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 1. Transverse waves are often used to represent sound waves. A large amplitude indicates a loud sound and a
short wavelength indicates a high-pitched sound.

The diagram below represents a single musical note.

Which diagram represents a sound wave that is louder than the one shown above?
(A) (B)

(C) (D)

2. Fossils of a dinosaur called Sinotyrannus kazuoensis were recently discovered in China.

The diagram shows the size of this dinosaur next to a human.

Approximately how many times taller than a human is Sinotyrannus kazuoensis?

(A) 0.5 times

(B) 1.0 times
(C) 1.6 times
(D) 3.0 times

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3. Honey has some properties that help kill bacteria.

Sam wanted to compare the antibacterial effects of four different types of honey. He prepared an agar plate
with E. coli bacteria growing on it. Next he made five hollows in the agar. He placed a small amount of
honey in four of the hollows, a different type of honey in each one.

He used the fifth hollow as a control.

Which of these woulq be the best choice for the fifth hollow?

(A) E. coli
(B) nothing
(C) sterilised water
(D) another brand of honey

4. The picture shows four pieces of equipment that can be used to measure the volume of liquids.

Which piece of equipment wouid allow you to measure 85 ml of water most accurately?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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 5. The pie graph summarises the proportion of different food types in Andrew's daily diet.

bar graph

Andrew wants to represent this information on a bar graph which is 10 cm in length.

What length must he make the section representing grain?

(A) 2.5 cm (B) 5.0 cm (C) 6.0 cm (D) 7.5 cm

6. The diagram represents what happens to the energy that reaches Earth from the Sun.

reflected by reflected reflected by

atmosphere by clouds Earth's surface
64%
6% 20% 4%
6%

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radiated to space

absorbed by
atmosphere 16% radiated
directly
to space
from earth
absorbed by
clouds 3%
radiation
absorbed by
conduction and atmosphere 15%

absorbed by land
and oceans 51 %

What percentage of the incoming solar energy is reflected back into space?

(A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 70 (D) 100

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7. This food web links seven living things in a forest.

B
KEY

frog 0------0
A is food for B
mouse

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grasshopper

1
grass
grass seeds

An omnivore is an animal that eats plants as well as other animals.

Which is an omnivore?
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(A) owl (B) mouse (C) grasshopper (D) frog

8. Symbiosis is the name for a close relationship between two different species.

The table below compares different types of symbiotic relationships.

Relationship Description
Amensalism One organism is harmed but there is no effect on the other.
Commensalism One organism benefits but the other is not affected.
Mutualism Both organisms benefit.
Parasitism One organism benefits at the expense of the other.

When Galapagos tortoises rise up on their legs, Galapagos finches can

eat parasites from underneath the tortoise's body.

What type of symbiosis is this relationship between the tortoise

and the finch?

(A) Amensalism
(B) Commensalism
(C) Mutual ism
(D) Parasitism

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 9. pH is a measurement of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution . It is represented by a scale from 0 to 14 where
7 is neutral, less than 7 is acidic, and greater than 7 is alkaline.

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increasingly alkaline

0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

The teacher listed the pH values for some solutions in a table.

Solution pH
K 7.4
L 4.1
M 5.0
N ?

The teacher told his class that solution N is less acidic than solution L but more acidic than solution M.

What is the likely pH of solution N?

(A) less than 4.1

(B) between 4.1 and 5.0
(C) between 5.0 and 7.4
(D) greater than 5.0 but less than 4 .1

10. Additives are chemicals that are added to food for different reasons.

The table lists some additives.

Additive Foods with this additive Purpose of additive

sodium benzoate juice and soft drinks prevents growth of microbes
ascorbic acid jam and tinned foods prevents food from going brown
calcium propionate bread prevents mould from growing on bread
azorubine jam, jellies and drinks makes food look red

Ben has strawberry jam on bread for breakfast.

Based on the information in the table, what additives are likely to be present in the strawberry jam?

(A) sodium benzoate only

(B) calcium propionate only
(C) ascorbic acid and azorubine only
(D) ascorbic acid, azorubine and calcium propionate only

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11. The glycaemic index (GI) of foods is a measure of the effect that different foods have on blood glucose
levels. Glucose is the body's main source of energy.

