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Key Stage 2 Science

Key Stage 2 Science
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INDEX
KS2 Science
Contents
KS2 Science 3A: Teeth and eating ................................................................................................................... 3
KS2 Science 3B: Helping plants grow well ...................................................................................................... 8
KS2 Science 3C: Characteristics of materials ............................................................................................... 13
KS2 Science 3D: Rocks and soils ................................................................................................................... 18
KS2 Science 3E: Magnets and springs .......................................................................................................... 23
KS2 Science 3F: Light and shadows .............................................................................................................. 28
KS2 Science 4A: Moving and growing............................................................................................................ 33
KS2 Science 4B: Habitats................................................................................................................................. 38
KS2 Science 4C: Keeping warm ..................................................................................................................... 43
KS2 Science 4D: Solids, liquids and how they can be separated .............................................................. 48
KS2 Science 4E: Friction .................................................................................................................................. 53
KS2 Science 4F: Circuits and conductors ...................................................................................................... 58
KS2 Science 5A: Keeping healthy................................................................................................................... 63
KS2 Science 5B: Life cycles............................................................................................................................. 68
KS2 Science 5C: Gases around us ................................................................................................................. 73
KS2 Science 5D: Changing state .................................................................................................................... 78
KS2 Science 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon.......................................................................................................... 83
KS2 Science 5F: Changing sounds ................................................................................................................ 88
KS2 Science 6A: Interdependence and adaptation ...................................................................................... 93
KS2 Science 6B: Micro-organisms (short ) .................................................................................................... 98
KS2 Science 6C: More about dissolving ...................................................................................................... 103
KS2 Science 6D: Reversible and irreversible changes (short ) ................................................................ 108
KS2 Science 6E: Forces in action ................................................................................................................. 113
KS2 Science 6F: How we see things (short ) .............................................................................................. 118
KS2 Science 6G: Changing circuits (short ) ................................................................................................ 123
KS2 Science 3A: Teeth and eating
Exercise No: 1
Name: 1. Food glorious food
No.1: 1. Food.
Question
Answers
Question Type: Statement Choice
Where does your body gets its fuel from?
Correct Answer
From nutrients found in food and drinks.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
From nutrients found in fresh water.
From staying healthy.
From working properly.
No.2: 2. Important food
Question
Which of these is NOT a reason why we need food?
Answers
Correct Answer
To make us fat.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
For growth and repair.
For energy.
To keep us warm.
No.3: 3. Different foods.
Question Type: Missing Part
Question
A balanced diet means eating _______ to keep us healthy.
Answers
Correct Answer
enough food from all the food groups
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
lots of sugary foods
no fatty food
only proteins like meat and fish
No.4: 4. A balanced diet
Question
Answers
Question Type: Multiple Choice
What TWO things should we do when we are choosing what to eat?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Make sure that we eat enough food.
Make sure that we eat a variety of different foods.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Make sure that we get our favourite food.
Make sure that we eat quickly.
Make sure that we always clear our plate.
Exercise No: 2
Name: 2. Animals and food.
No.5: 5. Animals and food.
Question
Which of the following sentences is true?
Answers
Correct Answer
Different animals have different diets.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Big animals always eat meat.
Wild animals don't eat meat.
All animals eat the same kind of thing.
No.6: 6. Dogs and cats
Question
Answers
What is the difference between what a cat needs to eat and what a dog needs to eat?
Correct Answer
A dog needs to eat vegetables, a cat doesn't.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A cat needs to eat vegetables, a dog doesn't.
There is no difference - they eat the same kind of thing.
A dog can eat chocolate, a cat shouldn't.
No.7: 7. Small animals
Question
Most of our small furry pets don't eat something that we do need to eat. Which of the following is
it?
Answers
Correct Answer
Meat.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Cereals.
Vegetables.
Fruit.
No.8: 8. Teeth and eating
Question
What does a cheetah have that helps it to eat properly?
Answers
Correct Answer
A strong jaw and teeth.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A spotted coat.
A mother that washes its coat.
Long legs.
Exercise No: 3
Name: 3. Our teeth
No.9: 9. Uses of teeth.
Question
Which of these sentences is NOT true about teeth?
Answers
Correct Answer
Animals don't use their teeth for eating.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
We use our teeth to help us to speak properly.
Our teeth can affect the way we look.
Our teeth help us stay alive because they help us to eat.
No.10: 10. Naming teeth
Question
Answers
Which sentence about our teeth is true?
Correct Answer
The teeth at the front of our mouths are called incisors.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Our teeth are hollow.
The teeth called molars are at the front of our mouths.
The teeth at the back of our mouths are called canines.
No.11: 11. Kinds of teeth.
Question
Our canine teeth are used for _______ food.
Answers
Correct Answer
grasping and tearing
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
crushing
chewing and grinding
cutting
No.12: 12. Looking at teeth
Question
If an animal has a lot of molar teeth, what will it eat?
Answers
Correct Answer
Grass and other vegetation.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Both meat and grass.
Meat.
The same food as humans.
Exercise No: 4
Name: 4. Looking after your teeth.
No.13: 13. Sets of teeth.
Question
We all get _______ of teeth and we need to look after them so that they last.
Answers
Correct Answer
two sets
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
one set
too many sets
three sets
No.14: 14. Looking after your teeth.
Question
The best way to slow down tooth decay is _______ and by using flouride toothpaste which can
help to repair the tooth.
Answers
Correct Answer
to avoid eating sugary foods except with main meals
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
by constantly brushing your teeth
to eat lots of sugary things
by going to the dentist every week
No.15: 15. Damaging drinks.
Question
Which TWO of the following are the best things to drink if you want to avoid damaging your teeth?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Still water.
Milk.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Lemonade.
Orange juice.
Coca-cola.
No.16: 16. Animals and humans.
Question
Which of the following animals is a herbivore?
Answers
Correct Answer
Elephant.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Human.
Lion.
Dog.
Peer Assessment Question and Expert Answer
Question
What can you do to look after your teeth and make sure you eat a healthy diet?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
For my teeth I need to make sure that I clean them properly at least twice a day, visit the dentist
regularly and don't eat or drink a lot of sugary or acidic things, especially not fizzy drinks. For a
healthy diet, I need to make sure I eat balanced meals, eating different kinds of food in the right
quantities. I need 6 - 11 servings of carbohydrates like bread cereal, rice and pasta each day. I
also need 5 servings of fruit or vegetables, 2 or 3 of meat or eggs or nuts and 2 or 3 of dairy
products like milk and cheese. I should be careful about how much fats, oils and sweets I have,
making sure I don't have much each day.
KS2 Science 3B: Helping plants grow
well
Exercise No: 1
Name: Plants for food
No.1: Apples
Question
Answers
When are the apples picked?
Correct Answer
October
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
July
August
September
No.2: Wheat
Question
Wheat grains grow _______ the plant.
Answers
Correct Answer
at the top of
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
at the side of
underneath
at the bottom of
No.3: Tomatoes
Question
Choose TWO sentences that are TRUE about tomato plants.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Tomato plants have yellow flowers.
Tomato plants have weak stems.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Tomato plants don't need much sun.
Tomato plants have red flowers.
Tomato plants grow from bulbs.
No.4: Plant parts salad
Question
What part of a plant is broccoli?
Answers
Correct Answer
The flower.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The stem.
The root.
The fruit.
KS2 Science 3B: Helping plants grow well
Exercise No: 2
Name: Parts of a plant
No.5: Plant Parts
Question
What two things can we call plants when we look at their stems?
Answers
Correct Answer
Herbaceous or woody
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Tall or short
Leafy or branchy
Woody or prickly
No.6: Leaves
Question
Answers
The leaves of a green plant _______ This is called photosynthesis.
Correct Answer
make its food.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
take in water.
support the plant.
make seeds.
No.7: Leaf Experiment
Question
Why is black paper taped to the leaves in this experiment?
Answers
Correct Answer
To block out the light from the leaf.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
To keep the leaf warm.
To find out if paper helps the plant.
To see if the plant grows.
No.8: Roots 2
Question
Choose 2 things that the roots do NOT do for a plant.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Make seeds.
Make food.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Store food made by the leaves.
Take in water and minerals.
Hold the plant in place.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Plant needs
No.9: Stems
Question
Choose 2 things that the stem does for a plant.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Transports water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves.
Supports the plant.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Takes in water and minerals.
Holds the plant in place.
Makes the food for the plant.
No.10: Celery Experiment
Question
Answers
Where had the food colouring gone in the experiment?
Correct Answer
It had been transported up thin tubes in the celery stem.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It was on the outside of the celery stem.
It had stayed in the container and was not in any part of the celery.
It had soaked into all parts of the celery.
No.11: Plants need Water
Question
Answers
What can stop a plant from growing well? There are TWO correct answers.
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Too much water.
Too little water.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The wrong colour pot.
Being in the light.
All of these.
No.12: Temperature 2
Question
Answers
What special thing do tomato plants need to grow properly?
Correct Answer
Heat.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Oxygen.
Water.
Soil.
Exercise No: 4
Name: More about plants
No.13: Plants need light.
Question
Which TWO of the following do NOT show that a plant needs more light?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
The plant's stem is thick.
The plant is wilting.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The plant's leaves are pale.
The plant leans towards the light.
The plant's stem is thin.
No.14: Grass experiment
Question Type: Ranking
Question
You need to make your initial appear on the lawn. Put these steps in the instructions in the right
order.
Answers
Correct Order
C-A-E-B-D
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
Put the initial on the grass.
Wait for one week.
Draw your initial on some card and cut it out.
Remove the card- your initial should be yellow!
Hold the initial down with some pebbles.
No.15: What plants need.
Question
What three things does the stem carry in a plant, and in what directions?
Answers
Correct Answer
water and minerals up, and food down
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
food up, and water and minerals down
water up, and minerals and food down
minerals and food up, and water down
No.16: Questions about plants
Question
Answers
Can plants survive without soil?
Correct Answer
Yes, but they need soil to grow well.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
No, they cannot grow without soil.
Yes, they can grow well without soil.
Yes, but they will wilt.
Question
What do plants need to grow well, and why is this important?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
To grow well, plants need healthy roots, leaves and stem. They need light and enough water, but
not too much. They need to be grown at the right temperature, and they need nutrients from the
soil. It is important that they grow well, because plants provide food for humans and animals.
KS2 Science 3C: Characteristics of
materials
Exercise No: 1
Name: 1. Identification and Manufacture
No.1: 1. How Materials Differ.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these are the only ones which would be useful?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
A cup made of plastic.
A spoon made of metal.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A chair made of paper.
A window made of rubber.
A kettle made of cloth.
No.2: 2. Materials and their uses
Question
The material used to make an object depends on _______ matching with the properties of the
material.
Answers
Correct Answer
what the object is going to be used for
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
where the object is going to be used
the colour of the object
the size of the object
No.3: 3. Natural or Man-made.
Question
Which of these is the only NATURAL material in the list?
Answers
Correct Answer
Bone.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Nylon.
Glass.
Plastic.
No.4: 4. Absorbency.
Question
If a material is _______ it can be used to mop up liquids which have been spilt.
Answers
Correct Answer
absorbent
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
brittle
transparent
absent
KS2 Science 3C: Characteristics of materials
Exercise No: 2
Name: 2. Investigating
No.5: 5. Different properties.
Question
If you were going to use a material to make a swimming costume which TWO properties must the
material have?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It must be stretchy.
It must be waterproof.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It must be absorbent.
It must be colourful.
It must be magnetic.
No.6: 6. All About Glass.
Question
Answers
Which of these are both correct properties of glass?
Correct Answer
Hard and transparent.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Hard and flexible.
Soft and absorbent.
Soft and strong.
No.7: 7. Marvellous Metals.
Question
Answers
Metals are materials that are strong, melt easily, _______ and have many uses.
Correct Answer
conduct electricity,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
break easily
burn easily ,
float,
No.8: 8. Properties of Plastic.
Question
Find the TWO TRUE statements.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Plastics can be used to make lots of things.
Plastics are manmade materials.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Plastics are magnetic.
Plastics conduct electricity.
Plastics are natural materials.
Exercise No: 3
Name: 3. More on Properties & Uses
No.9: 9. Sorting Materials.
Question
Which TWO of these would you expect to be made of metal?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
A magnet.
A saucepan.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A car tyre.
A balloon.
A pencil.
No.10: 10. Properties of Building Materials.
Question
Answers
Find the TWO good reasons why snow and ice are used to build houses in cold places.
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
They are easy to fetch.
They won't melt because it is always cold.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
They are expensive.
You can paint them nice colours.
They look good.
No.11: 11. Quiz.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these are true?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Plastic is a very useful material because it is strong and flexible.
A wooden spoon is safer to use to stir hot materials because it
won't get very hot.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A swimsuit needs to be made out of stretchy, absorbent material.
Paper is a natural material because it comes from trees.
A chair wouldn't be made out of glass because you wouldn't want it to
be transparent.
No.12: 12. Testing materials
Question
Which TWO of the following statements are NOT true about testing materials?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Only objects with wheels are tested.
If objects fail one test, they are tested twice more.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Objects are tested to make sure they are safe to use.
When objects are tested, the test must be fair.
Objects are tested to see if they will wear out too soon.
Exercise No: 4
Name: 4. Properties & Uses
No.13: 13. Fair-Testing.
Question
Which of these will stop a test from being a fair test?
Answers
Correct Answer
Changing more than one thing each time.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Doing the same actions each time.
Using the same equipment each time.
Changing one thing each time.
No.14: 14. Reading Tables.
Question
Why is it better to use a table for recording the results of an investigation? There are TWO correct
answers.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Because it is easier to use the numbers for calculations.
