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Year Six Science Assessment

1) Mammals are warm-blooded, have fur or hair, don't lay eggs and give milk to their babies.

Put a tick or cross in each box if the animal shown is a mammal or not.

Chicken Deer Snake

Polar Bear Giraffe Crocodile

2) Draw a food chain in the box, using the information below. (You do not need to spend time
drawing the animals, if you wish, just write their names in the boxes.)
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3) Carefully read through the questions on this dichotomous key. Use the key to identify the wasp in
the picture (or on display)

BRIGHT YELLOW
AND BLACK?

YES NO

HORNET
EVENLY SPACED
STRIPES?

YES NO

FIELD DIGGER SPOTS ON

WASP ABDOMEN
(BODY)?

YES NO

GERMAN WASP COMMON WASP

The wasp is a _______________________________________________

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4) All living things can be identified by seven key signs - seven things that all living things do. Mrs
Gren was a way to remember them!. Write down four of them here - you will be given extra credit for
using the correct scientific terms!

I _______________________________

Ii _______________________________

Iii _______________________________

Iv _______________________________

5) Tick the best habitat for each of these living things…

rabbit hutch pond field

Penguin pond desert ice-cap

Lion zoo jungle savanna

Dragonfly pond ice-cap zoo

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6) a) Label this polar bear to show 2 adaptations that help it survive in its environment.

b) Label this eagle to show 2 adaptations that help it survive in its environment.
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7) Jim collected some berries like these.

a) Berries contain seeds. Why do plants produce seeds?

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b) Not all berries can, but these can be eaten. Tick the main reason plants produce berries like these?

To help spread the seeds To look pretty

when animals eat them

To protect the plant from For people to eat

birds and animals

8) Jenny noticed that the berries in her garden were often red. She carried out an investigation. She
hung 50 red, 50 blue, 50 green and 50 yellow beads in the bushes in her garden. Then she asked Jim to
find as many as he could in 2 minutes.
This table shows how many he found of each colour:

a) Which colour of bead was

easiest to spot?

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b) Jim and Jenny think the

colour of the beads might
have something to do
with the colour of the berries
Why do think many berries
turn red when they are
ready to be eaten?

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8) Number the life cycle below to show the correct order for this plant.
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9) Label this flowering plant to show the basic parts.

10) a) Which part is most related to the process of reproduction? ___________________

b) Which part is most related to the process of photosynthesis? __________________

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