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Illustrations by
Antoinette Cloete Nel
Tanza Crouch
Claudia Eckard
Dedre Fouquet
Rob Foote
Adrian Owen
Barend Potgieter
Robin Taylor
Lynda Ward
a. b. c.
d. e. f.
g.
b. Name three things that seem dead, but are alive. (3)
Total: 14
2. Sarah and Bongile carried out an investigation to see how to make seeds grow. They put their seeds
on a saucer and covered them with cotton wool. Sarah put her seeds in the fridge. Bongo put her
seeds on a windowsill.
a. Which seeds will grow better and why? (3)
b. Name one other thing that the seeds need to grow. (1)
c. Is this thing living or non-living? (1)
Total: 15
2. Name an animal with no limbs and a body covered with scales. (1)
Total: 15
A B
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Stage A: Stage B: Stage C:
Root Shoot Root Shoot Root Shoot
Total: 15
a. hippo
b. blue duiker
c. impala
d. fish eagle
e. zebra
f. shark
g. monkey
h. octopus
2. Which of these statements about habitats are incorrect? (2)
a. A habitat is where an animal lives.
b. Animals go to other habitats to find food and water.
c. A frog is suited to its habitat because it can hide underground there.
d. The colour of many animals helps them to escape danger in their habitat.
Total: 10
Descriptions: camel, gerbil, palm tree whale, turtle, kelp buffalo, cheetah, acacia tree
salty water, not much change in temperature little rain, very hot during the day, very cold at night
summer rain, warm summers, cold nights freshwater, not much change in temperature
a. Write a sentence to describe the size, shape and materials used for each shelter.
The chicken coop ______________________________________________________________ (3)
_____________________________________________________________________________
The ostrich shelter______________________________________________________________ (3)
______________________________________________________________ _______________
b. The chicken coop and the ostrich shelter were designed by people. How did they try to meet the
birds’ needs for shelter and safety in these designs? (2)
c. What other needs do you think the designers were trying to meet in their designs? (1)
Total: 20
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2. Complete the sentences below using the words in the word box.
Block of ice
Fork
Empty glass
Water
4. Name the change of state that takes place in the water cycle when:
a. clouds form (1)
b. snow forms (1)
5. Study the figures below and record the temperature readings on each thermometer in the space
provided. (3)
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A B C
a. Match the correct melting or boiling point with each picture. (4)
b. Which of the substances shown above will be a solid at a temperature of 50°C?
Give a reason for your answer. (2)
3. Name the processes in the water cycle by which the following take place:
a. water moves from the land into the air (1)
b. clouds form (1)
c. hail forms (1)
d. the water in snow enters rivers (1)
Total: 15
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a. List the materials made of the raw materials coal and oil.
b. Name a container made of wood fibres.
c. What can be used to protect and decorate a wall?
d. What will feel hard and is made of the raw material sand?
e. What will feel soft? Name one.
f. Which one can hold a liquid? Which property makes that possible?
g. Which one is made from animal hide?
h. What is absorbent? Name one.
i. Which one was fired to become hard?
2. Look at the objects listed in the word box and answer the following questions.
a. Which objects are made from natural raw materials coming from plants. (3)
b. Which objects are made from manufactured materials. (3)
c. Which objects are made from raw materials coming from animals. (1)
d. Which object will break when it falls? (1)
e. From which raw material is the plastic spoon made? (1)
f. From which raw material is the sheet of paper made? (1)
Total: 20
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1. In your answers for this worksheet you may use words from this list:
tubing, circular hollow pillar, square hollow pillar, fair test; triangular hollow pillar; bar graph
a. On the pictures you see materials that are shaped in different ways. Name these shapes and label
the structures in the pictures. (3)
b. Give a reason why these shapes are used. (1)
c. When testing hollow pillars to compare their strength, you must conduct a _________ . (1)
d. How can you make and compare the strength of hollow pillars made of paper? (2)
e. How can you show your results to be clear by one quick look at it? (1)
A B
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2. a. Look at the pictures of these two structures made out of struts. Which shape is each of them? (2)
b. Label them A and B in the diagrams. (1)
c. Which one of them is used in all the structures in question 1? (1)
d. Why are they used in these structures? (1)
e. Explain what will happen to each of A and B when they are pressed from above. (2)
f. Describe the struts that are used to construct these structures and say why they are shaped like
that. (2)
3. Draw the shapes of a Zulu hut, Matjieshuis and a Xhosa rondavel and label them. (3)
Do you think these houses are strong structures? Explain why. (2)
Total: 20
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4. a. Which material is used to construct the framework of each of these houses? (3)
b. What is the shape of the floor of each structure? (1)
c. Which of them do not have a separate roof ? Explain. (2)
d. Which one has a separate roof structure? (1)
e. What is the shape of the roof ? (1)
f. Do you think this rondavel was a strong structure? Explain why. (2)
Total: 25
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6. Can a seedling grow into a healthy plant if it is kept in a dark cupboard and given some water? (4)
Write a sentence to explain your answer.
