4th Grade Common Assessment 1

How do plants use sunlight?

• to attract bees

• to release their scent

• they turn sunlight into energy

• for pollination

What is a spore?

• a tiny cell

• a seed

• an acorn

• a cone

What grows from a spore?

• carrot

• fern

• pine tree

• tumbleweed

When a baby animal walks within a few hours of being born, this is an ________.

• migration

• learned behavior

• instinct

• hibernation

When an animal changes what it preys on, this is a ______ behavior.

• inherited

• play

• social

• learned

What comes after germination?

• mature plant

• germination

• seedling

• seed

What is an observation you can make about the giraffe?

• The giraffe looks crazy

• Most people thing giraffes are cute

• The giraffe has a funny body

• The giraffe has a long neck, and brown spots.

What is an environmental characteristic?

• Ducklings following their mother

• Bears learning to catch fish from their parents

• Birds that have marks to frighten predators

• Male sea turtles hatch in a cooler nest

Why might a population of turtles decrease?

• space increases

• water increases

• air stays the same

• food decreases

Which living thing cannot make its own food?

• trees

• flowers

• animals

• plants