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Plants and animals basics

Lower Primary 5 questions
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What plants and animals basics means

You learn what living things need to grow and stay alive. This helps you answer simple Science questions about plants, animals and other things that are alive.

What you will practise

  • Identify things that living things need to live.
  • Match plant parts with their jobs.
  • Choose which pictures show living things.
  • Spot simple facts about plants and animals.

Before you start

You should know common plants and animals from home or school. It also helps if you can tell living things from non-living things by looking at them.

Not confident yet? Work through My five senses first.

Worked example

One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.

Question

What do plants need to grow?

  • Sunlight and water
  • Only darkness
  • Only stones
  • Nothing
Answer: Sunlight and water

Working: Plants need sunlight, water, air and soil to grow.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Saying plants need only water. Remember they also need sunlight and air.
  • Confusing roots with leaves. Roots take in water from the soil.
  • Choosing stones or toys as living things. Living things grow, move, eat or need food.
  • Thinking every part of a plant makes food. Keep the job of each part separate.

Curriculum and exam alignment

Ghana GES Basic 1 to 3 syllabusSchool-based assessment

This topic normally appears in Lower Primary Science when learners begin simple work on living things and their needs. It supports class exercises, school-based continuous assessment and end-of-term tests with short factual questions.

Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.

Related skills

Other Living Things Around Us skills in Science, at the same point in the course.

Other Science topics

SHS SciencesUniversity ScienceBiologyChemistryPhysicsEarth & Space

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Exams that assess plants and animals basics

Lower Primary work on this skill feeds directly into these exam papers. Each page lists the Science topics that appear on it.

GESGES practice questionsFree GES practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.BECEBECE practice questionsListed as a related subject on the BECE practice page.

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