GRADE: 5

SUBJECT: NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

TERM ONE
FORMAL ASSESSMENT TASK (FAT) 2

Name: ________________________________________________________

Class: __________________________ Date: _______________________

School: _____________________ Teacher: _________________________

Learner’s Learner’s %
FAT Activity/Form
mark

2. Test

TOTAL 30
 “Name of School”
Term 1 Grade: 5
March Natural Sciences and Technology Time: 60 minutes
Test Marks: 30

Knowledge Strands: ___Life and Living and Structures___

Write your name here: ___________________________________Class:_________________

Instructions

1. Answer all the questions on the question paper.

2. Use a pen for writing.
3. All drawings must be done in pencil.

Question 1

Read each question and make a circle around the letter A, B, C or D that is the correct
answer:

1.1 The stages in the life of a living thing is called a …

A. sequence
B. life cycle
C. food chain
D. time line. (1)

1.2 Which of the following animals is a carnivore?

A. Kangaroo
B. Sheep
C. Lion
D. Giraffe. (1)
(2)

Question 2

Match the definitions in column A with the word in column B.

Write the letter from column B as your answer in the middle column.

2. COLUMN A Answer COLUMN B

2.1 Begins to sprout or grow into a seed A. Habitat
2.2 The place where two or more bones meet B. Germination
2.3 Substances that help living things to grow C. Strut
2.4 The natural home of a plant or animal D. Joint
2.5 A part of a structure that helps to support E. Nutrients
a load
F. Shelter
G. Shell
(5)

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Question 3

3.1 Identify which are frame or shell structures in the pictures below.

Write in the word shell or frame in the space provided below each picture
(a) (b) (c) (d)

(4)

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Question 4

4.1 Use the words in the table below and identify the numbered parts of the human
skeleton.

Write down the correct label in the space labeled (a), (b) and (c) on the diagram
below.

Femur Pelvic / hip bone Clavicle / collarbone Spine

Skull
(a)

Humerus / upper arm Ribs

(c)

(b)

Tibia

(3)

4.2 Different parts of the skeleton have a function.

What is the function of the skull? (2)

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(5)

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Question 5

The diagrams below show four living things found in a forest.

Study the diagrams and answer the questions that follow.

Owl Oak tree Black bird Caterpillar

5.1 Complete the food chain of these four living things.

Do not redraw the living things; only write the names in the correct order starting
after the oak tree.

(a) (b) (c)

Oak tree (1)

5.2 Why do we call an oak tree a producer? (2)

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5.3 Which living thing in the food chain is an insect? (1)

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5.4 Farmers spray their trees with chemicals to kill insects.

Suggest how chemicals sprayed on the trees get into the insects. (2)

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5.5 The diagram below shows a barn owl.
Barn owls hunt for small animals such as mice.

Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow.

Eye Wings

Beak

Claws

(a) Give two ways shown on the diagram that makes the barn owl suited for catching
small animals. (2)
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(b) Barn owls build nests in farm buildings.

Many old farm buildings have been knocked down so that houses can be built on
the farmland.

Suggest one reason why this has caused the number of barn owls to decrease. (1)

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(c) Suggest one reason why farmers like to have barn owls on their farms. (1)

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__________________________________________________________________ (10)

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Question 6

Study the life cycle of the chicken and the butterfly and answer the questions that
follow.

Egg

Hatching

Chicks Adult
butterfly

Eggs Adults

Chrysalis
Caterpillar
Rooster (Pupa)
Hen (Larva)

Life cycle of a chicken Life cycle of a butterfly

6.1 (a) Identify and write down the vertebrate in the pictures. (1)

_____________________________________________________________________

(b) Give a reason for your answer. (1)

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6.2 Differentiate between the life cycle of the chicken and the butterfly. (2)

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_____________________________________________________________________ (4)

Total: 30 Marks

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 WCED NST
Grade 5 Term 1 – March
MEMORANDUM

Question 1
1.1 B (1)

1.2 C (1)
(2)

Question 2
2.1 B
2.2 D
2.3 E
2.4 A
2.5 C (5)

Question 3

(a) Frame Structure 

(b) Shell structure 
(c) Shell structure 
(d) Frame Structure  (4)

Question 4
4.1
(a) Clavicle / collarbone 
(b) Fermur 
(c) Pelvis / hip bone  (3)

4.2 The skull: Protects  the brain  / eyes / middle and inner ear (2)
(5)

Question 5
5.1
(a) Caterpillar
(b) Blackbird
(c) Owl  (Note: The living thing must be in correct order for 1 mark) (1)

5.2 It makes food  by photosynthesis  (2)

5.3 Caterpillar 
(1)
5.4 Insects eat  leaves of trees  (2)

5.5
(a) large or sharp claws or nails 
large or strong or sharp beak 
large eyes or eyes that face forward
wings for hovering (Any two) (2)

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(b) Fewer places to lay eggs 
Fewer places to nest
They lay fewer eggs
Less food for owls
Owls can be frightened by traffic or people
Loss of habitat (Any one) (1)

(c) They catch or kill mice  (1)

(10)

Question 6
6.1
(a) Chicks / hen / rooster (Any one)  (1)
(b) Has a backbone  (1)

6.2
Chicken goes through three stages  in life cycle and butterfly has four stages 
OR
Butterfly goes through metamophasis  and the chicken does not  (2)
(4)

TOTAL 30

MARK WEIGHTING FOR GRADE 5 TERM 1 TEST

Cognitive levels Teaching Suggested Time

Topics Low Middle High time in mark
50% 35% 15% weeks allocation
Plants and
animals on 3 2 2 2.5
Life & Living & Structures

earth
Animals 18
4 2 1.5
skeleton
TERM 1

Skeletons as
structures
1 4 2.5 60 minutes

Food chains 2 3 2 1.5

12
Life cycles 2 3 2

10 weeks

12 14 4
TOTAL 10 30 Marks
Marks Marks Marks

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