THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL, DUBAI

END OF TERM ASSESSMENT – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018

SUBJECT : SCIENCE DATE: 4/12/ 2018
MAX.MARKS: 50 TIME: 1HOUR 30 MIN

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YEAR & SECTION 3...
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SUBJECT TEACHER

A Read the following questions choose the correct option and tick (√) one box

1.Which of these plants did not get sunlight?

a. Plant A
b. Plant B
c. Plant C
d. Plant [1]

2. Which of the following sentences are true? Tick TWO boxes.

a. The roots of a plant take in water

b. The roots of a plant make seed
c. The roots make food for the plant.
d. The roots anchor the plant [2]

3. Mrs. Alan puts two bird feeder in her garden.

She puts sunflower seeds in one bird feeder and corn in the other.
Which question is Mrs. Alan trying to answer?

a. Which type of food do birds eat most of?

b. Which bird feeder holds the most food?
c. Which type of food keeps the birds the healthiest
d. Which garden do birds visit most? [1]
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4. What do the results in the table show?

Plant Growth over

1 week (cm)
1 5
2 3
3 2
4 1

a. plant 1 grew the most.

b. plant 2 grew the most.
c. plant 3 grew the most.
d. plant 4 grew the most. [1]

5. A cow eats grass. Grass has to make its own food.

When grass makes its own food it does not need. --------
a. Insects
b. sunlight
c. water
d. air [1]
Think and write
6.This plant is healthy and growing well.
It is put in a dark cupboard for a month. It is kept warm and watered well.

What will happen to the plant? why?

Plant leaves will turn yellow and die after few days.

7. The thick woody stem of a tree is called a trunk.

Give ONE function of the trunk of the tree.

Trunk of tree give support to the plant and help it stand staright.

The trunk of the tree carries water to all parts of the plant.
[1]
8.Match the following: Write your answers in center column.

Animals Way of Feeding

1. cow a. filter
2. Blue whale b. swallow
3. lizard c. gnaw
4. rabbit d. chew [4]
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9.Which food groups gives energy to the body? Tick Two (√) correct boxes
a. fats b. carbohydrates

c. proteins d.. vitamins [2]

10.An omnivore is an animal that eats: Tick (√) the correct box

a. only plants b. other animals

c. plants and animals both d. none of the above [1]

11.Group these animals according to their movements

Deer, snake , parrot , kangaroo, shark, crab, cheetah, frog

fly crawl jump swim run slither

parrot crab kangaroo shark cheetah snake
frog deer
[4]
12.Sort these animals into vertebrates and invertebrates
lion fish tiger snail
Human butterfly earthworm insects

Invertebrate Vertebrate
snail tiger
butterfly fish
earthworm lion
insects human
[4]

B13. Read the following Scientific Literacy Passage and answer the questions below.

Bones and muscles

Bones support the human body. They are the structure on which the skin hangs. Without
bones the body would collapse. Bones provide shape support and protection for the body.

In the front of the body the bony rib cage covers the chest. Underneath are the heart and
lungs. The ribs are bones which protect the heart, lungs and stomach in case of injury.

The skull protects the brain. Bones store minerals needed by other parts of the body. When
a person gets much older, the bones start to weaken. The minerals begin to disappear from
the bones.

Bones work with muscles and joints. They allow movement in the body. The place where
two bones come together is called a joint. The knee joint is the biggest and strongest joint in
the body. Ligaments link bones together at the joints. They are very strong and can
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stretch. Muscles are attached to bones by tendons. The muscles and bones together help in
movement of the body. The whole bone structure of the body is called the skeleton. The
skull protects the brain, eyes, face, jaw and ears.

Knees, hands, feet and legs all have different kinds of bones. Arm bones are connected at
the top to the collarbone and shoulder bone. They are connected at the bottom to the hand.
Leg bones are attached to the spine at the top by the group of bones called the pelvis. The
upper part of the leg is the thigh bone. It forms part of the knee. The lower part of the leg is
made up of two bones. They are attached to the foot at the bottom.

The bones grow and change over time. A baby is born with three hundred bones. Some of
these bones can join together. By the time a person becomes an adult, he will have only
about two hundred and six bones.

1.Bones give

a. support to the body b. shape to the body

c. size to the body d. None of these [2]

2. Bones move with the help of the

a. Skeleton,

b. Joints

c. muscles [1]

3. Bones store

a. fats b. minerals

4.The skull protects our brain [2]

5. A baby has 300 bones
6. An adult has 206. bones [2]
7.Bones grow and change over time………..( True or False) [1]

8.Write one function of ribs?

Ribs protect our heart and Lungs..
[2]
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14. Label the poles on these magnets:

a. Magnets attracting each other

N S N S

b. Magnets repelling each other

S N N S
[2] [2]

15 Pick the correct answer from the given words and fill in the blanks.

force, method, hypothesis, repel, axis, substances

a Magnetism is a Force of nature.

b. The way that scientists think about problems is called the scientific method

c. Scientists make a Hypothesis before they do an experiment to think about what might
happen.

d. Magnets can repel or push away objects as well as attract objects.

e. Earth spins around an imaginary line in the center of the earth called an axis .[5]

16. Bar magnets have 2 poles. What are they? Tick (√) one box

a. north and south b. red and white

c. east and west d. red and green
[1]
17.Where is the pushing or pulling force of a magnet strongest? Tick (√) one box
a. in the middle of the magnet

b. at the end of the magnet

c. same all the way through the magnet [1]

18.Does distance strengthen or weaken a magnets ability to attract a piece of iron

Tick (√) one box
a. strengthen
b. weaken
c. all of these [2]

19. Which of the following is non-magnetic? Tick (√) two boxes

a. aluminum Foil b. plastic bottle

c. paper Clips d. Iron Nail [2]

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20.The table below shows the results from a test comparing the strength of different
magnets. What can you conclude?
Use the table to answer the question.
Magnet Number of paper clips
A 3
B 17
C 11
D 8

a magnet A is stronger than all the magnets.

b magnet B is stronger than magnet C.
c. magnet D is the weakest of the four magnets.
d. magnet D is twice as strong as Magnet A [1]

21.List two facts about magnets.

1. Magnet has 2 poles
2. Magnetic forces are strongest are strongest at the poles.
3. Magnets attract only few metals such as Iron, Cobalt or Nickel. [2]