellar medium

3. Stellar remnants

4. One hundred billion (100,000,000,000)

A. The estimated number of galaxies in the

universe

B. Parts of a star left behind after it dies

C. The space between star systems in a

galaxy

D. Hydrogen and helium gas and mineral

particles within a galaxy

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date: __________________

SC.5.P.8.3 Floridastudents.org tutorial

Marvelous Solid Mixtures: Let’s Sort Them Out!

Derived from http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/113196

Observable Properties:

1. Choose all the best options for sorting the bowl of snack mix:

Shape

Size

Color

Texture

Temperature (Hot or Cold)

Weight (Heavy or Light)

By those that sink or float

Observable Properties of Solid:

2. Which of the following is not an observable property of a mixture of jellybeans?

Multi-colored

Bean-shaped

Magnetic

Smaller than a penny

3. Place a check next to the tools that would be the most efficient in sorting the mixture of sand

and iron filings.

Sieve Tweezers Hands Magnet

4. Was the sieve effective at separating the mixture? Why or why not?

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

5. Was the pair of tweezers effective at separating the mixture? Why?

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

6. Was the magnet effective and efficient at separating the mixture? Why?

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

7. Which of the following describes the observable property used to separate the mixture from the

video of the sand and shells?

A. Texture

B. Color

C. Magnetic attraction

D. Size

8. Describe a solid mixture you come in to contact with in your daily life. Name at least one

method or tool you could use to separate the particles of this mixture. Be sure to include the

observable property you identified to assist you in the strategy of separating the solid mixture.

________________________________________________________________________________

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