Grade 4 Science: Who Wants to Be a Dollaraire?

How would being able to change colors help an animal survive?
1. It would make it so the babies could recognize their mom by her color.
2. It will help him find food.
3. It won't help at all.
4. It would be more difficult for its enemy to find him, so he could live longer.
What body part of the warthog enables it to dig up food?
1. eyes
2. ears
3. snout
4. tail
Which of these is an example of environment?
1. a savanna
2. an elephant's tusk
3. a dog catching a frisbee
4. a shivering cat
How would a bird meet its need for shelter?
1. fly south
2. dig up worms
3. build a nest
4. fly north
When a worker bee does a wagging dance, what is he trying to tell the other bees?
1. he is just playing
2. that danger is near
3. where to find nectar
4. where the Queen is
What basic needs would you have to provide for a pet?
1. food and shelter only
2. food and water only
3. food, water, and shelter only
4. food, water, shelter, and the proper temperature
Which of these is an example of instinctive behavior?
1. a dolphin catching a ball
2. a bird talking
3. a horse pulling a cart
4. a shivering cat
Which of these is an example of adaptation?
1. a duck's webbed feet
2. a shivering cat
3. a desert
4. a parrot talking
How would a bird meet its need for proper temperature?
1. hide under a bush
2. eat a lot of fat
3. swim in a water fountain
4. fly south
How would a bird meet its need for food?
1. fluff its feathers
2. look for worms
3. sit in its nest
4. go to Food Lion
Which of these is an example of learned behavior?
1. a parrot talking
2. a dog wagging its tail
3. an elephant's tusk
4. a cat purring
What kind of behavior is a parrot showing when it says its own name?
1. basic
2. learned
3. instinctive
4. suitable
How would a fox meet its need for water?
1. go to a stream
2. hide in a cave
3. dig a hole
4. swim in the ocean
What keeps electricity from getting to you?
1. an electric circuit
2. a fuse
3. an insulator
4. a conductor
What is the name of a device that is used to open and close a circuit easily without connecting and disconnecting the wires?
1. a battery
2. a fuse
3. a light bulb
4. a switch
What is the name of the crackle you hear when you touch a doorknob after rubbing your feet across a carpet?
1. an electric discharge
2. an insulator
3. an electric circuit
4. a fuse
What do you call an object that allows electricity to run through it easily?
1. an electric circuit
2. a fuse
3. an insulator
4. a conductor
If you rub two balloons over a piece of wool, what will happen when you hold them close together?
1. They will repel each other.
2. They will get bigger.
3. The will pop.
4. They will attract each other.
What device is used to keep homes safe by opening overloaded circuits?
1. a conductor
2. a fuse
3. an insulator
4. a generator
What is the path along which electricity travels?
1. electric discharge
2. conductor
3. electric circuit
4. fuse
What happens when a bolt of lightning hits a TV antenna on a roof?
1. The negatively charged antenna attracts the positive charges in the cloud.
2. Negative charges at the bottom of a cloud jump to the positively charged antenna.
3. Rain carries electric charges to the antenna.
4. The air particles near the antenna heat up and cause sparks.
What happens if one bulb burns out on a parallel circuit?
1. The other one will go out too.
2. The other one will stay lit.
3. The battery will die.
4. None of the above.
Which of these materials would let electricity flow through it?
1. cardboard
2. rubber
3. plastic
4. aluminum foil
What changes the Sun's energy into electrical energy?
1. voltage
2. electric cells
3. generators
4. solar cells
What produces the electricity that you use in your home and school?
1. generators
2. electromagnets
3. solar cells
4. electric cells
How does a battery create current?
1. Chemical energy changes into energy of motion.
2. Energy of motion changes into electrical energy.
3. Electrical energy changes into chemical energy.
4. Chemical energy changes into electrical energy.
What is voltage like?
1. fire in a fireplace
2. water in a garden hose
3. a compass needle
4. lemon juice in a glass
What device could you use to pick up aluminum cans?
