Water
Space
Mixtures and Matter
Animal Adaptations
Fourth Grade
100

This is an area of land that drains into a body of water.

What is a watershed?

100

This causes the apparent movement of the sun across the sky during the day on Earth.

What is the ROTATION of Earth on its axis?

100

Everything in the universe is either energy or_________.

What is matter?

100

This is the structure in some animals' eyes that reflects light back through the retina (sometimes making the eyes glow green or yellow at night when light shines on them).

What is the tapetum?

100

This is the definition of energy.

What is, "the ability to do work"?

200

This is the continual circulation of the Earth's water supply more commonly known as the water cycle...

What is the hydrologic cycle?

200

Scientists estimate the Earth to about this age.

What is 4.5 billion years old?

200

In a solution, the substance being dissolved is called the __________.

What is solute?

200

Which of these is a behavioral adaptation? A. having wings B. having feathers C. migrating D. All of these

C. migrating

200

These are the four most common states of matter...

What are: gas, liquid, solid and plasma?

300
Which of these is point source pollution? A. cars leaking oil onto a parking lot B. animal waste in a park C. An oil tanker leaking oil in the Gulf of Mexico D. All of these
C. - An oil tanker leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE DIRECT SOURCE AND ITS WIDE SPREAD.
300

This is the nearest star to Earth.

What is the sun?

300

If it's matter and it's not a mixture then it is a _______ ______________.

What is a pure substance?

300

This is the term that describes the way that species of animals and plants become better at living in their habitat (essential for survival). It usually occurs over long periods of time.

What is adaptation?

300

This is the process where rocks, soil, and sand are set down by water or wind. (For example, the laying down of sediments in streams or rivers)

What is deposition? 

400
This is the approximate percent of Earth's FRESH water.
What is 2%-3% (more exact 2.8%)
400

This is the main reason the Earth experiences seasons.

What is the Earth's tilt?

400

If left to rest, this type of heterogeneous mixture will "settle out" or separate.

What is a suspension?

400

Which of these is a structural adaptation? a. hibernation b. migration c. hiding from a predator d. feathers

What is (d) feathers?

400

Seed shape (R) Round is dominant (r) Wrinkled is recessive Given an RR parent and rr parent, this is the percent chance that the offspring has in being wrinkled:

What is zero percent? The R will dominate every time in the Rr cross. 

500

Which watershed is The Pegasus School in?

What is the Souhegan River Watershed?

500
What year did the first man walk on the moon?
1969
500

A solution that can not hold any more solute at room temperature is...

What is a saturated solution?

500

This physical adaptation in humans and primates allows them to grasp objects.

What are opposable thumbs?

500

These are the three major nutrients, found in healthy soil, that plants need in order to thrive (hint: we tested soil for these)

What are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium?

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