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WorksheetsEvaluate 4th grade Physical Science part 1
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 23mins
Erica puts two objects near each other. She feels them pull toward each other. Which of the following explanations best explains why this happens?
One pole has a magnetic field.
Like poles are facing each other.
One pole is stronger than the other.
Opposite poles are facing each other.
Cora observes some items in her science kit. When she moves the rock from the kit, a paperclip inside the kit moves towards the rock. What causes the paper clip to move towards the rock?
mechanical energy
magnetic energy
electrical energy
magic
On a camping trip, Bryan notices that the needle of a compass always points north to south. Why does this happen?
Earth has a magnetic field and the needle is magnetic.
The sun makes the needle point north to south.
Gravity makes the needle point north to south.
The needle points toward the colder places.
Karen wants to know how two magnets behave when they are together. The magnets below show her investigation. What must be true of the two magnets shown?
The two poles are the same poles.
The two poles are opposites, south and north.
The two poles are opposites, north and south.
It is not possible to tell anything about the magnets.
Alexa has two different magnets. She wants to test which magnet is stronger. What test could she perform that would best show which magnet is stronger than the other magnet?
Find a small block of wood and test which magnet will be attracted to it.
Put the magnets together and test if the magnets will attract to each other.
Set a nail on the table and test which magnet will attract to the same nail from a farther distance.
Pick a different group of objects for each magnet and see which magnet attracts the most objects.
Magnets come in different shapes. Some magnets have a shape like the letter U or a horseshoe. How could you tell where the north-seeking pole is on a horseshoe magnet?
Bring the magnet near some paper clips on a piece of paper.
Bring the magnet near the pole of another magnet.
Bring the magnet near any nonmagnetic material.
Bring the magnet near a piece of paper.
Dorothy has a blue plastic set of alphabet letters that stick to her refrigerator. She decides to sort the letters using a physical property. Which of the following physical properties would be best for her to use?
color
hardness
magnetism
shape
During science class, the teacher displays a glass containing a liquid. The teacher says that the liquid is either water or colorless vinegar. What physical property would the students most likely use to identify that the liquid is vinegar?
color
mass
odor
volume
Cara places a group of objects on her desk. She wants to describe the object by using only one physical property. Which physical property is most likely similar for all of these objects?
attraction to magnets
hardness
texture
shape
Kim sees some one centimeter cubes in her classroom. She observes that some of the cubes float in water and some do not. Which of the following statements is true about all the cubes?
Their shape is the same but their volume is different.
Their mass is the same but their volume is different.
Their volume is the same but their mass is different.
Their volume is the same but their size is different.
Derek compares the temperature of the water in his baby sister’s small swimming pool to the water in their larger swimming pool. He makes observations throughout the day. Derek takes the temperature of both swimming pools every three hours. Which pool had the greatest difference in temperature from the beginning of the day to the end of the day?
The large pool because its ending temperature was 27°C.
The small pool because its highest temperature was 27°C.
The small pool because its difference in temperature was 3°C.
The large pool because it’s starting temperature was higher than the small pool.
Observe the scale and objects. What is the mass of the bag in grams (g)?
1,000 grams
700 grams
300 grams
400 grams
Ismael changes water from a liquid to a gas. What does Ismael do to his water?
He melts the water.
He freezes the water.
He adds energy to the water.
He removes the energy from the water.
Water is a very common substance, but it does have some unusual properties. For example, water can change states by adding or removing heat. Where will you find water as a liquid turning into a gas quickly?
in the glass
on the stove
in the freezer
from the faucet
Sage places an ice cube on a plate. The ice cube changes from a solid to a liquid. What happens to the amount of matter in the ice cube?
It decreases.
It stays the same.
It doubles
It triples.
Water is found in all three states of matter. Which of the following changes shows the state change involved when water freezes?
changes from a solid into a gas
changes from a gas into a liquid
changes from a solid into a liquid
changes from a liquid into a solid
The table shows some properties of water in different states. Which property should be placed into the second column.
changes its shape to fit the container
changes its mass to fit the container
has a definite shape
feels dry
The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas. Which of the following is an example of water as a solid?
snowman
boiling
a river
a cloud
When wood burns in a fireplace, the ashes are left. The gases escape up the chimney. Suppose you could trap the gases. What would you discover about the mass of the wood?
It is less than the mass of the ashes and gases.
It is the same as the mass of the ashes and gases.
It is greater than the mass of the ashes and gases.
It is the same as the mass of the gases that escaped.
During science class, the teacher displays a glass bowl containing a substance made out of two liquids. She names the substance in the bowl AB. The teacher gives the directions to break apart the substance in the bowl into part A and part B. If you could break apart the matter into its two parts, A and B, what possible result shows the mass of part B?
Possible result 1
Possible result 2
Possible result 3
Possible result 4
Riley makes three figures out of modeling clay. He puts all of the clay figures on a balance and measures the total mass as 56 grams (g). He then pushes all the clay figures together and makes one big figure. Riley then measures the mass of the new figure. Which of the following would be a reasonable mass for the entire figure?
59 g
56 g
55 g
53 g
A pan balance is used to measure the physical property of the apple . The illustration below shows the measurement of an apple. Which of the following scientific ideas best describes the measurement of the apple?
The Law of the Conservation of Mass
The Law of the Conservation of Gravity
The Law of the Conservation of Volume
The Law of the Conservation of Physical Properties
Chang uses a balance to measure the mass of a toy truck. He records the mass in the table before taking apart all of the pieces. What is the mass of truck bed?
69 grams
67 grams
92 grams
25 grams
Fredrick places a plastic bottle of water into the freezer. The next day, he takes his water bottle out of the freezer and makes these observations:
·The bottle has a crack in it.
·The sides are bulging out.
·The frozen water inside makes the bottle appear bigger.
·The bottle of ice seems heavier.
Which of the following statements best explains what has happened to Fredrick’s bottle of water?
The volume and the mass increased.
The volume and the mass stayed the same.
The volume increased and the mass decreased.
The volume increased and the mass stayed the same.
