Science Final Term 1 Practice Sheet Level F (Answer key)

Section 1.1
Materials that organisms use to live and grow are
a. Roots
b. Stems
c. Leaves
d. Flowers
e. Nutrients
Which one among the following controls the direction in which the stem grows?
a. Air
b. Chlorophyll
c. Soil
d. sunlight

Which of the following is a root eaten by people?

a. Peas
b. Asparagus
c. Celery
d. Rice
e. Radish

Which of the following is a stem eaten by people?

a. Carrot
b. Radish
c. Wheat
d. Olives
e. Celery
Why do roots grow underground?
a. Because roots traps sunlight.
b. Because water is found underground.
c. Because water is found above ground.
d. Because roots hold plant up.

Choose the wrong sentence

a. Roots take water and nutrients.
b. Root hold plant in soil.
c. Roots can be thick or spreading.
d. Roots make food for plant.
 What is the plant part that connects leaves to the roots?
a. Nutrient
b. Chlorophyll
c. Soil
d. Stem
e. Leaf
To make more organisms of the same kind is to …………….
a. Dance
b. Move
c. Reproduce
d. Release
e. Capture
The plant part that has long cells shaped like tubes is the
a. Leaf
b. Flower
c. Stem
d. Root
A young tree changed into an adult tree. This statement shows that the plant
a. Reproduces
b. Germinates
c. Grows
d. Responds to stimulus
e. Gets rid of waste
A young tree is growing next to a big tree. This statement shows that the big tree
a. Reproduces
b. Germinates
c. Grows
d. Responds to stimulus
e. Gets rid of waste

What is the reason for the green color of leaves?

………………………because their cells contain chlorophyll ………………………………………
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bark chlorophyll roots stem reproduce cell

a. The leaves are green because their cells contain ………chlorophyll…………

b. Grass has spreading ………roots………….. that collect water easily.
c. The woody trunks of trees are covered with ……bark……….
d. To make more organisms of the same kind is to ……reproduce……….
e. Long cells shaped like tubes are found in plants ……stem………..
f. The smallest basic unit in an organism is a ……cell…………

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Plant nutrient deep photosynthesis stem

a. The process by which plants make food is called……photosynthesis…………

b. The material found in soil and used by plants is called ……nutrient………
c. An organism that uses sunlight to make food is a………plant…………
d. The part of a plant that holds the leaves up toward light is …………stem…….
e. In dry areas, plants have ……deep……. roots to reach water far down in soil.

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Phototropism photosynthesis water gases

a. Plants need ……gases……….. from the air.

b. The roots take in …water………… and nutrients from soil.
c. Plants use sunlight to make its own food during ………photosynthesis……….
d. When the stems grow toward light, this is called ……phototropism………………

Label the parts of the plant.

leaf
stem

Root

b. What type of root does this plant have?

…………………………thin spreading roots …………………………………
a. What type of root does the carrot plant have?
………………………………thick root ………………………………………………………………
b. List 2 functions of the carrot root.
It takes in water and nutrients/It holds plant in place/ It anchors the plant in place/It Stores food and
water ………………………………………
 List 4 needs of plants.
…………………………water, sunlight, air, nutrients and space
Write 2 functions of plants’ leaves.
……………………plants ‘leaves capture sunlight and take in air …………………………

Determine whether the following is associated with leaves, roots, or both.

a. Grow underground: …………roots………
b. Grow above the ground: …………leaves….
c. Parts of plant: ……both……….
d. Take in water and nutrients: ………roots…...
e. Trap sunlight: ………leaves…….
f. Made of cells: ……both………
Classify the following as a root, stem, leaf, fruit, flower, or a seed that we eat.
Asparagus broccoli beets rice carrot olives cabbage wheat

radish celery peas dates beans apples lettuce barley

Root Stem Leaf Fruit Flower Seed

Radish Celery Cabbage Dates Broccoli Rice

Carrot Asparagus lettuce Olives cauliflower Peas
beets Apples Beans
Barley
wheat
Section 1.2
Which flower part attract insects? Which of the following surrounds and
protects the seed?
a. Sepals
b. Ovaries a. fruit
c. Stamens b. petal
d. Petals c. sepals
d. leaves
The part of a flower that becomes a
fruit and surrounds the seed is a/an
a. Petal Which of the following is not a part of
b. Sepal the reproduction of a flowering plant?
c. Ovary
a. Seed formation
d. Pollen
b. Pollination
What does the pistil contain? c. Producing pollen
d. Taking in water and nutrien
a. Fruit
b. Sepal Seeds with wing-like structures get
c. Stamen transported away from the parent plant
d. Ovary
a. By insects
e. Pollen
b. By water
What does the stamen produce? c. By squirrels
d. By wind
a. Fruit
b. Sepal Seeds with hooks are dispersed
c. Stamen
a. By water
d. Ovary
b. By animals
e. Pollen
c. By wind
Which of the following is not a part in
flowering plant’s life cycle?
a. Pollen
b. Flower What does a seed need to germinate?
c. Fruit
a. Pollen
d. Seed
b. Flower
e. Root
c. Stamen
When does a seed germinate? d. Water
e. Wind
a. When pollen is transferred to pistil.
b. When roots take water.
c. When seed gets right amount of water and The function of fruits is
warmth.
a. Producing pollen grains
d. When seed is placed in freezer
b. Protecting the seeds.
c. Making food for plant
d. Capturing sunlight.

