SCIENCE UPSR – SECTION A

SCIENCE YEAR 4

QUESTIONS/ANSWER SIGN. 1 SIGN.2 SIGN. 31. BASIC NEEDS

1. What are basic needs of humans and animals?a) air b) water c) food d) shelter

2. What are basic needs of plants?a) air b) water c) sunlight

2. LIFE PROCESSES

1. State the life processes.a) breathing b) excretion c) defecation d) response to stimuli e) reproduction f) growth g) digestion h) movement

2. The inhale air has more oxygen, but the exhale air has more carbon dioxide.

3. What are the waste material that through out from our body?a) urine b) sweat c)water vapour d) carbon dioxide

4. What is the organ of excretion for each waste materials?a) urine – kidneys b) sweat - skin c) water vapour and carbon dioxide - lungs

5. Undigested food ( faeces ) is removed from our body during defecation

6. Complete the table:organs stimuli

Nose SmellEars soundEyes lightSkin touchtongue taste

7. Why humans response to stimuli?a) to protect themselves from danger b) to survival

8. Why humans need to reproduce?a) to produce new generationb) to ensure the continuity of human beingsc) to increase the number of people in family

9. What are the bad habits that can affect our life processes?a) smoking cigarettes b) drinking alcohol c) taking drugs

10. State 3 excretory organs of animals?a) lungs b) gills c) skin

11. Complete the table:

12. What are the ways of animal reproduce?a) give birth b) laying eggs

13. Complete the table:

14. What are the ways of plant reproduce?a) seeds b) spores c) suckers d) stem cutting e) leaves f) underground stem

3. PROTECTION

1. What are the special characteristic and behaviours of animal to protect themselves from danger? State 2 examples of animal.a) hard scales – pangolin, crocodileb) bad smell - skunk, bedbugc) camouflage – chameleon ,stick insertd) stings – scorpion, waspe) horn – rhinoceros, buffalof) curls up its body – millipede, armadillog) hard shell – snail, tortoiseh) poisonous tentacles – jellyfish, sea anemoe

animals breathing structureMonkey, whale, bat LungsFrog, earthworm, leech Moist skinCrabs Lung booksGrasshopper, butterfly Trachea structureTadpole, fish gills

Parts of plant Type of stimuliRoots Water and gravityShoots Sunlightleaflets touch

i) strong and muscular legs – horse, deerj) live in group – elephant, zebra 2. What are the special characteristic and behaviours of animals to protect themselves from extreme weathers? State 2 examples.a) thick fur – sheep, polar bearb) thick layer of fat – whale, penguinc) migration – swallow, swand) hibernation – bear, squirrele) humps – camelf) wallowing in water – rhinoceros, buffalo

3. What are the special characteristics of plants to protect themselves from enemies? State 2 examples a) fine hair – bamboo, pumpkin.b) thorns- durian, pineapplec) prickles-rose, cactusd) latex-papaya, jackfruite) close their leaflets-mimosaf) poisonous fruits ,stalks ,flower-mushroom, yam plants g) bad smell -rafflesia ,tobacco leaves

4.What are the characteristics of plants to prevent excessive loss of water? State 2 examplesa) hairy leaves - pumpkin, watermelon b) shed leaves – rubberc) waxy coating – hyacinth ,bananad) stems store water – banana ,baobabe) curl up their leaves – bananaf) needle like leaves – pine ,casuarinasg) long roots to absorb water-cactus

5. What are the special characteristics of plants to protect themselves from strong wind? State 2 examplesa) strong buttress roots – durian , casuarinasb) prop roots – maize , banyanc) soft stem to bend easily – bamboos , grass

4. MEASUREMENT1. What is length?Length is the distance between two points.

2. What are length measure length using body parts?a) arm span b) arm c) cubit d) foot

3. What are the measuring tools to measure more accurate?a) ruler b) measuring tape

4. What are the standard unit of length?a) millimetre (mm) b) centimetre (cm)c) metre (m) d) kilometre (km)

5. What is area?Area is region covered by a surface.

6. What are standard unit for area?a) square millimetre (mm2) b) square centimetre (cm2)c) square metre (m2) d) square kilometre (km2)

7. What is the formula to calculate the area?Area = Length x width

8. What is volume?Volume is the amount of space taken up by a solid object such as cube and cuboid.

9. How to measure the volume of cubes 1 cm x 1 cm x 1cm?The number of cubes 1 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm is equal to the volume of cube.

