Grade 4 Exploring Energy and Earth Changes

What is the name for the process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces on Earth's surface?

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Melting

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Which type of rock is formed when small pieces of other rocks are pressed and cemented together?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Volcanic

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What form of energy is being used when a person hits a tennis ball with a tennis racket?

• Thermal energy

• Sound energy

• Light energy

• Mechanical energy

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Which form of energy is produced when a guitar string vibrates?

• Sound energy

• Electrical energy

• Chemical energy

• Light energy

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Where can the oldest layer of rock usually be found in a rock formation?

• The top layer

• The middle layer

• The bottom layer

• All layers are the same age

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What is the kinetic energy?

• It is a powerful energy

• It is motion energy

• It is stored energy

• It is not a type of energy

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Which of these is NOT a way to transfer energy from place to place?

• Sound

• Heat

• Vision

• Light

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Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of:

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Melting

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Your teacher filled a box with sand. She put a fan at one end and turned the fan on. The sand was blown to the opposite side of the box and collected at that side. What processes was the teacher demonstrating?

• Weathering and erosion

• Weathering and deposition

• Erosion and deposition

• Chemical and mechanical weathering

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The amount of kinetic energy an object has depends on its:

• Mass and volume

• Volume and friction

• Mass and speed

• Speed and density

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