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Science questions, unit 3
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Living things and non-living things

30 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Ask a grown-up to help you mark the written answers.

Section A: objective questions

16 marks
Choose the best answer for each question.
1

Question 1

Which one is a living thing?
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B
A duck is alive. A rock, a hut and a waste bin are non-living.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 18
2

Question 2

Which one is a non-living thing?
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C
A car is not alive.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 19
3

Question 3

Diagram 1 shows a park. Which one is non-living?
A park with a tree, a bird, a lotus, a duck, a frog, flowers, a rock and a hut
Diagram 1
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D
The rock is non-living. The frog, lotus and bird are living things.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 18
4

Question 4

Which is a characteristic of living things?
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B
Living things breathe, need water and food, move, reproduce and grow.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 20
5

Question 5

An egg becomes a chick and then a chicken. Which characteristic is this?
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A
The egg, chick and chicken show that living things grow.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 21
6

Question 6

Diagram 2 shows a bird and an aeroplane. Both can move. How is the bird different?
Two boys watch a bird and an aeroplane fly
Diagram 2
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C
A bird needs water and food. An aeroplane does not.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 22
7

Question 7

Diagram 3 shows five animals. Which is the biggest?
Elephant, gaur, deer, wild cat and rat with their names
Diagram 3
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C
The elephant is the biggest animal.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.1.2
Textbook p. 24
8

Question 8

Look at Diagram 3 again. Which animal is smaller than the deer?
Elephant, gaur, deer, wild cat and rat with their names
Diagram 3
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B
The wild cat is smaller than the deer. The gaur and the elephant are bigger.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 3.1.2
Textbook p. 24
9

Question 9

Living things need food, water and
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D
The basic needs of living things are food, water and air.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.2.1
Textbook p. 26
10

Question 10

What do humans and animals do with air?
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A
Humans and animals need air to breathe.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.2.1
Textbook p. 26
11

Question 11

How do plants get their food?
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C
Plants make their own food.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.2.1
Textbook p. 26
12

Question 12

Diagram 4 shows a cave and a house. Why do humans and animals need shelter?
A house and a cave protect from rain and heat, a house and a cage protect from danger
Diagram 4
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D
Shelter protects humans and animals from rain, heat and danger.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.2.2
Textbook p. 27
13

Question 13

A man is tired. He eats a meal and can lift a box. What does food give him?
A tired man eats and then lifts a box
Diagram 5
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A
Food gives energy.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.2.3
Textbook p. 27
14

Question 14

Animals die when there is no water. What does this show?
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A
Water is the basic source of life.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 3.2.4
Textbook p. 28
15

Question 15

Two cups have mung beans. Cup A is given water. Cup B is dry. After 3 days, which cup has beans that germinate?
Steps: label containers A and B, drop water on A, place mung beans in both
Diagram 6
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B
Seeds need water to germinate, so the beans in Cup A grow.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 3.2.1
Textbook p. 29
16

Question 16

A balloon moves in the air and gets bigger when we blow it. Why is it NOT a living thing?
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D
A balloon does not breathe, need water and food, or reproduce.
For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 23

Section B: structured questions

14 marks
Answer all questions. Circle the answer or write it in the space.
17

Question 17

Circle living or non-living.
[1 mark] (a)A tree is
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living
[1 mark] (b)A bench is
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non-living
[1 mark] (c)A cat is
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living
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 19
18

Question 18

Name the characteristics of living things.
[1 mark] (a)Write one characteristic of living things.
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (b)A car can move. Is a car a living thing?
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No
A car moves but does not breathe, need food or reproduce.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.1.1
Textbook p. 20
19

Question 19

Diagram 7 shows four plants.
A coconut tree, a banana plant, paddy and grass
Diagram 7
[1 mark] (a)Which plant is the biggest?
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (b)Which plant is the smallest?
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Tick each point you got.
[2 marks] (c)Arrange the plants from small to big.
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Start with the smallest.
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 3.1.2
Textbook p. 25
20

Question 20

Choose the correct answer.
[1 mark] (a)Humans and animals drink water to quench their
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thirst
[1 mark] (b)Plants make their own
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food
[1 mark] (c)A house protects us from rain, heat and
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danger
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 3.2.1
Textbook p. 26
21

Question 21

A horse is a foal when it is young. It eats food every day and becomes a big horse.
[1 mark] (a)Name the characteristic of living things shown here.
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Tick each point you got.
[1 mark] (b)Why does the horse need food?
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Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard 3.2.3
Textbook p. 27