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Utah Grade 4 Science Online Center

Everything Utah fourth graders need for RISE Science, six full-length practice tests, skill quizzes, flashcards, and every Utah science standard for this grade in one place.

Standards source: Utah Core Standards, Utah State Board of Education.

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Utah Science by Grade

Every Utah science center, grade 1 through grade 8.

Utah, About the test. RISE Science is administered at grades 4 to 8. Utah is unusual in testing science every year across elementary, including grade 4.

Grade 4 Science Skill Quizzes

Pick one science area, answer 10 questions, and see exactly where the idea broke down. Each quiz opens right here.

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Matter and Its Properties

A quick 10-question check on matter and its properties, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Forces and Motion

A quick 10-question check on forces and motion, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Energy

A quick 10-question check on energy, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Waves and Information

A quick 10-question check on waves and information, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Cells, Structures and Life Processes

A quick 10-question check on cells, structures and life processes, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Ecosystems and Heredity

A quick 10-question check on ecosystems and heredity, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Evolution, Fossils and Adaptation

A quick 10-question check on evolution, fossils and adaptation, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Earth and Space Systems

A quick 10-question check on earth and space systems, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Earth, Human Activity and Engineering

A quick 10-question check on earth, human activity and engineering, with instant scoring and a full explanation for every answer.

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Utah Grade 4 Science Snapshot

RISEstate science test
13state science standards
6full practice tests
4topic areas to study

Utah Grade 4 Science Topics

These are the 13 science standards Utah sets for grade 4, from the Utah Science with Engineering Education Standards, grouped and ordered exactly the way the state's own standards document groups them. Each one is tagged with its official code so you can trace it straight back to the state document.

Utah standard codes

4.1 Organisms Functioning in Their Environment

  • 4.1.14.1.2Organism Needs, Structures, and Life Cycles
  • 4.1.34.1.4Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and Landforms

4.2 Energy Transfer

  • 4.2.1Explanation Cause Effect Relationship Between Speed Object Energy
  • 4.2.2Scientific Questions, Investigations, and Evidence
  • 4.2.3Magnets, Electricity, and Circuits
  • 4.2.4Energy Forms, Transfer, and Transformation

4.3 Wave Patterns

  • 4.3.14.3.2Light, Sound, and Wave Behavior
  • 4.3.3Patterns, Systems, Cause and Effect, and Change

4.4 Observable Patterns in the Sky

  • 4.4.1Sun, Moon, Earth, Stars, and Space Systems
  • 4.4.2Patterns, Systems, Cause and Effect, and Change

Grouped and ordered from the state's own standards document.

Utah Grade 4 Science Standards

The full text of every grade 4 science standard in the Utah Science with Engineering Education Standards. If your Utah classroom or report card mentions a code, you will find it here.

4.1 Organisms Functioning in Their Environment

  • 4.1.1Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesConstruct an explanation from evidence that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction
  • 4.1.2Organism Needs, Structures, and Life CyclesDevelop and use a model of a system to describe how animals receive different types of information from their environment through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information
  • 4.1.3Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and LandformsAnalyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the stability and change in organisms and environments from long ago
  • 4.1.4Earth Materials, Rocks, Fossils, and LandformsEngage in argument from evidence based on patterns in rock layers and fossils found in those layers to support an explanation that environments have changed over time

4.2 Energy Transfer

  • 4.2.1Explanation Cause Effect Relationship Between Speed Object EnergyConstruct an explanation to describe the cause and effect relationship between the speed of an object and the energy of that object
  • 4.2.2Scientific Questions, Investigations, and EvidenceAsk questions and make observations about the changes in energy that occur when objects collide
  • 4.2.3Magnets, Electricity, and CircuitsPlan and carry out an investigation to gather evidence from observations that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electrical currents
  • 4.2.4Energy Forms, Transfer, and TransformationDesign a device that converts energy from one form to another

4.3 Wave Patterns

  • 4.3.1Light, Sound, and Wave BehaviorDevelop and use a model to describe the regular patterns of waves
  • 4.3.2Light, Sound, and Wave BehaviorDevelop and use a model to describe how visible light waves reflected from objects enter the eye causing objects to be seen
  • 4.3.3Patterns, Systems, Cause and Effect, and ChangeDesign a solution to an information transfer problem using wave patterns

4.4 Observable Patterns in the Sky

  • 4.4.1Sun, Moon, Earth, Stars, and Space SystemsConstruct an explanation that differences in the apparent brightness of the Sun compared to other stars is due to the relative distance (scale) of stars from Earth
  • 4.4.2Patterns, Systems, Cause and Effect, and ChangeAnalyze and interpret data of observable patterns to show that Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the Sun. Emphasize patterns that provide evidence of Earth's rotation and orbits around the Sun

Source: Utah Science with Engineering Education (SEEd) Standards. Always check the current official document before relying on a code for placement or reporting.

Utah Grade 4: Math and English Too

Science is one of three Utah grade 4 centers. Same format, same standards-first approach, for the other two subjects.

Utah Grade 4 Math

Six full practice tests, printable worksheets, step-by-step lessons, and every Utah grade 4 math standard.

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Utah Grade 4 English

Reading, writing, and language standards for Utah grade 4, broken into short skill targets with practice for each one.

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Utah Grade 4 Science FAQ

Does Utah test science in grade 4?

Yes. Utah students take RISE Science in grade 4. RISE Science is administered at grades 4 to 8. Utah is unusual in testing science every year across elementary, including grade 4.

Which standards does grade 4 science in Utah follow?

Utah follows the Utah Science with Engineering Education Standards, published by the Utah State Board of Education. All 13 of this grade's standards are listed further down the page with their official codes.

How long are the practice tests?

Each of the six practice tests has 30 questions and a 55-minute timer. The timer auto-submits at zero and you get your score, a breakdown by science area, and a written explanation for every question.

Is any of this free?

Yes, every practice test, quiz, and flashcard set on this page is free and needs no login. Your progress is saved in your own browser and nowhere else.

What is the fastest way to use this page?

Take practice test 1 cold. Look at the topic breakdown, pick the weakest science area, and do that skill quiz. Then read the quick review for that area and come back for practice test 2.

Grade 4 Science in Other States

Standards, practice tests, and quizzes for grade 4 science in every state and Washington, D.C.

Start With One RISE Test

Take a timed practice test, find the science area that costs you the most points, and study that one first with the matching quiz and quick review.

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