Evaluation

Initial evaluation
EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY 1. What life process provides us with energy to be able to carry out the other life processes?
Nutrition.

2. Write the name of an organ for each system.

Digestive system: stomach; Circulatory system: heart; Respiratory system: lungs; Excretory system: kidneys; Reproductive system: ovaries.

3. Write the five stages of life.

childhood, adolescence, youth, adulthood, old age.

4. Match each food with its origin.

animal: fish and eggs. plant: bread, fruits and vegetables. mineral: salt and water.

5. Write the names of the four groups of living things.

animals, plants, microorganisms and fungi.

6. Write the three states in which we can find water.

solid, liquid and gas.

7. Write the name of an important invention.

Model answer: the wheel.

8. Name the four seasons and the month in which each one begins.
spring: March; summer; June; autumn: September; winter: December.

9. What is your towns name? Which autonomous community does it belong to?
Check answers.

10. Give an example of two jobs from which we get natural products.
Model answer: fisherman, miner.

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Nutrition
EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

1. Explain what nutrients are and whats the process related to these substances.
Nutrients are simple substances in food that help our bodies carry out life processes. The process related to nutrients is nutrition.

2. Read and unscramble to make a sentence.

Our body needs nutrients to grow and carry out life processes.

3. Match the two columns.

Digestive system: It changes food into nutrients. Circulatory system: It moves nutrients, oxygen and waste products. Respiratory system: It takes the oxygen our body needs from the air and it eliminates carbon dioxide. Excretory system: It eliminates waste substances.

4. Write the names of the glands related to the digestive system.

Salivary glands, liver and pancreas.

5. Look at the picture and label the parts of the digestive system.
Check Student Book.

6. Complete the following sentences.

Digestion begins in your mouth. Food mixes with gastric juices in your stomach. The liver and the pancreas produce juices that go to the small intestine. Nutrients go into the blood in the small intestine. The water from the substances our organism cannot digest is absorbed in the large intestine. Faeces are expelled outside the body through the anus.

7. Write the name of the parts of the excretory system and their function.
The excretory system is made up of the urinary system and the sweat glands. The urinary system produces urine and the sweat glands produce sweat.

8. Explain the urine formation process.

Kidneys filter blood and take out any waste substances. These substances become urine along with some water.

9. Look at the picture and label the parts of the urinary system.
Check Student Book.

10. Where does sweat come out of?

Sweat comes out of pores.

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Breathing and circulation

EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

1. Which processes take place during breathing?

Inhaling, exchanging gases and exhaling.

2. Mark the sentence that is false and rewrite it correctly.

The air that enters our lungs has more oxygen than the air that leaves our lungs.

3. Write the names of four gases that make up the air we breathe.
Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

4. Look at the picture and label the parts of the respiratory system.
Check Student Book.

5. Write the function of these organs in the respiratory system.

Nostrils: They heat and moisten the air we breathe. They have short hairs that filter the air. Pharynx: It controls the air going to the lungs and the food going to the oesophagus.

6. Complete the sentences.

When we inhale, our lungs get bigger and the diaphragm contracts. When we exhale our lungs get smaller and the diaphragm relaxes.

7. Describe two healthy habits to do with our respiratory system.

Model answer. Breathing through the nose and not smoking.

8. Describe what the circulatory system does using the following words.
It takes nutrients from the process of digestion to all the parts of our body. It also takes oxygen from the process of inhaling to all the parts of our body. It picks up waste substances that the excretory system needs to eliminate.

9. Complete the crossword about the circulatory system.

1. platelets; 2. arteries; 3. heart; 4. capillaries; 5. veins.

10. What are heartbeats?

The sound of the rhythm of the heart relaxing and contracting.

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Reproduction
EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

1. Explain what the following sentence means.

It means that both sexes have to take part in reproduction: the female sex and the male sex.

2. Look and complete the table.

Men Women

More body hair More developed breasts Deeper voice Higher voice Wider hips

3. Unscramble and write a sentence.

When we are born we have features from both our parents, but each one of us is unique.

4. Match the two columns.

Female reproductive system: Fallopian tubes, vagina, vulva, uterus. Male reproductive system: testicles, penis.

5. Write the function of the following organs from the male reproductive system.
Penis: Urine and sperm come out of it. Testicles: They produce sperm.

6. Look at the picture and label the different parts of the female reproductive system.
Check Student Book.

7. Complete the sentences.

Puberty is the stage in peoples development in which their reproductive organs mature. From this stage, the ovaries begin to produce ovules, and the testicles produce sperm.

8. Write the name of the corresponding organ.

Ovules are produced in the ovaries. Sperm is produced in the testicles.

9. Write the corresponding words.

1. The union of an ovule and a sperm. fertilisation 2. When the baby leaves its mothers body through the vagina. birth 3. The development of a new being inside its mothers body, which lasts for about nine months. pregnancy

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Reproduction
EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

10. Write sentences using each pair of words.

fertilisation Fallopian tubes: Fertilisation takes place in the Fallopian tubes. embryo amniotic sac: The embryo is protected in the amniotic sac. scar navel: The navel is the scar from the umbilical cord.

