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Tests and assessment

Essential Science
Science, Geography and History

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Contents
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Assessment Worksheets
11 Animals and plants ...................................
12 Food .........................................................
13 Breathing ..................................................
14 Men and women .......................................
15 Life cycles .................................................
16 The universe .............................................
17 Minerals ....................................................
18 Ecosystems ...............................................
19 Light .........................................................
10 Materials ...................................................
11 Where do we live? ......................................
12 Oceans and continents ..............................
13 Government and society ............................
14 The Romans .............................................

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Term Assessment
• First Term. Units 1-5 ...................................
• Second Term. Units 6-10 .............................
• Third Term. Units 11-14 ..............................

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1 Living things
Name

Date

1. What do animals need? Write three things.

Animals need
and the

,
.

2. Complete the sentences.
a. Herbivores eat

.

b. Carnivores eat

.


c. Omnivores eat

and

3. Tick the true sentences.
a. Aquatic animals live in water.
b. All animals eat plants.
c. Some animals look for food at night.
d. Some animals live in hot places.
e. In cold places, animals have thick fur or fat under their skins.
4. Write a word to match the definition.
a. A plant which needs very little water:
b. A plant which needs a lot of water:
c. A plant which lives in water:
d. A plant which needs very little light:
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5. Match the three columns.
Diplodocus

herbivore

9 metres long

Tyrannosaurus

carnivore

12 metres long

Triceratops

herbivore

27 metres long

6. Use the information and write about the dinosaurs. Add information if you can.

Dinosaurs were

Tyrannosaurus was

Triceratops

Diplodocus


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2 Food
Name

Date

1. Classify the foods.
tomatoes

apples

bread

olive oil
milk
meat

fish

chocolate

eggs

butter

They give us energy and calcium,
necessary for bones and muscles.

cheese

c™æeßæ,

They have proteins to help us grow.
They contain vitamins and minerals.
They give us energy.

2. True or false? Write T or F.
a. A balanced diet gives us the right quantity of each type of food.
b. Everybody needs the same quantity of food.
c. We need milk because it gives us energy.
d. If we do a lot of exercise, we need to eat more.
e. It is very important to have a good breakfast because
we need energy in the morning.
f. Meat and fish give us proteins.
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3. Label the picture.
stomach

oesophagus

mouth

small intestine

large intestine

anus

4. Complete the sentences using the words below.
digestion
anus

faeces

blood

a. Digestion begins in the


gastric juice

intestine

mouth
, where food is chewed

and mixed with saliva.
b. In the stomach, food is mixed with

. This mixture

passes into the small intestine.
c.

ends in the small intestine.

d. The useful parts of our food go from our small intestine into
the

.

e. The parts of food that we cannot use go into the large
f. They are transformed into

.
and expelled through the

.

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3 Breathing
Name

Date

1. Label the picture.
nostrils

left lung
bronchial tube

trachea

nose

right lung


2. Order the sequence. Write 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
a. Oxygen from the air passes through the walls of our lungs into our blood.
b. The air passes through the nostrils.
c. Then it goes into the lungs.
d. Air enters our body through the nose and mouth.
e. It goes down through the trachea and the bronchial tubes.
3. True or false? Write T or F.
a. Blood carries oxygen and the substances from digestion to different
parts of our body.
b. The respiratory system is responsible for blood circulation.
c. Each time our heart beats, it pushes blood to all the organs in our body.
d. Blood circulates around our body inside blood vessels.
e. Capillaries carry the blood from the heart to the rest of our body.

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4. Label the picture.
kidney


renal artery

bladder

renal vein

5. Match the two columns.
Kidneys

This organ pumps the blood around our body.

Arteries

This process moves blood through the body.

Urine

Blood leaves the heart through them.

Heart

This process cleans the blood and
eliminates waste substances.

Circulation
Excretion
Veins

These organs filter the blood.
Blood returns to the heart through them.

It is stored in the bladder.

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4 Men and women
Name

Date

1. Decide if the sentences refer to women or men. Write W or M.
a. They make eggs.
b. They have a penis and testicles.
c. They have a vagina, uterus and ovaries.
d. They make sperm.
e. They have a prostate gland.
f. They have a vulva.

2. Label the diagrams.
uterus


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prostate

ovaries

vulva

penis

vagina

testicles

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3. Complete the sentences.
a. Pregnancy is the formation of a baby in its

mot™e®´fi womb


b. Pregnancy lasts for about

.