Because you can see the results clearly and make conclusions.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because you don't have to write as much.
Because you get to draw straight lines.
Because you don't have to worry about your spelling.
No.15: 15. Using Results to Make Predictions.
Question
An elastic band that is 5mm wide can stretch to 15 mm. An elastic band that is 8mm wide can
stretch to 12mm. An elastic band that is 6mm wide would stretch to _______ mm.
Answers
Correct Answer
14
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
10
7
16
No.16: 16. The Materials Tester.
Question
I am waterproof, transparent, brittle, but NOT flexible. Which material am I?
Answers
Correct Answer
Glass.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Metal.
Rubber.
Paper.
Question
What have you learned about the properties of metal, plastic, rubber and glass? Name one
or two things that each of them are used to make.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Metal is usually hard, opaque, strong, waterproof and doesn't bend. It is used for making things
like saucepans, cutlery and car bodies. Plastic is usually hard, sometimes bends, is waterproof
and strong. It can be used for making lots of things like bottles, packaging, toys and computers.
Rubber is soft, opaque, flexible, strong and waterproof and can be made into tyres, erasers,
shoes and bouncy balls. Glass is hard, brittle, waterproof, transparent and doesn't bend. It is used
for spectacles, mirrors and magnifiers.
KS2 Science 3D: Rocks and soils
Exercise No: 1
Name: Looking at Rocks.
No.1: What are rocks?
Question
Answers
What will you find below you, forming the surface of the Earth?
Correct Answer
Rock.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Glass.
Wood.
Metals.
No.2: Looking closely at rocks.
Question
Which TWO rocks are a greyish white colour under the microscope?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Limestone.
Chalk.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Sandstone.
Slate.
Granite.
No.3: Sandstone.
Question
Why can sandstone sometimes be a problem when it is used for building?
Answers
Correct Answer
Because it can be worn away by the weather.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because it is very heavy.
Because birds called sandpeckers eat it.
Because it can be stolen by vandals.
No.4: Limestone.
Question
Limestone is often used for building _______ because it can be carved easily.
Answers
Correct Answer
cathedrals
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
tower blocks
swimming pools
McDonald's restaurants
Exercise No: 2
Name: Testing rocks.
No.5: Granite.
Question
Choose the TWO TRUE statements about granite.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It glitters because of the minerals in it.
It is hard and is used for buildings.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It is soft and bendy.
It is pink and burns if you touch it.
It is red and crumbles away.
No.6: Properties of Rocks.
Question
Choose the TWO correct parts to finish this sentence: If a rock is ........ this means that it ........ let
water pass through.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
will not
impermeable
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
coloured
magnetic
will
No.7: Testing for Hardness.
Question
Answers
If I have a rock and the hardness is 7, which drill bit will cut through it?
Correct Answer
8.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
6.
5.
4.
No.8: Lots of Properties.
Question
Answers
Which rock wears well, is impermeable, splits, but does not float?
Correct Answer
Slate.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Granite.
Marble.
Pumice.
Exercise No: 3
Name: How soils are made
No.9: How soil is made.
Question
Which of these is NOT a way in which rocks are broken down into soil?
Answers
Correct Answer
Animals eating rock.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Ice cracking rocks.
Rubbing rocks together.
Water tumbling rocks together.
No.10: Rocks into soils
Question
Answers
Put these steps in the correct order so that the activity would show how soil is made.
Correct Order
B-D-E-C-A
Statement A
Place a funnel in the second jar, put in a filter paper, pour the water
through and see what is left in the paper.
Rinse the rocks with water to wash off any soil.
Shake the jar for six minutes.
Put the rocks in the first plastic jar and fill it about one third full with water.
Add enough water to cover the rocks and put the top on tightly.
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
No.11: What's in soil?
Question
Why does clay soil become sticky when it is wet?
Answers
Correct Answer
Because the particles are very fine.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because it contains lots of humus.
Because there are big gaps between the particles.
Because the particles are very big.
No.12: The making of soil
Question
Answers
As a plant grows larger, the plant's _______ make the crack bigger until the rock breaks apart.
Correct Answer
roots
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
branches
flowers
leaves
Exercise No: 4
Name: Testing rocks and soil
No.13: Permeability
Question
A _______ soil is made up of large particles. This is good because the water can drain through it
well but it doesn't hold many nutrients.
Answers
Correct Answer
sandy
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
silty
loamy
clay
No.14: Separating soils
Question
If you were separating three different soil samples, which TWO of these would NOT be needed
for a 'Fair Test'?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Use the same tools to gather the soil sample.
Take the soil samples from the same place.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Leave them to settle for the same amount of time.
Use the same amount of soil for each.
Use the same amount of water.
No.15: Soil Investigations
Question
Answers
Which TWO things are true about chalk?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It wears away easily.
It is permeable.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It floats.
It is a hard rock.
It is impermeable.
No.16: Final Roundup.
Question
Answers
Sort these into size, smallest particles first, biggest last.
Correct Order
E-B-D-C-A
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
Boulders.
Silt.
Pebbles.
Sand.
Clay.
Question
Describe the properties of different rocks that you have studied and give examples of how
these properties can be useful to people.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Some rocks such as chalk and sandstone are permeable and let water pass through them. Other
rocks like slate and marble are impermeable and do not let water pass through them. Slate also
has the property that it can be split into thin sheets and this makes it a great material for using on
roofs. Rocks such as granite, sandstone and limestone are all used for building. Granite is very
hard and solid, but sandstone can have problems with weathering and limestone with acid rain.
Usually buildings are made with rocks that can be found locally.
KS2 Science 3E: Magnets and springs
Exercise No: 1
Name: Magnets
No.1: What is a magnet?
Question
Answers
The two ends of a magnet are called?
Correct Answer
North and South
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Left and Right
Top and Bottom
East and West
No.2: Attracting Magnets
Question
Find TWO combinations of poles which would be attracted to each other.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
South and North
North and South
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
South and South
North and North
All of these
No.3: Magnetic Poles
Question
Which of these sentences are correct about magnets?
Answers
Correct Answer
South and south poles repel.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
North and north attract.
North and South repel.
South and north poles repel.
No.4: Testing for Magnetic Materials
Question
Which list of materials contains nothing magnetic?
Answers
Correct Answer
wood, glass, paper and plastic
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
wood, glass, steel and plastic
wood, iron, paper and plastic
wood, iron, paper and brass
Exercise No: 2
Name: Magnet uses
No.5: Magnetic metals
Question
Click on TWO metals which are attracted to magnets.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Steel
Iron
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Copper
Tin
Aluminium
No.6: Magnet uses
Question
Answers
Magnets are useful because they _______ on tapes.
Correct Answer
remember music and tv programmes
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
keep doors closed
have a north and a south pole
attract metals
No.7: More magnet uses
Question
Answers
Which of these appliances uses magnets?
Correct Answer
All of these
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
dishwasher
fridge
blender
No.8: What else can magnets be used for?
Question
Magnets are used to make _______ Without these we would not have lights, telephones or
doorbells
Answers
Correct Answer
electric motors and generators.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
electric motors and lights.
electric robots and generators.
electric mixers and guitars.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Testing Magnets
No.9: Testing magnet strength
Question
Choose TWO things (factors) the children kept the same in order to keep their test fair.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
The way the paperclips were put on each magnet.
The type of paperclip used.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The colour of the magnets.
The shape of the magnets.
The size of the magnets.
No.10: Magnet Results
Question
Answers
The medium bar magnet picked up _______ paperclips, which showed it was the strongest.
Correct Answer
12
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
8
3
the least
No.11: Magnet Material Test
Question
Answers
Which material did the magnet NOT work through?
Correct Answer
Iron.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Wood.
Aluminium Foil.
Plastic.
No.12: Making a magnet
Question
To make a magnet:
Answers
Correct Answer
You stroke the needle one way with a magnet.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
You can't, you have to buy it from a shop.
You rub a magnet up and down on the needle.
You drop the needle on the floor.
Exercise No: 4
Name: Springs
No.13: Springs (2)
Question
If a spring is compressed
Answers
Correct Answer
it pushes on whatever is compressing it.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
it doesn't move.
it pulls on whatever is compressing it.
it stretches.
No.14: What can springs be used for?
Question
Answers
Springs are useful because they store _______ which can be used to make things happen
Correct Answer
energy
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
sound
light
bounce
No.15: Elastic Bands
Question
Put the steps in the correct order to show how an elastic band can be used to push a toy car.
Answers
Correct Order
C-A-D-B-E
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
Push the toy car into the elastic band.
Let the elastic band go.
Attach an elastic band to 2 drawing pins.
Stretch the elastic band backwards.
Watch the car whizz along!
No.16: Elastic bands Results
Question
Answers
Find the correct ending to this sentence. The more the elastic band is stretched,
Correct Answer
the further the car travels.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
the bigger the car.
the shorter the distance the car travels.
the slower the car travels.
Question
What have you learned about magnets in this unit?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Magnets have two poles. Two similar poles will repel (push away) each other, and two different
poles will attract (pull towards) each other. The only two materials that are magnetic are iron and
steel. All other materials (including all other metals) are N
KS2 Science 3F: Light and shadows
Exercise No: 1
Name: Light
No.1: Light Sources
Question
Answers
The _______ is NOT a light source because it doesn't give out it's own light.
Correct Answer
moon
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
candle
torch
Sun
No.2: Light Travels
Question
Which TWO of these describe how light travels?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Fast
In straight lines.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Slower than sound.
It can travel round corners.
None of these.
No.3: How We See Things
Question
How do we see objects? There are TWO correct answers.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Light rays from a light source reflect off an object
Light reflected from an object enters our eyes
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Our eyes are light sources
Our eyes send out light rays
Light rays from an object enter our eyes
No.4: Reflections
Question
When light bounces off most objects, _______ because the objects are rough when you look at
them closely.
Answers
Correct Answer
it is reflected off in many different directions and angles
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
it makes shadows
it is coloured in many different colours
it is reflected off in the same directions and angle
Exercise No: 2
Name: Shadows
No.5: Shadow Size
Question
A shadow is formed when light is blocked. A shadow is _______ when an object is closer to the
light source.
Answers
Correct Answer
larger
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
darker
smaller
the same size
No.6: Shadow Shape
Question
Answers
The shape of the shadow made when an object blocks the light is
Correct Answer
a similar shape to the object.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
any shape.
a different shape to the object.
none of these.
No.7: Opaque Materials & Shadows
Question
Objects that form a shadow are opaque. Which TWO phrases describe what this means?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
They do not let light pass through them.
They block light completely.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
They let light pass through them.
They are transparent.
They let some light pass through them.
No.8: Translucent Objects and Shadows
Question
Which TWO phrases describe translucent objects?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
They let some light pass through them.
They form a fainter shadow than opaque objects.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
They do not form a shadow.
They do not let light pass through them.
They let light pass through them completely.
Exercise No: 3
Name: The Sun
No.9: The Sun
Question
The Sun produces energy which travels out into space _______ some of which reaches us on
Earth!
Answers
Correct Answer
as heat and light,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
as sparks and gases,
as moon and stars,
as light and shadows,
No.10: Day & Night
Question
We get day and night because _______ and the section of the Earth that's facing the Sun gets
light and the other section is in the dark.
Answers
Correct Answer
the Earth spins on its own axis
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
the moon needs a turn
the Sun spins around the Earth
the Earth travels around the Sun
No.11: The Apparent Movement of the Sun
Question
During the day the Sun appears to move from East to West. Why is this?
Answers
Correct Answer
Because the Earth is spinning.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because the Sun is spinning.
It doesn't, the Sun moves from West to East.
Because the Sun knows that plants need sunlight on both sides.
No.12: Shadows Changing Over the Course of the Day
Question
Put these sentences in order to show how your shadow changes if you stood all day facing East
on a sunny day
Answers
Correct Order
C-B-A-D-E
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
Short and almost directly below me.
Quite long and behind me.
Very long and behind me.
Quite long and in front of me.
Very long and in front of me.
Exercise No: 4
Name: Enquiry
No.13: Exploring Colours of Light
Question
The primary colours of light are red, green and blue. What happens when you mix all three
colours?
Answers
Correct Answer
You'll get white light.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
You'll get brown light.
You'll get magenta light.
You'll get yellow light.
No.14: Patterns in Results
Question
When an object is 90 cm away from a light source, its shadow is 25 cm tall. When it is 100 cm
away, the shadow is 20 cm tall. What size do you think the shadow will be if the object is 110cm
away from the light source?
Answers
Correct Answer
15 cm
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
10 cm
70 cm
110 cm
No.15: Applying Knowledge
Question
The sun is lower in the sky in the Winter. My shadow would be _______ in the Winter than in the
Summer.
Answers
Correct Answer
longer
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
fatter
shorter
darker
No.16: Fair-testing
Question
As the sun moves from east to west, the shadow moves from _______.
Answers
Correct Answer
west to east
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
north to south
east to west
south to north
Question
Describe how shadows are formed and how they can change. Give examples referring to
the Sun.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Shadows are formed when light is blocked. They have a similar shape to the object that is
blocking the light. Shadows get larger when the object is closer to the light source and smaller
when the object is further from the light source. The Sun is the Earth's most important light
source. Objects block the light from the Sun and form shadows. These shadows change in size
and direction during the course of the day because the Earth turns. When the Sun is directly
overhead (mid-day) shadows are their shortest, in the early morning and evening, when the Sun
is low on the horizon, shadows are longer. The shadows change direction because the Sun
appears to to rise in the East and sets in the West.
KS2 Science 4A: Moving and growing
Exercise No: 1
Name: 1. Funny Bones
No.1: 1. My skeleton
Question
Answers
The skeleton provides support for the body, _______ and helps it to move.
