Life Science Review

Test: Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Use the questions from this review to help you create your own review. You can make a board game, poster, Powerpoint, Glogster, Prezi, or other approved technology resources. An additional option is to simply retrieve the review from my website and either write or type in your answers – you choose J. You MUST include all questions from the review and I will need a copy turned in of whatever option you choose to do. – Ms. Russell J **Remember: the more illustrations with labels the better**

Resources to help:

·  http://russellscience.wikispaces.com – my wikispace website

·  Your child’s science notebook

·  Check out a science book from Ms. Russell

·  If all else fails, email Ms. Russell J

1.  Draw and label a diagram of the water cycle. Be sure to include its source of energy.
Describe the processes of:
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff and Accumulation
2.  Describe how condensation is formed in the clouds and condensation on the outside of a glass.
3.  Draw and label a diagram of the carbon dioxide/oxygen cycle. Include producers & animals and add what would happen we got more producers on animal in an ecosystem.
4.  Define the word inherited trait and describe three examples of it.
5.  Define the word learned behavior and describe three examples of it.
6.  Choose an animal that lives in a desert and describe 3 adaptations (1 adaptation must help it survive in its climate).
7.  Describe how a cactus adapts and its niches in its environment. /
8.  Use a Venn diagram to compare the adaptations of two animals. Be sure to label the parts of the diagram.
9.  Draw a food web that includes at least two plants. Use the terms producer, consumer, decomposer, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores to label the parts of the food web.
10. Describe and draw the life cycle of a plant that lives in the grassland.
11. Deciduous trees drop their leaves in the fall before winter. Describe how this is a useful adaptation for survival.
12. Describe a deciduous forest biome in detail with pictures. Include plants, animals, sunlight, spacing, etc…
13. Describe how an increase of water levels would affect trees, water animals, and land animals?
14. Plants in the Polar Regions, such as tundra’s, have a very short summer where there is enough light and warmth to reproduce. Describe an adaptation necessary for survival.
15. Describe a tundra biome & the organisms in it. Include plant and animal adaptations for survival.
16. Define & identify the following organisms as producer, consumer, predator, prey, or scavenger.
Seal, seaweed, polar bear
Hawk, rabbit, grass, vulture
17. Describe the process of photosynthesis and draw a diagram with labels.
18. Describe the function of each plant part:
Seed
Flower
Leaf
Stem
Root
19. Do all plants need the same amount of sunlight, water, and nutrients in the soil? Explain with examples.
20. List the ways seeds can travel. Include pros and cons for seeds being able to travel.
21. List 4+ possibilities how a plant population would decrease.
22. Compare the life cycle of a butterfly to the life cycle of a beetle.
23.  Define and list the similarities and differences in complete & incomplete metamorphosis.
24. Write out a food chain and describe all the possibilities that would happen if one organism in a food chain went away.
25. Define niche and give at least 2+ examples of an organisms niches. Remember, some animals don’t have just one niche & not all niches are good.
26. Provide multiple examples & explanations of how an organism’s mouth shape determines what kinds of food it will eat.

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