.

c. At three months, foetuses measure about

centimetres.

d. A baby is connected to the mother by the

.

e. When a baby is born, it is about

centimetres long.

4. Tick the true sentences.
a. Babies start to talk when they are three years old.
b. They start to crawl when they are a few months old.
c. They walk when they are about fourteen months old.
d. They start to eat solid food when they are about two months old.
5. Match the two columns.
Childhood

The body continues growing, and sex
characteristics develop.


Youth

The body is not as strong, but people
have a lot of experience.

Maturity

The body is completely developed
and ready to have children.

Old age

We grow and learn very quickly.

6. Number the living things from the shortest life to the longest life.
a

b

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5 Life cycles
Name

Date

1. Complete the paragraph.
oviparous

womb

Mammals are

viviparous

eggs

animals. They are born from their

mother’s

. Birds and other vertebrates are born


from

. They are

.

2. The life cycle of a butterfly. Order the sequence. Write 1, 2, 3 or 4.
a. The larva stays still while its skin becomes hard.
b. A larva comes out of each egg.
c. The pupa opens and a butterfly comes out.
d. The adult female butterfly lays eggs.
3. True or false? Write T or F.
a. Herbivores eat plants and animals.
b. Animals digest their food.
c. The waste is transformed into faeces.
d. Insects breathe through their lungs.
e. Fish collect oxygen from the water through their gills.
f. Dolphins breathe through their gills.

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4. Label the pictures.
stem

tuber
bulb

roots

flower

leaf

5. What do plants reproduce from?

6. Order the stages of plant nutrition. Write 1, 2, 3 or 4.
a. In the leaves, the raw sap is transformed into elaborated sap.
b. The roots absorb water and mineral salts from the soil, making raw sap.
c. The elaborated sap travels from the leaves to the other parts of the plant,
where it is used or stored.
d. The raw sap travels up the stem to the leaves.

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6 The Universe
Name

Date

1. Match the two columns.
A satellite

is the Earth’s only satellite.

A planet

is a luminous astronomical body.

The Sun

is an astronomical body that orbits
around the Sun.

The Moon

is an astronomical body that orbits
a planet.


A star

is a very big yellow star that gives off
light and heat.

A comet

is an astronomic body that orbits the
Sun and has a bright tail.

2. Name the planets. Then complete the sentence.

Mercur¥,
There are

planets that orbit the

in the Solar System.
3. Orbit or rotation? Read the sentences and decide.
a. The Earth spins on its own axis.
b. It takes about 365 days.
c. It causes the seasons.
d. It takes 24 hours.
e. It causes day and night.
f. The Earth moves around the Sun.
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4. Which celestial body? Read and guess.
a. A luminous astronomical body:
b. An astronomical body that orbits the Sun and has a tail:
c. An astronomical body that orbits a planet:
d. An astronomical body that orbits a star:
e. The planet nearest to the Sun:
f. The farthest planet from the Sun:
5. Identify the season. Then match the pictures and the seasons.
a. It begins in March and ends in June.
b. It begins in September and ends in December.
c. It begins in December and ends in March.
d. It begins in June and ends in September.
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7 Minerals
Name

Date

1. Write three places where we can find minerals.

2. Circle the minerals.
a

b

c

d

e

f


g

h

3. Complete the sentences with the words.
fuel

building

jewellery

sculptures

a. Slate, marble and granite are used for
b. We dig

mines

quarries

.
to obtain rocks that are under the ground.

c. We use minerals like diamonds to make

.

d. The Ancient Egyptians used granite to make
e. Coal is used for

f. We dig
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to obtain rocks that are on the surface.
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4. Draw when needed and colour the following things in the layers of the ground.
dark blue

big rocks

light blue

rocks

dark brown

humus


red

grey

a mole

black

ants

sand and soil

purple

a snail

pink

flowers

light brown
green

plants

an earthworm

5. Tick the true sentences.
a. Humus is the remains of living things.

b. Very poor ground is mainly made up of rocks.
c. Fertile ground has little water, air and humus.
d. Only resistant plants can grow in poor ground.
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8 Ecosystems
Name

Date

1. True or false? Write T or F.
a. Plants need water and light to survive.
b. Beech trees grow in dry places.
c. An ecosystem is a place and the living things that live there.
d. All ecosystems are big.
2. Who eats what? Number the pictures, 1, 2 and 3. Then write sentences.

