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PELITA HATI NATIONAL PLUS SCHOOL

Jalan Karimata 66 Jember, (0331) 323 444

Science Paper Semester 1 Examination

Grade 4 For Teacher’s Use
Name:..................................... Page Mark
Additional material: Pen, Pencil
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper. 3

You should show all your working on the question paper. 4

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1. Which of the following are properties of matter?

(1) It can be seen
(2) It has mass
(3) It takes up space
(4) It can be felt

A. (1) and (2) only

B. (2) and (3) only
C. (3) and (4) only
D. (1), (2), (3) and (4)
Answer:________________

2. Eduardo puts ice cubes to a glass of cola. Identify and name which object are solid,

liquid, and gas!

Solid: _____________

Liquid: ____________

Gas: ______________

3. Which statement that correctly describes both gases and liquids?

A. Their shapes stay the same in any container.

B. Their shapes change when they are in different containers.
C. Their volumes stay the same in any container.
D. Their volumes change when they are in different containers.
Answer: ____________

4. The picture below shows the melting of an ice cube.

The ice cube changed because it

A. cooled.
B. warmed.
C. hardened.
D. evaporated. Answer: ____________

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5. Messi said there is matter in the bowl. What is the matter?

A. Air B. Ice
C. Sand D. Water
Answer: ____________

6. Four materials are put into small containers. These materials are then moved from
the small containers into larger containers. Which material will spread out to
completely fill a larger container?

A. Air B. Ice
C. Sand D. Water
Answer: ____________

7. What physical factors do animals need from their environment in order to survive?
(mention 3)
a. ___________________________

b. ___________________________

c. ___________________________

8. Which unit is used to measure how warm or cool the air is?
Put a ring one!

Grams Kilometers Degrees Celcius Cubic centimeters

9. An ice cube was put in a pan and placed in a warm room for one hour. Identify two
physical properties of the ice cube that will change as it melts to a liquid
a. ______________________________________________________________

b. ______________________________________________________________

10. Number the stages in order that they happen in living things
____ death

____ growth

____ reproduction

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____ birth

11. Study the table below

Student’s Obsevation of Characterstic

Organism Characteristic 1 Characterictic 2

W Teeth Scales

X Reproduce Grows

Y Hair Moves

Z Feathers eats

A student records observed characteristics for four organisms. Based on this

student’s observations, which organism has two characteristics of all living things?
Answer: Organism___________

12. Candle A and B, have the same size. Candle B was lit and burned for an hour. After
the hour, the candles were measured, as shown in thediagram below.

How many centimeters shorter is candle B

after it burned for an hour?

Answer:
__________________________________

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13.

Which animal is most like classified as ones above?

A. B.

C. D.

Answer: __________________

14. a. Number the stages in as they happen!

a. After the frog eggs hatch, they become ________________________

b. While tadpoles use gills to breathe underwater, adult frogs use

_______________________ to breathe on land

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15. The diagram below shows the life cycle of butterfly.

c. What is the stage indicated by letter C?

______________________________________________________________
d. At which stage of life cycle of butterfy is it considered a pest to farmers?
Why?
______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

16. The diagrams below show what happens to a lever balance each time two objects
are placed on it

A
B C
B

D D

C A

Which object is the lightest?

Shade one!

A B C D

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17. Two groups of matter are shown below.

Matter

Group A Group B
Oil Steam
Alcohol Oxygen
Orange juice Carbon dioxide

a. State one difference between the two groups of matter

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

b. State two similarities between the two groups of matter.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

18. a. What is a thermometer used for?

__________________________________________________________________

b. Give an example of the uses of thermometers?

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

19. a. Explain the difference between heat and temperature?

____________________________________________________________________

b. How does heat travel?

____________________________________________________________________

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20. Which instrument below that measures mass?

A. B.

C. D.

Answer:_____________

21. There are many different kinds of habitat, such as in grass, under the ground, in
trees, in ponds or river, on the seashore, and in ocean.
Observe and draw a line between each animal and its habitat below
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22. Complete the following table using the helping words given in the box.

adult butterfly pupa three

caterpillar cockroach four nymph

Butterfly Cockroach

The Life cycle of a butterfly has The Life cycle of a cockroach has
__________ stages __________ stages

A _____________ hatches from a A _____________ hatches from a cockroach

butterfly’s egg egg

A caterpillar grows and develops into A young cockroach grows and develops
a_____________ into an _____________ cockroach

A _____________ crawls and feeds on

A _____________ has no wings and cannot
leaves. A _____________ neither moves
fly. An adult cockroach has _____________
nor feeds.
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wings and can fly

23. Mention the organisms (animal and plant) that live in every habitat below!
(mention at least 3)

a) Pond habitat: ___________________________________________________________

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b) Seashore habitat: ________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

c) Desert habitat: ___________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

d) Artic habitat: ____________________________________________________________

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e) Leaf litter habitat :________________________________________________________

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