10. What is standard unit for solid and liquid?Solid:a)) cubic millimetre (cm3) b) cubic centimetre (cm3)c ) cubic metre (m3)Liquid:a) litre (l) b)millitre (ml)

11. What is the formula to measure the volume of solid?Volume = Length x Width x Height

12. What is the tool that can measure the volume of solid more accurately?Measuring cylinder

13. What is the tool to measure the mass?a) beam balance b) compression balancec) bathroom scale d) lever balancee) electronic balance

14. What is the unit for mass?a) milligram (mg) b) gram (g) c) kilogram (kg)

15. What is time?Time is process that repeat uniformly.

16. What is standard unit for time?1 hour = 60 minutes1 hour = 3600 seconds1 minute = 60 seconds

17. What is tool for measuring time long long ago?a) candle b) sundial c) hourglass

18. Why the standard unit are importance for measuring?Because standard unit are used around the world and to ensure consistency and accuracy.

5. MATERIALS

1. State the natural materials ( plants , animals , soil/mineral).a) wood b) rubber c) mates d) glass e) cotton f) leather g) fur h) silk

2. State the man-made materialsa) plastic b) synthetic cloth (nylon , rayon)

3.What are the properties of materials?a) conducts electricity – it allow electricity to pass through it .metalb) conducts heat –it allow heat to pass through it- metalc) float on water – it does not sink easily-wood ,plasticd) absorbs water-it takes in water -fabric ,sponge e) can be stretched – become longer when pulled –rubberf) allow light to pass through –we can see through the material- glass , plastic

4.What are conductor?Material that allow electricity and heat pass through it .Good conductor is metal.

5.What is insulator?Material that does not allow heat or electricity to pass through it .Good insulator is non-metal

6. What are the classified of material according to the amount of light they allow?a) transparent – allow most light to pass through itb) translucent – allow some light to pass through itc) opaque – does not allow any light to pass through it.

7. How we can conserve the materials?a) reuse b) reduce c) recycle

8. Why we must conserve the materials?a) save our forest b) save energy c) reduce pollutiond) ensure material are not used upe) cleaner and healthier environment

9. What is rust?Rust is the reddish brown layer formed on a material(iron)

10. How to prevent rusting?a) paint b) oil/greasec) coating by rubber, plastic and non- rusting metall

11. What can cause iron to rust?a) air b) water

6. THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE

1. State the planet in a solar system in order.a) mercury - myb) Venus -veryc) Earth - excellentd) Mars - mothere) Jupiter - justf) Saturn - servedg) Uranus - ush) Neptune - ninei) Pluto - pizza

2. Tell me, what do you know about the moon?a) natural satelliteb) 28 days to move around the earthc) not give out light/heat but reflect the light from the sun.

3. What is the ratio of the size between the moon, earth and sun?Moon : earth : sun 1 : 4 : 400

4. What are the special characteristic for each planet in solar system?a) Mercury – closest to sun, too hotb) Venus – atmosphere traps heat, hotterc) Earth – has air, water & suitable temperature to support lifed) Mars - red planete) Jupiter – largest planet, made up gases & icef) Saturn – second largest, three wide ringg) Uranus – lying on its side goes around the sunh) Neptune – covered by liquid methanei) Pluto – smallest, very cool & dark

5. What do you know the members of solar system below?a) asteroid b) comets c) meteoroids, d) meteors

7. TECHNOLOGY AROUND US

1. What are the limitation of humans and how to overcome it?a) Unable to see small details – hard lens , microscopeb) Unable to see details of very distant – binoculars , telescopec) Unable to speak loud far away – microphone , telephoned) Unable to do complex calculations quickly – calculatore) Unable to hear very weak sound of a heartbeat - stethoscopef) Unable to walk long distance – car , aeroplaneg) Unable to save a lot of memory – computer 2. What is the development technology in communication? signal – writing – telegraph – morse – telephone/wireless – radio – satellite – internet 3. What is the technology in transportation?a) land transportationwalking – animals – steam power engine (car , locomotive) – petrol power – modern transport (car , bus , trains) b) water transportationraft – boat – ferry/ships – submarinec) air transportationhot air balllons – airship – aeroplane – rocket – spacecrafts

4. What is the development technology in agriculture?Used stick to plough fields – used animals – used sickle/hoe –tractors – machines

