TIMSS 2011 released items: Science

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1 TIMSS 2011 relese items: Siene The items shown in this oument re rel items tht were ministere to Fourth lss pupils who took prt in TIMSS in Eh item is shown in the formt tht it ws presente in Ireln, long with the orret nswer n the perentge of pupils who nswere the item orretly in Ireln n t the interntionl verge 1. NOTE: If the responses n perent orrets for items re not lerly visile (in green n yellow oxes), you my nee to hnge the efult settings for viewing PDFs in your rowser or to use ifferent rowser. 1 In smll numer of ses, the interntionl verge perent orret hs een lterntely roune up or own (so tht, for exmple, 72.5% eomes 73% in one instne n 72% in the next), euse more etile informtion ws not ville t the time of writing.

2 20 A pretor is n niml tht fees on other nimls. Whih of these is pretor? eer wolf ow got S01_01 S polr er wlrus S01_02 Polr ers n wlruses look very ifferent, ut oth n survive in the extreme ol. A polr er hs thik ot of fur tht helps keep it wrm. The wlrus hs no fur. Wht oes the wlrus hve tht helps it keep wrm? ft lyers tusks whiskers flippers S Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 20

3 22 Wht o irs, ts n utterflies hve in ommon? fethers hir internl skeleton wings S01_03 S S The norml temperture of the humn oy is out 37 egrees Celsius. Mnuel tkes his temperture one morning fter wking up. His oy temperture is 40 egrees Celsius. S01_04 71 Write own one thing tht oul hve use his temperture to e higher thn norml. Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 21

4 24 Mri esigne n experiment using slt n wter. The results of her experiment re shown in the tle. Amount of Slt Dissolve Wter Volume Wter Temperture Ws Mixture Stirre? 15 grms 50 ml 25 o C Yes 30 grms 0 ml 25 o C Yes 45 grms 150 ml 25 o C Yes 60 grms 200 ml 25 o C Yes S01_05 Wht ws Mri stuying in her experiment? How muh slt will issolve in ifferent volumes of wter. How muh slt will issolve t ifferent tempertures. If stirring inreses how fst slt will issolve. If stirring ereses how fst will slt issolve. S A piee of ie is ple in glss of wter. Whih piture est shows the position of the ie in the wter? S01_06 S Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 22

5 26 Nme two things eletriity n e use for in ily life. Use 1: S01_ Use 2: S S During freezing, melting, n oiling, wter hnges from one stte to nother stte. Het nees to e supplie for whih of these to tke ple? S01_08 oiling only melting only melting n freezing ut not oiling melting n oiling ut not freezing 28 Plnts grow est in soils tht re rih in whih of the following? grins of sn lumps of ly lyers of grvel eying plnts n nimls S01_09 S Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 23

6 29 The figure elow shows the Erth, the moon, n the sun. Eh oy is lelle y numer. The rrows show the iretion eh oy is moving. S01_ Fill in the orret numer next to eh oy (1, 2 or 3). The Erth is oy numer: The moon is oy numer: The sun is oy numer: Desrie two humn tivities tht n le to the extintion of nimls. Ativity 1: Ativity 2: S S S01_ Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 24

7 31 The tle shows three funtions rrie out y prts of the humn oy. Write the nme of the oy prt esie its funtion. The first one hs een one for you. S02_01 71 Funtion Supports the oy Boy Prt Skeleton Pumps loo through the oy Use for thinking S A hegehog is smll spiny niml. When it is frightene it rolls into ll. S02_02 How oes this ehviour help the hegehog? The hegehog n roll wy quikly. The hegehog looks lrger rolle up. The hegehog is hrer to see in ll. The hegehog s soft oy prts re overe. S0532 Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 25

8 33 Whih nimls shown elow hve kone? Fill in one irle for eh niml. One hs een one for you. Animl Hs Bkone S02_03 Yes No heron D spier r fish lion S0549 Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 26

9 34 Why re mny esert nimls more tive t night? It is rier t night. It is ooler t night. There is less nger t night. There is less win t night. S02_04 S S Hrry grows two entimetres in one month. Why is eting foo tht ontins lium importnt for Hrry s growth? S02_05 36 Wter, ie, n stem ll hve ifferent tempertures. Wht is the orer from olest to hottest? ie, wter, stem ie, stem, wter stem, ie, wter stem, wter, ie S02_06 S0586 Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 27