1. a generator
2. an electromagnet
3. a compass
4. a current detector
Electricity sets up a magnetic field around _____.
1. electromagnets
2. generators
3. solar cells
4. electric cells
The force that pushes electricity along wires is _____.
1. voltage
2. electric cells
3. generators
4. solar cells
A battery is made up of two or more what?
1. generators
2. voltage
3. solar cells
4. electric cells
A magnetized needle that is free to turn is called a ______.
1. lodestone
2. magnetic field
3. a compass
4. lines of force
Magnets can attract metal objects through paper and _____.
1. glass
2. water
3. ceramics
4. porcelain
The property of attracting materials like iron is called ______.
1. lines of force
2. magnetic field
3. lodestone
4. magnetism
A naturally magnetic rock is called _____.
1. lodestone
2. granite
3. lines of force
4. compass
The Air Quality Act set clean-air standards in the United States. Which of the following do you think will best meet the standards of the act?
1. railroad trains
2. maglev trains
3. power plants
4. gasoline-powered cars
The name of the patterns that show a magnet's field are _____.
1. magnetism
2. lodestone
3. magnetic field
4. lines of force
If the north end of one bar magnet is moved closer to the south end of another bar magnet they will do what?
1. they will repel each other
2. they will attract each other
3. they will lose their magnetism
4. nothing will happen
Magnets will pick up objects made of _____.
1. wood
2. iron
3. rubber
4. paper
The space in which a magnet's force can act is _____.
1. a magnetic field
2. a compass
3. magnetism
4. lines of force
The colorful parts of flowers that protect the flower parts where seeds are made are called _____.
1. sepals
2. stamens
3. pistils
4. petals
Tiny grains that make seeds when combined with a flower's eggs are called _____.
1. sepals
2. pollen
3. petals
4. pistils
What happens when a bean seed grows?
1. The bean grows completely underground.
2. The stem of the new bean plant pushes the seed upward.
3. Nothing, bean seeds need to be soaked in water first.
4. The new bean plant does not push the seed upward.
The result of combining an egg with material in pollen is a(n) _____.
1. ovary
2. seed
3. embryo
4. sepal
A peanut in a shell and peas in a pod are examples of _____.
1. fruit
2. a pistil
3. a stamen
4. an embryo
The bottom part of the pistil where the seeds are formed is called the _____.
1. pistil
2. ovary
3. sepal
4. embryo
A seed that has two seed leaves that contain stored food is a _____.
1. dicot seed
2. monocot seed
3. pistil
4. ovule
The tiny part of all seeds that can grow into a new plant is the _____.
1. ovary
2. embryo
3. ovule
4. pistil
One tree that has flowers without petals is _____.
1. an orange tree
2. a peach tree
3. a willow tree
4. an apple tree
What are the four main parts of a flower?
1. sepal, pistil, stamen and petals
2. roots, pistil, stamen and petals
3. stamen, pistil, sepal and roots
4. sepal, leaves, petals, and thorns
The movement of pollen from a stamen to a pistil is _____.
1. migration
2. germination
3. pollination
4. dormant
When a seed is in a resting state, it is _____.
1. sprouting
2. a spore
3. growing
4. dormant
What is one kind of plant that does not make seeds?
1. conifer
2. apple tree
3. fern
4. rose
Flowering plants and conifers ______.
1. seeds
2. make spores
3. do not make seeds
4. live in cold places
How can flowering plants that do not have all four parts make seeds?
1. They can't.
2. They have two kinds of flowers. One has a stamen and one has a pistil.
3. They have two stamens and two pistils on one flower.
4. The birds help them.
The largest group of plants that make seeds are _____.
1. mosses
2. flowering plants
3. conifers
4. ferns
Seeds are scattered by _____.
1. animals, wind, and water
2. fires and ice storms
3. pollen and burrs
4. spore cases
What is the center of our solar system?
1. the asteroid belt
2. the Milky Way
3. the sun
4. the moon
The movement of an object around another object is called _____.
1. an orbit
2. a circle
3. a rotation
4. a revolution
An imaginary line through a spinning object is called _____.
1. an axis
2. an equator
3. none of these
4. an orbit
