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Contents
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Assessment Worksheets
11 Animals and plants ................................... 2
12 Food ......................................................... 4
13 Breathing .................................................. 6
14 Men and women ....................................... 8
15 Life cycles ................................................. 10
16 The universe ............................................. 12
17 Minerals .................................................... 14
18 Ecosystems ............................................... 16
19 Light ......................................................... 18
10 Materials ................................................... 20
11 Where do we live? ...................................... 22
12 Oceans and continents .............................. 24
13 Government and society ............................ 26
14 The Romans ............................................. 28
Term Assessment
First Term. Units 1-5 ................................... 30
Second Term. Units 6-10 ............................. 32
Third Term. Units 11-14 .............................. 34
Santillana
Tests and assessment
Essential Science
Science, Geography and History
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ESSENTIAL SCIENCE 4 PHOTOCOPIABLE MATERIAL Richmond Publishing / Santillana Educacin, S. L.
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1. What do animals need? Write three things.
Animals need ,
and the .
2. Complete the sentences.
a. Herbivores eat .
b. Carnivores eat .
c. Omnivores eat and .
3. Tick the true sentences.
a. Aquatic animals live in water.
b. All animals eat plants.
c. Some animals look for food at night.
d. Some animals live in hot places.
e. In cold places, animals have thick fur or fat under their skins.
4. Write a word to match the definition.
a. A plant which needs very little water:
b. A plant which needs a lot of water:
c. A plant which lives in water:
d. A plant which needs very little light:
1 Living things
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5. Match the three columns.
6. Use the information and write about the dinosaurs. Add information if you can.
Dinosaurs were
Tyrannosaurus was
Triceratops
Diplodocus
Tyrannosaurus
herbivore 9 metres long
Triceratops
carnivore 12 metres long
Diplodocus
herbivore 27 metres long
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2 Food
1. Classify the foods.
2. True or false? Write T or F.
a. A balanced diet gives us the right quantity of each type of food.
b. Everybody needs the same quantity of food.
c. We need milk because it gives us energy.
d. If we do a lot of exercise, we need to eat more.
e. It is very important to have a good breakfast because
we need energy in the morning.
f. Meat and fish give us proteins.
They give us energy and calcium,
necessary for bones and muscles.
They have proteins to help us grow.
They contain vitamins and minerals.
They give us energy.
ce,
olive oil
milk
meat
butter
bread
fish
apples
eggs
tomatoes
cheese
chocolate
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3. Label the picture.
digestion faeces gastric juice
anus blood intestine mouth
4. Complete the sentences using the words below.
a. Digestion begins in the , where food is chewed
and mixed with saliva.
b. In the stomach, food is mixed with . This mixture
passes into the small intestine.
c. ends in the small intestine.
d. The useful parts of our food go from our small intestine into
the .
e. The parts of food that we cannot use go into the large .
f. They are transformed into and expelled through the
.
stomach oesophagus small intestine
mouth large intestine anus
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3 Breathing
nostrils left lung trachea nose
bronchial tube right lung
2. Order the sequence. Write 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
a. Oxygen from the air passes through the walls of our lungs into our blood.
b. The air passes through the nostrils.
c. Then it goes into the lungs.
d. Air enters our body through the nose and mouth.
e. It goes down through the trachea and the bronchial tubes.
a. Blood carries oxygen and the substances from digestion to different
parts of our body.
b. The respiratory system is responsible for blood circulation.
c. Each time our heart beats, it pushes blood to all the organs in our body.
d. Blood circulates around our body inside blood vessels.
e. Capillaries carry the blood from the heart to the rest of our body.
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5. Match the two columns.
Kidneys
This process cleans the blood and
eliminates waste substances.
This organ pumps the blood around our body.
Arteries This process moves blood through the body.
Urine Blood leaves the heart through them.
Circulation These organs filter the blood.
Excretion Blood returns to the heart through them.
Veins It is stored in the bladder.
Heart
kidney renal artery bladder renal vein
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uterus prostate ovaries vulva penis vagina testicles
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1. Decide if the sentences refer to women or men. Write W or M.
a. They make eggs.
b. They have a penis and testicles.
c. They have a vagina, uterus and ovaries.
d. They make sperm.
e. They have a prostate gland.
f. They have a vulva.
2. Label the diagrams.
4 Men and women
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a. Pregnancy is the formation of a baby in its .
b. Pregnancy lasts for about .
c. At three months, foetuses measure about centimetres.
d. A baby is connected to the mother by the .
e. When a baby is born, it is about centimetres long.
a. Babies start to talk when they are three years old.
b. They start to crawl when they are a few months old.
c. They walk when they are about fourteen months old.
d. They start to eat solid food when they are about two months old.
