igs UNSW Global THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES B SYDNEY + AUSTRALIA INTRODUCTORY PAPER Peed a a Ex ae Preteen STUDENT'S NAME: c tee Peer Cros Peet SCIENCE mene ea ime tOn ne Cees Ut} Comin en)Which one of these animals has wings? (A) abat (8) ashark (C) amouse ——(D) a snake Which of these will bounce highest when dropped onto a floor? @~ hi (A) abasketball (8) _ a book (C) ashoe (0) asock Which of these things usually weighs less than a bicycle? (A) acar (8) acat (C) ahouse (0) acow Milan measures the height of this candle with a ruler. What is the height of the candle? (A) Tom (8) 6cm (C) 4cm (0) tom 210 cA ante Pe 98 2‘When is it easiest to see lots of stars if there are no clouds? (A) sunrise (8) midday (C) sunset (0) midnight ‘Simon helped clean up a park on three days. The table shows how much of each kind of rubbish he found, xxx «x x xx xxxxx [xxx x xxx xX xxx XXKKX ‘Which type of rubbish did he find the most of? (A) Bottles (8) Cans (C) Plasticbags (D) Paper Diana wants to know the kind of pet that people in her schoo! like most. She does not have time to ask everybody in her school. ‘Which of these would be the best way to find out? (A) Ask her friends what their favourite kind of pet is. (8) Ask only girls what their favourite kind of pet is. (C) Ask only younger students what their favourite kind of pet is. (0) Ask some boys and girls from each year group what their favourite kind of pet is. 3 eich aio ree CEA8. Many living things are symmetrical For example, this picture of a dog has one line of symmetry. ‘i — line of symmetry ‘The pictures below show a crab and a flower. S&S flower ‘Which option has the correct number of ines of symmetry for each picture? | [a 1 2 (8) 2 z ©@{ 4 a (0) 2 4 9. The table lists the features of some different shapes. square orange medium circle __ blue large _ rectangle red medium square orange small circle yellow ‘small What colour is the small square shape? (A) orange (8) blue (C) red (0) yellow 1c ssn poo 410. Joe had two containers, X and Y. container Y All the water from container X was poured into container Y. Which diagram shows the water level in container Y? (8) (c) 1" Dave looked at four machines in his kitchen, Each machine changed electrical eneray into other types of energy. Fridge | Grill_| Oven | Blender sound Z UD light v z z heat v Z Z Mi movement v Which type of eneray do all the machines change electrical energy ito? (A), sound ®) light (©) heat (©) movement12. The diagram compares the features of birds with the features of fish. birds fish ‘What are two features that birds and fish have in common? (A) mouth and tal (8) fins and teeth (C) teeth and eyes (0) feathers and lungs 13, Lisa and Tim were adding blocks to a seesaw. + Tim's blocks Which block(s) should Tim add to his side to balande the seesaw? a“ . _® El 8 Me -F a) © a « (eee) sirens Some a aro 614, Alice collects rocks. ‘She wants to sort her rocks by how hard they are. She tests some rocks. ‘What should she change each time she tests a rock? (A) the length of rock (8) the mass of rock “(C) the type of rock (0) the shape of rack 15. Brian put some flour on a scale. He then added some sugar to the flour. flour only flour and sugar How much sugar did he add? (A) 100 grams (B)_250.grams —(C) 500grams —(D)_750 grams 16. Flags can be used to send messages. The position of a pair of flags held by a person matches a letter of the alphabet. The positions of the flags follow a pattern A B a) F sc Which ofthe following represents the letter E? © oO. (A) (8) 7 ovens somamoriew oa17. _Asolar eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks some of the sunlight from reaching Earth. Which diagram shows a solar eclipse? (A) (8) (©) (0) nay Ea or To scate) 18 Ellen saw four animals in her garden En arr backbone | EE ms backbone Ea How many animals had more than four legs? (Ay 4 (8) 2 (ce) 3 (D) 4 {8108 Some na aera 819. The picture shows three gears. Each gear can turn this way () or this way (). Joe turns Gear 1 which makes the other gears turn. Which of these shows the directions the gears could be turning? “ oO oO oO ® oO oO oO ol “oO oO as! ©) oO oO oO 9 ‘mit ens soe roe20. Sam was testing the bounce of a rubber ball. The picture shows three of his tests, «Drop height DO, ED sins: Grass Conerete Wood What can Sam find out from these three tests? (A) whether the type of ball affects the bounce (8) _ whether the type of surface affects the bounce (C) _ whether the drop height affects the bounce (0) whether the ball shape affects the bounce 21. This is a weather map for six towns. Noah Wiest. 4 East South Danny lives in a town that is west of Bogdich and directly north of Dapburg, What weather does the map show for Danny's town? (A) Sunny (8) Cloudy (C) Rain (0) Lightning 2e18eAs omar re oA 1022, The diagrams show four tiles, each with part of a plant drawn on it. ae ae tile 1 tile 2 tile 3 tile 4 ‘When the tiles are lined up correctly, the drawings show the complete plant. How do the tiles have to be lined up to show the complete plant? “ ®) © 0) | we? | tile2 tile 1 | jw | 23. Lisa makes five groups of coloured marbles that follow a pattern. S\ilie@ O@ @ ee Oa oe |e @o°| (90° . Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Which of the following is the fifth group of marbles? A) (8) (2) - (0) e ee @ ®e6 @e@ . 8% @o | _e@|| @ " ‘2108 Senha SE24, Sarah counted the number of fish she saw in a river over four days. She drew this graph to show the number she saw, Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday (On Saturday she saw 8 fish. How many fish did she see altogether? a) 5 (®) 10 (©) 14 (0) 28 28. Four children wrote down the time it took them to get to school on a sunny day and on a rainy day. ‘The table shows their times in minutes. Amy 10 15 Ben 15 20 Ciara 5 15 David 20 20 ‘ Whose time changed the most from a sunny day toa rainy day? ¥ (A) Amy (©) Ben (C) Ciara (D) David smeicas tonsa Pw BEM 226. Container 1 had oil and a small rubber ball it. Container 2 had water and oil in it. oil container 1 container 2 Jane poured the contents of container 2 into container 1. Which diagram shows what container 1 looks like now? > 27. Which animal was the last to leave these footprints on the Sand? (A) cat (B) bird (C) human (0) horse 8 Cs asec er EA28. Some students played a game to see who could throw a ball the furthest. For their game to be fair the students needed to make sure that (A) they each threw the ball at the same time. (B) they each threw the ball in the same way. (C) _ they each threw the ball only once. (0) _ they each threw the same ball 29. Magnets have a north pole and a south pole. When magnets are placed near one another, they can either repel or attract one another as shown in the diagram. 125" aom ; B_ ps “a Four students were given the challenge of joining four magnets together in a line so that they would remain joined. Which line of magnets will join together? a 1c Semin eee ea8 1430, Scientists made a new material with these features: + waterproof = cannot be bent + does not bum + can be heated up to 300 °C + _ allows heat to pass through it. Which of these is the most suitable product that could be made using this new material? (A) oven gloves (8) garden hose (C) drinking glass (D) saucepan . 18 0h sei Page EAAcknowledgment Copyright inthis tooket is owned by Educational Assessment Austalia, UNSW Global Ply Limited, unless otherwise Indicated. 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