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Instruction: Each question is followed by four options, A, B, C and D. Choose the correct answer. 1 Which of the following is not a basic need of an animal? A Water B Air C Light D Food 2 The figure below shows a fish bowl which has a layer of oil on the surface of the water. What will happen after a week? A The fish will grow bigger. B The fish will compete for food. C The fish will compete for mate. D The fish will die. 3 Mei Lin covered some mushrooms with an opaque box. After several days, she removed the opaque box and noticed that the mushrooms still grew well. This shows that A mushrooms do not need light to grow. B mushrooms are unable to live in dark places. C mushrooms are able to produce their own food. D mushrooms can live without light and air. 4 Which of the plants in the above figure reproduce through spores? A P only B P and Q only C Q and R only D Q, R, and S only
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5 The figure below shows plants that have been placed in sunlight. What happens if the plant is not watered for a few days? A The leaves will be more green. B The size of the leaves will increase. C The plants will wilt. D The plants will produce roots on the stems to absorb water from the air. 6 The flies and the lizard in the above figure will die because they do not get A water. B food. C air. D enough space. 7 Seeds need all of the following to germinate, except A water. B soil. C air.

D heat. 8 Which of the following helps the excretion of waste products from the body? A Exercising B Sleeping C Reading D Talking 9 Which one of the following animals gives birth? A Lizard B Bat C Cockroach D Grasshopper
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10 The figure below shows a pair of human organs of excretion labeled X. What waste is excreted from the organs labeled X? A Sweat B Urine C Carbon dioxide D Solid waste 11 The animal shown in the picture above will grow into a A mosquito. B frog. C butterfly. D grasshopper. 12 A frog can breathe in water and on land because it has two different breathing organs, which are A the lungs and moist skin. B the lungs and gills. C the lungs and air tubes. D the gills and air tubes.
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13 Which of the following animals reproduces in the same way as the animals above? A A stingray B A penguin C A dolphin D A turtle 14 Which of the following animals can be classified in groups X and Y, based on how they breathe? 15 Which of the following plants reproduce in the same way? A I and II only B I and III only C I and IV only D III and IV only

XY A Tadpole Cockroach B Chicken Caterpillar C Frog Dragonfly D Prawn Worm

16 Which of the following plants reproduce in the same way? I Tapioca II Rose III Sugar cane IV Croton A I and II only B I and III only C II and IV only D I, II, III, and IV 17 The animals in the list above protect themselves by A camouflage. B pretending to die. C producing a smell. D using a sting. 18 The part marked X in the above diagram is used A for finding food. B for protecting themselves. C for easy movement. D for locating predators. 19 The polar bear can survive in a cold and icy habitat because I it has very thick fur. II its fur is white. III it has a thick layer of fat under its skin. A I and II only B I and III only C II and III only D I, II, and III 20 Rubber trees can reduce water loss during the drought season A by having its leaves folded. B by shedding its leaves. C by having latex produced in the stem. D by shedding bark from the stem. Snake Centipede Scorpion
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21 The pictures below show two animals. What is the organ of excretion of these animals? A Lungs B Skin C Gills D Trachea

22 Which of the following animals excretes its waste products through gills? A Frog B Mouse C Prawn D Earthworm 23 The figure below shows the life cycle of a frog. Which of the following is X?
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24 The following pictures show the classification of animals into two groups according to the way they reproduce.
Which of the following animals can be placed in group M and group N? 25 The picture below shows a mimosa plant. This plant can respond to I water. II touch. III sunlight. A I and II only B I and III only C II and III only D I, II and III

Group M Group N A Tiger Zebra B Snake Snail C Goose Sea lion D Giraffe Platypus

8 26 The picture below shows a banana plant. What is the name of the part labelled X? A Underground stem B Parent plant C Sucker D Shoot 27 Which part of a plant will respond to gravity? A Shoot B Roots C Leaves D Stem 28Which of the following animals will curl up their bodies when they are touched? A Goat and pangolin B Caterpillar and porcupine C Millipede and pangolin D Chameleon and millipede 29 Which of the following plants have hairs that can cause itchiness? I Jackfruit II Bamboo III Sugar cane IV Pumpkin A II and III only

B I, II and III only C II, III and IV only D I, II, III and IV 30 The following list shows some plants which have a certain specific characteristic. What is the specific characteristic? A Poisonous B Thorny C Smelly D Produce latex Mimosa plant Rose plant Rattan plant 9 SECTION B Write your answers in the spaces provided. 1 The figure below shows that three different grasshoppers are immersed in water. (a) Predict the results of this experiment after two hours. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ (b) State your inference based on the observation in (a).

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(c) Name the following variables. i. Manipulated variable: ________________________________________________________________ ii. Responding variable:________________________________________________________________ (d) What is the conclusion of this experiment?

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2 The figure below shows the apparatus set up by a group of students in an experiment. (a) What is the purpose of this experiment? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ (b) i. State an observation can you make from this experiment. ____________________________________________________________________________________ 10 ii. Give an inference for your answer in (b)i. __________________________________________________________________________________ (c) What is the conclusion can you make from this experiment? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3 The pictures below show three types of animals which have specific characteristics for protecting themselves from enemies. (a) Name one specific characteristic of animal P which protects it. __________________________________________________________________________________ (b) What is animal R doing? __________________________________________________________________________________

(c) What are the specific characteristics of animal Q which cause enemies to stay away from it? __________________________________________________________________________________ 4 A pupil puts a yam leaf and a lime leaf together with a caterpillar in a glass container as shown in the figure below. After a day, the lime leaf is completely eaten by the caterpillar while the yam leaf is not eaten. (a) What is the aim of this experiment? __________________________________________________________________________________ (b) State one inference based on the observation. __________________________________________________________________________________ (c) What is the importance of having poisonous leaves to the yam plant ? __________________________________________________________________________________ (d) Name one other plant that has the same specific characteristic as the yam plant. __________________________________________________________________________________ 11 5 The figure below shows some plants which are grouped according to their special characteristics. (a) Name the special characteristic of each group. i. X: ___________________________________________________________________________ ii. Y: ___________________________________________________________________________ iii. Z: ___________________________________________________________________________ (b) Why are these characteristics important to these plants? ______________________________________________________________________________ (c) Give an example of a plant that has each of the following characteristics. i. Thorny fruit: ___________________________________________________________________ ii. Trunk that produces latex: ________________________________________________________ iii. Tree with hard bark: _____________________________________________________________ 12