The graph represents the blood glucose levels after consuming a high GI food and after consuming a
low GI food.

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Foods with a high GI cause a more
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Time after meal (hours) blood glucose levels.

12. This graph represents the temperature variation throughout the year in different ecosystems.

Temperature in different ecosystems

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20 • Tundra
+ Taiga
v Tropical rainforest
.& Grassland
o Temperate
deciduous forest

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Month

In which ecosystem does the temperature vary least throughout the year?

(A) Tundra
(B) Grassland
(C) Tropical rainforest
(D) Temperate deciduous forest

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 13. Living organisms can be placed into one of two groups, procaryotes and eucaryotes, based on their
structural features.

This is represented in the diagram.

Living organisms

procaryotes eucaryotes
• single-celled organisms • single-celled organisms
•no nucleus and multicellurar organisms
• have a nucleus

Which statement is supported by the diagram?

(A) There are no single-celled eucaryotes.

(8) Some procaryotes and all eucaryotes are single-celled organisms.
(C) Procaryotes and eucaryotes do not have any structures in common.
(D) All procaryotes are single-celled organisms, but not all single-celled organisms are procaryotes.

14. The table lists information about different types of fire extinguishers.

Class of fire (fuel)

A B c E F
Wood , Flammable Flammable Electrical Cooking
paper, liquids: gases equipment oils and
textiles, petrol, oil, fats
fabrics paints
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Which type of fire extinguishers should be used to put out a fire from cooking oils and fats?

(A) water (8) vaporising liquid

(C) water, powder or vaporising liquid (D) foam, carbon dioxide or wet chemical

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15. Cat litter is made of materials that absorb liquids.

Zac wanted to find out which of four brands of cat litter is best for absorbing liquids. He measured the
maximum amount of water absorbed by each sample of four different brands of cat litter.

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cat litter samples
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The table summarises the measurements and observations Zac made during his experiment.

Maximum amount Average size of

Brand of cat litter of water absorbed crystals in cat litter Colour of cat litter
by cat litter (cups) (mm)
w 2 2 colourless
x 2 1 white
y 3 3 white and green
z ~ 1.5 white and blue

Was Zac's investigation a fair test and what reasoning would support your answer?

Was it a fair test? Reasoning

(A) yes He used different brands of cat litter.
(B) yes He used the same liquid with each brand of cat litter.
(C) no He does not know how much of each brand of cat litter he used.
(D) no He should have used a different liquid with each brand of cat litter.

16. Four students carried out an experiment as a group.

They placed an unknown liquid into a test tube and added small
pieces of magnesium metal.

Each student wrote one statement about the experiment in

a table. The table below lists the statements written by the
students.

The unknown liquid is an acid because

Ajay bubbles are always given off when a metal is
added to acid.
Bash air A reaction is occurring in the test tube.
Connie The gas given off is hydrogen.
David Bubbles are produced.

Which student wrote an observation?

(A) Ajay (B) Bashair (C) Connie (D) David

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 17. An experiment will only give valid results when one variable is changed at a time while all other variables
are kept unchanged.

Karen wanted to see if changing the temperature of a chemical has an effect on its rate of reaction. She
added a strip of magnesium to a test tube containing hydrochloric acid and measured how long it took for
the magnesium to dissolve.

The diagram represents the first step of her experiment.

thermometer

hydrochloric acid
magnesium

Which diagram represents what Karen needs to do next to get a valid result in her experiment?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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18. The pH of a substance is a measure of how acidic or alkaline it is. A substance such as pure water, which
has a pH of 7, is neutral. The more acidic a substance is, the lower its pH . The more alkaline a substance is,
the greater its pH .

The diagram shows a number of substances with their pH .

Acids Neutral
0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

bananas

Which substances are more acidic than pure water but less acidic than tomatoes?

(A) grapes and bananas

(B) bananas and milk
(C) grapes and eggs
(D) eggs and milk

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19. The tables list the top five diseases that cause death in low-income countries and in high-income countries.

