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Christwood School Periodic Assessment 4

This document contains a periodic assessment for a 5th grade science class. It includes multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and short answer questions about matter, states of matter, living things in an ecosystem, and the water cycle. The assessment covers key concepts like the basic properties of matter, what matter is made up of, the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers, and examples of scavengers, omnivores, and microorganisms. It aims to test the student's understanding of these core science topics through various question formats.

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Christwood School Periodic Assessment 4

This document contains a periodic assessment for a 5th grade science class. It includes multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and short answer questions about matter, states of matter, living things in an ecosystem, and the water cycle. The assessment covers key concepts like the basic properties of matter, what matter is made up of, the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers, and examples of scavengers, omnivores, and microorganisms. It aims to test the student's understanding of these core science topics through various question formats.

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CHRISTWOOD SCHOOL

Periodic Assessment 4
Name: _____________________ Subject: Science
Date: 17/12/2021 Marks: 30
Time: 1hr Grade: 5-A

I. Fill in the blanks.


1. The three basic properties of matter are ___________, ___________ and
___________.
2. All matter is made up of tiny particles called ___________.
3. Volume is the amount of _________ that matter takes up.
4. Mass is the amount of __________ an object has.
5. Liquids take the shape of their ___________.

II. Who am I?
1. I am a liquid and I am soluble in water. __________
2. I condense to form water on cooling. ___________
3. I am building blocks of matter. _________.

III. Question and Answer:


1. Define matter.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

2. What is matter made up of?


_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

3. What makes liquids take the shape of the container they are poured into?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

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4. List any three process to show that matter changes from one state to another?
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

IV. True or False.


1. There are 4 states of matter. _________
2. The two states of matter you can see are liquids and solids. ___________
3. All matter has mass and takes up space. __________
4. Only non-living things are matter. ___________
5. Water can be a solid, a liquid and a gas. __________

V. Write producer, consumer, or decomposer for each living thing.

Grass - _________

Elephant - ___________

Earthworm - ____________

Mushroom - __________

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VI. Picture study

1. Does the picture depict sea breeze or land


breeze?

_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

2. When does it occur– Day or night?


_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

3. Explain briefly, what is happening in the picture?


_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

VII. Name the following.


1. The dependence of plants on animals and animals on plants - __________
2. The process of making food - ___________
3. Living things that can make their own food - _________
4. Living things that cannot make their own food and depend on plants for food. -
___________
5. Bacteria and fungi that break down the nutrients present in decaying matter are
called - _________

VIII. Give two examples of the following.


1. Scavengers - __________, __________
2. Consumers - __________, __________
3. Decomposers - __________, __________
4. Omnivores - __________, __________
5. Microorganisms - __________, __________

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IX. Choose the correct option.
1. When animals die, they are converted back to
a. Oxygen
b. Carbon dioxide
c. Sunlight
d. Nutrients
2. Plants depend on animals for
a. Nutrients
b. Dispersal of seed
c. Carbon dioxide
d. All of these
3. Non-living components of the environment include
a. Air
b. Light
c. Soil
d. All of these
4. An example of herbivore is
a. Goat
b. Lion
c. Cat
d. Tiger
5. An example of a scavenger is
a. Elephant
b. Giraffe
c. Vulture
d. None of these
********** All the best **********

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