4th Grade Science Test 9

Question 1

List the planets in order.

Answer 1

Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune

Question 2

day God created day and night

Answer 2

1

Question 3

day God created birds and water animals

Answer 3

5

Question 4

day God created sun, moon, stars

Answer 4

4

Question 5

day God created the atmosphere or firmament

Answer 5

2

Question 6

day God created land

Answer 6

3

Question 7

day God created land animals and man

Answer 7

6

Question 8

What heavenly body helps us divide our year into twelve months?

Answer 8

moon

Question 9

Name a group of twelve important constellations.

Answer 9

zodiac

Question 10

What movement of the earth gives us a year?

Answer 10

revolution

Question 11

What movement of the earth gives us a day?

Answer 11

rotation

Question 12

We have seasons because the earth is tilted on its

Answer 12

axis

Question 13

How many hours are there in one day?

Answer 13

24

Question 14

How long does it take for the earth to travel around the sun?

Answer 14

365 1/4 days

Question 15

the galaxy in which our sun is located

Answer 15

Milky Way

Question 16

the part of our galaxy made up of our sun and the eight planets

Answer 16

solar system

Question 17

a star picture

Answer 17

constellation

Question 18

all that things which God created

Answer 18

universe

Question 19

the scientific study of the planets and stars

Answer 19

astronomy

Question 20

the red planet

Answer 20

Mars

Question 21

a planet with rings

Answer 21

Saturn

Question 22

the only planet with life

Answer 22

Earth

Question 23

How far is the sun from the earth?

Answer 23

93 million miles

Question 24

Which word tells us what light-colored objects do to heat and light?

Answer 24

reflect

Question 25

the sun is made of

Answer 25

gases

Question 26

Which of the following heavenly bodies is smallest? sun, earth, moon

Answer 26

moon

Question 27

Which of the following is on the moon? | air, sounds, plants, mountains

Answer 27

mountains

Question 28

part of the constellation called the Great Bear

Answer 28

Big Dipper

Question 29

When you are facing the North Star, ___ is to your left.

Answer 29

West

Question 30

The ___ gravity keeps the planets circling the sun.

Answer 30

sun's

Question 31

When the earth is directly between the sun and the moon, we see the ___

Answer 31

full moon

Question 32

Holes on the surface of the moon

Answer 32

craters

Question 33

the planets revolve around the

Answer 33

sun

Question 34

The length of our week is determined by

Answer 34

God

Question 35

matter that settles to the bottom or sides of a body of water

Answer 35

sediment

Question 36

a slow-moving river of ice

Answer 36

glacier

Question 37

hot, liquid rock within the earth

Answer 37

magma

Question 38

the wise use of natural resources

Answer 38

conservation

Question 39

the decayed materials in soil

Answer 39

humus

Question 40

a solid layer of rock underneath the soil

Answer 40

crust

Question 41

the wearing away of the earth's topsoil

Answer 41

erosion

Question 42

a hard, abundant igneous rock that can be polished to make beautiful monuments and buildings. It is usually speckled with glittery crystals

Answer 42

granite

Question 43

the most common sedimentary rock. It is soft and is often crushed to make bricks

Answer 43

shale

Question 44

the hard, smooth metamorphic rock that makes excellent blackboards

Answer 44

slate

Question 45

an octopus is

Answer 45

an invertebrate

Question 46

a dolphin is

Answer 46

a mammal

Question 47

the world's largest ocean

Answer 47

Pacific Ocean

Question 48

the warmest ocean

Answer 48

Indian Ocean

Question 49

the part of the land under the ocean where most fish live

Answer 49

continental shelf

Question 50

the part of the land under the ocean which contains seamounts and volcanoes

Answer 50

ocean floor

Question 51

an invertebrate with many stinging tentacles

Answer 51

jellyfish

Question 52

all marine mammals breathe air with their

Answer 52

lungs

Question 53

the largest animal that has ever lived

Answer 53

blue whale

Question 54

the largest fish

Answer 54

whale shark

Question 55

the fish that swims back to the stream where it was born to lay its eggs

Answer 55

salmon