Correct Answer
protects the body's vital organs
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
helps the body last for a long time
makes the body grow into the correct shape
helps the body look good
No.2: 2. Protection
Question
Why do you have a rib cage?
Answers
Correct Answer
To protect the heart and lungs.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
To stop me getting fat.
To protect the skull.
To help me breathe.
No.3: 3. Your bones
Question
There are _______ bones in each foot.
Answers
Correct Answer
26
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
106
6
36
No.4: 4. Joints
Question
Answers
What kind of joint is in your shoulder?
Correct Answer
Ball-and-socket.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Pivot.
Hinge.
Gliding.
Exercise No: 2
Name: 2. Mighty Muscles
No.5: 5. Our muscles
Question
Cardiac muscle is found _______ in our bodies.
Answers
Correct Answer
only in the heart
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
in the stomach
in the brain and the heart
in arms and legs
No.6: 6. Muscles that move us
Question
Answers
Our muscles are made up of _______ and exercise helps them to get bigger and stronger.
Correct Answer
stretchy threads
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
flexible fat
flexible cables
stretchy ligaments
No.7: 7. Tendons
Question
What are tendons?
Answers
Correct Answer
Tissue that connects muscles to bones.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Claws at the end of feet on birds of prey.
They connect one bone to another.
They carry blood around the body.
No.8: 8. How muscles work
Question
How do muscles move the bones in your skeleton?
Answers
Correct Answer
A muscle contracts and the bone moves.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A muscle gets thinner and the bone moves.
The bone moves when I bend it.
A muscle pushes and the bone moves.
Exercise No: 3
Name: 3. Animal Skeletons
No.9: 9. Animal X-rays
Question
Which of the following is true?
Answers
Correct Answer
Humans and some other animals have bony skeletons inside
their bodies.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Only humans have bony skeletons inside their bodies.
Humans and all other animals have bony skeletons inside their bodies.
X-rays can only show bones.
No.10: 10. Frog
Question
What is the main difference between the toes and fingers of a frog and the toes and fingers of a
human?
Answers
Correct Answer
A frog's are very long.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A frog's are only short.
A frog hasn't got any toes.
A frog has more toes.
No.11: 11. Vertebrates
Question
Think about a rabbit, a parrot and a boa constrictor. Which TWO parts of the skeleton do ALL 3
creatures have?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Skull.
Spine.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Legs.
Pelvis.
Arms.
No.12: 12. Bones or no bones?
Question
Answers
What do you call any creature that has an exoskeleton?
Correct Answer
An invertebrate.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A vertebrate.
An insect.
An endoskeleton.
Exercise No: 4
Name: 4. Growth and Repair
No.13: 13. Growing bones
Question
When you break a bone,
Answers
Correct Answer
when it heals it is stronger than before.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
it never heals properly.
when it heals it is just as strong as before.
when it heals it is weaker than before.
No.14: 14. Bone Facts
Question
Answers
What else do bones do besides protect? There are TWO correct answers.
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
They support.
They make red and white blood cells.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
They make oxygen.
They make brain cells.
They make hair.
No.15: 15. Why exercise?
Question
Answers
What kind of exercise is swimming?
Correct Answer
Endurance and resistance.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Bodybuilding.
Endurance.
Resistance.
No.16: 16. Re-cap
Question
Muscles work in pairs. When one _______ the other contracts.
Answers
Correct Answer
relaxes
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
expands
tightens
contracts
Question
Explain what a skeleton is and how it is able to move.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
You have a skeleton inside your body. A skeleton is made of bone which grows as you grow. The
skeleton supports the body and gives it shape. It protects the organs. There are joints where two
or more bones meet. Muscles are joined to the skeleton. They work in pairs. One contracts while
the other relaxes to make your bones move. Ligaments join bone to bone and tendons join
muscle to bone. Movement of your body depends on both your skeleton and your muscles.
Exercise will make your muscles stronger.
KS2 Science 4B: Habitats
Exercise No: 1
Name: Habitats
No.1: What is a habitat?
Question
Answers
What is a habitat?
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Any place where a particular plant species lives.
A place that provides food and shelter.
Any place where a particular animal species lives.
No.2: Three habitats
Question
Which TWO of these creatures would you find in a HEDGE habitat?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
A mouse.
A hedgehog.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A starfish.
A crab.
A cow.
No.3: In the Right Place
Question
Plants or animals will live in the _______ that has all the things that they need to survive.
Answers
Correct Answer
habitat
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
soil
pond
house
No.4: Freshwater habitat
Question
Wetland and lakes are freshwater habitats. Which TWO of the following would like to live in a
freshwater habitat?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
A frog.
A heron.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A penguin.
A butterfly.
A mouse.
Exercise No: 2
Name: Creature secrets
No.5: Creature Needs
Question
For fish to survive in a tank, they need the right amount of _______ the right temperature and
plants to give them oxygen.
Answers
Correct Answer
food,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
toys,
rocks,
other fish,
No.6: Creature Features
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these features make a frog suited to its habitat?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It has webbed feet.
It is green with slippery skin.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It has feathers.
It has claws to dig with.
It has wings.
No.7: Adaptation 2
Question
Answers
Why are a frog's eyes and nostrils high on its head?
Correct Answer
So that they stay out of the water when it is swimming.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
So that it can sense vibrations in the water.
So that it can catch its prey.
So that it can smell its prey.
No.8: Plants 2
Question
It is important to have _______ in a habitat because many creatures depend on them for food.
Answers
Correct Answer
plants
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
roads
rocks
houses
Exercise No: 3
Name: Feeding time
No.9: Pond feeding
Question
Which of these creatures only eats plants?
Answers
Correct Answer
Phantom Midge Larva
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Water Spider
Water Mite
Leech
No.10: Dinner
Question
Answers
Producers need _______ to make their food.
Correct Answer
the sun
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
grass
soil
consumers
No.11: Food chains
Question
What do we call something that gets its food from plants or other animals?
Answers
Correct Answer
Consumer
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Producer
Predator
Prey
No.12: Chain reaction
Question
Arrange the food chain in order starting with the green plant.
Answers
Correct Order
C-A-E-D-B
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
grasshopper
owl
grass
snake
frog
Exercise No: 4
Name: Let's sort!
No.13: Sort Them Out!
Question
Which TWO of these have webbed feet?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
A duck.
A frog.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A snail.
A hamster.
A snake.
No.14: More Sorting
Question
Answers
I am a newt. Which TWO of these are TRUE about me?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
I have a strong tail for swimmimg.
I can breathe both on land and water.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
I like burrowing.
I am nocturnal.
I have feathers.
No.15: Keys
Question
Answers
I have two pairs of wings that cover my body and overlap. What am I?
Correct Answer
A cockroach.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A flea.
A wasp.
A dragonfly.
No.16: Web of life
Question
Answers
Why is preserving habitats and protecting endangered species so very important?
Correct Answer
Because every animal and every plant relies on other plants and
animals to survive.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because some plants are more important then others.
Because some animals are more important than others.
Because the environment won't look so attractive if we lose some
plants or animals.
Question
Explain why all the plants and animals in a habitat need each other to survive.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Plants and animals live in a certain habitat because it has all the things they need to survive food, warmth and shelter. There are many kinds of habitats because different plants and animals
need different kinds of food and shelter. The plants and animals in the habitat make different food
chains, most of them starting with a green plant. If anything is removed from the chain, the chain
is broken and it is difficult for the habitat to survive. Put together, the plants and animals in a
habitat make a food web, each plant and animal depending on the other plants and animals to
survive.
KS2 Science 4C: Keeping warm
Exercise No: 1
Name: Temperature (2)
No.1: Too Hot, Too Cold!
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these sentences about Goldilocks are TRUE?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Goldilocks could tell which porridge was the hottest by tasting.
Goldilocks could tell which porridge was coldest by tasting.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Goldilocks could tell which porridge was just right by guessing.
Goldilocks could tell EXACTLY how hot or cold each porridge was by
tasting.
Goldilocks could tell which porridge was just right by looking.
Incorrect Answer 3
No.2: What is Temperature?
Question
Answers
What is temperature and what unit is it measured in? There are TWO correct answers.
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It is measured in degrees Celsius (°C)
Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Temperature is a measure of how hot the weather is.
It is measured in Celerons.
Temperature is an instrument that is used to measure how hot or cold
something is.
No.3: What's the Temperature?
Question
Put these temperatures in order, coldest first.
Answers
Correct Order
D-C-E-B-A
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
Boiling water (100°C)
Your bath water (40°C)
Ice (0°C)
Freezer (-15°C)
Water from a cold water tap (10°C)
No.4: Weather Temperature
Question
If the temperature is _______ it is more likely that we will have snow.
Answers
Correct Answer
-5°C
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
5°C
-15°C
20 degrees C
Exercise No: 2
Name: Thermometers
No.5: Classroom Temperature.
Question
What is the best temperature for a classroom?
Answers
Correct Answer
18°C
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
-10°C
5°C
35°C
No.6: How a Thermometer Works
Question
Answers
A thermometer is a _______ tube filled with liquid, which moves up and down a scale.
Correct Answer
glass
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
paper
cloth
metal
No.7: Reading Thermometers
Question
Which TWO of these are scales for measuring temperatures?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Fahrenheit.
Celsius.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Census.
Frankenstein.
Centipede.
No.8: How Hot or Cold?
Question
Put these in temperature order -COLDEST first HOTTEST last!
Answers
Correct Order
C-A-E-D-B
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
Freezing point of water
Boiling point of water.
Antarctica.
Body temperature.
Room temperature.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Thermal Insulators & Conductors
No.9: Thermal Insulators.
Question
A THERMAL INSULATOR does not let _______ pass through and will help hot things stay hot
and cold things stay cold.
Answers
Correct Answer
heat
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
water
people
light
No.10: Warm Clothes for Cold Places.
Question
Answers
Choose the TWO pieces of clothing that you would need in a COLD COUNTRY.
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
A woolly hat.
An overcoat.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A T-shirt.
A bikini.
Sandals.
No.11: Making a Guess.
Question
Answers
What is a HYPOTHESIS?
Correct Answer
A guess.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A fizzy drink.
A creature from Mars.
A small, furry animal.
No.12: Thermal conductors.
Question
Which TWO of these are good THERMAL CONDUCTORS?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Steel.
Aluminium.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Foam.
Bubblewrap.
Cardboard.
Exercise No: 4
Name: Enquiry (2)
No.13: Exploring
Question
What TWO things happen when you wear a vest with holes, under other layers?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Your body warms the air in the holes.
The layers trap the warm air.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The layers squash the warm air forcing it out.
The warmth escapes through the holes.
The holes trap the warm air.
No.14: Fair-Testing.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these would make a test fair?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Making sure the things that matter stay the same.
Only changing one factor.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Changing at least two factors.
Making sure that everything stays the same.
Making sure that everything is different.
No.15: Results Tables.
Question
If you use a graph and a table to record the results of an experiment, which one allows you to
make accurate calculations easily?
Answers
Correct Answer
A table.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Both of them.
A graph.
Neither of them.
No.16: Let's Revise!
Question
Answers
Heat travels from hot things to _______ things.
Correct Answer
colder
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
wetter
spicier
hotter
Question
What is temperature, how do we measure it and why are thermal conductors and
insulators important in our lives?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Temperature is a measure of how hot or cold something is. We can measure temperature
accurately using a thermometer. The units we use are degrees Celsius (C). Thermometers are
used in many parts of our lives, for example, when we are ill we have our temperature taken
(normal body temperature is about 37 degrees C), and when we are baking we need to set the
oven to a high temperature (an internal thermometer controls this). Temperature can be controlled
by using thermal insulators. Thermal insulators do not allow heat to pass through them easily. For
example, a cool box will not allow heat to pass through its lining, and so keeps the food inside
cool. Another example is wall insulation, in our houses, which prevents the flow of heat out of the
house, thus keeping it warm inside.
KS2 Science 4D: Solids, liquids and
how they can be separated
Exercise No: 1
Name: 1. Changing Materials
No.1: 1. What is a solid?
Question
Answers
Which of these objects is not a solid?
Correct Answer
Oil.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Flour.
Ice.
Sand.
No.2: 2. What is a liquid?
Question
Which of these are ALL liquids?
Answers
Correct Answer
Milk, juice, water.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Milk, jelly, oxygen.
Milk, peanut butter, water.
Peanut butter, a desk, water.
No.3: 3. Solid or liquid?
Question
Why are salt and sand solids?
Answers
Correct Answer
Because each particle keeps the same shape and volume.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because they can't be held.
Because they don't keep the same shape.
Because they don't flow.
No.4: 4. Sorting
Question
Answers
Solids are special because _______ and they can be cut or shaped.
Correct Answer
they have a definite size and shape
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
they have a definite size but no definite shape
they take the shape of a container
they are very hard
KS2 Science 4D: Solids, liquids and how they can be separated
Exercise No: 2
Name: 2. Investigating Materials
No.5: 5. Temperature changes
Question
Which of the following is a liquid?
Answers
Correct Answer
Paint.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Wood.
An iceberg.
Ice cream.
No.6: 6. Using heat
Question
Glass is a special material that can be put into a furnace where at high temperatures it _______
into a liquid.
Answers
Correct Answer
melts
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
evaporates
dissolves
condenses
No.7: 7. Different temperatures
Question
Which TWO of the following correctly describe what happens to a liquid when it is cooled?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It solidifies.
It freezes.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It dissolves.
It melts.
It evaporates.
No.8: 8. Melting solids
Question
Which of the following is true about the melting points of solids?
Answers
Correct Answer
Different metals melt at different temperatures.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The same metals can melt at different temperatures.
Different metals melt at the same temperature.
Metals melt at low tempratures.
