SJK[T] SUNGAI RENGGAM, SHAH ALAM

SEMESTER 1

SCIENCE YEAR 6
6
2014

NAME : _____________________

YEAR 6 _________________

Section A [ 30 marks ]
A

[ 30

Answer all questions.

1. Which part of the plant that can absorb water?
?

A Stem

B Root

C Leaf

D Fruit

2.Scorpion protect itself from enemies by.

.

A rolling up its body

pretending to be dead

B producing bad smells

D having a poisonous sting

3.A ruler is suitable for measuring length because.

I It has a straight edge /

II It is hard /
III It has standard unit /
A

I & II

B I & III

C II & III

D I, II & III

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4. Which of the following tools can be used to measure 1200 ml of oil?

1200 ml
?

A Measuring cylinder

C Ruler

B Beam balance

D Spring balance

5. Which of the following characteristics of a material is most suitable to make an umbrella?

?

A Difficult to decay and long lasting

B Can be recycled and reuse

C Light and waterproof

D Easily flexible and soft

6. Which of the following way can prevent rusting?

?

W Painting

Y Covering with grease

X Wrapping in paper

Z Prevent expose to air and water

A W, Y& Z

B X & W

C Y & Z

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D Z & X

7. Choose the position of the planet from the furthers to the nearest to the Sun.
.

A Pluto, Mars, Venus, Mercury

,

C Mars, Venus, Mercury, Pluto

,

B Mercury, Venus, Mars, Pluto

,

D Venus, Mars,Pluto, Mercury

8. Diagram 1 shows the Moon and the Earth

1

Moon

Earth

The size of the Moon is smaller to the Earth by.

..

A 4 times

B 40 times

40

C 400 times

D 4000 times

400

4000

9. Which of the following is the limitation of the eyes?

?

A Unable to see virus

C Unable to read books

B Unable to watch television

D Unable to see pictures

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10. Which of the following pair shows the incorrect adaptation of animal to very hot climate?
?

A Elephant

Wrinkled skin

B Buffaloes

Wallows in mud holes

C Camels

Long neck

D Desert fox

Long ears

11. Diagram 2 shows a food web

2

Animal P

Animal Q

Animal T

Plant

Animal R

Animal S

The above food web shows how many food chains?

?

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4

12. What is the source of electricity used by a remote car?

l

A Dry cell

B Accumulator

C Dynamo

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D Solar cell

13. A cup of hot water becomes cooler when left on the kitchen table for a while. Why?
?

A Water is conductor of heat

B Water absorbs heat after a while

C The cup loses heat after a while

D Water loses heat after a while

14.What will happen if an iron rod being heated by a candle?

?

A The candle will become bigger

B The iron rod will melt

C The iron rod will cool

D The iron rod will gradually become hotter and hotter

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15. Which of the following statements is not true?

?

A Alkaline substances has bitter taste.

B Substances can be classified into three groups

C Mango juice is an alkaline substance

D Milk is a neutral substances

16. The statement below show the characteristics of a certain pattern in the sky

A group of stars forms a certain pattern in sky

The statement refer to ___________

.

A Sun

B Moon

C Earth

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D Constellation

17. Which of the following causes the phases of the Moon to occur?
?

I Reflection of the light from the Sun by the Moon

II Movement of the Moon around the Earth

III Rotation of the Earth on its axis

IV Movement of the Earth around the Sun

A 1 & II

B I & III

C II & IV

D III & IV

18. Which of the following shapes is not used as a pillar?

?

A Cube

B Pyramid

C Cuboids

D Cylinder

19. Which of the following animals live in group?

?

A Turtle

B Zebra

C Squirrel

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D Eagle

20. The residence of a residential area faced breathing difficulties and sore eyes. Which of the following
is the probable cause of this problem?
.
?

A Continuous noise

B Water is polluted with toxic waste

C Bad smell from waste disposal site

D The air polluted with smoke from factories

21. Which is a proper way of waste disposal?

?

A Throw food waste into drains

B Throw aluminum tins into rivers

C Put rubbish in a closed rubbish bin

D Bury plastic containers in the backyard

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22. Table 3 shows the distance moved by a ball in 28 seconds when it is pushed on different type of
surface.
3

28

Type of surface

Distance moved (cm)

{ . )

S
T
U
V

26
37
18
24

Which of the following surfaces produces the greatest friction?

?

A S

B T

C U

D V

23.Which of the following is the best method to find the speed of four sprinter?
?

A Record their running time over a given distance.

B Measure their running different distances in different time

C Observe the sprinters running over the same distance

D Observe the sprinters running one by one without recording their running distances
,

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24 Table 4 show the time taken by four pupils in a 100 metres race.
4,

100
.

Runner

Time/ s

12.32

10.02

10.52

12.52

Arrange the runners from the slowest to the fastest.

.

A P,Q,R,S,

B R,S,P,Q

C Q, R, P,S

D S, P, R,Q

25. Which of the following is the most suitable method to preserve an egg?
?

A Drying

B Salting

C Smoking

26. What is the meaning of waste material?

?