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 pollination pistil sepal stamen petal

a. The leaf-like structure of a flower is a ……sepal…………

b. The female part of a flower is ……pistil………
c. The brightly colored part of a flower is 0………petal…………
d. The male part of a flower is ………stamen……
e. The transfer of pollen from stamen to pistil is ……pollination……………

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Animals stamen pistil life cycle flowering plants water

a. The female part of a flower is ……pistil……

b. The male part of a flower is ……stamen………
c. The stages that an organism goes through during its life is ………life cycle……...
d. The ……flowering plant…………is a plant that uses flowers to reproduce.
e. Seeds can be dispersed by wind, water and ………animals…………..
f. Coconut sees are dispersed by ………water…

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Pollination germination seed dispersal

a. The seeds are carries away from parent plant by wind, water and animals.: ……seed
dispersal…………
b. A seed sprouts into a young plant.: ……germination…………
c. The transfer of pollen from stamen to pistil.: ……………pollination……………

What can help in pollination?

………………………………………wind and
insects………………………………………………………………
 Complete the diagram using words from box below.

Fruit flower plant

seed

fruit plant...

flower

What are the two conditions for a seed to germinate?

……………………… right amount of water and warmth.
……………………………………………………………

Plants make so many seeds. Give 2 reasons why seeds are needed?
……………………because some fall on rock dry and die. Some are eaten by animals. So most seeds don’t
grow…………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
List two ways how animals help in seed dispersal?
Animals help in seed by burying seeds, by eating fruit and leaving seed and by attaching seeds with
hooks to their fur…………

What do we call the group of plants that produce flowers?

Flowering plants
Section 1.3
The living and nonliving things that When food becomes limited, wolves
exist and interact in one place form fight for it. This is an example of
a. A producer a. Sharing the food.
b. A consumer b. Competing for plants
c. An omnivore c. Helping each other.
d. An ecosystem d. Working together.
e. A food chain e. Competing for a resource
An example of a producer is An animal that hunts and eats other
animals is a
a. Mushroom
b. Turtle a. Producer
c. Rabbit b. Predator
d. Shrub plant c. Scavenger
e. human d. Prey
An example of an ecosystem is An animal that is eaten by a predator is
a. An oak tree a. Food chain
b. A pond b. Producer
c. An owl c. carnivore
d. Soil d. Prey
e. Water e. Decomposer
The first source of energy in a food
chain is An organism that breaks down dead
animals and plants is
a. Predators
b. Decomposers a. Plant
c. Consumers b. herbivore
d. Sunlight c. Prey
e. Plants d. Decomposer
e. Scavenger
Overlapping food chains that show
different paths how food energy flow in
an ecosystem is An organism that eats dead animals and
plants is
a. A food web
b. An energy chain a. Carnivore
c. An organism’s chain b. Herbivore
d. predation c. Prey
e. competition d. Decomposer
e. Scavenger
 A path that food energy takes in an ecosystem is a
a. Producer
b. Decomposer
c. Consumer
d. Food web
e. Food chain

Decomposers get energy

a. By eating dead animals and plants
b. By making food using sunlight
c. By eating grass
d. By breaking down dead animals and plants
e. By breaking down sunlight to make food

Producers make their own food

a. By eating dead plants and animals
b. By breaking down dead animals and plants
c. By using sunlight energy
d. By eating sugars
e. By eating animals

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scavenger herbivore carnivore omnivore decomposer

a. An animal that eats dead animals and plants is a ………scavenger…….

b. An animal that breaks down dead animals and plants is a ………decomposer…….
c. A consumer that eats both plants and animals is a ………omnivore………
d. A consumer that eats only other animals is a ……carnivore…………
e. A consumer that eats only plants is a ……herbivore…......
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Prey predator consumer scavengers food web producer

a. An organism that make its own food using sunlight energy is a ……producer…………
b. An organism that cannot make food and it eats food is a ……consumer…………
c. Vultures and Cockroaches are examples of ……scavengers……….
d. When many food chains overlap, they make a ……food web……
e. An animal that hunts and eats other animals is a …predator……
f. The animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal is a ……prey…....

