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Grade 4 · Science · Unit 5 of 7

Energy on the Move

How energy moves and how we sense it

What your child practises

Practises energy sources, how energy moves from a source to an object or living thing to cause action, and how people use their senses to detect heat, light and sound.

Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT Science and Technology K–6 (2004), Life science · energy transfer from sources, and using the senses to detect energy in action

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which sense detects sound?

    • sight
    • taste
    • hearing

  2. Question 2

    When you plug in a lamp, what does the electricity do?

    • It makes the room cold
    • It stays in the plug
    • It gives energy for light

  3. Question 3

    A car moves when its engine uses…

    • fuel
    • grass
    • paper

  4. Question 4

    A phone charger moves energy from the outlet to…

    • the lamp
    • the phone's battery
    • your hand

  5. Question 5

    Which sense do you use to detect heat from a campfire?

    • touch
    • hearing
    • taste

  6. Question 6

    A thermometer helps us detect…

    • smell
    • heat (temperature)
    • sound

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