Worksheets4th quarter wrap (Energy, Earth, and organisms)
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Lily notices that the weather has been sunnier than usual, and wonders what would happen to the nearby lake if the amount of sunlight increased?
It would evaporate faster
It would go through condensation
It would get colder
The lake will grow
Ava is looking at herself in a mirror. How does light reflect off the mirror so she can see her reflection?
It bounces right back
It goes up
It goes down
It travels through the mirror
Jackson is exploring a park that is designed to mimic a natural ecosystem. Mark everything that he might find in this park?
Rivers
Deer
Streets
Trees
David is exploring a forest and observes various abiotic factors around him. Which abiotic factor is not found in a natural environment?
Sun
Stream
Road
Stones
Mia is learning about organisms that can make their own food using sunlight. She asks her teacher what another term for such organisms is. What is the correct answer?
heterotroph
producer
primary consumer
secondary consumer
Luna is curious about where the energy that supports all life on Earth comes from. She wonders if it is from the Earth, the moon, the sun, or the food we eat/make. What is the main source of energy for all life?
the Earth
the moon
the sun
the food we eat/make
Noah places a metal rod inside a bucket of cold water and leaves it for 6 hours. What will happen?
The water will get colder and the rod will get warm
The water will be boiling and the rod will be cold
They will turn to the same temperature
The rod will get cool and the water will turn to ice
Noah shines a flashlight at a mirror, as shown in the illustration.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the mirror is-
absorbed
stopped
reflected
refracted
Ava is choosing materials for a new window. She wants the surface to be highly reflective so it can reflect sunlight into her room. Which of the following surfaces would be considered highly reflective?
A) Wood
B) Concrete
C) Glass
D) Leather
Anika is looking at herself in a mirror. What does the mirror do to the light?
Bouncing Light
Bending Light
Luna wants to carefully drop water onto a penny to see how many drops it can hold. What tool could she use to do this?
eye dropper/ pipette
microscope
pan balance
ruler
Benjamin checks the thermometer outside his house. What is the temperature in degrees Celsius?
5
7
9
3
Aiden is checking the temperature outside using three different thermometers. Which thermometer shows about 70 °F?
blue
green
red
Priya is watching a caterpillar turn into a butterfly in her garden. She wants to know what the stages are called that show how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.
Life Cycle
Process
Growing Up
Life Steps
Kai is watching a caterpillar in his garden and wonders how it turns into a butterfly. What are the stages called that show how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly?
Life Cycle
Process
Growing Up
Life Steps
Anika is studying a food web in her science class. She sees carrots, grains, grasses, and grasshoppers in the diagram. Which of the following is NOT a producer?
grasshoppers
carrots
grains
grasses
Abigail is studying a food web in her science class. She wants to know which animal a fox gets direct energy from. Which one should she choose?
grasshoppers
mice
owls
rabbits
Imagine Evelyn is studying a food web in her science class. She wants to know which of the following organisms gets direct energy from other consumers. Which one should she choose?
Fruit fly
Butterfly
Grasshopper
Dragonfly
Emma taps the side of a bucket filled with water and listens closely. How does the sound of the tap reach her ear?
electricity
Vibrations
through reflecting light
by wires
When Oliver taps a drum, what causes the sound he hears?
molecules
vibrations
people
space
Scarlett is playing a trombone in a concert. The instrument makes sound when air vibrates inside it.
Is this statement true?
True
False
Ava is walking in the forest and notices shorea seeds falling from the trees. She observes that the seeds are carried away by the wind. Why are shorea seeds able to be dispersed by the wind?
It is light and has wing-like structure
It has hooks to hook onto the fur of animals
It has a fibrous husk that makes it float
It has dry pods that split open
Mia sees a dandelion in her garden. She notices its seeds floating away after a gentle breeze. How are dandelion seeds dispersed?
by animals
by explosion or bursting
by wind
Scarlett puts a pencil in a glass of water and notices that the pencil looks bent where it enters the water. The bending of a ray when light passes from air into water is called _____________. (This is shown in this picture)
refraction
rainbow
wavelength
Jackson gets a new pair of eyeglasses. When he tries them on, he can see more clearly. Are the lenses in his glasses transparent, translucent, or opaque?
transparent
translucent
opaque
Charlotte is curious about what everything around her is made of. She wonders if all matter is made up of atoms.
