SECTION A: (18 × 2 MARKS)

For questions 1 to 18, four options are given. Choose the correct answer for each
question and shade its appropriate answer in the Optical Answer Sheet (OAS) provided.

1. The diagram below shows the life cycle of a cockroach.

stage Q stage P

What are the stages P and Q?

P Q

(1) Pupa Nymph

(2) Nymph Egg

(3) Egg Nymph

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2. The diagram below shows the skulls of Animals S and T.

Animal S
Animal T
What type of food do Animals S and T eat?

Animal S Animal T
(1) Animals Plants
(2) Plants Plants
(3) Animals Animals
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3. Ansari placed a plant in a beaker under a lamp as shown below.

lamp

glass cover
plant

beaker

water

After a few hours, the amount of carbon dioxide in the beaker .

(1) increases
(2) decreases
(3) remains the same
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4. The diagram below represents how blood flows in the human body.

lungs
A B

heart

C D
arms and legs

Which pair of blood vessels carries blood rich in oxygen?

(1) A and D
(2) B and C
(3) B and D
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5. A ring of stem was removed from a plant as shown below. As a result, the food-
carrying and water-carrying tubes were removed.

Which of the following shows what happens to parts X and Y at the end of two
weeks?

Part X Part Y
(1) Can make food Cannot make food
(2) Cannot make food Cannot make food
(3) Can make food Can make food

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6. Jenab observed two flowers, P and Q with missing parts shown below.

Flower P Flower Q

Which of the following statements is true?

(1) Flower Q can turn into a fruit.

(2) The stigma on flower P is removed.
(3) The pollen grains can be carried from flower Q to flower P.
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7. Mariam carries out an experiment using similar seeds with the set-up shown below.

soil
cotton wool

She pours 80 ml of water into each container and observes the seed each day.
Wen Jun wants to find out whether the seeds will germinate faster .

(1) in soil or in cotton wool

(2) when water is added

(3) when there are five seeds

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8. Study the food chain shown below.

Plant → Rabbit → Snake → Eagle

A disease caused the population of snakes to decrease. Which population would

also decrease?

(1) plant and rabbit

(2) plant and eagle
(3) rabbit and eagle
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9. Four cages, A, B, C and D, containing the same type of fish were placed in different
parts of a river as shown below.

After a few months, the number of fish at the start and end of the experiment were
recorded.

Cage A Cage B Cage C Cage D

Number of fish at the start 40 40 40 40

Number of fish at the end 37 24 25 11

Based on the results, which of the following conclusions is correct?

(1) The water upstream is the least polluted.

(2) The water downstream is the least polluted.
(3) The water upstream is as polluted as the water downstream.

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10. The diagram below shows the fruit of a plant.

hooks

Which of the following diagrams shows how the fruit is dispersal?

(1)

direction
of wind

(2)

(3)

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11. Which one of the following shows the correct order of the water cycle?

(1)
water vapour

sea
clouds

rain

(2)

clouds
water vapour

rain
sea

(3)
clouds

rain
water vapour

sea

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 12. Ghani tested the properties of different materials and recorded his results in the
table below.

Property Material S Material T Material U

Waterproof yes no yes
Strong yes yes no

Which of the following materials is most suitable for making the camping tent?

(1) S
(2) T
(3) U
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13. Wendy set up an electric circuit as shown below.

object A

When she placed object A as shown, the bulb lighted up.

What could object A be?

(1) an eraser
(2) a metal rod
(3) a plastic ruler
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14. Dyn raised the end of a piece of wood as shown in Figure 1 but the block did not
slide down. When he raised higher, the block started to slide down as shown in
Figure 2.

block
block

Figure 1 Figure 2

Which of the following statements is correct?

(1) There is no frictional force acting on the block in Figure 1.

(2) The frictional force acted on the block is greater than gravity in Figure 2.
(3) The frictional force acted on the block is greater than gravity in Figure 1.

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15. Kelvin arranged three magnets with poles labelled as shown below.

A B
C

E F

Which of the following is another possible arrangement of the magnets?

(1)
B

A
F E D C

(2) B A D

E F

(3)
D F

C E

B A
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16. Susan wanted to find out the strength of magnets, P, Q, and R. She placed each
magnet at a distance of 9cm. She pushed the nails closer and measured the
distance when the nails were first attracted.

distance
nails

magnet

She arranged the strength of the magnets as shown below.

Strongest Weakest

Q P R

Which of the following shows the distance (cm) when the nails were first attracted?

P Q R
(1) 6 4 2
(2) 2 4 6
(3) 4 6 2

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17. The set-up below shows a drop of red ink in the glass tube connected by two similar
flasks, A and B.
red ink

glass tube

air
A B
basin X basin Y

Each flask is placed in a basin of water. What are the temperatures of water in the
basins that will make the red ink move towards Flask B after a few minutes?

Basin X Basin Y

(1) water at 10oC water at 70oC

(2) water at 30oC water at 30oC

(3) water at 70oC water at 10oC

( )

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18. The diagram below shows a beaker of ice and a container of water.

beaker of ice

container of water

Which graph shows how the temperatures of ice in the beaker and water in the
container change with time?

(1)
Temperature (C)

water

ice

0 Time (min)
(2)
Temperature (C)

water

ice

0 Time (min)

(3)
Temperature (C)

ice

water

0 ( )
Time (min)

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SECTION B: (34 MARKS)
Write your answers in the blank spaces provided.
The number of marks available is shown in the brackets [ ] at the end of each question or
part question.

19. Look at the organisms below. [2]

Organism A Organism B Organism C

Classify the organisms according to their methods of reproduction below.

Reproduce from spores Reproduce from seeds

20. The diagram below shows a sperm fusing with an egg. [1]

sperm
egg

(a) The process is called .

