Ue Vato Co) oe UTP) ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS Pe eae aoe el eM Cn At eee Veco ne) SUS 2008 DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. Read the instructions on the ANSWER SHEET and fil in your NAME, SCHOOL and OTHER INFORMATION. Use a 2B or B pencil. Do NOT use a pen. Rub out any mistakes completely. x on the ANSWER SHEET. ‘Mark only ONE answer for each question. Your score will be the number of correct answers, Marks are NOT deducted for incorrect answers. There are 40 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS (1-40). Use the information provided to choose the BEST answer from t the four possible options. i (On your ANSWER SHEET fill in the oval that matches your answer. You may use a calculator and a ruler1. The photograph shows three different rocks. P a R The rocks are ordered from P to R What does the order show? (A) increasing length (8) _ increasing angularity (C)___ increasing roundness (0) _ increasing particle size 2. The chart shows differences between some fruits. Which fruit is most probably low in fat and high in fibre and vitamin ©? e (A) avocado (8) apricot evouad (©) plum (0) lime —@ plum | Mushroom may be safe to eat Which mushroom illustrated below is most (B) (ce) (0) ‘00 1CAS Scone PaperDOEAA 819. Daily temperature affects the rate at which butterflies grow from egg to adult. Butterflies are able to reproduce as soon as they emerge as adults. ‘The diagram shows the life cycle stages of two butterflies living in the same area. ‘The butterflies shown do not reproduce in the colder months in the Southern Hemisphere, between April and October. Orchard Swallowtail Common Grow oy adult butterfly & | oh ¢ AG ay adult butterfly pupa egg og larva Lg w lava From this information, itis most likely that (A) more adult Orchard Swallowtails would be found during summer than adult Common Crows. (8) the Common Crow would grow from egg to adult faster than the Orchard Swallowtail. (C) the adult Orchard Swallowtail lives longer than the Common Crow. (0) no adult butterfies would be found alive in April 20. Maria wanted to find out whether the width of springs makes a difference to how far down springs stretch ‘when a load is hung at their end, ‘Which springs can she compare to figure this out? load (A) springs 1 and 2 only (®) springs 1 and 2 or springs 3 and 4 (C) springs 1 and 4 only (0) springs 1 and 4 or springs 2 and 3 9 2008 1CAS Soence Per DEAFor questions 21 and 22 use the information below. The graph shows the effect of temperature on the power available from a 12 volt (V) battery. 2B 100%. F E 75% _ KEY £ 50% a Bi tuty charged & 25% ( batt charged i TE rearty discharged 0% 30° ~«0”SC 20 Temperature (°C) 21. Compared to the same battery at 30 “C, what is the maximum power available from a fully charged 12 V battery at ~20°C? (A) 66% (8) 46% (©) 36% (0) 23% 22. What can be concluded from the information in the graph? (A) Temperature affects the power available from a 12 V battery. {B) Temperature has no effect on the power available from a fully charged 12 V battery. (C) Temperature affects the power available from a 12 V battery only if its not fully charged. (0) Decreasing temperature increases the power available from a half charged 12 V battery. 23. The density of water is 1000 kg/m* * An object that is less dense than water will oat on it, * An object that is denser than water will sink in it ‘The table gives the density of some types of wood when green (just cut) and after drying, Wood Green density | Dry density (kg/m?) (kgim*) blackbutt 1180 820 Cyprus pine 770 580) karti 1200 690 mulga 1330 4025 redwood 71200 925 ‘sandalwood. 960 765) ‘spotted gum 1150 790) Western Myall 1295 4080 When trees are cut down, the green logs are often floated down a river for collection. Which trees’ logs could be collected in this way? (A) blackbutt, karti, mulga, redwood, spotted gum and Western Myall only (B) _blackbutt, karti, redwood and spotted gum only (C) Cyprus pine and sandalwood only (0) Mulga and Westem Myall only 2008 CAS Sonne Paper OEM. 10SET ge a oe. ti RT } 10mm (A) 20mm (8) 24mm wingspan ‘What is the approximate wingspan of the honey bee? 24. The scaled photograph shows a typical honey bee resting on a flower. The diagram shows how wingspan is measured. (°) 34mm (0) 80mm in the Southern Hemisphere. # agen year. ‘What was the orientation of the fixed solar cell? (A) facing directly upward 25. Solar cells change light energy to electrical energy. Solar cells work best when directly facing the Sun. | The diagram shows the path of the Sun through the sky at different times as observed from a certain place The observer placed a solar cell in a fixed position that would yield the most electrical energy throughout the (8) facing east, and at an angle of 45 degrees to the observer's horizon | (C) facing north, and at an angle of 45 degrees to the observer's horizon (0) facing west, and at an angle of 45 degrees to the observer's horizon Key ---- Sun's path Dec 22nd — — Sun's path March 22nd and September 22nd ‘Sun's path June 22nd observer's horizon 2 sun's position at noon @ _ observer's postion 126. Weight is the