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Exam Paper
( Ch apters 1– 6)
Foundation Tier
Instructions:
1. The paper consists of FIVE parts:
Part A: Multiple-choice Questions (15 questions, 30 marks)
Part B: True-or-false (10 questions, 10 marks)
Part C: Fill-in-the-blanks (15 blanks, 15 marks)
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Part D: Short Questions (3 questions, 15 marks)
Part E: Long Questions (3 questions, 30 marks)
2. Answer ALL questions.
3. Write ALL the answers on the ANSWER
SHEETS provided.
Active Science
Exam Paper (Chapters 1–6) Foundation Tier
1. Grace wants to find out whether a bigger parachute will fall faster than a smaller
one.
4. Henry has a glass of muddy sea water. He pours it into the column below.
muddy
sea water
fine sand
coarse sand
gravel
liquid collected
(1) Overfishing
(2) Hunting
(3) Abandoned plastic bags in the sea
A. (1) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)
7. During menstruation, a red liquid is expelled from the female body. What does this
liquid contain?
(1) Blood
(2) Egg
(3) Uterus lining cells
A. (1) and (2) only
B. (1) and (3) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)
10. Jack is playing basketball with his friends. At which of the following instants does the
basketball have the most kinetic energy?
13. Which of the following correctly shows the arrangement of gold particles before and
after a gold block is melted?
A.
B.
C.
D.
15. Which of the following explains why a steel boat can float on water?
A. Steel has the same density as water.
B. Steel is denser than water.
C. A steel boat contains air, and air is less dense than water.
D. A steel boat contains air, and air is denser than water.
2. In a distillation set-up in the school laboratory, cold water should enter the
condenser from bottom.
7. A torch converts electrical energy into light energy and thermal energy.
9. Air is matter.
1. The three conditions that form the fire triangle are (a)_________________ ,
cloud formation
(b)__________________ raining
(a)__________________
3. (a)________________ have moist skin that helps breathe on land and in water. Most
of them have (b)________________ feet to help swim.
6. (extension) As coal, petroleum and natural gas are formed from dead organisms
millions of years ago, they are called ________________ fuels.
(Total: 5 marks)
2. Debbie wants to know how the weight of sugar changes when it dissolves in water.
She weighs a sugar cube and a beaker of water before and after dissolving.
electronic balance
(a) When Debbie designs the experiment, she wants the sugar to dissolve faster in
water.
(i) She thinks about stirring the solution with a glass rod. Explain why this
method may cause error (誤差). (1 mark)
(ii) What should she do to make sugar dissolve faster in water? (1 mark)
(b) The balance reading does not change after the sugar is dissolved.
What conclusion can Debbie draw? (1 mark)
(c) (extension) Debbie further adds more sugar cubes into the beaker. She finds
that some sugar remains undissolved even after stirring.
(i) Briefly explain why. (1 mark)
Frank Edward
They have wings! The video says a baby bat feeds on its
They must be birds. mother’s milk. I think bats are not
birds.
(a) (i) According to the information above, which group of vertebrates do bats
belong to? (1 mark)
(ii) Besides the difference stated by Edward, state TWO other differences
between birds and this group of vertebrates. (2 marks)
(iii) State ONE common feature between birds and this group of vertebrates.
(1 mark)
(b) Besides birds and the group of vertebrates mentioned in (a), state ONE more
group of vertebrates. (1 mark)
(Total: 5 marks)
2. Tony carries out an experiment to find out the relationship between the length that
a catapult (彈叉) belt is being stretched and the horizontal distance travelled by a
stone shot from the catapult.
3. The diagrams below show a ‘magic ball’ made of a special material. The density of
this material changes with temperature.
The ball sinks just after it is put into a hot water bath (60 °C). After a while, it floats.
‘magic ball’
The graph below shows how the density of the ball changes after it is put into hot
water.
density
density of
hot water
density of
ball
time
when the ball is put
into hot water
(a) (i) Briefly explain why the ball sinks just after it is put into hot water. (1 mark)
(ii) When the ball stays in hot water, how does its density change? (1 mark)
(iii) (extension) Using the particle theory, explain this change in density.
(Hint: Think about the speeds of movement of the particles, and the
distances between them.) (3 marks)
(b) Now, the ball is taken out of the hot water and is put into a cold water bath
(4 °C). The ball floats just after it is put into the cold water. After a while, it
sinks.
‘magic ball’
cold water
(4 °C)
just after the ball is a while later after salt is added
put into water
(i) How does the density of the ball change when it stays in cold water?
(1 mark)
(ii) Then, some salt is added into the water. After the salt dissolves, the ball
floats again. Briefly explain why the ball floats. (2 marks)
(iii) Using the particle theory, explain the process of dissolving of salt in water.
Name : ( )
Class :
ACTIVE SCIENCE
Date :
Foundation Tier
Active Science
Exam Paper (Chapters 1–6) Foundation Tier
Answer Sheets
Part A Multiple-choice (30 marks)
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
11. ______ 12. ______ 13. ______ 14. ______ 15. ______
Part total:
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(b)
3. (a)
(b)
4. (a)
(b)
5. (a)
(b)
6.
7.
8. (a)
(b)
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(ii)
(iii)
(b)
2. (a) (i)
(ii)
(b)
(c) (i)
(ii)
3. (a) (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(b)
Part total:
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(b) (i)
(ii)
(c) (i)
(ii)
(d)
2. (a)
(b) (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(c)
(d)
3. (a) (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(b) (i)
(ii)
(iii)
Part total:
/ 30
Answers
Part A Multiple-choice (30 marks)
1. A 9. D
2. B 10. D
3. C 11. C
4. D 12. B
5. B 13. A
6. D 14. B
7. D 15. C
8. C
(ii)
large
vacuole
(correct spelling: 1 M)
(correct position: 1 M)
(d) Plant cells have a rigid cell wall but animal cells have no cell walls. (1 M)
2. (a) x: The length that the catapult belt is being stretched (1 M)
y: The horizontal distance travelled by a stone shot from the catapult (1 M)
(b) (i) Potential energy (1 M)
(ii) Increases (1 M)
(iii) Tony (1 M)
(c) Potential energy of the stretched catapult (1 M)
kinetic energy of the stone shot out (1 M)
(d) Increase (1 M)
The longer the catapult belt is stretched, the more potential energy it has. (1 M)
So, more kinetic energy is transferred to the stone, and the horizontal
distance travelled by the stone becomes longer. (1 M)
3. (a) (i) Its density is higher than that of the water. (1 M)
(ii) Its density decreases. (1 M)
(iii) When the ball is put into hot water, the particles of the ball gain energy
and vibrate faster. (1 M)
They move further apart from each other, (1 M)
so the volume of the ball increases / the ball expands. (1 M)
(b) (i) Its density increases. (1 M)
(ii) The density of the salt solution is higher than water. (1 M)
The ball floats when the density of the salt solution becomes higher than
the ball. (1 M)
(iii) When a salt crystal is added into water, the water particles collide with
the outer salt particles. (1 M)
The outer salt particles are pulled out, and they spread evenly among the
water particles. (1 M)