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This document is a revision guide for a Grade 2 science unit on plants as living things. It includes various exercises related to life processes, classification of living and non-living things, plant anatomy, and scientific inquiry. The document aims to prepare students for their unit test by reinforcing key concepts through matching, classification, and experimental investigation questions.

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Unit 1 Revision - answer key

This document is a revision guide for a Grade 2 science unit on plants as living things. It includes various exercises related to life processes, classification of living and non-living things, plant anatomy, and scientific inquiry. The document aims to prepare students for their unit test by reinforcing key concepts through matching, classification, and experimental investigation questions.

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Unit 1 – Plants are Living Things

Revision for Unit Test


Grade 2 - Stage 3 Cambridge Primary Science

Name: _____________________________ Class: ___________ Date: _____________

1. Draw a line to match each life process to its correct example. [2]

2. Things may be split into three groups:

• living • once alive • never lived.


Lily predicts,
‘I think most of the things in my classroom have never lived.’

She counts all the things in her classroom and puts them into the three groups.
Look at her results.

Do the results support her prediction? No

Circle the correct explanation. [1]

the highest bar is once alive the highest bar is never lived
3. Look at the impression in a rock.

a. What made this impression on the rock? [1]

plant animal

b. Which is true about this impression? [1]


Tick [ ] your answer.

This is just a copy of a plant once alive.

This is a real plant kept on the rock for a long time.

This is a drawing made by people.

4. Mariana has an aquarium.

a. She classifies things into 3 groups.


Complete her table below. [1]

Things Examples

fish, seaweed,
Alive
water plant

Once Alive dead fish

glass/tank, water,
Never Alive
bubbles/air, rocks

b. Which sentences are true?


Tick [ ] your answers. [2]

The fish is alive because it swims around.

The seaweed is not alive because it does not swim around.

The rocks were once alive because it used to move around.

The bubbles are filled with gases which never lived.


5. Carlos has a plant.

a. Which part of the plant makes its food? [1]

leaf stem roots

b. What does the roots of the plant do? [1]

make food make seeds absorb water

Carlos noticed a change to his plant after a week.

c. Describe what has happened to the leaves when the roots are damaged. [1]

the leaves droop / wilt / are dry / look sick

d. Explain why this has happened to the leaves when the roots are damaged.[1]

the plant does not get enough water

e. What scientific inquiry is used when you describe what you see? [1]

Research Test Observe Find Patterns Identify and Classify


6. Greg and Nikki investigate how plant seeds grow.
They want to find out if temperature affects the growth of the seeds.
They put some seeds in 3 pots of the same amount of dry soil.

a. They want to make a fair test.

What have they forgotten to keep the same? [1]

the number of seeds

b. What did they change in the experiment? Circle your answer. [1]

the temperature the amount of water the seeds

c. What must they give the plant seeds at the start of their investigation? [1]

they need to give water at the start

d. What they should remember to work safely during practical work? [1]

they should wear gloves / mask / goggles

After 10 days, they look at one seed from each pot.

e. Finish their conclusion.

The plant seeds grew best in the warm classroom in a dark box
because ……… [2]

Circle the correct answer.

plants need water to grow plants grow better in the dark place

plants grow better in a warm place

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