STUDEN

Mary Mugure Kuria CLA

T NAME:

ONLINE TEST 1

[SCIENCE GRADE 4 ] TERM [2]

PAPER [1] EXAM DURATION: [2 hours]

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS: [ruler, compass] MARKS [ /40]

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

1 Students answer on the Question Paper only.
2 Write your name and class on the top of this page, where mentioned.
3 Use a dark blue or black pen (or pencil where necessary) to write your
answers.
4 Write your answer to each question in the spaces provided.
5 Consider any additional instruction(s) as given by the teacher.
 1 The human body has a skeleton.

(a) Label the bones of the skeleton

A __ frontal bone_________

B _ribs____________________

C ___ilium__________________

D _______femur _____ [4]

(b) What is attached to the arm bone to make it move?

(a) exoskeleton (b) pair of hands (c) pairs of muscles (d) skin

___c. pairs of muscles ______________________ [2]

 2. The skeleton has many functions. Draw a line to match each part of the
skeleton to each function.

part of the skeleton function

Leg bones Protects the

heart

Rib cage Enables

movement

Jaw Gives shape to

the head

Skull Supports the

mouth

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3. Safia draws a model to show the particles in an object.

(a) What phase of matter is this object?

__solid_______________________ [1]
(b) Which statement about particles is correct?

A. particles do not move

B. particles move in a solid and in a liquid
C. particles only move in a liquid
D. particles only move in a solid

_C. has the correct answer________ [1]

(c) Solids and liquids have properties. Which of these statements is true or
false.

Statement True or False

Solid have fixed shape ___true_________________

Liquid have fixed shape ____false________________

Solid can be compressed ___false _________________

Liquid can be compressed __true__________________

[4]

(d) Some solids behave like liquids

Describe how the sand is behaving like a liquid.

 ___the sand is pouring like a liquid and is taking the shape of the hands
_______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
[2]

4. Write the correct words in the spaces within the sentences below using the
words in the box below.

particles liquid melt gas solid

matter melting point boiling point

 Everything consists of _____matter________________. All matter

consists of ___particles_______________.
 If the particles are closely parked so that they can only move a little
bit, the substance is a _solid _________________
 If the particles are more loosely parked so that they can slide over
each other, the substance is a _liquid_________________
 If the particles are far apart and move a lot, the substance is a
__gas________________
 Heating causes a solid to _melt_________________ and change
from solid to __liquid_________________
 Cooling causes a liquid to __melt_______________. For example,
water changes into ice.
 The temperature at which a substances melts is called the _melting
point_____.
 The temperature at which a substances changes from liquid to gas
__boiling point______________________
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4. Carlos puts a substance into a beaker.

Carlos:

a. measures the temperature of the substance

 b. heats the substance for 8 minutes

c. measures the temperature every minute. Here are his results.

time in minutes temperature in °C

0 20
1 25
2 25
3 40
4 55
5 70
6 85
7 100
8 110

(a) Describe the pattern in the results.

______the minutes are going in numbers and the temperature is going in 5’s_

[1]

(b) The substance melts at 1 minute. What is the temperature at 1 minute?

_______________25 oC

[1]

5. Angelique investigates exercise.

heart rate monitor

 (a) She measures her heart rate using a heart rate monitor. She runs

for five minutes.What equipment does she need to measure the five

minutes?

A. measuring tape B. ruler C. stop-watch D. thermometer

_a stop-watch_________________________ [1]

6. Match each word to its meaning.

Habitat Surroundings

Environment Making the environment dirty

Identification Using something again

key

Pollution A way of sorting animals

Recycling Where animals live

[5]
(b) Make a list of human activities that can damage our environment.

1. _ High quantity of Exhaust gases __________________________

2. _ High number of industries such as mining ______________

3. _ disforestation ___________________________________[3]

(c) Write down two ways in which you can protect your own environment.

1. _Minimize food wastage __________________________

2. Conserve water ___________________________________

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7. Medicines are a type of drug

There is information about the medicine on the bottle. Oliver must read this
information before he uses the medicine.

Give two reasons why

1. __So that he knows if it is the correct medicine he is taking

__________________________________________________

2. _and for him to know how to use it

___________________________________________________
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(b) Not all drugs are medicines (Explain)

_medicines are drugs that make you feel better while other change your body in
some way

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