True
False
Luna is curious about what makes up everything around her, from the chair she sits on to the air she breathes. She wonders, all matter is made of _________.
energy
atoms
electrons
compounds
Noah is visiting the Grand Canyon and wonders how it was formed over millions of years. What geological process should he learn about?
Erosion by the Colorado River
Glacial movement
Tectonic plate shifting
Volcanic eruption
Olivia is visiting the Grand Canyon and wonders how the Colorado River created such a massive gorge. What is the name of the process by which the Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon?
Deposition
Excavation
Weathering
Erosion
During a family trip to The Grand Canyon, Sophia asked, "What will most likely happen to The Grand Canyon over time?"
Wind will continue to erode the rocks.
The canyon will get deeper as it continues to be eroded by the river and the rocks.
A mountain will form where the rock sediments are deposited.
The river will evaporate, and the canyon will stop changing.
Ava and Liam are hiking near a canyon with tall, vertical sides, as shown in the picture. They wonder what most likely led to the formation of this canyon. Which of the following most likely led to the formation of this canyon?
rapidly moving water
hurricane
burrowing animals
volcanic activity
Aria is hiking in a mountainous area and comes across a V-shaped valley. She learns that the valley did not exist thousands of years ago. How was this valley formed?
sediment being deposited by slow-moving water
riverbanks being eroded by fast-moving water
earthquakes causing the ground to split open
glaciers moving sediment to a new location
A mover is pushing a box to the right and applying 25 N of force. The frictional force resists the object's movement.
What direction is the frictional force being applied?
Upwards
To the right
Downwards
To the left
Ethan hits a cue ball with a pool stick, causing it to roll across the table and hit other balls. Which type of energy is this?
Light
Kinetic
Solar
Hydropower
Which is an example of work?
During a storm, Hannah checks the weather forecast to see if it will rain. If water has a freezing point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, which of the following temperatures would predict rain?
42degrees F
29 degreesF
20 degreesF
31degrees F
Emma is looking at a tiny organism under a microscope. She learns that it is unicellular. What does unicellular mean?
Many cells
2 cells
1 cell
0 cells
Samuel is walking in the park and sees a bird, a shoe, a pencil, and a dead animal. Which of these is an organism?
A dead animal
A living thing
A pencil
A shoe
Aria is learning about different types of organisms in her science class. She is asked to identify which of the following is a multicellular organism.
Amoeba
Yeast
Algae
Rose
Mia is learning about different types of organisms in her science class. She wants to know which of the following is considered unicellular. Can you help her choose the correct answer?
Human
Tree
Bacteria
Fungi
Noah is looking at a tiny organism under a microscope. He wonders how many cells make up this unicellular organism. How many cells is it made up of?
1
2
10
100
Abigail is looking at a drop of pond water under a microscope and sees a tiny living thing made up of only one cell. What is this tiny living thing called?
Plant cell
Animal cell
Both
None
Anika is reading about microorganisms in her science book. She comes across bacteria and wonders, "Is bacteria an unicellular organism?"
Yes
No
Arjun is learning about different living things in his science class. He wants to know how bacteria and sharks are different. Which best compares bacteria and sharks?
bacteria are unicellular, and sharks are multicellular
bacteria are multicellular, and sharks are unicelluluar
bacteria have transport systems, while sharks do not
bacteria reproduce, while sharks do not
Maya is looking at pond water under a microscope and notices tiny one-celled organisms moving around. Which statement best describes these one-celled organisms?
they carry out all the basic processes of life
they do not get rid of waste
they do not need to take in nutrients
they work together to do certain jobs
Michael is looking at bacteria under a microscope in his science class. He notices something unique about them. Which is a characteristic of bacteria?
large in size
found only in one particular environment
made up of many different cells working together
is a single celled organism
Nora is looking at different organisms under a microscope. She wants to identify which one is best classified as a single-celled organism. Which should she choose?
grasshopper
bacteria
pine needle
mole
Abigail is learning about energy in her science class. Her teacher asks, "All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?" (a)
Water
Sun
Consumers
Oxygen
Which organisms use blow holes to breath underwater?
Whale
Shark
Dolphin
Fish
Which animal can breath underwater because of gills?