A Things that we no longer use and want to throw anyway

B Things that we want to keep in the room

C Things that may cause pollution

D Things that can be recycled

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D Waxing

27. The information below shows the condition of a place.

It has a bad smell /

There are many houseflies around /

Many cockroaches are found there /

A Rubbish burned in the open

B Smoke released from factories

C Food remains throw into drains

D Toxic waste released into rivers

28. An eclipse of the Moon occurs when .

.

A The Earth moves into the shadow of the Moon

B The Moon moves into the shadow of the Earth

C The shadow of the Moon falls on the Earth

D The shadow of the Earth falls on the Moon

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29. Which of the following occurs during an eclipse of the Sun?

?

A The Moon lies in the shadow of the Earth

B The Moons shadow covers part of the Earth.

C The Moons surface reflects sunlight

D Sunlight is totally blocked by the Moon

30. A sloping surface such as a ramp can be used to change the effort and the distance when lifting loads.

The above description is about a simple machine called .

..

A a pulley

Prepared by,

[ Mrs T.J.Ananthavalli ]
6V Science Teacher

B A lever

C A screw

Checked by,

Approved by,

[Mrs S.Thenmalar ]
Head of Panel Science

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D a incline plane

[Mrs S.Vijayakumari ]
Senior Assistant

NAME : _____________________

YEAR 6

_________________

Section B [ 20 marks ]
B

[ 20

]
.

Answer all questions.

1.The table below shows the number of mango trees owned by Encik Rosli in two different orchards, X
and Y.
X
Y
.

Orchard /

Area of orchard

Number of mango trees

Amount of mango fruit (kg)

8 km
8 km

80
40

300
900

X
Y

a] State /
what to change

______________________________________________________________________________________________
]

[ 1 mark/

b] Compare the amount of mangoes produced in orchard X and orchard Y.

X
Y
.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________.
[ 1 mark/

c] What is the relationship between the amount of mangoes and the number of mango trees?
?

______________________________________________________________________________________.

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[ 1 mark/

d] What can be concluded from the investigation?

?

______________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________.
[ 1 mark/

2.The table below shows the time taken by objects A, B, C, D and E to reach the ground. All the objects
are dropped from the same height.
A, B, C, D
E
.

Object

Weight

Time to reach the ground (s)

A
B
C
D
E

20
30
40
50
60

60
56
50
44
38

(s)

a]What is the purpose of this investigation?

?

______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark/

b] State the pattern of time taken by objects to reach the ground.

.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

[ 1 mark/

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c) What is the relationship between weight of an object and the time to reach the ground?
?

______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
[

1 mark / 1

d] Predict the weight of an object if it takes 53 seconds to reach the ground from the same height
53
.

______________________________________________________________________________________________
[

1 mark / 1

3. Rooban carried out an investigation to study the time needed to dry a handkerchief. The table below
shows the result of the investigation.
.

Speed of the fan

Time taken (s)

1
2
3

60
40
20

a] What does Rooban want to find out from the investigation?.

?

______________________________________________________________________________________._______
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark/

b) Based on the investigation state what to change

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___________________________________________________________________________________.
[ 1 mark/

c] State the relationship between the speed of the fan and the time taken to dry the handkerchief.
.

______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark/

The time taken to dry depends on the thickness of a handkerchief

d] State the relationship between what to change and what to measure based on the statement above
.

______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark/

4. The following table shows some information on two factories.

.
Factory P

Information of factories

Factory Q
P

Total number of workers

50

50

Total number of machines

10

Total number of products produced per month

150

300

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a] State one inference to explain the difference in the total number of products produced per month by
factory P and factory Q.

Q
.

______________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________.
[ 1 mark/

b] State one observation to support your inference in (a)

(a)

______________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________.
[ 1 mark/

c) State the relationship between what to change and what to observes of this investigation.
.

______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
[

1 mark / 1

d) Predict the total number of products produced per month if a total number of machines is 20.
20
.

______________________________________________________________________________________________
[

1 mark / 1

5.The table below give some information on some of the planets in the Solar System.

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.
Mercury

Planet

Venus

Earth

Mars

Jupiter

Uranus

Pluto

Diameter[km]
Distance from the
Sun[km]

500

12000

1280

7000

140000

52000

3000

60

110

150

230

780

2900

6000

[km]

a] Compare the nearest and furthest planet to Earth.

______________________________________________________________________________________________
[

1 mark / 1

b] Give a reason based on your answer in (a)

(a)-

______________________________________________________________________________________________
[

1 mark / 1

c] What is observed in this investigation?

?

______________________________________________________________________________________________
[

1 mark / 1

d] Predict which planet will have temperature that is too cold compared to the temperature on Earth.

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______________________________________________________________________________________________
[

Prepared by,

[ Mrs T.J.Ananthavalli ]
6V Science Teacher

Checked by,

[Mrs S.Thenmalar ]
Head of Panel Science

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1 mark / 1

Approved by,

[Mrs S.Vijayakumari ]
Senior Assistant