Exercise No: 3
Name: 3. Separating
No.9: 9. Filtering
Question
How do filters and sieves separate materials?
Answers
Correct Answer
They hold on to objects of a certain size.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
They hold on to all solids.
They stop the liquid from escaping.
They stop everything from escaping.
No.10: 10. Separating solids
Question
Answers
Which of the following statements in NOT true?
Correct Answer
You can only use a sieve to separate a solid from a liquid.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
You can use a sieve to separate two different sized solids.
You can use filtering to separate a solid and a liquid.
If something dissolves you can get it back again.
No.11: 11. What is dissolving?
Question
If you have dissolved some sugar in water and then tried to filter the sugar out, how can you find
out whether the sugar has been removed?
Answers
Correct Answer
By tasting it, as long as you know that it could only contain sugar
and water.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
By shaking it to make the sugar move.
By tasting it - you can taste anything to find out what is in it.
By looking at it to see if you can see the sugar.
No.12: 12. Separating metals
Question
Using _______ is a good way to separate iron and steel from the other solids.
Answers
Correct Answer
a magnet
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
water
a sieve
a filter
Exercise No: 4
Name: 4. Sorting Materials
No.13: 13. Testing time
Question
Which TWO of the following changes are the reverse of each other?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Melting.
Solidifying.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Boiling.
Evaporating.
Cooling.
No.14: 14. Filtering Apparatus
Question
What apparatus could you use to separate or filter undissolved solids like dirt from liquids like
water?
Answers
Correct Answer
An old pop bottle and kitchen towel.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A jar and some dirt.
An old pop bottle and a jar.
A large holed sieve and a vase.
No.15: 15. Separating more materials.
Question
What would be the best way to separate sand, salt, paper clips and pebbles? (Hint: remove the
magnetic objects first). Order these processes.
Answers
Correct Order
E-A-B-C-D
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
SIEVE to separate the pebbles.
Add water to DISSOLVE the salt.
FILTER to separate the sand.
EVAPORATE the water to separate the salt.
Use a MAGNET to separate the paperclips.
No.16: 16. Solids and liquids
Question
Answers
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Correct Answer
You can separate a mixture of salt sand and water using a sieve
and filter paper.
Incorrect Answer 1
Some materials have to be heated to a very high temperature before
they melt.
Salt and sand flow, but they are still solids.
When solids dissolve they break up so small they pass through the
holes in the filter paper.
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Question
What is the difference between a solid and a liquid? How could you separate a mixture of
sand and marbles in water?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
A solid has a definite size and shape but a liquid only has a definite size. It takes the shape of a
container it is poured into. You could separate the mixture by first using a sieve. When you pour
the mixture into the sieve the marbles will be trapped in the sieve but the sand and the water will
pass through the holes. Next you could use pour the remaining mixture through the kitchen towel,
or filter paper, the sand will be trapped but the water will pass through the tiny holes in the paper.
This is called filtering. If you do not have any kitchen towel or filter paper, you could evaporate the
water by heating it, and then quickly cool the steam (condense it), to collect the water. The sand
would be left in the pot.
KS2 Science 4E: Friction
Exercise No: 1
Name: Forces
No.1: What is a force?
Question
Answers
Which of the following are examples of forces? There are TWO correct answers.
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Friction.
Gravity.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Light.
Sound.
Electricity.
No.2: Different Forces
Question
Answers
Four children are talking about what they know about forces. Which child has got it wrong?
Correct Answer
Sophie: Forces cannot change the shape of things.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Dennis: We use arrows to show the size and direction of the force.
Joan: A force is a push or a pull.
Ahmed: Forces can make things slow down, speed up and change
direction.
No.3: Measuring forces
Question
Answers
Which TWO answers tell you what a force is and the unit it is measured in?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
A push or a pull.
Newtons.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A slowing down.
Pounds.
Kilograms.
No.4: Gravity
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these are forces that affect how fast something travels?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Gravity.
Friction.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Sound.
Springs.
Electricity.
Exercise No: 2
Name: Introducing Friction
No.5: What is friction?
Question
When is friction at its greatest?
Answers
Correct Answer
When both surfaces in contact are very rough.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
When one surface is smooth.
When both surfaces are smooth.
When one surface is smooth and the other is rough.
No.6: Rough surfaces
Question
Answers
If it was icy I would wear _______ as friction would then help my feet to grip better.
Correct Answer
boots with patterned soles,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
boots with smooth soles,
boots with laces,
boots with a fur lining,
No.7: Distance Testing
Question
A toy sledge will travel furthest across _______ if I use the same amount of force to push it each
time.
Answers
Correct Answer
ice
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
grass
carpet
polished wood
No.8: Gradient and friction
Question
Each experiment was done 3 times _______ and an average could be worked out.
Answers
Correct Answer
to make sure it is a fair test
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
so that one thing can be changed each time
to make sure everything is measured carefully
to waste some time
Exercise No: 3
Name: Resistance
No.9: Streamlined shapes
Question
Dolphins have a streamlined shape _______ which means they can swim very fast.
Answers
Correct Answer
to cut down friction as they move through the water
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
to increase the friction in the water
to make them difficult to see
and are grey in colour
No.10: Water resistance
Question
Answers
When moving through water it _______ than moving through air.
Correct Answer
is more difficult
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
takes less effort
is quicker
is easier
No.11: Parachutes
Question
People can jump from great heights safely if they wear a parachute. A parachute works by
_______ and the parachutist can fall slowly to earth.
Answers
Correct Answer
trapping air and causing air resistance (drag)
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
only allowing light air particles inside
letting air through the top very slowly
trapping heavy gases in the air
No.12: Reading tables.
Question
If two paper spinners with different wing lengths are dropped from the same height, _______ will
take the longest time to reach the ground.
Answers
Correct Answer
the one with the longest wings
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
the one with the coloured wings
the one with the shortest wings
they will reach the ground at the same time so neither
Exercise No: 4
Name: More friction investigations
No.13: Friction investigation.
Question
Why can't a train move if there is oil on the tracks?
Answers
Correct Answer
Because there is no friction to help the wheels to grip as they
turn round.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because the wheels cannot touch the track.
It can - the oil doesn't cause any problems.
Because the wheels cannot turn as the oil is so sticky.
No.14: Drag
Question
Answers
Which of the following would make a toy car slow down on a sloping track?
Correct Answer
Attaching a parachute to it.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Adding a weight to it.
Putting oil on the track.
Making the gradient of the track steeper.
No.15: Aeroplane Drag
Question
The force that slows an aeroplane down due to air resistance is called drag. What TWO things
cause drag?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
The speed of the aeroplane.
The shape of the aeroplane.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The mass of the aeroplane.
The weight of the aeroplane.
The colour of the aeroplane.
No.16: Summary.
Question
Answers
Which of these objects uses high friction to help them work properly?
Correct Answer
Goalkeeper's gloves.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Skis.
Iron.
Playground slide.
Question
Explain what friction is and how it can be measured. Describe the surfaces where there is
high friction and low friction. Then give four examples of advantages and disadvantages of
friction.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Friction is a force that slows things down. It can be measured in Newtons, using a forcemeter.
There is high friction between two rough, dry surfaces. There is low friction between two smooth,
wet surfaces. Advantages: 1) The treads under our trainers prevent us from slipping. 2) The brake
pads on a car press together to stop the car moving. Disadvantages: 1) Air resistance pushes
against an aeroplane and so reduces its speed. 2) Friction can also cause engines to wear out as
the parts move against one another.
KS2 Science 4F: Circuits and
conductors
Exercise No: 1
Name: Sources of electricity
No.1: Batteries
Question
Answers
What must all complete circuits have?
Correct Answer
A power supply
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A bulb
A motor
A buzzer
No.2: Complete Circuit
Question
For a circuit to work what does it need to be?
Answers
Correct Answer
Complete
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Round
Plastic
Large
No.3: What is mains electricity?
Question
What kind of appliances use mains electricity?
Answers
Correct Answer
Appliances which are large and powerful.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Appliances which are noisy.
Appliances which are small and portable.
Appliances which are shiny.
No.4: The dangers of mains electricity
Question
Answers
Electricity can be so _______, that it can kill!
Correct Answer
powerful
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
sharp
venomous
poisonous
KS2 Science 4F: Circuits and conductors
Exercise No: 2
Name: Using and conducting electricity
No.5: Using electricity safely.
Question
Which of these statements describes a dangerous activity?
Answers
Correct Answer
When unplugging something pulling it by the cord.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Putting electrical cords over carpets.
Drying your hands before plugging in something.
Only plugging one appliance into a socket.
No.6: What are conductors?
Question
Answers
When something conducts what does it let pass through it?
Correct Answer
Electricity.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Water.
Fire.
Air.
No.7: Testing Materials
Question
A simple circuit has a battery, a bulb and wires all connected. How could you use this circuit to
test if a pin conducts electricity?
Answers
Correct Answer
Put the pin across a gap in the circuit
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Put the pin in place of the battery
Put the pin in place of the bulb
Put the pin on top of the wire
No.8: Good Conductors
Question
What kind of materials are good conductors of electricity?
Answers
Correct Answer
Metals.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Wood.
Rubber.
Plastic.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Insulators and switches
No.9: Insulators
Question
What do we call materials which don't let electricity pass through them?
Answers
Correct Answer
Insulators.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Conductors.
Appliances.
Metals.
No.10: Uses of conductors and insulators
Question
Answers
Which material is best for covering wires, cables and plugs?
Correct Answer
Plastic
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Metal
Wood
A conductor
No.11: Switches
Question
What is the job of a switch in a circuit?
Answers
Correct Answer
To open and close the circuit to turn things off and on.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
To provide the power source.
To increase the power in a circuit.
To turn the electricity round in a circuit.
No.12: How a switch works
Question
How does a switch work?
Answers
Correct Answer
By joining up metal contacts in the circuit.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
By lighting the circuit.
By pushing the electricity through the circuit.
By joining up plastic in the circuit.
Exercise No: 4
Name: Electrical power
No.13: Faster motors
Question
A circuit has a battery and 2 motors. How could you speed up the 2 motors?
Answers
Correct Answer
Add another battery.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Add another motor.
Add a bulb.
Add a buzzer.
No.14: Brighter bulbs
Question
Answers
Which of these would you add to a circuit to make bulb brighter?
Correct Answer
Another battery
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Another wire
Another bulb
A switch
No.15: Matching voltage
Question
Why does a bulb or motor burn out in a circuit?
Answers
Correct Answer
Too much power has been added.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A motor has been added.
Too many bulbs have been used
A switch has been turned off.
No.16: Working circuits.
Question
Which of these circuits would not work?
Answers
Correct Answer
All of them.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A circuit with only a bulb and some wires.
A circuit with a gap in the wires.
A circuit with an open switch.
Question
What is the difference between an insulator of electricity and a conductor? How could you
use a battery, a bulb and wires to test if a paper clip is a conductor or an insulator?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
An insulator does not let electricity pass through it but a conductor does. You could test if a paper
clip is a conductor or an insulator by joining up the bulb to the battery using the wires but leaving
a gap. You could then use the paper clip to bridge the gap in the circuit. If the bulb lights the
circuit is complete and the paper clip is a conductor, if the bulb does not light then the paper clip is
an insulator.
KS2 Science 5A: Keeping healthy
Exercise No: 1
Name: 1. Food Groups
No.1: 1. Balanced Diet
Question
Answers
Which food types should you aim to eat every day?
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Carbohydrates and fats.
Proteins.
Vitamins and minerals.
No.2: 2.Starchy foods
Question
Starchy foods should make up about _______ of all food eaten.
Answers
Correct Answer
one third
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
one quarter
half
three quarters
No.3: 3. Foods for growth
Question
Which of these foods help the body to grow and repair itself? There are TWO correct answers.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Red meat.
Nuts.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Rice.
Oil.
Fruit.
No.4: 4.Fatty and Sugary Foods
Question
Which of the following are all examples of foods that contain fats and sugars?
Answers
Correct Answer
Cheese, chocolate, fizzy drinks and butter.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Cheese, sweets, bananas and meat.
Sweets, broccoli, margarine and cheese.
Butter, chocolate, apples and sweets.
Exercise No: 2
Name: 2. Staying Healthy
No.5: 5. Fruit and Vegetables
Question
We should eat _______ portions of fruit and vegetables every day.
Answers
Correct Answer
5
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
2
4
6
No.6: 6. Vitamins and Minerals
Question
Answers
Our bodies use _______ to keep our bones and teeth strong.
Correct Answer
calcium
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Vitamin C
iron
Vitamin A
No.7: 7. Exercise and Health
Question
What effect does exercise have on your body?
Answers
Correct Answer
It strengthens your muscles.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It makes your heart beat slower.
It makes you breathe slower.
All of these.
No.8: 8. Finding out about pulse rate
Question
After exercise we find that pulse rate has increased because _______ to carry more blood to the
muscles.
Answers
Correct Answer
the heart pumps faster
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
the heart pumps slower
we breathe slower
we breathe faster
Exercise No: 3
Name: 3. Heart, Lungs and Movement
No.9: 9. Heart and Lungs
Question
How many different types of rib are there?
Answers
Correct Answer
3
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
12
2
4
No.10: 10. Blood Vessels and Circulation
Question
Answers
What is the name of the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart?
Correct Answer
Arteries.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Veins.
Ventricles.
Atria.
No.11: 11. Muscles and Movement
Question
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Answers
Correct Answer
Muscles work by pushing.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Muscles work by pulling.
Muscles work in pairs.
Bones cannot move by themselves.
No.12: 12. How the heart works
Question
When I exercise my heart beats _______ and my pulse rate increases.
