Science. Grade 4. SA1 Revision.
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1. Describe the 4 main functions of the skeleton.
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2. Label the parts of this skeleton.
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3. Look at the skeleton below.
(a)What animal is this? ................................................................................................
(b)What bone is W? ................................................................................................
(c)What bone is X? ................................................................................................
(d)What bone is Y? ................................................................................................
(e)What bone is Z? ................................................................................................
4. What are the functions of these bones?
Bone Skull Ribs Arm bone Spine
Function Protects the
brain
5. What is a fracture?
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6. Why do you think most vertebrates can be very big, but most invertebrates
are usually small?
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7. Below are the lengths of the upper arm bone of Sarah, James and Clyde.
Sarah 31 cm
James 15 cm
Clyde 23 cm
Sarah, James, and Clyde are siblings.
(a)Who is the eldest sibling? ...................................................................................
(b)Who is the youngest sibling? .............................................................................
(c)Explain how you know the answers to (a) and (b).
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(d)Which function of the skeleton does this show?
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8. Explain how muscles work together with skeletons using the letters below.
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9. Complete the identification key below.
10. There are six different ways we can take medicine.
Injection Tablet Ointment Mixture Drip Inhaler
Fill in this table to identify which way each person should take their medicine.
Jay finds it difficult to breathe properly.
Nella is itching her arms a lot and she feels tiny
bumps on her skin.
Drew needs a vaccination because he wants to
prevent getting sick from a virus.
Freya is sneezing and coughing a lot because
of the germs she got from her friends at
school.
Ryan is very weak due to his illness and needs
to be hospitalized. He needs direct vitamins
and medicines in his bloodstream.
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11.Explain how energy makes things change in the images below.
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12. Where do humans get their energy to grow from?
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13. Mention something that has both light and heat energy.
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14. Mention something that has both movement and sound energy.
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15. How is energy transferred in a spinning top toy?
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16. When we rub our hands together, the form of energy is changed from
.......................................... energy to ......................................... energy and
.......................................... energy.
17. When we plug in and turn on the lamp, the form of energy is changed from
.......................................... energy to ......................................... energy and
.......................................... energy.
18. A teacher shows the class a video on his computer. Draw an energy chain to
show the energy changes that happen in the teacher’s computer.
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19. (a) Write the missing animals to complete these food chains.
(b) Name 3 animals in the food chains above that are predators.
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(c) Name 3 producers in the food chains above.
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(d) What do the arrows in the food chains show?
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20. What is an omnivore?
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21. Draw 10 particles of matter for solid and liquid.
Solid Liquid
22. Wanda says that a material and a substance are the same thing. Jack says
she is wrong. He says that salt is an example of a material and glass is an
example of a substance.
Who is correct? Explain your answer.
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23. How are sand and pure water similar?
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24. (a) What is a chemical reaction?
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(b) Place a checkmark on the chemical reactions.
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25. What reacts with metal to form rust?
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26. Name these processes.
Liquid – heat → solid
Solid + heat → liquid
27. Jeanne says that when a solid gains heat energy, its particles slow down and
turn into liquid. Explain how she is wrong and correct her statement.
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