4 Grade Science Final review

If you look up at the night sky long enough, the stars will appear to move across the sky. What is responsible for making the stars appear to move across the sky at night?

• A Earth’s revolution

• B Earth’s rotation on its axis

• C Earth’s position in its orbit

• D Earth’s distance from the sun.

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Juan drew the illustration below as a two-dimensional model of how Earth moves in space. How long does it take for Earth to complete one full movement that is shown in this illustration?

• 1 day

• B 1 week

• C 1 month

• D 1 year

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While Earth revolves around the sun, Earth is also rotating. About how many rotations does Earth complete as it orbits once around the sun?

• A 1

• B 7

• C 30

• D 365

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The diagram below shows Earth, the moon, and the sun. Why can you see the moon from Earth?

• The moon gives off its own light.

• Light from the sun is reflected by the moon’s surface.

• Light from Earth is reflected by the moon’s surface.

• The moon absorbs sunlight during the day and glows at night.

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This pattern of stars is called a constellation. Some constellations are visible from different places on Earth only during a part of the year. Why are certain constellations not visible everywhere on Earth all year long?

• sun’s rotation

• Earth’s rotation

• sun’s revolution

• Earth’s revolution

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Kashvi likes to look out the window at the moon. She observes that it seems to change every week. Which sentence best explains why this happens?

• The moon moves between Earth and the sun.

• The moon rotates only once in about a month.

• The same side of the moon always faces Earth.

• The amount of the lighted part of the moon that faces Earth changes.

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Jamal's class is making a list of ways that the space program has affected Florida. Which of the following is the most important way that having the space program in Florida has helped Florida universities?

• They have better buildings.

• They do more space research.

• More people attend the universities.

• More roads are built to the universities.

The cedar tree is a nonflowering plant. The orange blossom tree is a flowering plant. Both trees have similar life cycles. What is the order of events in the life cycles of both plants?

• seed → pollination → seed dispersal → fertilization

• pollination → seed → seed dispersal → fertilization

• fertilization → pollination → seed → seed dispersal

• pollination → fertilization → seed → seed dispersal

Alan recorded the temperature at noon on his patio each day for a week. He made the graph below to show his data.

Which data table matches the data in Alan's graph?

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Diego has been observing how well a type of plant grows in different locations. He concludes that a location with bright sunlight is best for the plant. Which of the following could be a reason for his conclusion?

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• Plants that he kept in shade grew better than plants that he kept in sunlight.

• His friend told him that all plants need bright sunlight to grow.

• Plants that he kept in shade did not grow as well as plants that he kept in sunlight.

• He thinks that the plants he kept in sunlight would have grown better with more water

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