HON.

VINCENT EKOW ASSAFUAH INTER-SCHOOL QUIZ 2023

Semi-final 1
Round 1 (Fundamental concepts)
Preamble: Name the domestic animals of the following breeds:
1. Rhode Island Red Ans: chicken/domestic fowl
2. Sokoto Red Ans: goat
3. Sokoto Gudali Ans: cattle/cow
Preamble: Which part of the vacuum flask minimizes heat transfer by:
4. Conduction Ans: cork/stopper/vacuum
5. Radiation Ans: silvered (inner and outer) surfaces
6. Convection Ans: vacuum

7. The statement “light travels in a straight line” is the principle of………………….

Ans: rectilinear propagation of light
8. The statement “the total energy in a closed system is constant” is the law of………
Ans: conservation of energy
9. The statement “a body continues its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line
provided no external force acts on it” is Newton’s…………………
Ans: first law of motion
10. A community with its environment is termed……………….
Ans: ecosystem
11. A place where an organism lives successfully is known as……………
Ans: habitat
12. The linear sequence of living things feeding and being fed on is called…………….
Ans: food chain

Preamble: If 22n = x, find

13. x-1 Ans: 1/2n or 2-2n
14. 2x Ans: 21+ 2n
15. x2 Ans: 24n

Preamble: Dan is (x-2) years old now

16. How old was he seven years ago? Ans: x-9
17. What will be his age fifteen years from now? Ans: x+13
18. What is twice his age now? Ans: 2x-4
Preamble: A floor is completely covered with square tiles, all alike. If whole (full) tiles
only are used, what is the greatest size the tiles can be if:
 19. The floor measures 9m by 18m Ans: 3m by 3m (or 3m)
20. The floor measures 8m by 12m Ans: 4m by 4m (or 4m)
21. The floor measures by 22m by 33m Ans: 11m by 11m (or 11m)

22. What is the set of all people who have walked on the sun? Ans: empty/null set
23. A set which contains only one element is called…Ans: a unit set/singleton
24. Two sets which have the same number of elements are known as Ans equivalent sets

ROUND TWO –APPLICATIONS AND TEST OF PRACTICAL WORK

Preamble: Name the methods which can be used to separate the following mixtures into
their components and state the properties of the components which make the separation
possible:
25. Alcohol and water
Ans: Distillation /Simple distillation. (1 mark) The components (alcohol and water)
have widely different boiling points/ the mixture is made up of volatile and non-
volatile liquids. (2 marks)
26. Powdered chalk and water
Ans: Filtration or decantation. (1 mark) The components (powdered chalk and
water) are an insoluble solid (solid that does not dissolve) and a liquid (2 marks)
27. Sodium chloride and ammonium chloride
Ans: Sublimation. (1 mark) The mixture is made up of subliming and non-
subliming substances. (2 marks)

Preamble: For each of the following transistor connections, state the region of operation
of the transistor
28. When the base-emitter junction is forward biased and the collector-base junction is
reverse biased.
Ans: Active region
29. When the base-emitter junction is reverse biased.
Ans: Cut-off region
30. When both junctions of the transistor are forward biased.
Ans: Saturation region

31. Twice a number x decreased by 5 (4-x) is at least 1. Find the value of x

Ans: x ≥ 3 (Hint: 2x- 5(4-x) ≥ 1)
32. Four times one less than a number is at most three times the number. What is the
number?
Ans: x ≤ 4 (Hint: 4 (x-1) ≤ 3x
33. When 4 is added to a number and the result is multiplied by 6, the final answer is not
greater than two times the number. What is the number?
Ans: x ≤ -6 (Hint: 6 (4 +x) ≤ 2x)
 Preamble: Boadu and Ansah formed a company and agreed that their annual
profit will be shared in the ratio 4:5 respectively. If at the end of the year, Ansah
received GHC 5,000 more than Boadu,
34. How much was Boadu’s share? Ans: GHc 20,000
35. How much was Ansah’s share? Ans: GHc 25,000
36. How much was shared (the annual profit)? Ans: GHc 45,000

ROUND three –TRUE/FALSE & RIDDLES

True or False
37. If x-8 represents an even integer, then the next consecutive even integer in terms of x
is x-6. Ans: True
38. If x represents an integer, then the next consecutive integer in terms of x is x+2
Ans: False
39. If x+2 represents an odd integer, then the next odd integer in terms of x is x+4
Ans: True
40. Venus is hotter than Mercury Ans: True
41. Mars is the habitable planet Ans: False
42. Earth has an atmosphere but Venus has no atmosphere Ans: False
43. The shoot system of a flowering plant develops from the radicle. Ans: False
44. The seed coat is otherwise known as the tesla Ans: False
45. Water and air enter and leave the seed through the micropyle Ans: True

RIDDLES
46. I am a regular polygon
The sum of my interior angles equals the sum of my exterior angles.
At each vertex, an interior angle is congruent to an exterior angle
To be honest, I am a rectangle
Who am I?
Ans: Square

