SCIENCE REVIEW

4TH GRADE

I. READ BOOK PAGES D32-D45

Recognize vocabulary

Water cycle evaporation condensation precipitation wave

storm surge
Tide deep ocean current surface current

1. Up-and- down movement of water

particles__________________________________

2. Water that falls out of the air in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail
_________________

3. Daily change in the local water level of the ocean

_______________________________

4. A very large wave________________________

5. Constant recycling of water on

Earth_________________________________________

6. Process by which a gas changes to a

liquid____________________________________

7. River of water that flows in the ocean that forms because of density
differences in the ocean
water___________________________________________________________

8. Process by which a liquid changes to a

gas____________________________________

9. River of water that flows in the ocean that forms because of steady wind
blowing over the ocean
surface_________________________________________________________

II. READ ABOUT CONSTELLATIONS PAGE D81

Write the letter of the best response on the line that best answers the
questions or completes the sentences.

1. Why do many stars appear to rise in the east and set in the west?
_____________
 A) Because Earth rotates on its axis

B) Because Earth revolves around the sun

C) Because the stars are part of seasonal constellations

2. Why do different star appear in the sky at different times of the year?
______________

A) because Earth rotates on its axis

B) because Earth revolves around the sun

C) because the stars are moving in their galaxies

3. How is the North Star different from most other stars? ____________________

A) it appears to move across the sky from north to south

B) it appears to move across the sky from south to north
C) it does not appear to move across the sky
4. What are the circumpolar stars? _____________________

A) stars that appear to travel around the North Star

B) stars that appear to travel around the South Star

C) stars that appear to rise in the east and set in the west

5. In the Northern Hemisphere, people use the North Star to tell which direction
is north. What do they use in the Southern Hemisphere? ________________

A) the South Star

B) the Southern Cross

C) the Big Dipper