One full spin of an object around an axis is called _____.
1. a rotation
2. a month
3. a year
4. a revolution
The closest star to Earth is _____.
1. the moon
2. the sun
3. Venus
4. the Milky Way
What planets are known as the gas giants?
1. Venus, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune
2. Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus
3. Saturn, Venus, Neptune and Uranus
4. Saturn, Venus, Jupiter and Neptune
What planet is best known for its rings?
1. Neptune
2. Saturn
3. Uranus
4. Jupiter
The sun, the nine planets, their moons, and other objects that orbit the sun are called _____.
1. the Milky Way
2. outer space
3. the solar system
4. the universe
What is the time it takes a planet to complete one orbit?
1. 350 days
2. a month
3. a year
4. a day
The darkening of the moon as it passes through Earth's shadow is _____.
1. a lunar eclipse
2. a solar eclipse
3. a new moon
4. a full moon
The blocking of the sunlight by the moon as the moon passes between the sun and the earth is _____.
1. a full moon
2. a new moon
3. a lunar eclipse
4. a solar eclipse
An object that revolves around another object is called _____.
1. a rocket
2. a planet
3. an orbit
4. a satellite
The path of an object around another object is called _____.
1. a revolution
2. a rotation
3. a circle
4. an orbit
What does the moon do around Earth?
1. rotates
2. revolves
3. none of these
4. shines
The only two planets that have no moons are _____.
1. Saturn and Venus
2. Venus and Mars
3. Pluto and Mercury
4. Mercury and Venus
What shape are the orbits of the planets?
1. an elipse
2. a triangle
3. a circle
4. a square
When a rock from space has passed through the air and landed on the ground it is called a(n) _____.
1. meteor
2. comet
3. asteroid
4. meteorite
The blocking of sunlight by the moon as the moon passes betweeen the sun and the earth is called a _____.
1. Solar cycle
2. Lunar cycle
3. Solar eclipse
4. Lunar eclipse
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
1. Neptune
2. Saturn
3. Venus
4. Jupiter
Why are the days shorter and colder in winter?
1. The moon is causing fewer rays to get to the earth.
2. The earth is tilted away from the sun and the sun's rays strike the earth less directly.
3. There are more clouds covering the earth and blocking the sun.
4. The earth is spinning slower during this time.
What phase of the moon occurs when the dark side faces the earth?
1. the first quarter
2. the half moon
3. the full moon
4. the new moon
The earth's shadow causes the moon to get darker during a _____.
1. lunar phase
2. solar system
3. lunar eclipse
4. solar eclipse
The movement of one object around another is called _____.
1. a rotation
2. a revolution
3. an axis
4. an eclipse
What is the imaginary line through a spinning object called?
1. an axle
2. a revolution
3. an axis
4. a rotation
What two things cause the seasons on earth?
1. its tilt and its oceans
2. its revolution and rotation
3. its tilt and its revolution around the sun
4. its tilt and its rotation
What is the name of a frozen chunk of ice and dust that orbits the sun?
1. a meteorite
2. a meteor
3. an asteroid
4. a comet
The time it takes for a planet to rotate on its axis is called _____.
1. a month
2. a day
3. a revolution
4. a season
Where are most asteroids found?
1. between the orbits of Jupiter and Earth
2. between the orbits of Mars and Saturn
3. between the orbits of Pluto and Neptune
4. between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
When water vapor in the air condenses, what is formed?
1. clouds
2. a tornado
3. wind
4. hail
A scientist named Torricelli made the first _____.
1. barometer
2. wind vane
3. anemometer
4. thermometer
Four kinds of precipitation are _____.
1. rain, snow, sleet, and fog
2. snow, ice, hail and rain
3. rain, snow, sleet, and hail
4. snow, sleet, hail and fog
The uneven heating of land and water causes _____.
1. clouds
2. tornadoes
3. land and sea breezes
4. precipitation
The process in which heat from the Earth is trapped by the atmosphere is called
1. fog
2. the atmosphere
3. El Nino
4. the greenhouse effect
What device measures wind direction?
1. a barometer
2. a wind vane
3. a thermometer
4. an anemometer
