UNSW Global ‘THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES SYDNEY * AUSTRALIA DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. | ua Pa ee ee aL eee TU International Competitions Eee Pc ee ENP N leat eee Se | = Se ae Oa Cie eee es SCIENCE ee esate a ee) Use the information provided to chose the BEST answer from Pcie esr eee cae a oval that matches your answer faite: ba ter Ween ac) er RIS acto eoLO)4. Tomis heating water and wants to record the change in the temperature every two minutes for 10 minutes. Which table should he use to record his data? (A) ‘Transverse waves are often used to represent sound waves. A large amplitude indicates a loud sound and a short wavelength indicates a high-pitched sound, ‘The diagram below represents a single musical note. wavelength Which diagram represents a sound wave that is louder than the one shown above? (A) (8) nir|w{rlwlo | 8 alalelmw)ato 3s 2, Amethyst is a mineral that can be used to make jewellery. The photo shows a piece of amethyst at half its actual size. ma ‘What is the actual length ofthis piece of amethyst? For questions 4 and 5 use the information below. This diagram shows the name and size of different adult sharks and the depth of seawater at which each shark is found, 1 Grey Nurse shark (10-190 m) 1m Great Hammerhead shark (9-275 m) jai 1m Tiger shark (0-360 m) Depth of seawater (metros) 1m Great White shark (0~1280 my (A) -3.250m (8) 65cm Which sharks would be found at depths between 300-750 m? (Cc) 120m (0) 130m (A) Grey Nurse and Tiger shark only (8) Great Hammerhead and Whale shark oniy (C) Grey Nurse, Tiger and Whale shark only (D) Great White, Tiger and Whale shark only ‘Which shark is NOT found at the surface? (A) Great White (8) Whale (©) Tiger (0) Grey Nurse 214.085 Soca Pow DO EMA 2 3 201128 Scns Pager DOEAA6. _ Helen researched the breeding cycles of five kangaroo species. She drew this chart to show when the young are born each year. 1 eeeeeennnnmeenamnenmal 2 <= 3 ORT 4 Snes 5 REESE —as Different species give birth at different times of the year. ‘Sometimes more than two species of kangaroo give birth in the same month. During how many months dogs this occur? @ 4 () 2 Cc 3 (0) 4 7. Sound travels at a speed of about 330 metres per second in air. Light travels at 300 000 kilometres per second in air. ‘You see the lightning before you hear the thunder during a thunderstorm, because light travels faster than sound. The time difference between seeing the lightning and hearing the thunder lets you calculate how far away you are from the storm. During a thunderstorm, Lina saw lightning and nine seconds later heard thunder. ‘Approximately how far away was the storm? | (a) 3 km (8) 30 km, (C) 297 km | (D) 2700 km 8 9. For questions 8 and 9 use the Information below. ‘The graph summarises the temperature at Joe's farm over a period of five days. The measurements were taken at midnight, 6 am, 12 midday and 6 pm on each day. angen 30 + T g 25 KR A — e } : = 20 aH : 45 / ! oN i | 10|—. ! i reign Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Day What was the temperature (°C) at 6 am on Tuesday? (ay 14 8) 17 «) 20 0) 2 The table below shows the typical temperatures at Joe’s farm during each of the four seasons. 12 8 15 ey 20 7 28 PEE 12 8 16 14 10 “14 5 [ 4 During which season were the measurements used to draw the graph most likely taken? (A) Spring (8) Summer (©) Autumn (0) Winter 10. Additives are chemicals that are added to food for different reasons. The table lists some additives. sodiuin benzoate juice and soft drinks prevents growth of microbes ascorbic acid jam and tinned foods prevents food from going brown calcium propionate bread prevents mould from growing on bread azorubine jam, jellies and drinks makes food look red Ben has strawberry jam on bread for breakfast. Based on the information in the table, what additives are likely to be present in the strawberry jam? (A) sodium benzoate only (8) calcium propionate only (C) ascorbic acid and azorubine only (0) ascorbic