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compete cooperate ecosystem resources

a. The living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place form a/an ………ecosystem……
b. When …………resources……… become limited, organisms compete.
c. Ants ……cooperate………. by helping each other carry a big piece of food.
d. Wolves fight or ……compete…… when food becomes limited.

Tell if each of the following interactions a competition or cooperation.

a. Wolves fighting for food. ……… competition …….
b. Squirrels working together to burry a seed. ………… cooperation …………
c. Lions hunting together. ……… cooperation ……….
d. Many ants carrying a big piece of food. …… cooperation ………….

Order the three organisms (owl, grass, mouse) to make a food chain.
……………………………………grass → mouse → owl …………………………………………………

Answer the following questions using the diagram below.

sun

grass rabbit Lion

a) Which organism uses sunlight to make food?

……………………………grass………………………………………………………
b) Which organism depends on grass for food?
…………………………………rabbit…………………………………………………
c) What do we call the organism that eats only plants?
……………………………………herbivore……………………………………………………

A tiger hunts and eats a deer.

a. Which animal is a predator?
………………………tiger……………………………………………….…………

b. Which animal is a prey?

……………………………deer………………………………………….…………

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem and what happen to the nutrients that
decomposers make?
…………… decomposers break down dead animals and plants into useful nutrients.………………
…………………The nutrients go to the soil and plants use it. ……………………….…………

Draw arrows to show how the energy flows in an ecosystem.

Sun

Decomposers Producers

Consumers

Answer the following questions using the below food chain.

Sun → plants → grasshopper → toad → snake
a) Name two predators.
……………………………toad and snake………………………………………….…………

b) Name two preys.

……toad and grasshopper………………………………………….…………
 Write 3 food chains that are made of 3 organisms from the below food web.

…………………………………… plants → mouse → fox …………… plants → grasshopper → toad

plants → grasshopper → mouse ………… plants → mouse → snake

Section 2.1
Which one of the following is A group of same kind of cells that work
responsible for delivering messages to together to do a certain job is
the different body parts?
a. A nerve cell
a. Muscle tissue b. A tissue
b. Stomach c. An organ
c. Red blood cell d. An organ system
d. Nerve cell e. An organism
e. Liver
A group of different tissues that work
A group of organs that work together to together to do a certain job is
do a major job is
a. An organism
a. An organism b. A tissue
b. A tissue c. A cell
c. A cell d. An organ system
d. An organ system e. An organ
e. A muscle
The cellular organization of a human There are …………. types of teeth in the
body is mouth.
a. organ→ cell→ tissue→ a. One
organism→ organ system b. Two
c. Three
b. organ system→ tissue→ organ→ d. Four
cell→ organism The fluid in your mouth that makes the
c. organism→ organ→ organ food moist is
system→ tissue→ cell a. Saliva
d. cell→ tissue→ organ→ b. Heart
c. canines
organ system→ organism d. Stomach
e. tissue→ organ→ cell→ e. molars
organism→ Which is true about stomach?
organ a. A baglike organ that stores food.
b. A long tube that is connected to the
Which of the following is an organ? stomach.
a. The Circulatory system c. A tube that connects mouth to
b. The respiratory system esophagus.
c. Stomach d. A folded tube that passes waste out
d. Muscle tissue of body.
e. It is the fluid in your mouth.
An organ system that breaks down food
into nutrients is
The function of teeth is
a. Nervous system
b. Skeletal system a. Move down food to esophagus.
c. Circulatory system b. Passes nutrients to the blood.
d. Respiratory system c. Passes waste out of body.
e. Digestive system d. Mix food with saliva.
e. Break up large pieces of food into
small pieces.
Which of the following is not an organ
in the digestive system? Nutrients pass to the blood in the

a. Esophagus a. Mouth
b. Mouth b. Esophagus
c. Small intestine c. Stomach
d. Stomach d. Small intestine
e. Heart e. Large intestine
What does the human body need to
move, to repair itself and to get taller?
a. Muscles
b. Digestive juices
c. tablet
d. Energy
e. Incisors
 What is the function of the small
intestine?
Digestion starts in the a. Connects mouth to esophagus
b. allows nutrients to enter the blood.
a. Small intestine
c. Passes waste out of body.
b. Mouth
d. Stores and digests food.
c. Stomach
e. Produces saliva
d. Large intestine
e. Esophagus
What is the function of the large
intestine?
What is the function of the stomach?
a. Connects stomach to small
a. Connects small intestine to large
intestine
intestine
b. allows nutrients to enter the blood.
b. Passes nutrients to the blood.
c. Passes waste out of body.
c. Passes waste out of body.
d. Stores and digests food.
d. Stores and digests food.
e. cuts the food
e. Controls the body.

