P3 Science CA1 2023 — Red Swastika

Which of the following statements is true? All animals ____.

Look at the table below. Which item is grouped wrongly?

Mary placed two similar pots of plants, X and Y, in a school garden for a few days. She watered Plant Y daily but not Plant X. After some time, she observed that Plant X died but Plant Y grew well and taller. She concluded that plants need ____ to live.

Which of the following is a non-living thing?

Study the four animals below. Which animal does not belong to the same animal group as the others?

The table below shows the characteristics of four animals. A tick (✓) means the animal has the characteristics. Which animal, A, B, C or D, represents a pigeon?

The picture below shows Animal A. Which characteristic(s) of Animal A is/are more useful in identifying it as an insect? A: Number of legs. B: Presence of three body parts. C: Length of feelers on its head.

The table below shows the characteristic(s) of items A and B. The tick (✓) in the box shows the characteristics the item has. Which of the following sets best represent A and B?

Study the classification chart below. The diagram below shows plant L. In which group, A, B, C or D, would plant L belong to?

The diagram below shows different animals. Kasim classified the animals into two groups. (a) Identify the group of animals in Groups A and B. (b) Which group, A or B, could Kasim classify a cow in? (c) State a difference in the way animals in Groups A and B reproduce.

At the zoo, Sheila listed what she saw in the box shown below: Amphibian, Reptile, Bench. She then drew a flow chart of what she saw at the zoo, as seen below. (a) Based on the information in the flow chart, describe the characteristics of P. (b) Complete the following by writing P, Q or R in the correct spaces provided. Bench: ____. Amphibian: ____.

Peter kept two similar Insect X in set-ups J and K as shown in the diagram below. (a) Based on the diagram, identify one similarity between set-up J and set-up K. (Do not mention Insect X). (b) Peter changed the cover in set-up K to a cover with no holes. What would happen to Insect X in set-up K after one week? (c) Explain your answer in (b). (d) After some time, Insect X in set-up J laid some eggs in the container. Which characteristic of living things does this show?

Observe the following picture. What characteristic of living things is shown by the picture above?

Which of the following is true about plants? All plants ____.

Which characteristic(s) of all mammals is/are true? A: Have four legs. B: Produce milk to feed the young. C: Have hair as outer body covering.

The diagram below shows a picture of a mushroom. The table below shows the characteristics of four organisms. A tick (✓) in the box shows the characteristics the organism has. Which organism, A, B, C or D, represents a mushroom?

Study the classification chart below. How are the animals grouped? The animals are grouped according to ____.

The diagrams below show four different items. Selvy wanted to classify the four items into two groups equally. Which of the following is not a suitable heading to group them?

Ali observed that the bowls in the school canteen are made of plastic. Which one of the following properties explain why plastic is suitable?

The table below shows the properties of materials A, B, C and D. Which of the materials, A, B, C or D, is most suitable to make a file?

Four materials, W, X, Y and Z, had the same weight and size. The materials were placed into four beakers of water, which contained the same amount of water, at the same time. An example is shown in the diagram below. After 30 minutes, the materials were taken out of the water and the amount of water left in the beaker was measured. The graph below shows the results. Which of the materials, W, X, Y or Z, is most suitable to make a towel?

Study the flow chart below. (a) Write the letter W, X or Y that represent the animals in the table below. Bat: ____. Chicken: ____. (b) Based on the information in the flow chart above, describe two characteristics of animals Y.

In an experiment, Janet kept four slices of cake P, Q, R and S under different conditions. A tick (√) indicates the presence of the condition. After two weeks, Janet counted the number of patches of mould on the four slices of cake. She recorded the results in the table below. (a) Based on the results, state the best conditions for mould to grow. (b) In the experiment above, how does the mould get its food? (c) How does mould reproduce? (d) Janet wants to find out if mould grows faster on a cake or a bread. In the table below, indicate with a tick (√) the variable(s) that she must keep the same so that she can ensure a fair test.

Four materials, D, E, F and G, had the same mass and size. Ian placed similar weights, one at a time, on each piece of material until it broke. He repeated the experiment by adding more weights until the material broke. His results are shown in the graph below. (a) Based on the experiment, name the property of the material that Ian was testing. (b) Based on the information in the graph, arrange the materials, D, E, F and G, starting from the strongest to the weakest. (c) Based on Ian's experiment, which material, D, E, F or G, is the most suitable to make a plastic bag to carry heavy objects. Explain why.