year 3 science term test mark scheme

Science End of Year Test (Y3) Produced by Danny McCamlie

SCIENCE

YEAR 3

TOPICS: Forces and magnets, Animals including humans: nutrition,

Light, Plants, Rocks, Animals including humans: skeleton, muscles

and movement

Total Marks:

Name

Class

School

Date


1) Which force causes objects to fall? GRAVITY

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2) Label the forces in the below diagram. PUSH

1 mark for each correct label

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3) If Bike A stops faster than Bike B what force is stronger on Bike A? FRICTION

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4) Ryan and Gracy dropped some objects and timed how long it took to fall. Which object had the least air resistance? Object Time to fall Pen 2 seconds Toy Parachute 12 seconds Ball 3 seconds Feather 5 seconds BALL

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GRAVITY/FRICTION


5) What will happen when the two magnets are pushed towards each other in the diagram below? ATTRACT/STICK other wording showing understanding of attraction

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6) Why? OPPOSITE POLES/NS ATTRACTION other wording to show understanding of polar attractions

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7) Aaron and Nathan put a magnet near some different objects. The results are below: Object Result Paper Nothing Fridge Magnet stuck Table Nothing Car Magnet stuck Which objects are made of metal? FRIDGE and CAR no marks if only name one item

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8) When will magnets repel each other? WHEN POLES ARE THE SAME/SAME SIDE understanding of likes repel

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9) What does an herbivore eat? PLANTS/VEGETABLES/FRUIT other answers that show understanding of a non-‐meat diet

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10) What diet do humans have? OMNIVORE

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11) Name the three types of teeth of a human. 1]INCISORS/MOLARS/CANINES one mark for each

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12) An animal only has molar teeth. What type of diet do you think it has? HERBIVORE

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13) Fill in the below table Protein

CARBOHYDRATE Vitamins and minerals

FATS

Chicken

Pasta

Any relevant

Chips

Any protein

Bread

Apple

Butter

Beef

Rice

Green beans

Cheese

1 mark for each 2 answers

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14) Christiana is doing an experiment to test what drink is worst for teeth. She puts one tooth in each of the below drinks:

• Water

• Coca Cola

• Milk

• Orange Juice Which tooth will be the most damaged after one week? Coca Cola

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15) Jeremy brushes his teeth every morning and every night. Raj brushes his teeth once a day. Who will have the best teeth? Jeremy

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16) Which of these is transparent?

• A brick

• A window

• A plastic bag WINDOW

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17) What are the colours of light? Any order Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet 1 mark for 4 correct colours (usually RYGB), 2 if all correct

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18) Draw the two shadows below. Smaller shadow for first, 1 mark for sizes, 1 mark for having correct shape and colour

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19) Name 2 light sources Any, including: Sun, Torch, Lamp, Candle, Fire, Lantern, Lightening, Firefly, car headlights

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20) Name 2 reflectors Any including: Moon, mirror, water, glass, fluorescent jacket, safety clothes

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21) What is a sundial? Tells the time using the sun, words to that effect

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22) Nicolas is doing an experiment, he uses a very small amount of light and tries to tell what colour a piece of paper is. He gets the below results: Estimate Actual Colour Correct

or incorrect estimate

Black Red Incorrect Black Blue Incorrect Yellow Yellow Correct White White Correct Why does Nicolas get the darker colours wrong? 1 mark, maximum of 2 for any of the following points, or similar: dark colours absorb light, light colours reflect more, darker colours are closer together, colour is light, black is absence of light, white is reflection of light, without light darker colours cannot reflect

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23) What two jobs does the stem have?

Transporting water keeping the plant upright

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24) What is photosynthesis? 1 mark for each point, maximum of 2: making food; light, sun and water; makes energy and oxygen; happens in the leaf; using the green in the plant; carbon dioxide from the air

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25) What happens if a plant gets no light? It dies/cannot make food/no photosynthesis

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26) Draw the life cycle of a flowering plant: 1 mark for inclusion of the following in right order words in capitals are necessary; SEED seedling, plant, FLOWER, POLLINATION, fruit, seed dispersal; some children may miss seedling.

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27) What gas in air do plants need to make food? Carbon Dioxide

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28) Complete the table of materials: Material Description Glass

Clear, manmade, transparent

Wood

Natural, comes from plants

Metal

Shiny, sometimes magnetic

Plastic

Manmade, hard and long lasting

One mark for each correct box

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29) Match the rock types with their descriptions: Metamorphic Rock

No fossils and not from a volcano

Igneous Rock Layers from the

bottom of the sea Sedimentary Rock

Made by a volcano

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30) How are fossils made? One mark for any of the following points Animal/plant material or dead parts / covered in mud or dirt / millions of years pass / the bones or imprint is all that is left / dug up when ocean subsides

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31) Number the order for how soil is made: 1 mark for 2 correct answers, 2 marks for all 3

2

Decaying plant material is added

1

Rock becomes crushed

4

Soil is made

3

Water is added

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32) Name one layer of the Earth. Mantle / crust / core

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33) What are the three functions of a skeleton?

One mark for 2 correct answers, 2 marks for all 3 Protection / support / movement

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34) What animal do you think the skeleton is from? Give a reason for your answer.

Snake or named species of snake – 1 mark Any logical reasoning, shape, length, number of ribs – 1 mark

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35) Name the two types of joint, one is done for you. 1) Ball and socket joint 2) Hinge joint

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1 mark each: Bicep Tricep

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37) Name a creature with an exoskeleton? Accept any insect or crustacean with exoskeleton

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38) On the below diagram draw the lungs and heart of a human.

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year 3 science term test mark scheme

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