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GRADE 2_SCIENCE 2 nd QUARTER

I. LIVING AND NON-LIVING THINGS Observing, Identifying,Describing, Comparing, Classifying

A. DIRECTIONS: Write L if the characteristic given is for livingthings and NL if it is for non-living things.

_______ 1. They reproduce.

_______ 2. They do not move on their own.

_______ 3. They grow.

_______ 4. They are not alive.

_______ 5. They need air, water and food to stay alive.

B. DIRECTIONS: Classify the things in the box into living and non-living things.

chalk mosquito flagpole

slug sea anemone computer

banana tree tissue paper leech

fly wind bus

stuffed toy grass vine

Living Things Non-living Things

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II. PLANTS

DIRECTIONS: Write T if the sentence is True and F if it is False.

_______ 1. Plants need carbon dioxide from the air.

_______ 2. Some plants grow from roots.

_______ 3. Plants do not move.

_______ 4. Plants can grow on their own and need not belooked after.

_______ 5. Leaves differ in shapes, sizes and colors.

_______ 6. Plants can live without sunlight.

_______ 7. Plants can make their own food and water.

_______ 8. The stem takes in water and minerals from the soil.

_______ 9. Plants take in carbon dioxide from the air throughtiny openings in the leaves.

_______ 10. All plants grow from seeds.

B. DIRECTIONS: Choose the correct answer from the box. Writeyour answer on the blanks.

sunlight lagundi sugar

seeds stems leaves

potato roots carbon dioxide

sunlight

_____________________ 1. This is an example of a medicinalplant.

_____________________ 2. They hold plants tightly to theground.

_____________________ 3. They carry water and other nutrients to all parts of theplant.

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_____________________ 4. Green leaves use this to changewater and carbon dioxide to sugar and oxygen.

_____________________ 5. Plants store this in their stemsand roots.

_____________________ 6. This gas goes into a plant throughits leaves.

_____________________ 7. A ___ is an underground stem.

_____________________ 8. They absorb water and mineralsfrom the soil.

_____________________ 9. Most plants grow from these.

_____________________ 10. This is where plants make their food.

C. DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions.

1. Plants are helpful to people. Write three (3) uses of plants.

2. Write two (2) ways of caring for plants.

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D. DIRECTIONS: Below is a graph showing the height (in cm.) of agrowing plant. Answer the questions about the graph.

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5

10

15

20

25

3035

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Growth of Monggo plant

__________ 1. What is the height of the plant on Week 1?

__________ 2. How many cm did the plant grow between Week 1and Week 4?

__________ 3. How many cm did the plant grow between Week 2and Week 3?

__________ 4. How tall was the plant by Week 3?

__________ 5. On what week did the plant not grow?

What do you think happened to the plant between Week 2 and Week3?

III. ANIMALS

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A. DIRECTIONS: Write the correct information for the animals givenin the chart below.

Animal Body

Covering

Body Parts Movements Habitat

rabbit

parrot

goldfish

duck

snake

DIRECTIONS: Write T if the sentence is True and F if it is False.

_______ 1. All animals need food to live.

_______ 2. Fishes are warm-blooded animals.

_______ 3. Animals change in size and shape as they grow.

_______ 4. Some animals are protected by their bodycoverings.

_______ 5. Some animals can live without water.

_______ 6. Only birds hatch from eggs.

DIRECTIONS: Write 2 ways of caring for a pet.

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2.

III. LIFE CYCLE OF A MOSQUITO

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DIRECTIONS: Number the following sentences 1-4 according tothe correct sequence of the life cycle of a mosquito.

________ After a few weeks, each larva develops a bighead and grows stouter. It becomes a pupa.

________ The female mosquito lays her eggs on top of a body of water.

________ After two or three days, the eggs hatch intowrigglers or larvae.

________ After two to four days, the pupas shell opensand the mosquito comes out as an adult.

DIRECTIONS: Write 3 ways of preventing dengue.

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2.

3.

IV. LIFE CYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY

DIRECTIONS: Number the following sentences 1-4 according to

the correct sequence of the life cycle of a butterfly. ________ The caterpillar hatches from the egg and starts

eating leaves.

________ When the changes are complete, the adultbutterfly comes out and in a few minutes willfly.

________ The caterpillar will make a hard covering for itself and becomes a pupa.

________ The egg is laid on stems and leaves.

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