A


eagle

grass

rabbit

gazelle

bush

lion

B

a. Rabbits eat grass.
b. Eagles

.

c. Gazelles

.

d. Lions

.

3. Circle the odd one out.
a. trees / bushes / spiders / grass
b. spiders / owls / worms / ants

c. lions / rabbits / mice / worms
d. squirrels / deer / lizards / wolves
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4. Match the animals and their habitats.
Birds
Earthworms
Trees
Lizards
Bushes
Spiders
Grass
Bees
Under the ground
Squirrels
Ants

5. Write the names of things that live in the sea.
a. The most common plant:

b. An invertebrate:
c. A mammal:
d. A reptile:

6. Complete the sentences with the following expressions.
near the coast

on the high sea

in the deep sea

a. Crabs live

.

b. There are not many fish

.

c. Dolphins live

.

d. Jelly fish live

.

e. Mussels live

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9 Light
Name

Date

1. Write the missing colours of the rainbow.
red

yellow

green

blue

2. Tick the true sentences.
a. Light moves in a straight line.

b. Light moves very slowly.
c. All objects let light through.
d. The shadow of an object is always formed
on the opposite side to the source of light.
3. Transparent, translucent or opaque? Classify the objects.

white plastic bag

water

cardboard

wood

plastic cup

clear glass bottle

Transparent

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Opaque

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4. Match the photos with their descriptions.

a

A natural luminous body
b
An artificial luminous body
c

A non-luminous body

5. Answer the questions.
a. What happens when we touch a hot object?

b. Why does food cool on a plate?

6. Circle the conductors in red and the insulators in blue.

iron

plastic

aluminium


glass

wood

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10 Materials
Name

Date

1. Match.

A natural material that
comes from a plant
leather

A natural material that

is a mineral
wood

A natural material that
comes from an animal

glass

An artificial material

stone

2. Use the words to complete the sentences.
strong

flexible

fragile

a. Leather can be folded. It is

elastic
.

b. Rubber can be squashed but later recovers its shape. It is
c. Concrete can carry heavy weights. It is
d. Pottery breaks easily. It is
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3. Are they simple machines or complex machines? Write S or C.
a

b

c

d

e

f

4. Match the words with the definitions.
ramp


lever

pulley

a. This machine is used for moving objects up and down:
b. This machine is a wheel with a rope around it:
c. This machine is used for lifting heavy objects:
5. Write the names of four complex machines.

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11 Where do we live?
Name

Date

1. Number the following from smallest to biggest.
a. province


b. settlement

c. region

d. municipality

2. Match the two columns and then copy the sentences.
is a village, town or city.

A region

is made up of a settlement and the
land around it.

A settlement

A province

is made up of municipalities that are
near each other.

A municipality

is bigger than a region and made up
of many municipalities.

A region is

3. Complete the sentence.

My Autonomous Community / Autonomous City is called
and it has

province/s. The capital is

.

The municipality where I live is called
In my Autonomous Community we speak
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4. Tick the true sentences.
a. Spain is organised into seventeen Autonomous Communities and
two Autonomous Cities.
b. Each Autonomous Community has its own government.
c. The Autonomous Communities each have one province.

d. Some Communities have more than one official language.
5. Label the following places and seas on the map.
Spain
Balearic Islands

France

Portugal

Canary Islands

Mediterranean Sea

Morocco
Ceuta

Melilla

Atlantic Ocean

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12 Oceans and continents
Name

Date

1. Write the names of the continents and oceans in the correct place on the map.
Asia

Pacific

Oceania

Africa

Arctic

Atlantic

Europe

America

Antarctic

Indian

Antarctica


2. Use the words to complete the sentences.
Seas

a.

oceans

continents

are huge extensions of salt water.

b. Very big seas are called
c. The solid part of the Earth is made up of the
of the oceans.
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3. Complete the sentences with the words below.
biggest

hottest

longest

smallest

a. America is the

continent.

b. Oceania is the

continent.

c. Africa is the
d. Asia is the

continent.
continent.

4. Complete the answers to the questions.
a. Where is the Arctic Ocean?
It is at the

.


b. Where is the Antarctic Ocean?
It is at the

.

5. Write the names of six European countries.

6. Tick the true sentences.
a. Europe is a small continent.
b. Europe is connected to America in the east.
c. Europe is very close to Africa.
d. Luxembourg is a very big country.
e. The landscape in most of Europe is made up of plains.

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