Whale
Shark
Dolphin
Lizard
When Priya pushes a box across the floor, friction is the ____________ that one surface exerts on another surface.
gravity
motion
force
David is deciding whether to install a hard wood floor or a carpet in his house. Which surface has more friction?
hardwood floor
carpet
Ava is pushing a box across the floor. Sliding friction occurs when two _____________ surfaces slide over one another.
liquid
oil
solid
Arjun pushes a toy car and it ___________ over the floor, experiencing rolling friction.
bounces
rolls
slides
Benjamin places a heavy box on the floor, but it does not move. The type of friction that acts on the box while it is not moving is called _____________ friction.
sliding
rolling
static
fluid
When Mia rides her bicycle through the air, fluid friction acts on her. Is this statement true?
true
false
Emma is riding her bicycle on a rough road. The more friction there is between the tires and the road, the slower her bicycle will move.
true
false
Noah is learning about friction in his science class. He discovers that there are _________ types of friction.
2
1
4
5
When Mia rides her skateboard down the sidewalk, the wheels most likely experience-
Rolling Friction
Sliding Friction
Fluid Friction
Static Friction
Sally Sue slides down a playground slide. What type of friction does she experience?
Rolling Friction
Sliding Friction
Fluid Friction
Static Friction
Avery is riding a bicycle on a rough road. How does friction affect Avery's speed?
more friction decreases speed
more friction increases speed
less friction decreases speed
When Daniel slides a box across a rough floor and then across a smooth floor, he notices that the box is harder to move on the rough surface. Rough surfaces have _________ compared to smoother surfaces.
greater friction
less friction
the same level of friction
Scarlett places a hot cup of tea next to a cold glass of water. Heat transfers from an area of ____temperature to an area of ___ temperature.
high to low
low to high
high to high
It can travel high to low and low to high.
Elijah is learning about heat sources in his science class. His teacher asks, "What is the biggest heat source for our planet?" Elijah thinks carefully and answers: ______________________.
Earth
fire
Moon
Sun
Grace is baking a cake and needs to check the oven temperature. What are two temperature scales she might use to measure the temperature?
Grams and Kilograms
Fahrenheit and Celsius
Teaspoon and Tablespoon
Sophia is learning about how heat can be created in different ways. She wonders which example creates heat through electricity.
Which example creates heat through electricity?
a microwave
the sun's rays
breaks on a bicycle
burning coal
Aria and Michael are rubbing their hands together to warm them up. The heat produced is called ____________________.
burning
electricity
friction
gloves
Grace is checking the outdoor thermometer to see how cold it is outside. What temperature does the thermometer show?
20° F
21° F
22° F
24°F
Lily wants to lift her school bag onto a table. What does she need to do this?
The ability to do work
Heat and Electricity
A force that causes motion
None of these
Lily is interested in a field of study that combines science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. What is this engaging field called?
Engineering
STEM
Robotics
Michael is interested in a field of engineering that involves the design, construction, operation, and application of robots. Which specialized type of engineering should he pursue?
STEM
Robotics
Engineering
A toy car rolls faster down a ramp when the ramp is made steeper. What force is causing the car to move down the ramp?
Magnetism
Gravity
Friction
Electricity
Emma wants to find out how fast her toy car is moving. What tool should she use?
Thermometer
Ruler
Stopwatch
Barometer
Elijah rubs his hands together quickly on a cold day, and they get warm. What type of energy transformation is happening?
Light to sound
Electrical to chemical
Motion to heat
Chemical to nuclear
Priya is trying to move a heavy box across the floor. Which of the following would increase the amount of friction between the box and the floor?
Making the surfaces smoother
Using wheels
Adding oil between the surfaces
Making the surfaces rougher
Samuel throws a ball straight up into the air. Which of these statements is TRUE about the ball's motion?
The ball moves faster as it rises
The ball has no energy at the top
Gravity slows the ball down as it rises
There is no force acting on the ball after it leaves the hand.
Emma strikes a drum with a stick, causing it to vibrate. Which form of energy is produced by the vibrating drum?
Light energy
Sound energy
Thermal energy
Chemical energy
A person pushes a shopping cart, and it begins to move. What must be TRUE about the forces acting on the cart?
The force of gravity is greater than the push
The push is greater than the opposing friction
There is no friction at all
The cart moves only because of gravity
Sophia is filling her car with gasoline and preparing a meal. She wonders what type of energy is stored in food and fuels like gasoline?
Mechanical
Thermal
Chemical
Electrical
Michael stretches a rubber band and then releases it. Which situation shows potential energy turning into kinetic energy?
A fan spinning
A stretched rubber band being released
A light bulb turning on
A ball sitting on the ground
Michael and James are pushing a box from opposite sides with equal force. What happens to the box?
The box speeds up
The box slows down
The box changes shape
The box does not move
