Section A( 30 marks)

Choose the correct answers

1. Diagram 1 shows animals that live in a group?

Which of the following animals also live in groups like the animal shown above?

A. Spider
B. Pythons
C. Flamingos
D. Rhinoceroses

2. A farmer puts 50 chicks in a cage. After one day he noticed that 5 chicks were dead. Which
of the following can prevent the chicks from dying.

A. Put more food into the cage

B. Reduce the number of chick in the cage
C. Put the cage under the Sun
D. Spray water into the cage

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3.Diagram 2 shows the cooperation between two birds and a buffalo.

Which of the following statement s are true?

A. The birds get food from the body of the buffalo.

B. The buffalo gets food from the birds.
C. The birds and the buffalo help each other to fight enemies.
D. The number of insects on the body of the buffalo increases.

4. Which of the following causes competition among animals?

A. Limited food resources

B. Different species of animals living in a habitat.
C. There are plenty of food resources in the habitat.
D. Only the female of the species live in a habitat.

5. Diagram 3 shows two animals which are threatened with extinction.

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Which of the following is also threatened with extinction?

A. Deer
B. Crocodile
C. Monkey
D. Tiger

6. Pots X and Y are planted with similar plant seedlings.

Diagram 4

Diagram 4 shows the result after three weeks. What is being investigated?

A. Dispersal of seeds
B. Germination of seeds
C. Basic needs of seedlings
D. Competition among the seedlings

7. Diagram 6 shows a hermit crab and a sea anemone.

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A hermit crab lives in a discarded shell. A sea anemone attaches itself to the shell. The hermit
crab is protected by the sea anemone while the sea anemone gets a free ride from the hermit
crab.
What kind of interaction is presented in this situation?

A. Self-protection
B. Competition for space
C. Competition for food
D. Cooperation among living things

8. Diagram 7 shows young plants grown in four different containers?

In which container are these young plants facing the most intense competition between each
other?
A. P
B. Q
C. R
D. S

9. Which of the following is the best way to avoid competition between the plants in a
plantation?
A. Planting different plants in the same area
B. Planting the plants at a suitable distance from each other
C. Supplying more fertilizer to the plants
D. Using a lot pesticide in the plantation

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10. Diagram 8 shows a plant that is threatened with extinction?

Which of the following causes extinction of the plant?

A. Eaten by animals
B. Collected by humans for food
C. Lost in the competition for sunlight
D. Its habitat is destroyed

11. The list below shows several forms of environmental destructions?

 Flash floods
 Landslide
 Soil Erosion

Which of the following activities causes the environmental destructions listed above?

A. Deforestation
B. Open burning
C. Excessive use of fertilizers
D. Improper management of waste

12. What phenomenon can cause soil erosion to occur much faster?
A. Heavy rain
B. Strong wind
C. A change in the climate
D. An increase in the temperature of the Earth

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13. What is the effect of an increase in the temperature of the Earth?
A. Extinction of animals
B. The sea level increases
C. A decrease in the number of species of plants.
D. Frequent occurrence of flash floods

14. Diagram 9 shows some snails which are kept in vivarium.

The snails compete for

I Air III Space
II Food IV Sunlight

A. I and II
B. I and III
C. II and III
D. II and IV

15. The bar chart in Diagram 10 shows the population of an animal species, X, in habitat
where logging is carried out from 2009 to 2012.

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Predict what happens in 2020 if logging activity continues in this trend.
A. There will be no more X in this habitat.
B. The population of X increases.
C. Species X becomes fitter and stronger
D. X will evolve into a new species.

16. Which of the following involves a pulling of force?

17. Diagram 11 shows two activities.

Which of the following is true?

X Y
A. Pulling Pulling
B. Pushing Pulling
C. Pushing Pushing
D. Pulling Pushing

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18. Which of the following actions causes an object to move forward?
A. Hitting a shuttlecock
B. Blowing a balloon
C. Squeezing a sponge
D. Compressing a spring

19. Diagram 12 shows two pupils carrying out an investigation.

Which of the following is true?

A. M pulls, N pushes
B. M pushes, N pulls
C. M and N pull each other
D. M and N push each other

20. Diagram 13 shows a marble being flicked by a finger?

What effect of a force is shown in Diagram 13?

