Primary 4 Basic Science and Technology Flashcards: Types, Parts, Uses and Models of Vehicles

Question 1

What is a vehicle?

Accepted Answer

a machine used to carry people or goods

Question 2

What are the three main groups of vehicles by where they travel?

Accepted Answer

land, water, and air vehicles

Question 3

Which is a land vehicle: car, canoe, aeroplane, or ship?

Accepted Answer

car

Question 4

Which is a water vehicle: bus, bicycle, boat, or helicopter?

Accepted Answer

boat

Question 5

Which is an air vehicle: train, lorry, canoe, or aeroplane?

Accepted Answer

aeroplane

Question 6

The main use of a passenger bus is to ____.

Accepted Answer

carry people by road

Question 7

A lorry is mainly designed to carry ____.

Accepted Answer

goods

Question 8

Which vehicle is used to transport patients in an emergency?

Accepted Answer

an ambulance

Question 9

Which external part allows a car to roll?

Accepted Answer

the wheels

Question 10

Which part helps a driver control direction?

Accepted Answer

the steering wheel

Question 11

The windscreen allows the driver to ____.

Accepted Answer

see the road ahead

Question 12

Headlamps are used mainly to ____.

Accepted Answer

light the road in darkness

Question 13

What is the function of tyres?

Accepted Answer

to provide grip between the wheels and road

Question 14

A bumper helps to ____ during a minor collision.

Accepted Answer

reduce damage

Question 15

Which is NOT an external vehicle part: wheel, windscreen, headlamp, or stomach?

Accepted Answer

stomach

Question 16

The correct material for making model wheels from waste is ____.

Accepted Answer

bottle caps

Question 17

What can serve as an axle in a simple cardboard vehicle model?

Accepted Answer

a straight stick

Question 18

Why must both ends of a model axle be aligned?

Accepted Answer

so the wheels can turn evenly

Question 19

A vehicle made to travel on rails is a ____.

Accepted Answer

train

Question 20

The main reason vehicles are important is that they ____.

Accepted Answer

move people and goods between places

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