Diagnostic Evaluation 1, 2 & 4

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Diagnostic Evaluation
SCIENCE
Name:_________________________________________________ Date:_______/ Sept / 2020
Grade: 9NO Basic Sup. Parallel: _____________
Points: ____________/79 Grade:_______ /10 Time allotted: 60 minutes
Teacher:
Instructions and materials
● Avoid looking at or speaking to others.

● All attempts at academic dishonesty will be dealt with according to LOEI.
● Please read and follow the instructions for each section CAREFULLY.
● Read all questions and begin by answering the questions that are more familiar to you
and then come back to the questions that you need more time with.
● For this assessment you will need the following materials:
○ black or blue pen
● GOOD LUCK! :)
THE QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF:

SECTION A: OBJECTIVE 1: KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING, 23 questions -
31 marks
SECTION B: OBJECTIVE 2: APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND

UNDERSTANDING, AND PROBLEM SOLVING, 7 questions – 13 marks
SECTION C: OBJECTIVE 4: RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION, Graph question -

6 marks
OBJECTIVE 1 TOTAL /31
TEST TOTAL /50
Do not turn over this page and start the test until instructed to do so.
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SECTION A: OBJECTIVE 1 Knowledge and Understanding
23 questions, 31 points
Most questions are multiple choice - use a blue or black pen to draw a circle around the letter, A
or B or C or D, which gives the correct or best answer to each question. Multiple choice questions
each carry 1 point.
Questions 22 & 23 should be completed as instructed.
Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following information:

A grower of carrots thinks that his vegetables will grow bigger when they are illuminated only by
red light. The grower asks a scientist to investigate. The scientist follows the scientific process.
A1. Which is the correct sequence for the scientist to follow in the scientific process?
A. Make a hypothesis; carry out an investigation; do some preliminary research; collect and treat
results
B. Do some preliminary research; collect and treat results; make a hypothesis; carry out an
investigation
C. Do some preliminary research; make a hypothesis; carry out an investigation; collect and treat
results
D. Carry out an investigation; collect and treat results; make a hypothesis; do some preliminary
research
A2. The investigation has variables, which the scientist either tests or controls. Which group of
statements is correct?
A. The mass of the carrots is the dependent variable; the light the scientist shines is the
independent variable; keeping the same temperature throughout the investigation is a controlled
variable
B. The mass of the carrots is the independent variable; the light the scientist shines is the
dependent variable; keeping the same temperature throughout the investigation is a controlled
variable
C. The mass of the carrots is a controlled variable; the light the scientist shines is the dependent
variable; keeping the same temperature throughout the investigation is the independent variable
D. The mass of the carrots is the dependent variable; the light the scientist shines is a controlled
variable; keeping the same temperature throughout the investigation is the independent variable
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A3. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a virus?
A. Viruses contain either DNA or RNA.
B. Viruses can feed by secreting enzymes onto food outside their body and absorbing the
nutrients.
C. Viruses are surrounded by a coat of protein.
D. Viruses do not respire.
A4. Which of the following is a characteristic shared by both plant and animal cells?
A. Both sorts of cells have a cellulose cell wall.
B. Both sorts of cells contain chloroplasts.
C. Both sorts of cells contain mitochondria.
D. Both sorts of cell are surrounded by cell membranes.
A5. Which is the correct statement?
A. Prokaryotic cells evolved before eukaryotic cells and both contain a nucleus.
B. Eukaryotic cells evolved before prokaryotic cells and both contain a nucleus.
C. Prokaryotic cells evolved before eukaryotic cells and only prokaryotic cells contain a nucleus.
D. Prokaryotic cells evolved before eukaryotic cells and only eukaryotic cells contain a nucleus.
A6. In the biological hierarchy, the correct sequence, from smallest to largest is:
A. Molecules > Organs > Biomes > Atoms
B. Molecules > Tissues > Communities > Biosphere
C. Atoms > Organisms > Cells > Ecosystems
D. Organs > Tissues > Organelles > Communities
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A7. The diagram below shows a specialised cell found on the inside of the human intestine.
Name the organelle labelled D in the diagram?
A. Nucleus.
B. Cytoplasm.
C. Chloroplast.
D. Mitochondria.
A8. The diagram below shows a microscope. The part labelled X is one of the objective lenses.
Which of the following is an appropriate rule for the way in which to correctly use the objective
lenses?
A. Always focus first with the High Power (HP) objective lens, followed by the Medium Power
(MP), and last, the Low Power (LP).
B. Always focus first with the LP lens, followed by the MP lens and last, the HP lens.
C. Students should be careful to touch the glass lens with their fingers.
D. Never use the fine focus control with the HP lens.
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A9. Which of the following statements is true about cancer.
A. Cancer is an inherited disease which only affects humans.
B. Cancer tumours an only grow on the skin, in the lungs, in the prostate glands of men or the
breasts of women.
C. Cancerous tumours consist of cells all which are all have different DNA.
D. Cancer usually results from lack of control by ciclins during repeated cell cycles.
A10. Skin cancer may be caused by exposure to ultra-violet (UV) radiation from the sun. Which
statement about UV light is correct?
A. UV light is invisible to humans and is produced in the ozone layer.
B. UV light is invisible to humans and is not absorbed by clouds in the atmosphere.
C. UV light is visible to humans but we often cannot see it because it is absorbed by clouds in the
atmosphere.
D. UV light is visible to humans but we often cannot see it because it is absorbed by the ozone
layer in the atmosphere.
A11. Which of the following is not a type of a-sexual reproduction?
A. Budding.
B. Fragmentation.
C. Gametogenesis.
D. Binary fission
A12. Which of the following is true?
Age of the Earth When life first appeared on Earth Oxygen became present
in the Earth’s atmosphere
A. 3.5 billion years 3.5 billion years ago 3.5 billion years ago
B. 3.5 billion years 2.5 billion years ago 2 billion years ago
C. 4.5 billion years 1 million years ago 3.5 billion years ago
D. 4.5 billion years 3.5 billion years ago 2 billion years ago
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Questions A13 and A14 refer to the following diagram, which shows how different rocks have
been formed in the Earth’s surface.
A13. Metamorphic rocks are likely to be found in area:
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
A14. Fossils are likely to be found in:
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
A15. What gas do autotrophic organisms (producers) take from the air to make their own food?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Hydrogen
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A16. What percentage of the air surrounding us is carbon dioxide?
A. 38 %
B. 3.8 %
C. 0.38 %
D. 0.038 %
A17.
a) Shown below are formulae for some commonly found chemicals. In the spaces beside each
formula, write the name of the chemical.
CO2 .................................................................................................
H2O .................................................................................................
NaCl ................................................................................................
CO...................................................................................................
(4 points)
b) Another chemical, chalk, has the formula CaCO3.
i) How many elements make up the single molecule of chalk shown above?
.................................................................................................................................
(1 point)
ii) How many atoms make up the single molecule of chalk, shown above?
.................................................................................................................................
(1 point)
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A18. There are several activities going on in the picture below, which make the lab an unsafe
place to work. Draw two small circles in the picture and number the circles 1 and 2. In the space
beneath, explain why each of the two activities is unsafe.
Activity 1:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Activity 2:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
(2 points)
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A19. Which letter, A, B, C or D correctly identifies the three hazard symbols which are shown
below below?
A. Nuclear waste Oil spill Polluted water