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Large intestine small intestine stomach mouth esophagus

a. A long tube lined with muscle tissue that pushes food to the stomach is the ………… esophagus
………
b. A folded tube that passes solid waste out of the body is the …… Large intestine …………
c. Digestion of food starts in the ……… mouth …………
d. A bag-like organ that stores and digests food is the ……… stomach …………
e. A long tube-shaped organ connected to the stomach is the …… small intestine ……...

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digestion esophagus blood digestive juices

a. The nutrients pass from the small intestine into the ……blood………
b. The digestive system breaks down food in a process called ………digestion……….
c. The food moves from mouth to stomach through the ……esophagus…….
d. In the small intestine, the ……digestive juices………. breaks down food into nutrients.
 Compare the functions of the small intestine to large intestine.
…………………The small intestine allows nutrients to enter the blood while the large intestine passes waste
out of the body …………………

Explain how the stomach helps in the digestion of food.

…………by the digestive juices and muscle contractions…………

Fill in the table with the function of each type of teeth.

Teeth Function

Incisors Cut the food into small pieces

Canines Tear and slash the food

Premolars and Crush and grind the food

Molars

What are the two things your body needs to produce energy?
……………………………………Nutrients from food and oxygen from air………………………………

What are the two things that help break down food in the mouth?
……………………………………teeth and saliva …………………………………………………………

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stomach teeth esophagus small intestine

a. The ……teeth…… grind up food into smaller pieces.

b. The ……esophagus……...pushes food to the stomach
c. In the …small intestine…………. where nutrients enter the blood
d. The ……stomach……….. is a bag like organ that stores and digests food.
 Label the types of teeth using the words in the box below.

Molars Incisors Canines Premolars

Incisors

Premolars

Canines

Molars

Label the organs of the digestive system using the words in the box below.

large intestine small intestine stomach mouth esophagus

A mouth

B esophagus

C stomach

D Small intestine

E Large intestine
Section 2.2
What is the muscular organ below the Lungs are made of
lungs and play important role in
a. Tiny blood vessels
breathing?
b. Folded tube
a. Bronchus c. Tiny air sacs
b. Alveolus
c. Trachea
When you inhale, you take in
d. Diaphragm
a. Nutrients
The main organs in respiratory system
b. Waste
are the
c. Blood
a. Bronchi d. Carbon dioxide
b. Cilia e. Oxygen
c. Lungs
The waste gases of exhalation are
d. Trachea
e. Alveoli a. Carbon dioxide and oxygen
b. Water vapor and oxygen
c. Carbon dioxide and water vapor
d. Oxygen and nitrogen
e. Oxygen and hydrogen

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Oxygen bronchi lungs carbon dioxide alveoli

a. The trachea is divided into two small tubes called ……bronchi……….

b. Lungs are made of millions of air sacs called ……alveoli……
c. The heart pumps blood that has ……oxygen…….. to all your body.
d. When you breathe out, ……carbon dioxide………. get out of your body.
e. The main organs in respiratory system are the ………lungs……….
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Bronchi trachea nose lung

Air enters the body through the …nose…. Or mouth. Then, air goes into the ……trachea……
which divides into two tubes called ……bronchi……. each tube goes into a ……lung………

List the two functions of the respiratory system.

…………………………takes in oxygen gas from air and gets rid of waste gases which are carbon dioxide
and water vapor…………………

When you run, several body systems work together.

a. Why do you start to breathe faster? ………to take more oxygen into the lungs………………….
b. Why does your heart start to beat faster? …………to send oxygen and nutrients to the muscles

Tell if each of following describes cilia, mucus or both.

a. Tiny hairs in the trachea: …………cilia……
b. Cells lining the trachea produce it: ……mucus……….
c. Traps harmful invaders: ……mucus………
d. Involved in air filtration.: ……both…………
What takes place in the alveoli?
………………………………………gas exchange…………………………………………………

Give the function of each of the following

a. Trachea: …carries air between nose or mouth and the lungs…………………………….
b. Mucus: …………………traps harmful invaders in the trachea……………….
c. Cilia: ……………………………push up the mucus out of body…………………………………
d. hairs in the nose: ………………filter and warm inhaled air………………………………………….

Name the gas(es) that respiratory system takes in during inhalation.

………………………………………Oxygen gas………………………………
Name the gas(es) that respiratory system gets rid during exhalation.
……………………………………carbon dioxide and water vapor……………………………
 Fill in the table using words from the box below.

Contracts relaxes smaller bigger in out expand squeeze

Inhalation Exhalation

Diaphragm contracts Relaxes

Space in chest Bigger Smaller

Lungs Expand squeeze

Breathe in out