Final Exam Science 4th grade

At which stage of the water cycle does liquid water turn into the gas water vapor?

• condensation

• precipitation

• matter

• evaporation

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Water droplets in the clouds combine and grow heavier.  Which step in the water cycle MOST LIKELY happens next?

• water evaporates to form water vapor

• Water in the air condenses to form water droplets.

• Water falls to the ground as precipitation.

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What happens during condensation?

• water vapor turns into liquid

• ice turns into water vapor

• liquid water turns into water vapor

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Which is a good way to summarize the differences between climate and weather?

• Climate is on land and weather can be anywhere.

• Climate is long term and weather is short term.

• Climate is only important to weather forecasters, but weather is something people want to know about every day. 

What is a cloud?

• a pollution that accumulates in the sky

• a collection of tiny droplets of water or ice crystals

• a collection of smoke from factories

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Which BEST describes cumulus clouds?

• gray and heavy

• puffy like cotton balls

• wispy and feathery

Which type of cloud is low and layered like this and what type of weather does it predict or indicate?

• Stratus and it predicts or indicates fair or good weather.

• Cumulus and it predicts or indicates fair or good weather.

• stratus clouds and it predicts rainy weather

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Kendra was listening to the weather forecast.  It says there will be high pressure tomorrow.  What will the weather probably be like?

• rainy, windy

• sunny, dry

• cloudy, rainy

• very stormy

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Friction makes a moving object ____ as the two surfaces rub together.

• move slower

• move upward

• change color

• move faster

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Gravity is

• the force that makes non-living things start moving

• the only force that changes an object's velocity

• the force of attraction between any two objects

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