TMN3701 ASSIGNMENT 2 STUDY GUIDE 2026
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TMN3701: Teaching Natural Sciences & Technology - Key Concept Study Q&A
This guide covers foundational knowledge across the curriculum, pedagogy, and practical
teaching skills for Natural Sciences and Technology in the Intermediate Phase.
Section 1: Curriculum and Policy (CAPS)
1. What does CAPS stand for?
a) Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements
b) Curriculum and Assessment Policy Standards
c) Central Assessment for Primary Schools
d) Comprehensive Assessment Policy System
2. What are the four main knowledge areas in the Intermediate Phase Natural Sciences
CAPS?
a) Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
b) Life and Living, Matter and Materials, Energy and Change, Planet Earth and Beyond
c) Structures, Processing, Electrical Systems, Mechanical Systems
d) Numbers, Patterns, Space and Shape, Data
3. What are the four main knowledge areas in the Intermediate Phase Technology CAPS?
a) Life and Living, Matter and Materials, Energy and Change, Planet Earth and Beyond
b) Structures, Processing, Mechanical Systems and Control, Electrical Systems and
Control
c) Coding, Robotics, Graphics, Design
d) Forces, Heat, Light, Sound
4. The main aim of the Natural Sciences curriculum is to:
a) Ensure all learners become scientists.
b) Promote scientific literacy and a love for science.
c) Focus solely on learning scientific facts.
d) Prepare learners for university-level physics.
, 5. The Technology curriculum primarily aims to:
a) Replace Art and Culture in the curriculum.
b) Allow learners to design and make solutions to problems.
c) Teach learners how to use advanced computer software.
d) Focus only on the history of inventions.
Section 2: Scientific Knowledge & Concepts (Life & Living)
6. The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight is called:
a) Respiration
b) Photosynthesis
c) Digestion
d) Reproduction
7. Which of the following is a vertebrate?
a) Spider
b) Snail
c) Frog
d) Earthworm
8. The smallest unit of life is the:
a) Atom
b) Cell
c) Tissue
d) Organ
9. What is the primary function of the roots in a plant?
a) To absorb sunlight
b) To produce flowers
c) To absorb water and minerals from the soil
d) To perform photosynthesis
10. An example of a decomposer is:
a) A lion
b) An eagle
c) A mushroom
d) A tree
Section 3: Scientific Knowledge & Concepts (Matter & Materials)
COMPLETE ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS <RECENT VERSION>
TMN3701: Teaching Natural Sciences & Technology - Key Concept Study Q&A
This guide covers foundational knowledge across the curriculum, pedagogy, and practical
teaching skills for Natural Sciences and Technology in the Intermediate Phase.
Section 1: Curriculum and Policy (CAPS)
1. What does CAPS stand for?
a) Curriculum Assessment Policy Statements
b) Curriculum and Assessment Policy Standards
c) Central Assessment for Primary Schools
d) Comprehensive Assessment Policy System
2. What are the four main knowledge areas in the Intermediate Phase Natural Sciences
CAPS?
a) Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking
b) Life and Living, Matter and Materials, Energy and Change, Planet Earth and Beyond
c) Structures, Processing, Electrical Systems, Mechanical Systems
d) Numbers, Patterns, Space and Shape, Data
3. What are the four main knowledge areas in the Intermediate Phase Technology CAPS?
a) Life and Living, Matter and Materials, Energy and Change, Planet Earth and Beyond
b) Structures, Processing, Mechanical Systems and Control, Electrical Systems and
Control
c) Coding, Robotics, Graphics, Design
d) Forces, Heat, Light, Sound
4. The main aim of the Natural Sciences curriculum is to:
a) Ensure all learners become scientists.
b) Promote scientific literacy and a love for science.
c) Focus solely on learning scientific facts.
d) Prepare learners for university-level physics.
, 5. The Technology curriculum primarily aims to:
a) Replace Art and Culture in the curriculum.
b) Allow learners to design and make solutions to problems.
c) Teach learners how to use advanced computer software.
d) Focus only on the history of inventions.
Section 2: Scientific Knowledge & Concepts (Life & Living)
6. The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight is called:
a) Respiration
b) Photosynthesis
c) Digestion
d) Reproduction
7. Which of the following is a vertebrate?
a) Spider
b) Snail
c) Frog
d) Earthworm
8. The smallest unit of life is the:
a) Atom
b) Cell
c) Tissue
d) Organ
9. What is the primary function of the roots in a plant?
a) To absorb sunlight
b) To produce flowers
c) To absorb water and minerals from the soil
d) To perform photosynthesis
10. An example of a decomposer is:
a) A lion
b) An eagle
c) A mushroom
d) A tree
Section 3: Scientific Knowledge & Concepts (Matter & Materials)