Answers
Correct Answer
faster
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
at the same speed
stop
slower
Exercise No: 4
Name: 4. Drugs
No.13: 13. Medicines
Question
Many people take medicines to control illnesses that don't completely go away. Name TWO
illnesses which are treated in this way.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Diabetes.
Asthma.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Chicken pox.
Flu.
Insect bites.
No.14: 14. Tobacco
Question
Answers
Which of the following conditions can be caused by smoking?
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Heart disease.
Wrinkles.
Hearing and vision loss.
No.15: 15. Alcohol
Question
Answers
Choose TWO correct endings: Alcohol is a drug. It can make you
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
unable to control your emotions.
clumsy.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
rich.
like doing your homework.
hungry.
No.16: 16. Other drugs
Question
Answers
Alcohol and drugs will NOT make you
Correct Answer
a better person.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
lightheaded and unsteady.
aggressive or violent.
very ill or unconscious.
Question
What can we do to keep healthy?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
To keep healthy we should eat a varied diet, making sure we include fruit and vegetables. We
should avoid eating foods which contain large amounts of fat or sugar. We should exercise
regularly to maintain our muscles. We should take medicines if needed, but avoid smoking,
drinking large amounts of alcohol and taking hard drugs.
KS2 Science 5B: Life cycles
Exercise No: 1
Name: Plant reproduction
No.1: Male plant parts
Question
Answers
Pollen grains are found on the _______ of the male part of the plant.
Correct Answer
anther
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
sepals
petals
carpel
No.2: Female plant parts
Question
What do we call the MAIN female part of a flower?
Answers
Correct Answer
carpel
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
anther
ovary
stamen
No.3: Pollination
Question
The bee visits the plant to _______ and it collects and deposits pollen while it is there.
Answers
Correct Answer
get the nectar
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
get the pollen
smell the scent
see the colour
No.4: Plant life cycle
Question
Answers
Put these stages in the plant life cycle in the correct order. Start with pollination.
Correct Order
C-D-A-B-E
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
dispersal
germination
pollination
fertilisation
growing plant
Exercise No: 2
Name: Seed stories
No.5: Seeds growing
Question
Some seeds are dispersed by the wind. Which TWO of the following are other ways seeds can be
dispersed?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
By water.
By explosion.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
By sunlight
By burrowing.
By walking.
No.6: Fruits
Question
Answers
Which part of the plant becomes the fruit?
Correct Answer
The ovary.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The corolla.
The flower.
The seed.
No.7: Seed dispersal
Question
Answers
What are the different ways animals disperse the seeds?
Correct Answer
All 3 of these
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Buried and forgotten about.
Stuck to their coats or beaks.
In their droppings.
No.8: Investigating Seed Dispersal
Question
In a fair test, _______ apart from the factor being tested.
Answers
Correct Answer
all factors are kept the same,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
some factors are changed,
everything is measured,
all factors are changed,
Exercise No: 3
Name: Humans and other animals
No.9: Seed Results
Question
What did the results of the experiment show? Find TWO correct answers.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Seeds need warmth to germinate.
If the temperature is too low, seeds will not germinate.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Temperature does not affect seed germination.
Seeds germinate best when it is cool.
Seeds need light to germinate.
No.10: Parenting.
Question
Answers
Which of the following sentences is true?
Correct Answer
Ostriches look after baby ostriches for a whole year.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It is only the mother's job to take care her baby ostriches.
Once baby ostriches have hatched, they can look after themselves.
Ostrich parents only look after their own babies.
No.11: Animal families
Question
Answers
A young _______ stays with its mother for two years.
Correct Answer
polar bear
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
bat
fox
mouse
No.12: Human life cycle
Question
How many stages are there in the human life cycle?
Answers
Correct Answer
6
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
5
7
4
Exercise No: 4
Name: Animals in danger
No.13: Endangered animals1
Question
What is the main reason why animals die out?
Answers
Correct Answer
Habitat loss.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Pollution
New species introduced.
Illegal hunting.
No.14: Little and large
Question
Choose TWO statements about the Giant Panda which are true facts and which also give reasons
why the Giant Panda is endangered.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Female pandas do not begin to have cubs until they are six years
old.
Panda mothers only give birth to one or two cubs every two
years.
Pandas are taken to be kept as pets.
Pandas have many predators.
Pandas are killed for their fur coats.
No.15: Rhino
Question
Why are black rhinos a threatened species?
Answers
Correct Answer
Human poachers kill them for their horns.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
They have lost habitat.
Crocodiles kill baby rhinos.
Lions attack them.
No.16: Conservation
Question
Answers
How are endangered animals like the mountain gorilla being helped?
Correct Answer
By doing all of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
By looking after their habitats.
By stopping people from hunting and killing them.
By stopping people from taking them from their natural home.
Question
What do you know about plant and animal reproduction?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
A flower has both male and female parts. The carpel is the female part, the stamen is the male
part. The male part makes pollen, the female part makes ovules. The pollen has to reach the
ovules for the plant to make a seed. The pollen can be carried by the wind or by insects. The wind
blows the pollen to another plant. The insects visit the plant to collect nectar. They are attracted
by the scent, smell and colour of the plant. The pollen sticks to the insects and is carried to
another plant. When the pollen reaches another plant, this plant becomes pollinated. When the
pollen and the ovule join together, fertilisation takes place forming a seed. The seed has to be
carried away from the plant to be able to make a new plant. This can be done by animals, the
wind, explosion and water. When the seed lands in a good place it germinates. This means the
plant begins to grow. It cannot grow without enough water, light, heat and minerals. Animals also
go through different stages in their life cycle. For example, the stages in the human life cycle are
babyhood, childhood, adolescence and adulthood. The babies of different species have different
gestation lengths, and spend different amounts of time dependent on their parents. If animals do
not reproduce they can become extinct. This can happen when an animal is hunted or its habitat
is destroyed. People try to help endangered species by making hunting illegal or by breeding
animals in captivity.
KS2 Science 5C: Gases around us
Exercise No: 1
Name: 1. Can You Tell Solids and Liquids from Gases?
No.1: 1. States of Matter.
Question
Answers
What are the three states of matter?
Correct Answer
Solid, liquid and gas.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Solid, treacle and gas.
Ice, water and steam.
Solid, liquid and air.
No.2: 2. Solids, Liquids and Gases.
Question
Water can exist in three states: frozen when it is _______ liquid when it is the water we usually
see; when it is a gas called steam.
Answers
Correct Answer
ice;
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
mist;
a lolly;
vapour;
No.3: 3. Sorting Solids, Liquids and Gases.
Question
Bath salts are a _______ even though you can pour them, as each particle still keeps its own
shape.
Answers
Correct Answer
solid,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
paste,
liquid,
gas,
No.4: 4. Sort These Out!
Question
Answers
Which of these is the only liquid?
Correct Answer
Water.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Sand.
Ice.
Steam.
Exercise No: 2
Name: 2. Aspects of Evaporation
No.5: 5. Properties.
Question
Whenever liquids evaporate _______ some liquids evaporate quicker than others.
Answers
Correct Answer
gases are formed;
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
there is an explosion;
they make foam;
it causes fire;
No.6: 6. Investigating Puddles.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of the following would speed up the evaporation of a puddle of water?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Sun.
Wind.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Shade.
Rain.
Slope.
No.7: 7. How We Smell.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these are TRUE?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Smells can be formed when liquids evaporate.
Smells are held in the air.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
We can smell things which aren't there.
We can only smell perfume when it is a liquid.
We can always see what we smell.
No.8: 8. Changing States.
Question
Answers
What is the opposite of evaporation?
Correct Answer
Condensation.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Solidifying.
Freezing.
Melting.
Exercise No: 3
Name: 3. Gases and Air
No.9: 9. What's the Difference?
Question
Choose the TWO correct statements:-
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
The particles of a gas are spread out apart.
The particles of a solid are packed close together.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The particles of a solid have big spaces between them.
The particles of a liquid are packed close together.
The particles of a gas do not move around at all.
No.10: 10. The Power of Air.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these are TRUE about air?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It is invisible.
It can exert pressure.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It doesn't exert any force.
It's just empty space with nothing there.
You can't feel it.
No.11: 11. Air.
Question
Answers
The three main gases which make up air are oxygen, _______ and carbon dioxide.
Correct Answer
nitrogen
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
hydrogen
helium
neon
No.12: 12. Weighing Air.
Question
Answers
Put the steps of the experiment to prove that air has weight in the correct order.
Correct Order
C-A-E-B-D
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
Tie a string to each balloon.
Balance the metre stick and balloons on a hanger.
Blow up two balloons.
Pop one balloon.
Attach one balloon to each end of a metre stick.
Exercise No: 4
Name: 4. Different Gases and their Uses.
No.13: 13. Gases in Air.
Question
Which gas is used to make plant food?
Answers
Correct Answer
Nitrogen.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Air.
Oxygen.
Water vapour.
No.14: 14. Using Gases.
Question
Answers
Soils are made of different sized particles, with _______ trapped between the particles.
Correct Answer
air
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
water
oxygen
worms
No.15: 15. Summing Up Gases.
Question
The gas in fizzy drinks is _______ which is also used for lots of other things.
Answers
Correct Answer
carbon dioxide
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
natural gas
hydrogen
helium
No.16: 16. The Invisible Fire Extinguisher.
Question
Which gas can be used to put out fires?
Answers
Correct Answer
Carbon dioxide.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Hydrogen.
Nitrogen.
Oxygen.
Question
Why are gases important to us?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
The air which surrounds us, which is made up of different gases, keeps the Earth's temperature
stable, and is needed by all living things to survive. Oxygen in the air, is taken in by our lungs
when we breathe. Moving air helps us to dry washing, and keeps kites and parachutes in the air.
Other gases are useful to us, such as hydrogen used in welding, carbon dioxide in fizzy drinks
and neon in lasers and neon signs. Without the gases formed when liquids evaporate, we would
not be able to smell.
KS2 Science 5D: Changing state
Exercise No: 1
Name: Evaporation
No.1: What is evaporation?
Question
Answers
What happens during evaporation?
Correct Answer
A liquid turns into a gas.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A solid changes into a liquid.
A gas turns into a liquid.
A liquid changes into a solid.
No.2: Evaporating liquids
Question
Which TWO of these sentences about evaporation are true?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Evaporation is when a liquid turns to a gas.
When a liquid evaporates the gas is held in the air.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Only water evaporates.
When a liquid evaporates it disappears completely.
A liquid won't evaporate unless it is boiling.
No.3: Evaporation investigation
Question
The rate of evaporation of a liquid is affected by _______ which is called its 'surface area'.
Answers
Correct Answer
the diameter of the container,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
the colour of the liquid,
the way you pour it out,
length of time that you leave it,
No.4: Evaporating and Condensing.
Question
Which TWO of the following are the reverse of each other?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Condensing.
Evaporating.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Warming.
Freezing.
Burning.
Exercise No: 2
Name: Condensation.
No.5: Condensation all around us
Question
Which TWO of the following are caused by condensation?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Steamed up windows in a car on a cold morning.
You are able to see your breath when it is cold.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A puddle disappears on a hot day.
Water turns to ice during cold weather.
Steam appears when water is boiled.
No.6: Frost.
Question
Answers
Frost develops directly from _______ and deposits in a solid state.
Correct Answer
water vapour in the air
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
rain on the car
ice in the air
dew on the car
No.7: Condensation.
Question
Answers
Condensation is when _______ gets cold enough to turn into a liquid.
Correct Answer
a gas
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
a solid
ice
a balloon
No.8: Everyday evaporation
Question
Why does your hair dry when you use a hairdryer?
Answers
Correct Answer
Because the moving air and the heat makes the water evaporate.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because the hot air makes the water condense.
Because the water blows away onto your towel.
Because the hot air heats each strand of hair to boiling point.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Changes of state
No.9: The Boiling Point of Water.
Question
Water boils at _______, and this temperature is called its boiling point.
Answers
Correct Answer
100 degrees C
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
20 degrees C
0 degrees C
1000 degrees C
No.10: Temperature Graph
Question
Between minutes 4 and 8, the water was heated at its boiling point. What happened to
temperature of the water during these minutes?
Answers
Correct Answer
It remained at 100o C.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It increased slowly.
It increased steadily.
It remained at -100o C.
No.11: Melting.
Question
When the ice was heated, it melted to form water. This can be reversed by...
Answers
Correct Answer
Cooling the water.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Heating the water.
Stirring the water.
Evaporating the water.
No.12: Which type of change?
Question
Evaporating and condensing are reversible changes of state and are the reverse of each other.
Which TWO of the following are also reversible changes of state and the reverse of each other?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Freezing.
Melting.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Burning.
Cooking.
Boiling.
Exercise No: 4
Name: The Water Cycle
No.13: The Water Cycle
Question
Put the sentences below in order to tell the story of a drop of water from when it leaves the sea to
when it returns to where it started.
Answers
Correct Order
D-E-C-A-B
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
The water droplets fall as rain (PRECIPITATION).
The rain falls on the ground and forms rivers and streams (RUN-OFF).
The water vapour cools and CONDENSES to form a cloud.
Water EVAPORATES from seas and oceans.
The water vapour rises (CONVECTION).
No.14: Evaporation
Question
Which of these conditions will make water evaporate the quickest?
Answers
Correct Answer
Hot and windy.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Hot.
Windy.
Windy and cold.
No.15: Condensation
Question
Answers
As water vapour rises it _______ to form clouds.
Correct Answer
condenses
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
turns white and fluffy
melts particles of dust and pollen
freezes the air
No.16: Precipitation
Question
Answers
What is precipitation?
Correct Answer
Rain, hail or snow.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Rain, wind or snow.
Earth, wind and fire.
Rain, fog and heat.
