Science Student League

State Challenge, Category 4

Marks: 100
Time: 1 Hr

(PLEASE USE CAPITAL/BLOCK LETTERS ONLY)

Name of the Student : ____________________________________________________

Class & Division : ____________________________________________________
Name & Place of the School : ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Parent's Mobile No. : ______________________

E-mail : ____________________________________________________

Instructions:
 Please write your name and registration number very clearly.
 The students should keep the time schedule of the written rounds strictly
according to the directions of the teacher.
 Use pencil/ball point pen for answering.

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY

Written Round
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 Unscramble
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 Match the Following
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 Multiple Choice Questions
___________
 Missing Letters
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 True or False

Total = __________

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I. Unscramble the below-given words. [10 Marks]

1. Unscramble the letters to find the washing away of soil by the flow of water.
oisl reonios ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

2. Unscramble the letters to find the different ways of storing water.

breolewl ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

3. Unscramble the letters to find the term used for slow rise in Earth’s temperature due to
pollution.
ballgo arwmgin ___ ___ ___ ___ ______ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

4. Unscramble the letters to find the different ways of storing water.

trewatnka ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _____

5. Unscramble the letters to find one place where water is stored, and used by
people for their needs.
rwda lewl ____ ____ ____ ________ ____ ________

6. Unscramble the letters to find one of the constituents of air.

tinorneg ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ________ ____

7. Unscramble the letters to find the name of the activity of cutting down trees
in a forest.
fodesertatnio ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

8. Unscramble the letters to find the green pigment that helps a plant
produce its own food.
lorochhypll____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ________ ____

9. Unscramble the letters to find movement of birds to warmer countries

in winter.
gimartoni ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

10. Unscramble the letters to find the waste water discharge by households.
wagese ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

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II. Match the following and write the answers in the blanks given below.
[10 Marks]
A.
Column I Column II
(a) Calcium (1] Helps make blood cellsand muscles
(b) Iron (2) Help body by getting energy from food
(c) Sodium (3) Help body heal and good for skin
[d] Vitamin B (4) Helps build strong bones and teeth
(e) Vitamin C (5) Helps the nerves and muscles

(a)____, (b)____, (c)____, (d)____, (e)____

B.
Column I Column II
(a) Camel (1) Scales on skin
(b) Polar bear (2) Changing skin colour
(c) Snake (3) Bright green colour skin
(d) Chameleon (4) Thick and furry skin
(e) Leaf insect (5) Thick and less hairy skin

(a)____, (b)____, (c)____, (d)____, (e)____

III. Multiple Choice Questions: Choose the correct answer. [Marks: 60]

1. Pure water ____________ electricity 5. When was refrigerator invented?

and heat to pass through it. (a) 1850 (b) 1834
(a) Allows (b) Does not allow (c) 1854 (d) 1913
(c) Partially allows (d) Sometimes allow 6. What does solid waste include?
(a) Junked automobiles
2. The larva of a butterfly is known as_______ (b) Used packaging material
(a) Butterfly (b) Kid (c) Scrap metal
(c) Caterpillar (d) Tadpole (d)All of these

