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Worksheets4th Grade Science PASS Review
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 24mins
A student pulls on a guitar string and lets go. The string makes a sound. Which of these changes will result in a sound with a higher pitch?
Tightening the string
Making the string longer
Using a thicker guitar string
Pulling back farther on the string
The climate of the tundra is cold and windy with little rain. Which adaptation helps a plant collect water in the tundra?
white flower petals
brightly colored berries
wide leaves iwth jagged edges
roots spread out close to the surface
Which part of the water cycle is number 3?
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
run-off
A student is creating a model of the rocky inner planets of our solar system. Which of the following correctly orders the planets according to which is closest to the sun?
Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus
Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus
Venus, Earth, Mars, Mercury
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
At what time of day would your shadow be longest?
morning
noon
afternoon
night
Shadows made by the sun are shortest
In the morning, when the Sun is rising
At midday, when the Sun is directly overhead
In the evening, when the Sun is setting
Sarah is planning a camping trip. She wants to camp when there is the most light in the night sky. According to the April Moon Calendar above, what night should she camp?
Have a class discussion
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Students fill a container with soil. They pour water onone side. They put earthworms in the center of the container. The students watch the earthworms for 15 min. Which question are the students most likely trying to answer?
Do earthworms prefer wet conditions?
Are earthworms able to move in dry soil?
What is the average size of an earthworm?
Do earthworms grow better in warmer temperatures?
In the Norther Hemisphere, the constellation Orion is visible only during winter. Which statement explains why this happens?
Earth rotates on its axis.
Orion moves around the sun.
Earth revolves around the sun.
Orion revolves around the galaxy.
Drops of water can form a rainbow when light shines on them. Which claim does this observation support?
Light can travel through space.
White light is made up of all colors of light.
Only some materials let light pass through them.
The color of an object depends on the light it reflects.
A hurricane is moving toward land. Which weather conditions should people who live there prepare for?
Heavy snow and ice
Flooding from waves
Funnel-shaped clouds
Dry air with little wind
Baby deer have light brown fur with white spots. This makes them hard to see in tall grass or other plants. How does this adaptation help baby deer survive?
It helps them hide from predators
It helps them easily find food and water
It helps them run fast when they need to
It helps them find their parents if they get lost
Betelgeuse is a star in the Orion constellation. The intensity of Betelgeuse is thousands of times the intensity of the sun. Betelgeuse does not appear to be as bright as the sun. What must be true about Betelgeuse?
It is smaller in size than the sun is
It is farther from Earth than the Sun is
It is surrounded by planets that block its light
It is on the opposite side of Earth from the sun.
What might you be doing when you present a scientific argument?
fighting with another student over a science experiment
using evidence to support a claim about something in science
planning the steps you will follow to answer a scientific question
recording observations or data in a form that is easy to see patterns
A student is up in a treehouse. She cannot hear her friend who is on the ground. What problem do the friends have with sound?
Sound gets fainter as distance increases
Sounds are hard to make above the ground
Sounds can have different pitches depending on how they are made
Sounds do not travel as well through gases as they do through solids
How would a sextant most likely be used?
by an astronomer to study a planet
by a sailor to navigate across an ocean
by a student to separate light into colors
by a weather scientist to measure humidity
Grasshoppers go through metamorphosis. Chickens do not. How does this make grasshoppers different from chickens?
Chickens start out as eggs, but grasshoppers do not
Chickens look the same as they grow, but grasshoppers change form
Chickens get bigger as they grow but grasshoppers stay the same size
Chickens are born as adults, but grasshoppers start out as a young form
A student is planning an investigation about plants. The student wants to find out if the direction of sunlight affects the way plants grow. The student grows 3 bean seedlings in 3 pots of soil that are just the same. Then the student covers each plant with a box. What should the student do next?
Shine a light on top of each box
Cut a hole in the center of each box
Look at the plants each day for a week
Cut holes at different places in each box
A student plays drums in band class. The band teacher moves closer to the student playing drum. Which statement describes how the sound of the drum changes for the teacher as the teacher gets closer?
The pitch gets lower
The pitch gets higher
The volume gets softer
The volume gets louder.
Earth's atmosphere has layers. What happens in the layer closest to Earth that does not happen in the other layers?
Weather takes place
The moon orbits earth
Other planets are found
Water forms lakes and oceans
Maple trees are flowering plants, and pine trees are nonflowering plants. How do maple trees differ from pine trees?
Maple trees make seeds, but pine trees do not
Maple trees make seeds in flowers, but pine trees make seeds in cones
Maple trees make spores that grow into new trees, but pine trees make seeds
Maple trees make seeds in cones, but pine trees make spores under their leaves
A group of scientist is designing a spacecraft to study Neptune. the planet Neptune has a surface made up of gases. Which list contains items that would be most useful for studying the surface of Neptune?
cameras, computers, fuel
soil sampler, wheels, wings
ruler, microscope, thermometer
compass, rain gauge, solar panels
During which phase do we see half of the lit side of the moon?
full moon
new moon
quarter moon
crescent moon
An object is visible if you can see it. What must be true about all visible objects?
They must use electricity
They are made up of solid materials
They either give off light or reflect light
They must take in light that strikes them
A student uses a sensory organ to find out the texture of a leaf. Which sensory organ does the student most likely use?
eye
skin
nose
tongue
