Raffles Christian School 2023 – 2024 SA1 Practice

Pondok Indah Campus Term 2

Name : Date:__________
Class : Primary – 3 A / B Mark:
Subject : Science
Topic : SA1 Practice 40

See the pictures of different items below for questions 1 and 2.

Corn
Wood Stone Flashlight

Pumpkin
Bone Fish Tree

1. Which of these two items were once alive?

corn and
bone andwood
pumpkin
stone
stoneand
andbone
pumpkin

stoneand
stone and flashlight
flashlight

cornand
wood andtree
tree
[1]

2. Which of these two items were never alive?

bone
corn and
andwood
pumpkin
stone
stoneand
andbone
pumpkin

stoneand
stone and flashlight
flashlight

cornand
wood andtree
tree
[1]

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 3. Michelle caught an animal and cannot tell if it is bird andormammals
a reptile an amphibian.
To make sure, she could check:
Tick [✓] the correct box
how many legs it has

if it has fur or feathers

if it has moist skin or dry scaly skin

if it is warm-blooded or cold-blooded
[1]
4. Which of the following animals lays eggs?
Tick [✓] the correct box

Turtle
Fly

Bat

Lion

Whale
[1]

reptile?
5. Which of the following statements are true of all mammals?

A. A.
They
Theyhave
havemoist skin.
hair and fur.
B.B.
TheTheadult
adultreptiles
mammals laygive
eggs.
birth to live young.
C.C.
They
The are cold-blooded.
female mammals produce milk to feed their young.

A and B only

B and C only

A and C only

A, B and C only
[1]

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 6. The table below shows how some animals can be classified

Based on the above classification chart, which one of the following

statements is most possibly true?

pigeon
A bat andand spiny
a spiny anteater
anteater lay eggs
lay eggs

Apigeon and
dog and spiny
a bat anteater
move haveway
in the same hair
A bat and
dog and apigeon
dog give
laybirth
eggsto its young alive

pigeon
A pigeonand
and bat have
a spiny the same
anteater havebody covering
the same body covering
[1]
7. Arvin sees two animals pictured below.

Based on the pictures, write down two characteristics that they both have
in common.
Characteristic 1:
……………………………………………………………………………...............

Characteristic 2:
……………………………………………………………………………...............
[2]

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 8. The diagram below shows a plant and its parts

connectwater
a. What part of the plant absorbs the roots to soil?
from the leaves?

…………………………………………………………………………………[1]
b. Name another function of the part stated in (a)

…………………………………………………………………………………[1]
absorb water
c. Which part of the plant helps to transport from
water to the and soil?
leaves from the
part stated in (a)

…………………………………………………………………………………[1]
d. What is the function of leaves?

…………………………………………………………………………………[1]
Deangives
9. Dean gives
hishis catscarrots
rabbit food and
andvegetables
milk everyday
every for
dayits
formeal. Dean
its meals. He also
bringssure
makes his that
catsit walk aroundwater
has enough the house.
to drink. Now
Dean that
lets ithis
runcats have
about freely in
the garden every evening. Now that his rabbit is getting too big for its hutch,
kitten.
Dean is considering getting a bigger one for it.

List three life process that can be observed in the paragraph above which
cats living
show that Dean’s rabbit thing?
is a living thing.

Life Process 1: …………………………………………………………………… [1]

Life process 2: …………………………………………………………………… [1]

Life process 3: …………………………………………………………………… [1]

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 10. May is visiting the zoo. She sees several things. Name the life processes
shown by each below.

crocodile
(a) She saw a monkey crawling
climbing on a to the pond
tree...……………………………….........[1]

tiger withwith
(b) She saw a kangaroo babyher cub
joey. ……………………………………..…...[1]

(c) She saw a giraffeswallowing

a snake eating leaves.
a rat..…………………………………..……....[1]

(d) She saw birds fly away in response to a loud noise ….…………………....[1]

(e) She saw a turtle lay an egg …………..……………………………………....[1]

11. Study the flow chart below.

Which of the following animals is best represented by J?

H?

Tick [  ] the correct box.

bat

giraffe

penguin

whale
[1]

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 12. Draw lines matching the state of matter on the left to the description of a
substance on the right.
Does not change shape when
solid
placed in a container.

Changes shape to fill the entire

liquid
container it is placed in.

Changes shape to fill the bottom

gas
of a container it is placed in.

[2]

13. Look the picture of the soap bubbles below and complete the sentences by
choosing the correct word.

(a) The inside of the bubbles are made of ……………… .

Circle the correct answer.
solid liquid gas [1]

(b) The surface of the bubbles are made of ……………… .

Circle the correct answer.
solid liquid gas [1]

(c) The wand used to blow the bubbles are made of ……………… .
Circle the correct answer.
solid liquid gas [1]

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 14. The picture below shows the life cycle of a frog.

(a) Label the missing parts of the life cycle [3]

(b) Frogs are an example of an animal whose young look very different
than their adults because they go through a certain process. What is
the name of this process?

………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

(c) Not all animals go through the process you named in (b). What is one
thing that will happen to all animals as they go from young to adult?

.………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

(d) List two ways a frog’s life cycle is different from a human life cycle.

.…………………………………………………………………………………

.……………………………………………………………………………….[2]

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 15. Bryan draws a food chain

A. Add arrows to the food chain pointing in the correct direction. [1]

B. How many producers are in this food chain?

……………………………………………………………………… [1]

C. Where does the flowers

grass get its energy from?

……………………………………………………………………… [1]

D. Which animal is the primary consumer?

…………………………………………………………………….. [1]

butterfly
E. What animal eats the grasshopper?

…………………………………………………………………….. [1]

heron
F. Name an animal that could replace the owl in this food chain

…………………………………………………………………….. [1]

G. Described what might happen if the amount of flowers decreased?

grass decreased.

…………………………………………………………………….. [1]

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