4th Grade Science Review

A student draws a bar graph to compare the amounts of gases in the atmosphere. Which gas would have the tallest bar?

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• water vapor

• carbon dioxide

A student is drawing a diagram to model the water cycle. What must he show before precipitation forms?

• Water vapor condenses.

• Water sinks into the soil.

• Water flows across the land.

• Water evaporates from the ocean.

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Why is it helpful for scientists to observe the cloud shapes in the sky?

• Cloud shapes show what the temperature is.

• Areas with different climates have different cloud shapes.

• Cloud shapes gives clues to what kind of weather is coming.

• Rain comes from some cloud shapes and snow comes from others.

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Which behavior of light causes it to look bent?

• scattering

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

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What causes Earth to have day and night?

• Earth rotates on its axis.

• Earth revolves around the sun.

• Stars move around Earth in a pattern.

• The moon moves between Earth and the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which term describes the sun?

• star

• moon

• planet

• solar system

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A student develops a model to show the planets in the solar system. She uses a golf ball for each planet. Then she places them in a line from the beach ball that represents the sun. The student tapes a label to each ball to show the name of a planet.

Which change would make her model better?

• She could place the balls in a circle around the sun.

• She could use balls of different sizes for the planets.

• She could change all of the golf balls to tennis balls.

• She could replace the beach ball with another golf ball.

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Why can you see some constellations only during certain seasons?

• Earth revolves around the sun.

• The stars grow dimmer over time.

• Clouds block the light from the stars.

• The stars move farther away from Earth.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How will the shadow from a mailbox change during the day?

• It will get longer from morning until evening.

• It will shorter from morning until evening.

• It will get shorter from morning until midday, and then get longer.

• It will get longer from morning until midday, and then get shorter.

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What should a scientist expect to find on Earth's moon?

• green plants

• liquid water

• large craters

• thick atmosphere