Science Revision Questions – Easy

Common Entrance Revision: 20 easier questions
KS3 Levels 3 and 4
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1. Amylase is an enzyme which does what?

2. Which part of a flower does pollen reach during pollination?

3. This organ breaks up food and starts digestion

4. Which of the energy changes below represents that which takes place when some wood is burnt

5. What colour is sulphur?

6. What is the name for a young ferret?

7. If the North seeking pole of one magnet is brought near the south seeking pole of another magnet what will happen?

8. A man was using a crowbar to move a stone.
Unfortunately the stone was still too heavy  for the man to move.

crowbarTo make the stone easier to move should he use a longer or shorter crowbar?

9. Lettuce ----> slug ------> thrush -------> fox

The third organism in any food chain will always be a

10. Why is the mineral calcium important in our diet?

11. What is the main reason a plant has leaves?

12. Give an example of a reptile

13. What force holds a planet in orbit around the sun?

14. What is the test for carbon dioxide gas?

15. Pencils are sometimes called 'Lead pencils' even though the lead has been replaced by which substance?

16. What happens to water if it is left to boil in a kettle

17. flower2The diagram shows the main parts of a flowering plant.

In which part of the plant are the seeds made?

18. What is meant by the PITCH of a sound?

19. Jane has two bowls on her bench.
One contains fine brown sugar. The other contains sand.
To find out which was which she stirred each into some warm water. Which will dissolve?

20. At which of the times below will your shadow be the shortest?