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Name:Date:Mid-YearTest AMid-Year Study GuideRead each question. Follow the instructions to answer the questions.1. Sam turns on a flashlight. This startsto transformation energy from thebatteries of the flashlight to the bulb.How is this energy transformed?3. Eli wants to move a ball as far as hecan using a rubber band. He places arubber band on two sticks and placesthe ball on the rubber band. Whichpicture shows how far back he shouldpull the rubber band?Circle the letter of the correct answer.A. by heatCircle the letter of the correct answer.B. by lightC. by soundD. by electric currentA.2. Sue rolled the same marble across atable three times. She recorded howfast the marble rolled.B.Which statement is supported by thedata?C.Circle the letter of the correct answer.A. The fastest marble had the mostenergy.B. Trial 1 had the slowest marble, withno energy.C. Trial 3 had the most marbles, so ithad the most energy.D.D. The same marble was used, so eachmarble had the same energy.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company1Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A4. Some technology has changed over time. Which change in technology met the newneeds of people over time?Circle the letter of the correct answer.A. older technology: flashlights; newer technology: lampsB. older technology: rulers; newer technology: calculatorsC. older technology: bandage tape; newer technology: skin glueD. older technology: metal forks; newer technology: wooden chopsticks5. The energy of each object is listed inmeters per second (m/s).6. Which explanation describes how asolar panel produces electricity?Number the objects in order from 1 to4 with the least energy as 1 and themost energy as 4.Circle the letter of the correct answer.A. Electric currents in sunlight arecollected by solar panels and storedfor use.B. Energy from sunlight is absorbedand converted to electricity by thesolar panels.C. The solar panels use magneticwaves from sunlight to produce anelectric current.D. Energy waves from the sun causevibrations that produce electricity inthe solar panels.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company2Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A7. Sara rolled a bowling ball. The ball hit the pins, and all of them fell over. Sara heard anoise when the ball hit the pins. Some energy moved from the ball to other places.What was the movement of energy when the ball hit the pins?Circle the letter of the correct motion.A. heat to motionB. motion to motion8. Henry’s dog has trouble getting up the stairs. Henry wants to build a ramp for the dog.Which criteria are important for building the ramp?Write one X in the correct box in the table for each criterion.CriteriaImportantNot VeryImportantA. The cat must like using the ramp, too.B. The ramp must not be too big or too small.C. The ramp must be covered in blue carpet.D. The ramp must be comfortable and safe for the dog touse.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company3Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A9. Kara studied the motion of two toy cars. She followed these steps.1. Placed car 1 and car 2 on a flat surface2. Rolled car 1 into a stationary car 23. Measured the speed of car 1 in centimeters per second (cm/s) before it hit car 24. Measured the distance in centimeters (cm) that car 2 moved5. Listened for the sound of cars hittingKara wrote down her results.Write the letters of the words and numbers to correctly complete the table.1. and 2.3. and 4.A. 2 cmE. Very SoftB. 4 cmF. SoftC. 6 cmG. LoudD. 8 cm10. Lynn wants to build her own flashlight. She wants it to work off solar energy. Whichgoals should Lynn set before building the flashlight?Circle the letter of the logical goals for building this flashlight.A. work at nightB. be safe to useC. look nicer than store-bought flashlightD. change sunlight energy into electrical energyMid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company4Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A11. Olivia put a glass inside a tub. She filled water of different temperatures in each, asshown.What should she measure to know that energy transfer happened?Circle the letter of the 2 steps that Olivia should take.A. Measure the force of the glass on the tub over time.B. Measure the mass of the tub and glass of water over time.C. Measure the temperature of the water in the tub over time.D. Measure the temperature of the water in the glass over time.12. Selma and Thad are in two rooms. Selma picked up a hand bell and moved it back andforth. Thad heard the bell ring. What energy transformation took place that allowedThad to hear the sound?Circle the letter of the correct answer.A. Energy from the bell’s motion changed into sound. The sound traveled through the air into the next room.B. Sound energy from the bell moved through the electrical currents in the wall. Thad heard the sound from a speaker located in the second room.C. The bell’s movement became heat that warmed the air around the bell. The warm air rose and traveled to the other room.D. The bell created sound energy that vibrated the air until reaching the other room. The energy was destroyed when it touched Thad’s ears.