6. Number the living things from the shortest life to the longest life.
Childhood
The body continues growing, and sex
characteristics develop.
Youth
Maturity
Old age
The body is not as strong, but people
have a lot of experience.
The body is completely developed
and ready to have children.
We grow and learn very quickly.
mote womb
a
b
c
d
e
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1. Complete the paragraph.
5 Life cycles
oviparous womb viviparous eggs
Mammals are animals. They are born from their
mothers . Birds and other vertebrates are born
from . They are .
2. The life cycle of a butterfly. Order the sequence. Write 1, 2, 3 or 4.
a. The larva stays still while its skin becomes hard.
b. A larva comes out of each egg.
c. The pupa opens and a butterfly comes out.
d. The adult female butterfly lays eggs.
a. Herbivores eat plants and animals.
b. Animals digest their food.
c. The waste is transformed into faeces.
d. Insects breathe through their lungs.
e. Fish collect oxygen from the water through their gills.
f. Dolphins breathe through their gills.
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4. Label the pictures.
5. What do plants reproduce from?
6. Order the stages of plant nutrition. Write 1, 2, 3 or 4.
a. In the leaves, the raw sap is transformed into elaborated sap.
b. The roots absorb water and mineral salts from the soil, making raw sap.
c. The elaborated sap travels from the leaves to the other parts of the plant,
where it is used or stored.
d. The raw sap travels up the stem to the leaves.
stem tuber roots flower
bulb leaf
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6 The Universe
A satellite
A planet
The Sun
The Moon
A star
A comet
is the Earths only satellite.
is a luminous astronomical body.
is a very big yellow star that gives off
light and heat.
is an astronomic body that orbits the
Sun and has a bright tail.
is an astronomical body that orbits
around the Sun.
is an astronomical body that orbits
a planet.
2. Name the planets. Then complete the sentence.
There are planets that orbit the
in the Solar System.
3. Orbit or rotation? Read the sentences and decide.
a. The Earth spins on its own axis.
b. It takes about 365 days.
c. It causes the seasons.
d. It takes 24 hours.
e. It causes day and night.
f. The Earth moves around the Sun.
Mercur,
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4. Which celestial body? Read and guess.
a. A luminous astronomical body:
b. An astronomical body that orbits the Sun and has a tail:
c. An astronomical body that orbits a planet:
d. An astronomical body that orbits a star:
e. The planet nearest to the Sun:
f. The farthest planet from the Sun:
5. Identify the season. Then match the pictures and the seasons.
a. It begins in March and ends in June.
b. It begins in September and ends in December.
c. It begins in December and ends in March.
d. It begins in June and ends in September.
1
3
2
4
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1. Write three places where we can find minerals.
2. Circle the minerals.
3. Complete the sentences with the words.
a. Slate, marble and granite are used for .
b. We dig to obtain rocks that are under the ground.
c. We use minerals like diamonds to make .
d. The Ancient Egyptians used granite to make .
e. Coal is used for .
f. We dig to obtain rocks that are on the surface.
7 Minerals
fuel building jewellery sculptures mines quarries
a b c d
e f
g
h
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4. Draw when needed and colour the following things in the layers of the ground.
big rocks rocks
humus an earthworm
a mole ants
sand and soil a snail
plants flowers
a. Humus is the remains of living things.
b. Very poor ground is mainly made up of rocks.
c. Fertile ground has little water, air and humus.
d. Only resistant plants can grow in poor ground.
light blue
pink
red
black
purple
dark blue
green
dark brown
grey
light brown
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a. Plants need water and light to survive.
b. Beech trees grow in dry places.
c. An ecosystem is a place and the living things that live there.
d. All ecosystems are big.
2. Who eats what? Number the pictures, 1, 2 and 3. Then write sentences.
8 Ecosystems
a. Rabbits eat grass.
b. Eagles .
c. Gazelles .
d. Lions .
3. Circle the odd one out.
a. trees / bushes / spiders / grass
b. spiders / owls / worms / ants
c. lions / rabbits / mice / worms
d. squirrels / deer / lizards / wolves
A
B
eagle grass rabbit
gazelle bush lion
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4. Match the animals and their habitats.
