WRITING EXAMINATION

MAY
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ANSWER ALL
14
10
QUESTIONS.
TOTAL
1. Diagram 1.1 shows a method of measuring length.

cm

Diagram 1.1

(a) What is the length of the pencil shown in Diagram 1?


[1 mark]
(b) Mark X in the box provided on Diagram 4.1 to show the correct position
of the eye in taking the reading.
[1 mark]
(c) Diagram 1.2 shows a curved line.

Diagram 1.2

(i) How would you measure the length of the curved line?
.
[2 marks]

A student carried out an activity to measure the length of the curve shown in
Diagram 1.2. The results are shown in Table 1.
Reading
Length of curved line
(cm)

1
8.6

2
8.8

3
8.7

Table 1
(ii) Why did the student take three readings?

[1 mark]
(iii) Based on Table 1, what is the length of the curved line?

[1 mark]

2. Diagram 2 shows measuring apparatus P and Q.

P:
SI unit: ...

Q:
SI unit:

Diagram 2
(a) Label P and Q in Diagram 2 along with their SI units.
[2 marks]
(b)(i) If an astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. What will be his mass
in space?

[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your answer in (c) (i).

[1 mark]
(c) State one difference between mass and weight.

[2 marks]

3. Diagram 3 shows the apparatus of an experiment to study the length of a pendulum

and how it affects the number of swings in a given time.

string
retort stand
pendulum

Diagram 3
The result of this experiment is shown in Table 2.
Length of pendulum (cm)

Number of swings in 1
minute

50

42

30

54

20

67
Table 2

(a) State the following variables:

(i) Fixed variable

:...

(ii) Manipulated variable:

(iii) Responding variable:...
[3 marks]
(b) State a hypothesis for this experiment.

[1 mark]

(c) Sketch a graph to show the relationship between the length of the pendulum and
the number of swings.

[2 marks]

4. Diagram 4.1 shows the arrangement of apparatus used to measure the volume of 5
drops of water.

Diagram 4.1
(a) Name the apparatus Y in the spaces provided in Diagram 4.1.
[1 mark]

(b) Mark using arrow,

apparatus Y.

, to show the correct eye level when taking a reading from

[1 mark]

(c) Diagram 4.2 shows the changes in the level of water in apparatus Y when 50
drops of water flow out of it.

Diagram 4.2
Based on Diagram 4.2, complete the Table 3 below:

Initial reading (cm3)

Final reading (cm3)

Volume of 50 drops of water (cm3)

Table 3
[3 marks]
(d) Calculate the volume of one drop of water.

[1 mark]
5. Diagram 5 shows the arrangement of apparatus in an experiment.

Diagram 5
a) Identify the apparatus X, Y and Z.
X : ...
Y:

Z : ...
[3 marks]
b) What should be used together with apparatus Y in this experiment?

[1 mark]
c) Tick () to the correct statement and (X) to the false statement.

(i) Filter funnel is used to fill liquid.

(ii) Beaker is used to fill liquid or chemicals.
[2 marks]

6. Diagram 6.1 below shows how cells A, B, C and D are classified.

Diagram 6.1
a) Which of these cells, A, B, C and or / D, is an / are animal cells(s)? Give a
reason
for your answer.

[2 marks]
b) Which of these cells, A, B, C and / or D, can be found in the leaf of a
balsam plant?
Give your reason

[2 marks]

c) Diagram 6.2 shows three different types of cell.

Diagram 6.2
In your opinion, why do these cells having different shape from one
another?
Give the reason to your answer.

[2 marks]

7. Aishah uses a microscope to see the structure of plant cell and

paramecium.

C
A

D
E

Plant cell

Paramecium
a) Based on the above plant cell structure, identify by writing down the letter/s
representing structure/s which can be found in paramecium.
.
[2 marks]
b) Label the structure you have identified in 7 a) to the diagram of paramecium
using the respective letters.
[2 marks]

c) Name structure F and its function.


[2 marks]
8. a) Diagram 8 below shows a scientist looking at a chlamydomonas under the
microscope.

