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DUNMAN SECONDARY SCHOOL

Wherediligence, discernment, discipline, daring, determination & duty become a part of life.

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END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION 2006 SEC 1 EXPRESS LOWER SECONDARY SCIENCE 2 Hr Instruct !ns t! C"n# #"t$s%
Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. Write your name, index number and class on any separate answer paper used. Section A Answer all questions. Write your answers in the OMR provided. Section B Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. Section C Answer all questions. Write your answers in the writin paper provided on the question paper. At the end o! the examination, submit the OMR answer sheet, "ection # and $ separately. %n!ormation !or $andidates& 'he number o! marks is iven in brackets ( ) at the end o! each question. $andidates are advised to show all their workin in a clear and orderly manner. 'his question paper consists o! *+ printed pa es includin the cover pa e

11th Oct 2006

Section A& Multiple-Choice Questions& -os. , . /+ ,. (/+ Marks)

%! a scale reads , & 0++ on a map, what is the actual area o! a piece o! !armland which has an area o! 1 cm* on the map2 A # $ D *+++ cm* *+ m* ,++ m* *+++ m*

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'he side o! each unit square is +.0cm. What is the area o! the shaded !i ure2 A # $ D * cm* 1 cm* 3 cm* ,4 cm*

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What is the volume o! water2 A # $ D *+ cm/ *5 cm/ /+ cm/ /, cm/

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Which o! the !ollowin is -O' a characteristic o! wei ht2 A # $ D Wei Wei Wei Wei ht is a kind o! !orce. ht is produced by ravity. ht increases as you walk up the staircase. ht is measured in -ewton.

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Which o! the !ollowin about density is -O' 'R672 A # $ D 'he density o! warm air is less than cold air. 'he density o! liquid is enerally hi her than air. 'he density o! ice is hi her than water. 'he density o! iron is less than mercury.

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Which o! the !ollowin is NOT a characteristic o! clinical thermometer2 A # $ D 8as constriction Accuracy is ,$ 'emperature ran e !rom /1 9 1*$ $ontain mercury

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Which o! the !ollowin examples shows that !riction is help!ul2 A # $ D Writin with a pen ;roducin heat in the car en ine Wearin out o! machine movin parts "lowin down o! the ball durin "hort ;ut throws.

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Why do nails have sharp points2 A # $ D ;roduce hi h !riction when takin out o! an ob<ect. ;roduce hi h pressure when piercin into an ob<ect. ;roduce reat moment when usin with hammer. ;roduce reat !orce when piercin into an ob<ect.

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=our rods are put in a bath o! boilin water !or 1 min. 'hey are then taken out and le!t on a metal plate to cool down. Which one has hi hest temperature a!ter *+ sec o! coolin 2

Aluminium rod $opper rod ;lastic rod ;lastic rod covered with aluminium

A # $ D

Aluminium rod $opper rod ;lastic rod ;lastic rod covered with aluminium

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Which o! the !ollowin contains a bimetallic strip2 A $ 7lectric !an 7lectric iron # D 7lectric bell 'elevision

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'he !ollowin is a simple circuit o! a !ire alarm&

bimetallic strip substance A contact #7BB

#attery

What is substance A2 A $ ,*. Aluminium $opper # D %ron ;lastic

On a hot sunny day, Mary bou ht !our ice.cream cones o! co!!ee >dark brown?, strawberry >pink?, man o >li ht yellow? and vanilla >white? !lavours, !or her !riends. 8er !riends were sittin in the void deck ,++m away. When she reached her !riends, which !lavour o! ice.cream cone would have melted most2 A # $ D $o!!ee !lavour "trawberry !lavour Man o !lavour @anilla !lavour

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Which o! the !ollowin is -O' true !or sea breeAe2 A # $ D "ea breeAe takes place in the a!ternoon. "ea is warmer than land. Wind brows !rom sea to land. %t is caused by convection.

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Which o! the !ollowin sources o! ener y is renewable2 A # $ D $oal ;etroleum -uclear 7ner y Wind 7ner y

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Which o! the !ollowin possesses chemical ener y2 A # $ D Water stored behind a dam A stretched rubber band Wind Oil

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Which o! the haAard labels should be put on three bottles, each containin concentrated sulphuric acid, ethanol and mercury to represent the nature o! the three chemicals2
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II

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A # $ D ,: % %%% @ A $

$oncentrated sulphuric acid @ @ %% %@

7thanol %% %@ %@ %%

Mercury %%% %%% % %

Which o! the !ollowin isCare not a characteristic o! livin thin s2 make their own !ood %% produce waste products %@ move !rom one place to another % only %%%, %@ and @ only # D produce sounds respond to chan es in their environment % and %% only %, %% and @ only

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"tudy the classi!ied table shown below care!ully.

leaves

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%denti!y the leaves shown below accordin to the key iven above.

