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Assessment of primary education
What 12-year-old students learn
Natural sciences
Materials and their properties
- There were 5 questions on
- Origin and properties of materials
- Mass, volume, weight, etc.
- Physical and chemical changes
- Uses of materials
- Objective
- An approach to physical and chemical science through the introduction to the study of the properties of materials
- Overall Result
- Average score for this part of the test: 59% correct answers
- Easiest question: 70% correct answers
- Most difficult question: 44% correct answers
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Easiest question
- Objective
- Analyzing the result of a simple experiment
All the balls below are the same size. Which is the lightest?
A 1 B 2 C 3* We cannot tell 4
Most difficult question
Petroleum is a fossil fuel formed from:
- Objective
- Knowledge of the origin of fuels
Plutonium 1 Sea water 2 Gasoline 3 Remains of buried and animals and plants 4*
Average difficulty question
Icebergs float on water. Which of the following statements is correct in this connection?
- Objective
- Knowledge of the properties of materials
Ice is not as hard as water 1 Ice is colder and that is why it floats 2 Ice is less dense than water and floats on it 3* Ice does not always float on water 4
Correct answers
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Ordered: easiest, most difficult, average difficulty question.