Question
What do you know about water changing state?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Water can exist in three states. When it is a solid it is called ice, when a liquid it is called water,
when a gas it is called water vapour. When liquid water is heated, it evaporates and turns into a
gas, water vapour. This is why a puddle seems to 'disappear' on a sunny day. When water vapour
is cooled, it condenses and turns into liquid water. Condensation is the reverse of evaporation.
When water is heated it boils. The boiling point of water is 100 ? C. When water is cooled, it
changes from a liquid to a solid, ice. This is called freezing, and the reverse of this is melting. The
water cylce is the name given to the process where water evaporates from seas and lakes, rises
up, cools, condenses and then falls to the ground as rain.
KS2 Science 5E: Earth, Sun and Moon
Exercise No: 1
Name: Earth, Sun and moon facts
No.1: The Earth
Question
Answers
The Earth is a _______ shape.
Correct Answer
spherical
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
oval
rectangular
circle
No.2: The size of the Earth
Question
What did people believe about the shape of the Earth 2000 years ago?
Answers
Correct Answer
They thought the Earth was flat.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
They thought the Earth was cuboid.
They thought the Earth was spherical.
They thought the Earth was round.
No.3: Planet Sizes
Question
Can you put these planetary bodies in order from largest to smallest?
Answers
Correct Order
B-D-E-C-A
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
The Moon
Sun
Mars
Saturn
Earth
No.4: The size of the moon
Question
How big is the moon compared with the Earth?
Answers
Correct Answer
Four times smaller.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Twice as big.
Half as big.
Four times larger.
Exercise No: 2
Name: Spinning around
No.5: Moonlight
Question
The Moon is _______ just like the Sun and the planets in our solar system.
Answers
Correct Answer
roughly spherical,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
a comet,
an asteroid,
sometimes a different shape,
No.6: The dark side of the moon
Question
Answers
Why do we only ever see one side of the moon?
Correct Answer
Because it is heavier on the side we can see
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because it is egg shaped
Because it is heavier on the side we cannot see
Because it spins around
No.7: Phases of the moon
Question
The moon changes phases on a regular cycle. How long does this take to complete?
Answers
Correct Answer
28 days
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
26 days
29 days
30 days
No.8: Waxing and Waning.
Question
At any position, _______ of the Moon is lit up by the Sun (the light side of the Moon)
Answers
Correct Answer
a half
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
a third
a quarter
three quarters
Exercise No: 3
Name: Phases of the moon
No.9: The spinning Earth
Question
In what direction does the Earth rotate?
Answers
Correct Answer
east
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
west
north
south
No.10: Spinning Around
Question
Answers
Why do we have day and night and how long does it take for the Earth to spin on its axis?
Correct Answer
Because the Earth rotates and takes 24 hours to complete one
full turn
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because the Earth spins very slowly taking 48 hours
Because the Earth is near to the Sun and moves around in 25 hours
Because of the movement of the Moon which takes 28 days
No.11: The Four Seasons
Question
Answers
Why do we have four seasons?
Correct Answer
Because the Earth is tilted.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because sometimes the Earth is farther away from the Sun
Because sometimes the Earth is closer to the Sun
Because it is hot on one side of the Earth and cold on the other
No.12: Sun rise around the world
Question
During June, what is the difference in hours of daylight between England and Australia?
Answers
Correct Answer
5 hours
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
6 hours
10 hours
15 hours
Exercise No: 4
Name: Sun rise, Sun set
No.13: Sun set around the world
Question
Put these days in order from the longest to the shortest:
Answers
Correct Order
C-E-A-D-B
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
October 21st
December 21st
June 21st
November 21st
September 21st
No.14: Winter Sun
Question
In the Winter, the sun _______ and this creates longer shadows than in the Summer.
Answers
Correct Answer
is lower in the sky
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
rises in the west
rises in the east
is higher in the sky
No.15: Summer Sun
Question
Answers
What happens when the Earth's North Pole is tilted closest to the Sun?
Correct Answer
It is the longest day for people in the northern hemisphere
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It is the longest day for people in the southern hemisphere
It is the shortest day for people in the northern hemisphere
It is the shortest day for people in the southern hemisphere
No.16: Shadow length
Question
Answers
When are shadows longest? There are TWO correct answers.
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Morning
Evening
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Midday
At night
Midday if you live in Australia.
Question
What have we learnt about the Earth, Sun and moon? Try to write some interesting facts
about each one. Also, how does the Sun affect the things that happen around us - for
example day and night? shadows?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
The Earth, Sun and moon are spherical with the moon being slightly egg shaped. If the Earth was
the size of a pea, then the Sun would be a beach ball and the moon would be a bead. The Earth
orbits the Sun and takes 365 1/4 days to orbit (go around). The moon orbits the Earth and this
takes approximately 28 days. During this time the appearance of the moon changes and these
are called the 'Phases of the moon'. Because the Earth spins on it's axis (one complete turn takes
24 hours) we have day and night with one half of the Earth being in the Sun's light and the other
facing away from it. Whilst it appears that the Sun moves across the sky, actually it does not. The
Sun appears to move because the Earth is spinning. The Sun rises in the East and sets in the
West and is at it's highest point at midday. However, the amount of daylight that we have changes
as we go from summer to winter.
KS2 Science 5F: Changing sounds
Exercise No: 1
Name: Vibrations
No.1: How is sound made?
Question
Answers
When an object such as a guitar string _______ sound is made.
Correct Answer
vibrates,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
bangs,
clashes,
wobbles,
No.2: Vibrating objects.
Question
Which of these is NOT true?
Answers
Correct Answer
Sound can travel through a vacuum.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Sound can travel through a solid.
Sound can travel through a liquid.
Sound can travel through a gas.
No.3: Sounds through Solid, Liquid and Gas.
Question
Find the TWO statements which are true.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Sounds can travel through solids, liquids and gases.
Sounds get quieter as they travel through a medium.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Sounds get louder as they travel through a medium.
Sounds can travel through gases and liquids, but not solids.
Sounds can travel through solids and liquids, but not gases.
No.4: Sound speed.
Question
Four children have been investigating how fast sound travels through three materials. Which child
has got it right?
Answers
Correct Answer
Sasha: Sound travels the fastest through steel, then water, then
air.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Ahmed: Sound travels the fastest through air, then water, then steel.
Elise: Sound travels the fastest through water, then steel, then air.
John: Sound travels the fastest through steel, then air, then water.
Exercise No: 2
Name: Travelling and changing sounds
No.5: Investigating sounds through solids.
Question
Put these steps in the 'tick-tock' experiment in the correct order.
Answers
Correct Order
C-A-D-E-B
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
Partner 1 holds a ticking watch against the solid.
The solid through which the 'tick-tock' is loudest is recorded.
Partner 1 and 2 stand either side of a solid.
Partner 2 presses their ear against the solid and listens for the 'tick-tock'.
This is repeated with different solids.
No.6: Soundproofing.
Question
Which of the following statements about this experiment is NOT true?
Answers
Correct Answer
The experiment showed that cotton waste is better for
soundproofing than newspaper.
Incorrect Answer 1
The experiment showed that newspaper is better for soundproofing
than cotton waste.
The experiment had to take place in a totally quiet room.
The experiment used an electrical circuit containing batteries, a buzzer
and a switch.
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
No.7: Pitch
Question
Answers
Pitch is the measure of _______ sounds are.
Correct Answer
how high or how low
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
how fast or how slow
how sharp
how loud or how soft
No.8: Loud and Soft
Question
Find the TWO correct statements.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Bigger vibrations = louder sound.
Smaller vibrations = quieter sound.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Smaller vibrations = louder sound.
Bigger vibrations = quieter sound.
Bigger vibrations = higher pitched sound.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Instruments
No.9: Drum sounds.
Question
Find TWO ways you can make a drum make a lower pitched sound.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Make the drum larger.
Loosen the skin of the drum.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Hit the drum harder.
Make the drum smaller.
Tighten the skin of the drum.
No.10: Stringed instruments.
Question
Put these strings in order from the lowest to the highest pitched notes. (All strings are the same
thickness)
Answers
Correct Order
B-C-A-D-E
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Statement E
String length 10cm
String length 20cm
String length 15cm
String length 7cm
String length 3cm
No.11: Changing pitch.
Question
How are different notes created on a woodwind instrument?
Answers
Correct Answer
By shortening or lengthening the air column inside the
instrument.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
By tightening the keys.
By blowing harder.
By pressing the keys harder.
No.12: Bottle pipes.
Question
When you blow across the top of a bottle, _______ vibrates to make a sound.
Answers
Correct Answer
the air in the bottle
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
the bottle
the water in the bottle
the air outside the bottle
Exercise No: 4
Name: Finding out more about sound
No.13: More air vibrations.
Question
Sound needs a _______ to travel through, but light doesn't.
Answers
Correct Answer
medium
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
microwave
spaceship
car
No.14: Woodwind instruments.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these instruments would make big vibrations?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
A bass drum.
A piano.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A flute.
A violin.
A triangle.
No.15: High, Low, Loud, Soft.
Question
Answers
The smaller wine glasses make a _______ sound when they are hit.
Correct Answer
higher
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
lower
louder
softer
No.16: Finding out about brass instruments.
Question
Choose the TWO CORRECT statements:-
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Pitch on a guitar string can be altered by shortening it.
The pitch of a recorder note depends on which holes are covered.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
If you play a guitar string gently you will get a low note.
If you blow a recorder softly the note will be low.
A thicker guitar string will give a louder sound than a thinner one.
Question
What have you found out about sound through your learning journeys?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Sounds are produced when objects vibrate. Sound travels through all materials- solids, liquids
and gases. It cannot travel in space because there is no air. Some materials can be used to block
sound and stop it reaching the ear- they can be used to soundproof rooms or make ear
protectors. Pitch describes how high or low a sound is. The pitch of notes can be changed by
tightening drum skins, lengthening or tightening strings, or changing the amount of air which is
vibrating. Echoes are produced when sound bounces off a hard surface such as a wall.
KS2 Science 6A: Interdependence and
adaptation
Exercise No: 1
Name: Plant Parts
No.1: Growing Things
Question
Answers
What happens if a plant does not get enough light?
Correct Answer
The plant doesn't grow properly without enough light.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The plant grows normally as long as it gets enough water.
The plant doesn't grow at all without enough light.
The plant grows normally.
No.2: Photosynthesis
Question
The leaves _______ for the plant.
Answers
Correct Answer
make food
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
make oxygen
make carbon dioxide
make water
No.3: Roots
Question
Which TWO of these statements are true?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
The roots of a plant help it to get water.
The roots of a plant help keep the plant in place.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The roots of a plant eat food.
The roots of a plant are of no use at all.
The roots of a plant grow only in the winter.
No.4: The Stem
Question
The stem is important as it helps to _______ the plant and transports the food and water.
Answers
Correct Answer
support
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
colour
pollinate
shade
KS2 Science 6A: Interdependence and adaptation
Exercise No: 2
Name: Soil 3
No.5: Soil Make-up
Question
Put the soil layers in order from the furthest underground first, to the surface.
Answers
Correct Order
A-C-B-D-E
Statement A
Statement B
Statement C
Statement D
Layer C has less living things in it than the others.
Layer A is alive with roots, tiny microstuff like bacteria and fungi.
Layer B is very hard.
Layer O is made up of dead stuff that breaks down and keeps the soil
healthy.
This layer is above the soil.
Statement E
No.6: Nitrogen - Nutrients
Question
People _______ to provide the plants with the nutrients they need.
Answers
Correct Answer
add fertilisers to the soil
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
water their plants
add weedkiller to the soil
add sand
No.7: Types of Soil
Question
The soil particles are closest together in a _______ type of soil.
Answers
Correct Answer
clay
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
sandy
desert
rocky
No.8: Worms
Question
Answers
What do worms do?
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Make fertiliser.
Break up the soil.
Increase the amount of air and water in the soil.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Dependence
No.9: Dependence
Question
An organism can have _______ in an ecosystem.
Answers
Correct Answer
many niches
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
no niches
only one niche
only two niches
No.10: Food Chain
Question
Answers
What do decomposers do?
Correct Answer
Eat dead plants and animals
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Eat plants
Eat both plants and animals
Produce plants
No.11: Food Webs
Question
What do the arrows in a food web point to?
Answers
Correct Answer
The item that something is eaten by.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The smaller item.
The item that something eats
The bigger item.
No.12: Using Keys
Question
Scientific keys work by
Answers
Correct Answer
using yes/no questions.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
turning locks.
answering your questions.
making you write notes.
Exercise No: 4
Name: Adaptation
No.13: What is adaptation?
Question
Which of these statements about adaptations is INCORRECT?
Answers
Correct Answer
Adaptations are only found in mammals.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Adaptations are a combination of traits that help an animal to survive.
Adaptations can be to do with the way an animal behaves.
Adaptations can be to do with the appearance of an animal.
No.14: Adaptation
Question
Answers
In what ways a polar bear has adapted to its habitat?
Correct Answer
All of these
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Its sense of smell
Its shape
Its colour
No.15: Siberian Tiger
Question
The Siberian Tiger has _______ to its environment in many ways.
Answers
Correct Answer
adapted
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
jumped
moved
walked
No.16: Adaptation Summary
Question
Which of these are animal adaptations?
Answers
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Having special behaviours.
Having camouflage.
Having special body parts.
Question
A forest is an ecosystem. Describe how the life in a forest is dependant on each other.
Suggest what might happen if one part of the ecosystem was removed.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
In the forest, insects feed off plants, birds eat insects, larger birds eat smaller birds. Also, small
rodents eat the plants and insects, and they, in turn, are eaten by larger mammals and large
birds. If you take one of these things away from the environment of the forest, the whole
ecosystem is threatened. Without the smaller birds, there would be too many insects, and all the
plants and trees would be eaten and destroyed. There would be little food for the larger birds of
prey such as owls, and eventually nowhere for them to live. Eventually, there would be no trees or
plants left for the insects to eat.
