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Sacred Heart Canossian College

S.2 Integrated Science (2008-2009)
Final Examination

Answers of Section A:

Questio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Answer C D D A B C A A B B

Questio 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Answer A B D D C A D C B B

Answers of Section B:

Questio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Answer F T F F T T F F T T

Section C: Extended Questions (50 marks)

1. The following figure shows a plug of an electric iron:

(i) Earth wire

(iii) Live wire
(ii) Neutral wire

Fuse

(a) 2 marks for all correct answers, 1 marks for 2 or 1 correct answers (2, 1 or 0)
(b) Green and yellow (1) (No mark for either green or yellow.)
(c) Wire (i) should be connected to the (metal) case of the electric iron. (1)
(d) (i) Max. current = 1320  220 (1)
= 6 A (1 mark with units)
(ii) 7A (1)

2. (a) Ear flap  Ear canal  Eardrum  Ear bones Cochlea

Auditory nerve  Brain (1 mark each)
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(b) To transmit the signal from the cochlea to the brain. (1)
(c) (i) X (1) (ii) Y (1)
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3. (a) Long sight. (1)

Eyeball is too short / the lens is thinner than normal. (1)
(b)

light rays from

distant objects

(1 mark for drawing the converging rays onto the retina)

(c) Convex lens (1)

(d)

text on the
newspaper

(1 mark for drawing a convex lens, 1 mark for drawing light rays from the point, 1
mark for showing the convergence of rays by the hand lens and the lens in the eye
ball onto the retina)

(e) The sharp image is formed behind the retina. (1)

(f) Her pupil decreases in size when she steps out from a dark room to a bright
environment. (1 mark for the change)
This change can avoid damages to the light-sensitive cells on the retina by the
strong light. (1 mark)
EC=(1)

4. (a) Water / Small water droplets (1)

(b) It comes from the water vapour in our breathed air/our breathed air is saturated with
water vapour. (1)
The mirror surface is cool. (1)
Water vapour condenses on it to form tiny water droplets. (1)
EC=(1)
(c) We can use (dry) cobalt chloride paper to test it. (1)
(Please also give mark if students just give ‘cobalt chloride paper’.)
The paper will change from blue to pink. (1)

5. (a) Grass  Grasshopper  Small bird  Hawk (1 or 0)

(b) (i) Grass (1)
(ii) Producers are usually green plants. (1)
They can carry out photosynthesis to make food. (1)
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6. (a) Both consume oxygen;

Both release energy / carbon dioxide / water;
Both involve the change of the chemical energy in food into other forms of energy.
(Any one answer) (1)
(b) The release of energy from food is much faster in the burning of a peanut than in
respiration.
The burning of a peanut takes place in air but respiration takes place in living cells.
(Any one answer) (1)

7. (a) A, B and C (1 or 0)
(b) B and C (1 or 0)
(c) Solution X does not change the colour of blue litmus paper. (1)
There is no colour change and this indicates that solution X is either alkaline or
neutral. (1)

8. (a) (i) Hydrogen gas (1)

(ii) When a burning splint is put near the mouth of the test tube, (1)
a ‘pop’ sound is heard. (1)
(b) The magnesium ribbons dissolve in the acid/disappear finally. (1)

9. (a) By using pH paper or universal indicator or pH meter. (1)

(b) Rose, beans and forget-me-not (1 or 0)
(c) Slaked lime can be added to the soil to raise the pH value/to neutralize the soil
affected by acid rain (1)
to a suitable level for some types of plants to grow healthily. (1)