10 37 Alie wthes sunrise from ross lm lke. She sees sun in the sky n sun in the lke s shown elow. S02_07 Why oes Alie see sun in the lke? The sunlight wrms tht prt of the lke. The sky spres sunlight over the lke. The sunlight reflets off the lke wter. Clous reflet sunlight into the lke. S0511 Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 28

11 38 Gerry onnets ttery, light ul, n some wire s shown elow. + S02_08 Will the ul light? (Tik one ox.) C Yes C No Explin your nswer. 11 S0574 Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 29

12 39 Betty hs two mgnets (A n B) n two metl pins tht re the sme. She slies Mgnet A long tle until pin is ttrte to the mgnet. She slies Mgnet B long tle until pin is ttrte to the mgnet. S02_09 A B mgnets pins She fins tht Mgnet A ttrts the pin from 15m n Mgnet B ttrts the pin from m. Steven sys tht oth mgnets re eqully strong. Do you gree? (Tik one ox.) C Yes C No Explin your nswer. 11 S Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 30

13 40 Nik plys on seesw with his sister Kte n then with his rother Leon. Nik is the sme weight s Kte, ut Leon is twie the weight of Nik. S02_ Nik Kte Leon Whih figure shows where the hilren shoul sit so tht Nik n lne first with Kte n then with Leon? S0571 Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 31

14 41 A river flowing over wterfll hs lot of energy. S02_11 S0510 Whih of the following is me from wterfll energy? hot wter solr power eletriity rinking wter 42 The lef shpe in the rok omes from plnt tht live long go. lef shpe S02_12 rok Aout how long go ws the plnt live? one yer one hunre yers one thousn yers one million yers S Fourth Clss Booklet 1 Pge 32

15 13 The piture shows ot siling. S03_01 Whih fore uses the ot to move? grvity win frition mgnetism S Whih two ojets proue their own light? nle n moon moon n mirror sun n nle mirror n sun S03_02 S Fourth Clss Booklet 2 Pge 14

16 15 The piture elow shows pon. S03_03 In the spes provie elow, list three living things n three non-living things shown in this piture. Living things Non-living things S0403 G4_S03 Pge 2 Fourth Clss Booklet 2 Pge 15

17 16 The igrm shows flowering plnt. Four of its prts re numere. 1 S03_ In the tle elow, write the nme of eh prt, n stte its funtion Prt Numer Nme of Prt Funtion of Prt S Fourth Clss Booklet 2 Pge 16

18 S03_05 Whih group of nimls ontins ONLY reptiles? 17 lizr, frog, snke turtle, lizr, rooile otopus, snil, turtle r, erthworm, snke Ireln: 51% Interntionl: 39% S Corret: S03_06 18 The pitures ove show two wys of trvelling roun town. Whih wy of trvelling is etter for the environment? (Tik one ox.) C C Biyle Motorike Explin your nswer. "Biyle", with n explntion tht reltes to ir or noise pollution. - It oes not proue fumes like motorike oes. - No pollution is given off. - It is very quiet. Ireln: 41% Interntionl: 47% S0439 Corret: G4_S03 Fourth Clss Booklet 2 Pge 4 Pge 17

19 19 Some plnts proue fruit suh s pples. Wht is one funtion of fruit? S03_07 to protet sees to proue foo for sees to stop sees from ispersing to store wter for see germintion S How n influenz e psse from person to person? S03_ S How oes migrtion inrese the survivl of irs? S03_09 11 S Fourth Clss Booklet 2 Pge 18

20 22 The tle elow shows the properties of two mterils. Properties of Mteril 1 Properties of Mteril 2 S03_ Conuts het quikly Soli Does not issolve in wter Attrte y mgnets Conuts het slowly Soli Dissolves in wter Not ttrte y mgnets Whih sttement out mterils 1 n 2 is most likely to e orret? S0449 Mteril 1 is glss, n mteril 2 is ly. Mteril 1 is opper, n mteril 2 is woo. Mteril 1 is iron, n mteril 2 is sugr. Mteril 1 is ork, n mteril 2 is gol. 23 How often oes the Erth rotte on its xis? one every 12 hours one every 24 hours one every month one every yer S03_11 S Fourth Clss Booklet 2 Pge 19