KS2 Science 6B: Micro-organisms
(short )
Exercise No: 1
Name: Micro-organisms and me
No.1: What are micro-organisms?
Question
Answers
Micro-organisms are so small that we need a _______ to see them.
Correct Answer
microscope
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
pair of binoculars
camera
telescope
No.2: Where do they live?
Question
Which of these statements about where micro-organisms can live is correct?
Answers
Correct Answer
They can find a home anywhere even where we once thought
nothing could survive.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
They can find a home anywhere as long as it's not too hot.
They cannot live in place of extreme cold like the Antarctic.
All of these statements are correct.
No.3: Living in our bodies.
Question
Micro-organisms that are _______ live in our bodies.
Answers
Correct Answer
both helpful and harmful
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
helpful
harmful
helpful in our stomachs, harmful in our mouths
No.4: Living in our mouths
Question
Choose TWO correct endings for this sentence: Brushing your teeth helps you to...
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
remove plaque.
keep your teeth healthy.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
eat lots of sweets.
kiss lots of people.
beat boredom.
KS2 Science 6B: Micro-organisms (short )
Exercise No: 2
Name: Harmful micro-organisms
No.5: How do they travel?
Question
How could you catch diseases from micro-organisms?
Answers
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
By eating or drinking contaminated substances.
By close contact with others who have the disease.
By inhaling the micro-organisms.
No.6: Edward Jenner
Question
Answers
What did Jenner use the experiment for?
Correct Answer
To prove that an injection of cowpox made Phipps immune to
smallpox.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
To prove that an injection of cowpox made Phipps immune to cowpox.
To prove that Phipps would not grow a cow's head.
To prove that milkmaids never got smallpox.
No.7: Louis Pasteur
Question
Answers
Which one of Louis Pasteur's discoveries was ignored?
Correct Answer
Boiling Surgical instruments before an operation killed any
germs.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Germs travel through the air.
The blood of people infected with disease contained lots of germs.
Vaccinations for chicken pox, cholera, diphtheria, anthrax and rabies.
No.8: Defences
Question
Answers
Which of these is not a way to avoid spreading harmful micro-organisms?
Correct Answer
Staying close to other people who have a disease.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Covering your mouth when you sneeze.
Washing your hands before eating.
Avoiding eating food which has not been cooked properly.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Micro-organisms and food
No.9: Food poisoning.
Question
When bacteria has _______ it can grow and poison our food.
Answers
Correct Answer
food, warmth, time and water
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
food and dryness
cold and moisture
food, warmth and dryness
No.10: Food Hygiene
Question
Answers
Which of these will help to avoid food poisoning?
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Keep pets and pests out of the kitchen and keep rubbish in a bin and
empty it often.
Wash your hands and keep tea towels and dishcloths clean.
Make sure all plates, knives, spoons, etc. are clean before they are
used and are washed afterwards.
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
No.11: Food storage
Question
Answers
In cross-contamination, between which TWO things does bacteria travel?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
uncooked food
cooked food
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
kitchen floor
work surface
old dishcloth
No.12: In the kitchen
Question
Answers
Where should you store cooked food in a fridge?
Correct Answer
At the top.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Below uncooked food.
You shouldn't store cooked food in a fridge.
At the bottom.
Exercise No: 4
Name: Helpful micro-organisms
No.13: Compost
Question
Why can't we leave all our rubbish to decay naturally?
Answers
Correct Answer
For all of these reasons.
Incorrect Answer 1
Because some of our rubbish is made from materials that microorganisms can't break down.
Because some of our rubbish is made from materials that animals
can't break down.
Because some of our rubbish would soon pile up as it takes too long to
break down.
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
No.14: Yeast 2
Question
What happens to yeast in the bread making process?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Carbon dioxide is formed.
The yeast cells multiply (fermentation).
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The yeast dissolves.
The yeast makes a creamy sauce
The cells make a popping sound.
No.15: 'Wanted'!
Question
Which TWO of the following are made using microbes?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Cheese.
Beer.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Lemonade.
Milk.
Jam.
No.16: The future
Question
Bacteria in _______ is very good for your digestive system.
Answers
Correct Answer
yoghurt
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
dead leaves
uncooked food
mouldy fruit
Question
Are micro-organisms helpful or harmful to people? Explain your answer.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
Some micro-organisms are helpful, some are harmful. They can be found everywhere on earth
and all over the human body. They are very small and cannot be seen. The harmful microbes
grow and reproduce on food and this can cause food poisoning. They also cause diseases to be
passed on. Micro-organisms are helpful because they cause materials to decay so that rubbish
doesn't pile up. They are also useful in making food like bread and yogurt.
KS2 Science 6C: More about dissolving
Exercise No: 1
Name: 1. Mixing materials
No.1: 1. Matter
Question
Answers
Which of the following describes a liquid?
Correct Answer
This substance takes the shape of the container it is in.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
This substance fills the space available.
This substance spreads out freely in all directions.
This substance is a definite shape and the particles are close together.
No.2: 2. Separating solids.
Question
When can solids be removed from a liquid by filtering?
Answers
Correct Answer
When the solids are too big to fit through the holes.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
When the solids are small enough to fit through the holes.
Only when the liquid is water.
When a solid has dissolved in the liquid.
No.3: 3. Water
Question
How does water change into a gas and then back to a liquid?
Answers
Correct Answer
By evaporating and then condensing.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
By melting and then evaporating.
By melting and then condensing.
By condensing and then evaporating.
No.4: 4. Mixtures
Question
Answers
Which of the following is a mixture?
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Salt + sand.
Salt + water.
Sand + water.
Exercise No: 2
Name: 2. Separating materials
No.5: 5. Dissolving
Question
Which TWO of the following statements about dissolving are correct?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
If you add something to water and the water remains transparent,
you know that the substance has dissolved.
Water is a solvent.
You can only dissolve things in water.
If water changes colour when you add something to it, you know that
the substance hasn't dissolved.
If you stir a mixture and it goes cloudy, then you know something has
dissolved in it.
No.6: 6. Evaporation
Question
Answers
What is pure water?
Correct Answer
Water with nothing dissolved in it.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Water that tastes nice.
Mineral water from a bottle.
Water from a tap.
No.7: 7. Separating mixtures.
Question
How would you separate a mixture of coffee powder and sand?
Answers
Correct Answer
Mix with water - filter - evaporate.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Sieve - filter - evaporate.
Mix with water - boil - evaporate.
Mix with water - sieve - filter.
No.8: 8. Using evaporation
Question
Which TWO of these facts about obtaining salt are NOT true?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Rock salt is produced by evaporating seawater.
The salt has other solids in it after the water has evaporated.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Another name for salt water is brine.
An oven is used to dry off the crystals completely.
The salt is dissolved underground and then pumped up to the surface.
Exercise No: 3
Name: 3. Investigating
No.9: 9. Investigating reversible changes
Question
Filtering cannot be used to separate _______ and water so evaporation must be used.
Answers
Correct Answer
sugar
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
chalk powder
clay
sand
No.10: 10. Dissolving Investigations
Question
When you change the factors in an experiment, you must _______ so you are clear about your
results.
Answers
Correct Answer
change only one factor at a time,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
draw a diagram,
change two factors,
change three factors,
No.11: 11. Investigating solutions
Question
If you heat salty water, will the steam it produces be salty?
Answers
Correct Answer
No, only the water will evaporate and the salt will be left behind.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Only if you have added a lot of salt.
Only if you don't have much water.
Yes, it gets in the steam when the water evaporates.
No.12: 12. More about solutions
Question
Why might sugar stop dissolving in water?
Answers
Correct Answer
Because the solution is saturated.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because it hasn't been filtered.
Because sugar is soluble.
Because sugar is insoluble.
Exercise No: 4
Name: 4. Conclusions
No.13: 13. The importance of dissolving.
Question
Which of these cannot be dissolved by hot or cold water?
Answers
Correct Answer
Grease and oil.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Rock salt.
Chocolate.
Sugar.
No.14: 14. Time to dissolve.
Question
When investigating if the amount of sugar affects the time taken to dissolve, which of these
factors are being observed or measured?
Answers
Correct Answer
Time taken for the sugar to dissolve.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Amount of water in the tea.
Number of times tea is stirred.
Amount of sugar being used.
No.15: 15. Graphs
Question
Which TWO of these are true about line graphs?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
No.16: 16. Summary.
The numbers that you are plotting need to be linked to each
other.
You can work out what happened in between the points.
The points on a line graph do not show highest and lowest.
You cannot make calculations using a line graph.
The numbers that you are plotting do not need to be linked to each
other.
Question
Some children are making predictions about dissolving. Which TWO children will find that their
predictions are correct?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Marta: I think bath salts dissolve more quickly when you stir the
water.
John: I think salt will dissolve more quickly in hot water than in
cold water.
Anand: I think it makes a difference whether you stir clockwise or anticlockwise.
Nat: I think when you evaporate sweetened tea the sugar will
evaporate with the water.
Taz: I think that chalk will dissolve in water.
Question
What have you learned about dissolving? (Use these keywords in your answer - filter,
evaporate, solid, liquid.)
Expert
Teacher
Answer
When substances dissolve, they form a solution. There are many different types of solutiongases dissolved in liquids, gases in gases, liquids in liquids or solids dissolved in liquids. You can
separate solids which have not dissolved from liquids by filtering, but dissolved solids have to be
separated by evaporating the liquid. The rate at which a solid dissolves can be affected by the
size of the particles, temperature of the water, or the amount of stirring. When a solid is added to
a liquid, eventually no more will dissolve because the solution is saturated.
KS2 Science 6D: Reversible and
irreversible changes (short )
Exercise No: 1
Name: 1. Making Changes.
No.1: 1. Changing Materials.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these would suggest that an irreversible change is happening?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
There is bubbling and heat when a liquid is added to a solid.
There is a colour change when two liquids are mixed.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A solid is dissolving in a liquid.
A liquid is evaporating.
A solid is melting.
No.2: 2. Physical and Chemical Changes..
Question
Answers
Which TWO of the following are true about the changes that can be made to materials?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A physical change is when you can get the original materials
back again.
A chemical change is when you can't get the original materials
back again.
A chemical change is when you can get the original materials back
again.
When you change materials you can always get the original materials
back again.
A physical change is when you can't get the original materials back
again.
No.3: 3. Sand into Glass.
Question
Answers
When sand is heated to make glass, _______ has taken place.
Correct Answer
an irreversible change
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
a magical change
a reversible change
a physical change
No.4: 4. More Chemical Changes.
Question
Answers
Which TWO of these are TRUE about an irreversible change?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
You can't go back to the original materials.
It is a chemical change.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The materials have to be heated.
You can get the original materials back again.
It is a physical change.
KS2 Science 6D: Reversible and irreversible changes (short )
Exercise No: 2
Name: 2. Temperature.
No.5: 5. Heating.
Question
Which of the following changes are irreversible?
Answers
Correct Answer
Paper into ash.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Water to water vapour.
Ice cube into water.
Chocolate into liquid chocolate.
No.6: 6. Evaporation – a Reversible Change.
Question
Answers
When a solid is dissolved in a liquid, we can use _______ to get the solid back.
Correct Answer
evaporation
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
condensation
magic
filtering
No.7: 7. What's Cooking?.
Question
Which TWO of these make irreversible changes?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Frying an egg.
Making prawn crackers.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Making a salad.
Putting salt and pepper on your food.
Heating oil in a wok.
No.8: 8. Turn up the Heat!
Question
Which two of these are produced when a candle or magnesium are burned?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Light.
Heat.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Electricity.
Friction.
An explosion.
Exercise No: 3
Name: 3. Candles.
No.9: 9. Candles.
Question
Which gas is needed for something to burn?
Answers
Correct Answer
Oxygen.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
All of these.
Nitrogen.
Carbon dioxide.
No.10: 10. The Fire Triangle
Question
Answers
What fuel does a candle flame use for energy to burn?
Correct Answer
The wax.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The wick.
The oxygen.
The heat.
No.11: 11. Candles Burning.
Question
Which TWO of these gases are given out by a lighted candle?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Water vapour.
Carbon dioxide.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Sulphur.
Nitrogen.
Oxygen.
No.12: 12. Fire Danger!
Question
Which TWO of these are DANGERS involved in burning things?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It could cause a large fire to spread.
It could give off dangerous fumes.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It could make a new substance.
You might burn your toast.
You might set off the smoke alarm
Exercise No: 4
Name: 4. Rounding Off.
No.13: 13. Fizz and Pop!.
Question
Which TWO of these happen when vinegar and baking soda are mixed?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Carbon dioxide is made.
There is fizzing and bubbling.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The baking soda dissolves in the vinegar.
There is a big explosion.
Nothing happens.
No.14: 14. More Gases.
Question
Answers
Four children are discussing what happens when you light a candle. Who has got the wrong idea?
Correct Answer
Pat: Lighting a candle is a reversible change because you get the
wax back when it cools.
Incorrect Answer 1
Kim: The mass of the candle gets less after the candle has been lit
which shows that an irreversible change has taken place.
Arshad: Lighting the candle must cause a chemical reaction so that
part of the wax becomes a gas.
Joe: Lighting a candle causes an irreversible change because burning
always causes an irreversible change.
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
No.15: 15. Some Revision.
Question
Answers
Is the change when you mix vinegar and baking soda reversible or irreversible? Why?
Correct Answer
The change is irreversible because a new material - the gas - has
been produced.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The change is reversible as we can evaporate the vinegar.
The change is reversible as we can filter the baking soda.
