DEPARTMENT FOR CURRICULUM,

LIFELONG LEARNING AND EMPLOYABILITY

Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes
Educational Assessment Unit

Annual Examinations for Primary Schools 2022

Year 4 SCIENCE Time: 60 minutes

Name: _____________________________________ Class: _____________

1. Karl, Sarah and Bob are playing football as shown in the diagram below.

Bob

Sarah

Karl
Referee

a) The referee blows the whistle.

Put a tick (✓) next to the player who hears the whistle the loudest.

Karl Sarah Bob (1 mark)

b) Which of the five senses do Karl, Sarah and Bob use when the referee blows
the whistle?
_________________________________________________ (1 mark)
c) Which other sense is important while playing football?
_________________________________________________ (1 mark)
d) Pictures A to D show different sounds.

A. washing machine B. children C. vacuum cleaner D. bell

Circle two pictures that show sounds heard at school. (2 marks)

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2. Look at food chains A and B below.
Food Chain A

lettuce snail bird

Food Chain B

grass rabbit fox

a) From food chain A above, tick (✓) the animal that is a herbivore.

snail bird rabbit fox (1 mark)

b) From food chain B above, tick (✓) the animal that is a carnivore.

snail bird rabbit fox (1 mark)

c) From food chain A above, tick (✓) the animal that is a prey.

snail bird rabbit fox (1 mark)

d) From food chain B above, tick (✓) the animal that is a predator.

snail bird rabbit fox (1 mark)

e) The arrows in a food chain show the flow of energy from one organism to the
next. Where do plants get their energy from?
________________________________________________ (1 mark)

3. Maria makes a simple circuit as shown in the diagram below.

crocodile clips

a) What happens when Maria connects the two crocodile clips together?
______________________________________________ (1 mark)

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b) Maria places each of the objects A to D outlined in the table below, between
the crocodile clips as shown in the diagram below.
Put a tick (✓) next to the object in the table below to indicate that the bulb
will light up. Put a cross () next to the object in the table below to indicate
that it will not light up.

Object Bulb will light up

object
A. plastic ruler
B. iron nail
C. gold ring
D. wooden toy
(4 marks)
c) Write the correct word in the space below to complete the following
sentence.
Objects that allow electricity to flow through are called ______________
and objects that do not allow electricity to flow through are called
________________. (2 marks)
d) From the materials identified in the table in question ‘3b’ above, list one
natural and one man-made material.
Natural material: ______________________________ (1 mark)
Man-made material: ____________________________ (1 mark)

4. The table below shows the order of the planets in the solar system.
a) Complete the table below to show the positions of Earth, Jupiter and
Neptune.
1. Mercury 5. ___________________
2. Venus 6. Saturn
3. ___________________ 7. Uranus
4. Mars 8. ___________________
(3 marks)

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b) Which of the eight planets has the shortest orbit?
________________________________________________ (1 mark)
c) Choose the correct word from the word bank below, to complete the following
sentence.
All the planets in our solar system orbit around the ____________. (1 mark)

Earth Moon Sun Jupiter

d) Galileo Galilei made great improvements to the equipment scientists use to
see the Sun, Moon, stars and planets in more detail.
Name the equipment Galileo Galilei improved to look into space.
________________________________________________ (1 mark)

5. Friction is the force that causes moving objects to slow down.

a) Look at pictures E, F and G below.
Tick (✓) the correct box to indicate whether friction is useful or not useful in
each situation.

Picture E Picture F Picture G

useful useful useful
not useful not useful not useful

(3 marks)
b) Laura is testing friction.
She slides a block across two different surfaces, a tile floor and a carpet floor.
i. Tick (✓) the surface on which the block will travel faster and further.

tile floor carpet floor (1 mark)

ii. Give a reason to support your choice.
_________________________________________________ (1 mark)

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6. Look at the diagram below.

a) Name parts A to D of a flowering plant to complete the diagram.

B:_________________
__
A:________________
___
D:________________
___
C:________________
(4 marks)
___

b) What is the function of the part labelled C in the flowering plant?

_________________________________________________ (1 mark)

c) List two basic needs of a plant.

Need 1: __________________ Need 2: __________________ (2 marks)

d) John put a plant in a closed cupboard. He watered it regularly. A few weeks

later he observed the leaves turning yellow and some leaves falling off.
Give a reason to explain John’s observation.
_________________________________________________ (1 mark)

e) John went for a walk in the countryside. He saw different types of trees.
Circle one type of tree commonly found in the Maltese countryside.

Carob tree Holly tree Maple tree

Ħarruba Siġra tal-Ileks Siġra tal-Aġġru
(1 mark)

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7. The pictures below show two drink and two food choices.
a) Tick (✓) the healthier choice for each.

i.
OR
soft drink water

ii.
OR
roast potatoes crisps (2 marks)

b) The diagram below shows a food plate.

bananas
and
apples

i. Complete the food plate above. Choose a group of two words from the word
bank below and write it in the correct space in the food plate, to complete a
well-balanced food plate. The first one is done as an example.
bananas meat cheese broccoli bread
and and and and and
apples nuts yoghurt carrots rice
(4 marks)

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ii. List two important actions to handle food safely and show good hygiene
practices while cooking.
Action 1: _________________________________________________
Action 2: _________________________________________________
(2 marks)

8. Nina observed that the shadow around a tree changes its position during the
day, as outlined in pictures H, I and J below.
a) Tick (✓) the picture that shows the shadow at noon.

Picture H Picture I Picture J (1 mark)

b) On the picture chosen, mark with an X to show the position of the sun at noon.
(1 mark)

9. The table below shows the weather forecast for five days.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Sunny Cloudy Rainy Sunny Windy

20°C 21°C 16°C 23°C 19°C

Look at the table and answer the questions that follow.

a) Complete the table above by drawing the weather symbol for Wednesday.
(1 mark)
b) Which day of the week is the coldest? ______________________ (1 mark)

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c) i Which day would be best to fly a kite? ___________________ (1 mark)
ii. Give a reason for your answer. ________________________ (1 mark)
d) i. Name the weather instrument used to measure rainfall.
_______________________________________________ (1 mark)
ii. Name the weather instrument used to measure the air temperature.
_______________________________________________ (1 mark)
iii. Name the weather instrument used to measure wind speed.
_______________________________________________ (1 mark)

10. Sam and Martina are investigating how things change.

The pictures in the table below show these changes.
Complete the table below. Tick (✓) the correct column to indicate whether
each change is a reversible change or an irreversible change.
Reversible Irreversible
Change
Change Change

ice cubes water

wood ash

cake mix cake

playdough playdough dinosaurs

(4 marks)
END OF EXAM
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