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NAME: ____________________________________ GRADE: _______ SECTION: _______

PART I - Short Answer Questions Total Time: 45 min

1. Match the food item with the correct part of the plant.

A. Carrot • • Seed

B. Rice • • Leaf

C. Spinach • • Stem

D. Sugarcane • • Root

2. Tick the correct option. A. A plastic ruler is translucent. It allows _______________ to pass through it.

some light no light

B. Aluminium utensils allow heat to pass through them. They are ______________ of heat.

insulators conductors

C. The granite counter tops in kitchen and bathrooms have a ______________texture.

rough smooth

D. _________________is highly lustrous.

gold coal

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3. Label the different parts of the leaf.

4. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. A. Identify the stimulus and the response.

Stimulus:

Response:

B. Write the characteristic of living things the picture shows.

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5. A. Fill in the table by sorting the fibres given in the box.

polyester Cotton wool

silk Nylon jute

Plant Fibres Animal Fibres Synthetic Fibres

B. Write if the statements are true or false.

Statements True or False

a. Wool, when it burns, smells like burning hair.

b. Jute is obtained from the leaves of a plant.

c. Cotton yarn, when it burns, smells like burning paper.

d. Silk is a plant fibre.

6. Match the parts of the flowers with their functions.

A. Sepal • • Part that helps in attracting pollinators to flowers

B. Ovary • • Part that forms seeds after fertilisation

C. Petal • • Part that protects flowers during the bud stage

D. Ovule • • Part that contains female gametes

7. Classify the fibres in the box as those which smell like burning grass and those which will smell like burning hair.

Smell like burning hair Smell like burning grass

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Cotton Silk Wool Jute


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8. Look at the picture. Fill in the blanks by chooosing the correct option.

A. Leaves with a single _______________________ (midrib/blade) are called simple leaves.

B. Leaves with several ___________________ (veins/ Leaflets) are called compound leaves.

C. Leaves of the ___________________ (mango/neem) tree have simple leaves.

D. Leaves of the ___________________ (banana/gulmohar) tree have compound leaves.

9. Answer the questions. A. Tick the irreversible processes that occur in the human body.

a. Digestion of food in the small intestine

b. Oxygenation of blood in lungs

c. Breakdown of glucose to produce energy

d. Formation of urine in kidneys

B. Is chewing of food in the mouth a reversible or irreversible change? Give a reason for

your answer.

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10. Look at the pictures and complete the table.

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Tap Root Fibrous Root

1 difference between the two root structures

2 examples of a plant with this type of root

1 similarity between them

11. Answer the questions. A. Complete the table by writing Yes or No.

Object Allows light to pass through it Can pass electricity

Gold ring

Glass vase

B. Is a gold ring a conductor or insulator of electricity? Give a reason for your answer.

C. Which of the 2 is transparent – a gold ring or a glass vase? How do you know?

12. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.

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A. Fill in the blanks.

a. The swollen part of the stamen is called the ____________________.

b. The flat, sticky part of the pistil is called the ______________________.

c. The cylindrical part of the stamen is called the ____________________.

d. The swollen part of the pistil is called the _______________________.

B. Write 1 way these parts are important for a flower.

a. Anther: __________________________________________________________

b. Stigma: __________________________________________________________


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13. Look at the picture of the elbow and shoulder joints and fill in the table.

Elbow joint Shoulder joint

Type of joint

1 difference in the movement they allow

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14. Read the text and answer the questions. Sugandha wanted to find out if variation in the temperatures of water affected the solubility of detergent powder. She carried out tests in 4 test tubes, using water at different temperatures, and recorded her observations in a table.

Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Test 4

Amount of Water

(mL) 200 200 200 200

Temperature of

Water (°C) 30 25 20 15

Amount of

detergent powder

(in spoons)that

dissolved in water

4 3 2 1

A. How does solubility of detergent powder vary with the temperature of water?

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B. Why does temperature affect the solubility of solids in liquids?

