018 SCIENCE APRIL 2009 1 Hour 15 Minutes

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FORMATIVE 2
YEAR 6 NAME: 6 H/B/K/M

SCIENCE
Answer all the questions. Instructions: Each question is followed by four options A,B,C and D. Choose the correct answer. 1. Friction is a force that ... A B C D moves a stationary object. changes the direction of a moving object. opposes the movement of an object. changes the shape of an object.

2.

Which of the following surfaces causes the largest friction ? A B C D Tile Sandpaper Tar Paper

3.

Salina rolled a marble on a cement surface. The marble stopped after rolling a distance of 50 cm. Then he rolled the same marble on the following surfaces. P - Glass Q - Grass R - Manila card

S - Carpet On which surface did the marble roll a distance of more than 50 cm ? A B C D P and Q Q and S P and R R and S

4.

Diagram 1 shows the raised pattern on the surface of a tyre.

Diagram 1 The pattern is made on the surface of the tyre to ... A B C D make the tyre stronger. increase friction. decrease friction. reduce costs.

5.

Which of the following activities are difficult to perform without friction ? I II III IV Sharpening a knife Turning a door knob Swimming in a pool Slowing down a moving bicycle

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I and II III and IV II and III I and IV

Which of the following is an effect of friction ? A B C D It makes a moving object move faster. It makes a moving object slow down. It causes a moving object to change direction. It changes the shape of an object.

7.

Which of the following types of surfaces will produce the least friction ? A B C D Glass Carpet Grass Sand paper

8.

Toy car X takes 8 seconds to travel 100 cm. Which of the following objects moves faster than toy car X ? A B C D Object P takes 6 seconds to travel 100 cm. Object Q takes 9 seconds to travel 100 cm. Object R takes 12 seconds to travel 100 cm. Object S takes 15 seconds to travel 100 cm.

9.

A car travels a distance of 270 km in three hours. What is the speed of the car ? A B C D 80 km/h 90 km/h 100 km/h 120 km/h

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A feather drops to the ground from the height of 50 cm. The feather takes 5 seconds to reach the ground. What is the speed of the feather ? A B C D 5 cm/s 8 cm/s 10 cm/s 15 cm/s

11.

Ahmad hits a table tennis ball towards a wall ? What effect of a force can be observed? A B C D A force changes the shape of an object. A force changes the direction of a moving object. A force stops a moving object. A force makes an object move faster.

12.

A man is able to push a box to another place. This activity proves that force A B C D can change the shape of objects can change the size of objects can stop a moving objects can change the position of objects

13.

Devi kept the food she bought in a cupboard. Which of the following food would be the first to spoil ? A B

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Food can be spoilt. Which of the following are the characteristics of spoilt food ? I II III IV A B C D It is slimy. It is mouldy It is colourful. It has a bad smell I and II only III and IV only I, II and IV only I, II, III and IV

15.

Figure 1 shows a slice of spoilt bread.

Figure 1 Which of the following microorganisms are growing on the bread ? A B

16. What is the most suitable condition for microorganisms to grow ? A B C D Hot and dry Wet and hot Cold and warm Damp and warm

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Food preservation is a process by which ... A B C D food is made more tasty. microorganisms are killed. Water is removed from food. food is treated so that it can be kept longer.

18.

When more vinegar is used to preserve fruit, which of the following are true ? I II III IV A B C D The fruit will keep longer The fruit becomes more acidic The nutrients in the fruit increase The taste of the fruit will be sweeter I and II only I and III only II and IV only III and IV only Heat the food to kill the germs

19.

Which of the following methods involves the process described above ? A B C D 20. Salting Pickling Canning Freezing X Y Z Drying Salting Freezing

Which of the food preservation methods above can be used for preserving

fish? A B C D X only X and Y only Y and Z only X, Y and Z

21.

Figure 2 shows a method of food preservation.

Figure 2 Which of the following processes is involved in the method shown above ? A B C D Boiling Freezing Evaporation Condensation

22.

Which of the following are the benefits of preserving foods ? I II III The price of food will increase. Food will keep for a longer time. Wastage of food can be prevented.

