Year 5 - Portion for Final Exam - 2017
Science
Unit 1: Living things and their habitats
 Identify different stages in the life cycle of living things.
 Common features of life cycles of fish, reptiles, birds, amphibians and mammals.
 Draw the life cycles of a snake, trout, sea gull, chicken, goat, primate, humans etc.
 Metamorphosis(Complete and Incomplete metamorphosis with examples)
 Life cycle of a flowering plant and that of a non-flowering plant
 Parts and functions of each part of a flower including male and female reproductive
structures.
 Sexual reproduction in plants, Pollination, fertilization, germination and dispersal.
 Describe asexual reproduction in plants.
 Different habitats (deserts, rainforests and oceans) and different organisms in them.
 Adaptations of organisms in each habitat
 Consequences of habitat destruction and methods to help endangered species.
Unit: 2: Animals, including humans
 Life Stages of Humans
 Life cycle of a human and mammals other than humans.
 Unusual mammals like marsupials and monodramas.
 Emotional, physical and intellectual changes in humans experienced in puberty and as they
grow with age.
 Relationship between gestation period and life span
Unit 3A: Materials and their properties
 Classify materials according to their properties such as Colour, texture, absorbency, magnetic
behavior, transparency weight, malleability tensile strength and durability.
 Aluminum, Steel, polyethylene -their properties and uses
 Material scientists and their work
 Electrical conductors and insulators
 Thermal conductors and insulators
 Thermal jacket and winter clothing
 Use of everyday materials including metals, wood and plastic.
Unit3B: Separation of Materials
 Properties of solids, liquids and gases.
 Separation of mixtures through filtering, sieving and evaporating.
 Factors affecting dissolving
 Investigation on the solubility of different solids.
Unit 3C: Types of Change
 Matter
 Effect of granule size on dissolving.
 Difference between mixtures and solutions.
 Reversible changes such as dissolving, mixing and changes of state and investigative
questions on it.
 Difference between freezing and melting.
 Difference between physical and chemical changes with examples.
 Reversible and irreversible changes with examples.
 Burning and the action of acid on bicarbonate of soda as irreversible changes and the
formation of new materials formed.
Unit 4: Forces
 The effects of forces.
 Force of gravity between the earth and the falling object.
 Effects of air, water resistance and friction between moving surfaces.
 Use of force meters.
 Effect of air resistance on falling or moving objects.
 Effect of mechanisms, including levers, pulleys and gears to allow a smaller force to have a
greater effect.
 Labeling force diagrams.
Unit 5: Earth, Sun and Moon
 Spherical shapes, position and size of Earth, Sun and moon.
 Movement of Planets in the solar system.
 Rotation of the earth to explain day and night.
 Sunrise and sunset.
 Shadows and the apparent movement of the sun.
 Movement of the moon relative to the earth.
Questions on Scientific Enquiry based on the above topics.
The exam paper will be on 50 marks with duration of 1hour.