Science year 4

1.       The contraction and relaxation of muscles cause bone movement. A pair of muscles works
against each other. While one contracts the other relaxes. What happens to the muscles
when it contracts?

A.      It becomes long and thick.

B.      It becomes short and thin.

C.      It becomes long and thin.

D.      It becomes short and thick.

2.       When does evaporation take place?

A.      When water is cooled

B.      when water is frozen

C.      When water is heated

D.      when water is filtered

3.       A living thing's home is called

A.      Soil

B.      Trait

C.      Habitat

D.      Food web

4.       It is known as the ship of the desert:

A.      Cat

B.      Panther

C.      Camel

D.      Elephant

5.       The blanket of air that envelops the earth is called _________ ?

A.      Upper crust

 B.      Hydrosphere

C.      Lithosphere

D.      Atmosphere

6.       The number of bones in the Human face is ______ !

A.      14

B.      33

C.      15

D.      11

7.       The largest animal is the _______.

A.      Blue Whale

B.      Camel

C.      Giraffe

D.      Rhino

8.       The layer that protects the earth from UV radiations:

A.      Nitrogen

B.      Ozone layer

C.      Methane

D.      Magnesium oxide

 
9.       Volume is ___________?

A.      The density of something

B.      The amount of space something takes up

C.      The measurement of gravity on an object

10.   Gases, Solids, and Vapours are all States of Matter.

 A.      True

B.      False

11.   Decomposers break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the ecosystem. An
example of a decomposer is a:

A.      Mushroom

B.      Rose

C.      Horse

D.      Tiger

12.   You are given a 2-liter bottle of Cola. 2 liters is a measure of:

A.      Volume

B.      Mass

C.      Length

D.      Density

13.   Which of these does a frog mostly likely need in order to survive? 

A.      Pond

B.      Rocks

C.      Sand

D.      Leaves

14.   What is the best way to protect endangered animals?

A.      Build houses

B.      Drain wetlands

C.      Cut down trees

D.      Preserve their natural habitat

15.   Animals which feed their young through their mammary gland

A.      Amphibians

B.      Reptiles

C.      Birds

D.      Mammals
16.   They are known as the feathered animals

A.      Mammals

B.      Reptiles

C.      Birds

D.      Amphibians

17.   A vertebrate is

A.      An animal that has a backbone

B.      A physical feature of a living thing’s body

C.      The small parts that make up a backbone

D.      An exoskeleton

18.   Animals with an internal skeleton made of bone are called 

A.      Mammals

B.      Vertebrates

C.      Invertebrates

D.      None

19.   Reptiles are cold-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates.

A.      True

B.      False

20.   I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?

A.      Mammal

B.      Fish

C.      Amphibian

D.      Reptile

21.   Which animal group does this animal belong to?

 
 A.      Fish

B.      Mammals

C.      Amphibians

D.      Birds

22.   My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe underwater, and I lay eggs. 
What am I?

A.      Fish

B.      Mammal

C.      Reptile

D.      Amphibian

23.   This is the covering on mammals

A.      Fur

B.      Hair

C.      Feathers

D.      Scales

24.   Which of the following is not an example of reduce, reuse, recycle?

A.      Using worn-out clothes for rags.

B.      Refilling plastic water bottles.

C.      Throwing old toys in the trash can.

D.      Taking aluminium cans to the school recycling centre.

25.   When you use something again you               matter.

A.      Recycle

B.      Reuse

C.      Reduce

D.      Replace

26.   Which of the following is an example of pollution?

A.      oil spill in the ocean

B.      burning fossil fuels

 C.      littering trash on the ground

D.      all of the above

27.   Which of these events would be most likely to lead to dying vegetation and wildfires?

A.      Earthquakes

B.      Flooding

C.      Drought

D.      Hurricanes

28.   Which of the following is NOT an effect of climate change?

A.      Rising sea levels

B.      Higher air temperatures

C.      Earthquakes

D.      Habitat loss

29.   Making a new and different product from old materials is called __________.

A.      Reusing

B.      Recycling

C.      Reducing

D.      Remaking

30.   Smog is what kind of pollution?

A.      Garbage

B.      Water pollution

C.      Air pollution

D.      Land pollution

31.   What does the three R's of recycling mean?

 A.      risk corridors reinsurance and risk adjustment

B.      reading writing and arithmetic

C.      Reduce Reuse Recycle

D.      Nothing

32.   The following is an example of reducing: 

A.      using fewer napkins when you eat.  

B.      using less water when you brush your teeth.  

C.      bringing cans back to a recycling centre.  

D.      washing zip top bags after use so they can be used again. 

33.   Which of the following items cannot be recycled?

A.      Food & organic items

B.      Paper

C.      Batteries/Bulbs

D.      Styrofoam

34.   Most recycling focuses on four major categories of products.  Which one of these is NOT
one of them?

A.      Paper

B.      Plastic

C.      Chemicals

D.      Glass

35.   What is a magnet?

A.      A magnet is a material that attracts wood, rubber, and glass.

B.      A magnet is a material that attracts certain metals, such as iron, nickel, and
cobalt.

36.   Magnets attract all types of metals.

A.      True

B.      False

37.   Identify the type of magnet shown in the picture.

                   

A.      Disc magnet

B.      Horseshoe magnet

C.      Bar magnet

38.   Which set of answers lists types of magnets?

A.      horseshoe, disc, bar

B.      aluminium, copper, iron

39. Magnetism is the power to ___________.

A.      Jump

B.      Break

C.      Attract

D.      Repel

40.  Which of these objects would not be attracted to a magnet?

A.      Paper clip

B.      Nail

C.      Rubber band

D.      Scissors

41. Some metallic materials are magnetic and some are not. The following are made of metallic
materials. Which one is magnetic?

A.      Aluminium

B.      Steel

C.      Tin

D.      Copper
42. Does distance strengthen or weaken a magnet's ability to attract a piece of iron?

A.      Strengthen

B.      Weaken

43. Organisms in the same kingdom have ______________ traits.

A.      Similar

B.      Different

C.      Many

44. Sharks are great swimmers because they have adapted _____ to help them swim.

A.      Teeth

B.      Fins

C.      Gills

D.      Mouth

45.  Which of the following is the ability of an animal to fit into its surroundings?

A.      Symmetry

B.      Exoskeleton

C.      Camouflage

D.      Weather

46. When the seasons change, animals such as geese, salmon and whales
_________________ elsewhere to find a new place to live.

A.      Fly

B.      Hunt

C.      Migrate

D.      Hibernate

47.  Giraffes are able to eat acacia leaves because of their _________ necks.

A.      Thick

B.      Long

C.      Short

D.      Thin
48. Turtles can easily travel from place to place because they carry their homes on their back.

A.      True

B.      False

49. A ______________ is an example of an artificial (man-made) magnet

A.      Magnetite

B.      U-shape

C.      Lodestone

50.   A ______________ is an example of a natural magnet

A.      Ring magnet

B.      Bar magnet

C.      Lodestone