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Chapter 1
Investigating plant growth
1.1.Seeds

I. Choose the correct answers.

1. 2.

One seed Many seeds One seed Many seeds

3. 4.

One seed Many seeds One seed Many seeds

5. 6.

One seed Many seeds One seed Many seeds

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II. Write ‘one’, ‘few’ or ‘many’ for the following fruits according to their
number of seed(s).

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

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III. In this activity, you will count seeds and draw a bar chart.

avocado orange broad bean peanut/ groundnut

1. Count the seeds you can see in each fruit. Record your answer in the
table.
Fruits Number of seeds

2. Draw a bar chart of your findings.

Numbers of seed

avocado orange broad bean peanut/ groundnut

Types of fruit
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IV. Fill in the boxes with the process of planting seeds.

(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

Get a plant pot. Drop a seed into the hole.

Put some soil into the pot.

Put the pot somewhere
light and warm.

Make a hole in the soil. Get the seed some water.

Put a label in your pot. Fill the hole with soil.

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1.2. How seed grow

I. Write true if the sentence is true and false if the sentence is not true.

1. Most seed have a covering called a seed coat.

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2. The seed does not have anything on the inside of it.

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3. The baby plant inside the seed is called an embryo.

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4. Seeds do not need water to grow.

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5. The roots of the plant grow up and out of the soil and leaves begin to grow

on them.

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II. Short answer questions.

What does the word germination mean?

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What is the job of the seed coat?

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Parts of a seed

III. Read and write the correct information in the box that given below
the diagram.

(Micropyle) First shoot

It is a tiny pore in the testa that (Plumule)

permits water to enter the This later develops into the
embryo before active stem, leaves and flower.
germination.

Food storage First root

(Cotyledons) (Radicle)
A store of food for the First part to emerge from the
young plant to use until it seed during germination and
has grown enough to make grows downward to the soil.
its own food.

(Seed coating)
A tough outer covering that
protects the inside of the seed.

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 IV. Match the right answers.

Cotyledon ● ● Allow water and air to enter into the

Plumule ● ● Develops into root

Radicle ● ● Store and provide food for seed

Testa ● ● Develop into shoot

Micropyle ● ● Protects the embryo

V. Choose the correct answer.

a) Testa ruptures to form radicle which turn into ( seed / root / shoot ).

b) Seed is made up of ( embryo / zygote / ovule ).

c) During the first stage of seed germination, it able to synthesis its own food.

( Yes / No )

d) Seeds need ( very hot / very cold / warm ) temperature to

germinate.

e) ( Carbon dioxide / Sunlight / Oxygen ) needed as source of energy

for the seed to germinate.

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VI. Fill in the word search.

Down

1. part of a plant that is often eaten by us because of its sweet taste

2. a plant needs this kind of liquid to grow
4. plants have flowers, stems, leaves, and these small objects
5. the outside part of a seed is called the seed …
7. it will happen to the plant if we do not care for it

Cross

3. whole process of a single seed growing into a plant

6. baby plant is called an ….
8. we plant seeds in it

1.

2.

3.

4. 5.

6.

7.

8.

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 1.4. What do plants need to grow?

I. Use these words to fill in the gaps.

glucose oxygen carbon dioxide

sunlight chlorophyll water nutrients

________________+ water ___________________ ________________+ oxygen

Photosynthesis needs: Photosynthesis produces:

1. _________________________________ 1. ______________________________
2. _________________________________ 2. ______________________________
3. _________________________________
4. _________________________________
5. _________________________________

II. Read the sentences. Are they True or False?

1. Chlorophyll is the green substance in charge of the process.

True False

2. Roots absorb sunlight and take it to the leaves.

True False

3. Carbon Dioxide comes from the water in the environment.

True False

4. The nutrients travel through the stem and reach the leaves.

True False

5. The results of process are the oxygen and sugar.

True False

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 1.5. Plants and light

1. a) Write down the name of plants need under each picture:

b) Use the word below to finish the sentences.

Many plants need ___________________________from the Sun.

Many plants need ___________________________ or they will dry out.

Many plants use ___________________________ to grow their roots in.

They get the nutrients they need from soil.

Plants ___________________________ and ___________________________ that

they use to make food.

c) Tick ( √ ) the correct answer.

What will happen to a plant that is left un-watered?

it will move to where there is water

it will grow well and healthily

it will wilt and eventually die

d) Which part of a plant makes food?

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 Chapter 2
The life cycle of flowering plant
I. Fruits and Their Dispersers
On the table you will find a variety of fruits, each specially designed for a particular fruit disperser.
Please look them over and try to predict what disperser each fruit is designed for.

1. Holly Berry: __________________________

Reason: _________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

2. Burdock: _______________________________

Reason: _________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

3. Walnut: ____________________________________

Reason: _________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

4. Milkweed: _______________________________

Reason: _________________________________________________

_________________________________________________

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5. Maple: ____________________________________

Reason: _______________________________________________

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II. Draw a bar chart of flower colours

Dineo and Jojo counted the number of flowers of different colours. These are their results.

Flower colour Number of flowers counted

pink 7
White 10
Red 4
Blue 2
Brown 3

1. Draw a bar chart of their results.

Number of flowers

Flower colour

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 2. Which flower colour is the most common?
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3. Which flower colour is the least common?

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4. How many flowers were red?

