Science - Test Your Skills

Year 4 Animals Including Humans – Digestion

1. The girl below is wearing an apron to show parts of the digestive system.
Draw an X to show the part that is the stomach.

1 mark

2. Josh is finding out about the digestive system. Tick one box to show why
we need a digestive system.

To control how the body moves.

1 mark

To break down food for the body to absorb.

To give support to the body.

To transport blood around the body.

3. Josh has some cards labelled with parts of the digestive system.

Write 1 to 5 to show the correct path through the parts of the digestive
system. The first one has been done for you.
1 mark

mouth large intestine oesophagus

small intestine stomach

4. Canines, molars and incisors have different jobs. Draw three lines below
to match each type of tooth to its main job in humans.

canine bites and cuts food 1 mark

molar chews and grinds food

incisor rips and tears food

5. Label the type of teeth shown on the image below:

1 mark

6. The number of butterflies in Britain is gradually getting smaller.

Tick two boxes to show what is likely to cause the number of butterflies
to get smaller.
1 mark
There are fewer butterflies because there are...

more houses being built on woodland and grassland.

more schools with wildlife areas.

fewer predators eating caterpillars and butterflies.

fewer plants which butterflies feed on being grown in gardens.

fewer diseases among the butterflies.

7. Circle one organ from the digestive system below:

oesophagus heart liver lungs 1 mark

Describe the role of this organ:

8. Some children see four living things in a rock pool.

Which one is a producer in a

food chain?
1 mark

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9. The shape of animals’ teeth can be different because they eat different
things.

1 mark

A lion has long, sharp canine teeth for eating meat.

How do canine teeth help the lion to eat meat?

A cow has large, flat molar teeth for eating grass.

How do molar teeth help the cow to eat grass?

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