SEKOLAH KEBANGSAAN LA SALLE KLANG

FIRST MONTHLY TEST

SCIENCE YEAR 6
2015
Name: ______________________________

Date : _____________

Class : _______________

Time : 1 hour 15 minutes

100

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This question paper consists of two sections: Section A and Section B. Answer all the questions in
Section A and Section B.
SECTION A (30 marks)
A.
B.
C.
D.

1. What are the basic needs of a plant ?

A. sunlight and water
B. sunlight and air
C. sunlight, water and air
D. food, water, shelter and air
2. Diagram below shows a pair of excretory organs
in a human.

by drinking a lot of water

by having humps on its back
by having a thin layer of skin
by wallowing in mud holes

5. Birds like swallows fly to places with warm

climate to
A escape from predators.
B look for water.
C get food for their young.
D escape from the extreme cold weather.
6.

What waste product is produced by the organs?

A Urine
B Carbon dioxide
C Blood
D Sweat
3. Which part of our body helps us to detect
stimuli ?
A lungs
B skin
C kidney
D intestines

How does the plant above protect itself from an

excessive loss of water on a hot day ?
A it will drop its fruit
B it will shed its leaves
C it will roll its leaves
D it will produce less fruit
7. . Which of the following can be used to
measure the mass of an object?

4.

How does the animal in the picture above protect

itself from extremely hot weather ?
8. What is the meaning of mass ?

A
B
C
D

size of an object
quantity of matter in a material
distance between two points
size of a space

9. Which of the following cannot absorb water?

A
C

10. The diagram below shows area of the floor.

In a vegetable farm, there are

caterpillars, grasshoppers, birds and
snakes.
A farmer sprays pesticide to kill the
caterpillars and the grasshoppers.

Based on the informations given, which of

the following will increase?
A
Caterpillars
B

Vegetables

Birds

Snakes

3 13. The pictures show some living things

Choose the correct sequence of the food chain.

Calculate the area of the floor.

A 12 cm2
B 18 cm2
C 24 cm2
D 36 cm2
11. Which of the following diseases cannot be
spread from one to another?
A Flu
B AIDS
C Chicken pox
D Asthma
12. Which of the following plants are dispersed by
animals?
A Lotus
B Durian
C Angsana
D Coconut
12. You are given this informations.

A Grass

frog

grasshopper

B Grass

snake

C Grass

Grasshopper

frog

snake

D Grass

grasshopper

snake

frog

frog

snake
grasshopper

14 The sun can produce two forms of energy.

What are they?
I
II
III
IV
A
B
C
D

Light
Heat
Warm
Kinetic
I and II
II and III
I and III
I and IV

16. . Diagram 9 shows two glasses A and B

that are stuck together.

. 18. Which of the following shows the correct

states of matter?
A.
B.
C.
D.

To remove glass A from glass B, what

should we do.
A. Pour cold water in glass A and put glass
B in hot water.
B. Pour hot water in glass A and put glass B
in cold water
C. Pour hot water in glass A and put glass B
in hot water
D. Pour cold water in glass A and put glass
B in cold water.
17.

Solid
Marble
Honey
Ice cube
Sugar

Liquid
Oil
Yogurt
Yogurt
Water vapour

Gas
Honey
Smoke
Oxygen
Smoke

19. The diagram below shows the change in size of

the balloon after the bottle and balloon have
been left in the sun for a few hours.
Diagram 10

Diagram below shows two different

activities, R and S.
Which of the following methods can produce the
same result?

Which activities are the same as R and S?

R

A Leave a cup of hot

coffee on a table

Keep a bottle of water in

a refrigerator

B Lit a candle

Hang a cloth under the

sunlight

C Put a bowl of hot

soup under a fan

Heat an iron ball

D Lit match stick

Toast a slice of bread

A Putting the bottle into a container which

contains ice
B Immersing the bottle in boiling water
C Immersing the bottle in tap water
D Putting ice into the bottle
20. Which of the following is not example of
environmental destruction caused by human ?
A.
C.