The change is irreversible because we can use evaporation, filtering
and condensation to get the material back.
No.16: 16. Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Question
Answers
Which TWO of the following describe a REVERSIBLE change?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
It is only a physical change.
The change can be temporary.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
There has been a chemical change.
The change is permanent.
New substances are created.
Question
You have been asked to write definitions for a scientific dictionary for the terms 'reversible
change' and 'irreversible change'. What will you write?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
A reversible change is when you have mixed materials and you can easily get the materials back
by sieving, filtering, decanting and by evaporation and condensation. When you mixed the
materials you did not make a new substance. An irreversible change is when you have mixed
materials and a reaction has happened that produces new materials. You cannot get the
materials that you mixed back. When you burn materials this causes an irreversible change. Heat
can also cause an irreversible change, for example when you fry an egg.
KS2 Science 6E: Forces in action
Exercise No: 1
Name: Forces Around Us
No.1: Monster Forces
Question
Answers
Which action made the truck travel the furthest distance?
Correct Answer
Putting a large weight on the truck.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Putting a small weight on the truck.
Putting no weight on the truck.
Leaving the truck at the start.
No.2: Balanced forces
Question
When forces are balanced what happens to the object they are acting on?
Answers
Correct Answer
It does not move.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It moves upwards.
It moves downwards.
It moves sideways.
No.3: Sliding around
Question
Which TWO of these would make a slide faster?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Make the surface smooth.
Cover it with soap and water.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Decrease the slope.
Cover it with carpet.
Cover it with rubber mats.
No.4: Forces around us.
Question
Which of these is a pushing force?
Answers
Correct Answer
Compression.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Gravity.
Stretching.
Friction.
Exercise No: 2
Name: Gravity and Weight
No.5: Gravity Introduction
Question
What force causes a ball to fall down to the ground when it is thrown?
Answers
Correct Answer
Gravity
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Friction
Upthrust
Magnetism
No.6: Gravity around us
Question
Answers
Which statement best describes the force of gravity?
Correct Answer
It is a force that attracts objects together.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It is a force that repels objects apart.
It is a force that attracts metal.
It is a force that repels water.
No.7: Forces Measurement
Question
To measure force a force meter is used. _______ are the units used to measure force.
Answers
Correct Answer
Newtons
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Centimetres
Isaacs
Millilitres
No.8: Losing Weight
Question
On which TWO planets would you be heavier?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Neptune
Jupiter
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Venus
Pluto
Mars
Exercise No: 3
Name: Floating and Upthrust
No.9: Wet weight
Question
If an object is lowered into water it appears to _______ weight.
Answers
Correct Answer
lose
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
gain
keep the same
double in
No.10: Floating
Question
Answers
Choose TWO phrases that could finish off this sentence: Upthrust is a force which
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
pushes objects upwards.
helps boats to float.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
attracts objects towards each other.
stops objects from moving.
attracts metals to a magnet.
No.11: Boats
Question
Answers
What happens to the water in a bath when you step into it?
Correct Answer
It goes up.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It goes down.
It stays the same.
It gets hotter.
No.12: Archimedes
Question
Choose the correct phrase to complete what Archimedes discovered. A ship will float when the
weight of water it displaces _______ the weight of the ship.
Answers
Correct Answer
is the same as
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
is less than
is smaller than
is different to
Exercise No: 4
Name: Air Resistance
No.13: Simple air resistance
Question
When air resistance is acting on an object it
Answers
Correct Answer
slows down.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
speeds up.
has no effect.
makes it change direction.
No.14: Parachutes.
Question
If a parachute is made bigger (the surface area is increased) what happens to the amount of air
resistance (drag)?
Answers
Correct Answer
It increases.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It decreases.
It stays the same.
It disappears.
No.15: Paper Racers
Question
If two pieces of paper (one flat and one screwed up into a ball) are dropped from the same height
what would happen?
Answers
Correct Answer
The screwed up piece of paper reaches the ground first
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Neither of the pieces of paper reach the ground.
They both reach the ground at the same time.
The flat piece of paper reaches the ground first.
No.16: Falling Objects
Question
Which shaped object would have the least air resistance?
Answers
Correct Answer
Long and pointed.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Short and circular.
Light and round.
Large and flat.
Question
Forces are found all around us. Describe the forces you have studied and include an
example of where they can be observed and what units are used to measure them.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
There are many forces around us and they are all measured using the unit Newtons. Gravity is
the force which attracts objects to the centre of the earth. It can be seen acting when a ball is
dropped. Air resistance or drag is the force produced by air trying to stop objects moving. It can
be found acting on a parachute where it slows down the person before they reach the ground.
Upthrust is the force which helps keep boats afloat. It was discovered by Archimedes. It is a force
which acts in the opposite direction to gravity and is found in liquids. Friction is a force which tries
to stop objects moving. It can be useful especially on roads to stop cars from skidding off when
they reach a corner. Magnetism is a force which attracts iron, nickel, cobalt and steel. It is found
in magnets and some rocks. Weight is a force created by gravity. It is the force by which an object
is pulled towards the ground. The more mass an object has the greater its weight.
KS2 Science 6F: How we see things
(short )
Exercise No: 1
Name: Light 2
No.1: Light sources 2
Question
Answers
Which of these is a light source?
Correct Answer
Candle.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Cat's eyes.
Moon.
All of these.
No.2: Light and sight.
Question
What happens for us to be able see objects?
Answers
Correct Answer
Light from a light source reflects off the object and into our eyes.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Our eyes send light rays to the object.
Light rays are always sent out from the object and they enter our eyes.
Our eyes reflect light off the object and back into our eyes.
No.3: Our eyes.
Question
The _______ is the part of the eye that sends information about what you can see to the brain.
Answers
Correct Answer
retina
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
iris
cornea
lens
No.4: Optical illusion
Question
Answers
Why did the lines look bent in the middle in the Herring illusion?
Correct Answer
Because the brain tried to make what it saw simpler.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because the brain tried to make what it saw more complicated.
Because the eyes fooled the brain.
Because the lines were bent in the middle.
KS2 Science 6F: How we see things (short )
Exercise No: 2
Name: Shadows 2
No.5: Travelling light.
Question
How does light travel?
Answers
Correct Answer
In straight lines.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It can bend round corners.
In wavy lines.
All of these.
No.6: Making shadows.
Question
Answers
What do we call something that blocks the light completely making a strong shadow?
Correct Answer
Opaque.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Object.
Translucent.
Transparent.
No.7: Large and small shadows
Question
What happens to the shadow when you move the object closer to the light source?
Answers
Correct Answer
The shadow gets bigger.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The object gets bigger.
The shadow gets smaller.
The shadow changes to the colour of the light.
No.8: Changing shadows
Question
Why were the shadows of different lengths during the day?
Answers
Correct Answer
Because of the changing angle of the sun shining on the stick.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Because the stick moved nearer to the sun.
Because the sun moved nearer to the stick.
Because the stick is opaque.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Reflection
No.9: Light reflection.
Question
When a ray of light travels to a mirror it is called the _______ ray.
Answers
Correct Answer
incident
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
reflected
transparent
translucent
No.10: Mirrors
Question
Answers
What happens when light hits a very smooth surface?
Correct Answer
The light is reflected at equal angles.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The light is always reflected back into our eyes.
The light is reflected at many angles.
The light is reflected at 90 degrees.
No.11: What angle?
Question
You want to see your friend by using a mirror. You can do this if:
Answers
Correct Answer
Your angle to the mirror is the same as your friend's.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
You are close enough to the mirror.
You are far enough away from the mirror.
Your angle to the mirror is different to your friend's.
No.12: Turning corners.
Question
What happens to light when it is reflected by a surface?
Answers
Correct Answer
All of these.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
It changes direction.
It bounces off at the same angle as it hits it.
The reflected light from the surface enters our eyes.
Exercise No: 4
Name: Using mirrors
No.13: Mirrors and lenses.
Question
What effect do convex mirrors have?
Answers
Correct Answer
Convex mirrors make the reflection look smaller.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Convex mirrors make the reflection look bent.
Convex mirrors make the reflection look fatter.
Convex mirrors make the reflection look taller.
No.14: Bending light.
Question
Answers
Lenses in glasses _______ so that the image of what we are seeing is focused on the retina.
Correct Answer
bend the light
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
dim the light
reflect the light
magnify the light
No.15: Re-directing light
Question
How do all mirrors work?
Answers
Correct Answer
By reflecting the light that hits them.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
By bending the light that hits them.
By letting through the light that hits them.
By absorbing the light that hits them.
No.16: How we see things 2
Question
Which of these words has nothing to do with reflection?
Answers
Correct Answer
Shadow.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Mirror.
Shiny.
Light.
Question
Explain the differences between a shadow and a reflection.
Expert
Teacher
Answer
A shadow is dark and you can only see your shape without any colours. A shadow is made when
light is blocked by an opaque object. A reflection is when you can see yourself in shiny surfaces.
You can see all the different colours but the image is back to front. A reflection is made when light
bounces off a shiny surface.
KS2 Science 6G: Changing circuits
(short )
Exercise No: 1
Name: Circuits 2
No.1: Simple circuits
Question
The only time the circuit will not work is if _______ is removed as the circuit is no longer complete
and the electricity cannot flow.
Answers
Correct Answer
any component
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
the battery
the motor
the light bulb
No.2: Positive and negative
Question
When you are using more than one battery, how should the batteries be joined together?
Answers
Correct Answer
With positive to negative.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
With positive to positive.
With negative to negative.
It doesn't matter which way.
No.3: Making circuits
Question
Cells _______ in a circuit.
Answers
Correct Answer
provide electricity
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
light up
do nothing
use up electricity
No.4: Circuit components
Question
Answers
Which TWO of the following statements about electric circuits are INCORRECT?
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Circuit wires are usually made from plastic.
Electricity flows around a circuit in both directions.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Metals are good conductors of electricity.
Circuits can contain other devices like switches, motors and buzzers.
The electricity must be able to flow from the battery to the bulb and
back to the battery.
KS2 Science 6G: Changing circuits (short )
Exercise No: 2
Name: Testing circuits
No.5: Switches 3
Question
Think about the activity you have just completed. Which of the following combinations would NOT
have switched ANY lights on?
Answers
Correct Answer
Switch 1 off, switches 2 and 3 on
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Switches 1, 2 and 3 on
No.6: Conductors and insulators
Question
Answers
Electric wires are often covered in plastic _______ so the electricity cannot pass through.
Correct Answer
to insulate the wires,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
to keep the wires cool,
so the wires are easy to see,
to make the wires colourful,
No.7: More power, more bulbs
Question
Which TWO of the following statements about series circuits are correct ?
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
The more bulbs added, the dimmer the light.
The more power that is added, the louder the sound.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The more bulbs added, the brighter the light.
The more power that is added, the quieter the sound.
Adding more power or more bulbs made no difference.
No.8: Too much power?
Question
What combination made the bulb break?
Answers
Correct Answer
One bulb, 3 batteries.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
Two bulbs, 3 batteries.
Three bulbs, 3 batteries
One bulb, 2 batteries.
Exercise No: 3
Name: Drawing Circuits and symbols
No.9: Circuit diagrams
Question
People use the same symbols for the _______ of a circuit so that people can read each other's
diagrams.
Answers
Correct Answer
components
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
companies
computers
compartments
No.10: Know your symbols
Question
Answers
Which of the following best describes the symbol for a buzzer?
Correct Answer
A semicircle on two legs.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
A circle with an 'M' in it.
A circle with a cross in it.
A long line and a short line.
No.11: Using symbols 2
Question
Does it matter where a switch goes in a circuit?
Answers
Correct Answer
It needs to work with the correct circuit.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
You can put it anywhere.
It needs to be next to the battery.
It needs to be next to the bulb.
No.12: Complete symbols
Question
Choose TWO correct statements about circuit diagrams.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
Using symbols makes circuits easier to draw.
Using symbols make circuits easier to understand.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The symbol for a motor looks like a dish
It is quicker to draw pictures of components than symbols.
People in Italy use different symbols for circuit diagrams to people in
England.
Exercise No: 4
Name: Investigating Circuits
No.13: Recap
Question
What happens if we add too many cells to a circuit?
Answers
Correct Answer
The bulbs may burn out.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The cells stop working.
The cells may explode.
The bulbs get too bright to see.
No.14: Longer wire
Question
Answers
In a series circuit, if you _______ the bulb will get dimmer.
Correct Answer
use a longer wire,
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
add a switch,
add more batteries,
break a connection,
No.15: Thicker wire
Question
Choose TWO correct statements about wire in series circuits.
Answers
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
The thicker the wire, the brighter the bulb.
The shorter the wire, the brighter the bulb.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
The thinner the wire, the brighter the bulb.
The longer the wire, the brighter the bulb.
A long, thin wire will give a very bright bulb.
No.16: Let's investigate
Question
As it becomes more difficult for electricity to travel around a circuit we say there is more
Answers
Correct Answer
resistance.
Incorrect Answer 1
Incorrect Answer 2
Incorrect Answer 3
power.
voltage.
current.
Question
How can you increase or decrease the brightness of a bulb in a circuit?
Expert
Teacher
Answer
I could change the power supply - adding more batteries would make the bulb brighter, but I need
to make sure I don't add too many batteries or the bulb would explode. I could add more bulbs.
This would make the bulbs dimmer as the power would have to be shared between the bulbs. I
could also add another device like a motor or a buzzer. This would have the same effect. I could
shorten or lengthen the wire. A shorter wire would make the bulb brighter, as it has less
resistance. A longer wire would make the bulb dimmer. I could use thicker or thinner wire. A
thicker wire would make the bulb brighter, a thinner wire would make the bulb dimmer.

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