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TIMSS PRACTICE QUIZ 3

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you throw away these things which one will decay the fastest?

a)

a glass bottle

b)

a metal can

c)

a plastic bag

d)

an apple core

2.

Humans intepret seeing, hearing, taste and smell in the _____________

a)

brain

b)

spinal cord

c)

receptors

d)

skin

3.

What covers most of earth surface

a)

water

b)

bare rock

c)

farmland

d)

cities and town

4.

If a body takes in more food than it uses------

a)

breathing becomes faster

b)

weight is lost

c)

heartbeat increases

d)

stored as fat in the body

5.

The fossils of dinosaurs can be found in

a)

water in the oceans

b)

ice on ponds

c)

trunks of trees

d)

rocks in the ground

6.

Which plant is grown for food?

a)

rice

b)

tobbaco

c)

orchid

d)

cotton

7.

Each year the Earth moves around______

a)

Mars

b)

Other planets

c)

The Sun

d)

The moon

8.

What happens to water when it boils?

a)

Changes colour

b)

Stops bubbling

c)

turns into water vapour

d)

It becomes heavier

9.

How can washing hands help keep you from getting sick?

a)

it washes away germs

b)

it makes your hand look nice

c)

it keeps your skin from drying out

d)

it makes your hands warmer

10.

What will most likely affect your adult height?

a)

height of your parents

b)

height of your brothers and sisters

c)

hair colour

d)

weight

11.

Where does air go when a person breathes in?

a)

heart

b)

stomach

c)

lungs

d)

liver

12.

Which part of the plant takes in the most water?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

Which two together could cause a rainbow?

a)

fog and clouds

b)

rain and snow

c)

clouds and ice

d)

sunshine and rain

14.

Which one of thes animals DOES NOT lay eggs?

a)

chickens

b)

dogs

c)

frogs

d)

turtles

15.

When you make soap bubbles, wht is inside the bubbles?

a)

air

b)

soap

c)

water

d)

nothing

16.

Which of these is the hottest?

a)

Earth

b)

mars

c)

Moon

d)

Sun

17.

Which animal eats only plants?

a)

cat

b)

dog

c)

lion

d)

rabbit

18.

Which gas in the air do we need to breathe in order to survive?

a)

nitrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

hydrogen

e)

water vapour

19.

Large amounts of metal like iron and aluminium are found in_____

a)

dead trees

b)

water

c)

oil wells

d)

rocks

20.

Fatima gave some reasons why kettles and kitchen pans are made out of copper. Which reason is correct?

a)

copper is a good conductor of heat

b)

copper melts easily

c)

copper is diificult to shape

d)

copper dissolves in water

21.

Which groups consists only of LIVING THINGS?

a)

rabbit, bird, seed

b)

seed, bird, wind

c)

volcano candle rabbit

d)

wind, candle volcano

22.

Kate sees a full moon. How much time will pass before she sees another another one?

a)

one week

b)

two weeks

c)

one month

d)

one year

23.

A plant has yellow flowers- What best explains why the flowers are yellow?

a)

The sun turned them yellow

b)

the parent plants were yellow

c)

it was very warm when they flowered

d)

it rained everyday

24.

Which of these things will dissolve in water?

a)

iron fillings

b)

wood chips

c)

sand

d)

sugar

25.

Which of these activities will result in a different kind of material being formed?

a)

a nail is left outside and it rusts

b)

a glass is broken into pieces

c)

a rubber band is stretched

d)

a pencil is sharpened