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TOTAL: 20 marks MODERATOR:
TIME: 30 minutes ASSESSOR:
NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
TERM 1 – Life and Living
GRADE 5
BASELINE ASSESSMENT - TEST
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Write neatly and legibly with a BLUE pen.
2. Answer ALL questions on the question paper. 20
3. Look at the mark allocation to structure your answers.
4. The question paper consists of 4 pages including the cover page.
5. Read the instructions carefully and refer to the diagrams to help
you.
QUESTION ANALYSIS: (Rubric showing total marks for each
section)
QUESTION: Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Total
SECTIONS: True or False Multiple Choice Skeleton Types Food Chain
MARK 6 5 4 5 20
ALLOCATION:
MARK
OBTAINED:
1
Question 1 [6 Marks]
Indicate whether the following statements are True or False.
Underline the correct answer
1.1. Plants and animals together with their habitat is known as biodiversity.
True / False (1)
1.2. Plants are non-living things that cannot move.
True / False (1)
1.3. An oak tree and a sunflower plant together produce an oak tree that has
sunflowers?
True / False (1)
1.4. Habitats provide plants and animals with food, safety and a place to reproduce.
True / False (1)
1.5. There is a giant turtle that lives on an island. He is the only turtle left of a special
type of giant turtle. He can reproduce so that this type of turtle does not die out.
True / False (1)
1.6. Plants produce seeds in order to reproduce
True / False (1)
Question 2 [5 Marks]
Circle the letter of the correct answer. Read the statements below and use the
pictures to choose the correct answer.
2.1. Seeds develop from which part of a plant? (1)
A. Flower
B. Leaf
C. Root
D. Stem
2.2. The pictures show a bean plant at different stages of growth.
In what order do these stages take place? (1)
A. 2, 1, 3, 4
B. 2, 4, 1, 3
C. 3, 2, 1, 4
D. 4, 2, 3, 1
2
2.3. When this caterpillar becomes an adult,
what will it look like? (1)
2.4. A bird that lives on a pond is most likely to have which of these foot structures?
(1)
2.5. Which one of these groups contains only animals with a backbone (vertebrates)?
A. Spider, clam, dragonfly
B. Crayfish, snake, horse
C. Horse, snake, fish
D. Clam, fish, earthworm (1)
Question 3 [4 Marks]
Use the pictures to answer the questions. (Use each animal once only.)
3
3.1. An animal that has a hard outside skeleton is
________________________________________________ (1)
3.2. An animal without a backbone that has many segments to its body is
________________________________________________ (1)
3.3. An animal that has hair and an inside skeleton is
________________________________________________ (1)
3.4. An animal that has a scaly skin and an inside skeleton is
________________________________________________ (1)
Question 4 [5 Marks]
The table below shows where some living things in a community get their
energy. Correctly fill in the food chain based on the information given in the
table. ONLY write the name of the living thing in the correct space below.
Living things Source of energy
Snakes Small mammals, birds and
frogs
Beatles Leaves
Eagles Small mammals, small
reptiles and fish
Oak trees The sun
Frogs Insects
(1)
1.
2. (1)
3. (1)
4. (1)
5. (1)
TOTAL: 20
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