PROGRAM MOTIVASI UPSR SAINS

CIKGU SADUN BIN MATNOR

CONTROLLING VARIABLES : YEAR 5

1. The bar chart below shows the result of a fair test on the growth of microorganisms on
food.
Number of mould
spots on the bread
20
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16

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12

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1

Week

a) In this investigation, state...

i) what is observed
_______________________________________________________
ii) what is changed
_______________________________________________________
iii) what is kept the same
_______________________________________________________
2. The figure shows the apparatus and results of an investigation to study the relationship
between the direction of a source of light and the length of the shadow formed.

a) In this investigation, state

i) what is being changed
___________________________________________________________
ii)
ii)

what is being measured

___________________________________________________________
what is kept the same

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3. A group of pupils carried out an investigation on drying a piece of cloth. Table 1 shows
the result of the investigation.
Temperature of
surrounding ( oC )

30

40

50

60

Time taken for the cloth to

dry ( hours)

Table 1
a) Based on the investigation above, state
i) What is changed ?
__________________________________________________
ii) What is observed?
__________________________________________________
iii) What is kept the same ?
__________________________________________________

4. Table 1 shows the observation about the shadow formation of object X.

Time
Direction of shadow

8.00 a.m.
West

10.00 a.m.
West

Length of shadow (m)

12.00 p.m.
Between
west and
east
1

1.00 p.m.
East
3

Table 2
a) In this investigation, identify what is...
i ) change

: __________________________________________

ii ) observe

: __________________________________________

iii ) Kept the same

: __________________________________________

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5. A pupil intends to investigate the stability of 4 toy cars when they move around a bend.
The toy cars, shown in the figure, have the same base areas but different heights.

a) State two information that can be gathered in this investigation.

i)

________________________________________________

ii) ________________________________________________
b) In the investigation, what is kept the same ?
__________________________________________________

Answers: CONTROLLING VARIABLE YEAR 5

1.
a)

i)

Number of mould spots on the bread

ii) Number of week

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iii) Types of bread

2.
a)

i)

the position of a source of light

ii) the length of the shadow formed.

iii) The height/ shape of the wooden block
3.
a)

i) temperature of surrounding
ii) time taken for the cloth to dry.
iii)Types of cloth/thickness of cloth

4.
a)

i) Time of investigation / period of time

ii) Direction of shadow and length of shadow
iii) Length of pole / place of investigation

5.
a)

i) the height of the toy cars

ii) the stability of the toy cars.

b)

the base area of the toy cars.

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