PART A — THE HUMAN BODY (Unit 1)
Circulatory System
1. The circulatory system carries food, oxygen, and:
A. electricity
B. carbon dioxide
C. protein
D. light
2. What pumps blood around the body?
A. Lungs
B. Heart
C. Kidneys
D. Brain
3. The heart is made of:
A. bone
B. metal
C. muscle
D. fat
4. Which side of the heart pumps blood to the lungs?
A. Left
B. Right
C. Both
D. Neither
5. Veins carry blood:
A. away from the heart
B. to the heart
C. only to the lungs
D. only to the brain
6. Arteries have:
A. thin elastic walls
B. thick muscular walls
C. no walls
D. hair-like walls
7. Capillaries are:
A. wide tubes
B. very narrow blood vessels
C. the largest vessel
D. muscle fibres
8. What is pulse?
A. The sound of breathing
B. Pressure of blood as the heart beats
C. The amount of blood in the stomach
D. Heat in the body
9. Pulse rate increases when:
A. asleep
B. resting
C. exercising
D. watching TV
10. Independent variable in the “exercise and pulse” investigation is:
A. pulse rate
B. exercise
C. measuring tool
D. number of students
Respiratory System
11. The gas needed for life is:
A. oxygen
B. nitrogen
C. hydrogen
D. carbon monoxide
12. The gas our bodies must remove is:
A. oxygen
B. carbon dioxide
C. nitrogen
D. methane
13. Breathing in makes the chest:
A. smaller
B. bigger
C. harder
D. bent
14. When breathing in, the diaphragm:
A. relaxes and moves up
B. contracts and moves down
C. disappears
D. breaks into pieces
15. Which part carries air from the nose to the lungs?
A. capillary
B. windpipe
C. artery
D. vein
16. Breathing rate is measured in:
A. seconds per breath
B. breaths per minute
C. litres per hour
D. milligrams per day
17. Exercise makes breathing rate:
A. slower
B. stop
C. faster
D. disappear
18. We breathe out because:
A. the chest expands
B. the diaphragm moves down
C. lungs are pushed by the chest
D. heart beats faster
19. Lungs are protected by:
A. skull
B. ribs
C. spine
D. pelvis
20. Oxygen moves from the lungs into:
A. bones
B. blood vessels
C. skin
D. muscles only
Reproductive System & Diseases
21. Puberty is a stage when:
A. children stop growing
B. reproductive system develops
C. hair disappears
D. voice becomes higher
22. Male sex cells are called:
A. ova
B. sperm
C. hormones
D. embryos
23. Female sex cells are called:
A. sperm
B. tears
C. ova
D. blood cells
24. Fertilisation is when:
A. two sperm join
B. sperm joins an ovum
C. hair grows
D. muscles grow
25. Which is a body defence?
A. mucus
B. smoke
C. sugar
D. light
26. Tears help protect the body because they:
A. are salty
B. contain chemicals that kill bacteria
C. are warm
D. feed the eyes
27. Parasites are organisms that:
A. live on/in a host
B. make food
C. produce oxygen
D. cannot reproduce
28. Viruses are:
A. large animals
B. living things smaller than bacteria
C. types of rocks
D. harmless fungi
29. Mosquitoes are examples of:
A. hosts
B. parasites
C. vectors
D. bacteria
30. To prevent disease spread, we should:
A. never wash hands
B. keep food uncovered
C. cover nose when coughing
D. touch open wounds
PART B — MATERIALS (Unit 2)
Properties of Substances
31. The melting point of a substance is the temperature at which it:
A. evaporates
B. freezes
C. changes from solid to liquid
D. boils
32. Boiling point is the temperature at which a liquid:
A. freezes
B. becomes a solid
C. becomes a gas
D. disappears
33. Water boils at:
A. 0°C
B. 50°C
C. 100°C
D. 150°C
34. Boiling happens:
A. only at boiling point
B. at any temperature
C. only at night
D. only in winter
35. Evaporation happens:
A. only when water boils
B. at all temperatures
C. under the ground
D. only in sunlight
36. A fair test changes:
A. all variables
B. only one variable
C. no variables
D. every measurement
37. Gases have:
A. no mass
B. no volume
C. mass and take up space
D. only colour
38. A balloon full of air is heavier than an empty balloon because:
A. air has mass
B. balloons have water
C. air is cold
D. pressure disappears
39. Which material has a higher melting point?
A. one that melts at 20°C
B. one that melts at 100°C
C. one that melts at 0°C
D. one that melts at –10°C
40. Measuring boiling point is an example of:
A. pattern seeking
B. fair testing
C. research
D. identifying
PART C — ROCKS & SOIL (Unit 3)
41. Rocks formed from cooled magma are:
A. sedimentary
B. metamorphic
C. igneous
D. fossil rocks
42. Igneous rocks with visible crystals form when magma:
A. cools quickly
B. cools slowly
C. evaporates
D. melts the soil
43. Sedimentary rocks form from:
A. layers of sediments
B. melted iron
C. volcano eruptions
D. electricity
44. Fossils are found mainly in:
A. igneous rocks
B. sedimentary rocks
C. metamorphic rocks
D. crystals
45. Fossils are the remains of:
A. planets
B. living things
C. machines
D. water drops
46. Metamorphic rocks form when rocks are changed by:
A. wind and rain
B. heat and pressure
C. sunlight
D. bacteria
47. Soil contains rock pieces, air, water, and:
A. plastic
B. organisms
C. metal
D. cotton
48. Earthworms are important to soil because they:
A. destroy soil
B. add plastic
C. mix organic matter
D. remove all nutrients
49. Sand particles are:
A. large
B. very small
C. sticky
D. waterproof
50. Soil type depends on:
A. colour only
B. parent rock and climate
C. temperature of air
D. number of animals
ANSWER KEY (50 Questions)
1-B
2-B
3-C
4-B
5-B
6-B
7-B
8-B
9-C
10-B
11-A
12-B
13-B
14-B
15-B
16-B
17-C
18-C
19-B
20-B
21-B
22-B
23-C
24-B
25-A
26-B
27-A
28-B
29-C
30-C
31-C
32-C
33-C
34-A
35-B
36-B
37-C
38-A
39-B
40-B
41-C
42-B
43-A
44-B
45-B
46-B
47-B
48-C
49-A
50-B
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