4th grade Science practice sheet
Maine Learning Results · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
The school bell rings. Put the steps of your response in order.
- 🧠Your brain decides what to do
- 👂Your ears sense the sound
- ⚡Nerves carry a message to your brain
- 🏃Your muscles move you to line up
Your ears sense the sound → Nerves carry a message to your brain → Your brain decides what to do → Your muscles move you to line up
Hint: Your senses notice first. Nerves carry the message to your brain, your brain decides, then your muscles move.
Question 2
What do glasses and telescopes use to help us see better?
🔭- batteries only
- sound
- magnets
- lenses
lenses
Hint: Lenses bend light.
Question 3
Is the sound high or low in pitch? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🔼 high pitch · 🔽 low pitch
- 🪈a whistle
- 🐦a bird chirp
- ⛈️thunder
- 🎺a tuba
- 🥁a bass drum
- 🦟a mosquito buzz
🔼 high pitch: a whistle, a bird chirp, a mosquito buzz · 🔽 low pitch: thunder, a tuba, a bass drum
Hint: Small, short, tight things vibrate fast and make a high pitch. Big, long, loose things vibrate slowly and make a low pitch.
Question 4
What is camouflage?
- a loud sound
- colors or patterns that help an animal blend in
- a kind of nest
colors or patterns that help an animal blend in
Hint: Hidden animals are safer.
Question 5
Which sense detects sound?
- taste
- hearing
- sight
hearing
Hint: Ears detect sound.
Question 6
Rubbing your hands together makes…
- heat
- ice
- light
- sound only
heat
Hint: Motion turns into heat.
Question 7
Which sends information using light patterns?
- A whistle
- A drum
- A traffic light
- A doorbell
A traffic light
Hint: Red, yellow, green.
Question 8
Breaking rock into smaller pieces is called…
- erosion
- deposition
- weathering
- melting
weathering
Hint: Rock wears down.
Question 9
Who is responding: a plant or an animal? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🪴 plant · 🐾 animal
- 🪟stem bends toward a sunny window
- 🦇bat hibernates in a cave
- ❄️snowshoe hare's fur turns white
- 🐈cat's pupils shrink in bright light
- 🪰flytrap snaps shut when touched
- 🌿tendril curls around a stick
🪴 plant: stem bends toward a sunny window, flytrap snaps shut when touched, tendril curls around a stick · 🐾 animal: bat hibernates in a cave, snowshoe hare's fur turns white, cat's pupils shrink in bright light
Hint: Plants respond slowly, by growing, bending or dropping leaves. Animals can move their whole bodies, change their fur, or sleep through winter.
Question 10
You see an object when light from it…
👁️- leaves your eyes
- is turned off
- is absorbed by the floor
- enters your eyes
enters your eyes
Hint: Eyes sense light.
Answer key
- 1. Your ears sense the sound → Nerves carry a message to your brain → Your brain decides what to do → Your muscles move you to line up (Sense & Respond)
- 2. lenses (Light)
- 3. 🔼 high pitch: a whistle, a bird chirp, a mosquito buzz · 🔽 low pitch: thunder, a tuba, a bass drum (Sound)
- 4. colors or patterns that help an animal blend in (Adaptations & Habitats)
- 5. hearing (Energy on the Move)
- 6. heat (Energy, Speed & Collisions)
- 7. A traffic light (Waves & Codes)
- 8. weathering (Rock Layers & Erosion)
- 9. 🪴 plant: stem bends toward a sunny window, flytrap snaps shut when touched, tendril curls around a stick · 🐾 animal: bat hibernates in a cave, snowshoe hare's fur turns white, cat's pupils shrink in bright light (Sense & Respond)
- 10. enters your eyes (Light)
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