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 (b) The diagram below shows the male and female reproductive systems. Tick (✓)
in the boxes below where the sperm and egg are produced. [1]

male female

21. Shamy saw some organisms in the pond below. [3]

caterpillars
flower

tadpoles

(a) The pond is a for the organisms.

(b) There are populations of producers.

(c) There are populations of consumers.

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22. Raju found two plants, X and Y. Plant X can be found in the garden and plant Y can
be found in the pond.

Part A Part B

Part C Part D

plant Y
plant X

Read the function below and match the parts to the function. [2]

Function Part(s)

To make food

To hold the plant firmly

23. Siti opened up an umbrella made of material M to keep out the rain as shown below.
[2]

material M

List two properties of material M.

(i)

(ii)
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24. The diagram below shows the water cycle. [3]

Q Clouds R

Water vapour Rain

P Sea S

Animals

(a) Name Process P.

(b) Condensation takes place at .

(c) Draw arrow in the diagram above to show how animals can contribute to the
water cycle.

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Write your answer in the blank spaces provided. [20]

25. The diagram below shows parts of a human system.

Y
X

(a) Circle the name of the system shown in the diagram. [1]

( respiratory / circulatory / digestive )

Han Ming used a microscope to view the underside of a leaf. He saw tiny
openings as shown below.

(b) Which part of the human system, X, Y or Z has the same function as the tiny
openings on a leaf? [1]

(c) Name one gas that is given out by both plant and human.
[1]

SCORE 3
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26. Micheal wanted to find out if the number of leaves affect the amount of water taken
in by a plant. He removed some leaves from three similar plants and set up the
experiment below.

After two days, he measured the amount of water left in each jar. His results are
shown below.

plant number of leaves Amount of water in jar (cm³)

start of experiment after two days

Q 0 200 192

R 3 200 180

S 7 200 156

(a) What is the relationship between the number of leaves and the amount of water
taken in by the plant? [1]

(b) Which plant took in the most amount of water? Explain why. [1]

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2
 27. A farmer wanted to find out how different soils will affect the amount of water passing
through. He poured 80 ml of water into each soil, X, Y and Z in the set-ups and the
results are shown below.

filter paper

soil X soil Y soil Z

water water water

collected collected collected

(a) State the property of the filter paper. [1]

(b) Give one reason why filter paper is used in the set ups. [1]

(c) Which soil, X, Y or Z contains the least air spaces? [1]

(d) A farmer has a plant with many roots. How will this plant affect the amount of
water collected if soil Y is used? [1]

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4
28. Yasmin designed a toy gun that works on batteries. The toy gun gives out light and
sound when he pulled the trigger.

light

trigger

(a) Connect the different parts in the circuit below so that the toy gun works. [2]

sound

bulb A

(b) What happens to the brightness of bulb A when Yasmin connects another bulb
to the circuit? [1]

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3
29. Devi put some iron pins on a weighing scale and placed set up P above the tray as
shown below.
set-up P

rod

tray of iron pins

50.6g
weighing scale

(a) When the switch is closed, will the reading on the weighing scale increase,
decrease or remain the same? [1]

(b) Give a reason for your answer in (a). [1]

(c) After 5 minutes, Devi found that some iron pins were still left on the tray. Why is
this so? [1]

(d) If Devi did not want any iron pins on the tray, what should she do? [1]

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4
30. Jamilah wanted to find out if the materials, P, Q, R allow light to pass through. She
conducted her experiment in a brightly lit classroom as shown below.

material P

torch datalogger

(a) Tick (✓) the variable(s) that Jamilah should keep the same when conducting the
experiment. [1]

Variables Tick (✓)

Distance between torch and material

Types of material

Thickness of materials

(b) Her teacher, Mrs Goh told her that the results of the experiment will not be
accurate. Why did Mrs Goh say that? [1]

(c) How should Jamilah improve her experiment? [1]

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3
 After making improvement, Jamilah conducted her experiment and recorded her
results as shown below.

Amount of light recorded by

Material datalogger (units)

P 35
Q 175
R 10

(d) Which material is the most suitable to make a projector screen in the classroom?
Explain your answer. [1]

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 SOME USEFUL WORDS*

1 anus 44 light
2 attract / repel 45 liquid
3 battery 46 lung
4 blood (vessel) 47 magnet / magnetic material
5 boiling 48 mammal
6 breathe 49 mass / weight
7 bulb 50 measuring (cylinder)
8 butterfly 51 melting
9 carbon dioxide 52 metal
10 chicken 53 mouth
11 circulation 54 muscles
12 cockroach 55 mushroom
13 condense / condensation 56 nitrogen
14 conductor / insulator 57 (north / south / like) poles
15 contract / contraction 58 nose
16 (electric) current 59 oxygen
17 deforestation 60 plastic / rubber / wood
18 digestion 61 pollinate / pollination
19 earth 62 pollute / pollution
20 electricity /electrical circuit 63 predator
21 energy 64 prey
22 evaporate / evaporation 65 producer
23 expand / expansion 66 push/pull
24 fertilise / fertilisation 67 reflect
25 flexible 68 reproduce
26 float /sink 69 respiration
27 flower food(chain) 70 root
28 force 71 seed (dispersal)
29 freezing 72 shadow
30 friction 73 shape
31 frog 74 skeleton
32 fungi 75 solid
33 gas 76 space
34 germinate / germination 77 spore
35 global warming 78 spring balance
36 gravity 79 steam
37 gravitational force 80 steel
38 heart 81 stem
39 heat (gain / loss) 82 stomach
40 insect 83 switch
41 (large/small) intestine 84 temperature / thermometer
42 iron 85 volume
43 leaf 86 water (vapour)

• This list is not exhaustive. Candidates may be required to use words not found in the
list.

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