4th grade science
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| The small leaves that form around the developing flower are the: | sepals
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| Who invented the light bulb: | Edison
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| Which plant part takes in water and nutrients? | roots
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| Which part supports the plant and allows the movement of water and nutrients? | stem
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| Which plant part makes food for the plant? | leaves
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| The seed forms in the female reproductive part of the flower called the | pistil
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| Pollen forms on the ends of the male reproductive parts of the flower called the: | stamen
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| Pollen is transferred from the stamen to the pistil in a process called: | pollination
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| Most plants reproduce with seeds, but ferns and mosses reproduce with: | spores
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| Green plants produce their own food in a process called: | photosynthesis
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| Plants are green because of: | chlorophyll
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| Many plants enter a period of ______ in the winter, which is similar to hibernation for animals. During this period most of their normal activities stop. | dormancy
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| An organism's _____ provides food, water, shelter and space. | habitat
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| All energy comes from the _____ , and then cycles through the food webs to all of the animals in the community. | sun
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| _______ get energy directly from the sun and use it to make food. | plants
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| Because plants produce their own food, they are called ___________ . | producers
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| Organisms that get their energy from eating plants or other animals are called: | consumers
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| All of the interrelated food chains in an ecosystem make up a food: | web
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| Food chains and food webs always start with a: | plant
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| The food chain starts with a producer (a plant) and ends with a: | decomposer
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| Decomposers like ______ break down organisms and recycle them back to the nutrient pool. | fungi
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| All of the living and nonliving things in an environment make up an: | ecosystem
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| the role an oraganism plays in its environment | niche
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| All organisms have _________ that allow it to survive in its environment | adaptations
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| The measure of the amount of heat energy in the atmosphere is: | temperature
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| The amount of moisture in the air is: | humidity
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| The weight of the air causes: | air pressure
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| The capacity of an eyedropper would be a few | milliliters
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| One thousand milliliters equals one: | liter
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| A liter is close in volume to a: | quart
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| An instrument used to measure mass is a: | balance
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| The mass of a paperclip or a sheet of paper is about one: | gram
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| 1000 grams equals one: | kilogram
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| Length and distance are measured in these metric units: | meters
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| Two objects rubbing together create: | friction
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| Friction resists or stops motion, and creates: | heat
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| If your string of holiday lights goes dark when one little bulb burns out, the string of lights is a: | series circuit
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| This circuit has more than one pathway for the flow of electrical current. If one bulb burns the others will remain lit. It is a: | Parallel circuit
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| Electrical energy moves easily through materials that are: | conductors.
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| Wires are usual made from ____ because it conducts electricity well. | metal
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| Material like rubber, plastic and wood do not conduct electricity well. They are: | insulators
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| Magnetism and _______ are very closely related. | electricity
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| An electric current creates a magnetic field, and a magnetic field creates an _________ . | electric current
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| If you wrap wire around a nail and run electricity through the wire, you have created an: | electromagnet
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| If you rub your feet on the carpet, or rub a balloon on a wool sweater, you may create: | static electricity
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| Static electricity occurs when negatively charged _____ are rubbed off of one surface and on to another. | electrons
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| Objects in motion have ______ energy. | kinetic
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| Potential energy is ________ energy. | stored
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| Which will light a bulb, an open or closed circuit? | closed circuit
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| A falling barometer often means: | rainy weather
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| What kind of cloud type brings stormy weather, thunderstorms, and sometimes even tornadoes? | Cumulonimbus
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| Puffy white clouds that look like cotton balls are: | cumulus
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| High, thin, wispy clouds are: | cirrus
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| Which cloud type forms a gray blanket over the sky, often bringing steady rain or drizzle? | stratus
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| This instrument measures air pressure is a: | barometer
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| This instrument measures wind speed | anemometer
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| This instrument measures moisture in the air: | hygrometer
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| This instrument measures precipitation: | rain gauge
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| These severe storms usually form over water in the Caribbean: | hurricanes
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| Earth is one of ____ planets that revolve around the sun. | nine
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| Earth is the ______ planet from the sun. | third
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| Venus, Mercury, Earth and Mars are the : | rocky inner planets
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| Ancient Greeks like Aristotle and Ptolemy believed the _________ was the center of our solar system, and the planets and the sun revolved around us. | Earth
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| Copernicus and Galileo tried to convince the world that the ________ was actually the center of the solar system, and all of the planets revolve around it, and not around the Earth. | sun
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| The NASA Apollo missions sent astronauts to the ______ . | moon
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| About half of Virginia is considered to be in the Chesapeake Bay ________ because the surface water and all of the materials it carries drain into the Chesapeake Bay. | watershed
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| Much of Virginia is covered in ______, an important natural resource for Virginia. | forests
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| An important energy resource mined in the southwestern part of Virginia is ________ . | coal
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