4

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers. (8 marks)

ponds

animals

eggs

diarrhea

microscope

lay

bread
offspring

(a) Microorganism can be seen through a _____________________.

(b) Taking food or drinks contaminated by microorganism can cause
__________________.
(c) Yeast is used to make ___________________ fluffy.
(d) Animals reproduce to produce _____________________.
(e) Protozoa can be found in _______________________.
(f) Tigers eat other ___________________.
(g) A turtle lays ______________________ in large quantities to ensure that many of
its offspring can survive.
(h) Penguins _______________________ eggs.
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List four uses of microorganisms in our daily life (4 marks)

a) __________________________
b) __________________________
c) __________________________
d) __________________________

Name six contagious diseases that spread by microorganism. (6 marks)

a) __________________________
b) __________________________
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c) __________________________
d) __________________________
e) __________________________
f) __________________________

Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

4 An investigation is carried out to examine the presence of living microorganisms in two
samples of water under a microscope. The result of the investigation is shown in Table 1.
Sample of
water
Fresh pond
water
Boiled pond
water

Presence of living
microorganisms

Table 1

(a) State one reason (inference) based on the observation on boiled pond water.
(1 mark)

(b) State
(i) what is changed (manipulated variable) in this investigation. (1 mark)

(ii) what is observed (responding variable) in this investigation.(1 mark)

(c) Predict what will happen to the living microorganisms if the fresh pond water is frozen
at 0C. (1 mark)

3 A group of pupils carry out an investigation to see the effect of yeast on dough. 5 g of
yeast is added into 500 g of dough. The dough is observed every 20 minutes.
Table 2 shows the result of this investigation.
Time (minute)

Condition of dough

20

40

60

Table 2
a) What is the trend of change in the sizes of the dough as the time increases? (1 mark)

b) Predict the size of the dough after 30 minutes. (1 mark)

c) State one reason (inference) about the action of yeast based on the observation in this
investigation. (1 mark)
_________________________________________________________________________

d) Write one observation to support the reason (inference) in (c). (1 mark)

Diagram 1 shows a coconut.

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Diagram 1
(a) State one characteristic of this seed or fruit. (1 mark)

(b) Based on the characteristic stated in (a), predict the way in which the seed is
dispersed. (1 mark)

(c) State another type of plant that uses the same way of disperse its seed. (1 mark)

(d) State one advantages of dispersing seeds and fruits by plants. (1 mark)

END OF PAPER

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Section B

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Prepared by Pn. Amalia Fariza
Science Teacher for Standard 5
S5_Answers Section B:
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a) microscope
b) Diarrhea
c) bread
d) offspring
e) ponds
f) animals
g) eggs
h) lay

a) making bread

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Checked by Pn. Mae Wee

HOS Primary Science

b) making tapai
c) making cheese
d) making fertilizers
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a) influenza
b) measles
c) Aids
d) scabies
e) mumps
f) conjunctivities

(a) Boiled pond water does not contain any living microorganisms because they are
killed by heat of boiling
(b) (i) The presence of heat (boiling)
(ii) The presence of living microorganisms
(c) Microorganisms become inactive

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Increases
The size of dough is smaller than the size of dough after 40 minutes
Yeast breathes
The dough becomes bigger when more carbon dioxide gas is trapped in the
dough

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Has air space and fruit is covered with waxy waterproof skin
By water
Lotus or water lily
To prevent competition for space, nutrients, water and sunlight with parent plants