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1 Daily Skill-Builders Science & Technology Grades 4 5 Writer Sasha Rancourt-Thomas Editorial Director Susan A. Blair Project Editor Holly Moirs Cover Designer Roman Laszok Interior Designer Mark Sayer Production Editor Maggie Jones WALCH PUBLISHING

2 Table of Contents SCIENCE AS INQUIRY PHYSICAL SCIENCE LIFE SCIENCE Daily Skill-Builders Science & Technology Grades 4 5 EARTH SCIENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE

3 Classmate Clues The information below was collected in a classroom survey. Read the information, and answer the questions that follow. Number of students who have blue eyes: 5 Number of students who have green eyes: 3 Number of students who have brown eyes: 6 Number of students who have hazel eyes: 2 1. Organize the information that was collected in the table below. 2. What is the dominant eye color in the class? 3. Why do you think that eye color occurs most often in the class? Science as Inquiry 1

4 Survey Superstars Design a survey to obtain information about your classmates. Use the process described below. Answer each question in a complete sentence. 1. What would you like to know about your classmates? (shoe size, favorite food, and so forth) 2. How are you going to collect the information? (ask, hand out survey, and so forth) 3. How are you going to organize this information? (table, graph, pie chart, and so forth) 4. What do you think you will find out from your survey? (Favorite food is pizza, most common shoe size is a four, and so forth.) 2 Science as Inquiry

5 Conducting a Survey Answer the questions below. 1. What is the purpose of a survey? 2. How would you collect data? Give a detailed description. 3. How would you organize data? Give a detailed description. Science as Inquiry 3

6 Mineral Matchup Match each mineral to its definition. Write the letter of the correct definition on the line provided. 1. silicate 2. nonsilicate 3. carbonate 4. sulfate 5. halide 6. oxide 7. sulfide 8. sialic silicate 9. simatic silicate 10. ore mineral a. a compound that contains chlorine or fluorine together with sodium, potassium, or calcium b. a mineral containing units of oxygen and silicon atoms c. a mineral that has enough of a particular element in it to be worth mining d. a compound made up of oxygen and one or more other elements e. a mineral that does not contain both silicon and oxygen f. a silicate rich in magnesium and silicon g. a compound containing a unit consisting of one carbon atom surrounded by three oxygen atoms h. a silicate mineral rich in silicon and aluminum i. a compound containing one or more metals combined with sulfur j. a compound containing a unit that is made up of one sulfur atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms Earth Science 93

7 Mineral Properties Define each property that is used to identify minerals. 1. hardness: 2. streak: 3. luster: 4. cleavage: 5. fracture: 6. specific gravity: 94 Earth Science

8 Rocks On! Answer the following using complete sentences. 1. Name the three major rock groups, and briefly describe how each is formed. 2. Name two types of igneous rocks, and compare and contrast them. 3. Describe the three ways that sedimentary rocks are formed, and name one rock formed by each of the three kinds of sediment. 4. Name the two forces that produce metamorphic rock, and explain how each occurs. Earth Science 95

9 Cloud Creations There are three types of clouds: cirrus, cumulus, and stratus. In the boxes below, draw a sketch of each type of cloud. List three facts about each on the lines provided. 1. stratus: a. b. c. 2. cumulus: a. b. c. 3. cirrus: a. b. c. Earth Science 135

10 Zoologist A zoologist is a type of scientist. Use a textbook or reference materials to answer the questions below. 1. Is zoology a branch of biology or chemistry? 2. What does a zoologist study? 3. If you were a zoologist, where would you work? 4. Do you think you would like to be a zoologist? Why or why not? 5. Draw an illustration of something you would do if you were a zoologist. 162 The History and Nature of Science

11 Botanist A botanist is a type of scientist. Use a textbook or reference materials to answer the questions below. 1. Is botany a branch of physics or biology? 2. What does a botanist study? 3. If you were a botanist, where would you work? 4. Do you think you would like to be a botanist? Why or why not? 5. Draw an illustration of something you would do if you were a botanist. The History and Nature of Science 163

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