Low-income countries

Percentage of deaths from

Disease Infectious or non-infectious
the disease(%)
Lower respiratory infections Infectious 11 .3
Diarrhoeal diseases Infectious 8.2
HIV/AIDS Infectious 7.8
Heart disease Non-infectious 6.1
Malaria Infectious 5.2

High-income countries
Percentage of deaths from
Disease Infectious or non-infectious
the disease(%)
Heart disease Non-infectious 15.6
Stroke Non-infectious 8.7
Lung cancer Non-infectious 5.9
Alzheimer's disease Non-infectious 4.1
Lower respiratory infections Infectious 3.8

How many diseases are among the top five causes of death for both low-income and high-income
countries?

(A) (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8

20. The table lists some information about five acids.

Name Formula Boiling point Heat of vaporisation Flash point Density

(°C) (kJ/mol) (oC) (g/cm 3 )
Formic acid HCOOH 100.6 46 68 1.214
Acetic acid CH 3 COOH 117.9 49 40 1.044
Propionic acid C2 H5 COOH 140.8 57 51 0.988
Butyric acid C3 H7 COOH 163.3 64 76 0.952
Valerie acid C4 H9 COOH 185.5 70 88 0.935

Which property of the acids does NOT follow a trend?

(A) Boiling point

(B) Heat of vaporisation
(C) Flash point
(D) Density

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 For questions 21 and 22 use the information below.

Jane carried out an investigation to determine the best conditions under which tomato plants grow. She
compared the plants by counting how many leaves each plant had.

She grew four groups of three tomato plants, each under different conditions. The table shows her results.

Plant height (cm) Number of leaves

Conditions Plant Plant
1 2 3 1 2 3
Full sun, outside 85 74 81 16 14 15
Partial shade, outside 73 92 78 9 12 11
Full shade, outside 40 43 34 5 6 4
Partial shade, indoors 55 49 52 7 8 8

21. Which statement is supported by the results of Jane's experiment?

(A) Taller tomato plants have more leaves.

(B) Tomato plants grow taller outside than indoors.)..
(C) Tomato plants grow tallest outside in partial shade. y
(D) Tomato plants grow the most leaves outside in full sunlight.

22. What could Jane do to improve her investigation?

(A) use different types of plants

(B) use larger groups of tomato plants
(C) keep all the plants outside in the sun
(D) give the plants twice as much water each day

23. When a chemical reaction takes place, the number of atoms of each element present at the beginning of the
reaction is the same as the number of atoms of that element at the end of the reaction. Chemical reactions
may be written as equations where symbols are used to represent the atoms making up the different
substances.

The following equation represents a chemical reaction.

KEY
+ and + atoms of different elements
+ added to

-+ produces

Which of the following is the symbol for the atoms in X?

(A) +
(B) ++
(C) ++
(D) ++

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24. The measurements that are made in experiments always contain an amount of inaccuracy called 'error'.

A group of students wanted to know whether the 'period' (the time for one complete movement forward and
back) is the same for all playground swings.

They decided to measure the periods of several different playground swings.

What method must the students use to get the most accurate value for the period of each playground swing?

(A) each student measures one period for each playground swing then find the average of their
measurements
(B) each student measures one period for a different playground swing then find the average of their
measurements
(C) for each playground swing, measure five periods and divide this by five
(D) for each playground swing, measure one period and divide this by five

25. Mussels are shellfish that live on rocks on the coast. They produce a glue-like substance that stops them
from being washed off the rocks by strong waves. This glue is most effective when the temperature of the
seawater is between 10 °C and 18 °C.

A group of scientists studied a species of mussels found in two locations, X and Y. They found that the glue
produced by the mussels at X was more effective than the glue produced by the mussels at Y.

What inference can the scientists draw from this observation?

(A) The seawater at Y was warmer than 18 °C.

(B) The seawater at Y was warmer than the seawater at X.
(C) The temperature of the seawater at the two locations was different.
(D) The mussels at X produce a glue that is different from that produced by the mussels at Y.

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 For questions 26 and 27 use the information below.

All living things carry a chemical called DNA in their cells. Animals receive half of their DNA from their
mother and the other half from their father. The DNA can be removed from the cells and arranged to form a
series of visible black lines.