21 24 Digrm 1 shows ontiner X tht is fille with mteril tht oul e soli, liqui, or gs. The ontiner hs een sele with glss sheet. Continer X is ple upsie own on n empty ontiner Y, s shown in Digrm 2. Digrm 1 Digrm 2 S03_12 glss sheet glss sheet ontiner X ontiner X ontiner Y The glss sheet is remove. Whih of the igrms elow shows wht you woul see if the mteril in ontiner X is gs? (Tik one ox.) C Digrm 3 C Digrm 4 C Digrm 5 Explin your nswer S0460 Fourth Clss Booklet 2 Pge 20

22 25 The piture elow shows river flowing ross plin. S03_13 Frming is rrie out on the plin n ner the river. There re vntges n isvntges to frming long river. A. Desrie one vntge. B. Desrie one isvntge. S Fourth Clss Booklet 2 Pge 21

23 25 Clium is minerl tht helps mke your ones n teeth strong. Whih of these foos is the est soure of lium? S05_01 sweets rie heese met S S A ir tht lives on pon is most likely to hve whih of these foot strutures? S05_02 S There is shortge of fresh wter in mny prts of the worl. Desrie two things people n o to voi wsting wter. S05_ Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 22

24 28 Piture 1 S05_04 Piture 2 Piture 1 n Piture 2 show the sme eyes in ifferent outsie onitions. Wht outsie onition is ifferent etween Piture 1 n Piture 2? Light is righter in Piture 1. Light is righter in Piture 2. Temperture is higher in Piture 1. Temperture is higher in Piture 2. S Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 23

25 S05_05 29 Meliss foun some tpoles n fish in pon s shown ove. How i the tpoles get there? They hthe from eggs li y fish in the pon. They forme from mu t the ottom of the pon. They were me from mterils issolve in pon wter. They evelope from eggs li y frogs in the pon. S0301 Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 24

26 31 Whih of these is mixture? slt wter sugr slt wter vpour S05_07 S Some of the mterils elow will urn n some will not. Put n X in the ox next to the mterils tht will urn. (You my put n X in more thn one ox.) S05_ S C wter C woo C sn C petrol C ir 33 A hot, oile egg is put into up of ol wter. Wht hppens to the temperture of the wter n the egg? The wter gets oler n the egg gets wrmer. The wter gets wrmer n the egg gets oler. The wter temperture stys the sme n the egg gets oler. Both the wter n the egg get wrmer. S05_09 S Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 25

27 S05_ 34 S N N S The figure shows two rts, eh holing mgnet. The rts re move lose together n then let go. Desrie wht will hppen to the rts. (You my rw piture to help explin your nswer.) Wht is the orret explntion for why we hve y n night on Erth? The sun orits roun the Erth. The Erth orits roun the sun. The Erth turns on its xis. The sun turns on its xis. S05_11 S S Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 26

28 36 Four ifferent thermometers were use to mesure the temperture of wter in four ifferent ekers. Whih thermometer reing elongs to the hottest wter? S06_ S Plnts use energy iretly from the sun. Wht o they use the energy from the sun for? S06_02 to mke foo to isperse sees to fertilise the soil to prevent inset mge S Mihelle is plying or gme with frien who hs the flu. Write own one thing Mihelle n o to voi thing the flu from her frien. S06_03 S Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 27

29 39 The igrm elow shows foo hin. S06_04 green lge krill fish sel killer whle Whih pretor prey reltionship is orret? fish (pretor) sel (prey) green lge (pretor) krill (prey) fish (pretor) krill (prey) sel (pretor) killer whle (prey) S Whih of the following esries onenstion? liqui hnging to soli soli hnging to liqui soli hnging to gs gs hnging to liqui S06_05 S Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 28

30 41 The igrms show tiger skull n rt skull. nines S06_06 inisors tiger skull rt skull A tiger hs very lrge teeth lle nines. A rt hs very lrge teeth lle inisors. A tiger n rt et ifferent types of foo. A. Wht oes tiger use its nines for? B. Wht oes rt use its inisors for? S0413 Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 29

31 S06_07 42 lmp omputer iron Wht type of energy runs the ojets shown ove? S Stephnie hs sles n four ues (1, 2, 3, 4). The ues re me of ifferent mterils. She puts two ues t time on the sles n oserves the following results. S06_ Wht n she onlue out the weight of ue 2? It is hevier thn ues 1, 3, n 4. It is hevier thn ue 1 ut lighter thn ues 3 n 4. It is hevier thn ue 3 ut lighter thn ues 1 n 4. It is hevier thn ue 4 ut lighter thn ues 1 n 3. S Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 30

