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4th Grade Science Post Assessment

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of energy is associated with the movement of objects?

a)

potential energy

b)

kinetic energy

2.

What is the layer of the Earth's interior that is made up of solid rock?

a)

Earth's Layers

b)

continental drift

c)

Alfred Wegener

d)

Plate tectonics

3.

What type of resource can be replenished over time?

a)

renewable resource

b)

non-renewable resource

4.

What is the process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces?

a)

weathering

b)

erosion

c)

chemical weathering

d)

physical weathering

5.

What is the force that causes an object to move?

a)

balanced force

b)

unbalanced force

c)

gravity

d)

friction

6.

What type of collision conserves kinetic energy?

a)

elastic collisions

b)

inelastic collisions

7.

Kinetic energy is the energy of:

a)

Position

b)

Motion

c)

Heat

d)

Light

8.

What type of energy is stored in food?

a)

Mechanical energy

b)

Chemical energy

c)

Nuclear energy

d)

Thermal energy

9.

Which of the following is NOT a form of energy?

a)

Electricity

b)

Sound

c)

Gravity

d)

Light

10.

Which of the following is a form of energy?

a)

Speed

b)

Heat

c)

Weight

d)

Pressure

11.

In which state of matter do particles have the highest energy?

a)

Solid

b)

Liquid

c)

Gas

d)

Plasma

12.

Potential energy is the energy:

a)

Of motion

b)

Stored due to an object's position

c)

Released during a chemical reaction

d)

Of light

13.

What happens to the potential energy of an object as it falls freely towards the ground?

a)

It increases

b)

It decreases

c)

It remains constant

d)

It converts into kinetic energy

14.

Which device is specifically designed to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy?

a)

Battery

b)

Solar panel

c)

Generator

d)

Light bulb

15.

Which of the following is an example of energy transformation in a flashlight?

a)

Electrical energy to light energy

b)

Chemical energy to electrical energy

c)

Both A and B

d)

Mechanical energy to thermal energy

16.

What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?

a)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

b)

Energy can be created during chemical reactions.

c)

Energy is always lost as heat.

d)

Energy can be destroyed but not created.

17.

What is the primary form of energy used by plants during photosynthesis?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Solar energy

d)

Chemical energy

18.

In a hydroelectric power plant, water falling from a height transforms potential energy into what type of energy?

a)

Chemical energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Electrical energy

19.

If a biker traveled 15 mi at a constant speed in 5 hours, at what speed was it traveling?

a)

0.5 m/s

b)

75 J

c)

3 m/s

d)

3 mi/hr

20.

What type of energy is possessed by a moving car?

a)

Chemical energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Potential energy

d)

Thermal energy

21.

If an object is not moving the forces acting upon it are _____________

a)

balanced

b)

unbalanced

c)

weak

d)

strong

22.

What type of energy does a compressed spring have?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Potential energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Chemical energy

23.

If you lift a 2 kg book to a shelf 1 meter high, how much work have you done against gravity? Assume g=9.8 m/s2g = 9.8 \, \text{m/s}^2 .

a)

19.6 J

b)

9.8 J

c)

2 J

d)

4 J

24.

Which of the following is a true statement about power in the context of physics?

a)

Power is the rate of doing work or the rate of energy transfer.

b)

Power is the total amount of energy transferred.

c)

Power is independent of time.

d)

Power decreases as the speed of doing work increases.

25.

If a toy car is lifted to a height of 2 meters, what type of energy is primarily increased?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Potential energy

d)

Electrical energy

26.

If a toy car is lifted to a height of 2 meters, what type of energy is primarily increased?

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Thermal energy

c)

Potential energy

d)

Electrical energy

27.

When you rub your hands together on a cold day, mechanical energy is primarily converted into what type of energy?

a)

Chemical energy

b)

Electrical energy

c)

Thermal energy

d)

Kinetic energy

28.

A battery converts which type of energy into electrical energy?

a)

Kinetic

b)

Thermal

c)

Chemical

d)

Potential

29.
If I kick a soccer ball across the field, what vocabulary word tells me why the ball would slow down in the grass?
a)
acceleration
b)
friction
c)
gravity
30.
Which scientist gave us the laws of motion?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Adams
c)
Sir Isaac Newton
31.
What is the meaning of acceleration?
a)
any change in the speed or direction of an object
b)
where an object is located
c)
the pull of gravity on an object
32.
A _________ uses force to move an object towards you. 
a)
Pull
b)
Push
c)
Motion
d)
Force
33.
Which tells the VELOCITY of an object?
a)
75 mph
b)
75 mph traveling south
34.

What is gravity?

a)

A force that pulls

b)

A force that pushes

c)

energy

d)

friction

35.

A _____ is a pull or a push.

a)

force

b)

friction

c)

gravity

d)

speed

36.

_____ is the force that slows and stops motion between touching objects.

a)

Friction

b)

Gravity

c)

Pull

d)

Push

37.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
38.

What is this a picture of?

a)

plate tectonics

b)

continental drift

c)

pangaea

d)

glacier scaring

39.
What two specific continents fit together most noticeably?
a)
Africa and North America
b)
South America and Europe
c)
South America and Africa
d)
 Antartica and Africa
40.