gravitational force acting on an object. It is measured in newtons (N). weight = mass x acceleration due to gravity ‘The table gives the acceleration due to gravity on some planets and on the Moon. Celestial object Earth Mars: Moon [Saturn | Venus ‘Acceleration due to ‘ravity (mis?) 98 37 16 10.4 89 For example, an astronaut has a mass of 80 kg. His weight on Earth is: weight on Earth = 60 x 9.8 N= 784N (On which celestial object would the same astronaut weigh 832 N? (A) Mars. (8) Moon (©) Saturn (0) Venus 27. Alex investigated which conditions are best suited for mould growth. He cut a piece of bread into four quarters and put each quarter onto a different plate. He placed the plates in the open air for an hour, so that mould spores could fall on all four pieces of bread. Then he treated each piece of bread as follows: Plate 1: He covered the bread with a clear plastic lid. The lid stood on four small cubes to let air in, but at the same time stopped any more spores landing on the bread. Plate 2: He dampened the bread with cool water and covered it the same way as plate 1. Plate 3: He wrapped the bread in plastic film so that no air could get in. Plate 4: He dampened the bread with cool water, then wrapped it in plastic film so that no air could get in. plastic lid Plate 1 plastic lid Plate 2 Plate 3 plastic film Plate 4 plastic fim What can Alex find out from this test? (A) He can only find out whether mould needs air to grow. (8) He can only find out whether mould needs water to grow. (C) He can find out whether mould needs air and water to grow. (0) He can find out whether mould needs air, water and light to grow. 2008 CAS Sanne Paper EAA 1228. The Sun emits light. Other celestial objects (planets and moons) can be seen because they reflect the li from the Sun. During a lunar eclipse, the light from the Sun that illuminates the Moon is blocked by the Earth forming a shadow on the surface of the Moon. Which alignment of the Sun (S), the Earth (E) and the Moon (M) would produce a lunar eclipse? (0) (A) (8) (o) @ 2 |°O@ 2 @ 0| @ & 29. The diagram shows a water display. The device works as follows. Water from the bamboo spout enters the blocked and weighted bamboo tube. ‘The weight of the water moves the tube's open end down towards the rock pool, lifting the weighted end. * When water empties from the tube, the weighted end falls back down and hits the rocks. This produces @ sound. * While waters flowing, the device makes a sound once a minute. bamboo spout She ee (water flows from the spout pee | hollow bamboo tube [water pumped up the inside| fills with water of the hollow bamboo tube blocked and {ube emptied] Rok cael weighted 5 bamboa it [tube filing Lisa wanted the device to produce the sound more frequently. Which action would most likely increase the frequency of the sound? (A) increase the length of the bamboo spout (8) _ increase the volume of the bamboo reservoir that fils with water (C) __ increase the diameter of the hollow bamboo tube into which water from the bamboo spout flows (0) increase the flow rate of the water being pumped up the inside of the hollow bamboo tube to the reservoir 3 £2008 1CAS Seca Paper DO EARFor questions 30 and 31 use the information below. ‘Simon tested the strength of the adhesive used on some adhesive notes when they were stuck to a solid block in two different ways. adhesive shear test adhesive peel test adhesive stuck to the edge of the block block yellow adhesive note adhesive stuck to the underside bulldog clip ‘of the block Paper clips, ‘Simon repeated the experiment with blue adhesive notes. The table gives the results of Simon's trials. 30. Simon detected an error in the results he had recorded. The error most likely occurred in (A) trial 1 of the adhesive shear test for blue adhesive notes. (8) __trial2 of the adhesive shear test for yellow adhesive notes. (C) trials 2 to 4 of the adhesive shear test for blue adhesive notes. (D) _alltrials of the adhesive peel test for both the yellow and the blue adhesive notes. 31. Which adhesive notes have the stronger adhesive and on which tests could this conclusion be based? (A) yellow, based on the shear test only (8) yellow, based on both the shear test and the peel test (Cc) blue, based on both the shear test and the peel test (D) blue, based on the shear test only 2008 CAS Sonn Par D©EAA 1432. Laura recorded the flight time and Laura then plotted her results on the graph below. height of a toy rocket. Her results are shown in the table. Which option shows the results of Laura's experiment? 