4th Grade Topic 2 Quick Check

While walking through a forest, Milo finds a tree that looks like it fell down many years ago. If the tree fell down many years ago, what is most likely true about it now?

• It feels smooth and hard.

• It has all of its original bark.

• It has branches with dried leaves hanging from them.

• It feels soft and crumbly, and inside it is dark brown like soil.

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Pat plans to fry an egg for breakfast. Which statement best describes what will happen to the egg upon frying?

• The egg will expand.

• The egg will change into a liquid.

• The properties of the material in the egg will change.

• The heat will cause the egg to become more nutritious.

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Which action will result in a substance that has new properties?

• burning wood to cook hot dogs

• breaking a cookie into very small parts

• shredding a tree branches and leaves

• cutting and sewing cloth into a shirt

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The metal chains of a playground swing turn an orange-brown color after a damp spring. What is this orange-brown crust on the surface of the metal chains called? 

Which of the following will change a piece of wood into a substance with different properties?

• chopping the wood into wood chips

• burning wood in a campfire

• crushing wood with a machine

• soaking wood in water

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Which action will result in a substance that has new properties?

• breaking a glass mirror

• popping popcorn

• shredding a newspaper

• cutting oak tree branches

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Which process results in a material with different characteristics?

• cooking an egg

• crushing an egg carton

• breaking an egg open

• stirring contents of an egg

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Which process results in a material with different characteristics?

• water freezing into ice

• cutting a plant leaf into smaller pieces

• rust forming on a bicycle

• breaking a stick in half

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When a plant decays, what type of change is happening?

• physical change because the plant just changes shape

• chemical change because the plant breaks down into new substances

• physical change because the plant changes color only

• no change at all

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Which of the following is NOT a chemical change?

• burning paper

• a bike lock rusting

• leaves decaying on a path

• ice cream melting

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