5. What is the development technology in construction?a) building lived in cave – hut – wooden house – concrete houseb) bridgewooden bridge – wooden bridge –concrete bridge – concrete and steel bridge

6. What are the advantages of technology?a) work easily b) saves time c) a better qualityd) work safely e) increase productivity

7. What are the disadvantages of technology?a) increase vehicle causes air & noise pollutionb) pesticides to kill insects cause pollutionc) used in manufacturing military weapons cause ward) car accidents by using mobile phonee) x – ray machine produces harmful rays

SCIENCE YEAR 5

QUESTIONS/ANSWERS SIGN 1

SIGN 2

SIGN 3

1. MICROORGANISMS

1. What is microorganisms?Microorganisms is living thing that are very tiny

2. State 4 type of microorganisms.a) bacteria b) virusc) fungi d) protozoa

3. What are basic need of microorganisms?a) air b) waterc) food/nutrient d) suitable temperature

4. What are the useful microorganisms?a) making bread b) making tapaic) making tempeh d) alcoholic drink

5. What are the harmful microorganisms?a) illness b) food poisoningc) tooth decay d) food turn bad

6. State the harmful microorganisms and the diseases carried?a) virus – AIDS, chicken pox, mumps, poliob) bacteria – cholera, toothc) fungi – Tinea (athlete’s foot)d) protozoa – malaria, dysentery

7. How to prevent the spreading diseases?a) wash hand after workingb) drinking boil waterc) cover mouth & nose when sneezingd) do not share personal iteme) quarantine patient contagious diseasesf) cover food properlyg) store meat, fish, chicken in freezer 8. State 6 of contagious diseases.a) influenza b) measles c) mumpsd) conjunctivitis e) chicken pox f) AIDS

2. SURVIVAL OF THE SPECIES

1. How the animals take care of their eggs to survive their species?a) hatch eggs in a nest b) lay eggs in holesc) buries eggs in the sand d) carry their eggs in the bodye) hides eggs f) slimy eggs

2. How animals take care of their young?a) carry in the mouth b) carry their young in the pouchc) feet their young d) stay in herdse) build nest f) attack in order

3. What is dispersal ?Dispersal means scattering seeds or fruits away from the parent plants to other places.

4. What are the characteristic of each method of dispersal?a) water – waxy skin, water proof, air spacesb) wind – light, small, wing, fine hairc) animals – bright colour, fleshy, sweat & nice smell, fruits are edible & tasty, seed have hook/pricklesd) explosive mechanism – seed protect in a fruits, fruits skin dries up when ripe.

3. FOOD CHAIN AND FOOD WEB

1. State the classification of animals according to the food they eat.a) herbivorous – eat plantsb) carnivorous – eat meat/animalsc) omnivorous – eat plants & meat 2. What is food chain?Food chain is relationship between living thing according to the food they eat(producer & consumer)

3. What is means the arrow( ) in the food chain?The arrow means ‘is eaten by’

4. What is food web?Food web is two or more food chain together to form a larger network

5. Who is producer in food chain?Producer must be a green plants

4. ENERGY

1. What is energy?Energy is ability to do work.

2. What are the sources of energy?a) sun b) food c) fueld) dry cells e) wind f) water

3. State the form of energy.a) heat energy b) potential energy c) light energyd) sound energy e) kinetic energy f) chemical energyg) electrical energy

4. What are the energy that can renewable?a) solar energy b) wind energyc) hidro(water) energy d) biomass fuel

5. What are non-renewable energy?a) natural gas b) petroleumc) charcoal d) coal e) nuclear energy

6. How using energy wisely?a) to save costb) to avoid wastagec) to reduce pollution.d) to conserve some energy resources which cannot be replenished when use up

5. ELECTRICITY 1. What are the sources of electricity?a) dry cell b) accumulatorc) dynamos d) solar cell 2. What are the component in electric circuit?a) dry cell b) bulb c) switch d) wire

3. State the type of electric circuit.a) series circuit b) parallel circuit

4. Mishandling of electrical appliances can cause: a) fire b) burn c) electrocution d) electric shock

5. What are the safety precautions when using electric appliances?a) do not touch switch when wet handsc) do not repair electrical by yourselfd) do not use broken wiresc) do not temper power supply using conductord) do not touch victim of electric shock

