Name / Class : __________ / ____

Date ______________

P4 SCIENCE FINAL SEMESTER 1 EXERCISE

A. Put a cross (x) to the correct answers.
1. ______ is the smallest unit of life.
a) Organ
b) Human
c) Cell
2. Living things that are made up of only one cell is called ______ .
a) multicellular
b) unicellular
c) cellular
3. We have to check the ______ date of a packaged food before we buy or eat it.
a) expiry
b) expire
c) end
4. The example of multicellular organisms is ______ .
a) elephant
b) bacteria
c) yeast
5. The place where two bones meet is called ______ .
a) joint
b) muscle
c) skeleton
6. The ______ connect our mouth with our stomach.
a) anus
b) gullet
c) intestine
7. The digestion process is completed in the _____ .
a) small intestine
b) large intestine
c) anus
8. ______ have a non-woody stem and the stem is succulent and self-supporting.
a) Shrubs
b) Grasses
c) Herbs
9. The yellow parts on the surface of a strawberry is the ______ .
a) fruits
b) leaves
c) seeds
10. ______ can cause swelling of the mouth when eaten .
a) Pongpong tree
b) Dumbcane
c) Allamanda
11. In order to make tyres, we need ______ from rubber tree.
a) latex
b) rubber
c) stem
12. The example of fruits with one seed is ______ .
a) watermelon
b) avocado
c) honey dew
13. The larva of a housefly is called ______ .
a) maggot
b) nymph
c) wriggler
14. The animal that is hunted and eaten is called ______ .
a) predator
b) prey
c) food
15. The potato plant can grow from part called ______ .
a) seed leaves
b) shoot
c) tuber
16. When the seedling develops _____, it starts to make its own food.
a) leaves
b) stem
c) roots
17. An opening in the earths surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock and gases to escape from
below the surface is called ______ .
a) landslide
b) volcanic eruption
c) earthquake
18. ______ is a volcanic rock formed when lava is cooled.
a) Magma
b) Lava
c) Pumice
19. Joyce placed some seedlings in a black box with 2 openings as shown in diagram K below. A week
later, she observed that the seedlings grew out of the openings as shown in Diagram L.

a) there was insufficient air in the box

b) the seedlings grew towards light

c) there was not enough space in the box
20.

The kidney beans in the bag will not germinate as they do not get any ______ .
a) water
b) light
c) warmth
21. Four seeds are grown under different conditions as shown in the table below.

Which seed is not likely to die but will grow well ?

a) F
b) G
c) H
22. Bryan dropped 2 mugs, A and B. Mug A broke into pieces but Mug B did not. Which one of the
following shows correctly what Mug A and B made from ?
a) A = metal ; B = plastics
b) A = metal ; B = glass
c) A = glass ; B = metal
23. Which of the following materials is the best placed over your head to provide some shelter when you
walk in the rain ?
a) cloth
b) newspaper
c) cardboard
24. Steven says, K can scratch L but L cannot scratch K. what can you conclude from Stevens
statement ?
a) K is harder than L
b) K is more flexible than L
c) K is stronger than L
25. A boy threw a wooden pencil, coin and a nail clipper into a basin of water. Which object would most
likely float on water ?
a) wooden pencil
b) coin
c) nail clipper
26. Water and oil are ______ liquids.
a) immiscible
b) miscible
c) soluble
27. ______ is a measure of the amount of water vapour in the air.
a) Atmospheric pressure
b) Humidity
c) Temperature
28. A material that has a lower density will ______ in / on water.
a) fly
b) sink
c) float
29. Example of waterproof materials is ______ .
a) nylon
b) cotton
c) paper
30. In mosses, the spores are contained within ______ at the top of the plant.
a) spore bags
b) spore capsules
c) spore boxes
B. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers from the boxes.
Desert

Lungs

Additive

Barometer

Invertebr
ate

Conife
rs

Mamm
al

Moist skin

Stirring

Population

Microscop
e

Ductili
ty

Product

Miscible

Sodium

Chlorofluorocarb

Larva

Mosse

label

ons

Heart

Deindustrialisa
tion

Hygromet
er

Ferns

s
Vertebrat
e

1. The only vertebrates that give birth is _________________ .

2. The body covering of an amphibian is _________________ .
3. Animals are divided into 2 main groups, they are _________________ and _________________
.
4. A group of plants that produce cones is called _________________.
5. Spores are found in spore bags in _________________ and in the spore capsules of
_________________ .
6. A butterfly moults several times as it grows at _________________ stage.
7. The ozone layer become thinner because of the use of gasses called _____________ .
8. The nutrition facts on the product labels that tells us the amount of salt in one serving of the food
is _________________ .
9. We can read the _________________ to find out information about the food.
10. The ribcage helps us to protect our _________________ and our _________________ .
11. Food _________________ are added to food to maintain its quality and improve its taste and
appearance.
12. We must use _________________ to see cells because cells are very small in size.
13. _________________ are very dry places that receive very little rainfall every year.
14. _________________ is a group of living things of the same kind that live together and reproduce
at given place and time.
15. Soda and water are called _________________ liquids.
16. A _________________ is the tool that measures how humid or dry the air.
17. _________________ refers to the ability of a material to be pulled into wire.
18. A _________________ is the tool that measures atmospheric pressure.
19. One of the action of man that can cause the slow environmental change are ________________ .
20. One of the factors that affect the rate of solubility is _________________ .
C. Essay.
1. Mention and explain the classification of animal based on their food ! (3)
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2. Mention the examples of the rapid environment changes ! (3)
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3. Mention 2 ways to take care our skeletal and muscular systems !
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4. Mention 3 main parts of a seed !
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5. Draw a life cycle of a housefly !