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company5Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A13. Examples of energy are listed in the table. Are the examples of energy in motion orstored energy?Write one X in the correct box for each example.Energy inMotionExamples of EnergyStoredEnergyA. A plucked guitar string causes vibrations in the air.B. A car battery holds energy that is used to start theengine.C. A tank holds propane gas that is burned to cook foodon a grill.14. Three toy cars are lined up on the floor. Each car is pushed forward by a differentstudent. All three cars roll forward, as shown in the picture. The results in centimetersper second, cm/s, are shown in the table.Read each statement. Write your answer on the lines.Order the cars from least energy to greatest energy.Explain why the cars moved at different speeds.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company6Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest ADirections: Read the passage, then answer the questions that follow.The Toy BoatAlex made a toy boat. It runs off solar power. An electric motor turns the propeller. Thepropeller should spin under the water. This spinning will make the boat move forward. Alexhas a battery in case the solar panels do not work.15. Alex put the battery in her flashlight. What is the energy transformation in theflashlight?Circle the letter of the correct answer.A. solar electrical lightB. electrical light chemicalC. light chemical electricalD. chemical electrical light16. Alex wants the boat to move faster. She wants to add more solar panels to the boat.Before building, Alex should test her ideas. Which questions should Alex test?Write the letters of the questions in the box. Some letters may not be used.Questions Alex Could TestA. How heavy are the solar panels?B. Will solar panels float in water?C. Is there room for solar panels?D. Do more solar panels increase speed?Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company7Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A17. Look at the picture of the toy boat in the water. Would each change listed help preventthe problem the boat is having?Write one X in the correct box for each sentence.SentenceYesNoA. Add another solar panel.B. Place a shade over the solar panel.18. The motor on the toy boat becomes too warm. Alex decides to use a battery instead.What is the energy transformation?Write one letter in each blank to correctly complete the sentence.The 1. energy from the battery changed into 2. energy.A. chemicalB. electricalC. solarD. thermal19. Solar panels moved the toy boat. Read each statement. Write your answer on the lines.Identify the energy change from the sun to the solar panels.Identify the energy change from the solar panels to the propeller.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company8Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A20. Anna wants to build a bird feeder. She wants a lot of birds to visit the feeder. A lot ofsquirrels should not visit the feeder. Anna can only spend 30. She has only 2 hours tobuild the feeder. Anna reads a study about three bird feeder designs. She writes downwhat she learns.Which statements are true for Designs A, B, and C?Write an X in the correct box for each sentence in the table. Some sentences may havemore than one X.SentenceDesign ADesign BDesign CA. has the most bird visitsB. costs 30 or less to buildC. takes more than 2 hours to buildD. best design to meet the needs of Anna21. Ms. Owens owns a supermarket. She notices that the metal shopping carts have rolledinto cars. Ms. Owens wants to reduce the damage to the cars done by the carts. She doesnot want to spend more than 12 per cart. She wants her solution to last as long aspossible. She has to decide among three solutions.Number the solutions in order from 1 to 3 with 1 as most helpful and 3 as least helpful.Solution 1: Buy new carts made from a flexible plastic material. Thecarts may still cause minor scratches on cars, but they will not causeserious scratches or dents. The carts have to be replaced every 10 years.Cost per cart: 25Solution 2: Buy new metal carts that are just like the old ones. Thecarts have to be replaced every 25 years.Cost per cart: 25Solution 3: Keep the metal carts. Place plastic bumpers on the fronts ofthe carts. The bumpers will reduce scratches and dents to cars. Thebumpers have to be replaced every 10 years.Cost per cart: 12Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company9Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A22. Meg wants to build a ramp for her toy car to roll down and onto the