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WorksheetsSLO - 4th Grade Science
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
In what type of rock are most fossils found?
metamorphic rock
igneous rock
sedimentary rock
none of the above
What causes glaciers to move?
The force of gravity causes the layers to flow downhill.
The glacier begins to melt and the water runs downhill.
Wind pushes the glacier downhill.
An earthquake causes the glacier to move.
Which statement about the ice ages is NOT true?
Ice sheets covered as much as one-third of Earth's surface.
Temperatures were very low.
Snowfall was heavy.
The oceans became larger.
About how long does it take for one inch of soil to form?
a few months
a few years
about a hundred years
hundreds to thousands of years
Igneous rock is formed from ...
hot, magma that has cooled and hardened.
pieces of rock carried by water, wind or ice.
a rock that has been changed by heat, pressure, or both.
A fossil was found and the animal has a strong jaw and many large, sharp teeth. That animal was most likely a ...
plant eater
meat eater
When rocks or sediment are moved by wind, water, or gravity. This is called ...
erosion
deposition
weathering
When rock or sediment is dropped off in a different location. This is called ...
erosion
deposition
weathering
The process where rock is dissolved, worn away or broken down into smaller and smaller pieces is called ...
erosion
deposition
weathering
Everything is made up of ...
wood
water
matter
What is mass?
A measure of how much matter an object contains.
Anything that takes up space.
The measure of the pull of gravity between an object and the Earth.
How much space an object takes up is ...
mass
volume
length
area
In a ______________________ two or more types of matter are combined. Each type keeps their original chemical properties.
mixture
solution
compound
A _________________ is a mixture that is blended completely.
mixture
compound
solution
Freezing salt water is ...
a compound
evaporation
a chemical change
a physical change
Rice and noodles could be separated by ...
heating in an oven
boiling in a pan
filtering
freezing
Which is a chemical change to a piece of paper?
folding
cutting
coloring
burning
The energy your body uses to walk, run, and lift things is _________________ energy.
chemical
thermal
electrical
Heat transferred between two objects that are touching is called _____________.
convention
conduction
radiation
______________________ is the transfer of heat through space.
radiation
convection
conduction
___________________ energy comes from the movement of charged particles. Most of it comes from power plants that burn fuel.
electrical
chemical
thermal
A stove, a heater, and a match give off ________________ energy.
electrical
chemical
thermal
Vertebrates are ________________
animals with backbones
animals without backbones
An organism that makes its own food is known as a(n) ___________________
producer
consumer
community
organism
Mold, fungi, and bacteria are examples of _________________.
consumers
producers
decomposers
herbivores
The basic needs of most living things are _____________________.
food
water
oxygen
all of these
A living thing's home is called its ______________.
trait
habitat
species
food web
When an ecosystem has too many of at least one kind of living thing is called ___________________________.
overpopulation
drought
pollution
acid rain
A long time with little to no precipitation in an ecosystem is called a(n) __________.
acid rain
overpopulation
drought
pollution