A # $ D ,5

; hobblebush honeysuckle oak honeysuckle

D honeysuckle hobblebush maple oak

R oak maple honeysuckle maple

" maple oak hobblebush hobblebush

Which o! the !ollowin is not true o! the lobster and the cockroach2

A # $ D

'hey have se mented bodies. 'hey are vertebrates. 'hey reproduce by layin e s. 'hey have an exoskeleton.

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Which statement re ardin separation o! liquids by !ractional distillation is incorrect2 Elass beads are added to the mixture o! liquids in a distillation !lask to ensure smooth boilin . 'he liquids to be separated should !orm two distinct layers. 'he liquids to be separated must have di!!erent boilin points. A !ractionatin column is used to provide additional condensation sur!ace. A certain brand o! sweets contains a !ood colourin F, which consists o! a mixture o! dyes. A paper chromato raphy usin water as solvent was carried out to identi!y the dyes present in this !ood colourin . 'he results, shown on the chromato ram below were then compared with chromato rams o! known dyes ,, *, / and 1. Only dye 1 is harm!ul to health.

Which o! the !ollowin cannot be deduced !rom the chromato ram2 A # $ D **. A # $ D =ood colourin F contains / dyes which are sa!e !or consumption. Dye / and 1 are absent !rom the !ood colourin . Dye * is most soluble in water. Dye / is insoluble in water. Which o! the !ollowin statements is not true2 An element contains only one type o! substance and cannot be broken down into any simpler substances by chemical methods. A compound is made up o! two or more elements chemically <oined to ether. 'wo or more substances that becomes homo eneous when mixed to ether cannot be considered a mixture. A mixture retains the properties o! its ori inal constituents.

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Which o! the !ollowin contains a aseous mixture, a solid compound and an element that is a liquid at room temperature2 steam, carbon, mercury carbon dioxide, ethanol, ar on air, copper>%%? sulphate, bromine air, milk powder, mercury A student carried out experiments on a su ar cube as shown below usin water as the solvent.

the statement>s? about the experiments isCare correct2 % %% %%% %@ A $ *0. A # $ D

Which o! !ollowin

'he student wants to study the !actors that a!!ect the dissolvin o! a su ar cube. 'he student wants to !ind out the best solvent !or the dissolvin o! a su ar cube. 'he volume o! water and siAe and mass o! su ar cube used must be kept constant in all experiments. 'he results would show that crushin the powder and heatin the water will ive the shortest dissolvin times. % and %%% only %, %%% and %@ only # D %% and %@ only all o! the above

Which o! the !ollowin statements about solutions is incorrect2 A solution can be made usin water as solvent or other solvents like ethanol. A concentrated solution is one that contains a lot o! solvent with a small amount o! solute. A saturated solution is one that contains the maximum amount o! solute in a iven amount o! solvent. A solution can be made by dissolvin a solid in another solid or a solid in a liquid or a as in a liquid or as

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Which o! the !ollowin contains one item that does not belon to the roup2 al ae, virus, bacteria, !un i tortoise, liAard, crocodile, i uana ea le, swallow, stork, bat. whale, do , dolphin, lion. Which one o! the !ollowin cell carries messa es in the !orm o! electrical impulses around the body 2

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Which o! the !ollowin about animal systems is incorrect2 Respiratory system comprises nose, lun s and diaphra m. Di estive system comprises mouth, stomach, liver, intestines. -ervous system comprises nerves, spinal cord and brain. $irculatory system comprises the heart, arteries and veins. 'he air that is blown into an unconscious person durin mouth.to.mouth resuscitation has more GGGGGGGG than the surroundin air. oxy en nitro en % and %% only % and %%% only %% %@ # D carbon dioxide water vapour %% only %% and %@ only

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A student used the apparatus shown to investi ate how li ht intensity the rate o! photosynthesis.

What conclusion can be drawn !rom these results2 A # $ D 'he rate o! photosynthesis increases as the li ht intensity increases. 'he rate o! photosynthesis decreases as the li ht intensity increases. ;ondweed will photosynthesise at any li ht intensity. Bi ht intensity has no e!!ect on the rate o! photosynthesis. End of Section A

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Dunman Secondary School !!" End-of-#ear E$amination %o&er Secondary Science -ame& GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG $lass& GGGGGG > ? Section B& Short-Ans&er Questions& ,. -os , 9,+ (1+ marks) Marks& GGGGGGGC1+

A @ernier calipers has a Aero error as shown below.

