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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE
PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EMMINATION
0009/2 (B) PSLE
1 ocToBER 2013
SCIENCE
(BOOKLET B)
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PART II
For questions 31 to 44, write your answers in this booklet.
The number of marks available is shown in br:ackets I I at the end of each question or part
question.
(40 marks)
31 lrene counted the number of two different types of young plants, P and Q, at various
distances from their parent plants in a garden. The results are shown below.
Number Key
of young Young plant P m
plants Young plant Q E]
Distance from parent plant (m)
Which one of the following is likely to be the fruit of plant P?
Choose your answer and tick (/) in the box.
Y
Explain your answer. l2l
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Plant R grows on the trunks of trees.
(a) Explain how the arrangement of leaves helps plant R in photosynthesis. I1l
(b) The diagram below shows plant S growing around a pole.
plant S
Based on the information given above, state a common characteristic of the stem of
plant R and plant S. IlI
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33 Animal N stays in its hard shellwhen resting. It extends itself from its shell when feeding.
animal N
hard hard
shell shell
Animal N (resting) Animal N (feeding)
{a) How does animal N protect itself from predators? l1l
(b) Animal N attaches itself to undenruater surfaces of ships and gets carried to other
places without using much energy.
How does being carried to other places benefit animal N? t1l
(c) Tiny green plants can also attach themselves to undenrater surfaces of ships.
tiny green plant
animal N
Scientists observed that ships with many iiny green plants have fewer animal N
attached to them. Give a reason for this observation. tll
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34 John had three tubes, S, T and U, containing equal amount of chloroplasts mixed in the
same amount of blue liquid L, This blue mixture will turn green after photosynthesis has
taken place.
John placed tube S at a distance of 10 cm from the lamp.
lamp
mixture of
chloroplasts in
blue liquid L
0cm 10 20 30
He switched on the lamp and recorded the time taken for the mixture to turn green. He
repeated the experiment with tubes T and U at various distances from the lamp as shown
in the table.
Distance from lamp Time taken for mixture to turn
Tubes (cm) oreen (sl
S 10 I
T 2A 22
U 30 36
(a) The time taken for the mixture to turn green increases as the distance from the lamp
increases, Explain why. t1I
(b) John conducted the experiment in a dark room. Give a reason why this helped to
make the experiment a fair test. t1l
(c) John repeated the experiment with a fourth tube W. W had a different amount of
chloroplasts from tube S. He placed W at a distance of 10 cm from the lamp. The time
taken for the mixture to turn green was 5 seconds.
Which tube, S or W, had a larger amount of chloroplasts? Explain your answer. t1l
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35 The diagram shows a toilet that does not use water for flushing. Human waste from the
toilet bowl drops into a container with bacteria.
pipe to let
out gas
toilet bowl
waste
drops in
container
hand[e to open
container bacteria and waste
After some time, bacteria turn the waste into a soil-like substance.
(a) Name this process. l1l
(b) Besides air and water, give another environmental factor that will affect the speed of
the process. t1I
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(c) Suggest one use for the soil-like substance. I1l
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36 Plant M can only grow on the branches of trees, Bird D feeds on the fruits of plant M which
have sticky seeds.
When bird D flies away, it carries the seeds that are stuck to its beak. lt then rubs its beak
against the branch of another tree.
(a) Suggest two advantages for plant M to grow on the branches of trees. t21
(b) How does plant M benefit bird D? t1l
(c) How does having sticky seeds benefit plant M? I1I
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37 Junlong conducted an experiment using two similar pots of plants, G and H. The two pots
were placed in a garden and were watered with the same amount of water at the start of
the experiment.
Pot G Pot H
clear bag clear bag
The results are shown below.
Mass (g)
Pot
at the start after one day
G 5000 4900
H 5000 5000
(a) (i) Explain why there was a decrease in mass for pot G. I1I
( ii) Explain why there was no change in mass for pot H. tll
(b) ln another experiment, Junlong used one other pot of plant with clear bag similar to
pot G, but he covered the lower surfaces of all the leaves with a layer of oil.
Would the change in mass after one day be larger or smaller than that obtained for
pot G? Explain your answer. t1I
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38 (a) Minghan placed an empty bottle with two holes at points P and Q into a tank of
water as shown.
Give a reason why the bottle sank after a while, 11I
(b) Minghan put objects A and B into a tank of water. He observed that both objects
sank to the bottom of the tank as shown.
Can Minghan conclude that objects A and B were made of the same material?
Give a reason for your answer. t1]
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39 Boon Hwee lit up one end of a block which was made of material M as shown below.
block {made *f material M}
(a) Fill in the boxes to show the energy changes during burning. t21
chanoed into
energy in the block energy energy
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(bl After a while, Boon Hwee observed that the temperature at point Q shown below
remained the same as the room temperature.
block {made of material M}
Based on this observation, suggest one property of material M. I1l
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4A Aisha conducted an experiment to find out how the mass of an object affects the force
needed to start moving the object. She used similar trays and spring balances in the
set-ups shown below.
2kg
load
(a) Aisha's experiment was not a fair test.
Suggest one change to her set-up so that her experiment would be a fair test. tll
(b) Aisha found that the temperature of the tray increased slightly after moving a long
distance along the wooden surface. Give a reason for this. t1]
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4'l Rosa conducted an experiment to compare the rates of evaporation of liquids X, Y and Z.
She poured 10 cm3 of each tiquid into three similar glass beakers.
She placed the three beakers next to an open window in the Science Room, and measured
the time taken for each liquid to evaporate completely. Her results are shown below.
Liquid X Y z
Time (h) 3 5 2
(a) Complete the table below with X, Y andZ. t1l
slowest rate of evaporation fastest
----=->
Liquid
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(b) Give a reason how each of the following actions helps to make her experiment a fair
test. 121
(i) using similar beakers
(ii) placing allthree beakers at the same place
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42 AIex conducted an experiment using the set-up as shown.
air
(50 cm)
water
tap (150 cms)
sealed container
He used the tap to remove 20 cm3 of water. He then used the pump to add 15 cm3 of air
into the container.
(a) What was the final volume of air in the container? t1I
(b) Which properties of water and air did you use to obtain your answer in (a)? I11
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43 Chengyi observed that magnet M and object Y were attracted as shown below.
object Y
BC
(a) Give a reason why Chengyi cannot conclude whether object Y is a magnet or not
based on the observation. t1l
(b) Using only magnet M and object Y, what should Chengyi do to conclude whether
object Y is a magnet or not? Explain your answer. l2l
Chengyi placed magnet M on a table. He then placed two similar iron balls, P and Q, next
to magnet M as shown below.
table top
(top view)
(c) When he lifted up magnet M, ball P remained attached to M but ball Q did not.
Explain why ball Q did not remain attached to magnet M. I1I
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44 Study the circuit shown below. When Ahmad closed the switch S, he noted that the iron ball
moved up and down between points A and B, and the light bulb turned on and off
repeatedly.
iron contacts
(a) ln the diagram, the iron ball was resting on two iron contac-ts.
Explain why the bulb lit up when the iron ball was at point A. l1l
(b) When the iron ballwas at point A, it was attracted by the iron bar.
Give a reason for this observation. t1l
(c) What would happen to the iron ball when it was at point B?
Give a reason for your answer. 121
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