This means that some DNA lines from the mother and father will be visible in the offspring.

The closer two living things are related, the more black DNA lines they have in the same positions.

The diagram below shows some black DNA lines from two adult cats and four kittens.

Adult male Adult female Kitten 1 Kitten 2 Kitten 3 Kitten 4

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26. Using these black DNA lines, which kitten is most likely to have the two adult cats as its parents?

(A) Kitten 1 (B) Kitten 2 (C) Kitten 3 (D) Kitten 4

27. Using the black DNA lines, which kittens are most likely related?

(A) Kittens 1 and 2 (B) Kittens 2 and 3 (C) Kittens 3 and 4 (D) Kittens 2 and 4

28. The melting point of a solid is the temperature at which it changes from a solid into a liquid. The boiling point
of a liquid is the temperature at which it changes from a liquid into a gas.

The table lists the melting point and boiling point of four substances.

Name of substance Melting point {°C) Boiling point {°C)

calcium fluoride 1423 2500
mercuric bromide 236 322
potassium iodide 681 1330
zinc chloride 283 732

Which of these substances are liquid at 700 °C?

(A) potassium iodide and zinc chloride (B) mercuric bromide and zinc chloride
(C) calcium fluoride and potassium iodide (D) calcium fluoride and mercuric bromide

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29. A camera has a shutter that opens and closes
quickly when you take a photograph. When you
take a photograph of a moving object, the object
may look blurry or leave a trail.

This photograph was taken at night by leaving a

camera with its shutter open for a long time. The
camera was pointed at the South Celestial Pole,
an imaginary point in the sky directly above the
South Pole.

The trails were formed by stars in the night sky.

Which of the following explains the shape of the

trails?

(A) Earth spinning on its axis

(B) Earth moving around the Sun
(C) the stars orbiting around Earth
(D) the camera rotating on its stand

30. Isobars are lines drawn on a map that join places that have equal air pressure. Air pressure is measured in
units called hectopascals (hPa').

The weather map shows isobars across the east coast of Australia on a particular day.

What was the air pressure (hPa)

at X?

(A) 1024 (B) 1026

(C) 1028 (D) 1030

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 31. Electricity can flow when there is a supply of electrical energy (such as a battery) and a continuous path
for the electricity to follow. The path needs to be made of a material that lets electricity pass through
(a conductor).

The current will stop if there is a break in the path or if it is blocked by a material that does not let electricity
pass through (an insulator).

When electricity flows through a working light bulb, the light bulb glows.

The diagram shows an unbroken circuit containing a battery, four light bulbs and four unknown objects.
All the light bulbs are in working order. Two of them are glowing and two are not.

1111 KEY
w battery
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conducting wire

light bulb
~ (glowing)

/I y
v light bulb
(not glowing)
unknown object

Which option best describes the unknown objects?

Definitely a conductor Possibly a conductor Definitely an insulator

(A) Xand Z WandY
(B) y w X and Z
(C) WandY x z
(D) WandY Xand Z

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32. Electrical energy is measured in kilowatt hours (kWh).

Many houses have a meter like the one shown below. The needles on consecutive dials turn in opposite
directions.

kilowatt hours
(kWh)

What is the reading on the meter in kilowatt hours (kWh)?

5 5 5
(A) 336110 (8) (C) 326110 (D) 326010

33. Chemical equations are used to summarise chemical reactions. A balanced equation is one in which the
number of atoms of each element taking part in the reaction is the same before and after the reaction.

The diagram represents the balanced equation for the reaction between magnesium hydroxide and
hydrochloric acid.

+
0
oxygen magnesium hydrogeo chlorine

Which of these is the balanced chemical equation for the reaction represented in the diagram?

(A) Mg(OH)2 + 2HCI ~ MgCl 2 + 2Hp (8) Mg0H 2 + 2HCI ~ Mg 2 Cl 2 + 2H0 2

(C) Mg(OH)2 + H2 Cl 2 ~ MgCl2 + 2Hp (D) (MgOH) 2 + 2H2CI ~ (MgCl)2 + 2Hp

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 For questions 34 and 35 use the information below.

