Electricity End of Unit Test with Answers

Year 4 ScienceElectricity7 pages

About this worksheet

A 20-mark end-of-unit test on Year 4 electricity, planned for 30 minutes. Each of its five sections quotes one statutory statement. Pupils tick appliances, sort six items into mains and battery, name a cell, bulb, buzzer and switch from photos, and judge three circuits. Later questions compare an open and a closed switch, ask for definitions of conductor and insulator, and show a cable with copper strands and plastic coating. A two-page mark scheme gives the marks for each answer and what to accept.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Electricity

โ€œidentify common appliances that run on electricityโ€

Questions 1 to 3 carry 4 marks between them.

Electricity

โ€œconstruct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzersโ€

Question 4 names four parts from photos, and question 5 asks what a cell does.

Electricity

โ€œidentify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a batteryโ€

Question 6 has a circuit with a gap, one with no cell and one complete loop.

Electricity

โ€œrecognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuitโ€

Questions 7 and 8 ask what happens to the bulb when the switch is open or closed.

Electricity

โ€œrecognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductorsโ€

Question 11 asks why the wire is copper and its coating is plastic.

What's inside this worksheet

Common appliances

Pupils tick three electrical items, label a toaster, a torch and a TV remote as mains or battery, and sort six appliances such as a fridge-freezer and a wristwatch into a table.

Circuit parts

Four photos to name from a bank that includes motor as a spare word, then a question on what a cell does.

Complete loops

Circuits A, B and C go into a table with yes or no and a reason. Circuit B has two bulbs and no cell.

Switches

Diagrams X and Y show an open and a closed switch. Pupils pick the one that lights and say why appliances have switches.

Conductors and insulators

Two definitions, then a labelled photo of a cable with Part P (plastic) and Part Q (copper) to explain.

Mark scheme

Marks for every question, section totals and model answers for the written questions.

How teachers use it

End of the unit

Give it in one 30-minute sitting. The section totals in the mark scheme show which statement each pupil needs to go back to.

Show real parts first

Question 4 uses photos, not symbols. If your class has only drawn circuits, pass round a real buzzer and switch the week before.

Peer marking

Question 6 suits swap-and-mark. Pupils check each reason against the three circuits, and Circuit B usually needs the most discussion.

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