Download Note: Bring the solved worksheet on Sunday, 21 st February 2016

Nawabegh Al-Riyadh International School
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Quarter: 3
Date:
Subject: Science
Grade: 4
Weekend Worksheet # 3
Week # 5
(Chapter: 8)
Note: Bring the solved worksheet on Sunday, 21st February 2016
Q1. Choose the correct answer.
1. What created most of the Moon’s craters?
a. heat from the Sun
b. ancient volcanoes
c. chunks of rock and metal that crashed into the Moon
2. How long does the Moon take to cycle through all of its phases?
a. about one week
b. about one year
c. about one month
3. Which lists the correct order of the four planets closest to the Sun?
a. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
b. Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars
c. Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury
4. Which planet has the right conditions to support life?
a. Earth
b. Venus
c. Mars
5. Which best describes Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
a. outer planets
b. planets smaller than Earth
6. Which statement belongs in the blank box?
Cause
Effect
The Moon’s
gravity pulls
on Earth.
a. Gravity is created on Earth
b. The Moon is able to rotate
c. Ocean tides are created
7. Which picture shows a waxing gibbous Moon?
a.
b.
c.
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c. solid, rocky planets
8. What causes Earth’s seasons?
a. earth’s tilted axis as it revolves around the Sun
b. the Sun’s position in the sky
c. earth moving closer and then farther away from the Sun
9. Below are pictures of Earth in four different positions.
Which is the position of Earth in the summer in the Northern Hemisphere?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
10. Which two planets are the largest in the solar system?
a. Neptune and Jupiter
b. Saturn and Jupiter
c. Jupiter and Uranus
11. Which statement tells one way that the planets in our solar system are similar?
a. All the planets have many Moons.
b. All the planets are the same size.
c. All the planets orbit the Sun.
12. Which statement is an example of apparent motion?
a. Shadows form in the presence of light.
b. The Sun rises in the east.
c. The moon orbits Earth.
13. At which time of the day are shadows the shortest?
a. just before sunset
b. at midday
c. in the early morning
14. Study the table below.
1 minute
1 hour
1 rotation
1 revolution
Which belongs in the blank box?
a. 1 month
= 60 seconds
= 60 minutes
= 24 hours
=
b. 30 days
c. 1 year
15. The closest object to Earth in space is __________.
a. Mars
b. the Moon
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c. Venus
16. How are the solar eclipses similar to lunar eclipses?
a. They both involve the Moon
b. They both cast a shadow on Earth.
c. They do not involve any star
17. Which sequence is in the correct order?
a. waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon
b. full moon, waxing gibbous, first quarter, new moon
c. waxing gibbous, first quarter, full moon, new moon
Q2. Answer the following questions briefly.
1. Why can you see the moon?
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2. During which phase of the Moon can its entire lit side be seen from Earth?
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3. Which eclipse is shown below?
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Q3. Write a word, or words, that describe each sentence.
1. a real or imaginary line that a spinning object turns around ____________
2. the Sun and all the objects that orbit around it _____________________________
3. a force of attraction, or pull, between objects __________________
Q4. Define the following.
1. crater
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2. meteorite
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