AMAZING KIDS SCHOOL

Grade seven
Natural science Examinations July 2008-07-20
Section A (Short questions)

1 Which sentence describes biotic things?

A. they are living organisms from both plants and animals
B. they are animals only
C. they are non living organisms e.g. light, stone

2 Which of the following is not a characteristic of biotic things

A. They reproduce
B. They respire
C. They move
D. They do not die

3 Light travels in a ________________line

A. bent
B. straight
C. reflected
D. refracted

4 When light travels through different media and bends this is a

A. radiation
B. absorption
C. reflection
D. refraction

5 What colour would be suitable for a shirt when it is sunny and very hot and why

A. Black B. white C. Black because it absorbs

D. White because it reflects and radiates heat away

6 The nearest planet to the sun is ____. A. Earth B, Mercury C. Mars D.

Jupiter

7 How long is our Earth’s journey around the sun

A. 365 ¼ days B. 490days C 69days

8 One satellite of the earth is_________ . A meteors B. moon C orbit

9. When the earth goes around the sun it ______ it A. Orbits B. eclipse C
axis

10 The furthest planet from the sun is_____A. Pluto B. Mercury C. Venus D.
Mars
SECTION B (LONG QUESTIONS)

Answers in full statements

B1. planet takes longer to go around the sun Mercury and Pluto? (3)

B2 Why do we have winter when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere? (3)

B3 Why do women have a monthly period? (3)

B4 What changes take place during puberty (3)

B5 During the process of digestion what 3 things happen in the mouth? (3)

B6 The Nervous system consists of the _____ and the _____? (2)

B7 Explain the function of mucus in digestion? (3)

SECTION C (ONE WORD ANSWERS)

1 When one cannot do without alcohol we say he/she is _________________ (1)

2 Yeast + water + sugar __________ + carbon dioxide (1)

3 Name one organ of excretion (1)

4 Two substances that are expelled out of the body are _____ and ______ (2)

5 What do carbohydrates do to the body? (1)

SECTION D DIAGRAMS AND TABLES

Digestive system naming parts Female And Male Organs

Seasons________ Open circuit p62

Filtration p36
SECTION E

1.a Name two bad effects of drug abuse

b

liver

alcohol water

What happened to the liver in alcohol

2 Give organisms that completes the food chain

Grass Zebra ________ bacteria

3 In which ecosystem does the food chain occur?

Wall light
The person on the other side cannot see light. Why?
5 If the mass of the iron piece is 120gand the volume is 40cm³ what is the density of
the iron piece

The outer shell

In an atom the number of protons is equal to the number

of __________________

7 When similar atoms combine they form _________ A. compound B. elements

8 The difference between an element and a compound is

A. I n a compound different atoms combine while in an element similar
atoms combine
B. In a compound more than two atoms combine
C. The element has compounds in it