Worksheets4th Grade Science Mega Mix
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 57mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What tool would you use to measure the length of a caterpillar?
a)
hand lens
b)
ruler
c)
spring scale
d)
thermometer
2.
What tool would you use to check the temperature of the water?
a)
ruler
b)
microscope
c)
thermometer
d)
ruler
3.
What might you examine using a microscope?
a)
skin cells
b)
television
c)
clouds
d)
car
4.
What tool can you use to find out how the mass of a pencil compares to the mass of a pen?
a)
balance
b)
meter stick
c)
thermometer
d)
measuring tape
5.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
b)
A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
c)
A hypothesis is an educated guess.
d)
I don't know.
6.
Which of these is a scientific question?
a)
How mad is my mom when I don't clean my room?
b)
Does the amount of sunlight effect how a plant grows?
c)
Why does my stomach hurt?
7.
Engineers are people who design and build things to solve _____
a)
riddles
b)
puzzles
c)
crosswords
d)
problems
8.
When they're trying to solve a problem, engineers follow a series of _____
a)
steps
b)
problems
c)
solutions
d)
tests
9.
When solving problems, the series of steps that engineers follow is called _____
a)
the engineering method
b)
the engineering process
c)
the engineering problem
d)
the scientific method
10.
Before you can solve a problem, the first thing you have to do is _____
a)
define the problem
b)
design your solution
c)
build a protoype
d)
test your solution
11.
Once you've figured out what problem you want to tackle, you need to _____
a)
do your research
b)
design your solution
c)
build a prototype
d)
test your solution
12.
In which step would you most likely get to draw?
a)
do your research
b)
design your solution
c)
build a prototype
d)
test your solution
13.
A simple model that lets you test out your design is called _____
a)
protoplasm
b)
an archetype
c)
a prototype
d)
a proton
14.
To see if it works like they want it to, engineers need to _____
a)
do their research
b)
design their solution
c)
define their problem
d)
test their solution
15.
A lot of time and brainpower goes into the very last step: _____
a)
evaluating your solutions
b)
design your solution
c)
build a prototype
d)
test your solution
16.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
17.
__________ is stored energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
None of the above
d)
All of the above
18.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
19.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
20.
What kind of energy is in a waving hand?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
21.
What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
22.
At which point is potential energy greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
23.
What property of this wave is represented by the letter "A"
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
24.
What property of the wave is represented by the letter "B"?
a)
amplitude
b)
crest
c)
trough
d)
wavelength
25.
The highest point on a wave is:
a)
the crest
b)
the trough
c)
the top
d)
the coast
26.
The lowest point on a wave is the:
a)
Amplitude
b)
Crest
c)
Trough
d)
Wavelength
27.
Waves that move in a difference direction than the material it travels through (light for example)
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
28.
The type of wave that travels in the same direction as the material it is traveling through (sound for example)
a)
Transverse
b)
Longitudinal
29.
When two waves meet and form a bigger wave (crest + crest)
a)
Constructive interference
b)
Destructive interference
30.
When two waves meet and cancel each other out (crest + trough)
a)
Constructive interference
b)
Destructive interference
31.
What is reflection in simple terms?
a)
Soaks up light
b)
Passes through
c)
light bounces off
32.
What does refract mean?
a)
To shrink
b)
To bend
c)
To widen
d)
To enlarge
33.
The color you see is the color that is ___.
a)
reflected
b)
absorbed
34.
Which color absorbs all light?
a)
White
b)
Black
c)
Orange
d)
Green
35.
Which color reflects all light?
a)
White
b)
Black
c)
Orange
d)
Green
36.
The main source of energy for all life comes from ____.
a)
the Earth
b)
the moon
c)
the sun
d)
the food we eat/make
37.
Why are producers (plants) important for all life on Earth?
a)
They make our world more beautiful
b)
They make the planet look green
c)
They use carbon dioxide and give us oxygen
d)
They provide shade for insects
38.
What are the 3 key ingredients needed for photosynthesis
a)
glucose, oxygen, carbon dioxide
b)
carbon dioxide, water, glucose
c)
water, soil, sunlight
d)
sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
39.