acid, azorubine and calcium propionate only 2941048 Snes Paper DOEAA 4 6 2014 )AS Snes Paper DOEMAFor questions 11 and 12 use the information below. Hayley recorded the behaviour of bees, by observing them in her garden ‘She recorded how many bees landed on each different-coloured flower. She found that the largest number of bees landed on the purple flowers. orange flowers purple flowers Ted flowers yellow flowers ‘11. What question can Hayley answer from her observations? (A) Do purple flowers have more nectar? (8) _ Dobees spend more time on purple flowers? (C) Do purple flowers need bees to help them reproduce? (0) Do bees prefer purple flowers or flowers of other colours? 12. What did Hayley have to do to make sure that her investigation was a fair test? (A) make sure all bees were the same size (8) make sure all the bees came from the same hive (C) make sure the flowers received the seme amount of sunlight (D) make sure that different-coloured flowers were located in different parts of the garden 13. This diagram represents the internal structure, by mass, of a corn kernel starch ‘endosperm hull starch ack and fibre and gluten ae germ tip cap (11.9%) (0.8%) ‘Which of these makes up the greatest mass of the cor kemel? (A) germ, hull and fibre (8) hull and fibro (C) tip. cap and germ (D) endosperm 14, Glucose is a type of sugar. A student dissolved different amounts of glucose in different volumes of water. The water temperature in each container was the same. lL) a Sgofglucose 10gofglucose 15 gof glucose —20,gof glucose jn 100 mL in 50 mL in 200 mL in 150 mL of water of water of water of water ‘Which solution would taste the sweetest? a Ww (8) xX () ¥ @ Zz 15. The table lists information about different types of fire extinguishers, Wood, | Flammable | Flammable | Electrical | Cooking paper, | liquids: | gases | equipment | cils and textes, | petrol, ol, fats fabrics | _ paints Water v o 0 x x Foam v v 0 x 7-0 PowderABE | J v v v 0 Carbon ante vo | v0 | vo v v0 Vaporising liquid « wo is ¢ ° Wet chemical a 7 7 a v KEY ¥ | suitable 1-0 _| limited effectiveness 0 |noteffective X [dangerous if used Which type of fire extinguishers should be used to put out a fire from cooking oils and fats? (A) water (8) vaporising liquid (C) water, powder or vaporising liquid (D) foam, carbon dioxide or wet chemical 2016 1cAS Scone Papa OO EAA 6 T 2016 10AS Sconce Paper OD ERA— 46. When one gear turns another gear, the gear with more teeth will rotate more slowly than the gear with fewer teeth. The two gears will tun in opposite directions. ‘The diagram represents a number of gears joined together. Gear X turns clockwise. Which option describes the tuming of gear Y? (A) clockwise and faster than gear X 8) clockwise and slower than gear X (C) anticlockwise and faster than gear X (0) anticlockwise and slower than gear X 17. Scientists use satelite images to measure the area of ice covering the Arctic region. One reason for doing this isto find out if there is global warming. ‘The graph shows the smallest area of the Arctic region that wes covered with ice, each year, from 1979 to 2010. Arctic ice 1979-2010 c = = ‘Smallest area covered (mi 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 Year Which of these describes the overall change in the area of ice covering the Arctic region? (A) __Ithas increased. (8) __Ithas decreased. (©) __Itchanges every year. (©) It decreased and then increased. 