PAREL VALLE! HIGH SCHOOL NOVEMBER 2010 GRADE 9 NATURAL SCIENCES. MARKS: 200 TIME: 2 HOUR 30 MINUTES INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION Read the folowing instructions carefully before answering the questions 1 ‘Answer ALL che questions. te ALL the answers on the paper provided, ‘Start the answer to EACH NEW question at the top of a NEW page, ‘Number the answers according to the numbering system used inthis question paper. Present your answers according tothe instructions of each question. ALL drawings should be done in peneil and labeled In blue or black ink Calculators, protractors and compasses may be used, Write neatly and legibly. Draw margins on the right side of page. pagpy cae PAREL VALLEI HIGH SCHOOL GRADE 9 NATURAL SCIENCES November 2010 TOTAL: 200 ‘TIME: 2h 30 min SECTION A QUESTION 1 4.1 Give the correct biological term for each of the following deseriptions. Write the correct term next to the number of the question. 4.1.4 The release of an ovum from the ovary 1.1.2 The wavelike contractions that take piace In the wall ofthe oesophagus. 113. g of the uterus, ata ised egg cel, 115 se ofa biome found in the Westem Cape, 4.4.6 Unitfor measuring distances in space. 4.1.7 The name ofthe town where SALT was b 1.1.8 The term used to describe a lack of red blood cel’ in astronauts. 4.1.9 The name ofthe fist South Affican who completed a space journey in 2002. 1.1.10 The bark, roots and bulbs of plants used as traditional medicine, [10] 1.2. Various options are given as possible answers to the following question. Choose the correct answer and write only the lettr (A-D) noxt to the number of the question 4.2.1 The Intake of which nuitients provides energy to the body calls? (A) Carbohydrates only. (8) Fats only. (©) Carbohydrates and fats (D) Mineral sats and vitamins. 1.22 Bile is produced in the (A) pancreas, (8) gallbladder. (©) er (©) stomach. 1.2.3 Inthe human, exhalation results from the diaphragm (A) ising and the ribs lowering (B) contracting and the intercostal muscles relaxing (©) lowering anc the ribs rising. (©) relaxing and the intercostal muscles contracting2 Sh waste product is excreted by the skin, lungs and Kidneys? carbon dioxide, salts water. 4.2.5 Fertilisation in humans normally occurs when the ovum isin the Questions 7.2.6 and 1.2.7 refer tothe folowing diagram of the apparatus used to demonstrate breathing in humans, 1.2.7 When D moves downwards, the balloon inflates because, (A) the pressure in Bis the same as inC. the volume of C becomes less. the volume Is less than the volume of A. the volume increases in C. 1.28 Astronomy refers to. (A). the study ofthe sun the study of star for fortune teling, (D) the scientfic study of stars, planets and objects inthe sky