When a solid is soluble, it seems to disappear when mixed with a liquid. When a solid is insoluble, it
remains visible when mixed with a liquid.

Sandra carried out an investigation to learn about the solubility of some solid substances. She placed
1 gram of a different solid substance into separate beakers. Then she added 100 g of water to each beaker,
stirred the mixture and left it to stand. The table lists her observations.

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1
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barium nitrate
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No solid was visible.

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2 barium sulfate
3 lead nitrate
4 lead sulfate
5 potassium nitrate
6 potassium phosphate
7 zinc acetate
8 zinc phosphate
Some solid was visible at the bottom of the breaker.
No solid was visible.
Some solid was visible at the bottom of the breaker.
No solid was visible.
No solid was visible.
No solid was visible .
Some solid was visible at the bottom of the breaker.

34. What did Sandra need to keep the same in her investigation, to make it a fair test?

(A) the rod used for stirring the mixtures

(B) the colour of the solid substances she used
(C) the temperature of the water she added to the solids
(D) the shape of the container in which she mixed the substances

35. When Sandra stirred the mixtures, she used a separate, clean rod for each mixture. Luca repeated Sandra's
experiment, but he accidentally stirred two mixtures with the same rod , without rinsing the rod first.

In which case could this have caused an observation that was different from Sandra's?

(A) stirring mixture 1, then stirring mixture 2 (B) stirring mixture 2, then stirring mixture 3
(C) stirring mixture 4, then stirring mixture 8 (D) stirring mixture 6, then stirring mixture 7

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 For questions 36 to 38 use the information below.

Sounds contain energy in different frequency ranges. The frequency range of sound is measured in
hertz (Hz).

Different animals can hear different frequency ranges of sound.

The table shows the frequency range heard by some animals.

0 10 100 1000 10000 100 000 (hertz)

Human
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Elephant

Dog

Cat
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Mouse
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Bat

Beluga Whale

Dolphin
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36. What is the frequency range that can be heard by the greatest number of the animals?

(A) 10-100 Hz (B) 100-1 000 Hz

(C) 1 000-10 000 Hz (D) 10 000-100 000 Hz

37. Which animals can hear some sounds that cannot be heard by any of the other animals in the table?

(A) mouse and bat (B) bat and Beluga whale

(C) elephant and Beluga whale (D) elephant and dolphin

38. Sound with a frequency too low for humans to hear is called infrasound. Sound with a frequency too high for
humans to hear is called ultrasound.

How many of the animals can detect both infrasound and ultrasound?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 6

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 39. Harriet bought a bicycle computer that gives her information about her speed and how far she has travelled.

She attached the sensor of the computer to the front wheel which Tyre size
allows the computer to record the number of times the wheel goes Wheel factor
(inch)
around (number of revolutions). The computer also needs the 'wheel
factor' for her tyre size. 20 1596
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The computer then calculates speed and distance travelled using these
rules: 27 2073
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distance travelled = number of revolutions x wheel factor
speed = number of revolutions/minute x wheel factor

Harriet's bike has 26 inch tyres. She enters the wheel factor for 27 inch tyres from a table supplied with the
computer.

This means that the computer will

(A) overestimate distance and speed.

(B) underestimate distance and speed.
(C) overestimate distance, but not speed.
(D) underestimate distance, but not speed.

For questions 40 and 41 use the information below.

Sulfuric acid is a compound made up of hydrogen (H), oxygen (0) and sulfur (S). It has the chemical
formula H2S04 .

The diagram represents one molecule of sulfuric acid. It shows the number of each type of atom present in
the molecule as well as the way in which they are arranged.

The hydrogen atoms make up 2% of the mass of sulfuric acid and the oxygen atoms make up 65% of the mass.

40. Which of the following ranks the mass of each atom of hydrogen, oxygen and sulfur in order from smallest
to greatest mass?

(A) hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen

(B) hydrogen, oxygen, sulfur
(C) sulfur, oxygen , hydrogen
(D) oxygen, sulfur, hydrogen

41. Atoms can form bonds in different ways.

Which type of bond is NOT present in a molecule of sulfuric acid?

