5th Grade Science Refrigerator Cards for Home Biomes and Ecosystems

1. 5th Grade Science Refrigerator Cards for Home Biomes and Ecosystems • Habitats • Water-related environments (aquatic) include those with fresh water or salt water. (Ponds, marshes, swamps, rivers, oceans) • Dry-land environments (terrestrial) include deserts, grasslands, rainforest, tundra, taiga, temperate deciduous forest • A population is a group of organisms of the same kind that lives in the same place. Ex-school of fish, herd of cattle • Acommunity is all the populations that live together in the same place • An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving things that interact together • A habitat is an area where a plant or animal lives. • A niche is the organisms job or role in the ecosystem • Animal Behaviors • Instincts-some animals are born with natural behaviors they need in order to survive. Ex.-spider spinning a web. • Learned Behavior-behaviors that are taught in order for the animal to survive. Ex-hunting, birds using feeders • Behavioral Adaptation-something an animal does to survive. Ex.-migration • Hibernation-a deep winter ‘sleep’ where body activities slow down. They live off of stored food. • Structural Adaptations-body parts that help the animal survive. Ex-webbed feet, quills, etc. • Camouflage-the blending in of the animal into its surroundings. Ex.-walking stick insect • Mimicry-a special type of camouflage where the animal looks like another animal. Ex.-a non-venomous Scarlet Kingsnake looks almost identical to the venomous Coral Snake. • Organisms-any living thing has basic needs that need to be met in order to survive. They need food, water, shelter, and space. • Food Chains and Webs • Herbivore-plant eater • Carnivore-meat eater • Omnivore-eats both plants & animals • Producers-plants • Consumers-an organism that must eat to get energy • Decomposers-organisms that get their energy by breaking down dead organisms or wastes Food web-many food chains that are all connected together

2. Science Refrigerator Cards for Sharing the Planet • Soils • Sand is tiny grains of worn down rock. It is gritty and rough. It doesn’t retain water well or have many nutrients. It doesn’t support the growth of plants. • Silt is very small, broken pieces of rock. It is larger than clay, but smaller than sand. It is powdery when dry. It does retain water well & supports plant growth. • Clay retains water too well. It is sticky or gummy and can be shaped when it is wet. But, it is very hard when dry. It doesn’t support the growth of plants. • Loam is a dark brown/black rich color. It retains water well & supports plant growth. • Humus is made of leaves, twigs, small animals, or other decayed substances. It adds many nutrients to the soil. Weathering is breaking rock. Erosion just moves the rock. Deposition drops the rock. How does something become a fossil? It is not easy to become a fossil. Every species does not become a fossil. Many plants and animals do not leave traces of their existence because leaves, skin, muscles, and feathers cannot survive over a long period of time. Even hard body parts, such as teeth and bones, may get eaten by other animals or they decay. In order to become a fossil, the plant or animal must be buried quickly in a place where air cannot get to it. After an animal or plant has been preserved, sediment layers will be added throughout the years to cover these remains. As each new layer of sediment is added, other remains may be added on top of that layer. This means that the oldest fossils are found deepest layers of the sediment and the most recent fossils will be found nearer the surface of the Earth.

3. Science Refrigerator Cards Landforms

4. 5th grade Review Refrigerator Cards Terrestrial Environments Photosynthesis Seeds we grew in our Terrariums Radish Clover Peas Corn Barley BASIC needs of plants Water Cycle

5. Neptune 5th Grade Science Refrigerator Cards for Home Sun, Earth, & Moon Uranus Saturn • The Sun • It’s a medium sized, yellow star made of burning gases. • It’s hottest in the core, coolest in the sunspots. • Nuclear fusion powers the sun in the core. • The photosphere is the visible surface of the sun. • The corona is the outer atmosphere on visible during eclipse. Jupiter Mars Earth Venus Mercury Words to know… Gravity: a force that pulls objects toward each other Orbit: the path one object take around another in space Rotation: the spinning of a planet (day/night) Revolution: 1 complete trip of a planet around the sun (1yr) Lunar Phases: the regular changes in the way the moon looks Axis: the imaginary line running through Earth’s center Equator: imaginary line around the middle of earth

6. 5th grade Review Refrigerator Cards Investigating Science Safely Testable Questions for Science Projects Does the type of music you listen to affect your mood? How does cold storage affect the germination of seeds? How does the type of trash you throw away affect the environment?

7. 5th Grade Science Refrigerator Cards for Home Force, Motion, & Energy • Common Forces • Gravity: a force that attracts objects together • Friction: a force that works against motion (makes things come to a stop) • Magnetism: a force that attracts objects containing iron, cobalt, or nickel • Inertia: the tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest or an object in motion to remain in motion • Buoyancy: the upward push of a liquid or gas on an object (floating) Lamps give off light & thermal energy Lamps use electrical energy

8. 5th grade Review Refrigerator Cards Matter and Its Properties A substance consisting of two or more separate substances that are mixed. A mixture in which particles of one or more substances (the solute) are distributed uniformly throughout another substance (the solvent).