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NY Released Test - Elementary Science (2017 Part 1)
Quiz by NYSED Science Grade 4
Elementary (Grades K-4)
Science (1996)
New York Core Curriculum
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Measures 27 skills from
Elementary (Grades K-4)
Science (1996)
New York Core Curriculum
LE.1.1d
Nonliving things can be humancreated or naturally occurring.
LE.3.1c
In order to survive in their environment, plants and animals must be adapted to that environment.
• seeds disperse by a plant’s own mechanism and/or in a variety of ways that can include wind, water, and animals;
• leaf, flower, stem, and root adaptations may include variations in size, shape, thickness, color, smell, and texture;
• animal adaptations include coloration for warning or attraction, camouflage, defense mechanisms, movement, hibernation, and migration
LE.2.2a
Plants and animals closely resemble their parents and other individuals in their species.
LE.1.1a
Animals need air, water, and food in order to live and thrive.
LE.4.1e
Each generation of animals goes through changes in form from young to adult. This completed sequence of changes in form is called a life cycle. Some insects change from egg to larva to pupa to adult.
LE.3.1a
Each animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
• wings, legs, or fins enable some animals to seek shelter and escape predators;
• the mouth, including teeth, jaws, and tongue, enables some animals to eat and drink;
• eyes, nose, ears, tongue, and skin of some animals enable the animals to sense their surroundings;
• claws, shells, spines, feathers, fur, scales, and color of body covering enable some animals to protect themselves from predators and other environmental conditions, or enable them to obtain food;
• some animals have parts that are used to produce sounds and smells to help the animal meet its needs;
• the characteristics of some animals change as seasonal conditions change (e.g., fur grows and is shed to help regulate body heat; body fat is a form of stored energy and it changes as the seasons change)
LE.5.2f
Some animal behaviors are influenced by environmental conditions. These behaviors may include: nest building, hibernating, hunting, migrating, and communicating.
LE.5.2e
Particular animal characteristics are influenced by changing environmental conditions including: fat storage in winter, coat thickness in winter, camouflage, shedding of fur.
LE.7.1c
Humans, as individuals or communities, change environments in ways that can be either helpful or harmful for themselves and other organisms.
LE.6.1a
Green plants are producers because they provide the basic food supply for themselves and animals.
LE.6.2b
The Sun’s energy is transferred on Earth from plants to animals through the food chain.
LE.3.2a
Individuals within a species may compete with each other for food, mates, space, water, and shelter in their environment.
PS.2.1b
Weather can be described and measured by:
• temperature;
• wind speed and direction;
• form and amount of precipitation;
• general sky conditions (cloudy, sunny, partly cloudy)
PS.2.1e
Extreme natural events (floods, fires, earthquakes,volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other severe storms) may have positive or negative impacts on living things.
PS.1.1a
Natural cycles and patterns include:
• Earth spinning around once every 24 hours (rotation), resulting in day and night;
• Earth moving in a path around the Sun (revolution), resulting in one Earth year;
• the length of daylight and darkness varying with the seasons;
• weather changing from day to day and through the seasons;
• the appearance of the Moon changing as it moves in a path around Earth to complete a single cycle
PS.2.1d
Erosion and deposition result from the interaction among air, water, and land.
• interaction between air and water breaks down earth materials;
• pieces of earth material may be moved by air, water, wind, and gravity;
• pieces of earth material will settle or deposit on land or in the water in different places;
• soil is composed of brokendown pieces of living and nonliving earth material
PS.2.1c
Water is recycled by natural processes on Earth.
• evaporation: changing of water (liquid) into water vapor (gas);
• condensation: changing of water vapor (gas) into water (liquid);
• precipitation: rain, sleet, snow, hail;
• runoff: water flowing on Earth’s surface;
• groundwater: water that moves downward into the ground
PS.3.1c
Objects have properties that can be observed, described, and/or measured: length, width, volume, size, shape, mass or weight, temperature, texture, flexibility, reflectiveness of light.
PS.3.1e
The material(s) an object is made up of determine some specific properties of the object (sink/float, conductivity, magnetism). Properties can be observed or measured with tools such as hand lenses, metric rulers, thermometers, balances, magnets, circuit testers, and graduated cylinders.
PS.3.1g
Some properties of an object are dependent on the conditions of the present surroundings in which the object exists. For example:
• temperature - hot or cold;
• lighting - shadows, color;
• moisture - wet or dry
PS.3.2a
Matter exists in three states: solid, liquid, gas.
