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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

Which description identifies a plateau?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is High land with a broad, mostly flat top.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A plateau is elevated land with a relatively level surface.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is High land with a broad, mostly flat top.

A plateau is elevated land with a relatively level surface.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

How are a plain and a mountain different?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A plain is mostly flat, while a mountain is high and usually steep..

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: The two landforms differ mainly in elevation and slope.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A plain is mostly flat, while a mountain is high and usually steep..

The two landforms differ mainly in elevation and slope.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Which evidence best identifies an island?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Water surrounds the land on all sides..

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: An island is completely surrounded by water.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is Water surrounds the land on all sides..

An island is completely surrounded by water.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Which map tool would help find the direction from a lake to a mountain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A compass rose.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A compass rose provides directional information on a map.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A compass rose.

A compass rose provides directional information on a map.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Which feature would help protect a coastal town from some wave energy?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is A planned barrier or seawall.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: A well-designed barrier can reduce wave force reaching part of the shore.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A planned barrier or seawall.

A well-designed barrier can reduce wave force reaching part of the shore.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Which feature is water surrounded by land?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is A lake.

  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 a body of water enclosed by land.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A lake.

A lake is a body of water enclosed by land.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Which sequence best explains how a river delta forms?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A river carries sediment, slows near its mouth, and deposits the sediment..

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: Transport followed by slowing and deposition can build a delta.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is A river carries sediment, slows near its mouth, and deposits the sediment..

Transport followed by slowing and deposition can build a delta.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Which statement about Earth’s features is correct?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Landforms can change through uplift, volcanic activity, weathering, erosion, and deposition..

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: Both internal and surface processes can create or reshape Earth features.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is Landforms can change through uplift, volcanic activity, weathering, erosion, and deposition..

Both internal and surface processes can create or reshape Earth features.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Which question can an elevation map help answer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Which place is higher or lower than another place?.

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: Elevation maps provide information about the height of land.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is Which place is higher or lower than another place?.

Elevation maps provide information about the height of land.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Which statement best summarizes Earth’s features?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Landforms and water features have different shapes and locations, and Earth processes can change them over time..

  1. Identify the feature: Look at the shape, location, water connection, or map information in the description.
  2. Use the Earth science clue: The statement connects feature identification, map study, and ongoing Earth change.
  3. Confirm the classification: The correct choice is Landforms and water features have different shapes and locations, and Earth processes can change them over time..

The statement connects feature identification, map study, and ongoing Earth change.

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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.