18 Diffusion is the movement of dissolved particles from an area of higher concentration towards an area of lower concentration, ‘Osmosis is the movement of water molecules through a membrane fram an area of higher concentration towards an area of lower concentration. The diagram below shows water molecules and dissolved particles in one container separated by a membrane that allows both these substances to pass through it. water molecule, membrane 1 © A , ef cvsoned parse e| - |° ‘What has happened to the solution in figure X to cause the arrangement of substances shown in figure Y? (A) diffusion only (8) (C) diffusion and osmosis (0) ‘osmosis only neither osmosis nor diffusion 19, Places on the surface of Earth are given a location using coordinates called latitude and longitude. These coordinates locate places by their distance from the Equator and the Prime Meridian. One complete revolution of Earth occurs once every 24 hours. The planet is divided into 24 time zones one hour apart. rive Mettan 120 160 120 a0 50 20_0// 20 60 90 120150 100 780 150 120 90 60 30 0 30 60 90 120 150 160 The longitude of Rockhampton is approximately 150° E and the longitude of Dhaka is 90° E. What is the time in Dhaka when itis 6 am in Rockhampton? (A) 2am (8) 10am (C) 10pm (0) 4am 2014 1CASSclrce Paper DE EAA 8 9 2014 CAS Soames Paper DOEAA20. This graph shows the proportions of the main substances that make up the human brain. For questions 23 and 24 use the information below. carbohydrates This diagram of the water cycle shows how water changes and moves in, on and around the Earth, More liquid collects around the dust particles. The water vapour cools, \l L, eee nee collects around dust" Ce particles in the air and = — forms liquid. A < other organic compounds } Liqui¢ water turns into 1 water vapour and rises 23. Which of these supplies the energy for the water cycle? Approximately what percentage of the human brain is water? (A) Sun (B) rain (C) ocean (0) — cloud “70 ©) 7 © 85 (0) 90 24, In areas with low rainfall, itis possible to produce rain by ‘seeding’ the clouds. Cloud seeding involves roping particles such as silver iodide into the atmosphere. How does the silver iodide increase the amount of rain produced? i ion below. For uestions 24 and 22 use the information belo (A) __ by increasing the amount of water vapour rising from the ocean Kim boiled some leaves of red cabbage in water until the water became coloured. She divided the water (8) by Increasing the number of particles to collect water vapour evenly among five test tubes. She added drops of different substances to the test tubes. This changed the (C) _ byiincreasing the speed at which liquid water evaporates colour of the cabbage juice. (0) _ byiincreasing the temperature of the atmosphere ‘The table summarises what she added and the final colour of each mixture. 25. Jane carried out an investigation to determine the best conditions under which tomato plants grow. She [eg eS [pea ae S| compared the pants by counting how many laves each plant had ‘Substance added vinegar vinegar__| ammonia_| ammonia _| lemon juice Number of drops added 20 1 a 20 5 Final colour of mixture ] ‘She grew four groups of three tomato plants, each under different conditions. The table shows her results. Full sun, outside as | 74 | at | 16 | 14 | 15 red blue t= yellow blue " Partial shade, outside | 73 | 92 | 76 | 9 | 12 | 11 | Full shade, outside ao [43 [3a [5 [6 | 4 j Partial shade, indoors | 65 | 49 | 62 [| 7 | 8 | 8 21. Which test tube had a colour most like the colour of the test tube with the added lemon juice? Which statement is supported by the results of Jane's experiment? (A) the cabbage juice with 20 drops of vinegar (8) the cabbage juice with 1 drop of vinegar (C) the cabbage Juice with 1 drop of ammonia (0) the cabbage juice with 20 drops of ammonia (A) Taller tomato plants have more leaves. (8) Tomato plants grow taller outside than indoors. 22. If Kim adds the same amount of cabbage juice and 20 drops of lemon juice to a clean test tube, what will be (C) Tomato plants grow tallest outside in partial shade. the most likely colour of the mixture? (0) Tomato plants grow the most leaves outside in full sunlight. (A) the same as the colour of tube 4 (8) between the colours of tubes 2 and 3 (C) the same as the colour of tube 3 (D) the same as the colour of tube 4 2084 1CAS Esmee Pape DOGMA 10 1" 2OWICASScres Paper OS EAA26. Dora investigated the conditions under which plants grow. ‘She placed five identical small plants into separate pots. Over a week, she grew the plants under the Conditions shown in the