INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions.
SECTION A: OBJECTIVES
Mark: 20 marks
1 Which of the following is a scientific 5 Which of the following plants carries out
phenomenon? cross-pollination?
A A child crying when having her tooth A Papaya tree
extracted B Banana plant
B An iron nail and an iron ship having C Coconut palm
the same density D Hibiscus plant
C Eating nasi lemak or roti canai for
breakfast
D Having football practice on 6 When does a human being experience
Wednesday afternoons the fastest growth rate?
A In old age
B In infancy
2 What is the purpose of reproduction? C At puberty
A To introduce genetic variation D In childhood
B To produce gametes
C To produce eggs
D To produce offspring 7
• Air contains carbon dioxide
• Air contains water vapour
3 Diagram 3 shows the male • Carbon dioxide and water are
reproductive system. compounds
What conclusion can you make from
the notes given above?
A Air is a compound
B Air is mixture of several
components
C Air only contains carbon dioxide
and water vapour
Diagram 3 D The components that make up air
Which of the organs labelled A, B, C are chemically combined together
or D, transports sperms to the
urethra?
8 How can air pollution be controlled?
A Smoking cigarettes only in open
4 How does an intrauterine contraceptive places
device work? B Converting diesel-powered
A It prevents fertilisation generating stations to hydro-
B It prevents sexual intercourse powered generating stations
C It prevents the implantation of a C Burning agricultural waste that is
fertilised ovum completely dry
D It prevents the further development D Using leaded petrol in buses and
of a zygote unleaded petrol in cars
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9 Which of the following describes the 12 The above process is known as
particles of a book? A distillation
A Far away from one another B evaporation
B Have a lot of kinetic energy C neutralisation
C Always moving randomly D electrolysis
D Compact and arranged in an
orderly way
13 Which of the following mixtures can be
separated by filtration?
Questions 10 to 12 are based on Diagram A Water and sand
10 below. B Water and oil
C Water and sugar solution
10 An experiment was carried out using D Sand and salt mixture
the apparatus as shown in Diagram 10.
14 Which component of air makes up less
than 2% of air?
I Carbon dioxide
II Nitrogen
III Oxygen
IV Inert gases
A I and IV only
B II and III only
Diagram 10 C I, III and IV only
D I, II, III and IV
.What tests can be carried out to
determine the identity of gas X and gas
Y? 15 A small copper piece weighing 12 g has
a density of 9 g cm-3. What is the density
I Use a glowing wooden splint of a small copper statue that weighs
II Use a burning wooden splint 1440 g?
III Use universal indicator A 9 g cm-3
IV Use a standard sodium hydroxide B 90 g cm-3
solution C 900 g cm-3
D 9 000 g cm-3
A I and II only
B II and IV only
C II, III and IV only
D I, II, III and IV
11 The activity was repeated using a
platinum anode and a copper cathode.
What gases were formed at X and Y?
X Y
A Hydrogen Carbon dioxide
B Oxygen Sulphur dioxide
C Hydrogen Oxygen
D Oxygen Hydrogen
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16 19 Which structure is present in both plant
and animal cells?
Temperature (0 C)
H
I Nucleus
II Cytoplasm
G III Cell wall
IV Cell membrane
A I and III only
Time (minutes) B II and IV only
C I, II and IV only
Graph 1 D I, II, III and IV
Graph 1 shows how water temperature
changes with heating time. What do 20 Which of the following processes
parts G and H represent? requires the presence of air?
G H
A Boiling Freezing I Rusting
B Melting Boiling II Formation of petroleum
C Evaporation Boiling III Condensation
D Melting Freezing IV Combustion
17 Why is the use of aerosols harmful to A I and IV only
the atmosphere? B II and III only
C I, II and IV only
A They contain chlorofluorocarbons D I, II, III and IV
B They contain hydrocarbons
C They contain chlorine
D They contain benzene
18 Which vehicle uses the principle of
density of matter?
I Rafts
II Hot air balloons
III Submarines
IV Hovercrafts
A I only
B II and IV only
C I, II and III only
D I, II, III and IV
