Candiidus International School

Assessment - I
Science
Date: 28/07/2022 Time: 30 minutes
Grade: VI Max. Marks: 20

A. Choose the correct word from the list to match each description. You can use each
word once, more than once or not at all. (5 X 1 = 5 M)
air carbon dioxide chlorophyll chloroplast
oxygen soil stomata veins
a. This gas is used by plants in photosynthesis. ____________
b. This gas is made by plants in photosynthesis. ____________
c. Plants get their water for photosynthesis from here. ____________
d. This green pigment absorbs energy from sunlight. ____________
e. These tiny holes in a leaf allow gases to diffuse in and out. _____________

B. A farmer carried out an experiment to find out how adding different amounts of
nitrate containing fertiliser affected the amount of grain that she harvested from her
wheat crop. The graph shows the results. (7M)

a. What yield of grain did the farmer get if she did not add any fertiliser? (1M)
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b. The farmer decided that there was no need to add more than about 60 kg
of fertiliser per hectare. Explain how the results of the experiment support
her decision. (Remember that fertiliser is expensive.) (2M)

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c. Explain why the yield of grain increases when nitrate-containing fertiliser
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d. Name one mineral, other than nitrate, that plants need for healthy growth.
Explain why they need this mineral. (2M)
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C. Choose the correct answer: - (4 X 1 = 4M)

The diagram shows the carbon cycle.

1. Carbon is an important element for all living organisms. What process allows plants to
take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and convert it into glucose and oxygen?

a. Respiration b. Photosynthesis c. Decomposition d. Transpiration. ( )

2. Which of the following best explains where fossil fuels come from?
a. Fossil fuels are formed when dead plants and animals are exposed to high
pressure and low temperatures over 10–20 years.
b. Fossil fuels are formed when organic matter is burnt.
c. Fossil fuels are formed from the excretions of decomposers after they have
broken down dead organisms.
 d. Fossil fuels are formed when dead plants and animals are exposed to high
pressure and high temperatures over millions of years. ( )
3. Decomposers, like the fungi, release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. What
biological process carried out by these decomposers’ releases carbon dioxide?
a. Degradation ( )
b. Transpiration
c. Ventilation
d. Photosynthesis
e. Respiration
4. What role do fungi have in the carbon cycle? ( )
a. Fungi act as decomposers and break down carbon-containing organic matter.
b. Fungi photosynthesize and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
c. Fungi consume other organisms that contain carbon and excrete it to recycle it.
d. Fungi store large amounts of carbon and can be burnt as fuel sources.

D. Answer any TWO of the following questions: - (2 X 2 = 4 M)

1. Explain why sea level is predicted to rise.
2. a. Draw a food chain with one plant and three animals in it.
b. The arrows in your food chain represent energy passing from one organism to the
next. Do they also show how carbon atoms pass from one organism to the next?
3. Outline two different ways in which the asteroid collision 67 million years ago would
have made it difficult for plants and animals to survive.

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