47. I am a number
There is a mixed feeling about me
Part of me is a whole
Part of me is a fraction
Who am I?
Ans: Mixed number

48. It appears I am always in the center of things

In other context, I am the middle man
In a triangle, I am a line segment
I am one of the three musketeers in Statistics
Who am I?
Ans: Median
 HON. VINCENT EKOW ASSAFUAH INTER-SCHOOL QUIZ 2023
Semi-final 2
Round 1 (Fundamental concepts)
Preamble: Give the names of the following components of mixtures
1. The solid component found on the filter paper during filtration
Ans: residue
2. The liquid component that flows into a container during filtration
Ans: filtrate
3. The component that is condensed into the beaker during simple distillation
Ans: distillate
4. In which part of the human digestive system is the bile stored?
Ans: Gall bladder
5. The continuous contraction and relaxation of the lining of the oesophagus that pushes
food along is termed……
Ans: peristalsis
6. The passage of digested food from into the blood stream across the villi is known as
Ans: absorption
7. Which soil macronutrient is known to increase disease resistance in plants?
Ans: Potassium
8. Which major soil nutrient is provided by the application of urea?
Ans: Nitrogen
9. Which of the secondary nutrients in the soil is chiefly responsible for building cell
walls of plants?
Ans: Calcium
10. When does a capacitor behave as a battery?
Ans: when it is (fully) charged
11. The leaking away of charges from the two plates of a capacitor is termed……….
Ans: discharging
12. The flow of electric charges along a conductor constitutes………………
Ans: electric current

13. Find the sum of all numbers from 1 to 10? Ans: 55

14. Find the sum of all numbers from 1 to 9? Ans: 45
15. Find the sum of all numbers from 1 to 12? Ans:78
16. If 0.0000723= 7.23 × 10m, find m Ans: m=-5
17. If 3.94 × 10n= 0.000394, find n Ans: n= -4
18. If 0.0495=4.95 × 10p, find p Ans: p=-2

Preamble: Determine the next three even integers in each case

19. x-2,…..,….,…… Ans: x, x+2, x+4
20. 4-x,…..,……,…….. Ans: 6-x, 8-x, 10-x
 21. -3+x,…..,…..,….. Ans: x-1, x+1, x+3

Preamble: For each of the following statements, state the mathematical sentence (or
algebraic expression)
22. One less than 8 times a number Ans: 8x-1
23. Twice the sum of 3 and a number Ans: 2 (x+3)
24. 11 deducted from 7 times a number Ans: 7x-11

ROUND TWO –APPLICATIONS AND TEST OF PRACTICAL WORK

Preamble: Explain how the following work together in the digestion of food (2 marks) in a
named location (1 mark) of the human digestive system.
25. rennin, pepsin and HCl
26. teeth, saliva and tongue
27. liver, pancreas and gall bladder

28. An object of mass 10kg moves with kinetic energy 20J. Calculate the velocity of the
object. Ans: 2ms-1
29. A moving body of mass 14kg has kinetic energy 112J. Find its velocity. Ans: 4ms-1
30. A man in motion has kinetic energy 100J. If the man is of mass 50,000g, what is the
velocity of the man? Ans: 2ms-1
31. The result of doubling a number is at most 30. What is the number?
Ans: x ≤ 15
32. A man 60 years old is more than twice as old as his son. How old is the son?
Ans: x < 30
33. 30 less than x is at least 45. What is the number?
Ans: x ≥ 75

Preamble: The following is an information about a school. Consider it carefully.

CLASS JHS 1 JHS 2 JHS 3
BOYS 12 10 13
GIRLS 3 5 17
If the three classes were combined to select a prefect, what is the probability that:
34. The prefect will be a girl in JHS 2? Ans: 1/12
35. The prefect will be a boy who is not in JHS 2? Ans: 5/12
36. The prefect will be in JHS 3 and of either gender? 1/2

ROUND three –TRUE/FALSE & RIDDLES

37. People who travel in space are astronomers. Ans: False
38. The moon is the only artificial satellite of the earth. Ans: False
39. The inner planets are generally rocky. Ans: True
40. Concentrated solution has more solvent Ans: False
41. Saturated solution has more solvent Ans: False
42. Dilute solution has less solute Ans: True
43. Dodder on milk bush is pale yellow in colour Ans: True
44. Mistletoe is not a parasitic plant Ans: False
45. Mistletoe is photosynthetic Ans: True

RIDDLES

46. I am like a child carrying her mother

But there is really nothing improper about me
I am neither whole nor mixed
I am like 7 out of 3
Who am I?
Ans: Improper fraction

47. Part of me is a tractor

So far as a tractor is concerned, I am all for it
I measure turns
See, I am semi-circular
Who am I?
Ans: Protractor

48. I am a location in space or on a surface

I have no size or dimension
I am defined by my position so I am on line
You still do not get the point?
Who am I?
Ans: Point