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Science questions, unit 4

Humans

28 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

10 marks
Choose the best answer for each question.
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Question 1

Which body part do we use to see?
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C
We see with our eyes. This is the sense of sight.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 4.1.1
Textbook p. 32
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Question 2

The skin gives us which sense?
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A
We feel with our skin. This is the sense of touch.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 4.1.1
Textbook p. 32
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Question 3

Diagram 1 shows three body parts. Which sense do we use with picture a?
Three pictures: a is a tongue, b is a finger touching, c is an ear
Diagram 1
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D
Picture a is the tongue. The tongue gives us the sense of taste.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 4.1.1
Textbook p. 39
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Question 4

Which sense do we use to hear the school bell?
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B
We hear with our ears. This is the sense of hearing.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 4.1.1
Textbook p. 32
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Question 5

Zaki says, "The lollipop tastes sweet." Which body part does he use?
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C
We taste with our tongue.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 4.1.1
Textbook p. 31
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Question 6

How many human senses are there?
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B
There are five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 4.1.1
Textbook p. 32
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Question 7

Diagram 2 shows four fruits. Which fruit is sour and oval?
A sapodilla, an apple, an orange and an ambarella
Diagram 2. Sapodilla: sweet, oval. Apple: sweet, round. Orange: sour, round. Ambarella: sour, oval.
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D
The ambarella is sour and oval. The orange is sour but round.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 4.1.2
Textbook p. 34
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Question 8

Look at Diagram 2 again. Which two fruits belong to the sweet group?
A sapodilla, an apple, an orange and an ambarella
Diagram 2. Sapodilla: sweet, oval. Apple: sweet, round. Orange: sour, round. Ambarella: sour, oval.
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A
The apple and the sapodilla are sweet. The orange and the ambarella are sour.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 4.1.2
Textbook p. 34
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Question 9

There is a power failure and it is dark. Linda finds her torch. Which sense does she use?
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C
It is dark, so she cannot see. She feels for the torch with her hands. This is touch.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 4.1.4
Textbook p. 37
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Question 10

Which object helps the eyes to see clearly?
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B
Spectacles help the eyes to see clearly. A hearing aid helps the ears.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 4.1.4
Textbook p. 38

Section B: structured questions

18 marks
Answer all questions. Circle the answer or write it in the space.
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Question 11

Diagram 3 shows three body parts.
Three pictures: a is a tongue, b is a finger touching, c is an ear
Diagram 3
[1 mark] (a)Name the body part in picture a.
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[1 mark] (b)Name the body part in picture c.
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[1 mark] (c)Picture b shows the skin. Which sense does it give us?
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Touch
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 4.1.1
Textbook p. 39
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Question 12

Diagram 4 shows four fruits.
A sapodilla, an apple, an orange and an ambarella
Diagram 4. Sapodilla: sweet, oval. Apple: sweet, round. Orange: sour, round. Ambarella: sour, oval.
[1 mark] (a)Which fruit is sweet and round?
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[1 mark] (b)Which sense do we use to find out that a fruit is sour?
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Taste
[2 marks] (c)Write the names of the two sour fruits.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 4.1.2
Textbook p. 34
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Question 13

Diagram 5 shows six objects. Dina sorts them into soft things and hard things.
Clay, a bell, a cupcake, a whistle, a sponge and a marble
Diagram 5
[1 mark] (a)Name one soft object.
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[1 mark] (b)Name one hard object.
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[1 mark] (c)Which sense does Dina use to tell soft from hard?
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Touch
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 4.1.5
Textbook p. 35
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Question 14

Diagram 6 shows four things. We use our nose to sort them by smell.
A bottle of perfume, a block of shrimp paste, a bin of garbage and a rose
Diagram 6
[1 mark] (a)Name one thing that has a nice smell.
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[1 mark] (b)Name one thing that has a bad smell.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 4.1.2
Textbook p. 39
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Question 15

Diagram 7 shows Linda in a dark room.
Linda in a dark room reaches out her hands to find a torch on the floor
Diagram 7
[1 mark] (a)Which sense can Linda not use well in the dark?
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Sight
[1 mark] (b)Which sense does she use to find the torch?
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Touch
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard 4.1.4
Textbook p. 37
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Question 16

Diagram 8 shows two objects that help our senses.
A pair of spectacles and a hearing aid
Diagram 8
[1 mark] (a)Which object helps us to see clearly?
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[1 mark] (b)Which sense does the hearing aid help?
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Hearing
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard 4.1.4
Textbook p. 38
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Question 17

In the dark, Linda feels a hard, long thing with a round end. She says, "It is my torch."
[1 mark] (a)Which sense tells her the thing is hard and long?
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Touch
[1 mark] (b)Why can Linda not tell the colour of the torch in the dark?
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For the teacher: Applying, high difficulty, standard 4.1.4
Textbook p. 37