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Multiple choice questions
Circulation
1.
What does your heart do?
It pumps air around your body
It pumps blood around your body
It pumps blood to just your muscles
2.
Which of these would make your heart beat the fastest?
Lying down
Sitting on a chair
Swimming
3.
What does your pulse rate tell you?
How fast your heart is beating
How fast you are running
How old you are
4.
Why does your heart beat faster when you exercise?
Because it gets excited
To get oxygen to your muscles more quickly
To make a louder noise
5.
Veins carry blood...
towards the heart
away from the heart
inside the heart
6.
James wants to become healthier. Which of these would NOT help him?
Regular exercise
Eating a healthy diet
Using the car more instead of walking
7.
Blood moves round your body in special tubes called blood vessels. Which of these is NOT a blood vessel?
A vein
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An artery
A ventricle
8.
What happens to your blood when it reaches your lungs?
It picks up oxygen
It picks up carbon dioxide
Nothing
9.
What is the most important reason why smoking cigarettes is bad for you?
Because cigarettes can burn your fingers
Because cigarettes can harm your heart and lungs
Because the smoke can get in your eyes
10.
Which is the most important reason why you should NOT drink alcohol before driving a car?
Because you might need to go to the toilet
Because alcohol makes you less careful so you might have an accident
Because you might get stopped by the police
Microorganisms 1.
Most microorganisms cannot be seen without a ...
Telescope
Periscope
Microscope
2.
Which of these is NOT true about microorganisms?
They are all harmful
They feed and grow
They reproduce
3.
What is yeast used for?
To cure chickenpox
To make bread rise
To make yoghurt
4.
Why should cooked and uncooked foods be stored separately?
Because bacteria only like cooked food
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Because bacteria only like uncooked food
To stop bacteria spreading from one to the other
5.
Which of these is NOT caused by a microorganism?
Measles
A sprained ankle
Tooth decay
6.
Which of these microorganisms is useful?
Bacteria that decompose leaves
Salmonella
Chickenpox virus
7.
Which of these microorganisms is harmful?
Yeast
Bacteria in yoghurt
Fruit mould
8.
Bacteria and viruses are both types of microorganisms. Which is smaller?
Bacteria
Viruses
They are both the same size
9.
Cleaning your teeth regularly helps prevent tooth decay because ...
Microorganisms don't like the taste of toothpaste
Brushing removes sugar that microorganisms like to eat
Brushing removes all microorganisms from your mouth
10.
Which of these is true?
Microorganisms are all around us
Microorganisms are only found in the kitchen
All microorganisms cause illness
Plant and animal habitats 1.
Which of these things are you NOT likely to find in a park or garden?
An earthworm
An oak tree
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A crab
2.
Which of these animals is most likely to live in a pond?
A water spider
A caterpillar
An ant
3.
Which of these is most likely to grow in woodland?
Algae
An oak tree
A cactus
4.
A habitat is
an animal behaviour
a shop where animals go to buy things for their homes
a place where animals and plants live
5.
Which collection of animals might you find in a seashore habitat?
Zebras, lions and elephants
Owls, caterpillars, oak trees
Barnacles, seagulls, crabs
6.
A frog is adapted to its pond habitat by
being brightly coloured
having webbed feet
growing into an adult frog
7.
Why does a heron have a long sharp beak?
To catch fish
To look cool
To fly faster
8.
Why do African elephants have big ears?
To keep cool
To hear better
To fly
9.
Where would you expect to find a woodlouse?
In a hot, sunny place
In a dark, damp place
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In a dark, dry place
10.
Which habitat does a rabbit live in?
Desert
Meadow
River
Skeletons and muscles
1.
Which part of your skeleton protects your brain?
Your skull
Your ribs
Your pelvis
2.
Which part of your skeleton protects your heart and lungs?
Ribs
Backbone
Skull
3.
As you grow, your skeleton ...
grows
stays the same size
gets smaller
4.
Which of these animals has its skeleton on the outside of its body?
An ant
A horse
A fish
5.
How does your arm bend up and down?
One muscle pulls your arm up and another muscle pulls your arm down
One muscle pulls your arm up and the same muscle pushes your arm down again
The bones inside your arm move on their own
6.
Muscles always work in pairs. When one contracts, the other ...
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contracts
expands
relaxes
7.
Which of these things is NOT true about your skeleton?
It supports and protects your body
It makes you grow
It helps you move
8.
Why do you think some animals, like crabs and insects, shed their outer skeletons?
Because they get too hot
Because their skeletons get too loose
Because their skeletons don't grow
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Evolution and Inheritance
1.
Which of these things is false?
Plants have roots
Plants have leaves
Plants have legs
2.
Which of these things is NOT an animal?
A bee
A buttercup
A human
3.
All humans ...
have two eyes
have curly hair
grow to the same height
4.
How are birds and insects different?
Birds have wings, insects do not
Birds have feathers, insects do not
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Birds have legs, insects do not
5.
Which of these animals can fly?
A penguin
A squirrel
A thrush
6.
How many legs does a bee have?
Six
Four
None
7.
Which of these is true?
All animals have tails
All animals can swim
All animals move
8.
What is the main difference between a buttercup and an oak tree?
A buttercup is a plant; an oak tree is not
An oak tree is a plant; a buttercup is not
An oak tree grows much taller
9.
How are humans and birds the same?
They both have two arms
They both have two legs
They both have feathers
10.
Which of these things would be easiest to change?
The colour of your eyes
The length of your hair
The shape of your face
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