Environmental
B. Radioactive High voltage hazard
C. Nuclear waste Lightning risk Acid soil
Sharp medical
D. Radioactive instruments Intense heat
A20. Label the diagram below, showing some of the layers of the planet Earth. Use the following
terms:
INNER CORE ATMOSPHERE OUTER CORE
CRUST MANTLE LITHOSPHERE
(3 points)
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A21. In the image below, how could the frictional force between the sled and the ground be
reduced?
A. Ask the girl to get out of the dog sled.
B. Add more weight to the sled.
C. Ask the dog to jump up and down.
D. Pour sand on the ground in front of the sled.
A22. Which is a correct definition for gravity?
A. A force which is determined by weight and area.
B. A force which is defined by the distance an object is in space.
C. A force which exists between any two masses and depends upon the closeness and size of
the masses.
D. Gravity is not a force.
A23. There are four blocks of different metals, each with the same size and volume. They were
weighed on a balance and their masses recorded in the table below. Which of these metals is the
least dense?
A. Metal A.
B. Metal B.
C. Metal C.
D. Metal D
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SECTION B: OBJECTIVE 2: Application of Knowledge & Understanding, and Problem Solving.
7 questions, 13 points
B1. A student measured a cell and found it to be 60-6m in length. This means the length of the
cell is:
A. 60 nanometres
B. 60 micrometres
C. 60 millimetres
D. 60 metres
B2. Look at this food web which might be found in a forest:
a) From the web above, write down the organisms in one complete food chain which has four
trophic levels.
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(2 points)
b) Disease suddenly kills all the rabbits. Complete the sentence below to explain what might
happen to the number of snails.
The number of snails is likely to ......................................................................... ………
because .............................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................................
(2 points)
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c Name one organism in the food web which could be called a secondary consumer.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
(1 point)
B3. If a tectonic plate moves 20mm a year, how far will it have moved in 1 million years?
A. 20 metres
B. 20 kilometres
C. 20 centimetres
D. 2 000 kilometres
B4. The planet Earth may be about 4.6 billion years old. Write out 4.6 billion as a full number.
..............................................................................................................................................................
(1 point)
B5. Which is the equivalent of 2000 mm?
A. 200 m
B. 2 m
C. 0.002 m
D. 0.02 m
B6. What is 0.05 mL?
A. 0.00005 liters
B. 5 liters
C. 50 liters
A. 0.0005 liters
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B7. In the picture below, you will see an identification key and pictures of 6 organisms, lettered A,
B, C, D, E and F. Use the key to write the correct letter, A to F, in the empty boxes in the key.
(3 points) D
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SECTION C Objective 4 Experimental Investigation
GRAPH QUESTION – 6 marks