Areas where pressure is higher than the surrounding air are called _____.
1. low pressure areas
2. high pressure areas
3. humidity
4. atmosphere
What instrument measures wind speed?
1. a wind vane
2. a wind sock
3. an anemometer
4. a barometer
Air takes up space and has weight so it is _____.
1. matter
2. heavy
3. electrical
4. wind
The push of air against its surroundings is called _____.
1. precipitation
2. humidity
3. air pressure
4. atmosphere
Any form of water that falls from the air to the Earth's surface is called _____.
1. rain
2. sleet
3. humidity
4. precipitation
Air is a mixture of gases such as oxygen, nitrogen and _____.
1. methane and hydrogen
2. hydrogen and water
3. carbon dioxide and hydrogen
4. water vapor and carbon dioxide
A cloud that touches the earth is called _____.
1. fog
2. snow
3. sleet
4. water vapor
What do we call the blanket of air that surrounds the Earth?
1. low pressure area
2. atmosphere
3. high pressure area
4. wind
When water changes from a liquid to gas it _____.
1. sleets
2. evaporates
3. cools
4. rains
What instrument is used to measure the amount of precipitation?
1. a rain gauge
2. a barometer
3. an anemometer
4. a thermometer
The amount of water vapor in the air is called _____.
1. precipitation
2. sleet
3. rain
4. humidity
Areas where pressure is lower than the surrounding air are called _____.
1. high pressure areas
2. low pressure areas
3. humidity
4. clouds
The movement of air is called _____.
1. humidity
2. wind
3. high pressure
4. troposphere
The difference in air pressure between areas can cause _____.
1. sun spots
2. humidity
3. water vapor
4. wind
The lowest layer of the atmosphere is called _____.
1. the aerosphere
2. outer space
3. the troposphere
4. an air mass
When water changes from a gas to a liquid it _____.
1. warms up
2. evaporates
3. rises
4. condenses
Modern windmills that produce electricity are called _____.
1. pinwheels
2. wind tunnels
3. wind turbines
4. wind vanes
Cooler air _____.
1. is lighter than warm air
2. rises
3. sinks
4. does none of these
A body of air that has the same general temperature and air pressure is called _____.
1. an air mass
2. a high pressure area
3. a low pressure area
4. a front
Sudden and violent floods are called _____.
1. super floods
2. hurricanes
3. flash floods
4. caboodles
What forms when a cold air mass moves into a warm air mass?
1. a cold front
2. a low pressure area
3. a warm front
4. a high pressure area
High pressure areas usually bring _____.
1. dry and clear weather
2. winds and cloudy weather
3. cold and rainy weather
4. tornadoes
To be called a hurricane, the storm must have winds of at least how many M.P.H.?
1. 80
2. 100
3. 47
4. 74
Clouds that are like flat blankets that seem to cover the sky are _____ clouds.
1. cirrus
2. cumulus
3. stratus
4. cumulonimbus
Puffy clouds that look like cauliflower are _____ clouds.
1. cotton
2. cirrus
3. cumulus
4. stratus
A funnel-shaped storm of spinning wind is called a(n) _____.
1. el nino
2. tornado
3. thunderstorm
4. hurricane
A person who makes predictions about the weather is called a(n) ______.
1. oceanographer
2. weather forecaster
3. TV star
4. scientist
Large, violent storms that form over warm ocean waters are called _____.
1. hurricanes
2. el nino
3. thunderstorms
4. tornadoes
Storms that produce heavy rain, lightning and thunder are called ______.
1. el nino
2. flash floods
3. tornadoes
4. thunderstorms
What forms when two different air masses meet?
1. a tornado
2. a front
3. a flash flood
4. a low pressure area
Low-pressure areas usually bring what kind of weather?
1. windy and cloudy
2. none of these
3. dry and clear
4. sunny and windy
What forms when a warm air mass moves into a cold air mass?
1. a cold front
2. a warm front
3. a hurricane
4. none of these
Clouds that look like commas or wisps are called _____.
1. thunderheads
2. stratus
3. cirrus
4. cumulus
Objects which are used to take pictures of clouds and collect other weather information are called _____.
1. fronts
2. weather satellites
3. rockets
4. weather forecaster
The three main categories of clouds are _____.
1. cirrus, stratus and cumulus
2. stratus, cumulus and troposhpere
3. stratus, cirrus and oasis
4. stratus, cumulus and fluffy

