ANSWER KEY
Additional Assessment
(Science– Grade 2)
Test Time: 60 minutes
Test Total: 40 marks
Full Name: Examiner:
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Class: ……………… Score: ………………
Date: …… / …… / ……
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1.
Students can choose either A or B provided that
they give a reasonable explanation. Reasonable
explanation = 2 marks. No explanation= 0 marks.
2. Reasonable explanation= 1 mark e.g. Bens plants grow taller/ Sarah’s plants
grow slower/are shorter.
3.movement/ moving (1 mark)
a. grow/ reproduce/eat or drink/ breathe/respire [1 mark]
4. All living things have these four life processes.
growth
reproduction
nutrition
(food and water)
movement
[3]
5. Materials have different properties.
Metal spoon Hard /strong/ waterproof
cotton bag Flexible/ opaque
rubber Flexible/ strong/ waterproof
plastic bottle Transparent/ waterproof [4 marks]
6. Look at the objects.
(a) Helmets are waterproof. true false
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true false
(b) Socks are made from rubber.
(c) Socks are flexible.
(d) Helmets are soft.
(e) Socks are waterproof.
7. Minh looks at some objects.
(a) Write the name of the objects in the two groups.
Some objects may be in both groups.
hard shiny
brick gold bracelet
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copper coin
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copper coin
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gold bracelet
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plastic ruler
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pencil
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[5]
(b) Write the names of the objects that are both hard and shiny.
copper coin
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gold bracelet
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[2]
8. John is looking at different objects. Some of them are man-made and some
are natural.
(a) Circle the three natural objects.
Stone, feather and tree
B. John holds a magnet over the objects above.
Which object will the magnet pick up?
iron nail
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[1]
9. Lam measures the height of children in his class.
a.
measuring
scales meter rule stop clock cylinder
Lam records their heights in 10cm groups. [1]
b. Complete the bar chart using Lam’s results.
Sari sorts these living things into four groups.
10. Why have these animals been grouped together?
1 point given for one answer as shown below or another
One reasonable answer.
example has been done for you.
(a) eats plants/
Lives in the ocean
(b) (1 mark)
[4]
invertebrate
(c)……………………………………………………………………………….[1]
vertebrate/ 4 legs/ mammals/ eats meat
(d.)………………………………………………………………………………. [1]
11. (a) Complete the results for the girls.
Correct Tally = 1 mark
Correct number =1 mark
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tally total
Boys 15
Girls 20
[2]
(a) What do their results show?
Explanation = 2 marks. The girls exercise more than the
boys/ the boys exercise less than the girls. [2]
