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4th Grade Science EQT Study Guide-First Quarter
1. “Adaptation” is an animal behavior that helps the animal meet its needs for survival in its
environment. When a rabbit adapts from the greenery of summer to the snow of winter in a
particular area, the “rabbit’s ________might change color” to “blend in” for protection?
2. Birds move as a group from one region to another and back again. When “birds fly south for the
winter,” this is an example of an animal behavior known as __________________.
3. During the life cycle of a frog, at first a tadpole looks very different from the adult frog but soon
changes and begins to resemble the ______________.
4. _______________________is the process that butterflies go through to resemble their parents. It
includes stages of development known as egg, larva, pupa, adult.
5. During the butterfly life cycle, the ________________stage is when “the caterpillar changes
shape and develops new body parts.” Finally, an adult butterfly breaks out from this.
6. A food chain ALWAYS begins with a ____________________.
7. The second level in a food chain is a consumer that eats the producer. The organism in a food
chain that breaks down dead organisms and waste, returning important nutrients to the environment
is known as a__________________________.
8. Animals “produce young” (reproduce) for the purpose of
__________________________________________.
9. At some point in their lives, animals usually grow to resemble their _______________.
10. Predators are animals that eat other animals. A predator can be any animal. Most plants are NOT
considered predators because plants MAKE their own food. Could a flower be considered a
predator?____________
11. A worm is an organism that belongs to a group called ________________ because a worm has NO
backbone.
12. Snakes are classified as __________________________ because they are cold-blooded.
13. From the most simple to the most complex, correctly arrange the components of a living organism
beginning with the “building blocks” of all living things.
____________>_____________> ____________>_____________> ___________
14. Sunflowers are classified into the Kingdom _____________ because sunflowers have chlorophyll
and CAN make their own food.
15. Eventhough a mushroom looks like a plant, we know that mushrooms lack chlorophyll and
CANNOT make their own food. They are classified in the Kingdom ______________.
16. You are a human which classifies you into the Kingdom _________________.
17. An ___________is made up of “a group of living things and their environment.”
18. Within an ecosystem, there may be a ______________ , which is a “group of the same species
living in the same place at the same time.”
19. “Different populations living together in an area” make up a _________________ within an
ecosystem.
20. The basic “building block” of your body is the cell. Your body is made up of trillions of cells. A
_____________ is formed when “cells are grouped together.”
21. An ___________is formed from “ a group of tissues.” An example of this is the heart, the liver, the
lungs, or the stomach.
22. “Groups of organs that work together to keep you alive and healthy” such as the respiratory,
circulatory, and digestive are called a ________________.
23. A jellyfish, a snail, and a worm are all invertebrates. Explain why a snake is NOT considered an
invertebrate._______________________________________
24. A food chain always begins with a producer (plant). The remaining things in a food chain are
consumers from smallest to largest. For example, a rabbit eats the grass and the fox eats the
rabbit. Fill in the blanks to show this food chain. _____ > _______ > _______
4th Grade Science CRT Study Guide-Second Quarter
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fur
migration
parents
Metamorphosis
chrysalis
producer
decomposer
continuing their species
parents
No- a flower is a plant.
invertebrates
ectotherms= new term in ALCOS for cold-blooded (endotherm is warm-blooded)
cell > tissue > organ > system > body
Plantae=simply means plant. (new term in ALCOS)
Fungi
Animalia=simply means animal (new term in ALCOS)
ecosystem
population
community
tissue
organ
system
Snakes have a backbone. Therefore, snakes are vertebrates.
grass > rabbit > fox