Academic Year 2016-2017

Final Exam/ Second Semester

Subject: Science Date of Exam: Wednesday 31/05/2017

Grade: 8 International ( ) Time of Exam: 90 min

Teacher: Deemah Wafa, Husamuddin Khalil Maximum Mark: 80

Student’s Name: ______________________________________________________

Exam’s Objectives Max Tot

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1 Circle the correct answer

2 Explain roles of given organisms in nitrogen cycles

3 What non- living things that transfer N2 to ammonia

4 What do organisms need N2 for

5 State terms that complete inf. About N2 cycles

6 State name of biome according to provided description

7 Explain importance of ozone layer in protecting organisms

8 Explain how water formed in early earth

9 Compare between different aquatic ecosystems

1 Predict how apopulation change affect air pollution

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1 Explain how one energy resources cause pollution

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1 Explain changes in ecosystem

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1 Define energy resources

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1 Explain how burning coal produces electricity

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1 How to let generating electricity from forming less pollution

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 Explain how previous process causes greenhouse effect

1 Explain how coal formed

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1 Define energy resource

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1 State the disadvantages for using nuclear fuel as a source of

8 energy.

1 Determine whether a given resource is renewable or non-

9 renewable.

Total of Test 80

Question Max mark Student’s mark

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Dear students, read the following before you answer:
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1. Read and understand the questions very well.
2.    3 17 Answer the most convenient questions first.
3.    4 17 Keep your work neat, tidy and clear.
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Total 80

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Circle the correct answer:

Question #1: (15 marks)

Circle the correct answer

1. In a lab activity making recycled paper, Gina uses shredded waste paper, starch, and
water. Conclude the natural resource that is used in a factory that makes recycled
paper?
a. trees b. plastic c. soil d. oil

2. Which of the following is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem:

a. Tree leaves b. The number of lions eating zebras
c. The amount of sunlight reaching plants d. A disease caused by bacteria

3. A developer is planning a new housing development and is interested in protecting

crocodile habitats. The graph below shows which habitats crocodiles prefer.

The developer wants to build where the fewest crocodile observations have occurred.
Near which type of area is the developer most likely to place the new housing
development?
A. coves B. ponds C. creeks D. shoreline

4. At each level of an energy pyramid, 90% of the energy received from the lower level
is used for life processes. Only 10% is stored and can be passed up to the next level.
Which of the following statements is correct?
A. One snake can feed many hawks.
B. Hawks should eat grass to obtain the most energy.
C. There must be the same number of plants as animals.
D. Producers are the most numerous group of organisms.

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5. Look at the food web in the picture below.

Which animal has the least amount of energy stored in its body?

A. Tiny water plants B. Fish C. Penguin D. Killer whale

6. Why is an energy pyramid drawn in the shape shown below?

A. The higher the level is, the fewer the animals.

B. The higher the level is, the larger the organisms.
C. The higher the level is, the more important the animals.
D. The higher the level is, the more successful the predators.

7. Nuclear energy is obtained when:

A. Energy is released as a result of atomic fission.
B. Energy is absorbed a result of atomic fission
C. Energy is released as a result of atomic fusion then fission.
D. Energy is absorbed a result of atomic fusion then fission.

8. How does a photovoltaic cell harness energy that can be used?

A. It converts solar energy to electricity.
B. It heats water that can be used to warm buildings.
C. It reflects energy away from Earth and towards space
D. It uses energy of moving water to rotate a turbine.

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9. Which kind of diagram shows how much energy passes along as one organism
consumes another?
A. decomposition
B. energy pyramid
C. food chain
D. food web

10. Look at the desert scene pictured below.

To picture all of the types of organisms listed below, which types would you need to add
to the scene?
A. consumers, decomposers
B. herbivores, producers
C. producers, herbivores
D. scavengers, producers

11. Which biome does the picture in question 10 represent?

A. Taiga B. Tundra C. Desert D. Tropical rain forest

12. What is the primary source of energy for this organism?

A. carbon dioxide B. Heat C. soil D. sunlight

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13. In a forest food chain, what is the connection between the sun and a tree?
A. The sun helps chlorophyll turn oxygen into carbon dioxide.
B. The tree shades animals from the sun and gives them nutrients.
C. The sun heats up the ground so the tree’s roots can take in water.
D. The tree uses the sun’s energy to make food through photosynthesis.

14. Which of the following is considered as an exhaustible renewable resource?

A. Petroleum B. Wind C. Cotton D. Sunlight

15. The process in which organic matter and nutrients can slowly build up in a body of
water, causing land plants to grow in is known as:
A. Succession B. Eutrophication C. Biodiversity D. Lichens

Question #2:

a. Explain TWO roles of: [6]

1- Plants in a water cycle.

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2- Bacteria in nitrogen cycle.

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3- Decomposers in carbon cycle.

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b. Nitrogen can enter the food chain by being transformed from nitrogen gas in the air
into salts in the soil in several ways, [2]

1. State the non- living thing that could do that transformation.

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2. What do organisms need nitrogen for?

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Question #3:

A. [6]

B. [6]

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 7. Explain the importance of the ozone layer in protecting organisms living in a
grassland biome. [2]

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8. Explain how water formed in early Earth billions of years ago. [3]

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[Total 17]

Question #4
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A. State TWO differences between each of the following aquatic ecosystems according
to their waters and animals living in them: [8]

1. Ponds and rivers [2]

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2. Wetland and intertidal zone [2]

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3. neritic and deep oceans [2]

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4. Estuary and open ocean [2]

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B. The table below shows how the population of a region has changed from 1978 to
2008. [4]

Total population Year

9,132,000 1978
12,306,400 1988
15,486,559 1998
18,328,340 2008

1. Predict how this population change might have affected air pollution in the
atmosphere. [1]

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2. State 2 energy resources that would cause pollution. [1]

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3. Explain how one of the energy resources you mentioned in (2) would cause pollution.
[2]

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C. According to the figure below, answer the following questions. [5]

1. What is the type of succession shown in the figure? [1]

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2. In picture 5, plants grew again after the fire, how did that happen? [2]

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3. Which pictures contain climax community? [1]

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4. Which pictures show highest biodiversity? [1]

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[Total 17]

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Question # 5

According to the figure below, answer the following questions.

1. Define the term Energy resource. [2]

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2. Explain how burning coal produces electricity. [5]

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3. Suggest how we could make the process of generating electricity cause less pollution.
[2]

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4. Explain how this process cause greenhouse effect. [3]

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5. Explain how coal formed. [4]

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6. Define the term Energy resource. [2]

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7. State 1 disadvantage for using nuclear fuel as a source of energy. [1]

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[Total 19]

Question #6

Fill in the table below with terms from the box below [4]
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Oil Solar Geothermal energy Wind Coal

Water Plants Nuclear

Renewable sources Nonrenewable source

]Total 4[

- Good Luck!-

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