Total: 15
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b. A plant uses _____ energy from the _____ to make its _____. The plant uses energy in food to
_____. As the plant grows, it stores _____ in its body. (6)
5. Draw an energy chain to show how energy from the Sun goes to an animal that eats other animals.
Write the names for each type of plants and animal in your chain. (4)
Total: 15
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7. Complete these sentences. Choose words from the box below. (3)
Energy is ________ in coal. The energy in coal came from ________ that lived millions of years ago.
The energy in the plants came from the ________.
Total: 15
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a. Draw a flow diagram to show how energy from the Sun is transferred to mains electricity. (4)
The pictures above may help you.
3. Look at the picture below and answer the questions that follow.
a. Which three different sources of energy can you see in the picture? (3)
b. For each source of energy in the picture, think about how safely it is being used. Make a list of
things that could be done to reduce the risk of accidents or health problems in the kitchen.
You can do some research to find information to help you answer this question. (3)
Total: 15
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(5)
2. a. Draw your favourite musical instrument. Label the different parts. (2)
b. Which part or parts of your musical instrument can move (vibrate)? (1)
c. What is the main output of energy of your musical instrument? (1)
d. Is your musical instrument a percussion, wind or string instrument? (1)
Total: 10
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2. Classify the instruments into percussion, wind and string instruments. Use the table below.
Percussion instruments Wind instruments String instruments
(7)
3. Write a short paragraph about your favourite musical instrument. Describe what it looks like, what
kind of movement input of energy it needs to make it work and what kind of sound it makes. Also
explain why it is your favourite instrument. (6)
Total: 20
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You need: two empty, clean, dry tin cans with smooth edges; a piece of string 4 m long; a strong nail; a
hammer; scissors
1. Use the hammer and a nail to make a small hole in the bottom of each tin can. (1)
2. Push one end of the piece of string though the hole in one can. (1)
3. Tie a knot in the end of the string inside the tin can. (1)
4. Push the other end of the string through the hole in the other can, and tie a knot in the end of the
string. (1)
5. Now you have a string telephone. Talk to your partner. Make sure the string is tight. (1)
6. How does the string telephone work? Talk about this with your partner and then write a paragraph
below. (Hint: sound travels through solids.) (5)
Total: 10
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5. The Earth is the only planet that receives light and heat energy from the Sun.
8. Neptune takes less time to move round the Sun than any other planet.
10. The Sun’s heat causes water to condense in the water cycle.
11. The Sun appears brighter than other stars because it is much bigger than they are.
13. The Sun would support life on Earth better if Earth were closer to the Sun.
(2 x 15 marks = 30)
Total: 30
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The moon does not have any The Moon shines because
A: mountains A: it is a ball of hot gas
B: craters B: it gives off its own light
C: rivers C: the Sun’s light shines on it
D: rocks D: the Earth shines on it
The Moon is
A: bigger than the Earth
B: smaller than the Earth
C: bigger than the Sun
2. Draw the missing phase of the Moon in the diagram below (2) (6)
3. Label the New Moon and the Full Moon (2 x 2 =4)
Total: 20
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Total: 20
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(5)
Total: 10
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56 Anywhere Road
Smalltown
7788
27 August 2013
Dear __________________
Yours sincerely
(10)
Total: 10
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