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Food and health

EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

1. Write three healthy habits.

Good hygiene, taking care of your senses, a correct posture, exercise and rest, avoiding infections.

2. What makes your heart and muscles strong?

Exercising regularly.

3. Complete the following table.

Nutrient Function They build your muscles, transport substances and help your bodys defences. They gather under your skin and protect your organs from the cold. They give your body energy. They are important to your nervous system and to help your muscles contract.

Proteins Fats Carbohydrates Vitamins and minerals

4. Match the two columns.

Proteins: Meat and fish Fats: Margarine Carbohydrates: Rice and pasta Vitamins and minerals: Fruits and vegetables

5. Why is it important to include foods with lots of vitamins in our diet?

Because they are important to our nervous system and help our muscles contract.

6. Match the foods to their origin.

Animal: eggs, fish, cheese Plant: bread, bananas, rice Mineral: water, salt

7. Complete the following sentences.

Cakes are rich in carbohydrates and fats. In potatoes and bread there are plenty of carbohydrates. There are lots of carbohydrates and fibre in bread. Meat and eggs are rich in proteins. There are lots of carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals and fibre in fruit.

8. What benefits can we obtain from legumes?

Legumes have lots of carbohydrates that give our body lots energy. They also have proteins which build our muscles, and vitamins and minerals, that are important for our nervous system and help our muscles contract.

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Food and health

EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

9. Draw two foods rich in fibre and write why it is important to include fibre in our diet.
Check answers.

10. Circle the healthy eating habits.

eat breakfast every morning eat fruit and vegetables.

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Living things
EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

1. Write the names of the following living things and the group they belong to.
Animals: bird, frog, person. Plants: pine tree, rose. Fungi: mushroom, mould. Microorganisms: microbe.

2. Read the definitions and write the type of living thing.

a) They are small and we cant see them without a microscope: microorganisms. b) They cannot move and they can make their own food: plants. c) They cannot move and they cannot make their own food: fungi. d) They can move and they cannot make their own food: animals.

3. Whats the meaning of the word fertile? Choose the correct answer.
That it can reproduce.

4. A donkey and horse can reproduce. Their descendents are called mules. Why are mules sterile?
Because donkeys and horses do not belong to the same species.

5. Complete the sentences.

Some mushrooms look like filaments, called hyphae. Fungi reproduce from spores.

6. Match the two columns.

The reproductive part of some fungi: Mushroom. They are not hyphae and dont produce mushrooms: Yeasts. Fungi that do not produce mushrooms: Moulds.

7. What can we use yeasts and some moulds for? Tick the correct answers.
getting antibiotics, making cheese, making bread, making yoghurt.

8. Match the words to the definitions.

Microscope: Special instruments to see very small things. Beneficial: Something that is good for you. Antibiotics: Medicines used to treat illnesses caused by bacteria. Virus: Non-living things that produce illnesses.

9. Write two characteristics of viruses.

Model answer: They are not living things. They produce illnesses.

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Living things
EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

10. Match the words that have something in common. Then write two sentences using the words.
bacteria microorganisms yoghurt cure antibiotic virus flu AIDS prevent vaccine Model answer: Bacteria are the smallest microorganisms.

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1-5

1st Term
EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

1. Read the words and write them under the correct category.
Foods: fish, eggs, chocolate cake, tomato. Nutrients: vitamins, minerals, fats, proteins.

2. Complete the table with the systems that take part in the nutrition process, their function and an example of an organ.
System Digestive Circulatory Respiratory Excretory Function Transform food into simple substances. Transport nutrients to all parts in our body. Inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Eliminate waste substances. Organ stomach heart lungs kidneys

3. Explain what each respiratory movement consists of.

Inhaling: breathe in air with oxygen. Exhaling: breathe out air with carbon dioxide.

4. Write two physical features that are characteristic of men and two that are characteristic of women.
Men: body hair, bigger Adams apple. Women: high voice, wide hips.

5. Look at the pictures and label the organs.

Check Student Book.

6. In which phase of reproduction are both sexes necessary?

Fertilisation.

7. Write three habits that help us to stay healthy and avoid illness and disease.
Model answer: washing our hands before eating, sitting straight, brushing our teeth.

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1-5

1st Term
EVALUATION WORKSHEETS ANSWER KEY

8. Write the origin of each food and the nutrients it contains.

Foods sardines watermelon salt butter spaghetti sausages hazelnuts proteins vitamins and minerals minerals fats carbohydrates proteins proteins Nutrients Origin animal vegetable mineral animal vegetable animal vegetable

9. Complete the word map about the classification of living things.

animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms.

10. Give examples of the uses of fungi and microorganisms.

Uses fungi microorganisms Yeast to make bread Bacteria to make yoghurt

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