table. Condition | Plant1 | Plant2 | Plant3 | Planta | Plants water v v v : v sand 7 : v v v fright | v 2 e 7 minerals : v v ¢ v ‘The diagram below shows Dora's plants after one week. s¥ia ¥ Plant 4 Plant 2 Plant 3 Plant 4 Plant 5 ‘According to Dora's results, which condition has the least effect on plant growth? (A) water (8) sand (C) Tight (0) minerals 27. _Allliving things carry a chemical called DNA in their cells. Animals receive half of their DNA from their mother and the other half from their father. The DNA can be removed from the cells and arranged to form a series of visible black lines. This means that some DNA lines from the mother and father will be visible in the offspring, The closer two living things are related, the more black DNA lines they have in the same positions. The diagram below shows some black DNA lines from two adult cats and four kittens. Adult male Adult female Kitten 1 Kitten 2 Kitten 3 Kitten 4 a) Ca ‘2 Using these black DNA lines, which kitten is most likely to have the two adult cats as its parents? (a) Kitten 4 (®) — Kitton2 (©) Kitten 3 (0) Kitten 4 28. When a solid is soluble, it seems to disappear when mixed with a liquid. When a solid is insoluble, it remains visible when mixed with a liquid. Matt cartied out an investigation to learn about the solubility of some solid substances. He placed 1 gram of a different solid substance into separate beakers. Then he added 100 g of water to each beaker, stirred the ‘mixture and left it to stand, The table lists his observations. [4 [barium nitrate | Nosolid was visible. 2 | barium sulfate ‘Some solid was visible at the bottom of the breaker. 3__ [lead nitrate No solid was visible. 4 [lead sulfate ‘Some solid was visible at the bottom of the breaker. 5 [potassium nitrate | No solid was visible. 6 | potassium phosphate | No solid was visible, 7__ [zinc acetate No solid was visible. 8 _ | zinc phosphate ‘Some solid was visible at the bottom of the breaker. What can Matt conclude from these results? (A) Allzinc compounds are soluble. (8) _Allsulfate compounds are insoluble, (C) Some acetate compounds are soluble. (0) Some nitrate compounds are insoluble, 29. The density of objects is calculated using the equation Water has a density of 1 g/cm*. Objects sink in water if their density is greater than the density of water, and tloat if their density is less than the density of water. The table shows some information about coloured objects made from different materials, black 6 | 55 pink 58 purple 43 white 20 What is the colour of the object that floats on water? (A) white (®) purple (©) pink (0) black 20141088 sebnco Paper OEM 12 18 20141AS Since Paper DOEAA30. At20°C, the largest amount of table salt you can dissolve in 100 mL of water is 36 grams. 34, There are several indicators that can be used to identify substances in different foods. student added 144 grams of table salt to 300 mL of water at 20 °C Tony used three indicators to test four foods: How much more water does the student need to add to dissolve ll the table salt? + brown paper for the presence of fat + Iodine solution for the presence of starch (ie foam yet sO oe dO TrEeren = Benedict's reagent for the presence of glucose. The table shows his results. For questions 31 to 33 use the information below. Food | Fatpresent | Starch present | Glucose present Sounds contain energy in different frequency ranges. The frequency range of sound is measured in fate ot) w no yes yes x yes yes ne Different animals can hear different frequency ranges of sound Y no no yes The table shows the frequency range heard by some animals, 7 an = ra 0 10 100 100010000 __100000 (hertz) Tony used his results table to draw a flowchart of some of his tests, Human Elephant D ad Indicator 4 cat Mouse @ een) Bat Indicator 2 Beluga Whale | Dolphin Indicator 3 31. Whatis the frequency range that can be heard by the greatest number ofthe animals? (A) 10-100 Hz (8) 100-1 000 Hz @ 3) (C) 1000-10 000 Hz (©) 1000-100 000 He Which is the name of indicator 1 and Indicator 2? als in the table? 