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Worksheets4th Grade SC PASS Science Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
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Class
Date
1.
Salmon return to the area where they were born. They swim upstream to lay their eggs. What is this type of behavioral adaptation called?
a)
hibernation
b)
camouflage
c)
migration
d)
mimicry
2.
The picture shows a pencil in a container of water. The pencil looks as if it is broken because
a)
the shiny glass reflects the light
b)
the water separates the light into many colors
c)
the part of the pencil ourside the water casts a shadow by the water
d)
the light is refracted
3.
Materials that allow light to pass through them clearly are called transparent. Which of the following materials is NOT transparent?
a)
window glass
b)
clean air
c)
a mirror
d)
water
4.
It was spotted at sea by satellite. It has winds faster than 75 miles per hour. A warning was given that it would reach land in 24 hours or less. When is struck land there were dangerous winds, heavy rain, and flooding. What was it?
a)
tornado
b)
hurricane
c)
tidal wave
d)
severe thunderstorm
5.
The suns energy caused water from the ocean to make these clouds. What happens to the water to form the clouds?
a)
irrigation
b)
evaportation
c)
precipitation
d)
condensation
6.
When water evaporates, it changes from a
a)
solid to a gas
b)
liquid to a gas
c)
liquid to a solid
d)
solid to a liquid
7.
If you are playing in a baseball game and a thunderstorm is approaching, which of the following actions is the safest?
a)
continue to play
b)
get in the dugout
c)
get under a tree
d)
get in a car
8.
The tool shown here is used to measure-----
a)
wind speed
b)
air pressure
c)
wind direction
d)
air temperature
9.
Which are processes involved in the water cycle?
a)
bathing, sunning, and drinking
b)
paddling, swimming, and drinking
c)
evaporation, hibernation, and dehydration
d)
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
10.
Predict the weather if you look outside and see cirrus clouds
a)
a tornado is likely
b)
a fair sunny day
c)
a thunderstorm is likely
d)
a hailstorm is likely
11.
The temperature begins to drop. The sky darkens. The wind starts to blow. The sky is filled with dark and think clouds. What kind of weather can be expected?
a)
heavy rain or thunderstorms and cooler weather
b)
warm, sunny, pleasant picnic weather
c)
heavy rain and warmer weather
d)
light rain and warmer weather
12.
What explains how day and night occur in different parts of Earth?
a)
Earth rotates on its axis
b)
The sun rotates on its axis
c)
Earth revolves around the sun
d)
The sun revolves around the galaxy
13.
Each cycle from new moon to new moon takes about four
a)
days
b)
weeks
c)
months
d)
years
14.
Materials such as wood and metal do not let light travel through them. We cannot see through them at all. They are said to be
a)
opaque
b)
invisible
c)
transparent
d)
translucent
15.
Which of the following is NOT an inherited characteristics of a particular type of flowering plant?
a)
the type of stem
b)
the shape
c)
the amount of light a plant gets
d)
the color of the flowers produced
16.
What do we call it when light hits a smooth surface and BOUNCES off in another direction?
a)
reflection
b)
refraction
c)
invisible
d)
translucent
17.
Which of the following planets would be the hottest?
a)
Venus
b)
Neptune
c)
Earth
d)
Jupiter
18.
An instinct is a behavior that an organism is born with. Animals are born capable of many things. Which of these behaviors is an instinct?
a)
a baby sea turtle crawling from the beach to the ocean
b)
a park ground squirrel taking peanuts from a human
c)
a horse counting by pawing at the ground
d)
a dog sitting up and speaking for food
19.
Which of the following behavior is a sign that the animal is thirsty and is looking for water?
a)
a rattlesnake flicking its tongue and smelling the air
b)
an elephant pawing and digging in the ground in a dry riverbed
c)
a possum playing dead
d)
a wolf scratching the ground and moving in circles right before laying down
20.
Which of the following is a natural source of light?
a)
Star
b)
Earth
c)
Moon
d)
Planet
21.
The length of your shadow is shortest at noon. At which time of day would your shadow be the longest?
a)
4pm
b)
3am
c)
1pm
d)
11am
22.
Each month the moon looks like a banana. What phase of the lunar month is this
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
crescent moon
d)
first quarter moon
23.
When white light shines on Peter's shirt, the shirt looks blue. Why does his shirt look blue?
a)
it absorbs all the white light and turns most of it into blue light
b)
it reflects the blue part of the light and absorbs most of the other colors
c)
it absorbs only the blue part of the light
d)
it gives off its own blue light
24.
What tool is used to separate white light into the colors of the rainbow?
a)
prism
b)
anemometer
c)
thermometer
d)
wind vane
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