A student set up the experiment, to investigate friction. The investigation is shown in the diagram.
Newton
(force)
meter
Method
1. The student put masses on the sledge and pulled it gently with a Newton meter, to measure
the force needed until it just started to move. (Force is measured in units called Newtons
or N.)
2. The student recorded the force shown by the Newton meter which was needed to move the
sledge.
3. Extra masses were then added to the sledge to make it heavier.
4. The student recorded the force needed to move the heavier sledge.
5. This was repeated a total of 5 times.
The results of the investigation are shown in the table.
Total mass of the

Force needed to move
sledge + additional
the sledge (N)
masses (gm)
2.4 10
2.8 11.5
3.2 13
3.6 14.5
4.4 17.5
QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
1. Use the graph grid to draw a graph of the results, plotting MASS in grams against
FORCE in Newtons. (Decide what sort of graph is best and then decide whether mass or
force should be plotted on the ‘y’ or ‘x’ axes.)
(4 points)
2. Study the results of the investigation and your graph, and then write a conclusion in the
space beneath the graph.
(1 point)
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Conclusion:…………………………………………………………………………………………
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Name:_________________________________________________ Date:_______/ Sept / 2020

Grade: 9NO Basic Sup. Parallel: _____________

Points: ____________/79 Grade:_______ /10 Time allotted: 60 minutes

Instructions and materials

● Avoid looking at or speaking to others.

THE QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF:

SECTION B: OBJECTIVE 2: APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND

SECTION C: OBJECTIVE 4: RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION, Graph question -

OBJECTIVE 1 TOTAL /31

OBJECTIVE 2 TOTAL /13

TEST TOTAL /50

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Questions 1 and 2 refer to the following information:

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A. Viruses contain either DNA or RNA.

C. Viruses are surrounded by a coat of protein.

D. Viruses do not respire.

A. Both sorts of cells have a cellulose cell wall.

B. Both sorts of cells contain chloroplasts.

C. Both sorts of cells contain mitochondria.

D. Both sorts of cell are surrounded by cell membranes.

A5. Which is the correct statement?

A. Molecules > Organs > Biomes > Atoms

B. Molecules > Tissues > Communities > Biosphere

C. Atoms > Organisms > Cells > Ecosystems

D. Organs > Tissues > Organelles > Communities

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Name the organelle labelled D in the diagram?

D. Never use the fine focus control with the HP lens.

__________________ ____________________ ___________________

A9. Which of the following statements is true about cancer.

A. Cancer is an inherited disease which only affects humans.

A. UV light is invisible to humans and is produced in the ozone layer.

B. UV light is invisible to humans and is not absorbed by clouds in the atmosphere.

A11. Which of the following is not a type of a-sexual reproduction?

A12. Which of the following is true?

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A13. Metamorphic rocks are likely to be found in area:

A14. Fossils are likely to be found in:

__________________ ____________________ ___________________

__________________ ____________________ ___________________

__________________ ____________________ ___________________

A. Nuclear waste Oil spill Polluted water

INNER CORE ATMOSPHERE OUTER CORE

CRUST MANTLE LITHOSPHERE

__________________ ____________________ ___________________

A. Ask the girl to get out of the dog sled.

B. Add more weight to the sled.

C. Ask the dog to jump up and down.

D. Pour sand on the ground in front of the sled.

A22. Which is a correct definition for gravity?

A. A force which is determined by weight and area.

B. A force which is defined by the distance an object is in space.

D. Gravity is not a force.

B2. Look at this food web which might be found in a forest:

_________________ -> __________________ -> __________________ -> ___________________

The number of snails is likely to ......................................................................... ………

__________________ ____________________ ___________________

B5. Which is the equivalent of 2000 mm?

B6. What is 0.05 mL?

__________________ ____________________ ___________________

__________________ ____________________ ___________________

GRAPH QUESTION – 6 marks

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