(A) S-0 (B) S=O (C) H-0 (D) H-S

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42. All living cells are surrounded by a membrane. Water can move easily through the membrane into and
out of the cell. Water always moves from an area of higher water concentration to an area of lower water
concentration. Sugar behaves in a similar way, moving from an area of higher sugar concentration to an
area of lower sugar concentration.

A grape placed in solution 1 gains water and swells.

KEY
% water % sugar
solution 1
grape 80 20
grape
solution 1 90 10

solution 2 70 30
solution 2
?

What will happen if a similar grape is placed in solution 2?

(A) It will lose water and sugar. (B) It will lose water and shrink.
(C) It will gain water and sugar. (D) It will gain water and swell. .

43. Electrical resistance is a measure of how difficult it is for electricity to flow through a material. The higher the
resistance, the more difficult it is for the electricity to flow. Resistance is measured in ohms.

Many smartphones do not work when the user is wearing gloves because the glove blocks the contact
between finger and touch screen. Touch screen gloves can be made by sewing star shapes on a glove
using material that conducts electricity.

The table lists some features of four brands of material that conduct electricity. The resistivity of a thread is
the resistance of one metre of that thread.

Material Resistivity (ohm/metre) Can it be hand-stitched?

Brand 1 75-85 No
Brand 2 14 No
Brand 3 30- 35 Yes
Brand 4· 40 Yes

Justin wants to hand-stitch star shapes onto his leather glove so he can use his smartphone whi le wearing
them.

Which brand of material should Justin use?

(A) Brand 1 (B) Brand 2 (C) Brand 3 (D) Brand 4

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 44. For a given size, a planet or moon with a greater mass has a greater gravitational force on its surface.

The density of an object is calculated by dividing its mass by its volume.

Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter. It is about the same size as the planet Mercury.

The gravitational force on the surface of Ganymede is approximately one seventh the gravitational force
on the surface of Earth. The gravitational force on the surface of Mercury is approximately one third the
gravitational force on the surface of Earth.

Compared to Mercury, Ganymede has

(A) a higher gravitational force on its surface and a lower density.

(B) a higher gravitational force on its surface and a higher density.
(C) a lower gravitational force on its surface and a lower density.
(D) a lower gravitational force on its surface and a higher density.

45. Chemical formulae can be used to show the number and types of atoms in a compound. A student is given
the names and formulae of three compounds.

Compound Formula
Carbonic acid
Barium thiosulfate
Ethene

She is also given three sets of different shapes, each with enough items to make one compound.

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Given the formulae and sets, her task was to work out which shape represented each atom.

Using the information provided, which of the following correctly identifies the shape representing each atom?

H c 0 Ba s
(A)
e +
(B)
e +
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(C)

(D)
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Educational Assessment Australia

2014 Science
International Competitions and Assessments for Schools
Dear Henry
Thank you for participating in the 2014 International Competitions and Assessments for Schools - Science. You scored 38 out of 45. Your
score was in the top 4 percent of Year 8 participants in New Zealand and the Pacific Region.

2014 Science Performance

The graph below shows your 2014 Science score and your performance in each of the different areas assessed.

0% Percentage of questions answered correctly 100%

Total Score 38 / 45
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Observing/Measuring 5I 6 I I
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Interpreting 8 I 10 I I
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Predicting/Concluding 11 I 12 I I I
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Investigating 5I 7
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Reasoning/Problem solving 9 I 10
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e your score average Year 8 score in New Zealand and the Pacific Region
L==i range of Year 8 scores in NZ & PAC excluding the top 10% and bottom 10%

Comparative Science Performance

Students in New Zealand and the Pacific Region from Year 4 to Year 13 participated in the International Competitions and Assessments for
Schools - Science. The graph below compares your performance to year levels above and below (where available for the last eight years).

Low in Year4 Science performance High in Year 13

Year 9 - students in the year above you

Years

Year 7 - your year group last year

Year 6 - your year group 2 years ago
Year 5 - your year group 3 years ago
Year 4 - your year group 4 years ago

e your performance ( .... if in bottom 1O per cent or non-attempt, II> if in top 1O per cent)
I average performance in NZ & PAC
L==i performance range excluding the top 10% and bottom 10%