Vanda Science Competitions Primary Grade 3 Sample
Vanda Science Competitions Primary Grade 3 Sample
Vanda Science Competitions Primary Grade 3 Sample
SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Primary 3 / Grade 3
Full Name:
Index Number:
Instructions to Students:
1. Only Scientific Calculators are allowed during the contest.
2. The duration of this contest is 1 hour 30 minutes. You may not leave the contest venue
within the first hour of the paper.
3. This examination paper contains 25 questions and comprises of 12 printed pages.
4. Each question has only 4 possible answers: a, b, c and d. Only question 22, have 5
possible answers: a, b, c, d and e. Shade your correct option on the Answer Entry Sheet
provided.
5. The total marks for this paper is 77 points:
a. Section A:
Question 1 to 10: +2 points for correct answer, 0 points for no answer and −1
point for wrong answer.
b. Section B:
Question 11 to 20: +3 points for correct answer, 0 points for no answer or
wrong answer.
Application Question
Question 21, 22 and 23: +3 points for correct answer, 0 points for wrong and no
answer.
Question 24 and 25: +4 points for correct answer, 0 points for wrong and no answer.
6. You are not allowed to bring the question paper and answer script out of the contest
venue.
Note:
1) Air resistance is not present throughout the contest unless stated.
2) All temperatures are in Degrees Celsius.
3) Room Temperature is 25°C at 1 atmospheric pressure.
4) Gravitational Acceleration is taken to be 9.8 𝑚/𝑠 2
Rough Working
Section A (Question 1 to 10: +2 points for correct answer, 0 points for no answer and −1
point for wrong answer)
1. Study the classification table below. Which of the following does not belong in Group X and
Group Y?
Group X Group Y
Grass Stem
Mango Leaf
Leaf Roots
Tree Trunk Flower
a) Mango
b) Grass
c) Tree Trunk
d) Leaf
2. Which of the following options below can be used to compare the size of 2 different objects?
I. Ruler
II. Weighing Machine
III. Our Eyes
IV. A piece of string
a) I only
b) I, and III
c) I, III and IV
d) All of the above
3. During winter, the American bison will travel great distances from the north of Yellowstone
to the south where it is much warmer to feed. Which characteristics of living things does
the American bison show when they travel long distances to feed?
a) The ant will die because it did not receive much sunlight.
b) The ant will die because it will did not receive enough food.
c) The ant will survive as air will be able to pass through the small hole.
d) The ant will survive because there is enough food for the ant.
5. Pauline is blindfolded in a room and her only way out is through a single door located in the
room. Which senses must she rely on to find the door?
a) Smell
b) Touch
c) Sight
d) Sound
6. A special material is flexible, change shape easily and can be stretched. Which object can
be made using this material?
7. A group of students made the following statements about living and non-living things:
Ali: Non-living things need oxygen to survive.
Jo: All living things need water and food only to survive.
Beth: Living things do not need fertilizers to grow.
Susan: All animals reproduce but not plants.
a) Ali
b) Jo
c) Beth
d) Susan
8. There are 100 different things in a room and they are classified according to living things
and non-living things. Why is it important to classify items into different groups?
9. In the Antarctic, the leopard seal feeds on the Adélie penguins and the Adélie penguins
mostly feed on small krill. Small krill are also eaten by people. What happens when the
amount of small krill that we eat increases?
a) Penguin
b) Chicken
c) Spider
d) Frog
Section B (Question 11 to 20: +3 points for correct answer, 0 points for no answer or wrong
answer)
11. Which of the following things below cannot move on its own?
a) Fire
b) Hatching Pupa
c) Plant
d) Bird
12. The chicken’s egg shell is hard and protects the chick until it hatches from the egg. It has
very tiny holes that allow air to pass through. What can be said about the chicken’s egg
shell?
14. The camera’s diaphragm is one of the camera parts that controls the amount of light that
passes through the lens. The pupil in the human eye and the camera’s diaphragm works
similarly. How does the pupil work?
No
Does it have No
feelers? Animal Z
Use the following information below to answer question 16,17 and 18.
The bar chart below shows the weight of a beaver across 4 ages.
Weight (kg)
20
15
10
0
1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year
Weight
16. What characteristics of living things can be seen from the chart?
17. What will be the weight of the beaver when it is 6 years old?
a) 5 kg
b) 10 kg
c) 15 kg
d) 20 kg
18. What is the relationship between the weight of the beaver and it’s age?
Oil
Wate
r
The oil and water inside the container was stirred and left on the table. What can be
seen after 5 mins?
a) b) c) d)
20. Air plants do not grow in soil, but they attach themselves to a living plant or rock. The
leaves of an air plant absorb water and nutrients. In an experiment, the roots of an air
plant are sealed in plastic and placed in a test tube. The diagram below shows the set up.
a) The plant will wilt and the water inside the test tube will remain the same.
b) The plant will wilt and the water inside the test tube will reduce.
c) The plant will survive and the water inside the test tube will remain the same.
d) The plant will survive and the water inside the test tube will reduce.
Application Question (Question 21, 22 and 23: 3 points for correct answer, 0 points for
wrong or no answer. Question 24 and 25: 4 points for correct answer, 0 points for wrong or no
answer.)
You have been appointed for a very special role in the Vanda Kingdom. You are tasked by the
King to sort different items into various groups. All the items are not alive and placed in the
storage room. You are given the list of items to sort.
Items:
1) Wooden Table
2) Wooden Chair
3) Wooden Bookshelf
4) Flower
5) Jewelry
6) Books
7) Insects
8) Animals
9) Mobile Phone
10) Candles
The King have requested that you should sort them into 2 different groups.
Group M Group N
Flower Wooden Table
Insects Wooden Chair
Animals Wooden Bookshelf
Mobile Phone Candles
Jewelry Books
22. You have managed to classify them according to your King’s list but found out to be very
complicated. Hence, you have come up with your own groups. What is the greatest number
of groups that can sort all 10 items?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 10
d) 12
e) None of the above
The King’s advisor felt that paying you to sort the items was a waste of money. He thinks that
small number of items do not need to be sorted and you could easily find the items. After
hearing the words spoken by the advisor, the King is considering to stop paying you and let
you go. You have decided to convince the King with only 1 sentence.
23. Which sentence below could be used to help you keep your job?
Congratulations! You have managed to keep your job. You found out that some of the items
have fungi growing on them. You quickly informed the King and he have instructed you to find
a new storage place where his items will not be damaged.
*Fungi is a living thing and mostly grow in moist (wet) and warm environment.
You were given 3 rooms to choose from, you decided to conduct a test to see which room
should be use as the storage room. You have asked the chef to prepare 3 cookies and have
place one cookie in each room.
Room 1 Room 2 Room 3
25. What can you tell from the position on the cookie where the fungi grew?
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