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Grade 4 NST Term 2 Test + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 4 learner prepare for Term 2 Natural Science & Technology (NST) with this comprehensive 40-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum.

The test covers:

  • Materials & their properties – solids, liquids and gases, raw materials, and properties such as hard/soft, strong/weak, flexible/stiff and waterproof/absorbent
  • Changes of state – melting, evaporation and condensation
  • The water cycle – evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection, including drawing and labelling a water-cycle diagram
  • Structures – functions of structures, shell and frame structures, and natural vs man-made structures
  • States of matter – identifying solids, liquids and gases using everyday examples
  • Transparent, translucent & opaque materials – choosing suitable materials for different purposes and explaining why

Question types include: multiple choice, true or false, fill-in-the-blanks, diagram drawing and labelling, matching, classification and application questions.

Total: 40 marks | Duration: 1 hour | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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