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A. Stop a moving object
B. Changing the shape of an object
C. Making an stationary object start moving
D. Changing the direction of a moving object

21. What force causes an object to stay in a stationary position?

A. A pull
B. A push
C. Gravity
D. Friction

22. Which of the living things has become extinct

A. Blue whales
B. Pitcher plant
C. Dinosaur
D. Elephant

23. Diagram 14 shows the pattern on the sole of a shoe?

The pattern is made to….

A. Reduce cost
B. Reduce Friction
C. Increase Friction
D. Beautify the shoe

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24. Diagram 15 shows oil being applied on the hinges of a door.

What is the purpose of the action shown above?

A. To cool the hinges
B. To reduce friction
C. To make hinges clean
D. To make the hinges shiny

25. Diagram 16 shows an investigation about the frictional force. Table 1 shows the result of
the investigation.

Surface Distance travelled by a marble

Carpet 40cm

Sandpaper 50cm

Glass 80cm

Table 1

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What conclusion can be drawn in the investigation?
A. The carpet surface has the greatest frictional force.
B. The glass surface has the greatest frictional force.
C. As the frictional force increases, the marble moves further.
D. The frictional force on the sandpaper is greater that on the carpet surface.

26. Which of the following shows the effect of friction?

A. A object becomes hotter
B. The mass of an object increases.
C. The area of a surface increases.
D. An object gradually becomes smaller.

27. Diagram 17 shows a way to reduce friction in an object.

Reducing friction enables the object to ….

A. Expand
B. Start moving
C. Move smoothly
D. Be replaced regularly

28. What will happen if you squeeze a ping pong ball?

A. The ball will not move
B. The ball will start to move
C. The shape of the ball will change
D. The direction of motion of the ball will change

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30. Which of the following events shows an effect of a force?

A. A young plant growing taller

B. The formation of a rainbow
C. A coconut tree swaying in the wind
D. The change in the color of a papaya fruit from green to a yellow.

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SECTION B (20 Marks)

The time suggested for this section is 30 minutes. Answer all questions.

1 Diagram 1 shows three similar pots, A, B and C, which are filled with same amount
of garden soil. 2 seeds are planted in pot A, 5 seeds are planted in pot B and 15 seeds
are planted in pot C.

Diagram 1

The result of this investigation after two weeks is recorded in Table 1.

Pot Average height of the seedlings (cm)

A 5
B 4
C 3
Table 1

a) What is the purpose (aim) of this investigation?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
(1 mark )

b) State what is kept the same (constant variable) in this investigation.

___________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

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c) State one reason (inference) about the average height of seedlings in pot C.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

d) Slate the relationship between the number of seed and the average height of
the seedlings.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

e) The amount of water can affect the size of young plant

What hypothesis can be made from the statement?

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________
( 1 mark)

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2. A group of students gathered information about the forest area in Malaysia. The results are
shown in graph below.

a) Make an observation based on the graph?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
(1 mark )

b) State a reason for your observation in a ( inference)?.

___________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

c) Other than forest depletion, state what will happen if the situation continues.

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

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d) What is the conclusion from the investigation?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

d) Based on the above statement, state the relationship between the forest area
and the surrounding temperature?

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________
(1 mark)

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3. The graph below shows the observation of an experiment conducted by a group of
pupils.
The distance of the
ball / cm

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The type of
Carpet Sandpaper Glass surface

a) What is the pattern in the distance of the ball?

__________________________________________________________
( 1 mark)

b) What is the purpose of the experiment above?

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________
( 1 mark )
c) State the variables for the experiment above:

i. Manipulated variable: _______________________________________

ii. Responding variable: _______________________________________

( 2 marks)

c) What is the relationship between the two factors recorded in the

experiment?
__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________
( 1 mark )

d) What conclusion can you make based on the experiment above?

__________________________________________________________
( 1 mark)

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4. The table below shows the number of elephants in forest Y from year 2000 to
year 2005.

Area of forest Y / km2 3000 2500 2200 1800 1500 1000

Number of elephants 300 270 240 210 180 150

a) What is the purpose can made based on the table?

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________
( 1 mark)

b) What is the trend in the number of elephants?

__________________________________________________________
( 1 mark)

c) State the relationship between the two factors in this investigation.

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________
( 1 mark)
d) What conclusion can be made based on the table?

__________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________
( 1 mark)

END OF QUESTIONS

Prepared by, Verified by,

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( Ms. Vinodhini Gopal) ( Mr. Ambrose )
Science teacher/ Science Panel Head Master

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