6. LIGHT

1. Why light cannot see through a bent roller paper?Because the light travel in straight line

2. How do a shadow is formed?A shadow is formed when light is blocked by an opaque or translucent object

3. How to change the size of shadow?a) change the distance between the light source and the objectb) change the distance between the object and the screen

4. What are the good surface for reflector?a) smooth b) shiny c) hard

5. What are uses of reflection of light in daily life?a) side mirror of a carb) reflector mirror at shop/roadc) a dental mirrord) mirror in barber shope)periscope

6. What are devices that use the principle of light?a) periscope - reflection b) kaleidoscope – reflectionc) microscope – refractiond) telescope – refractione) binocular - refraction

7. HEAT

1. What is heat ?Heat is form of energy

2. What is temperature and the unit?Temperature is a measurement of how hot or cold a substance is. The unit is degree celsius (0C)

3. What are the types of thermometer?a) clinical thermometer b) digital thermometerc) laboratory thermometer 4. What are the activities that shows the effect of expansion or contraction of matter?a) the iron ball expends when heated and contracts when cooledb) water colour level rise when heated and water colour level drop when cooledc) the balloon expands when heated and contracts when cooled

5. What are the examples of the application of the principle of expansion and contraction in daily life?a) electric cable are installed loosely to prevent them from snapping when they contract in cold weatherb) there are gaps in railway tracks to allow for expansion in hot weatherc) the bottle cap expands when heated 8. STATE OF MATTER

1. What are state of matter?a) solid b) liquid c) gas

2. What are the properties of solids, liquid & gas?

3. What are the processes involved when matter changes from one state to another?a) melting – solid to liquidb) boiling – liquid to steam(gas)c) evaporation – liquid to steam(gas)d) freezing – liquid to solide) condensation – gas to liquid

4. What are the factors that affect the rate of evaporation of water?a) wind b) temperature c) surface area

5. How are clouds formed?Water evaporates - water vapour to condense to form water droplets - clouds – rain

properties solid liquid gasa)has mass / / /b)takes up space / / /c)has fixed volume / / xd)has fixed shape / x xe)take the shape of it container x / /f)can be compressed x x /

6. What are the importance of water cycle?a) continuous supply of water b) survive all living thing7. How do we keep our water resources clean?a) treat waste waterb) do not throw rubbish into the riversc) do not build factories near water resourcesd) check the quality of water

9. ACID & ALKALI

1. How the acidic, alkaline or neutral substances determined?

substances Blue litmus paper Red litmus paper tasteAcid Turns red No change SourAlkali No change Turns blue Bitterneutral No change No change Except

sour & bitter

10. CONSTELLATION

1. What is constellation?A constellation is a group of stars in the sky that appears to form a certain pattern

2. State the various of constellations.a) orion – hunter – northb) big dipper – ladle – northc) scorpion – scorpiond) southern cross– kite – southe) ursa major – great bearf) leo – lion

3.What is the importance of constellation?a) to guide directionc) to study other starsd) can be used as a calendare) to indicate the time to carry out certain activities

11. THE EARTH, MOON & SUN

1. How does the earth move around the sun?a) rotates on its axis – west to east – 24 hoursb) moves around the sun – 365 days( 1 year)

2. What are the changes in length and position of our shadows through out the day?a) in morning – shadow is longer and points to westb) at midday – shadow is shortestc) in afternoon – shadow is longer and points to east

3. How does the occurrence of day and night?the rotation of the earth on its axis around the sun,

4. Why is the moon bright?The moon does not emit light because it reflects the light from the sun

5. State the phases of the moon.a) new moon – 1st e) full moon – 15th

b) crescent – 3rd f) gibbous moonc) half moon – 7th g) half moond)gibbous moon h) old crescent

12. STRENGTH & STABILITY

1. What are the basic shapes of object?a) cube b) cuboid c) coned) cylinder e) sphere f) pyramid

2. What are the factors that affect the strength of a structure?a) types of materials b) size of structurec) shape of structure

3. What are the factors that affect stability of objects?a) the base area – the bigger base area, the more stable the structureb) the height – shorter structure are more stable than taller structure

SCIENCE YEAR 6

QUESTIONS/ANSWERS SIGN 1 SIGN 2 SIGN31. INTERACTION AMONG LIVING THING

1. What is meaning of solitary animals and group animals?Solitary animals is animal that live alone in their habitat own habitat. Group animals is animals that live together as a group.

