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Grade 4 Earth’s Features Practice Test

Build Grade 4 Science skills with five 10-question practice tests on mountains, plateaus, plains, valleys, islands, rivers, lakes, coastlines, maps, elevation, and Earth surface changes.

Earth’s Features Practice Tests

These Grade 4 Science practice tests help students identify landforms and water features and use maps to describe Earth’s surface. Students study mountains, plateaus, plains, valleys, islands, peninsulas, rivers, lakes, coastlines, elevation, and the processes that shape features over time.

Skills covered

  • Identifying common landforms and water features
  • Using map keys, symbols, scales, compass roses, and elevation information
  • Describing rivers, watersheds, glaciers, bays, waterfalls, and groundwater
  • Connecting landforms to uplift, volcanism, weathering, erosion, and deposition
  • Using maps and observations as evidence of Earth changes
  • Comparing the shapes, locations, and elevations of Earth features

How to use these practice tests

Focus on the defining shape or location of each feature. Use the map legend, scale, compass rose, and elevation information when a map is described. Then connect the feature to the Earth process that may have formed or changed it.

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Grade 4 Earth’s Features Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 4 Science practice test on landforms, water features, maps, elevation, rivers, coastlines, and Earth surface changes.

Read each description or map situation and choose the answer that best identifies the landform, water feature, map tool, or Earth process.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Where does a river usually begin?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is At a source such as a spring, lake, or melting snow.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A river source is where the river begins.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is At a source such as a spring, lake, or melting snow.

A river source is where the river begins.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a river mouth?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The place where a river flows into a lake, sea, or ocean.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A river mouth is where its water enters a larger body of water.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is The place where a river flows into a lake, sea, or ocean.

A river mouth is where its water enters a larger body of water.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a watershed?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is An area of land that drains water to a common river, lake, or other outlet.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A watershed includes land whose runoff flows to the same water system.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is An area of land that drains water to a common river, lake, or other outlet.

A watershed includes land whose runoff flows to the same water system.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a lake?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A body of water surrounded by land.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A lake is inland water surrounded by land.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A body of water surrounded by land.

A lake is inland water surrounded by land.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a glacier?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A large, slow-moving mass of ice on land.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: Glaciers are large bodies of ice that move slowly across land.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A large, slow-moving mass of ice on land.

Glaciers are large bodies of ice that move slowly across land.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What is an ocean?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A very large body of salt water.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: Oceans are the largest connected bodies of salt water on Earth.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A very large body of salt water.

Oceans are the largest connected bodies of salt water on Earth.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a bay?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A part of a sea or lake that is partly surrounded by land.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A bay is a body of water that reaches into land and is partly enclosed.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A part of a sea or lake that is partly surrounded by land.

A bay is a body of water that reaches into land and is partly enclosed.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a waterfall?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Water dropping over a steep edge in a river or stream.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A waterfall forms where flowing water drops over a steep change in elevation.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is Water dropping over a steep edge in a river or stream.

A waterfall forms where flowing water drops over a steep change in elevation.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a tributary?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A smaller stream or river that flows into a larger river.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A tributary adds water to a larger river.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A smaller stream or river that flows into a larger river.

A tributary adds water to a larger river.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Where is groundwater found?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is In spaces and cracks below Earth’s surface.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: Groundwater is water stored underground in soil and rock spaces.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is In spaces and cracks below Earth’s surface.

Groundwater is water stored underground in soil and rock spaces.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 4 Earth’s Features

What is a landform?

A landform is a natural feature of Earth’s solid surface, such as a mountain, plain, valley, plateau, or canyon.

What can an elevation map show?

An elevation map can show how high or low different places are and help readers compare the shape of the land.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 4 Earth’s Features questions in total.