VISIONARY HEIGHTS International School
2024-2025 Academic Year
August (Quarterly exam)
Primary – 4
Name: ------------------------- Subject: Science
1. Write True or False. (10marks)
a. People and many animals have bones inside their bodies. _______
b. Our skeletons are made of 208 bones. _______
c. Bones are hard and strong. _______
d. Medicines prevent us from getting ill. _______
e. When muscles contract, they get longer and let you rest. _______
f. The parts inside our bodies are called organs. _______
g. The word vertebrate means ‘with a backbone’. _______
h. Objects cannot be made of different types of materials. _______
i. Sliver is a pure substance. _______
j. Movement is bad for our bodies. _______
2. Underline the correct answer. (10 marks)
1. A skeleton is a strong ______ that supports our body
from the inside.
a. frame b. muscles c. skin
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2. We can move because there are ______ joined to
bones of the skeleton.
a. vertebrates b. function c. muscles
3. Muscles are found under the _______.
a. muscles b. skin c. particles
4. Very tiny living things are called _______.
a. germs b. particles c. vertebrates
5. Glass is a ________.
a. shapes b. material c. substance
6. All matter is made up of _______.
a. substance b. particles c. material
7. The liquid glass can be made into different ______.
a. heat b. shapes c. model
8. We take ______ to help make us better when we have
an illness.
a. butter b. medicines c. diseases
9. Our skeleton has four main jobs or ________.
a. vertebrates b. muscles c. functions
10. We call animals with skeleton inside their bodies_______.
a. skin b. vertebrates c. germ
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3. Write down the word that describes each of the following. (10 marks)
a. _____________ when a muscle gets shorter
b. _____________ something that makes an illness go away
c. _____________ a broken bone
d._____________ very tiny living things that can make us ill
e. _____________ a small part of something
f. _____________ take action to prevent damage
g. _____________ material which is processed for reuse
h. _____________ do again
i. ______________ decomposition of materials by micro-organisms
j. ______________ photo that lets us see inside our bodies
4. Answer all the questions. (10 marks)
a. Why must skeletons be hard and strong?
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b. Why do we need strong bones?
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c. What is the difference between a vertebrate animal and an invertebrate
animal?
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d. What is matter?
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e. Why do we take medicines?
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3. Use the words in the word box to label the skeleton. (10 marks)
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rib cage
bone
arm
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spine jaw
leg bone
skull
2. a. What are the bones of the head called?
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b. What are the bones of the chest called?
c. What is the row of bones in our back called?
d. Name the bone that moves when we chew food.
