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Gr.4 Science GL Preparation Practice Test 1

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All plants produce flowers.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Plants need sunlight to ________.

a)

breathe

b)

make food for the plant

c)

keep the plant warm

3.

What part of the plant is #4?

a)

Leaf

b)

Stem

c)

Root

4.

The function of the seed is to _____.

a)

make seeds to continue the life cycle

b)

help flowers reproduce

c)

absorb sunlight and carbon dioxide to make food for the plants

5.

Mammals drink milk when they are babies.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What will happen if an animal can't adapt to changes?

a)

It will die out.

b)

It will be strong.

c)

Nothing will change.

7.

Why is the upper side of a leaf smoother and waxier than the underside?

a)

As the upper side of the leaf faces the sun the water in the leaf will evaporate

b)

Due to the presence of chlorophyll

c)

To attract sunlight so they can make food

8.

Explain photosynthesis _____

a)

Photosynthesis is how the plant stores its own food

b)

The process where the plant stores its food

c)

The process in which plants use energy from the Sun to make food.

9.

What is the purpose of petals on a flower?

a)

Soak in sunlight for photosynthesis

b)

Make seeds to reproduce more plants

c)

Attract pollinators to transfer their pollen to other flowers

10.

This long part of the plant acts like an "elevator" carrying water and nutrients to the leaves and flower part of the plant.

a)

roots

b)

stem

c)

leaves

11.

A bunny is brown in the spring. Why does the bunny change to a white color in the winter?

a)

Hibernation

b)

Camouflage

c)

Migration

12.

Which is the best example of a predator-prey relationship?

a)

A vulture finding and eating the remains of a dead rabbit

b)

bacteria growing on compost

c)

a chimpanzee eating termites from a termite mound

13.

Which food chain shows how energy moves through this web?

(hint: Producer 1st)

a)

Goat > Wild Cat > Jackal > Lion

b)

Plant > Rabbit > Wild Cat > Lion

c)

Lion > Owl > Goat > Plant

14.

If you are doing an experiment to see how the amount of water affects the plants, what should you do differently to each flower pot?

a)

Use different dirt

b)

Use different amounts of water

c)

Use different amounts of sunlight

15.

If you are doing an experiment to see how sunlight affects the growth of the plants, what should you do differently to each plant.

a)

Use different seeds

b)

Use different amounts of sunlight

c)

Use different amounts of dirt

16.

A student wants to compare how sunlight affects the growth of a plant. Which two plants can the student use to compare?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 4

c)

3 and 4

17.

Students list ways people at their school can reduce landfill waste.

Ways to Reduce Landfill Waste at Our School

>serve lunches on reusable plates

>turn in some homework using email

>copy worksheets on both sides of paper

>replace paper towels with hand dryers


Which other idea would most likely be included on this list?

a)

remove trash cans from hallways

b)

turn off lights when leaving a room

c)

add recycle bins for paper in classrooms

18.

What happens when you breath in?

a)

Oxygen is taken in

b)

Carbon dioxide is released

c)

Oxygen is released

d)

Carbon dioxide is taken in

19.

What organ removes waste from blood?

a)

Heart

b)

Lungs

c)

Intestine

d)

Muscles

20.

How many chambers does heart has?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

21.

Which of these materials would not dissolve in water?

a)

Icing sugar

b)

Gelatine crystals

c)

A candle

d)

Sea salt

22.

What is a suspension?

a)

A mixture created by combining two liquids

b)

A mixture of two gases

c)

A clear solution

d)

A mixture of a solid and liquid, where the solid will not dissolve in the liquid

23.

Sieving would separate which of these mixtures?

a)

Salt and water

b)

Sand and salt

c)

Sand and gravel

d)

Soil and salt

24.

Which of these processes would you use to separate salt from the water in which it has been dissolved?

a)

Filtration

b)

Evaporation

c)

Sieving

d)

Suspension

25.

Which of these would help sugar dissolve more quickly in coffee?

a)

Using hot coffee

b)

Using cold coffee

c)

Using cold sugar

d)

Not disturbing the sugar as it dissolves

26.

What is a mixture?

a)

A pure element

b)

A material resulting from a chemical reaction

c)

A chemical compound

d)

The combination of two or more materials (substances)

27.

What is a solvent?

a)

The material which has been dissolved in a liquid

b)

The liquid in which a material has been dissolved

c)

The particles remaining in suspension

d)

The material left after evaporation

28.