0 10 18 24 28 30 28 24 18 10 0 Height above ground (m) Blola|~)o)a/ 5) 0|n]—]0 oom a: Aone es ay) e848" 10 Time (s) 33. The South Celestial Pole is a position in the sky directly above the South Pole. When you look towards the south from southern Australia at night, the stars appear to revolve around the South Celestial Pole. ‘The Souther Cross and the Pointers are two well-known groups of stars visible in the southern sky. ‘The diagram shows the positions of these groups at 7 pm at X1 and Y1, and again at 3 am on the same night at X2 and Y2. Four possible positions of the South Celestial Pole are also shown. Which option shows the correct position of the South Celestial Pole? a P ®) a Cc oR oO s 15 208ICAS Sore Pager DO EAA34. Light reflects off a flat mirror at the same angle at which it strikes the mirror as shown below. incoming ray ‘outgoing ray size of angle x = size of angle y H Four flat mirrors are arranged as shown in the diagrams below. Which diagram correctly shows the path that a light beam would follow? (a) (8) (0) ( / () 16 O0ICAS Sauce Pape DOEAA36, 36. For questions 35 and 36 use the information below. Viscosity is a measure of how easily a with low viscosity under the same conditions. flows. Liquids with high viscosity flow more slowly than liquids Jan used the equipment shown to investigate the viscosity of different lass bottle —_ 399 m types of oll at room temperature. She took five bottles, each containing 300 mL of a different oil. She made sure the oil started to flow out from each bottle at exactly the oil: ‘same moment. She measured the oil remaining in each bottle after ‘every minute for four minutes. Her results are shown on the graph. stopper glass tubing KEY =e cod liver oi! = peanut oil —#— palm oil solve of —a— sesame seed oil Oil remaining (mL) ob On Rae iraeed 2c 4 mes Time (minutes) What can Jan conclude from her results? (A) Allthe oils have the same viscosity. (8) Cod liver oil flows the slowest of these oils. (C) Olive oils better for cooking than peanut cil. (0) Palm oil has a higher viscosity than sesame seed cil Jan read on a website that changing the temperature of a liquid changes its viscosity. How can Jan find the effect of temperature on the viscosity of oils? (A) repeat the test using a different temperature for each oil (8) repeat the test using five other oils the same way as in the first test (C) repeat the test forall the oils five times using a different temperature each time (D) repeat the test using a different volume and a different temperature for each oil 7 2008 10AS Siren Paper DOEAA37. Tran investigated some of the variables that he thought would affect how well a kite fies. He made two kites of the same design as shown in the diagram. The kites were different sizes, The same materials were used in the construction of both kites. For all trials the tail was 18 cm wide but its length varied. The table gives the dimensions of the two kites and the adjustments Tran made to their design top ‘Trial | Stick length | Stick width | Bridle string | Tail length (em) (cm) | length (d,) | (cm) (em) 1 64 56 20 80 2 4 56 20 200 3 64 56 15 80 4 64 56 15 200 5 a 35 20 80 6 2 35 20 200 7 a2 35 15 80 8 a2 35 15 200 Which of the following comparisons is a fair test ofthe effect of varying the bridle string length (d,) on the flight performance of a kite? (A) Trials 1 and 2 (8) Trials 2 and 3 (C) Trials 2 and 4 (0) Trials 3 and 5 38. _Asolid object placed in water displaces a volume of water that is equal to the object's volume. The relationship between density, mass and volume is shown below. density = mass + volume Fred placed four different solid balls into jars containing 1 litre (L) of water each. Each ball had a mass of 1 kilogram (kg). The drawings show what Fred observed. Which jar contains a ball with a density of 2 kg/L? (A) (B) (ce) (D) 3L 3L 3u | Les | | = | E 2b 2 2b Eat = {2008 1CAS Soares PaparD CEMA 1839. Some students were curious about whether there is a link between the colour of their own eyes and the colour of their parents’ and grandparents’ eyes. ‘They surveyed their parents and grandparents to find out their eye colours. They found that there were three main eye colours: brown (br), green (gr) and blue (b!). brown (br) green (gt) blue (bl) ‘The chart shows the data they gathered. Chart of eye colour ‘Student|_Grandparent_| Parent (Student | t[mit{mitim| | 1_[or for [br] br | gr br | br | (2 Tot [or Por br [orl br | gr J 3lorlarfaerler| orl bi | or 4 bifor fbr br bi br] oF 5 | bil gr} bl ar] gr[ bi | br 6 | brlgr | br| gr | br] br | br 7_[br[ ot [bl br | br] br | gr @ [br br | br| br] brlgr| or | 9 [orf gr for] ol | orl or] or jo_[brior|orfor| bij bi] bi ‘What is an appropriate conclusion from these results? The students have the same colour eyes as (A) their mothers. (8) their parents, if both parents have blue eyes. (C) their parents, if both parents have the same eye colour. (0) their grandparents, ifall of the grandparents have the same eye colour. 40. The diagrams show four belt drive systems. Pulley X rotates at the same speed in each system. In which system is pulley Y rotating the fastest? (A) axle belt © pulley (B) (0) 19 2008 1CAS Soon Paper DO EAAACKNOWLEDGMENT Copyright in this booklet is owned by Educational Assessment Australi UNSW Global Pty Limited unless otherwise indicated. Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright for materials used. Educational Assessment Australia apologises for any accidental infringement and welcomes information to redress the situation SOURCES Question 13. Fly images © Keith Edkins Question 25 Diagram constructed with the assistance of Educational Sun ‘Applets from The Australian National University website. 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