Grade 4 Science: Who Wants to Be a Dollaraire?

Multiple-Choice ExerciseContent © 2009 Tami Maloney; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.

How would being able to change colors help an animal survive?

What body part of the warthog enables it to dig up food?

Which of these is an example of environment?

How would a bird meet its need for shelter?

When a worker bee does a wagging dance, what is he trying to tell the other bees?

What basic needs would you have to provide for a pet?

Which of these is an example of instinctive behavior?

Which of these is an example of adaptation?

How would a bird meet its need for proper temperature?

How would a bird meet its need for food?

Which of these is an example of learned behavior?

What kind of behavior is a parrot showing when it says its own name?

How would a fox meet its need for water?

What keeps electricity from getting to you?

What is the name of a device that is used to open and close a circuit easily without connecting and disconnecting the wires?

What is the name of the crackle you hear when you touch a doorknob after rubbing your feet across a carpet?

What do you call an object that allows electricity to run through it easily?

If you rub two balloons over a piece of wool, what will happen when you hold them close together?

What device is used to keep homes safe by opening overloaded circuits?

What is the path along which electricity travels?

What happens when a bolt of lightning hits a TV antenna on a roof?

What happens if one bulb burns out on a parallel circuit?

Which of these materials would let electricity flow through it?

What changes the Sun's energy into electrical energy?

What produces the electricity that you use in your home and school?

How does a battery create current?

What is voltage like?

What device could you use to pick up aluminum cans?

Electricity sets up a magnetic field around _____.

The force that pushes electricity along wires is _____.

A battery is made up of two or more what?

A magnetized needle that is free to turn is called a ______.

Magnets can attract metal objects through paper and _____.

The property of attracting materials like iron is called ______.

A naturally magnetic rock is called _____.

The Air Quality Act set clean-air standards in the United States. Which of the following do you think will best meet the standards of the act?

The name of the patterns that show a magnet's field are _____.

If the north end of one bar magnet is moved closer to the south end of another bar magnet they will do what?

Magnets will pick up objects made of _____.

The space in which a magnet's force can act is _____.

The colorful parts of flowers that protect the flower parts where seeds are made are called _____.

Tiny grains that make seeds when combined with a flower's eggs are called _____.

What happens when a bean seed grows?

The result of combining an egg with material in pollen is a(n) _____.

A peanut in a shell and peas in a pod are examples of _____.

The bottom part of the pistil where the seeds are formed is called the _____.

A seed that has two seed leaves that contain stored food is a _____.

The tiny part of all seeds that can grow into a new plant is the _____.

One tree that has flowers without petals is _____.

What are the four main parts of a flower?

The movement of pollen from a stamen to a pistil is _____.

When a seed is in a resting state, it is _____.

What is one kind of plant that does not make seeds?

Flowering plants and conifers ______.

How can flowering plants that do not have all four parts make seeds?

The largest group of plants that make seeds are _____.

Seeds are scattered by _____.

What is the center of our solar system?

The movement of an object around another object is called _____.

An imaginary line through a spinning object is called _____.

One full spin of an object around an axis is called _____.

The closest star to Earth is _____.

What planets are known as the gas giants?

What planet is best known for its rings?

The sun, the nine planets, their moons, and other objects that orbit the sun are called _____.

What is the time it takes a planet to complete one orbit?

The darkening of the moon as it passes through Earth's shadow is _____.

The blocking of the sunlight by the moon as the moon passes between the sun and the earth is _____.

An object that revolves around another object is called _____.

The path of an object around another object is called _____.

What does the moon do around Earth?

The only two planets that have no moons are _____.

What shape are the orbits of the planets?

When a rock from space has passed through the air and landed on the ground it is called a(n) _____.

The blocking of sunlight by the moon as the moon passes betweeen the sun and the earth is called a _____.

What is the largest planet in the solar system?

Why are the days shorter and colder in winter?

What phase of the moon occurs when the dark side faces the earth?

Multiple-Choice Exercise
Content © 2009 Tami Maloney; Author of Activity: Tami Maloney; All rights reserved. No commercial, for-profit use of this material is allowed. E-mail comments and questions to Tami Maloney.