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5. Go outside and find as many yellow flowers as you can in ten minutes. Count them and draw
another bar on your chart to show the number.

III. Which colour flowers do pollinators visit most?

In this activity, you will look at a table of results and make a prediction and drawing.

Class 5 observed which coloured flowers insect pollinators visited. These are their results.

Number of visits to different coloured flowers

Pollinators
White Green Yellow
Bees 15 2 10
Butterflies 8 5 9
beetles 4 12 8

1. (a) Which colour flowers did bees visit most?

___________________________________________________________________________

(b) Which colour flowers did butterflies visit most?

___________________________________________________________________________

(c) Which colour flowers did beetles visit most?

___________________________________________________________________________

2. (a) Which pollinator visited the most flowers?

___________________________________________________________________________

(b) Which pollinator visited the fewest flowers?

___________________________________________________________________________

3. (a) Is colour the only way that flowers attract pollinators?

___________________________________________________________________________

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 (b) Name two other ways that flowers attract pollinators.
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1. Colour the graphics of the flower on the template.

2. Cut the template out by cutting around on the solid line.
3. Cut the flap to separate, cut to the dotted line.
4. Fold the flaps back to the dotted line.
5. Glue the centre of the template onto the book/page
6. Writ meaning of each part below the flaps onto the book/page

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Reproduction of flowering plants
IV. Complete with the correct words.

sepals pollination petals pollen stamens

1. ________ is when pollen from the stamen is transferred into the stigma.

2. The _______ are the male reproductive organs.

3. _________ protect the flower before it opens.

4. ______ can be a variety of colours.

5. When the _____ join the ovules in the ovary, fertilization occurs.

V. Look, read and put in order.

A seed develops inside the ovary.

The seeds can germinate and new plants grow.

Pollen goes into the stigma down to the ovary.

The new plant produces flowers.

The fruit falls, opens and releases the seeds.

The ovary then grows into a fruit with seeds.

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 Chapter 3
States of matter

3.1.Evaporation

I. Rub your hand sanitizers on your hands.

What happen?

Immediately 3 minutes later

Describe what happened.

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II. Fill in the blanks by using the words given in the box.

liquid evaporation heat faster

disappear gas warmer

The process of a _____________ changing into a gas is called ______________. A

liquid will turn into a gas as a result of __________ being applied to the liquid. A

liquid will ____________ as a result of being evaporated. The steam you see flowing

out of a kettle is a ____________. The ___________ the temperature, the

____________ the liquid will evaporate.

III. Short answer only.

1. Why do hand dryers use hot air instead of just air?

____________________________________________________________________

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2. Where does the water go when it evaporates from a liquid?

____________________________________________________________________

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3.2. Why evaporation is useful.

I. Describe how evaporation is useful in our daily life. Give 3 examples.

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II. Name three foods which are made using evaporation.

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3.3. Investigating evaporation
I. Show how saltwater evaporated and then leaves the salt behind.
Things needed: : salt, warm water, a spoon and a small plastic bowl.
Method: : Pour some water into a small plastic bowl.
: See how many teaspoons of salt you can stir into the
water
until it will no longer dissolve.
: Leave the bowl of salty water in a warm place, perhaps
next to a sunny window.
: Watch what happens to the water and what is left
behind
inside the bowl.
Then answer the questions.
1. How long did it take for all the water to evaporate?
______________________________________________________________.
2. Was anything left behind in the bowl?
______________________________________________________________.
3. Describe what the inside of the bowl looks like now.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________.

Draw the inside of the bowl here.

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3.4. Evaporation from a solution
I. Label each item in the solution as “the solute or the solvent”.

1. Solution: : Cigarette smoke spreads through the air

(a) Cigarette smoke: : ____________________
(b) Air: : ____________________

2. Solution: : Gold ring

(a) Copper: : ____________________
(b) Gold: : ____________________

3. Solution: : Cup of Coffee

(a) Caffeine: : ____________________
(b) Water: : ____________________

4. Solution: : Water in a fish tank

(a) Water: : ____________________
(b) Oxygen: : ____________________

5. Solution: : Unopened can of soda

(a) Carbon dioxide: : ___________________
(b) Sugar water: : ___________________

6. Solution: : Sea water

(a) salt: : __________________
(b) water: : __________________

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II. Draw straight lines to match the following words with their definitions.

The solid being dissolved.

Solution The liquid in which the solute dissolves.

Solute Materials that dissolve in the solvent.

Solvent The material that is dissolved.

How much solid will dissolve.

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3.5. Condensation
I. Put some water and 3 or 4 ice cubes into a glass. Let it sit for a few minutes.
Use the glass below to draw and describe what happened.
Use the following words to label your pictures.
water, ice, warm air, cold air, condensation, droplets.

Describe what happened

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II. Fill in the blanks by using the word banks.

cold loses mist

water droplets water vapour condenses

The _______________ on the mirror is made up of tiny

______________. when the _____________ comes into contact
with ______________ surface, it ______________heat.
The water vapour _______________ and turns into water droplets.

III. Complete the table below by using the word banks.

dew mist drying fish drying clothes solid

gas loses gains liquid maintain

Evaporation Condensation

It is a change in state from a liquid into It is a change in state from a gas into a
a
…………………………………….
………………………..

It takes place when matter It takes place when matter …………………

…………………. heat.
heat.

Examples: Examples:

……………………………………. …………………………………………..
……………………………………. …………………………………………..

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