4th Grade Science Test 9 Flashcards
List the planets in order.
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune
day God created day and night
1
day God created birds and water animals
5
day God created sun, moon, stars
4
day God created the atmosphere or firmament
2
day God created land
3
day God created land animals and man
6
What heavenly body helps us divide our year into twelve months?
moon
Name a group of twelve important constellations.
zodiac
What movement of the earth gives us a year?
revolution
What movement of the earth gives us a day?
rotation
We have seasons because the earth is tilted on its
axis
How many hours are there in one day?
24
How long does it take for the earth to travel around the sun?
365 1/4 days
the galaxy in which our sun is located
Milky Way
the part of our galaxy made up of our sun and the eight planets
solar system
a star picture
constellation
all that things which God created
universe
the scientific study of the planets and stars
astronomy
the red planet
Mars
a planet with rings
Saturn
the only planet with life
Earth
How far is the sun from the earth?
93 million miles
Which word tells us what light-colored objects do to heat and light?
reflect
the sun is made of
gases
Which of the following heavenly bodies is smallest? sun, earth, moon
moon
Which of the following is on the moon?
air, sounds, plants, mountains
mountains
part of the constellation called the Great Bear
Big Dipper
When you are facing the North Star, ___ is to your left.
West
The ___ gravity keeps the planets circling the sun.
sun’s
When the earth is directly between the sun and the moon, we see the ___
full moon
Holes on the surface of the moon
craters
the planets revolve around the
sun
The length of our week is determined by
God
matter that settles to the bottom or sides of a body of water
sediment
a slow-moving river of ice
glacier
hot, liquid rock within the earth
magma
the wise use of natural resources
conservation
the decayed materials in soil
humus
a solid layer of rock underneath the soil
crust
the wearing away of the earth’s topsoil
erosion
a hard, abundant igneous rock that can be polished to make beautiful monuments and buildings. It is usually speckled with glittery crystals
granite
the most common sedimentary rock. It is soft and is often crushed to make bricks
shale
the hard, smooth metamorphic rock that makes excellent blackboards
slate
an octopus is
an invertebrate
a dolphin is
a mammal
the world’s largest ocean
Pacific Ocean
the warmest ocean
Indian Ocean
the part of the land under the ocean where most fish live
continental shelf
the part of the land under the ocean which contains seamounts and volcanoes
ocean floor
an invertebrate with many stinging tentacles
jellyfish
all marine mammals breathe air with their
lungs
the largest animal that has ever lived
blue whale
the largest fish
whale shark
the fish that swims back to the stream where it was born to lay its eggs
salmon