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What is the Aero error2

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cm Main scale

What is the corrected diameter o! the marble2

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'he time taken !or the pendulum to move !rom ; to D is +.3 sec. 8ow lon will it take to make one oscillation2 (,)

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What will happen to the period >time !or one oscillation?, i! a lump o! plasticine is attached at the bottom o! the pendulum bob2 7xplain your answer. (*)
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A stone has mass ,++ . When it is immer ed in a measurin cylinder, the water level rises !orm *+cm/ to 10cm/. $alculate the density o! the stone. (*) >"how your workin ?

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'he ravity o! Moon is ,C4 o! the 7arth. An astronaut wei hs 4++- on 7arth. What is his wei ht on the Moon2 (,)

b.

What is his mass on the Moon2

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When the space shuttle launches, it positions itsel! in vertically. #ut when it returns to the 7arth, it positions horiAontally. 7xplain. (*)

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b.

%! you li!t up the do by its two !ront !eet, how much !orce do you need to exert2 (*) >"how your workin ?

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Hohn carries a *++- suitcase up two !li hts o! stairs >a hei ht o! / m each? and then pushes it with a horiAontal !orce o! 0+ - at a constant speed o! +.0 mCs !or a horiAontal distance o! *+ metres. 8ow much work does Hohn do on his suitcase durin this entire motion2 (*) >"how your workin ?

b.

A squirrel >mass o! , k ? does push.ups by applyin a !orce to elevate its body by 0 cm. Determine the number o! push.ups which a tired squirrel must do in order to do 0H o! work. (*)

>"how your workin ?

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$omplete the table below listin similarities and di!!erences between a typical plant cell !ound in the lea!, an onion skin cell and an animal cheek cell. (/) Bea! cell $ell wall present Onion skin cell Animal cheek cell

=eature cell wall

vacuoles $hloroplasts present chloroplast

Bar e, central vacuole

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Eive the !unction o! these parts in a typical plant cell ribosome

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GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ii cytoplasm GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG iii. cell membrane GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG 5. A student added a solid A to beaker A and a solid # to beaker #. #oth beakers contain the same volume o! water. 'he mixtures were stirred !or ,+ seconds at the same speed and le!t to stand !or 0 minutes. 'he beakers had the appearance as shown in the dia rams below. #eaker A contains a clear, colourless solution and #eaker # looked cloudy with white specks o! the solid #.

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"tate two !actors that the student must control to ensure a !air test.

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Write the word equation !or aerobic respiration.

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GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG iii. "tate one di!!erence between aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration. (,) GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG c. =ill in the table to show the di!!erences between photosynthesis and respiration besides the di!!erence in the startin materials required and products !ormed. (*) ;hotosynthesis Respiration

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Section C& Structural Questions( -os , 9 /

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Answer all three questions on the writin paper provided. ,a. 'wo lass cups are stuck to ether. "u est a way to separate them without breakin . 7xplain the principle involved.

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b. c. d. *

7xplain why metal water pipe easily burst in Winter. "u pipe crackin . Medieval kni hts liked to wear armour. "u silvery armour !or battles.

est a way to reduce the (*)

est two advanta es o! wearin a (*) (1)

Draw a thermos !lask. 7xplain how it minimised heat trans!er.

'he dia ram shows how ener y is produced !rom a !ossil !uel power station and supplied to home usa e.

a. b. i. ii. iii. c.

Eive two examples o! !ossil !uels. Describe the ener y chan es& in the boiler. in the enerator. in the television.

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7xplain how you can carry out * tests to con!irm i! a rey solid is a metal or non. metal. Iou need not describe details o! the tests. (*)

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A student accidentally dropped a tray containin a bottle o! iron !ilin s and sulphur powder. 8e scooped up the solids and then added water to the mixture hopin to separate them by !iltration. 8owever, he was not success!ul. 7xplain why his method o! separation does not work and su est what he can do with the mixture o! solids and water instead to obtain a pure sample o! each solid a ain.(*) 6se the ;eriodic 'able to identi!y the Eroup and ;eriod number o! sulphur. 'he dia ram below shows the cells that make up a lea!. (,)

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a. %s the lea! considered a tissue, an or an or a system2 7xplain your answer. b. c. d.

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-ame the part o! the lea! that serves as a protective layer a ainst in<ury and dryin up. (,) -ame the !ood.carryin cells !ound in the lea!. (,)

Describe and explain how a student can investi ate i! carbon dioxide is needed !or photosynthesis to take place. %nclude the test !or starch in your answer, explainin the importance or purpose o! each step. %nclude observations and conclusion !or the experiment. (0) -itro en is needed to help plants row reen, healthy leaves and stems. -ame two other essential elements that plants need in lar er quantities in order to row well. (,)

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