Scientists think that the continents once formed a giant landmass that broke apart, and then slowly drifted apart. What is the name given to this hypothesis?

a)

sea-floor Spreading

b)

plate tectonics

c)

continental drift

d)

Pangaea

41.
What are the puzzle pieces of the Earth's surface called?
a)
Tectonic plates
b)
Puzzles
c)
Earthquakes
42.

This famous fault in California has a lot of earthquakes!

a)

New Madrid

b)

Denali Fault

c)

Ramapo Seismic Zone

d)

San Andreas Fault

43.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

44.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Slide/Transform

45.

What type of boundary is shown in the diagram?

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Slide/Transform

46.
This is the driving force behind the movement of tectonic plates.
a)
Mantle convection currents
b)
Oceanic convection currents
c)
Atmospheric convection currents
d)
Solar convection currents
47.
What is the name of the area where one crust slides underneath another
a)
Transform zone
b)
subduction zone
c)
Divergent zone
d)
School zone
48.
Name the boundary
a)
convergent
b)
transform
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
49.

What is the name of melted rock that is underneath the Earth?

a)

mantle

b)

magma

c)

iron

d)

nitrogen

50.

What is the thickest layer of Earth?

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

51.

What is the thinnest layer of Earth?

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

52.

What layer of Earth do we live on?

a)

Inner core

b)

outercore

c)

mantle

d)

crust

53.


What layer of Earth does #4 show?

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

54.


What layer of Earth does #3 show?

a)

outer core

b)

inner core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

55.


What layer of Earth does #2 show?

a)

Inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

56.

What layer of Earth does #1 show?

a)

inner core

b)

outercore

c)

mantle

d)

crust

57.

The breaking down or wearing away of earth materials is known as

a)

erosion

b)

weathering

c)

deposition

d)

landforms

58.

The process of sediment being dropped off in a new location is called

a)

deposition

b)

weathering

c)

rocks

d)

erosion

59.

The movement of sediment and rock particles is called

a)

weathering

b)

cementation

c)

deposition

d)

erosion

60.

Weathering can be caused by

a)

water

b)

wind

c)

ice

d)

all of the above

61.

The process can either be physical or chemical

a)

erosion

b)

deposion

c)

building

d)

weathering

62.

The Grand Canyon was caused by _____________________ erosion from the Colorado River.

a)

water

b)

wind

63.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
64.

Physical weathering is when?

a)

When rocks are broken down by wind and temperature.

b)

When rocks are broken down by chemicals and pollution.

c)

When rocks are broken down because of miners.

d)

When rocks are broken down by lightening

65.

Chemical weathering is when?

a)

When rocks are moved into a new location.

b)

Rocks break down into smaller pieces because of wind and temperature.

c)

Rocks shrink because of low temperatures.

d)

The minerals that the rocks are made up of change and can dissolve away.

66.

A resource is considered renewable if it -

a)

can be created only over millions of years

b)

is made of Earths’ materials like rocks and minerals

c)

can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time

d)

is useful to humans in making energy and materials

67.

Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?

a)

Paper

b)

Coal

c)

Milk

d)

Water

68.

Which of the following resources is collected by the panels on the roof of this home?

a)

air

b)

water

c)

wind

d)

sunlight

69.
Which of the following is a major cause of air pollution?
a)
burning fossil fuels
b)
dumping waste in landfills
c)
using wind and solar energy
d)
releasing waste into streams
70.

What is conservation?

a)

Saving natural resources.

b)

Watching television throughout the day.

c)

Using natural and human resources.

d)

Leaving the water running.

71.

A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

conservation

d)

resource

72.

A resource that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime

a)

renewable

b)

nonrenewable

c)

conservation

d)

resource

73.

Stored Energy

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Collision

d)

Energy Transfer

74.

Energy of Motion

a)

Energy Transfer

b)

Potential Energy

c)

Speed

d)

Kinetic Energy

75.

When two or more objects hit each other

a)

Crash

b)

Collision

c)

Kinetic Energy

d)

Energy Transfer

76.

when objects collide and one or more of the objects changes shape

a)

Collision

b)

Elastic Collision

c)

Kinetic Energy

d)

Inelastic Collision

77.

when objects collide and NO KINETIC ENERGY is lost

a)

Collision

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Elastic Collision

d)

Inelastic Collision

78.

Energy can be created and destroyed, but not transformed.

a)

False

b)

True

79.

An object's inertia depends on ...

a)

the weight or mass of the object

b)

mass and velocity

80.
Which of these best completes the circuit?
a)
rubber band
b)
metal nail
c)
leather shoelace
d)
wooden toothpick
81.
What kind of circuit is this?
a)
Series
b)
Consecutive
c)
Parallel
d)
Training
82.
A conductor is?
a)
material that current can pass through easily
b)
material that current cannot pass through easily
c)
magnet
d)
electric current
83.
A closed circuit allows charges to flow.
a)
True 
b)
False 
84.
This is the symbol for a _____?
a)
switch
b)
light 
c)
battery
d)
wires
85.
A conductor is?
a)
material that current can pass through easily
b)
material that current cannot pass through easily
c)
magnet
d)
electric current
86.
Main energy PRODUCED?
a)
Mechanical
b)
Electrical
c)
Sound
d)
Light
87.
When light is reflected it...
a)
slows down.
b)
bounces back.
c)
bends in many directions.
d)
stops.
88.
What is vibration?
a)
how loud a sound is
b)
the back and forth movement of matter
c)
how high or low a sound is
d)
the loudness or softness of a sound
89.
Sound is caused by....
a)
molecules
b)
vibrations
c)
people
d)
space
90.
What does transparent mean?
a)
some light is able to pass through
b)
no light is able to pass through
c)
all light is able to pass through

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