Science Graduate Award

Tick two boxes to show two things that are true about a dog and a duck.

• They both have fur.

• They both lay eggs.

• They both move.

• They both breathe.

Describe how a duck's feet are adapted for swimming.

Which word cannot be used to describe a mole?

• Predator

• Prey

• Producer

• Consumer

Some children collected some different types of seeds. They blow the seeds with a fan.This disperses the seeds.They measure how far each seed travels.

What equipment could measure how far the seed travels?

The children decided to blow the seeds with a fan instead of their mouths. Explain why this helps to make the test fair.

Here is a table of the children's results using a fan.

The sycamore seed and bulrush seed travel the furthest distances.

They fall slowly from the plant so the wind has more time to blow them away.

Tick ONE box to show which features of the seeds help them to fall slowly.

• They are smooth and soft.

• They have a large area and are light.

• They have a large area and are heavy.

• They are flexible and soft.

Name the force that slows the seeds as they fall.

The children dispersed the seeds with a fan.The fan disperses seeds like the wind does in nature.

Name ONE other way seeds are dispersed in nature.

Some children are investigated how grass grows by growing their own grass heads.

All plants need water to grow.

Name TWO other things that all plants need to grow.

  Some children give their grass head a hat.

They keep all other conditions the same.

The children predict that when the grass under the hat grows, it will look more yellow than the grass not covered by the hat.

Give ONE reason why the grass under the hat might look more yellow.