Hurricane
Soil erosion

B.
D.

Landslides
Air pollution

21. Diagram below shows three types of substances.

19. The gap in railways track are to_______

A. allow for expansion on hot days.
B. allow for expansion on cold days.
C. allow for contraction on hot days
D. allow for contraction on cold days.

Which of the following shows the correct

grouping of the substances?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Acidic
Vinegar
Oil
Shampoo
Vinegar

Neutral
Oil
Vinegar
Vinegar
Shampoo

Alkaline
Shampoo
Shampoo
Oil
Oil

22. Animal X has the following characteristics.

- Helps antelopes to detect enemies.

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ion

- Stay near antelopes for safety reasons

What is animal X ?
A. Leopard
C. Baboon

B. Woodpecker
D. Horse

23. Which of the following animals are threatened

with extinction ?
A.

26. Which of the following activities involve

pushing and pulling ?
I Pulling out a nail
II Squeezing a balloon
III Sawing wood
IV Pumping a ball
A. I and II
B. II and III
C. II and IV
D. III and IV

B.
27. The diagram below shows that a ball is being
pushed from R.

C.

D.
R
ball

24. The diagram below shows a type of fruit.

Predict what will happen to the ball after being

pushed.
A. The ball will flatten .
B. The ball will move away from R.
C. The ball will move towards R.
D. The ball will be stationary.
28. Which of the following will change due to the
effect of a force on an object?

Which of the following features help the seeds of

the fruit to disperse ?
I. Brightly coloured and fleshy fruit
II. Edible
III. Explosive mechanism
IV. Wing-like structured seed
A. I and II
C. III and IV

I Colour
II Number
III Motion
IV Direction
A. I and II
C. II and IV

B. II and III
D. III and IV

B. I and III
D. II and IV
29. Which substance can help to increase the
amount of friction ?

A. Talcum powder
C. Lubricant

B. Grease
D. Sand

30. Which of the following is a disadvantages of

friction ?
A. Driving a car.
B. Staying stationary.
C. Writing smoothly.
D. Slowing down motion.

SECTION B (

/20 MARKS)

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1.

The diagram below shows two containers of seedlings, X and Y. The seedlings in each container
have been planted into a soil containing fertilizer.

The observation after one week is recorded in the table below.

Containers

Average height of seedlings after one week (cm)

(a)

What is the purpose (aim) of this investigation

____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark ]

(b) State
(i)

(i)

what is changed (manipulated variable)

______________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark ]
what is observed (responding variable)
apakah yang diperhatikan (pemboleh ubah bergerak balas)
______________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark ]

(c)

What is the relationship (hypothesis) between manipulated variable and responding variable?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark ]

4.Table below shows the distance of five planets from the Sun and time taken for
one complete movement around the Sun.

Planet

Distance from the Sun

( million km )

Time taken to make one complete

movement around the Sun

P
Q
R
S
T

58
108
150
228
778

88 days
225 days
365 days
687 days
12 years

(a) Based on the table above, predict planet R.

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[ 1 mark ]
(b) State the relationship between the distance from the Sun and the time taken to make one
complete movement around the Sun.

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[ 1 mark ]
(c) Object Y takes 200 days to revolve around the Sun. Predict the position of Y.
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[ 1 mark ]
(d) State the trend of the distance of the planet from the Sun.
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[ 1 mark ]

5. Diagram below shows four blocks P, Q, R and S that have same base area but of different heights placed
on a table in a standing position. The stability of each block is observed when the table is shaken.

Table below shows the result of the investigation.

Blocks The height of the block (cm) The time taken to topple down (sec)
P

25

20

15

13

10

17

(a)

What is the aim of this investigation?

____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
[ 1 mark ]

(b)

Based on this investigation, state

i ) What is changed (manipulated variable)

: ________________________________

ii ) What is observed(responding variable)

: ________________________________
[ 2 marks ]

(c) What is the relationship between the height of the block and the time taken to topple down?
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[ 1 mark ]

Prepared by:

Checked by:

Approved by:

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(NORAINI BT ABDUL MUTALIB)

ZABEDAH BT AMAN)
Subject teacher

(WEE NAI CHAU)

Head of panel
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