• solids have a definite shape and volume;
• liquids do not have a definite shape but have a definite volume;
• gases do not hold their shape or volume
PS.4.1e
Electricity travels in a closed circuit.
PS.4.1c
Some materials transfer energy better than others (heat and electricity).
PS.4.1f
Heat can be released in many ways, for example, by burning, rubbing (friction), or combining one substance with another.
PS.4.2a
Everyday events involve one form of energy being changed to another.
• animals convert food to heat and motion;
• the Sun’s energy warms the air and water
PS.3.2
Describe chemical and physical changes, including changes in states of matter.
M3.1a
Use appropriate scientific tools, such as metric rulers, spring scale, pan balance, graph paper, thermometers [Fahrenheit and Celsius], graduated cylinder to solve problems about the natural world
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29 questions
Q.Which object is a NONLIVING thing that is made by humans?
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LE.1.1d
Q.The diagram below shows a cactus plant with spines.
The spines help the cactus plant to survive by
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LE.3.1c
Q.The diagram below shows a mature plant.
Which young plant is most likely an offspring of this mature plant?
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LE.2.2a
Q.In order to grow and thrive, all animals need water, air, and
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LE.1.1a
Q.The diagrams below show four rabbits. Which rabbit would have the best chance of survival in a snowy environment?
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LE.3.1c
Q.The diagrams below show the life cycles of a frog and a butterfly.
Based on the diagrams, which statement is correct?
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LE.4.1e
Q.Some animals can identify a mate by its bright colors. Which body structure is needed to sense color?
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LE.3.1a
Q.Which example shows an animal adapting to a seasonal change in its environment?
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LE.5.2f
Q.What happens to some animals as the seasons change from winter to summer in New York State?
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LE.5.2e
Q.The diagrams below show a forest area before and after a factory was built there.
Building the factory in this area most likely caused an increase in
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LE.7.1c
Q.Base your answer on the diagram of a food chain below and on your knowledge of science.
Which organisms are producers?
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LE.6.1a
Q.Base your answer on the diagram of a food chain below and on your knowledge of science.
In which order is energy transferred through a food chain?
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60 sec
LE.6.2b
Q.The diagram below shows two owls and a rabbit.
Which interaction between the owls is shown in the diagram?
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LE.3.2a
Q.Which list includes three weather conditions?
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PS.2.1b
Q.Forest fires can have BOTH negative and positive effects. One possible POSITIVE effect of a forest fire is
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PS.2.1e
Q.How long does it take for Earth to revolve around the Sun one time?
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PS.1.1a
Q.The pictures below show the same area before and after water was released from a dam.
Which process happened more quickly because the water was released from the dam?
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PS.2.1d
Q.The diagram below shows the water cycle. Four processes in the cycle are labeled through
Which letter best represents runoff?
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PS.2.1c
Q.The diagram below shows a ball being measured with a metric ruler.
Which property of the ball is being measured with the ruler?
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PS.3.1c
Q.Which object will refl ect the most light?
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PS.3.1c
Q.The diagram below shows a solid glass marble and a cup with water in it.
When the marble is placed into the cup of water, the marble most likely will
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PS.3.1e
Q.A student removes a tray of ice cubes from a freezer on a warm day. The water in the tray is solid and cold. The student forgets to put the tray back into the freezer. The next day, the water in the tray most likely would be
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PS.3.1g
Q.Which two characteristics describe a gas?
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PS.3.2a
Q.The diagram below shows an open circuit. The bulb is NOT lit. Four places in the circuit are labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4. One wire has been connected between 1 and 3.
In order to light the bulb, another wire should be connected between
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PS.4.1e
Q.Which material is the best conductor of electricity?
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PS.4.1c
Q.Which force produces heat as the tires of a school bus rub against the
road?
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PS.4.1f
Q.The diagram below shows a wood fire burning.
Which form of energy does the wood contain so that the fire will burn?
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PS.4.2a
Q.Protein in foods helps the body to grow. The chart below shows the amount of protein per serving in four foods.
How much protein is in a meal of one glass of milk and one veggie burger?
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PS.3.2
Q.The diagrams below show how a student found the masses of Box 1 and Box 2 in two steps. The student used a balance, one mass, and one mass.
What is the mass of Box 2?
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M3.1a