Grade 4 Science Mid Term Assessment - Group A

Which plant part is used for reproduction?

• flower

• leaf

• roots

• stem

Which vegetable picture shows only the leaf structure?

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Jack read a book about pollination. He made a list of several different ways pollen can be transferred from one plant to another. He recorded his findings in a list. (2)

· Pollen drifts in the wind.

· Pollen sticks to a butterfly’s feet.

· Pollen sticks to the hair on a bee’s legs.

· Pollen is carried from flower to flower in a hummingbird’s beak.

Which conclusion can be made from the data on Jack’s list?

• Plants only depend on pollinators for pollination.

• Animals are primarily attracted to sweet-smelling pollen.

• Plants can be pollinated by insects, birds, animals, and the wind.

• Flying insects cannot transfer pollen from one plant to another.

. Hayden listed parts of a plant.

- seed

- spore

- flower

- cone

How do these help the plant?

• growth

• reproduction

• collect sunlight

• protect the plant

A horse has teeth that are flat instead of pointed. Which of these does a horse’s teeth help the horse do?

• eat grass

• catch prey

• drink water

• avoid danger

Why are shorea seeds able to be dispersed by the wind?

• It has hooks to hook on the animals

• It is light and has a wing-like structure.

• It has dry pods that split open

• It has air spaces to allow it to float.

Which structure helps keep a penguin warm?

• feathers

• beak

• eyes

• claws

Which organs work closely together to help a lion find food?

• ears, fur, heart

• eyes, nose, brain

• eyes, lungs, heart

• nose, fur, stomach

Gazelles with short legs are caught and eaten by predators more often than gazelles with longer legs. This observation would best support which of the following ideas?

• Gazelles with short legs live longer than others

• There are no gazelles with very long legs

• All types of predators run faster than all gazelles

• Longer legs help gazelles escape predators.

What are the tiny tubes running from the roots and leaves to other parts of the plant used for?

• pollination

• reproduction

• moving nutrients and waste

• collecting energy from the sun