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1st Term Examination 2024-2025

Subject: Science Key Stage: 5

Class: 5 Duration: 1hr

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1. Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Draw a circle around the letter of the correct answer.

a. Which of these materials does sound travel through best?

A. Wooden door

B. Water

C. Air

b. Which of these is a non-flowering plant?

A. rose

B. orange tree

C. pine tree

c. Which variable do you change during an investigation?

A. Dependent variable

B. Control variable

C. Independent variable

d. Food is mixed with digestive juices in the _________________:

A. Mouth

B. Small intestine

C. Stomach

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e. To play high pitches on the flute you have to:

A. Blow as hard as you can

B. Putting your fingers in one or more of the holes

C. Putting your fingers in none of the holes

f. The process in which pollen travels from the anther to the stigma of the flower:

A. Seed dispersal

B. Germination

C. Pollination

g. Which of the following is not a stringed instrument?

A. Guitar

B. Flute

C. Violin

h. Which food group gives us energy?

A. Fibre

B. Protein

C. Carbohydrates

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2. Label the parts numbered a–e of the human digestive system.

a. __________________________________________________________

b. __________________________________________________________

c. __________________________________________________________

d. __________________________________________________________

e. __________________________________________________________

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3. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

Vibration Nectar Sound level meter Balanced diet Stamen

Ear defenders Saliva Germination Seed Dispersal Adaptation

a. A sweet liquid that attracts insects to flowers. _____________________________

b. Something that blocks sound. ______________________________

c. Device that is used to measure sound volume. _____________________________

d. Male part of a flower. ______________________________

e. The right kinds of food and amount of food we need to eat. ___________________________

f. A liquid in the mouth that contains a digestive juice. _______________________________

g. The spread of seeds from a parent plant. ___________________________

h. The way something is suited to its function or environment. ____________________________

i. The process of when a seed starts to grow. _____________________________

j. Moving backwards and forwards very fast. _____________________________

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4. The bar chart shows the quantity of different food groups in Arun’s school lunch. Use the graph to answer
the questions.

a. Which food group does Arun’s lunch contain most of?

_____________________________________________________________________________

b. Why do we need this group?

_____________________________________________________________________________

c. Why does Arun need protein?

_____________________________________________________________________________

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 d. Which food group is missing from Arun’s lunch?

_____________________________________________________________________________

e. Why do we need the missing food group?

_____________________________________________________________________________

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5. Marcus is playing on the recorder.

a. What kind of instrument is the recorder?

_____________________________________________________________________________

b. How does Marcus play high notes on the recorder?

_____________________________________________________________________________

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6. Label all the parts of the flower.

a. _________________________________

b. _________________________________

c. _________________________________

d. _________________________________

e. _________________________________

f. _________________________________

g. _________________________________

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7. Answer the following short answer questions.

a. What is the difference between a non-flowering plant to a flowering plant.

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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b. What organ in the body absorbs all the nutrients?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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c. How does the pollination process happen?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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d. What are two things a seed needs in order to grow?

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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8. Write down true or false for each of these statements.

a. The variable that does not change during an experiment is called the control variable.

___________________________

b. Sound travels best through water. _____________________________

c. Piano is one of the most high-pitched wind instruments. __________________________

d. Volume tells us how loud or quiet a sound is. ___________________________

e. Pollination occurs right after seed dispersal. __________________________

f. Vitamins and minerals are not good for us. _________________________

g. Calcium is the food group that builds our bodies and makes us grow. _________________________

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9. Write the following processes that happen in the digestive system in the correct order from a to f.

Food swallowed and pushed down the oesophagus.

Food broken into very small particles.

Food chewed into small pieces.

Undigested food removed.

Food mixed with digestive juices.

Food particles absorbed into the blood.

a. ____________________________________________________________________________

b. ____________________________________________________________________________

c. ____________________________________________________________________________

d. ____________________________________________________________________________

e. ____________________________________________________________________________

f. ____________________________________________________________________________

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10. Shakira is playing the guitar.

a. What type of musical instrument is the guitar?

____________________________________________________________________________

b. Do the thicker or thinner strings give a lower pitch?

____________________________________________________________________________

c. If Shakira wants to play a higher pitch, does she make the string tighter or looser?

____________________________________________________________________________

d. What do we call the part of a guitar we tighten and loosen the string with?

____________________________________________________________________________

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