32 44 Jk s teher ples three ojets on tle, s shown elow. She puts them in orer oring to their volume. S06_09 styrofom rik pple Jk thinks tht ojets with more volume weigh more. Do you gree with him? (Tik one ox.) C Yes C No Explin your nswer. 71 S0448 G4_S06 Pge 5 Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 31

33 S S06_ Write own one form of energy Erth reeives from the sun Refers to light, het, or solr energy. - Light. - Sunlight. - Het. - Solr energy. Corret: Ireln: 68% Interntionl: 54% S06_11 A spotlight shines on girl on stge. 46 D A C B The show woul e seen long whih line? S0469 Corret: A B C D Ireln: 56% G4_S06 Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Interntionl: 57% Pge 6 Pge 32

34 47 The iretion wter flows in river epens on the length of the river the slope of the ln the type of rok over whih the wter flows the lotion of the North Pole S06_12 S Wter tht hs its slt remove efore it n e use s rinking wter is most likely to hve ome from unergroun river lke se S06_13 S0492 There re no more questions on this test. Stop If you hve finishe Prt 2 of the test efore the time is over, you my go k n hek your nswers in Prt 2. Thnk you for tking the time to nswer these questions refully. G4_S06 Pge 7 Fourth Clss Booklet 5 Pge 33

35 14 Whih of these nimls hs young form tht looks the most like the ult form? moth humn frog utterfly S07_01 S S Some nimls re very rre. For exmple, there re very few Sierin tigers. If the only Sierin tigers left re femle, wht will most likely hppen? The femles will fin nother type of mle niml to mte with n proue more Sierin tigers. The femles will mte with eh other n proue more Sierin tigers. The femles will only e le to proue femle Sierin tigers. The femles will not e le to proue more Sierin tigers, n they will ie out. S07_02 Fourth Clss Booklet 6 Pge 13

36 S07_03 16 Monkey Crooile Grsshopper Otopus Answer the following questions using the nimls shown ove. Write the nme for the orret niml in the spes elow. 71 Whih niml hs n internl skeleton n proues milk for its young? Whih niml hs n externl skeleton n three pirs of legs? Whih niml hs soft oy n no skeleton? S Fourth Clss Booklet 6 Pge 14

37 17 Corse slt n fine slt re e to wter n then stirre s shown in the piture. Corse Slt Fine Slt S07_04 Whih sttement is true? (Tik one ox.) C Corse slt will issolve fster. C Fine slt will issolve fster. C They oth will issolve in the sme mount of time. Explin your nswer S Fourth Clss Booklet 6 Pge 15

38 18 A metl spoon n wooen spoon re use to stir pot of hot soup. After few minutes, the metl spoon feels hotter thn the wooen spoon. Wht explins this? S07_05 Metl is lwys hotter thn woo. Metl onuts het etter thn woo. Metl onuts eletriity etter thn woo. Metl hets up the wter etter thn the woo. S0312 S Nme one thing you hve seen tht shows tht sunlight is me up of ifferent olours. S07_ Most irs sit on their eggs until they hth. Whih of these is the most importnt reson why irs sit on their eggs? to keep the eggs insie the nest to keep the eggs wrm to protet the eggs from the win to protet the eggs from the rin S07_07 S Fourth Clss Booklet 6 Pge 16

39 21 The following piture shows lightul onnete to ttery in n eletril iruit. Whih of the following ojets onnete to Points 1 n 2 will llow the ul to glow? S07_08 Point 1 Point 2 iron nil plsti spoon ruer n wooen stik Wht uses n ojet to fll to the groun when you let it rop from your hn? mgnetism grvity ir resistne the push from your hn S07_09 S S Fourth Clss Booklet 6 Pge 17

40 23 Air is importnt for mny things. Wht re two wys we use ir? 1. S07_ S S Whih of these soil hnges is ue only to nturl uses? Loss of minerls ue to frming. Deserts forming ue to tree utting. Flooing ue to m onstrution. Minerls wshing out ue to hevy rin. S07_11 Stop Do not strt working on Prt 2 until you re tol to o so. If you hve finishe Prt 1 of the test efore the time is over, you my go k n hek your nswers. Fourth Clss Booklet 6 Pge 18