Science Mid-Year Review-4th Grade

Mrs. Lantz poured a cup of hot coffee. Which type of cup material will conduct the heat the quickest? Think about it this way: which cup will feel the hottest to touch?

• metal

• glass

• foam

• paper

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Mrs. Jarrett bought broccoli on Monday and set it on the counter. By Friday, she wanted to use it for dinner. However, she observed that the broccoli had changed and she was no longer able to use it. (Although she was quite happy because she doesn't eat vegetables anyway.) What change did Mrs. Jarrett observe?

• The broccoli rusted, but no new material was created.

• The broccoli decayed, but no new material was created.

• The broccoli rusted, resulting in different materials.

• The broccoli decayed, resulting in different materials.

Mrs. Hart was making baked potato soup. She calculated the mass of each ingredient before she added it to the pot. What can she expect to be true if she weighs the mass of all the ingredients combined?

• The mass of the combined ingredients will be less then the mass of the sum of the parts.

• The mass of the combined ingredients will be equal to the mass of the sum of the parts.

• The mass of the combined ingredients will be more than the mass of the sum of the parts.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Mrs. Sawyer built a physical model of the solar system to explain a natural occurring event on Earth. She wanted her students to see the organization of the solar system but on a much smaller scale. Which statement correctly describes the type of model that represents the type of model she made?

• The model was a computer model that showed a simulation of how the planets orbit the sun.

• The model is a mental model that they used to memorize to remember the infomation.

• The model is a three-dimensional model that modeled a process that occurs in nature.

• The model is a two-dimensional model of various detailed pictures of the solar system.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Mrs. Lantz is packing up all her Christmas decorations. Mr. Lantz asked her to bring him the box that has the greatest mass and takes up the most space. Which two science tools will she need to use in order to select the correct box?

• Scale

• Graduated Cylinder

• Spring Scale

• Tape Measure

There was a plate of cookies in the teacher lounge. Mrs. Lantz walked in and saw that there was only one cookie left. She walked out of the room to talk to Ms. Edwards. When she returned to grab the last cookie, she noticed Mr. Moral walking out with cookie crumbs on his shirt. Which of the following statements are true?

• Mrs. Lantz knows for a fact that Mr. Moral ate the last cookie.

• Mrs. Lantz observed the cookie crumbs on Mr. Moral's shirt.

• Mrs. Lantz infers based on her observation that Mr. Moral ate the last cookie.

• Mrs. Lantz observes that the cookie tasted good.

Faith is playing with two magnets. She is trying to show her sister a new "magic trick" that she learned in science class. She places the two magnets about an inch apart and takes her hands off of them. Two seconds later, the magnets snap together. Based on her "magic trick", what did Faith learn in science class?

• That when two magnets have opposite poles facing each other, they attract.

• That when two magnets have the same poles facing each other, they attract.

• That when two magnets have the same poles facing each other, they repel.

• That when two magnets have the opposite poles facing each other, they repel.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Olympic sports have many different events. Snowboarding, swimming, and ice hockey are some of them. Which state of water is required for each event?

• snowboarding-gas, swimming-liquid, ice hockey-liquid

• snowboarding-solid, swimming-gas, ice hockey-solid

• snowboarding-solid, swimming-liquid, ice hockey solid

• snowboarding-liquid, swimming-solid, ice hockey-gas

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What type of heat transfer occurs when you hold a cup of hot chocolate in your hand?

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Heat energy transfers from warm objects to cold objects.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4