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Grade 4 NST Term 4 November Test + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 4 learner prepare for the November assessments with this comprehensive ATP-aligned Natural Science & Technology (NST) practice test. The test is 50 marks, has a duration of 1 hour, and includes a full memorandum.

The test covers:

  • Energy & Change – 25 marks: different forms of energy, light, sound and movement energy, energy transfer in systems, the Sun as a source of energy, electrical energy, renewable energy and how energy powers machines.
  • Sound & Electrical Circuits: how vibrations produce sound, how sound travels, the dangers of loud sounds and what happens when an electrical circuit is broken.
  • Food Chains: drawing and labelling a food chain showing the transfer of energy between plants and animals.
  • Planet Earth & Beyond – 25 marks: the Sun, Moon, Earth, solar system, gravity, astronomy and astronauts, as well as identifying planets from a diagram.
  • Earth, Sun & Moon: rotation and orbit, day and night, the importance of the Sun and Moon, and understanding how the Earth and Moon move in space.

Question types include: fill-in-the-blanks, true or false, matching, short-answer questions, diagram interpretation, planet identification, drawing and labelling, and application questions.

ATP aligned | Total: 50 marks | Duration: 1 hour | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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