‘THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES e UNSW Global INTRODUCTORY PAPER : Pee eerie as Erucr y Scr ee el ‘STUDENT'S NAME: | ( pAN ‘ arr Wee Pete eter Ment International Competition ie Pie exes I clr eee SCIENCE aera fete eee eee esc} Coominuncien)1. Which one of these animals has wings? (A) abat (8) a shark (C) amouse (D) asnake 2. Which of these will bounce highest when dropped onto a floor? Ow hi (A) abasketball (8) a book (©) ashoe (0) a sock 3. Which of these things usually weighs less than a bicycle? (A) acar (8) 2 (C) ahouse (0) acow 4, Milan measures the height of this candle with a ruler, | What is the height of the candle? (A) Tom (8) 6m (©) 4cm (0) tom MEAS earth EAA 2‘When is it easiest to see lots of stars if there are no clouds? (A) sunrise (©) midday (C) sunset (0) midnight ‘Simon helped clean up a park on three days. The table shows how much of each kind of rubbish he found. Which type of rubbish did he find the most of? (A) Bottles (8) Cans (©) Plasticbags (D) Paper Diana wants to know the kind of pet that people in her school like most. ‘She does not have time to ask everybody in her school. ‘Which of these would be the best way to find out? (A) Ask her friends what their favourite kind of pet is. (B) Ask only girls what their favourite kind of pet is. (C) Ask only younger stucents what their favourite kind of pet is. (©) Ask some boys and girls from each year group what their favourite kind of pet is. 3 111 es terereramoem8. Many living things are symmetrical ‘The pictures below show a crab and a flower. crab Which option has the correct number of lines of symmetry for each picture? (A) 1 2 @[ 2 [2 @| 4 4 fo, 2 4 For example, this picture of a dog has one line of symmetry. line of symmetry * flower 9. The table lists the features of some different shapes, square orange circle blue large rectangle red medium \ square ‘orange smail__| circle yellow ‘small ‘What colour is the small square shape? . (A). orange (8) blue (C) red (©) yellow10. Joe had two containers, X and Y. 28 83 2g container Y All the water from container X was poured into container Y. Which diagram shows the water level in container Y? 6) (© 11. Dave looked at four machines in his kitchen. Each machine changed electrical energy into other types of energy, * Fridge Grill ‘Oven | Blender | sound ¢ ye light v v v heat v v vv 4 movement v Which type of energy do all the machines change electrical energy into? (A), sound (8) fight (C) heat (0) movement 5 tea nea ape BEM12, The diagram compares the features of birds with the features of fish. birds fish What are two features that birds and fish have in common? (A) mouth and tal (8) fins and teeth (C) teeth and eyes (0) feathers and lungs 13. Lisa and Tim were adding blocks to @ seesaw. Which block(s) should Tim add to his side to balande the seesaw? “ . ®) (D)14. ‘Alice collects rocks ‘She wants to sort her rocks by how hard they are. She tests some rooks. ‘What should she change each time she tests a rock? (A) the length of rock (8) the mass of rock “(C)_ the type of rock (0) the shape of rock 45. Brian put some flour on a scale. He then added some sugar to the flour. i ‘flour only flour and sugar How much sugar did he add? nie Caivaa alc an eee ene eae 16. Flags can be used to send messages. The position of a pair of flags held by a person matches a letter of the alphabet. The positions of the flags follow a pattern A B c D Es G ‘Which of the following represents the letter E? ) (0) (a) 8) © 7 miss cana arn eed17. Asolar eclipse ocours when the Moon blocks some of the sunlight from reaching Earth. Which diagram shows a solar eclipse? (a) (8) ee ea (c) (0) (NOT TO SCALE} 18. Ellen saw four animals in her garden, eee Ea not have pi Has sixlegs Fly How many animals had more than four legs? yt (8) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 eM a19, ‘The picture shows three gears. cach gor Soe vetoes G@) Joe turns Gear 1 which makes the other gears turn. Which of these shows the directions the gears could be turning? “ oO oO a e QO a a oOo, "a a Gy ©) a @ oO)20. Sam was testing the bounce of a rubber ball. The picture shows three of his tests. eo 3 a z ~~~ Drop height DS, a TD ss Grass Concrete What can Sam find out from these three tests? (A) whether the type of ball affects the bounce | (8) _ whether the type of surface affects the bounce (C) whether the drop height affects the bounce (D) _ whether the ball shape affects the bounce 21. This is a weather map for six towns. mea South Danny lives in a town that is west of Bogdich and directly north of Dapburg What weather does the map show for Danny's town? (A) Sunny (8) Cloudy (C) Rain (0) Lightning itis sais ae 305 1022. The diagrams show four ties, each with part of plant drawn on it a tile 1 tile 2 tle 3 tle 4 ‘When the tiles are lined up correctly, the drawings show the complete plant. How do the tiles have to be lined up to show the complete plant? (A) (8) © s () (= tile 3 ca tile2 | tile 4 tile + es | mt co tile 4 me co wea [se] ws 23, Lisa makes five groups of coloured marbles that follow a pattern @ |e @|| ee|/o.¢ ee ea oe || 22 @o°| 99° ali Group 1 ‘Group 2 Which of the following is the fifth group of ® eo @ @ ee? " toitcas scrniarie 22,24, ‘Sarah counted the number of fish she saw in a river over four days, ‘She drew this graph to show the number she saw. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday ‘On Saturday she saw 8 fish. How many fish did she see altogether? ay 5 8) 10 (c) 14 (0) 23 25. Four children wrote down the time ittook them to get to school on a sunny day and on a rainy day, ‘The table shows their times in minutes, Amy 10 15 Ben 15 20 Clara 5 15 David 20 z | ¢ Whese time changed the most fom a sunny day to. raiy day? (amy (8) Ben (©) Clara (©) Davia ins cuneate 2004 226. Container 1 had oil and a small rubber ballin it. Container 2 had water and oil in it ae " [nn container 1 container 2. Jane poured the contents of container 2 into container 1 Which diagram shows what container 1 looks like now? ~ 27. Which animal was the last to leave these footprints on the sand? (A) cat (8) bird (C) human (D) horse 8 214 EA en nope Ca28. Some students played a game to see who could throw a ball the furthest. For their game to be fair the siudents needed to make sure that (A) _ they each threw the ball at the same time. (8) _ they each threw the ballin the same way. (C) they each threw the ball only once. {D) _ they each threw the same ball 29. Magnets have a north pole and a south pole. When magnets are placed near one another, they can either repel or attract one another as shown in the diagram. fons repel << | - nso Four students were given the challenge of joining four magnets together in a line so that they would remain joined, Which line of magnets will join together? © fT BED sao ® EE Da ep , a) ono 80 50 8 °o TAs 8 oe 210098 Someta am EAA 430. Scientists made a new material with these features: ‘+ can be heated up to 300 °C "+ allows heat to pass through it. Which of these is the most suitable product that could be made using this new material? (A) oven gloves (8) garden hose (C) drinking glass {D) saucepan 4 18 2o1Ichs Soman roAcknowledgment CCopycight in tis booklet is owned by Educational Assessment Austalla, UNSW Global Pty Linited, unless otervise indicated. 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