2. What is competition?Interaction among species when a resources needed are limited

3. Animals compete for what?a) food b) water c) mate d) shelter e) territory/space 4. Plants compete for what?a) water b) space c) sunlight d) nutrients

5. State 5 extinct animals.a) dodo bird b) quagga c) Caspian tigerd) wooly rhinocerous e) dinasour

6. What is meaning of endangered species?Endangered species are species of animals or plants facing the threat of extinction.

7. State 8 endangered species.a) rhinocerous b) orang utan c) panda d) tapire) leatherback sea turtle f) hornbill g) rafflesia e) pitcher plan8. How to prevent the extinction of species?a) organizing campaign against excessive loggingb) educating the public about protecting and conserving speciesc) avoid buying product made from endangered speciesd) enforcing the lawe) reforestation 9. What are humans’ activities that can cause extinction species?a) illegal and excessive loggingb) illegal and excessive huntingc) excessive development by deforestation

10. What are impact on the environment from the humans’ activities?a) soil erosion b) water pollution c) landslided) air pollution e) flash flood

2. FORCE

1. What is force?A force is a push or a pull, we cannot see a force, but we can observe and feel its effects.

2. What can a force change?a) move a stationary objectb) stop a moving objectc) change the direction of a moving objectd) change the speed of a moving objecte) change the shape of an object 3. What is friction?Friction is a type of force that slows down a moving object, where it’s opposes

4. What are the way to reduce friction?a) rollers or ball bearingsb) talcum powderc) oil, wax or greased) air cushione) smoothening the surfacef) an aerodynamic shape

5. What are the advantages of friction?a) walk on a wet surface without slippingb) slow down and stop a vehiclec) to hold objects firmly in our handd) to sharpen a knife/scissors

6. What are the disadvantages of friction?a) worn out tyreb) produces unwanted heat in machinesc) produces unpleasant noise

7. What are the factor that affect friction?a) type of surface – smooth/roughb) mass of object

3. SPEED

1. What is speed?Speed is a measurement of distance over a period of time

2. What is formula of speed?Speed =distance Time4. FOOD PRESERVATION

1. What are suitable conditions for microorganisms growing?a) water b) nutrient(food) c) suitable pH(acidic)d) air c) suitable temperature(moist & warm) 2. How we can preserve our food?a) drying b) cooling c) boiling d) vacuum packinge) pickling f) freezing g) pasteurising h) bottling/canningi) salting j) smoking k) waxing

3. What are importance of preserving food?a) food can last longerb) can be easily stored in smaller containerc) reduce wastage of foodd) source of income for families & countries

5. WASTE MANAGEMENT

1. What are the sources of waste?a) wastes from homeb) wastes from factoriesc) wastes from vehicles & open burningd) wastes from farmse) wastes from stall/markets

2. What are the proper ways of disposing waste?a) use waste binb) bury organic wastesc) treat waste at sewage treatment plantd) install air cleaning devices at the exhausts

3. What are the harmful effects of improper waste disposal ?a) air pollution b) water pollution c) diseasesd) acid rain e) flashfloods

4. What is biodegradable?Biodegradable is the material that can be decayed by microorganisms

5. What is non-biodegradable?Non-biodegradable is the material that cannot be broken down by microorganisms

6. ECLIPSES

1. How do an eclipses occurs?An eclipse occurs when the earth, moon and sun are positioned in a straight line.

2. What are types of eclipse?a) Lunar eclipseb) Solar eclipse

3. How do the lunar eclipse occurs?Lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is between the moon and the sun in a straight line

4. How do the solar eclipse occurs?Solar eclipse occurs when the moon is between the earth and the sun in a straight line

7. MACHINES

1. What is machines?Machines are devices that help us to do our work more easily

2. State 7 types of machines and give 2 examples.a) wheel and axle – roller skate, water tapb) lever - nail clippers, wheelbarrowc) wedge - chisel, axed) pulley - crane, flag stande) gear - eggbeater, bicycle ringf) inclined plane - escalator, a slideg) screw - screw, nut

3. What is complex machines?Complex machines are made up of more than one simple machines.

4. State 6 complex machines and simple machines in its.a) bicycle – wheel & axle, lever, screwb) scissors - lever, wedge, screwc) eggbeater - wheel & axle, geard) wheelbarrow - wheel & axle, levere) roller coaster - wheel & axle, screw, inclined plansf) fishing rod - lever, pulley