Student Name: __________________________________________________

4th Grade Science Enrichment Packet

*** All reading text can be found in the Science Consumable Workbook. ***

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

- Read: 42 – 46
Water Cycle - Complete the
Enrichment “What - Complete the Water Cycle - Water Cycle SCPASS Mixed
Week is the water “What Writing Activity Review
cycle?” is the water Worksheet Worksheet Worksheet
SC State Worksheet cycle?”
Standard: - Write a short Worksheet
4.E.2A.2 summary
about what
you read.
- Write one
question
that you have
from
the reading.

Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10

- Read: 6 – 11
Light - Complete the - Day 9.1
Enrichment “What - Complete the - Light Activity Worksheet - SCPASS Mixed
Week is light “What Worksheet– Light Behavior Review
energy?” is light Transparent, Worksheet
SC State Worksheet energy?” Translucent, - Day 9.2
Standard: - Write a short Worksheet Opaque Worksheet -
4.P.4A.4 summary Type of
4.P.4A.5 about what Materials
you read.
- Write one
question
that you have
from
the reading.
 Day 2: What is the water cycle?

Name: __________________________________
1. When water is in a gas form it is called water vapor. Use the graphic organizer below to explain
how water vapor is created.
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Next

Finally

2. Look at the image below. Moisture has frozen on the man’s beard. Where might the moisture
have come from?

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3. Next to each term, write what happens during that process of the water cycle.
➢ Evaporation: _____________________________________________________________

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➢ Condensation: ____________________________________________________________

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➢ Precipitation: ____________________________________________________________

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➢ Runoff: _________________________________________________________________

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 Day 3: Water Cycle Writing
Name: ______________________________________
In the space provided below, write a short composition of the journey of a water droplet that travels through the
water cycle. Be sure to include all four parts of the water cycle in your story. As your droplet travels, make sure
that it goes through the water cycle in the correct order/process.

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 Day 4: Create Your Own Water Cycle

Name: _____________________________________________________
Illustrate your own image of the water cycle below. Be sure to label each step of the water cycle. Your
water cycle illustration must include: arrows showing the direction of the water cycle, condensation,
evaporation, precipitation, and runoff. Color your water cycle after it is drawn and labeled.
 Day 5: SCPASS Mixed Review

Name: ______________________________________________________
1. The image below is a diagram of the water cycle. What process is represented by letter A?

A) run off
B) evaporation
C) condensation
D) precipitation

Use the diagram below to answer questions 2 – 6.

2. Following the evaporation stage of the water cycle, the evaporated water
A) is replaced.
B) forms clouds.
C) precipitates to the ground.
D) is stored in a lake or stream.

3. According to the diagram of the water cycle, what happens to the water in the oceans before it
becomes water in the atmosphere?
A) It evaporates.
B) It becomes a liquid.
C) It is sent to the sun.
D) It turns into precipitation.

4. In the water cycle, water vapor evaporates into the atmosphere and forms clouds through
condensation. What happens in the atmosphere to the water in order for the clouds to form?
A) Water drops mix with air pollution to form clouds.
B) The evaporated water warms up and moves closer together.
C) The evaporated water cools and drops get closer together.
D) The sun heats the evaporated water and the water drops move faster.
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5. What is the MAIN reason water from the oceans turns to water vapor, and then evaporates into
the air?
A) ocean breezes
B) changing tides
C) heat from the sun
D) moon's gravitational pull

6. Water in the oceans, rivers, and lakes turns to water vapor which eventually forms a cloud. What is
the next process in the water cycle called?
A) precipitation
B) condensation
C) evaporation
D) transpiration

Use the diagram below to answer questions 7 – 9.

7. Consider the diagram of the water cycle. Assume we have a very cold winter with lots of snow. The
mountain top is piled high with snow. Then it is spring. How will this impact the water cycle model?
A) Run-off will increase.
B) Ground water will decrease.
C) Precipitation will increase.
D) Transpiration will decrease.

8. Precipitation will increase in areas where there is

A) less transpiration and less run-off.
B) lower temperatures and more evaporation.
C) lower temperatures and less evaporation.
D) higher temperatures and more evaporation.
 Day 5: SCPASS Mixed Review

9. Precipitation moves from the clouds to land then back into the ground or a body of water through
a process called
A) condensation.
B) precipitation.
C) run-off.
D) transpiration.