7. Respiratory diseases or lung

3. Which colour cap would absorb the
cancer may be caused by:
most light on a sunny day? (a) Noise pollution
(a) Black (b) Pink (b) Air pollution
(c) White (d) Yellow (c) Soil pollution
(d) Water pollution
4. Generally crops grow well on________
8. The other name for neem plant
(a) Plains (b) Mountains is____
(c) Hills (d) Water (a) Basil (b) Cinchona
. (c) Margosa (d) Marjoram
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9. A lamp is plugged into an outlet Which 18. The excreta of animals is used as_____
form of energy allows the lamp to be on? (a) fuel (b) manure
(a) Sound (b) Light (c) farming (d) All of these
(c) Heat (d) Electricity
19. The tube that carries food from your
10. ___________ does not dissolve in mouth to your stomach.
water. (a) Food pipe (b) Stomach
(a) Sugar (b) Salt (c) Small intestine (d) Kidney
(b) Lemon juice (d) Oil
20. _________________ is a push or pull that
11. Which would help a plant survive in dry can make an object stop, speed up,
environments? slow down, or change direction.
(a) Ripe fruit to attract animals (a) Gravity (b) Work
(b) Large stems to collect water (c) Force (d) Inertia
(c) Waxy leaves to reduce water loss
(d) Colourful petals to attract insects 21. Which seeds are used to make
chocolates?
12. Air is a mixture of ____________ (a) Coffee (b) Strawberry
(a) water and sugar (c) Cocoa (d) Tea
(b) sugar and salt
(c) several gases 22. Which of the following is a CORRECT
(d) water and salt statement?
(a) Diamond is the softest rock
13. Which of the following balls (b) Our Earth is made up of rocks
bounces the most? (c) Coal is the hardest rock
(a) Plastic ball (d) Gemstones are very soft minerals
(b) Metal ball
(c) Wooden ball 23. When water vapour condenses on dust
(d) Rubber ball
particles in the air, it forms
(a) Fog (b) Snow
14. What did Guglielmo Marconi invent?
(a) Telephone (b) Television (c) Dew (d) Hail
(c) Microchip (d) Radio
24. A football is made up of __________
15. The small buds on a potato are called (a) Plastic (b) Rubber
(a)Nose (b) Eyes (c) Wood (d) Cotton
[c] Leaves (d) Flower
25. Plants are called producers
16. If an object is attracted to a magnet, because they ___________
the (a) depend on others for food
object is most likely made of (b) prepare their own food
(a)Metal [b] Wood (c) do not move from their place
(c) Plastic (d) Cardboard (d) grow very big

17. What is another name of artificial lake? 26. What is the boiling point of water?
(a] 0°C (b) 100°C
(a) Stream (b) Reservoir
(c) 50°C (d) 75°C
(c) Pipe (d) Tunnel
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27. Which is the best example of gravity? 34. Which of these animals can live without
(a) A car hits a tree, and its motion food and water for a couple of
stops weeks?
(b) A breeze blows, and a sailboat (a) Turtle (b) Squirrel
(c) Hen (d) Goat
moves
(c) A book is pushed, and it moves 35. What happens if you keep ice in a
across the table warm place?
(d) A person drops a ball, and it falls (a) It changes to smoke
to the ground (b) It changes to gas
(c) It changes to water
28. Which process causes the leaves of a (d) None of these
plant tobecome larger?
(a) Repair (b) Decomposition. 36. The hardness, odour and taste of
(c) Growth [d) Germination an object can all be ____________
(a) Measured with a metric ruler
29. Name the gas that is lighter than air (b) Measured with a spring scale
and does not support burning. (c) Observed with the senses
(a) Hydrogen (d) Observed with a hand lens
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Carbon dioxide 37. What is used for lifting heavy
(d) Oxygen things and transporting them toother
places?
30. Clay can be shaped (a) Bus (b) Crane
when_________ (c) Car (d) Motor bike
(a)Dried (b) Wet
(c] Loose (d) Hot 38. Which of the following causes
noise pollution?
31. What do frogs eat? (a) Automobile (b) Garbage
(a) Grass (b) Vegetables (c) Sewage (d) Running water
(c) Insects (d) Fruits
39. Which of these diseases is caused by
polluted water?
32. A shadow is formed on the:
(a) Diarrhoea
(a) Same side of the light source (b) Tuberculosis
(b) Opposite side of the light (c) Cancer
source (d) All of these
(c) Behind the light source
(d) Parallel to the light source 40. Which type of organism helps return
nutrients from dead plants and
animals to the soil?
33. Which of these rays can cause skin (a) Producer (b) Prey
cancer? (c) Predator (d) Decomposer
(a) Ultraviolet rays
41. What is the young one of a
(b) Visible rays grasshopper called?
(c) Infrared rays (a) Nymph (b) Piglet
(d] All of these (c) Larva (d) Child
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42. Which of the following metals is 49. We make ____________ first to make
bread.
usually uses in electrical wires? (a) loaf (b) dough
(a) Mercury (c) juice (d) pulp
(b) Iron
50. Herbivores are the ________________
(c) Copper
consumers.
(d] Steel (a] Secondary (b) Primary
(c) Tertiary (d) Direct
43. When water vapour condenses on
dust particles in the air, it forms 51. Most of the Earth is covered with
_____ ____________
(a) mountain (b) water
(a) Fog (b) Snow
(c) land (d) desert
(c) Dew (d) Hail
52. Which organism is a one-celled
44. How do micro-organisms help in the organism?
growth of plants? [a] Animals (b) Bacteria
(a) By decomposition (c) Humans (d) Trees
(b) By making home in the soil
(c) By sucking water from the soil 53. Which of these rays can cause skin
(d) By providing nourishment cancer?
(a) Ultraviolet rays
45. Where do coconut trees grow? (b) Visible rays
(a) Coastal areas (c) Infrared rays
(b) Hilly areas (d) All of these
(c) Deserts
(d) Mountainous regions 54. __________ seeds are rich in protein.
They are used to make vegetable oil.
46. Gunny bags are manufactured from (a) Sunflower (b) Watermelon
___________ (c) Shoe flower (d) Dandelion
(a) Silk (b) Wool
(c) Jute (d) Cotton 55. How many wheels does a
wheelbarrow have
47. The ________________ lay eggs like birds. (a) One (b) Two
(a) Cow (b) Rat (c) Three (d) Four
(c) Snakes (d) Dog
56. Which of the following statements is
true about the anaconda?
48. Which of these processes is the (a) It is the deadliest snake in the world
cause of soil erosion? (b) It is the largest snake in the world
(a) Cutting of trees (c) It is the smallest snake in the world
(b) Overgrazing by animals (d) It is the prettiest snake in the world
(c) Improper farming techniques
(d) All of these
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57. What did Ladislao Biro invent?
(a) Felt-tip pens 60. When clothes come out of a dryer,
(b) Ballpoint pens they usually attract or stick to
(c) Fountain pens each other. Why does this happen?
(d) Crayons
(a) The heat from the dryer
58. Which of these substances is harmful magnetizes them
to aquatic life? (b) The heat from the dryer gives
(a) Mercury (b) Arsenic them a charge
(c) Lead (d) All of these
(c) They rub together and become
59. What are pesticides? magnetized
(a) Chemicals that destroy insects (d) They rub together and become
(b) Chemicals that is useful forinsects charged
(c) Chemicals that destroy crops
(d) Chemicals that destroy air

