SVKM J. V.
PAREKH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Home Assignment - 04 (2024-25)
Name: Date:
Grade: IV Div.: Roll No: Subject: Science
Children may print and solve the assignment and submit the same on Wednesday, 18th September, 2024.
Task 1. Plastic is often used to make containers for food.
Which properties must this plastic have to make containers for food?
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Task 2. Reversible and Irreversible changes.
a. Ice melts into liquid water. The melting of ice is a reversible process. Explain why.
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b. Milk converted into curd. It is an irreversible process. Explain why?
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Task 3. Some solids dissolve in water and some do not. Complete the table. One has been done for you.
Does the solid
solid added to water
dissolve?
iron no
salt
sand
silver
sugar
Task 4. Jamila learns about the Earth and the Sun. She draws pictures.
a. Describe what the picture shows about the Earth and the Sun.
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b. Jamila says the Sun is not moving. The Sun appears to move. Explain why the Sun appears to move.
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Task 5. Read the statements carefully and tick the correct answer.
1. Which list shows a possible order in which energy moves through an ecosystem?
● herbivore, carnivore, Sun, producer, decomposer
● Sun, producer, herbivore, carnivore, decomposer
● Sun, producer, predator, consumer, decomposer
● producer, Sun, carnivore, herbivore, decomposer
2. In an ecosystem, how are food webs and food chains different?
● Food webs begin with animals, and food chains begin with plants.
● Food webs rarely begin with plants, and food chains begin with animals.
● Food webs show the relationship between many different food chains in a single ecosystem.
● Food chains show the relationship between many different food webs in a single ecosystem.
3. Animals that hunt/kill other animals to obtain energy are
● prey
● omnivores
● predators
● herbivores
4. In the diagram below, which organism is a decomposer?
● bird
● snake
● grass
● mushroom
5. The role of a producer is to
● eat other consumers
● provide food for carnivores
● make carbon dioxide-oxygen
● provide food for themselves and other organisms
6. What is the original source of almost all the energy in most ecosystems?
● carbohydrates
● sunlight
● water
● carbon dioxide
7. The images below show a partial food chain.
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Which organism would most likely come after the snake in the food chain?
8. Imagine that pollution caused all the plants in an aquatic food chain to die. Would this affect the population of
the largest fish?
● Yes, because the largest fish need to eat plants to supplement their diet.
● Yes, because all the food energy in the chain begins with the plants.
● No, because the largest fish are big enough to survive a change in the ecosystem.
● No, because only the smallest fish depend on the plants for survival.
9. What breaks down dead plants and animals?
● decomposer
● consumer
● predator
● producer
10. Why can many kinds of plants and animals live together in an ecosystem?
● The plants and animals all care for each other and protect one another.
● The plants and animals are part of a food chain and depend on each other to live.
● The plants and animals have nothing to do with each other, so they can live together.
● The plants and animals all feed on the same things, so they compete with each other for food.
11. In the diagram below, which would be a secondary consumer?
● grass
● mouse
● snake
● bird
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12. What is an animal that eats herbivores known as?
● omnivore
● herbivore
● carnivore
● decomposer
13. What is an animal that eats a producer known as?
● consumer
● decomposer
● prey
14. What is most likely the next organism in this food chain?
blackberries --> squirrel -->
● fox
● acorn
● mouse
● deer
15. A carnivore is an animal that eats only meat.
● True
● False
Task 6.
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Task 7. Carlos and Rajiv put things into two groups. They draw a table.
living things non-living things
bird rock
human plastic
horse tree
flower salt
a. Which thing is in the wrong group? Circle the correct answer.
bird horse plastic tree salt
b. Living things have the life process of growing.
Write down three other life processes that living things have.
1. ________________________________ 3. ____________________________
2. ________________________________
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Task 8a. Mass, force and weight can be measured.
Complete the sentences. Choose from the following words.
Each word can be used once or not at all.
kilograms metres newtons seconds
Mass is measured in ______________________________.
Force is measured in ______________________________.
Weight is measured in ______________________________.
8b. Joe investigated pulling a toy car on different surfaces. He recorded his investigation in the given bar graph
below.
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