Basic Science · Practice test

Primary 4–5 practice test

17 questions + 2 written tasks. Answers show as soon as each question is answered.

For parents/guardians: sit with your child, read each question aloud if it helps, and talk about the answer when it appears. Written answers are checked against a model answer: decide together whether your child got it.

0 of 17 answered

1. Which of these is a living thing?
2. Which sense organ do we use to smell?
3. Which material is magnetic?
4. The body needs ___ from food to stay healthy.
5. Energy-giving foods are mainly:
6. Beans and eggs are good sources of:
7. Which is an organ of digestion?
8. Which organ makes bile to help digest fat?
9. Medicines should be taken:
10. The heart is found in the:
11. The heart is about the size of your:
12. The number of heartbeats in one minute is the:
13. A resting adult's pulse is usually about ___ beats per minute.
14. Air passes from the nose to the lungs through the:
15. The male part of a flower is the:
16. The stigma is part of the:
17. Plan a fair test to find out whether exercise changes your pulse rate. What will you change, measure and keep the same?

Written tasks

Not part of the score above. Write your answer here or on paper, then a parent or teacher can mark it with the marking guide.

1. Explain photosynthesis, naming what goes in and what comes out. (Yr 6)
2. Plan a balanced lunch box for a Year 5 pupil and say which food class each item belongs to. (Yr 5)

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