The International Independent Schools

Academic Year: 2012-2013

Final Assessment / Term 2

Subject: Science
Dear students, read the following before you answer:

1. Read and understand the questions very well.

2. Answer the most convenient questions first.
3. Keep your work neat, tidy and clear.
4. Revise your work before handing in your paper.
GOOD LUCK
Name:…………………………………….

Grade: 8 International (Girls)

No. of Pages: + Cover

Duration : 90 Minutes

Date: 3/6/2013 Monday

Teachers’ Names: Deemah Wafa

For Official Use:

Question Student’s mark Maximum mark

Part 1 20

Q1 8

Q2 12

Q3 14

Q4 18

Q5 8

Total 80

Part 1: Multiple Choice [9 marks]

Circle the correct answer:

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Part 1: Circle the correct answer. [20 marks]

1. A group of similar cells that perform a specific function is called:

a. cells b. tissues c. organ d. organ system

2. The process by which plants make food is called:

a. Feeding b. respiration c. photosynthesis d. cholophyll

3. Two structures found in plant cells but not in animal cells are:

a. Cell wall and cell membrane b. Chloroplasts and cell membranes

c. cell walls and Chloroplasts d. Vacuoles and nuclei

4. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of mosses?

a. nonvascular b. vascular bundles arranged in a ring

c. they grow in moist places d. they are small and short

5. Which type of plant has seeds that are inside a fruit?

a. Gymnosperms b. mosses c. horsetails d. angiosperms

6. Insects are helpful to plants in the process of:

a. Germination b. pollination c. transpiration d. fertilization

7. The three parts of a seed are:

a. Stored food, embryo, cambium b. embryo, seed coat, ovary

c. cotyledon, seed coat, ovule d. embryo, stored food, seed coat

8. Because it lives for many years, a maple tree is a:

a. Perennial b. annual c. biennial d. biannual

9. The _____ produces spores:

a. Gametophyte b. sporophyte c. gametes d. spores

10. Because it has a backbone, how should a horse be described?

a. Vertebrate b. mollusk c. echinoderm d. invertebrate

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 11.In addition to body structure and development, which of the following is used to
classify animals?

a. Speed b. colour c. DNA d. location

12. Because one line can be drawn to divide into two halves that are mirror images,
a butterfly has:

a. An organ system b. radial symmetry c. asymmetry d. bilateral symmetry

13. Which of the following organisms does NOT have an endoskeleton?

a. Whale b. crab c. goldfish d. snake

14. Information that travels as an electrical message:

a. Nerve cell b. brain c. impulse d. stimulus

15. The openings of the digestive system of a complex animal are the:

a. Pore and intestine b. crop and radula

c. mouth, crop and anus d. mouth and anus

16. The process in which particles move from area of higher concentration to area of
lower concentration:

a. Respiration b. Diffusion c. gills d. lungs

17. Earthworms use their _______ for gas exchange.

a. Skin b. scales c. gills d. lungs

18. Animals get rid of nitrogen- containing wastes through the _______ system

a. Respiratory b. digestive c. circulatory d. excretory

19.The process of breaking down food to simpler substances is called:

a. Digestion b. Respiration c. Photosynthesis d. life

20. What kind of a skeleton does a jelly fish have?

a. Exoskeleton b. Endoskeleton c. no skeleton d. a + b

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 Part 2: Answer the following questions:

1. Study the picture below then answer the following questions: [8 marks]

a- A bear belongs to class mammalia. Give 3 characteristics that are exclusive to

mammals. [3]

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b- This organism is an omnivore.

(i) Explain the term omnivore. [2]

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(ii) What visible evidence proves that bears are omnivores? [1]

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c- How does this bear obtain air? [1]

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d- What structures does the bear have to help it get rid of nitrogenous wastes? [1]

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2- The figure below shows a 4 chambered heart. [12 marks]

a. Name the chambers A, B, C, and D. [4]

A ................................................................. C ............................................................

B .................................................................. D .............................................................

b. Which side has oxygen poor blood? [1]

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c. This circulatory system has a double loop. Explain the term “double loop”. [2]

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d. Describe the pathway of blood starting at chamber A and ending at D. [5]

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3. Distinguish between each of the following terms. [14 marks]

a. Open circulatory system, and closed circulatory system.

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b. Ways amphibians breathe and ways mammals breathe.

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c. Breathing and cellular respiration.

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d. Filter feeding and feeding using radula.

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e. Exoskeletons and endoskeletons.

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f. Stimulus and ressponse.

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g. Monotremes and marsupials.

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4. [18 marks]

The three following invertebrates live in water.

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 a- Fill in the table below to compare between them (5 marks)

Snail Crab Star fish

Backbone
Kingdom
Phylum
Symmetry type

b- Deduce the class for each of the following chordates: (6 marks)

i. An endotherm that is able to produce milk.……………………………………….

ii. An ectotherm with dry scaly skin and rubbery egg shells. …………………………

iii. An animal with feathers and hard shelled eggs. ……………………………………

iv. An ectotherm that has gills when it is immature but develops lungs when
adult……………………………….

v. An animal that breathes by gills and has scales. ……………………………………

c- Give an example on an animal that is (has):

i. Monotreme ………………………... v. Marsupial

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ii. Annelid ……………………………. vi. Cnidarian

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iii. Arachnid …………………………… vii. Fish

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viii. Body made only of 2 layers of cells and doesn’t move ………………………………

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d- What do you expect to happen if: (Explain your answer in each) (7 marks)

1. Leaves did not have cuticle on their surface.

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2. Petals of flowers were tiny and not colourful.

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3. Roots did not have root hairs.

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4. Upper leaf cells were transparent.

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5. Stem of tree did not have cambium in it.

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6. Auxin was not produced from the plant’s shoot

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7. A plant did not become dormant in the winter.

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5. According to the figures below; answer the following questions: [8 marks]

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a. Name the parts:

7 ……………………………. 6 ……………………… 10 ………………………….

b. State the function of parts:

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9 ……………………………………………………………………………………

c. Upon fertilization; what part will develop into a fruit?

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d. Explain how this flower would develop a seed.

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