PRIMARY 4 END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION 2014 Name () Date: 27 October 2014 Class: Primary 4’) Time: 8.00 am. - 9.15 a.m, Duration : 1h 15 min Parent's Signature Marks: 180 SCIENCE BOOKLET A INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, class and fegister number. ‘Do not fun over this page until you are fold to do so. Follow all instructions carefully. ‘Answer all questions.Section A (25 x2 marks) For each quostion, choose the most suitable answer and shade its corresponding oval (1,2, 3 or 4) on the optic: 1. Which ofthe following gives out ight? a @ star ® o Moon leat 2. Henry bolls some water in the pot below. Plastichandies Wy is he able to hold the pot of bolting water using the plastic handles? (1) Plastics aight material @) Plastics a non-magnetic material {@) Plastic is softer material than steel (4) Plastics a material which doos not conduct heat well.3. Which of the follwing isthe best conductor of heat? ()Apaper plate (2) Ametal plate (@) A ceramic plate (4) A wooden plate 4. Which ofthe following is true ofboth air and eraser? (1)They can be seen. (@)They take up space. @)They have fixed shapes. (4)They have fed volumes. '5. Mary filed four siilar cups wit the same amount of hot tea. Each cup is made of different material. She measured the temperature of the tea atthe start and ‘end of 20 minutes and recorded them inthe table below. “Temperature of toa (©) Cup ‘Atthe start End of 20 minutos —- 70 50 —s 0 a c 70 35 D 70 Cs} ‘Based on the tabie above, which cup, A, B, C or D, is most suitable for ooping toa warm fr at least an hour? Ma @e ac wo8. Pamela places a metal spoon in a cup of hot coffee, 2 cup of hot coffee ‘The spoon becomes hotter after a wile. ‘Which ane ofthe folowing explains this? (1) The cup loses heat tothe hot cates, @) The spoon loses heat tothe hot coffe. @) The hot coffee gains heat from the spoon. (4) The spoon gains heat from the hot coffee.7. Two identical thermometers, A and 8, were placed in steel cylinder X and stee! cylinder Y respectively. Stool cylinder ¥ ts wrapped with styrofoam. They were left on a table in an enclosed room with @ constant temperature of 20°C as shown in the diagram below. ‘Thermometer A ‘Thermometer B Styrofoam, ‘Steel OyinderX Steel Cyinder ¥ ‘Which ofthe folowing represents the temperatures recorded by the thermometers, A and B, after 1 hour (h)? ay @ @ ro Thermometer A c Thermometer B ‘Ate star | End of fh| Atthe start of th 20, 0 30 35, 30. 10 30 30 20) 20) 30 | 25 20) 30) 30 208. The diagram shows a painting hanging on a wall ‘Why isthe nal made of stoet? (1) Stool is shiny. @) Steal i strong. 4 @) Steel sinks in water. @) Steel conducts reat well ‘9. Osman shone light on an opaque object and a shadow was cast on @ screen as ‘shown below. W Osman wanted tre biggest shadow to be cast on the screen, which postion ofthe torch and positon ofthe abject would produce the biggest shadow? Position of torehlight Oy @ ® A A B B ®10. What i the function ofthe skeletal system? (1) It ives the body shape. {@)_Itallows the timbs to move freely @)_Itbeings oxygen around the body. @)_Itremoves digested food from the boxy. +14. Study the flow chart below. Material ‘ita metal? No water 8 fea c ic ie ogseene AB Ean __ io se [| ct () [Wood eaten sd Z @ ‘Gass ~ Wool ‘Copper — 19 J Woot elass Stoel12. Study the graph below. Amount of undigested food ‘Which line shows the amount of undigested food as it passes through the ‘human digestive system? 13.A snail hites in its sie when its touched. +@ How does it show that the snail is a tving thing? (1) tkean grow, @) ttean breathe. {@) ttcan reproduce. (4) Itean respond to changes.14. Michelle shines a torch at the objects, X, Y and Z. She observes a shadow on the screen as shawn below. o a ® o ef shat Q L ot e vZ Which property mache the above abject? ¥ ~¥ z ions aa gaps | Aw mORTGRTG] ase nt al ay trough” | pase trough ” | light o pas trougt Tc ame igtte | lows some git | on nT ght vecstromh,- | ‘ope twaatye| pcr eee. cw ota pas | De ata ay | Aaa ais tio neh, Tottopecd | poceitrough | ths through _ ‘Does not allow any light | Allows most.light.to | Allows some light to topassthvough'>< | pace: [pase trou 515.3 objects, A, B and C, made of similar materials, ae arranged in @ straight line as shown below. (Note : The diagram below is not drawn to scale.) A 8 © exo t ‘aoem “Dem “The diagram below shows the shadow formed on the screen, ‘What ae the shapes of A, B and C7 a ° y- _ | “ CT * ° oO < | < | mm | 0 x x \ ¢€¢016 Four animals, A, B, C and D, and a classification chart are shown below, | Br A Petes |e. @ | oxo @. A>] oF{1T.Jodie wanted to find out a plant wth a broken stom can stil grow. She placed ‘a plant with a broken stom in her garden and watered it daily. “Two wooks lator, the plant died. Why? (1) The plant did nt eecelve sung @) The plant aig nt receive carbon dioxide. (@) Oxygen could not be taken in by the leaves. (4) Water could not be transported tothe leaves. 