If you mixed sand, sugar and water, which material would dissolve?

a)

Sand

b)

Sugar

c)

Sand and sugar

d)

Neither sand nor sugar

29.

Which of the following statements is not true?

a)

There is no limit to the amount of a particular material that can be dissolved by a liquid

b)

Hot liquid will be able to dissolve more of the solute

c)

Water can dissolve more of some materials than of other materials

d)

Different variables affect how much material a solvent can dissolve

30.

When a material is dissolved, what does it make?

a)

A new substance or material

b)

A gas

c)

A force

d)

A solution

31.

What happens if a car rusts?

a)

Physical change

b)

Chemical change

c)

googles

d)

Bengals

32.

What are atoms

a)

Mr. Jackson

b)

Back street Boys

c)

Elijah Biddle

d)

The basic unit of a chemical element.

33.

A new substance can be formed when

a)

paper is squashed

b)

a nail rusts

c)

water changes to steam

d)

sugar is added to tea

34.

What are the similarities between liquid and gas?

a)

both have little mass

b)

both are transparent

c)

they can be broken

d)

both take the shape of the container

35.

How do you separate salt from water solution?

a)

freeze the solution

b)

filter the salt

c)

pour the water away

d)

evaporate the water

36.

Which of these will form a solution?

a)

stone and water

b)

sand and water

c)

salt and water

d)

salt and sand

37.

Which change is from water vapour to liquid(gas-liquid)?

a)

Ice cubes melting

b)

moisture forming on a mirror

c)

a river drying up

d)

water boiling in a pot

38.

Liquid water holds its shape

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Ice changes shape when it is put in a different container.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

which sentence is correct about Heat

a)

Heat cools food.

b)

Heat moves from cooler places to warmer places.

c)

Heat comes from the sun.

d)

Heat feels cool.

41.

How can people make heat?

a)
b)
c)
d)
42.

What happens when you use a toaster?

a)

You heat the air around the bread

b)

You heat the bread

c)

Both A and B

43.

A material that does NOT let light pass through is

a)

opaque

b)

transparent

c)

translucent

d)

prism

44.
Energy is the ability to do _________________.
a)
computation problems in Math
b)
talking
c)
listening
d)
work
45.
Energy is so interesting;
 it ______________________.
a)
can be created
b)
can be changed/transformed
c)
can be destroyed
d)
can be got rid of
46.
Humans get their energy to do work from the energy food chain, which consists of ___________________________.
a)
water
b)
air
c)
sun
d)
atmosphere
47.

How many times does the moon orbit the Earth in a year?

a)

13

b)

28

c)

365

d)

7

48.

Which symbol represents a buzzer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
49.

Why do we have day and night?

a)

the sun only shines in the daytime

b)

the Earth rotates on its axis

c)

Earth moves away from the sun

d)

the moon blocks the sun at night

50.

Which type of material is a good conductor of electricity?

a)

wood

b)

paper

c)

metal

d)

rubber

51.

Leila performs a test.

She has 2 identical papers - one was squashed while the other was a flat plain paper.

She then threw both papers to the ground but the squashed paper falls faster.


Which force makes the flat paper fall slower?

a)

gravity

b)

air resistance

c)

friction

d)

pull

52.

Gyakie was moving a box across the floor.


The bottom feels warm when she picks it up. Why did this happen?

a)

because of sunlight

b)

the box absorbed heat from the floor

c)

the box was heavy

d)

the friction between the box and the floor

53.

A pulley is a simple machine.


Which makes heavier objects go down?

a)

friction

b)

electricity

c)

magnetism

d)

gravity

54.

The numbers of sound vibrations in a unit of time is called

a)

frequency

b)

pitch

c)

volume

d)

sound

55.

A material that lets light pass through is

a)

translucent

b)

opaque

c)

transparent

d)

prism

56.

A material that both absorbs some light and lets some light pass through is

a)

transparent

b)

opaque

c)

prism

d)

translucent

57.
Sound comes from ____________________ matter.
a)
loud
b)
soft
c)
vibrating
d)
pitch
58.
Sound travels in waves through _______________________.
a)
solids only
b)
liquids only
c)
gases only
d)
all states of matter
59.
______________________ was the scientist who discovered how to break apart the nucleus of atoms to produce energy.
a)
Thomas Edison
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
Galileo
d)
Rachel Carson
60.
Electrical energy can be produced by ______________________.
a)
a power plant that burns fossil fuel, like coal
b)
a creek
c)
birds sitting on wires
d)
inactive solar panels