10. What property of light is shown in the picture below?

A) absorption
B) reflection
C) diffraction
D) refraction

11. What property of light is shown in the picture below?

A) absorption
B) diffraction
C) reflection
D) refraction

12. It was field day at school. The sun was bright and the temperature high. Most of the students
wore light colored T-shirts to stay cool because dark colors ____________ most wavelengths found in
white light.
A) absorb
B) reflect
C) refract
D) subtracts

13. What does a prism, a magnifying glass, a microscope, and eyeglasses ALL have in common?
A) They are opaque.
B) They refract light.
C) They reflect light.
D) They are translucent.
 Day 5: SCPASS Mixed Review

14. Reflection is the bouncing of light rays off of a surface. Which situation is NOT an example of
reflection?
A) looking at yourself in a mirror
B) focusing light through a camera lens
C) seeing an image of yourself in a still lake
D) looking at your teacher at the front of the class

15. Three cards with holes are arranged in a straight line. A light is shined through the first card’s hole
and travels through all three cards. What does this tell you about light rays?

A) that light is reflected

B) that light is refractive
C) that light travels in a straight line
D) that light does not travel in a straight line

16. A student places four pieces of construction paper under heat lamps. The papers are black, white,
yellow and navy blue. After thirty minutes, the temperature of each sheet is measured. What would
be the order of the temperature readings from highest to lowest?
A) white, yellow, navy blue, black
B) black, navy blue, yellow, white
C) yellow, white, navy blue, black
D) black, white, navy blue, yellow
 Day 7: What is light energy?

Name: ____________________________________________

1. Why does the visible light spectrum have different colors?

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2. Explain how raindrops and prisms are similar.

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3. Look at the picture below. Light rays refract as they travel from the straw to the water to the
glass to the air. Explain how the straw looks because of refraction.

4. What happens to an object that absorbs a lot of light?

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5. What happens during reflection of light as light hits an object?

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6. In the space below, illustrate the light spectrum and label its colors. (Hint: There are 7 colors:
ROY G BIV)
 Day 8 - Light Activity– Transparent, Translucent, Opaque

Name: _________________________________________________

Look around the house for items that are transparent, translucent, and opaque. Write the name of the
item in the correct column of the chart below. Try to find at least five objects to write under each
column. (Example: You would write window in the transparent column.) Be sure to use the terms and
definitions below to help you.

Transparent – all light is able to pass through an object (example: window)

Translucent – some lift is able to pass through an object (example: wax paper)
Opaque – no light passes through an object (example: brick wall)

Transparent Translucent Opaque

Window Wax paper Brick wall

1. _________________________ 1. _________________________ 1. _________________________

2. _________________________ 2. _________________________ 2. _________________________

3. _________________________ 3. _________________________ 3. _________________________

4. _________________________ 4. _________________________ 4. _________________________

5. _________________________ 5. _________________________ 5. _________________________

 Day 9.1 Worksheet - Light Behavior

Name: ______________________________________

1. Megan bought an orange scarf. Which statement is true about her scarf?
A. Megan's scarf is dispersing orange light. C. Megan’s scarf is refracting orange light.
B. Megan's scarf is absorbing orange light. D. Megan’s scarf is reflecting orange light.

2. Faith completed an activity to find how objects appear when viewed through a glass of water. She
drew a dark arrow on a sheet of paper, and then she viewed the arrow through the glass of water.
Faith then drew a diagram of her observation.

Which property of light is most responsible for the observed change?

A. absorption C. reflection
B. brightness D. refraction

3. A student conducted an experiment to see how refraction would affect the appearance of a plastic
straw in a glass of water. The student conducted his experiment by placing a plastic straw into a glass
that was half filled with water.

Which observation did the student most likely make about refraction?
A. As light passes from the water to the air, it bends, causing the straw to look bent.
B. As light passes from the water to the air, it stretches, causing the straw to appear longer.
C. As light passes from the water to the air, it shortens, causing the straw to appear shorter.
D. As light passes from the water to the air, it widens, causing the straw to appear wider.

4. A student sees that an apple appears red and a leaf appears green when viewed in white light.
Which properties of light allowed the student to view the colors of the apple and leaf?
A. absorption only C. reflection and absorption
B. refraction and reflection D. reflection, refraction, and absorption
 Day 9.1 Worksheet - Light Behavior

5. Eli did an experiment. He looked at some colored wooden blocks in three different places and he
recorded his observations. First, he looked at the blocks in sunlight. The blocks had bright colors. Then
he looked at the same blocks under a lamp in a dark room. The blocks still had bright colors. Next, he
placed the blocks in a cardboard box that had a small hole that he could look through. Eli recorded
that he could not see any of the blocks inside the box.

