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Introduction To Science
Paper 1
A a scientist.
B a doctor.
C a lawyer.
D an astronaut.
5. Which of the following is not a natural phenomenon?
A volcanic eruption.
B pollution.
C earthquake.
D thunder.
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7. Science can be described as
A Dentist.
B Police.
C Lawyer.
D Bus driver.
10. Which of the following terms best describe the work of studying planets and stars?
A Meteorology
B Physiology
C Astronomy
D Geology
11. Which of the following statements about science is incorrect?
A medicine.
B history.
C communication technology.
D biotechnology.
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13. Which of the following is not a man-made object?
A Televisions.
B Spaceship.
C Gold.
D Radio.
14. The study of science is important to human because
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A Pollution.
B Earthquake.
C Volcano eruption.
D Hot spring.
A making hypothesis.
B testing science equipment.
C interpreting data.
D controlling variables.
23. The basic skill in a scientific investigation is
A making hypothesis.
B predicting.
C observing.
D analyzing data.
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24. Which of the following labels can be found on a bottle that contains alcohol?
A QRPTS
B RQPTS
C RQTPS
D TRQSP
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26.
Where should we keep the materials that have a warning label as shown in the
above diagram?
A Water.
B Paraffin oil.
C Plumbum container.
D Alcohol.
27. Which of the following statements about the safety rules in laboratory is not true?
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31. Below are the correct methods to heat chemical material in testing tube, except
A In the water.
B On a clean table.
C In the paraffin oil.
D At cold and dry place.
33. Which of the following statements is true?
Kim Seng needs the time of 20 complete oscillations of the pendulum shown
above to solve a mathematical problem. Calculate the time taken to solve the
mathematical problem if the pendulum takes 1 second to swing from X to Y?
A 1 second
B 10 seconds
C 20 seconds
D 40 seconds
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35. Which of the following symbols is correctly labelled?
36. Fire caused by petrol can be extinguished by using the following extinguishers
except
A Form a hypothesis.
B Change experimental data when necessary.
C Identify problems.
D Plan experiments.
38. If a hypothesis is valid, it should be made into a
A experiment.
B result.
C theory.
D survey.
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39. Which of the following is true about the necessity to make a hypothesis?
A No matter who carries out the investigation, the results should be the same.
B All the investigations must be equipped with sophisticated equipment.
C Investigation can only be carried out by special scientists.
D Investigation cannot be carried out by an individual.
A B C D
I,II,III I,II Only II,III Only I Only
I Ruler.
II Micrometer.
III Vernier caliper.
42. The below figure shows some tools and its functions. Which of the following pair
is matched correctly?
Tool Function
I Cone flask Hold fluids
II Spatula Shift powder form of chemical substance
III Burette Measure the volume of liquid accurately
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43.
The above diagram shows the process of filtration. Which of the following P, Q
and R is labelled correctly?
I P – Residue
II Q – Mixture
III R – Filtrate
44. The quantity of light that enters the microscope can be controlled by
I diaphragm.
II condenser.
III mirror.
45. Which of the following is not true?
Derivative Relationship
quantities
I Density Mass
Area
II Speed Distance
Time
III Acceleration Distance
Time × Time
47. Which of the following measuring tools is/are suitable to measure a curve?
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I Ruler.
II Internal calipers.
III External calipers.
49. Which of the following statements about taking readings is/are correct?
I If a hand lens is used to see the scale, parallax errors will be eliminated.
II Parallax errors occur mainly due to incorrect position of the eye when taking
readings.
III By placing the eye directly above the scale, parallax errors will be eliminated.
50. Which of the following measuring tools can be used to measure a very short length
accurately?
I Vernier calipers.
II Micrometer screw gauge.
III Internal calipers.
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Paper 2
Section A
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J K L
α
β (a) Name the laboratory apparatus shown above, labelled :
(i) J
(ii) K
(iii) L
(b) A student wants to measure the external diameter of a glass tube. What is the
most appropriate apparatus to be used?
(c) State three ways to ensure that the measurement in (b) is accurate.
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2 A student was carrying out an experiment to study the effects of nitric acid on copper
carbonate.
(a)
One of the chemical reagent bottles he used had the above warning symbol.
Name the chemical.
(b). When he poured the acid into the test tube, he held the reagent bottle on the
label side. Why did he do this?
(c) He used the apparatus above to transfer a little copper carbonate into a test tube.
Name the apparatus.
(d) He noticed that a gas was released when the acid was poured onto the copper
carbonate. Which step of a scientific investigation is this?
(e) He guessed that the gas in (d) was most probably carbon dioxide. Which step of
a scientific investigation is this?
Section B
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(d) If the lump of wax is half submerged in the water, can this method be used?
Give a reason for your answer.
(e) The students were told to use a white piece of paper when carrying out this
experiment.
(i) Describe how the white paper would be used.
(ii) Give a reason for the answer in (e) (i).
(f) Why does a 12 g lump of of plasticine sink in water but a 12 g lump of wax float
in water?
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(c) Pendulum M is pulled to the right and then released. What type of energy does
the pendulum have when it was pulled to the right?
(d) Sketch a graph in the space below to show the relationship between the
variable that is manipulated and the variable that responds.
Variable that is
manipulate
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