floor. She makes amodel of the ramp and lists some things the ramp must have.Meg showed the model to her friends and listened to their advice. Which advice shouldshe follow?Circle the letter of the correct answer.A. widen the rampadd more booksB. remove some of the bookstape the ramp to the top bookC. add another rampbuy new materials to make the new rampD. remove the bricktape the bottom of the ramp to the floorMid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company10Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A23. The pairs of sentences are examples of energy transfer.Circle the letter in each pair that is an example of the greatest energy.Pair 1A. Arial kicks a soccer ball with her foot.B. Arial taps a soccer ball with her finger.Pair 2C. Earth spins on its axis every 24 hours.D. The moon spins on its axis every 27 days.Pair 3E. A toy car moving 0.5 meters per second hits a wall.F. A toy car moving 1.0 meter per second hits a door.Pair 4G. A young boy uses a bat to hit a baseball sitting on a stand.H. A baseball player uses a bat to hit a baseball that is pitched to him.24. The diagram shows a wind turbine connected to a house.Which energy transfers take place?Write one X in the correct box in for each description.DescriptionA. At point A, energy from electricity is changed into motion of the windturbine.B. At point B, energy is being moved by electrical currents.True FalseC. At point C, motion of the wind turbine is changed into light energy.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company11Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A25. Rey rolled a skateboard down a ramp and into a ball. He wrote down what he did andsaw.1. put skateboard at point A and let go2. ball moved slowly after hit by skateboard3. put skateboard at point B on the ramp and let go4. the ball moved quickly after hit by skateboardRey rolled the skateboard from point C. What happened to the ball when the skateboardhit it?Choose all of the correct answers.A. It moved slower than when hit by the skateboard released at point A.B. It moved faster than when hit by the skateboard released at point B.C. It gained less energy because the skateboard was higher on the ramp.D. It gained more energy because the skateboard was higher on the ramp.26. The table lists four types of energy. Which example matches the type of energy?Write the letter of the example in the box that describes the type of energy.electricalA. energy released from the sunheatB. energy that flows in a circuitlightC. energy stored in a batteryD. energy that you hearsoundMid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company12Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A27. Jeremy wanted to study energy transfer. He set up two identical beakers of sand. Athermometer was placed into each beaker. Jeremy placed beaker B beneath a lamp, asshown.Jeremy took the temperature of the beakers every five minutes for one hour. Thetemperature of beaker A remained the same. The temperature of the sand in beaker Bbecame hotter.Read each statement. Write your answer on the lines.Identify one form of energy in the setup.Describe one energy transformation that took place in the investigation.Identify the evidence that supports the energy transformation.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company13Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A28. José rolls a ball toward a second ball, as shown in the picture.Which description is correct for each ball?Write one X in the correct box for each description.PlainBallDescriptionBall withDotsA. The energy of this ball increases when two ballscollide.B. The energy of this ball decreases when two ballscollide.C. This ball transfers its energy of motion to the other ball.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company14Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A29. Hayden wants to punch an “H” in a pie pan. He uses a nail and hammer to make theholes. The diagram shows the holes made in the tin.Hayden made hole 2 by moving the hammer at a speed of 5 meters per second (5 m/s).How fast was the hammer moving when he made the other holes?Write the letters of the words and numbers into the spaces to complete the diagram.A. 1 m/sC. 6 m/sE. hole 3.B. 3 m/sD. hole 1.F. hole 4.Mid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company15Grade 4 Assessment Guide
Name:Date:Mid-YearTest A30. Engineers make objects for people. People’s wants and needs change over time. Thetable shows some things that were designed for people but then changed. Complete thetable.Write the letters in the boxes to correctly complete the table.1., 2. and 3.4.A. MatchE. Cook food quicklyB. Mobile phoneF. See things far awayC. Electric flashlightG. Change water into steamD. Steam-engine trainMid-Year Test Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company16Grade 4 Assessment Guide
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