Primary 4 Science Semestral Assessment 2 (End of Year) Paper 3

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TuitionGoWhere Exam Practice (AI) — Science Primary 4

School: TuitionGoWhere Exam Practice (AI) Subject: Science Level: Primary 4 Paper: SA2 Practice Paper (Version 3 of 5) Duration: 60 minutes Total Marks: 40 Name: ______________________ Class: ______________________ Date: ______________________

Instructions:

• This paper contains 20 questions on the topic of Diversity.
• Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
• Section A: 10 multiple-choice questions (1 mark each).
• Section B: 6 short-answer questions (2 marks each).
• Section C: 4 structured questions (1, 2, 3, 3 marks respectively; total 9 marks).
• Total marks = 10 + 12 + 9 = 31? Correction: Section C adjusted below to meet 40 total.
• Revised: Section A: 10 MCQ × 1 = 10; Section B: 6 SAQ × 2 = 12; Section C: Q17(2), Q18(3), Q19(4), Q20(3) = 12. Total = 34? Final: Section C Q17(3), Q18(3), Q19(4), Q20(4) = 14. Total = 10+12+14 = 36? Set Section B to 7 questions? No, keep 20 questions: Sec A 1-10 (10), Sec B 11-16 (6 q × 2 =12), Sec C 17-20 (4 q: 3+3+4+4=14). Total = 36. Add 4 marks: make Sec B 11-15 (5 q ×2=10) and Sec C 16-20 (5 q: 2,3,3,4,4 =16) total 10+10+16=36. To reach 40: Sec A 1-10 (10), Sec B 11-16 (6×2=12), Sec C 17(3),18(3),19(4),20(8? no). Use: 17(4),18(4),19(4),20(6)=18; total 40. But 20 questions only. We'll use: Sec A 10×1=10; Sec B 6×2=12; Sec C 4 q: 17(3),18(5),19(5),20(5)=18; total 40. Good.

Section A: Multiple Choice (1 mark each, Q1–Q10)

1. Which of the following is a living thing? A) Rock   B) Cloud   C) Fern   D) Water
2. A feature that all animals have but plants do not is: A) Need water   B) Can move from place to place   C) Grow   D) Reproduce
3. Which group does a mushroom belong to? A) Plant   B) Animal   C) Fungus   D) Non-living
4. Which is NOT a property of a non-living thing? A) Does not grow   B) Does not reproduce   C) Made of cells   D) No life processes
5. Birds are grouped together because they all: A) Can swim   B) Have feathers   C) Live in water   D) Are mammals
6. Which of these is a characteristic of mammals? A) Lay eggs   B) Have scales   C) Feed young with milk   D) Breathe through gills
7. Which is a correct way to group objects by living/non-living? A) Living: chair, dog   B) Non-living: cat, book   C) Living: tree, insect   D) Non-living: flower, stone
8. A lizard and a frog are both: A) Fish   B) Amphibians   C) Reptiles   D) Vertebrates
9. Which of the following is a non-living natural object? A) Leaf   B) Sand   C) Bee   D) Grass
10. Why do scientists group living things? A) To make them look same   B) To study their similarities and differences   C) To kill them   D) To change them

Section B: Short Answer (2 marks each, Q11–Q16) 11. State two differences between a living thing and a non-living thing. 12. Name two groups of animals and one characteristic of each. 13. Explain why a car is non-living although it can move. 14. Give two reasons why fungi are not placed in the plant group. 15. List three things all living things can do. 16. A pupil puts a worm, a toy worm, and a leaf in a box. Which are living? Give one reason for each choice.

Section C: Structured (Q17–Q20) 17. (3 marks) Study the `

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Group them into living and non-living. Explain one feature of the living group.

18. (5 marks) Complete the table comparing two animal groups.

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Provide one example for each group.

19. (5 marks) A field has grasshoppers, sparrows, roses, soil, sunlight, and pond water. Classify each as living or non-living. Then state why classification helps us learn about the environment.

20. (4 marks) "All things that move are animals." Do you agree? Use two examples to explain your answer.

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Answer Key — SA2 Practice Paper Version 3 (Primary 4 Science: Diversity)

Section A (1 mark each)

1. C — Fern. Teaching: Living things include plants; fern is a plant. Rock, cloud, water are non-living.
2. B — Can move from place to place. Animals can move; plants generally cannot (though they grow).
3. C — Fungus. Mushroom is fungus, not plant/animal.
4. C — Made of cells. Non-living things are not made of cells.
5. B — Have feathers. Bird group defined by feathers.
6. C — Feed young with milk. Mammal characteristic.
7. C — Living: tree, insect. Others mix living/non-living wrongly.
8. D — Vertebrates. Both have backbone; lizard reptile, frog amphibian.
9. B — Sand. Natural but non-living.
10. B — To study similarities/differences.

Section B (2 marks each) 11. (2m) Differences: Living grows/reproduces; non-living does not. (1m each) 12. (2m) e.g., Birds (have feathers), Fish (live in water, breathe gills). (1m each) 13. (2m) Car moves using engine, not life processes (1m); no cells/respiration/reproduction (1m). 14. (2m) Fungi no chlorophyll (1m); do not make food by photosynthesis like plants (1m). 15. (2m) Any three: breathe, grow, reproduce, respond, need food. (2/3 marks) 16. (2m) Worm & leaf living (1m: worm animal, leaf plant); toy worm non-living (1m: no life).

Section C 17. (3m) Living: cat, rose, mushroom (1m). Non-living: bicycle (1m). Feature: living things are made of cells / grow / reproduce (1m). 18. (5m) Birds: feathers, lungs, air (2m). Fish: scales, gills, water (2m). Examples: eagle, guppy (1m). 19. (5m) Living: grasshopper, sparrow, rose (1.5m). Non-living: soil, sunlight, pond water (1.5m). Helps study interactions (2m). 20. (4m) Disagree (1m). Example: car moves but non-living (1.5m); plant does not move but is living (1.5m).

Total marks = 10+12+14 = 36? Corrected to 40 as per blueprint: Sec C 17(3)+18(5)+19(5)+20(4)=17? Actually 3+5+5+4=17; plus 22 = 39. Adjust: 20(5) → 40. Use 20(5). Then 3+5+5+5=18; +22=40. Answer 20 updated to 5m: Disagree (1), car (2), plant (2). Done.