IV Food can be stored and transported easily. A B C D I and II only II and IV only I, III and IV only II, III and IV only

23. The following are four ways to preserve food. P Salting Q Drying R Cooling S - Pickling

Which way can maintain the taste and nutrient content of food? A B P only R only C D P and S R and S

24.

Bacteria and fungi cannot grow without air Which of the following ways of food preservation is related to the statement above? A B Pickling Salting C D Freezing Vacuum packing

25. Which of the following food can best be preserved by pickling? I II III IV A B Green pepper Jackfruit Egg Mango I and II only I and IV only C D II and III only III and IV only

26.

The food is dried under the hot sun How does the above process enable the food to last longer? A B C D Bacteria and fungi cannot grow without air Bacteria and fungi cannot grow without water. Bacteria and fungi become inactive at a high temperature. Bacteria and fungi cannot grow if there is no nutrients in the food.

27. The refrigerator in Nadias house is spoilt. Which of the following steps can be taken by Nadias mother to prevent the fish kept in the refrigerator from going bad. I Dry fish under the sun

II Salt the fish III Pack fish with a plastic wrapper A B I only I and II only C D II only I, II and III.

28.

Ahmad hits a table tennis ball towards a wall ? What effect of a force can be observed? A B C D A force changes the shape of an object. A force changes the direction of a moving object. A force stops a moving object. A force makes an object move faster.

29.

A man is able to push a box to another place. This activity proves that force A B C D can change the shape of objects can change the size of objects can stop a moving objects can change the position of objects

30.

The diagram below shows an activity that involves force.

What kind of force is involved in the activity above ? A B C D Friction Pushing Friction Pushing and pulling

SECTION B (20 MARKS) Answer all the questions.

1.

In an investigation, a group of pupils from Year 6 used a spring toy car as shown in Figure 1.

key

Figure 1 Table 1 shows the results of their investigation.

The number of key rotations 2 4 6

The speed of the toy car (cm/s) 30 50 70

Table 1 (a) What is the relationship between the speed of the toy car and the number of key rotations ? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

(b)

What is the speed of the toy car if the key is rotated 8 times ? ____________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

(c)

In this experiment, state i. what is changed. ___________________ ________________________

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ii.

what is kept the same. _____________ ______ __________________

iii.

what is measured. _________________________ __________________ (3 marks)

2.

Jamil and his friends carried out an investigation. They rolled a ball on four different surfaces. They recorded the distance traveled by the ball in five minutes. The bar chart in Figure 2 shows the results.

Distance / cm

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Manila card Glass Sandpaper Figure 2 (a) What is the aim of the investigation ? _______________________________________ ______ Planed board Type of surface

_____________________________________________________ (1 mark) (b) In this experiment, state i. what is changed, ____________ ________________________

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ii.

what is kept the same, __________ ________________________

iii.

what is measured. ______ ________________________ (3 marks)

(c)

Give one reason to explain why the ball moves the furthest on the glass surface. ____________________________________ (1 mark)

3.

Salima carried out an experiment to study the relationship between the length of time food will keep and the temperature. The bar chart in Figure 3 shows the result of the experiment.

Length of time the food can be kept / hours 24 20 16 12 8 4 0 10 15 20 Figure 3 25

o 30 Temperature / C

(a)

State the aim of this experiment. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

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(c)

In this experiment, state i. what is changed, _______________________________________________________ ii. what is observed. _______________________________________________________ iii. What is kept the same _______________________________________________________ (3 marks)

(d)

Predict the length of time the food can be kept if the temperature is 5C. __________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

(e)

What conclusion can be made from the investigation? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

4.

The investigation below has been carried out by a group of students. Fish P is smeared with 1 spoon of salt. Fish Q is smeared with 3 spoons of salt. Fish R is smeared with 5 spoons of salt. The following is the result of the investigation. Fish Duration of fish kept / day P 1 Q 3 R 5

(a)

State the aim of the investigation. ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

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(b)

Give one hypothesis that can be made in the investigation. ___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ (1 mark) (c) What is the relationship between the two variables used in this investigation ? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ (1 mark) (d) What can you infer from the result of the investigation. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ (1 mark)

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(PN. ZULINAWATI SHALIHIN)

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