18. Which part of the plant takes in mineral salts? "40, Dave uses a magnet, some paper clips and a ruler to find out the number of paper clips attraced by the magnet from a distance. What can Dave conclude from hie observations? “The graph below shows the rasuits of his experiment. Number of paper clips attracted Distance of ‘magnet from paper cps (1) The magnet smade of copper. {2) The paper clips are made of tet (9) The magnet sabe fo atract the paper cps at ary distance. (4) The further te magnets fom the paper cips, the woaker ts magnetism.20.Clancy filed a measuring cylinder with water and three objects, X, Y and Z. He removed the objects, one by one, and recorded the water level in the ‘measuring cyinder after each object was removed as shown below. 220 ml 120 ml Based on the sbove, which ofthe following is false? (1) X has the smatlest volume. (2) X has a smaller volume than ¥. (@) ¥ and Z have the samo volume. (4) The volume of waters less than 50 ml.21-The diagcam below shows how two of our body systems, A and B, work closely together lo help our body function property axygenis carbon dase i or a a ovo |= Heat saan |] |= Alpasts atte body What are the body ystems, A and 8, ()]__Respiaty System | ceuatory System (@)| —_ Ghreulatory System Digestive System (@)| Respirator systern Muscular Systom tM Digestive System:22. The diagram below shows the ife cycle of a butterfly and a mosquito. [Tite cyeie of a mosquito Life cycle of a butt ‘Which ofthe following is correct? (1) Both the buttery and mosquito look tke their larva and pupa. (2) Both the larva ofthe butterfly and the mosquito go through mouting. (G) The buttery stops feeding during one stage but the mosquito does not (4) The mosquito spends most of is lifecycle in the water but the butterfly does not23. The following table shows some characteristics of two plans, A and B. “The folowing diagrams show the ife cycles of four plants, A, B, C and D. Y-: i 1 i24, The diagram below shows the lfe cycle of an animal. oy Vd ‘yp Which ofthe following has the ie cycle above? o @ @ ) Frog Beetle Chicken GrasshopperPRIMARY 4 END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION 2014 ) Date: 27 October 2014 Name : __ Glass: Primary 4( —) Time: 8.00 a.m, -9.15 a.m. Duration : 1h 15 min Parent's Signature :_ Marks: 130 SCIENCE BOOKLET B INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES ‘White your name, class and register number. Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so. Follow all instructions carefully. ‘Aniwer all questions25.The poles of a ber magnet were labelled P and Q. The magnet was then cut iagonally as shcwn in the diagram below. “ ‘Which ofthe following would not be possible when P and Q were brought together? o @ P a P eo @) P a P End of Booklet ASection B (30 marks) Write your answers in the spaties provided 26, Muthu compares the mass ofthe fruits. ‘Study the diagrams below and cirele the correct comparison. ‘orange 4) The pear 's heavier than'/has the same mass as'/is lighter than the orange, nm peach ear 'b) The peach is heavier than’ hae tho samo mass a" ightor than the pear. fc27. The diagrams below show the position of a bullet ftom an air rife before and after the trigger is pulled. Before the trigger ts pulled answer. Th28. The diagrams below show the ife cycles of a chicken and a frog, oN AG oe Ceo CRY) 2) Based on the diagrams, state one similarly between the fe cycles ofthe chieken and he frog. io) 'b) Based on the dagrams above, state one diference between the Ife cycles ofthe chickén and the frog oy 29. name the corect parts of a plant inthe table below. Functions of plant part Plantpart {tho the plant upright. m {takes food forthe plat. m30, The diagram below shows the stages, A,B, C, Dand E, of ‘germinating seed. Oe ' 1 i i I 1 I I I ' ' 1c i 1 1 1 f t t 1 1 1 t I ' D E 8) Which stage, A, B, C, D or E, shows that the seed has just germinated? io) 'b) Atstage E, the seeding no longer requires the food stored in the seed leaves