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Assessment of primary education
What 12-year-old students learn
Natural sciences
Human beings and health
- There were 6 questions on
- Functioning of the motor system and the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory and reproductive apparatuses
- The effect of certain eating habits or habits of general hygiene on health
- Objective
- Understanding of the functioning of the human body. Ability to identify the main parts by name, and also the functions of each one.
- Overall Result
- Average score for this part of the test: 68% correct answers
- Easiest question: 86% correct answers
- Most difficult question: 37% correct answers
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Easiest question
- Objective
- Identification of basic aspects of nutrition
If we ate nothing but meat, would this be good or bad for our bodies?
Bad, because we would lack carbohydrates and certain vitamins 1* Good, because meat contains everything 2 Bad, because we would grow too much 3 Good because it would provide the materials that we need to grow 4
Most difficult question
- Objective
- Identification of the functions of the organs in the excretory apparatus
What is the principal function of urine?
To remove water from the blood 1 To remove digestive waste 2 To remove gastric juices from the stomach 3 To remove waste substances from the blood 4*
Average difficulty question
- Objective
- Recognition of basic aspects of the circulatory apparatus
By means of the circulatory apparatus, the blood:
Carries food from the stomach to the intestine 1 Carries nutrients and oxygen to all of the body's organs 2* Carries oxygen from the nostrils to the lungs 3 Carries waste from the kidneys to the bladder 4
Correct answers
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Ordered: easiest, most difficult, average difficulty question.