Earth, Wind, and Fire Review - 4th grade AIMS Arizona Science

Question 1

What does a thermometer measure?

Accepted Answer

temperature

Question 2

How much water on earth is fresh and drinkable?

Accepted Answer

1%

Question 3

Someone who studies weather is called:

Accepted Answer

a meteorologist

Question 4

Arizona's weather refers to:

Accepted Answer

current temperature

Question 5

An example of a slow process that changes the earth would be:

Accepted Answer

weathering

Question 6

Where would you find the saltiest water?

Accepted Answer

ocean

Question 7

More than 50% of the earth's volcanoes occur in _______________.

Accepted Answer

The Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean

Question 8

Why do scientists study tree rings?

Accepted Answer

to learn the history of the tree and the area it grew in

Question 9

Most of the earth's FRESH water is found where?

Accepted Answer

glaciers and icecaps

Question 10

What does a barometer measure?

Accepted Answer

air pressure

Question 11

One way to tell if a volcano is a shield volcano would be:

Accepted Answer

it is shaped like a warrior's shield

Question 12

An example of a fast or rapid change to the earth would be:

Accepted Answer

earthquake

Question 13

Today the temperature was 54*. Yesterday it was 60*. How much did the temperature change?

Accepted Answer

6*

Question 14

A cinder cone volcano:

Accepted Answer

forms quickly

Question 15

The Hawaiian Islands are an example of which type of volcano?

Accepted Answer

shield

Question 16

A Composite volcano is:

Accepted Answer

highly explosive

Question 17

What does a wind vane measure?

Accepted Answer

wind direction

Question 18

Which is NOT a source of fresh water?

Accepted Answer

oceans

Question 19

What does an anemometer measure?

Accepted Answer

wind speed

Question 20

Deposition is when:

Accepted Answer

eroded pieces are dropped into a new location

Question 21

Tree rings that are close together means:

Accepted Answer

did not grow much, poor growing conditions

Question 22

Erosion is when:

Accepted Answer

water/wind moves small pieces of land to new places

Question 23

What is one way to prevent wind erosion?

Accepted Answer

Construction workers can wet the ground while they work

Question 24

Which type of volcano can create fire fountains?

Accepted Answer

cinder cone

Question 25

An example of weathering would be:

Accepted Answer

wind breaking off small pieces of rock

Question 26

You created a puzzle of the earth in this unit. Each puzzle piece represented what?

Accepted Answer

a tectonic plate

Question 27

Arizona's climate refers to it's:

Accepted Answer

the average weather conditions for the past few years

Question 28

Mt. Saint Helen's in an example of which type of volcano?

Accepted Answer

composite

Question 29

Where is most of the water found on earth?

Accepted Answer

oceans

Question 30

Volcanic activity can be found _________.

Accepted Answer

ONLY where plates come together, where plates come together & in the center of certain plates

Question 31

If the temperature started at 55* and dropped 5*, what would the new temperature be?

Accepted Answer

50*

Earth, Wind, and Fire Review - 4th grade AIMS Arizona Science

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Earth, Wind, and Fire Review - 4th grade AIMS Arizona Science

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