to grow. Explain why. co) ©) Coitiplt isa gph below to show how the mass ofthe seed leaves chafges as the seeding grows from stage B to stage O- Macs of eis a31. Meng wanted to show that the roots ofa plant exert force when they ‘grow. The diagram below shows the materials which might be useful for his experiment. ‘oil ‘smal plastic container ‘spade 1) Which 4 materia should he choose for his experiment? ro) by State the steps, 1, 2.03, in the boxes to show the sequence action to ‘show that roots exert force when they grow. nm “Sas [Rian 3 ] | Water the seeds daly and observe them. T | | Putte sail into the ogg shell > ]__[ Add some sseds on top of the sol ©) What observation would help him show that roots exert force when they grow? iO}‘82. The diagram bolow shows the human digestive system, 4) Explain how the part, A, helps in digestion. m1 b) What wil happen tothe urdijested feod'in the part, €? ©) What wil happen to the undigested food ft passes through the ait, C; tio'qulekly? io33, The diagram below shows a stuation whereby the driver in Car X is able ‘to S00 the approaching Car Y from a mirror when he is rounding a bend along a road Mirror % cary carx 2) In the diagram above, draw the path of light that enables the driver in Gar X to see Car Y. 1" 'b)_ Whats the property of ight that enables the driver in Car X to see the approaching Gar ¥? n ©) Explain why transparent materials used to make the windscreen of cars. a34, A metal jar is arranged in two diferent postions as ilustrated below. ‘Arrangement A Jer soreen ‘Arrangement & - dq C) fae ‘screen 2) State a similarly between the shadows (09 not state eolour formed in Arrangement A and Arrangement B. m1» ‘Arrangement C ‘Arrangement “Arrangement C and Arrangement D are set upto investigate how the distance betweanithe tatcvand the:container affects the size ofthe shadow. Is ‘Arrangement D correct? Explain your answer. a36. Jason wanted to make a magnet by stoking a nail wih a magnet in the direction as shown below. a) Name a matorialthat the n into a magnet. 'b) What Gould Jasen do to test ifthe nail had became @ magnet? 36, Wendy grouped same things by thelr prope in the table.below. should be made of eo that it could be made m1 " Hoadlng F Heading 6 | Tree Pen | bear oth soit Sione ‘What are Heading F and Heading G? Heading F: Heading G m1 a37. Aflask with a glass tube containing a drop of ink, is lowered into a basin of water as shown below, drop of ink lass tube flask basin water at 80°C 2) From the above, identity the source of heat ro 'b) When the flask is lowered into the basin of water, the drop of inkin the glass. tube rose, Explain wi. 1 6) so cpeated te expen by fig the basin wih war 0°.” Explain what would happen to the drop of ink in: the glass tube. mW End of Booklet 814 LEVEL: PRIVARY 4 SCHOOL : TAONAN SCHOOL SUBJECT : SCIENCE TERM: SA2 arz ars asa ores ons] aaa as [2 ‘ata t @20 3 as [z as [3 ‘ais [4 aif ‘O4[2 ‘aro ‘ate {1 aza 4 052 ani |2 ‘air |4 ana} ‘06 [4 cai2/3 ara] a Gala (026 | (a) [is tghter than (0) [has the same mass as [27 || Gaseous state. Since alr can be compressed, the bullet would not be | shoot out unl the tigger is pulled. "G26 | Ta) | Both animals have Staged fe cycle. {() } The young ofthe chicken has legs while the young of the frog does not have legs. a28| | Stem Leaves ‘030 | (a) | Stage, (0) | At stage E, the seeding no longer requires the food stored in the seed leaves to grow as it has the first leaves to photosynthesize and make food. OP oe ‘231 | (@) | He should use the egg shell, seeds, soll and water in the gardening can. (o) [3.42, (¢)_| He would'see thal the eag shell cracks. ‘Q82 | (@) | Part A breaks the food into simple substances and able To break up the large piooes of food into smalier pieces. ® | Part C will absorb water and mineral salts Wom the undigested food to the bloodstream, (@_| The undigested (60d willbe very watery.as @ ® Light canbe reflected @) “Transparent material lt most ight To pass Hough thus allowing the iver to see what is on the road Oat @ “The shadsw willbe the same shape. ®) ‘No, There are two changed variables inthis experiment and the distance between the jar andthe screen should be the same. @ ‘Seal (o) He should put the nail into some iron filing. — a6 Heading F= Living tings Heading @ : Nonsliving things Os, @ ‘The waters 60% ©) “The glass tube gained heal from the water at 60° and expanded Wat than the air in the flask expanded, @ wil rise faster than the previous experiment