P2: 4th grade Science Assessment Practice

When water is in its’ gaseous state it can be used for which of the following?

• Wash dirt off your hands

• Power gas burning cars

• Boil and egg

• Add humidity to a room

Mr. William’s class wanted to measure the amount of rainfall that lands at their school for each month of the school year. He divided the class into 4 groups to design and perform their own investigations. At the end of November, the groups compared their data. Two of the groups had similar data, one group measured more, and one group measured less. What could the groups do to figure out why their data is different?

• Compare their procedures

• Try using different rain gauges

• Measure in inches instead of centimeters

• Compare the people in their groups

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• All the groups are doing science because they are all asking a question and using evidence to support their thinking.

• None of the groups are doing science because they are not doing every step of the scientific method.

• Only group 2 is doing science because they are following the scientific method

• Only groups 2 and 3 are doing science because they are asking questions and making observations.

. Davien set up a rectangular box of soil near his classroom window. He planted six sunflower seeds and placed a heat lamp at one end of the box. After two months Davien concluded that sunflowers like warm temperatures more than cool ones. What evidence do you think he collected to come to that conclusion?

• The temperature of the window

• The temperature of the heat lamp

• The number of leaves in the plants

• The amount of sunlight the plants received

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You should never turn your headphones all the way up to their maximum volume. This can damage your ears. What kind of energy from headphones can damage your ears?

• Mechanical

• Sound

• Electrical

• Chemical

Wanda and Sanjay wanted to test the effect of different soils on bean plants growing in their classroom. Wanda is using loam and Sanjay is using humus, but they are both using the same kind of plant. Wanda placed her plant close to a classroom window. Sanjay placed his plant in a dark corner of the room. The data they collected showed very different results. Which of the following is not a reason why their results were different?

• Wanda used a different kind of plant than Sanjay

• The type of soil affected the growth of the plant

• The sunlight from the window affected the growth of the plant.

• The amount of water each plant received.

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Jarvis is learning about renewable and non-renewable resources in his science class. He decides to take a nature walk and make notes of all the renewable resources that he sees. Which of the following is an inference that Jarvis could have made on his walk?

• The seeds on the ground are going to grow into new trees

• The tallest trees had the most seeds around their base.

• Decomposers like mushrooms break down dead wood.

• Renewable resources will never run out.

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Scientists believe that some mountains were once under water. What evidence could they gather to best support this conclusion?

• Fossils of fish found on the mountains

• History books about the mountains

• Pictures of the mountains from a thousand years ago

• Interviews with locals

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A coffee cup manufacturer claims that their cup is the best. It will keep coffee hotter for a longer amount of time. How could evidence be collected to test this claim?

• Measure the temperature of the coffee every five minutes.

• Interview people who own the cup to see if they think the same way

• Test how the coffee cup feels every ten minutes.

• Design an experiment using this coffee cup and one from another company.

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Which of the following is the best example of something a scientist would do?

• Design a new crayon

• Observe and record data about soil erosion

• Build a bridge to lessen traffic

• Write a poem about birds

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