5. Write the names of things that live in the sea.
a. The most common plant:
b. An invertebrate:
c. A mammal:
d. A reptile:
6. Complete the sentences with the following expressions.
a. Crabs live .
b. There are not many fish .
c. Dolphins live .
d. Jelly fish live .
e. Mussels live .
near the coast on the high sea in the deep sea
Birds
Trees
Earthworms
Lizards
Spiders
Bees
Squirrels
Ants
Bushes
Grass
Under the ground
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1. Write the missing colours of the rainbow.
red yellow green blue
a. Light moves in a straight line.
b. Light moves very slowly.
c. All objects let light through.
d. The shadow of an object is always formed
on the opposite side to the source of light.
3. Transparent, translucent or opaque? Classify the objects.
9 Light
water
clear glass bottle plastic cup
cardboard
wood
white plastic bag
Transparent Translucent Opaque
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4. Match the photos with their descriptions.
5. Answer the questions.
a. What happens when we touch a hot object?
b. Why does food cool on a plate?
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glass plastic iron
aluminium wood
6. Circle the conductors in red and the insulators in blue.
A natural luminous body
An artificial luminous body
A non-luminous body
a
b
c
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1. Match.
2. Use the words to complete the sentences.
a. Leather can be folded. It is .
b. Rubber can be squashed but later recovers its shape. It is .
c. Concrete can carry heavy weights. It is .
d. Pottery breaks easily. It is .
10 Materials
strong flexible fragile elastic
wood
glass
stone
A natural material that
comes from a plant
comes from an animal
is a mineral
An artificial material
leather
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3. Are they simple machines or complex machines? Write S or C.
4. Match the words with the definitions.
a. This machine is used for moving objects up and down:
b. This machine is a wheel with a rope around it:
c. This machine is used for lifting heavy objects:
5. Write the names of four complex machines.
ramp lever pulley
a
c
e
b
d
f
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1. Number the following from smallest to biggest.
a. province b. settlement c. region d. municipality
2. Match the two columns and then copy the sentences.
A region is
3. Complete the sentence.
My Autonomous Community / Autonomous City is called
and it has province/s. The capital is .
The municipality where I live is called .
In my Autonomous Community we speak language/s.
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11 Where do we live?
is a village, town or city.
is made up of a settlement and the
land around it.
is made up of municipalities that are
near each other.
A municipality
is bigger than a region and made up
of many municipalities.
A province
A settlement
A region
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a. Spain is organised into seventeen Autonomous Communities and
two Autonomous Cities.
b. Each Autonomous Community has its own government.
c. The Autonomous Communities each have one province.
d. Some Communities have more than one official language.
5. Label the following places and seas on the map.
Spain France Portugal Morocco
Balearic Islands Canary Islands Ceuta Melilla
Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean
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Name Date
1. Write the names of the continents and oceans in the correct place on the map.
12 Oceans and continents
Asia Pacific Africa Atlantic America Indian
Oceania Arctic Europe Antarctic Antarctica
a. are huge extensions of salt water.
b. Very big seas are called .
c. The solid part of the Earth is made up of the and the bottom
of the oceans.
Seas oceans continents
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4. Complete the answers to the questions.
a. Where is the Arctic Ocean?
It is at the .
b. Where is the Antarctic Ocean?
It is at the .
5. Write the names of six European countries.
a. Europe is a small continent.
b. Europe is connected to America in the east.
c. Europe is very close to Africa.
d. Luxembourg is a very big country.
e. The landscape in most of Europe is made up of plains.
3. Complete the sentences with the words below.
a. America is the continent.
b. Oceania is the continent.
c. Africa is the continent.
d. Asia is the continent.
biggest hottest longest smallest
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1. Match the words with the descriptions.
13 Government and society
Name Date
King mayors councillors Government
a. They take important decisions about the municipality:
b. It is made up of the President and the Ministers:
c. He is the Head of State:
d. They organise services like security and traffic:
2. Match.
a. The mass media give us news and information.
b. Actors and actresses work in the press.
c. Radio needs sound technicians.
d. Radio uses moving images and sound.
e. Internet uses text, photos, images and sound.
It is responsible for administering
and defending the State.
They guarantee that the laws
of the State are obeyed.
The Courts of Justice
It writes the laws for the
Autonomous Community.
The Houses of Parliament
The Assembly
The Government
They write laws and control
the Government.
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4. Circle the people who work in the service sector.
5. Write three places where people in the service sector work.
6. Complete the sentences with the words.
a. are people who travel to other places to learn about
them, to have a good time or to rest.
b. are people who obtain raw materials and make goods.
c. provide goods for consumers.