Diagram 8
(i) In your opinion, why chlamydomonas is classified in unicellular organism?
........
[1 mark]
(ii)

Explain why unicellular organism like chlamydomonas is classified as an

organism.
...
[1 mark]

b) Classify the following organisms.

(i) Unicellular organisms : ...

(ii) Multicellular organisms : ...
[2 marks]
c) Give one example each of unicellular and multicellular organisms.
(i) Unicellular organisms : ...
(ii) Multicellular organisms : ...
[2 marks]

9. a) Diagram 9 shows the structure of a plant cell. Label the nucleus, cell wall and
chloroplast correctly.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Diagram 9
[3 marks]
b) Based on the statements below, write TRUE or FALSE for the functions of the
following parts of animal and plant cells.

(i) The nucleus controls the movement of materials into and out
of the cell.

(ii) The cell wall provides support, protection and maintains

the fixed shape of the cell

(iii) The cytoplasm is the medium where chemical reactions

occur.

[3 marks]

10. Alice poured 40cm3 of water into a measuring cylinder. She then placed
object M into the measuring cylinder as shown in Diagram 10.1below.

Diagram 10.1

Diagram

a) Alice then added a cork into the measuring cylinder as shown in

Diagram 10.2.
What is the volume of the cork?

[1 mark]
b) From this experiment, Alice made two conclusions about matter.
Put a tick () against the correct conclusion in the Table 4 below.
Conclusion

Tick ( )

Water has no definite volume as the level of water changed

when more objects are added.
Water cannot be compressed and when the objects are
added, they take up the space occupied by water.
Table 4
[2 marks]

c) Take a look at the cork in the Diagram 10.2 above.

In your opinion, why the cork has to be tighten with substance M?

[1 mark]

d) Alice wants to determine the volume of a piece of rock sugar by using

the same method above.
Do you think she can measure the volume of the rock sugar? Give your
reason.

[2 marks]
11. Study the information given in Table 5 below.

Time
Events
Before the year 1600 Human had no knowledge of cells.
1590

The first microscope was invented by Zacharias

Jansen.

1665

Robert Hooke, an English botanist; used a simple

microscope to examine cork.
Table 5

a) Based on the above table, give two reasons why humans before 1600,
had no knowledge of cells.

[2 marks]
b) If Robert Hooke had observed the epidermis of a scale leaf of an onion
in the year 1665, what would be the characteristics of the cells which
had been seen by him?

.........
.

[4 marks]
c) The diagram below shows the structure of a plant cell.

X
Diagram 11
Based on the above diagram, explain what you know about X.

.........
.

[4 marks]
12. Table 6.1 below shows 4 different types of cell in the human body.
Cell

Name

N
Table 6.1
a) Name these cells.
[4 marks]
b) State the function of cell K and M.
K :

M
:

[2 marks]
c) Table 6.2 shows the cell organization in the human body.
Cell organization

Name

S
Table 6.2
Name the cell organization P, Q, R and S.
[4 marks]

13. Diagram 13 shows two systems in the human body.

Y
Diagram 13

a) Identify system X and Y.

(i)
X
.

(ii)
Y
:

[2 marks]
b) State the function of system X and Y.
(i)
X
.

(ii)
Y
:

[2 marks]
c) Give one example of organ for each system X and Y.
(i)
X
.

(ii)
Y
:

[2 marks]

d) Explain why human beings are complex organism compared to an

amoeba, a simple organism.

[4 marks]
14. a) Tick () if the diagram below shows matter and cross (X) if the
diagram shows
non-matter.

Air

Fire

Rain

[3 marks]
b) Write TRUE or FALSE based on the following statements.

(i) Matter has mass but no volume

(ii) Energy such as heat, sound and light is an example of
matter
[2 marks]
c) Based on the Diagram 14 below, answer the following questions.

Diagram 14
(i) Give three examples of matter in the above diagram.

[3 marks]
(ii) Based on your knowledge, states two characteristics of a nonmatter.


[2 marks]
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