SECTION A
Answer all the questions
1. Which feature best helps you identify a living thing?
a. It can be touched b. It can grow and reproduce c. It is made by humans d. It has colour
[Link] of these is non-living but made from something that was once alive?
a. Stone b. Plastic bowl c. Wooden table d. Metal spoon
3. The best way to get salt from a salt solution is by ………
a. Filtration b. Evaporation c. Decantation d. Sieving
[Link] of the following is a mixture?
a. Salt b. Air c. Water d. Iron
5. A leather shoe is considered as………
a. A living thing b. non-living thing c. Once living d. An animal
6. Which characteristics is shared by all living things?
a. Colour b. Feeding c. Shining d. Floating
[Link] is bone considered something that was once alive?
a. It came from an animal b. It grows in soil
c. It can be polished d. It can move
[Link] a seed becomes a young plant, it shows…….
a. Growth b. Excretion c. Reproduction d. Movement
9. The process by which plants make their own food is called ……
a. Photosynthesis b. Germination c. Digestion d. Respiration
10. Which statement about life processes is correct?
a. Only animals can breathe b. All living things need energy to stay alive
c. non-living things can reproduce d. Plants do not excrete
11. A materials that can be bent without breaking is said to be…….
a. Bendable b. Transparent c. Porous d. Magnetic
12. Filtration works best when the mixture contains……...
a. Solid and liquid b. Two solids c. Two liquids d. Gases
13. Which method can be used to separate oil from water?
a. Filtration. Sieving c. Evaporation d. Separation funnel
14. Freezing water into ice is reversible because…...a. It can melt back into water b. It changes colour
c. It burns d. It breaks apart
[Link] in plants can be seen when ……
a. They grow towards sunlight b. They remain in one place
c. They dry up d. Their roots die
16. If chocolate melts in the sun, it can be change back to solid by ……
a. Cooling it b. Heating it more c. Burning it d. Mixing it with water
[Link] of the following is a reversible change?
a. Burning paper b. Cooking rice c. Melting ice d. Frying egg
18. Which of the following changes involves no new substance formed?
a. Melting butter b. Cooking yam c. Burning leaves d. Rusting nail
19. Which of the following is not an example of a reversible change?
a. Freezing water b. Melting butter c. Cooking egg d. Boiling water
20. A material that allows light to pass through is said to be……
a. Opaque b. Flexible c. Transparent d. Magnetic
SECTION B
Answer all questions in this section
1a. When a chocolate is melted the change can be reversed, but when an egg is fried it
cannot. Explain why one is reversible and other is irreversible. (8marks)
b. A cat and a toy cat both move, but one is alive. Using this observation, list four life
processes that make the real cat a living thing. (8marks)
c. Rice and beans, Salt and water, Coke and oil, Stones and soil, Flour and milk, Orange
juice and water, Milk and water, Sugar and gari, Nido and corn flakes, Maize and oil are
mentioned, classify these under solid-liquid mixture, liquid-liquid mixture, solid-solid mixture.
(10marks)
d. Ama and her classmates are helping their school carpenter choose materials for making
classroom desks. If you were Ama, which two materials would you suggest? (4marks)
2. Dede mistakenly mixed kerosene with water while trying to fill a container. She now wants to separate
the two liquids.
(a) What type of mixture has Dede formed? (5marks)
(b)Mention four apparatus you will use to separate this mixture. (16marks)
(c)What method can be use to separate this mixture. (5marks)
(d)State two examples of mixtures that can be separated using the method mentioned in
question c above. (4marks)