Name - …………………………………..
Date - ………………………………….
Total marks : 25
GRADE 6 - SCIENCE BASELINE ASSESSMENT
Choose the correct answer : 1x5=5
1. Which of the following is a rich source of protein?
a) Rice b) Wheat c) Meat d) Sugar
2. Which method is commonly used to separate sand and water?
a) Filtration b) Sedimentation c) Decantation d) Condensation
3. Which of these parts is not part of a plant’s root system?
a) Root hair b) Leaf c) Taproot d) Fibrous root
4. Which of the following best describes the habitat of a fish?
a) Desert b) Grassland c) Aquatic d) Terrestrial
5. Which of these materials is a good conductor of electricity?
a) Wood b) Plastic c) Iron d) Rubber
Answer the following :
6. How are materials grouped based on their properties? Give two examples. [2]
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7. Name two methods of separating mixtures and briefly explain each. [2]
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8. Show the difference between a solid, liquid and gas in terms of their particle arrangement and
movement. [2]
Particle arrangement :
Solid Liquid Gas
Movement :
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9. Complete the crossword about food chains. [4]
1. An animal that hunts another animal. (8 letters)
2. A food chain always starts with this. (8 letters)
3. An animal that gets eaten by another animal. (4 letters)
4. An animal that eats plants or other animals. (8 letters)
10. Blessy puts two magnets near each other.
The magnets repel each other.
(a) Blessy wants to make these magnets attract each other.
What does she do? [1]
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(b) Blessy uses one of the magnets to attract paper clips.
This magnet only attracts five of the paper clips.
The other paper clips have not been attracted.
Give two reasons why these paper clips are not attracted to the magnet.
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11. Rajiv draws some organs found in the human body.
(a) Write the name of each organ.
One has been done for you. [2]
A ………………………………………. D ……………………………………….
B ………………………………………. E ……………………………………….
C ………………..liver……………..…. F ……………………………………….
(b) Which organ is found below the waist and near the back of the body?
Circle the correct answer. [1]
A B C D E F
12. Jamila investigates the time it takes for different substances to dissolve in water.
In each experiment she
• uses 100cm3 of water and adds one of the substances
• stirs the mixture until the substance dissolves
• stirs the mixture at the same speed.
Jamila repeats the experiment with different substances.
She plots her results as a bar chart.
(a) Jamila has not done a fair test.
Use information from the bar chart to explain why.
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(b) Which substance dissolves in the shortest time? [1]
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(c) How long does it take to dissolve the indigestion tablet? [1]
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(d) Jamila predicts that as the mass of aspirin increases, the time taken to dissolve it
increases. She tests her prediction by doing experiments.
Tick (✔) the three factors she keeps constant. [1]
Mass of aspirin speed of stirring
Temperature of water time to dissolve
Volume of water
