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: Knowledge tasks
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1. Which part of the plant makes most of the plant's food? |
a.
Part A (flowers) b. Part B (leaves) c. Part C (stem) d. Part D (roots) |
10 11 10 69 |
8 17 12 63 |
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2. Which part of the plant takes in the most water? |
a.
Part A (flowers) b. Part B (leaves) c. Part C (stem) d. Part D (roots) |
10 8 14 68 |
2 9 11 78 |
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3. The main function of part A (flowers) of the plant is to |
a.
make oxygen. b. store oxygen and water. c. attract insects and make seeds. d. catch sunlight and store energy. |
22 20 22 33 |
22 9 43 26 |
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4. Green plants are important to animals because the plants |
a.
make food and use up oxygen. |
29
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12
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b. use food and give off oxygen. | 18 |
8 |
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c. use food and give off carbon dioxide. | 8 |
3 |
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d. make food and give off oxygen. | 33 |
65 |
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e. make food and give off carbon dioxide. | 12 |
12 |
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5. What is special about a mammal? | a.
It eats other animals. b. It feeds its young milk. c. It makes a nest and lays eggs. d. It has four legs. |
17 47 22 14 |
19 64 9 8 |
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6.
One way for animals to protect themselves is by escaping (running, climbing,
flying or swimming away). What are two other ways they protect themselves? |
25 |
63 |
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7. Kelly is pushing her bicycle up a hill. Where does Kelly get the energy to push her bicycle? |
a.
From the exercise she did earlier. b. From the food she has eaten. c. From the slope of the hill. d. From energy stored in the bicycle. |
36 43 9 12 |
15 76 4 5 |
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(year 8 only) 8. Which of these is not a function of your blood? |
a.
Digesting food |
57
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b. Protecting against disease | 18 |
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c. Carrying waste materials away from the cells. | 14 |
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d. Carrying oxygen to different parts of the body. | 11 |
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(year 4 only) 9. Where does the food go just after a person or animal eats it? |
a.
Into the heart. b. Into the lungs. c. Into the brain. d. Into the stomach. |
5 6 3 86 |
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10. Which picture does not show an insect? |
a.
Weta b Butterfly c. Spider d. Fly |
14 26 44 16 |