la) UNSW Global we AUSTRALIA Pou ae a Lc rey Pend ‘STUDENT'S NAME: PU Aer eae EU cur ene ekrul tao is Droits Ese Colm lesele) CO ace Lag SCIENCE enter Cot aren Prete eu ne act metre a ANSWER SHEET il in the oval that matches your an aoe OT Pa Ue EER acto i-I0)1 ‘The diagram shows a centipede and a milipede. centipede body segments millipede antenna legs ‘What is the correct description of the milipede and the centipede based on the diagram? (A) The centipede and millinede have similar body shapes. (8) _Themillipede has twice as many legs as the centipede. (C) The centipede and the milipede eat the same type of food. (0) The centipede and the milipede have the same number of body segments. During the 1850s, there was an outbreak of cholera in London. A doctor, John Snow, suspected that the source of the disease was the water that people used. On a map he marked the homes of people with cholera, and the location of the water pumps in the area, as shown. Which pump was likely to be the source of the cholera outbreak? Key © home of person with cholera ole main roads © pumps 2016 CAS Seen Paper EAA 2‘The activity of a metal refers to how easily it combines with other substances, In nature the reactive metals combine with other chemicals in the environment, such as water, oxygen or acid to form compounds. The least reactive metals stay in elemental form, The table shows the activity of some metals relative to hydrogen: Potassium Most reactive Sodium Calcium Magnesium Aluminium Zine Iron Tin Lead Hydrogen Copper Mercury Silver Gold Least reactive Based on their activity, objects made of which metals are most likely to be found in ruins of ancient cities? (A) sodium and calcium (8) __ lead and copper (C) iron and aluminium (0) gold and silver ‘The photograph shows a human hand and the skull of an extinct Australian animal called Diprotodon. r=, How many times longer than the human hand is the Diprotodon skull? a 16 IGAS Ses PacerE SEMA5. The diagram shows the life cycle of a cicada. 1.Laying eggs 4.Mating ‘Afemale cicada Male cicadas lays as many as produce mating 600 eggs. calls to attract females to mate. 2.Nymph stage Eggs hatch into antuike nymphs, that drop to the ground and live underground for up to 17 years, 3.Emerging Nymphs tunnel to the surface, crawl up on trees and shed their skin, Cicadas are prey for birds, squirrels and cicada killer wasps. Which of the following helps the species to survive? (A) having a hard shell to protect themselves (B) having strong front lags to fight off predators (C) laying lots of eggs to outnumber predators {D) changing body form to confuse predators 6. Karen has two water tanks, one for her house and another for her garden. She measured and recorded the ‘amount of water in each tank at the end of each month over a year and summarised her results in this graph. 5 3 © House Tank g4 ~-@- Garden Tank 3 = =3 5 Approximately, how many $2 litres of water were in the 2 garden tank, at the time when. a, she had the greatest amount ‘of water in her house tank? 0 (a) 4500 (8) 4100 (c) 3400 (0) 1900 {20161088 Sseoe Paper EO EAA 47. The timeline shows the years when two different types of microscopes were invented and the years when 22 5 5 < 1 0 Feb Mat Apr May Jun Jul Month ‘What was the lowest average daily cost over these months? (A) $3.50 (8) $4.00 (c) $12.50 (0) $15.00 7 2008 10KS Seen Pape EEA34. Household waste that can be recycled contains different types of materials. The materials can be separated using their properties. The flowchart summarises one process used for separating recyclable waste materials, \ / i‘ Ballistic Magnetic). Eddy current. non-metals separator) *\ separator) *\ separator) . J\ / TT ! | bulky objects iron norviron metals In which of the following sets of recyclable waste can the components be separated completely using this process? (A) newspaper, iron nails, copper wire, large cardboard box (8) aluminium can, iron nails, copper wire, large cardboard box (C) newspaper, aluminium can, copper wire, large cardboard box (D) plastic bucket, iron nails, copper wire, large cardboard box For questions 35 and 36 use the information below. John decided to compare the battery life of four different brands. ("einai Take poner) He put two new batteries from one brand into a torch w 193 He turned the torch on and timed how long it took until the torch no longer gave off light. He repeated this x 22.4 procedure with the other three brands. Y 36 He summarised his results in this table. z | 1s 35. Which of these correctly identifies the variables of this investigation? Independent variable | Dependent variable | Controlled variable @ time battery brand torch ® time torch battery brand © battery brand torch time (0) | battery brand time torch 36. What can John do to improve the reliability of the result? (A) test more brands of batteries (8) use a different timer for each brand (C) test a few batteries for each brand (D) represent the results using a bar graph 2016 CAS Senos Peer ECEAA 1838. 