32, Which animals can hear some sounds that cannot be heard by any of the other ar 5 5 (A) mouse and bat (8) bat and Beluga whale eset. een (Cc) elephant and Beluga whale (0) elephant and dolphin (A) brown paper Benedict's reagent 33. Sound with a frequency too low for humans to hear is called infrasound. Sound with a frequency too high for | ®) brown paper iodine solution humans to hear is called ultrasound, (C) Benedict's reagent iodine solution How many of the animals can detect both infrasound and ultrasound? (D) Benedict's reagent brown paper a) 0 (Bs) 1 () 2 (0) 6 2014 CAS Sconce Paper D@ EAA 14 15, ‘2014 ICAS Stence Paper DO EAA35. Solutions can be acidic, neutral or alkaline, Ben has three containers 1, 2, 3. pee 1 = acidic 2= neutral water 3 = alkaline Each container has the same volume of solution. Containers 7 and 3 have the same concentration. When equal volumes of the acidic and alkaline solutions are mixed, a neutral solution is produced. beaker W beaker X beakerY beaker Z ‘Which option shows the correct solution in each beaker? Equal volumes of containers 1, 2 and 3 were poured into connecting pipes as shown at the same time. 37. For questions 36 and 37 use the information below. ‘Six children competed in a 400 metre (m) race. The diagrams show the position of each child at two different times (t, and t,) during the race. Position of runners (m) after 40 seconds (t,) Position of runners (m) after 60 seconds (t,) ‘The speed of a moving person or object is given by the equation distance ‘time. speed = ‘At what speed (in matres per second) did the child in Lane 1 run between time t, and time t,2 a 5 (®) 10 © 15 ©) 6 ‘The children continued running at the same speed as they had between times t, and t, until they reached the finish tine, (A) | acidic acidic alkaline alkaline ‘What was the order of finishing (by lane) of the first four children? (@) | acicic neutral neutral alkaline (©) | neutral acidic alkaline _| neutral Way ot Sa @) 5,3,1.6 (©) 3.5.14 ©) 3.5.41 (0) | neutral neutral alkaline 2014 1CAS Science Paper DE EAA 16 47 2014 ICAS Sclence Paper DO EAA38. The melting point of a solid is the temperature at which it changes from a solid into a liquid. The boi 40. Liam was given five containers, each containing a different white powder. The powders were sugar, of a liquid is the temperature at which it changes from a liquid into a gas. silica gel, bicarbonate of soda, starch and calcium carbonate. The table lists the melting point and boiling point of four substances. ‘mercuric bromide 236 322, potassium jodide 681 1330 zine chloride 283 732 Which of these substances are liquid at 700 °C? (A) potassium iodide and zinc chloride (8) mercuric bromide and zine chloride (C) calcium fluoride and potassium iodide (D) calcium fluoride and mercuric bromide Liam conducted some simple tests to determine which powder was in each container. 39. Isabel made a mobile to hang in her room. To make sure that each section of her mobile was balanced, Lian! Isabel used the following rule: only starch tums black when iodine is added to it mass 4» length 4 = mass 2 x length 2 + sugar and bicarbonate of soda dissolve in cold water + calcium carbonate, silica gel and starch do not dissolve in cold water + only calcium carbonate and bicarbonate of soda fizz when vinegar is added. Liam recorded his results in this table. length 4 length 2 i No No Yes ; mass 1 mass 2 2 Yes No No 3 Yes No Yes ‘The diagram shows the mobile she constructed 4 No No No 5 No ‘Tums biack No Which option correctly identities the substance in each container? A) | silica get sugar _| bicarbonate of soda | calcium carbonate _| starch { (8) | calcium carbonate | silica gel | sugar bicarbonate of soda | starch (©) | bicarbonate of soda | sugar | calcium carbonate _| starch silica gel | (0) | calcium carbonate | sugar _ | bicarbonate of soda | silica gel starch What is the mass of balloon X? (A) 309 (8) 90g (©) 1809 (0) 270g 241088 Scns Ppnt 0 DEA 18 19 211648 Seen Pager EAA