Grade 4 Earth & space worksheet

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1. Earth systems: which term fits this description? Water stored in saturated spaces beneath the ground.

   1. Lava
   2. Igneous rock
   3. Groundwater
   4. Outer core

2. How could paving a previously grassy area change the route taken by rainwater?

3. Water vapour forming liquid droplets is

   1. erosion
   2. condensation
   3. freezing in every case
   4. evaporation

4. Earth systems: which term fits this description? Atmospheric conditions at a particular place and time.

   1. Weather
   2. Transpiration
   3. Inner core
   4. Crust

5. Waxing describes a visible illuminated portion that is

   1. increasing
   2. always absent
   3. permanently frozen
   4. decreasing

6. Earth systems: which term fits this description? The model describing movement and interaction of Earth's lithospheric plates.

   1. Lava
   2. Plate tectonics
   3. Erosion
   4. Precipitation

7. Why can groundwater matter even when it is not visible from the surface?

8. Earth systems: which term fits this description? Earth's thin outermost solid rocky layer.

   1. Precipitation
   2. Crust
   3. Lava
   4. Weathering

9. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? A unit of distance equal to how far light travels in vacuum in one year.

   1. Light-year
   2. Mars
   3. Galaxy
   4. Revolution

10. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? The sixth planet from the Sun, well known for its bright ring system.

    1. Moon
    2. Venus
    3. Sun
    4. Saturn

11. Why is the water cycle better shown as connected pathways than one single circle?

12. Which record best supports a local climate comparison?

    1. one photograph
    2. one opinion
    3. one lunchtime temperature
    4. many years of consistently measured observations

13. Liquid water becoming water vapour is

    1. condensation
    2. sedimentation
    3. evaporation
    4. melting

14. Earth systems: which term fits this description? Loss of water vapour from a plant, mainly through its leaves.

    1. Transpiration
    2. Erosion
    3. Climate
    4. Precipitation

15. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? The second planet from the Sun.

    1. Venus
    2. Saturn
    3. Milky Way
    4. Asteroid

16. Space and the solar system: which term fits this description? The star at the centre of our solar system.

    1. Orbit
    2. Revolution
    3. Uranus
    4. Sun

17. Water flowing over the land after rain is

    1. a magnetic field
    2. a phase of the Moon
    3. runoff
    4. a chemical element

18. Water soaking into soil is called

    1. cloud reflection
    2. condensation
    3. infiltration
    4. melting

19. At full Moon, which description is approximately correct?

    1. The Moon's near side appears largely sunlit.
    2. Earth's shadow covers the visible Moon.
    3. The Moon has no far side.
    4. The Moon creates its own sunlight.

20. Which is a place where water can be stored?

    1. a wind direction
    2. an aquifer
    3. a shadow
    4. a temperature scale