39, ‘Scientific notation is a way of writing very large or very small numbers. For exemple: = 200 000s written as 2x 10° © 0.00003 is written as 3x10° = 5.600 000 is written as 5.6x 108 ‘Agoogol is a very large number, a 1 followed by 100 zeros, Which of the following is correct scientific notation for half of a googol? (A) 05x10" (8) Sxt0” (C) 5x 10% (0) 1x10% For questions 38 and 39 use the information below. ‘The speed of an object can be calculated using the equation: speed = Chris was driving her car along a straight road. The graph represents the speed atwhich her car ‘was moving as time went on. 25 20 Speed (m/s) ry 7 5 10 18 Time (sec) How far a 0 ) 2 (C) 10 (D2) 20 the car travel from W to X in metres? Which statement about the car's motion matches the information in the graph? (A) Point ¥ represents the time at which the car reached its greatest distance from the starting point, (B) Point Z represents the time at which the car reached its greatest speed. (C) After 15 seconds the car was back where it started from, (D) The speed of the car changed fastest in the last three seconds. 19 {2a 1CAS SeancnPaper EOEAA40. Osmosis is the movement of solvent molecules (e.g. water) through a semi-permeable membrane from a region of lower solute (e.g. sugar) concentration to that of a higher solute concentration until the ‘concentrations of both sides are equal, The semi-permeable membrane allows the solvent, but not the solute, to move across, Atank is divided by a semi-permeable membrane and partly filled with two sugar solutions of different concentration, as shown, semi-permeable membrane KEY © solvent © solute (0) 41. Electricity can flow when it has a source of energy like a battery to push it and an unbroken path to follow. This unbroken path is called a circuit. The following circuit diagrams show how switches affect light globes in a circult. Key & batery -o—o- closed switch ~o~o open switch i i * | Seo > 2. light globe “ON” sie light globe “OFF” i a Which circuit diagram is correct? (A) (8) (c) (0) CECA CES42. 43. Accuracy refers to the closeness of a measurement to an accepted value. Precision refers to the closeness of two or more repeated measurements under the same conditions, Four different ammeters were used to measure the electric current through the same resistor as the voltage was increased. The results are graphed below. 25 2 Key . = ammeter = 15 4- = X ammeter 2 E A ammeter 3 oo41 | © ammeter 4 accepted value 05 0 Voltage (V) Which ammeter gave the most accurate results? (A) ammeter t (8) ammeter 2 (C) ammeter 3 (0) ammeter 4 Which of the following statements about the precision of the ammeters is correct? (A) Ammeter 1 is the most precise. (8) Ammeter 3s the most precise. (C) We cannot conclude because the measurements varied too much from each other. (D) We cannot conclude because all measurements were made at different voltages. 21 2OIICAS Soenca Paper EC EAA44, Chemical formulae can be used to show the number and types of atom: the names and formulae of three compounds. ‘a. compound. A student is given Compound, Formula Carbonic acid H,CO, | Barium thiosulfate | b0s,0, Ethene CH, She is also given three sets of ifferent shapes, each with enough items to make one compound. @A a) * A 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? (A) (8) () (D) 2016 1CAS Sconce Paper 9 EAA 22465. Earth turns on its axis from west to east as it travels around the Sun. This makes it look as if the Sun moves around Earth, rising in the east, passing roughly overhead and setting in the west. $5 Sarah's window faces directly east. One evening, she looked out of her window and saw this group of stars in the sky. Which of the stars labelled in the picture will be the first to disappear from the view through Sarah's window? ow (8) Xx c) oY () Zz 23 2OBICAS Soones Pow EDEMAAcknowledgment Copyright in this booklet is owned by Educational Assessment Australia, UNSW Global Pty Limited, unless otherwise indicated. Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright. Educational Assessment Australia apologises for any ‘cidental infringement and welcomes information to redress the situation. Sources Question 1 ilipede image by Leandro Drago, Giuseppe Fusco and Alessandro Mineli -ehttps:/eommons.wikimedia.orgwiki! File:Polycesmida_outline.png> licensed ‘under the Creative Commons Atribution 2.5 Generic licence The following year levels should sit THIS Paper: Australia Year 7 Brunei indonesia Malaysia New Zealand Pacific Region ___ Year 8 Singapore Primary 6 South Africa Grade 7 Educational UNSW Global | Assessment AUSTRALIA BeePray Dua)