ST. MARK’S SR. SEC.

PUBLIC SCHOOL
CLASS-IV
SCIENCE WORKSHEET-1

Ques 1: Choose the correct answer from the given options:

a) Photosynthesis is the process by which the plants make food for______________.
i) animals ii) humans iii) themselves

b) Plants manufacture food with the help of _______________ .

i) oxygen, carbon dioxide and sunlight
ii) carbon dioxide, sunlight and water
iii) oxygen, sunlight and water

c) Sweet potato is an underground part in which food is stored. Where is the food prepared in this
plant?
i) leaves ii) fruit iii) stem

d) In which of the following processes is oxygen released in the air ?

i) photosynthesis ii) respirartion iii) transpiration

e) Which part of the plant takes in carbon dioxide from the air ?
i) roots ii) stomata iii) leaf veins

f) Water and carbon dioxide combine to form glucose and oxygen in the process of
photosynthesis. What is the role of chlorophyll?
i) to absorb solar energy ii) to look beautiful iii) to break water and carbon dioxide into oxygen

Ques 2: A child studied the importance of certain factors in photosynthesis. He took a potted plant
and kept it in the dark for over 24 hours. In the early hours of the next morning, he covered centre
part of one of the leaves with black paper. Then he placed the plant in sunlight for a few hours and
tested the leaf which was covered with black paper for starch.

a. What aspect of photosynthesis was being investigated?

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b. During the starch test:

1. Why is the leaf boiled in water?
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2. Why is the leaf boiled in alcohol in a water bath?

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c. What will the child observe after the starch test?

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 ST. MARK’S SR. SEC. PUBLIC SCHOOL
CLASS-IV
SCIENCE WORKSHEET-2

Ques 1: Choose the correct answer from the given options:

1. Which of these ways to wash the car saves the most water?
(a) Wash it in the driveway with the garden hose
(b) Drive it into the lake
(c) Take it through a car wash that recycles water

2. Which materials are hard to remove from the polluted water?

(a) sand (b) plastic (c) dissolved salts

3.Which of the following will lead to a reduction in the availability of groundwater?

a) afforestation b) rainwater harvesting c) building concrete roads

4. In a solution of lemon juice in water-

a) water is solute b) lemon juice is solute c) water is both solute and solvent

5. When we add coconut oil in water it-

a) is soluble in water b) sinks in water c) changes into vapours d) is insoluble in water

Ques2: The water purifier at your home suddenly stops working. How will you purify the water so
that no germs are left in it?

Ques3 : Ragini observed that her grandmother added alum to the dirty water and after sometime
poured it gently through a clean thin cloth into another vessel. Explain why her grandmother
carried out these steps?

Ques 4: Seema asked her father why he had added chlorine tablet to the overhead water tank.
What reason do you think he must have given?

Ques5: Label the diagram and write when this process is done.

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