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Assessment of primary education
What 12-year-old students learn
Natural Sciences
The physical environment
- There were 7 questions on
- Characteristics and properties of rock, soil and air
- The sky, movements of the Earth, the seasons, day and night
- Exploitation of natural resources
- Objective
- Recognition of the principal elements of the natural environment and the processes whereby changes and transformations take place in the environment
- Overall Result
- Average score for this part of the test: 63% correct answers
- Easiest question: 84% correct answers
- Most difficult question: 40% correct answers
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Easiest question
- Objective
- Identification of the principal factors of pollution in cities
Fumes gradually gather over the city and sometimes form a layer which hangs over it. We cannot see this layer but we are exposed to its harmful effects. How could we prevent this?
By setting up fans to blow away the fumes 1 By limiting the use of cars and heating 2* By having tall chimneys on houses 3 By using pollutant fuels 4
Most difficult question
- Objective
- Recognition of the conditions required for rain to occur
Clouds are large masses of water vapour. What conditions are necessary for it to rain?
No wind 1 Formation of tiny drops which fall by their own weight 2* A lower temperature on the ground than in the cloud 3 A sudden rise in the temperature of the cloud 4
Average difficulty question
- Objective
- Identification of the causes of the Earth's movement
What causes there to be seasons?
The Moon revolving around the Earth 1 The inclination of the Earth's axis and its movement around the Sun 2* The Sun orbiting around the Earth 3 The Earth's spin 4
Correct answers
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Ordered: easiest, most difficult, average difficulty question.