Why could Eli NOT see the blocks inside the box?
A. The cardboard of the box absorbed all of the light that the blocks made so none could go
through the hole.
B. The hole in the box was too small for light from the blocks to pass through.
C. The cardboard of the box absorbed all of the outside light so the blocks could not reflect light to
his eye.
D. The box reflected darkness to his eye that was stronger than the light.

6. Which is the BEST example of an object that refracts light?

A. eyeglasses C. silver bowl
B. mirrors D. television sets

7. Which part of a camera refracts light?

A. the lens C. the film plane
B. the mirror D. the viewfinder

8. What do the tinted lenses of sunglasses do to the UV rays of the Sun?

A. absorb C. reflect
B. convert D. refract

9. Which of these objects is visible because it reflects light toward the eye?
A. burning candle C. glowing campfire log
B. flashlight bulb D. shiny metallic balloon

10. When a mirror is placed by a fish bowl with a beta fish swimming inside, the beta fish sees what
appears to be another fish. This occurs because of ___________________________
A. absorption. C. reflection.
B. refraction. D. diffraction.

11. Which process causes light to bend and form a rainbow?

A. frequency C. refraction
B. absorption D. reflection
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12. Eyeglasses help a nearsighted person see as a result of

A. absorption.
B. diffraction.
C. reflection.
D. refraction.

13. Which of the following diagrams shows light being reflected?

A. C.

B. D.

14. Which object BEST reflects light?

A. gray door
B. white floor
C. black sweater
D. brown carpet

15. The picture below shows a straw inside a glass of water. The straw appears to bend when viewed
inside a glass of water because light is being

A. reflected.
B. refracted.
C. absorbed.
D. compressed.
 Day 9.2 Worksheet - Type of Materials

Name: __________________________________________________

1. Why is air described as transparent?

A. All light is able to pass through air.
B. Some light is able to pass through air.
C. Most light is able to pass through air.
D. No light is able to pass through air.

2. Study the photograph of a glass filled with water.

According to the photograph, which statement is true about the water and the glass?
A. The glass is translucent, and the water is transparent.
B. The glass is transparent, and the water is translucent.
C. The glass and the water are both translucent.
D. The glass and the water are both transparent.

3. Clarissa noticed that her flashlight could shine through wax paper, notebook paper, and cotton
fabric. However, the light did not shine brightly or make a spotlight on the wall as it did when she
shined the flashlight through glass.

Which statement best explains why the light lacked brightness when shined through a material other
than glass?
A. The wax paper, notebook paper, and cotton are transparent, while the glass is translucent.
B. The wax paper, notebook paper, and cotton are opaque, while the glass is translucent.
C. The wax paper, notebook paper, and cotton are translucent, while the glass is opaque.
D. The wax paper, notebook paper, and cotton are translucent, while the glass is transparent.
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4. Study the illustration of a room.

Which scientific observation about the room is a qualitative observation?

A. Each window is 48 inches wide.
B. The curtains are made from an opaque material.
C. There are three windows in the room.
D. The area of the room is 150 square feet.

5. Why is light unable to pass through a brick wall?

A. Light is unable to pass through brick material because it is opaque.
B. Light is unable to pass through brick material because it is translucent.
C. Light is unable to pass through transparent material.
D. Light is unable to pass through all solid material.

6. Which of these BEST explains why the mailbox casts a shadow?

A. The Sun is very bright.

B. Light waves change direction.
C. The Sun is too far from the object.
D. Light cannot pass through opaque objects.

7. The image to the right shows the shadow of a boy. What causes the shadow?

A. clouds moving above the boy

B. darkness reflecting off the boy
C. light being blocked by the boy
D. light pushing the shadow below the boy
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8. Which of these MOST likely happens when light hits a wooden wall?

A. C.

B.

9. Which list correctly classifies these objects by the way that light passes through them?
A. frosted glass window–translucent; thin fabric curtain–transparent; plywood board–opaque
B. frosted glass window–transparent; thin fabric curtain–translucent; plywood board–opaque
C. frosted glass window–transparent; thin fabric curtain–transparent; plywood board–translucent
D. frosted glass window–translucent; thin fabric curtain–translucent; plywood board–opaque

10. Which word describes fog, dark sunglasses, and a ruby?

A. Transparent B. Opaque C. Gauzy D. Translucent

11. Which of the following is not a transparent material?

A. white plastic milk bottle C. plastic food wrap
B. clear glass juice bottle D. air in the refrigerator

12. Roger is holding three materials in front of his face as shown.

From left to right, what types of materials are these?

A. opaque, translucent, transparent
B. transparent, translucent, opaque
C. translucent, opaque, transparent
D. opaque, transparent, translucent