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C. If Sugandha stirs the mixtures in the four test tubes for the same duration of time and at the same speed, how will it affect solubility of the detergent powder in water? Give a reason to support your answer.

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15. Look at the pictures and complete the table.

Locomotion in a fish Locomotion in a snake

2 differences

1 similarity

16. Draw a food chain consisting of 4 organisms and label it.

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17. Read the text and answer the question. Sand mixed with water is an example of a mixture in which an insoluble heavy solid is mixed

with a liquid.

A. Name 2 separation methods that can be used to separate a mixture of sand and water.

a. b.

B. Draw 1 labelled diagram of each of the separation methods that you have chosen to separate the mixture of sand and water. Show 2 labels in each diagram.

Separation Method 1 Separation Method 2

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PART II - Long Answer Questions Total Time: 45 min

18. Read the text and answer the questions. The pictures show the equipment that Rajat has with him.

A. Which equipment should Rajat use to separate paperclips from sand?

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B. Fill in the table. Write the methods that Rajat should use to separate the components of mixtures.

Components of Mixtures to be Separated

Method of Separation

a. Stones and lentils

b. Rice grains and chaff

c. Moth balls and iron balls

C. How do we choose a suitable method to separate different types of mixtures? Give 1 example and explain.

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D. Rajat has to separate sand from sawdust. Which method of separation should he use: sieving or winnowing? Give reasons for your answer.

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19. Read the paragraph and look at the given pictures. Fill in the boxes with the steps of the process of forming cotton fabric from fibre.

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Fabric that we use to make clothes can be dyed in different colours and printed with different patterns or designs. Different types of yarn are woven or knitted together to make these fabrics. To make yarn, cotton is ginned and pressed into bales. These bales are sent to factories where cotton is spun into yarn.


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20. Read the text and answer the questions. Geetha prepared mixtures A, B, C, and D.

Mixture A: Sand and iron nails

Mixture B: Flour and pebbles

Mixture C: Cooking oil and water

Mixture D: Corn grain, rice flour, and hay

A. Which mixture is NOT a solid-solid mixture, A, B, C, or D?

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B. Which 2 methods can be used to separate iron nails from sand in Mixture A?

a. __________________________________________________________________

b. __________________________________________________________________

C. How can pebbles be separated from flour in Mixture B?

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D. Write the steps to separate Mixture D.

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21. The teacher has given 3 samples of food items to a student – potato, butter and egg white.

A. Complete the table.

Food Item Nutrient the food item is rich in

Test for the nutrient

a. Potato

b. Butter Fats

c. Egg white

B. Sujata’s father always complains of constipation.

a. Why do you think he suffers from constipation?

b. What should he include in his diet to prevent constipation?

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Score Report

Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Roll No.: _______________ Grade: _______________ Section: _______________

To be filled in by the teacher:

SECTION QUESTION NUMBER/BLOCK TITLE MARKS TOTAL MARKS

Part I

Short Answer

Questions

1. Sources of Food 1

2. Grouping Objects 1

3. Structure & Functions of Leaves 1

4. Characteristics of Living Things 2

5. Variety of Fibres 3

6. Structure & Functions of a Flower 1

7. Variety of Fibres 2

8. Structure & Functions of Leaves 2

9. Changes Around Us 3

10. Structure and Function of Roots and Stems 3

11. Grouping Objects 3

12. Structure & Functions of a Flower 3

13. Movement in the Human Body 2

14. Solutions 3

15. Movement in Animals 3

16. Sources of Food 3

17. Separating Solid Liquid Mixtures 4

PART I SUBTOTAL 40

Part II

Long Answer

Questions

18. Separating Solid Mixtures 9

19. Making Fabrics 10

20. Separating Solid Mixtures 11

21. Components of Food 10

PART II SUBTOTAL 40

TOTAL MARKS 80

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