Which of the following statements best describes the term photosynthesis?
a)
When plants absorb the energy from the sun.
b)
How plants reproduce.
c)
The process by which plants make their own food.
d)
The process by which animals make their own food.
40.
A __________ includes all living and non-living things in an environment.
a)
population
b)
niche
c)
abitotic
d)
ecosystem
41.
_______ are consumers that eat only meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
42.
________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
43.
Which organism make their own food through the process of photosynthesis?
a)
decomposer
b)
consumer
c)
herbivore
d)
producer
44.
Which describes a decomposer?
a)
an organism that eats only plants
b)
an organism that makes its own food
c)
an organism that breaks down dead matter
d)
an organism that recieves energy from the sun
45.
What are interconnected food chains called?
a)
consumers
b)
predators
c)
food web
46.
All food chains_____________________
a)
have more consumers than producers
b)
produce and use same amount of energy
c)
begin with a producer
d)
are unhealthy
47.
All the members of one species (organisms) that live within an area of an ecosystem is a?
a)
population
b)
community
c)
niche
48.
How do consumers get their energy?
a)
laying in the sun
b)
eating other organisms
c)
providing food for other organisms
d)
surviving in an ecosystem
49.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
50.
Which of the following would have a negative impact on an ecosystem
a)
constructing highways
b)
planting trees
c)
recycling paper
51.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
d)
Biotic Factors
52.
In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Top Predator
53.
In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Top Predator
54.
How are organisms linked in an ecosystem?
a)
By their physical adaptations
b)
By what they eat
c)
By where they live or habitat
d)
By their size
55.
Where does the food chain START?
a)
with consumers that eat grass
b)
with the sun giving energy to producers
c)
with the sun giving energy to consumers
d)
with consumers eating other consumers
56.
Which of the following means to turn on an axis?
a)
relax
b)
rotate
c)
revolve
d)
return
57.
When it is day on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?
a)
Summer
b)
Winter
c)
Night
d)
Day
58.
When it is night on one side of the Earth, what is it on the other side of the Earth?
a)
night
b)
day
59.
Rotation causes ___________.
a)
Day and Night
b)
Seasons
c)
The Earth to be tilted
60.
What are the four layers of earth?
a)
Solid, liquid, gas, plasma
b)
Crust, mantle, core, outer layer
c)
Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
d)
Crust, mantle, core, inner layer
61.
The process of breaking up rocks on Earth's surface is known as what?
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
62.
Flood waters moving soil from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
63.
Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of what?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Compaction
64.
The theory that says Earth's continents once made up an ancient supercontinent, and have been drifting apart ever since, is called the theory of...
a)
Pangea
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Natural Selection
d)
Gravity
65.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
66.
What are the two types of crust?
a)
continental and oceanic
b)
ocean and basin
c)
lower and upper
d)
thick and thin
67.
Which of the following is the name of the ancient supercontinent formed 28 Million Years ago.
a)
Pangea
b)
Gondwanda
c)
Laurasia
d)
Neverland
68.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
Pangaea
d)
glacier scaring
69.
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
a)
Convergent Boundary
b)
Divergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Plate Boundary
70.
Mountains are created when....
a)
Two continental plates collide
b)
Two oceanic plates pull apart
c)
An Oceanic plate subducts under a Continental Plate
d)
Two continental plates pull apart
71.
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
a)
Pull apart
b)
Come together
c)
Slide past each other
d)
subducting
72.
The presence of the same ________ on several continents supports the idea of continental drift.
a)
rocks
b)
fossils
c)
both fossils and rocks
d)
neither fossils nor rocks
73.
What do you call the evidence of Wegener's Theory that tells about the remains of an organism that lived long time ago?
a)
Ashes
b)
Bones
c)
Follicles
d)
Fossils
74.
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Volcano Eruption
c)
Tornado
d)
Mountain Building
75.
A rift valley forms at a
a)
convergent plate boundary
b)
divergent plate boundary
c)
transform boundary
d)
deep ocean trench
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