Worksheets4th Grade Unit 3/4 Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 16mins
When moving water leaves soil behind, it is called ________.
erosion
weathering
corrosion
deposition
One example of erosion is when
tree roots split apart a rock.
soil builds up at the mouth of a river.
water carries soil from a garden to a sidewalk.
moving water makes river rocks smooth.
Which of the following is an example of how wind changes Earth’s surface in a desert?
sand ripples in the desert
desert plants clustered together
a pond forming after a storm
fog forming in the desert
Hera is walking along and notices that these rocks are very smooth and polished. What claim can you MOST LIKELY support with evidence about what happened to the rocks?
They came from a volcano.
They fell down the side of a mountain.
They were weathered by living things.
They were worn down by a flowing river.
Salia walks along the beach and sees some rocks offshore. She observes a large rock formation and some smaller rocks offshore. She looks for evidence that the circled rock was weathered from the larger rock formation by wave action. How can she find evidence?
Compare the size of the rocks.
Measure the distance between the rocks.
Compare the material that makes up the rocks.
Drop a rock from on top of the formation and see where it lands.
During a storm, rainwater can quickly erode soil by
soaking into the soil and making it damp.
getting absorbed by plant roots in soil.
hitting and loosening the soil at the surface.
All of the above.
The oldest fossils are usually found
floating in rivers.
on ocean beaches.
deep underground.
on top of mountains.
If a scientist finds fossilized trees in what is now a desert area, the fossils are evidence that the
area used to have no carnivores.
area used to home to small animals.
climate there was once rainy.
climate there has not changed much.
Kenji visits a museum and looks at the collection of fossils. He sees many different types of fossils from huge dinosaur bones to tiny shells. Below are some of the fossils he sees.
Which of these fossils was made by an animal walking?
Fossil A
Fossil B
Fossil C
Fossil D
Vivien looks at a map that shows black dots where earthquakes take place. She notices that many of the earthquakes fit into a pattern.
Based on this map, which of the following places has many earthquakes?
the land area making up Australia
the middle part of the Pacific Ocean
the area forming a ring around the Atlantic Ocean
along a line down the center of the Atlantic Ocean
Which pattern BEST explains where volcanoes are found on a map?
Elevation is lowest in these regions
Earth’s crust has cracks in these areas.
There is less movement deep inside Earth.
There are many lakes and rivers in these areas.
Viola’s mother is a scientist. She makes model houses and tests them on platforms that shake and move, just as the ground might move in an earthquake.
In which way does this testing help prepare people for earthquakes?
shows which furniture will be safest
teaches people to survive earthquakes
develops building designs that will be stable
informs people about how to avoid earthquakes
Jessie goes to the beach with her family. She notices how fast the waves are coming at her. The peaks of the waves are getting closer and closer to each other. Which of the following describes how long a wave is?
amplitude
crest
wavelength
trough
_________ describes how big a wave is.
amplitude
crest
wavelength
trough
In a sound wave, amplitude describes how
quickly the wave moves.
how far apart the crests are.
much matter pushes together.
far a crest is from its rest position.
Rory is at a science museum. To get the earthquake machine to begin moving, she needs to move the steps in the correct order. The table below tells the pattern of events when an earthquake occurs. Which is the correct order of the events?
1, 2, 3, 4
2, 3, 4, 1
3, 4, 2, 1
4, 1, 2, 3
What is erosion?
Rocks breaking apart
rocks, soil, etc moving from one place to another
where rocks, soil, etc settle
What is deposition?
Rocks breaking apart
rocks, soil, etc moving from one place to another
where rocks, soil, etc settle
What is weathering?
Rocks breaking apart
rocks, soil, etc moving from one place to another
where rocks, soil, etc settle
What is decomposition?
breaking concepts into smaller parts
finding similarities
only using a certain part
What is pattern matching?
breaking concepts into smaller parts
finding similarities
only using a certain part
What is abstraction?
breaking concepts into smaller parts
finding similarities
only using a certain part