Producers Salespeople Tourists
a b c
d e f
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1. Label the picture with the following words.
2. Match.
14 The Romans
warehouses theatre public baths aqueduct
amphitheatre temple bridge road basilica
Christians
Muslims
built cities surrounded by walls.
built great cathedrals and monasteries.
had big castles.
came from North Africa.
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a. America was discovered 200 years ago.
b. It was a new continent for Europeans.
c. There were new plants there, like tomatoes and potatoes.
4. Write three inventions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
5. Draw a picture of a person and an object from the past. Label them.
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Assessment. Units 1-5
a. Animals in hot places look for food during the day.
b. Animals in cold places have thick fur or fat under their skins.
c. Most plants need a warm temperature.
d. Dinosaurs disappeared about five hundred years ago.
2. Match the words with the definitions.
a. These plants live in water:
b. These plants need a lot of water:
c. This plant only needs a little water:
3. Write the name of each type of food.
a. Food which helps us to grow:
b. Food which gives us energy:
c. Food which gives us vitamins:
d. Food which gives us calcium:
4. Describe the digestive process.
a. In the mouth,
b. In the stomach,
c. In the small intestine,
Name Date
ferns water lilies cactus
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7. Write the names of two animals for each case.
Viviparous animals: and
Oviparous animals: and
8. Order the stages of plant reproduction. Write 1, 2, 3 or 4.
a. The seed opens and a root grows down into the soil.
b. Finally, a small stem grows.
c. The seeds fall to the ground.
d. Then, the seed absorbs water from the soil.
5. Which system is it? Decide and write C, R or E.
Circulatory system Respiratory system Excretory system
a. The body obtains oxygen from the air.
b. Blood is cleaned and waste substances are eliminated.
c. Blood flows through the body and distributes oxygen and nutrients.
6. Match the words with the systems.
vulva uterus
testicles
Female reproductive system
Male reproductive system
penis
vagina ovaries
C R E
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1. Which astronomical body is it? Read and answer.
a. Astronomical bodies that orbit planets:
b. Luminous astronomical bodies that produce heat and light:
a. How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?
b. How long does it take the Earth to orbit around the Sun?
c. Which season comes between summer and winter?
d. Which season comes between winter and summer?
a. Minerals can be part of rocks, animal bones and shells.
b. Diamond is the softest mineral.
c. We dig mines to obtain rocks from under the ground.
d. Granite is made up of two different minerals.
e. Granite is used for building.
4. Number the steps in the food chain. Write 1, 2 or 3.
a. A carnivore eats the herbivore.
b. The plant makes its own food.
c. A herbivore eats the plant.
Name Date
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5. Write an example of each of the following.
a. An invertebrate:
b. A vertebrate:
c. A herbivorous animal:
d. A carnivorous animal:
e. An omnivorous animal:
6. Circle the correct answer.
a. Light moves in a circle / straight line.
b. Light moves very quickly / slowly.
c. Objects which allow some light to pass through them are translucent /
transparent.
d. Materials which get hot and cold quickly are conductors / insulators.
e. Wood and plastic are conductors / insulators.
7. Write two examples of each material.
Natural materials: and
Artificial materials: and
8. Complete the definition.
A is an object that helps us to do a task and saves us
time and effort. I can be or .
a. A is a wheel with a rope around it.
b. A is used for lifting heavy objects.
c. A is used for moving objects up and down.
ramp lever pulley
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a. Which is bigger, a municipality or a settlement? Why?
b. Which is smaller, a region or a province? Why?
2. Write the names of the following.
Three Autonomous Communities:
One Autonomous City:
Two countries next to Spain:
a. Europe is the smallest continent.
b. America is the largest continent.
c. Antarctica is a frozen continent.
d. The Atlantic is the largest ocean.
e. The Arctic is a frozen ocean.
4. Write the names of the following.
a. A country in the north of Europe:
b. A country in central Europe:
c. A country in the south of Europe:
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5. Match.
a. Radio uses and .
b. The press uses and .
c. Television uses and .
d. Internet uses , , and .
7. Write the correct word
a. This structure carried water to the Roman cities:
b. It was the capital of the Roman Empire:
c. This was the language that the Romans spoke:
When was America discovered?
Name three inventions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
images sound music photos text words
Municipal Government
The Autonomous Government
Institutions of the Spanish State
Town halls
The Houses of Parliament
The Courts of Justice
Mayors
The Assembly
The King
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The Test and Assessment Worksheets for Essential Science; Science, Geography
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