Assessment 1

                                                                             Assessment 1
SECTION A
Instruction: Each question is followed by four options, A, B, C and D. Choose the correct
answer.

1 Which of the following is not a basic need of an animal?
A Water
B Air
C Light
D Food

2 The figure below shows a fish bowl which has a layer of oil on the surface of the water.
What will happen after a week?

A The fish will grow bigger.
B The fish will compete for food.
C The fish will compete for mate.
D The fish will die.


3 Mei Lin covered some mushrooms with an opaque box. After several days, she removed the
opaque box and noticed that the mushrooms still grew well. This shows that…
A mushrooms do not need light to grow.
B mushrooms are unable to live in dark places.
C mushrooms are able to produce their own food.
D mushrooms can live without light and air.

4 Which of the plants in the above figure reproduce through spores?
A P only
B P and Q only
C Q and R only
D Q, R, and S only

5 The figure below shows plants that have been placed in sunlight. What happens if the plant is not watered for a few days?

A The leaves will be more green.
B The size of the leaves will increase.
C The plants will wilt.
D The plants will produce roots on the stems to absorb water from the air.

6 The flies and the lizard in the above figure will die because they do not get…
A water.
B food.
C air.
D enough space.

7 Seeds need all of the following to germinate, except…
A water.
B soil.
C air.
D heat.

8 Which of the following helps the excretion of waste products from the body?
A Exercising
B Sleeping
C Reading
D Talking

9 Which one of the following animals gives birth?
A Lizard
B Bat
C Cockroach
D Grasshopper


10 The figure below shows a pair of human organs of excretion labeled X.
What waste is excreted from the organs labeled X?

A Sweat
B Urine
C Carbon dioxide
D Solid waste

11 The animal shown in the picture above will grow into a…

A mosquito.
B frog.
C butterfly.
D grasshopper.

12 A frog can breathe in water and on land because it has two different breathing organs, which
are…
A the lungs and moist skin.
B the lungs and gills.
C the lungs and air tubes.
D the gills and air tubes.

13 Which of the following animals reproduces in the same way as the animals above?
A A stingray
B A penguin
C A dolphin
D A turtle

14 Which of the following animals can be classified in groups X and Y, based on how they
breathe?

           X                 Y
A Tadpole    Cockroach
B Chicken    Caterpillar
C Frog          Dragonfly
D Prawn       Worm


15 Which of the following plants reproduce in the same way?

A I and II only
B I and III only
C I and IV only
D III and IV only

16 Which of the following plants reproduce in the same way?
I Tapioca                  II Rose
III Sugar cane          IV Croton

A I and II only
B I and III only
C II and IV only
D I, II, III, and IV

Snake

Centipede

Scorpion

17 The animals in the list above protect themselves by…
A camouflage.
B pretending to die.

C producing a smell.
D using a sting.

18 The part marked X in the above diagram is used…
A for finding food.
B for protecting themselves.
C for easy movement.
D for locating predators.

19 The polar bear can survive in a cold and icy habitat because…
I it has very thick fur.
II its fur is white.
III it has a thick layer of fat under its skin.
A I and II only
B I and III only
C II and III only
D I, II, and III

20 Rubber trees can reduce water loss during the drought season…
A by having its leaves folded.
B by shedding its leaves.
C by having latex produced in the stem.
D by shedding bark from the stem.


SECTION B
Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 The figure below shows that three different grasshoppers are immersed in water.
(a) Predict the results of this experiment after two hours.
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(b) State your inference based on the observation in (a).
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(c) Name the following variables.
i. Manipulated variable: ________________________________________________________________
ii. Responding variable:
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(d) What is the conclusion of this experiment?
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2 The figure below shows the apparatus set up by a group of students in an experiment.
(a) What is the purpose of this experiment?
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(b)
i. State an observation can you make from this experiment.
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ii. Give an inference for your answer in (b)i.

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(c) What is the conclusion can you make from this experiment?

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3 The pictures below show three types of animals which have specific characteristics for protecting themselves from enemies.

(a) Name one specific characteristic of animal P which protects it.

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(b) What is animal R doing?

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(c) What are the specific characteristics of animal Q which cause enemies to stay away from it?

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4 A pupil puts a yam leaf and a lime leaf together with a caterpillar in a glass container as shown in the figure below. After a day, the lime leaf is completely eaten by the caterpillar while the yam leaf is not eaten.

(a) What is the aim of this experiment?

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(b) State one inference based on the observation.

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(c) What is the importance of having poisonous leaves to the yam plant ?

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(d) Name one other plant that has the same specific characteristic as the yam plant.

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