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Show What You Know 4th Grade Science 1

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select the weather condition that a Tornado can cause.

a)

ice coats trees and may cause limbs to break

b)

High winds and high waves may cause erosion

c)

Trees are twisted and uprooted and habitats are destroyed

d)

Trees are hit by lightening and may catch on fire

2.

Select the weather condition that a Hurricane can cause.

a)

ice coats trees and may cause limbs to break

b)

High winds and high waves may cause erosion

c)

Trees are twisted and uprooted and habitats are destroyed

d)

Trees are hit by lightening and may catch on fire

3.

Select the weather condition that a Ice Storm can cause.

a)

ice coats trees and may cause limbs to break

b)

High winds and high waves may cause erosion

c)

Trees are twisted and uprooted and habitats are destroyed

d)

Trees are hit by lightening and may catch on fire

4.

Select the weather condition that a Thunder Storm can cause.

a)

ice coats trees and may cause limbs to break

b)

High winds and high waves may cause erosion

c)

Trees are twisted and uprooted and habitats are destroyed

d)

Trees are hit by lightening and may catch on fire

5.
Label B
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
6.
Label C
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
7.
What is animal-like plankton called?
a)
Phytoplankton 
b)
Animal-likeplankton
c)
Zooplankton
d)
Plankton
8.
What do Zooplankton eat?
a)
Small fish 
b)
Zooplankton
c)
Phytoplankton
d)
They get their food from the sun 
9.

The deeper you go in the ocean....

a)

Pressure increases and it gets colder and darker.

b)

pressure decreases and it gets colder and darker

c)

pressure increases and it gets warmer and brighter

d)

it gets wetter.

10.

Waves in the ocean are mostly caused by...

a)

Earthquakes

b)

Currents

c)

Tides

d)

Wind

11.

Which of these describes the continental shelf?

a)

It's dark, deep and cold.

b)

There is very little life on it.

c)

It is the submerged border of a continent.

d)

It is formed when two tectonic plates pull away from each other.

12.

Which of the following best describes the abyssal plane

a)

It is very flat and very deep.

b)

It is warm and shallow, and contains the most life.

c)

It is caused by underwater volcanoes.

d)

It has a very steep drop, like a ski slope.

13.
Label A
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
sea mount
14.
As the depth of the ocean increases, water pressure ________.
a)
decreases 
b)
stays the same
c)
increases
15.
Which level of the ocean has the most plants and marine life?
a)
trench
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
continental slope
16.
What part of the ocean floor does D represent?
a)
continental slope
b)
continental shelf
c)
abyssal plain
d)
mid-ocean ridge
17.
How does the depth of the ocean affect how much light that part of the ocean receives? 
a)
The ocean gets lighters as it gets deeper.
b)
The more shallow the ocean, the darker it appears.
c)
The deeper the ocean is, the darker it gets.
d)
There is no connection between depth and light in the ocean. 
18.
Which of the following are producers?
a)
sharks and seaweed
b)
phytoplankton and seaweed
c)
sand
d)
fish, crabs, and seals 
19.

Most of the ocean floor is the flat bottom which is called the __________.

a)

abyssal plain

b)

trench

c)

continental shelf

d)

seamounts

20.
valleys cut deep into the ocean floor
a)
trench
b)
abyssal plain
c)
seamounts
d)
mid-ocean ridges
21.

When a bee visit flowers, pollen from the ____ sticks to the bee and is transferred to the ___ so that the flower can produce seeds.

Word Bank: (A) Pistil (B) Petal (C) Stamen (D) Leaf

a)

stamen, pistil

b)

pistil, stamen

c)

petal, leaf

d)

stamen, leaf

22.

Which is an example of a producer?

a)
b)
c)
23.
An apple tree is a
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
24.

Energy moves through a food web. Which group of organisms contain the most energy in a food web?

a)

consumers

b)

decomposers

c)

producers

d)

carnivores

25.

Look at the photograph of a child spinning tops.

A student used this as a model to show-

a)

planets rotate

b)

planets move around the sun

c)

how the planets revolve

d)

how seasons change

26.

A student used this model to show what causes seasons. What is the limitation of this model?

a)

It doesn't show how earth revolves around the sun.

b)

It doesn't show the phases of the moon.

c)

It doesn't show how big Earth is compared to the Sun.

d)

It doesn't show how hot the sun is.

27.

This graph shows the planets based on their SIZE. Which planet would represent Jupiter?

a)

17

b)

567

c)

381

d)

520

28.

This picture shows how the shadow of an umbrella has changed throughout the day. The fact that the shadow looks different at different times of the day proves that-

a)

Earth is revolving.

b)

The sun is moving.

c)

Earth is rotating

d)

It is summer.

29.

Ocean currents affect climates around the world. What tool would be used for the students to use to measure how ocean currents change the properties of ocean water?

a)

Barometer

b)

Thermometer

c)

Meter stick

d)

Pan balance