Q4. Find the missing letters in the following [20 Marks]

1. Fill missing letter to find shaking of a part of the earth's surface that often causes
great damage.
E ___ R___ ___ ___ ___ ___ K ___

2. Fill missing letter to find name an animal living in the soil.

G___ ___ ___ ___S ___ ___ ___ P___R

3. Fill missing letter to find that yummy frozen dessert was invented by Nancy Johnson
(1846)..
___ C ___ ____ ____ ___ ___ M

4. Fill in the missing letters to find the sources from which the Nuclear energy are
obtained.
A ___ ___ M

5. Fill missing letter to find that William Morrison and John Wharton (1897), created this
pink and white fluffy spun sugar confectionary.
C ___ ___ ___ Y F ___ ____ ___ ____

6. Fill missing letter to find animals that eat other animals.

C ___ R ___ ___ ___ ___ R ___ ___

7. Fill missing letter to find the amount of water vapour in air.

H ___ ___ ___ D ___ ___ Y

8. An animal that has a long hollow tube in its mouth to suck the nectar of flowers.
___ U __T ___ R ___ ___ ___

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9. Strong wind with rain.
S ___ ___ R ___

10. Frank Henry Fleer (1906) invented this chewing gum which can be blown into bubbles.
B ___ ___ ___ L ___ G ___ ___

V. Write True or False. [10 Marks]

1. A force can change the direction of a moving object. _________

2. Polar bears have feathers for their outerbody covering. _________

3. Our Earth is surrounded by air. _________

4. No plants can grow in sandy soil. ____________

5. Tadpoles have gills to absorb oxygen from water. _________

6. Hot breeze in summer is called quake. _________

7. Fern and mosses are two kinds of plants that make seeds. _________

8. Ostriches are the biggest birds and are too heavy to fly. _________
9. Humans do not need air. _________

10. Food chain shows the dependence of plants and animals for food. _________