Index No. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION 0009/2 (A) PSLE 2021 SCIENCE (BOOKLET A) Additional Materials: Optical Answer Sheet (OAS) Total Time for Booklets A and B: 1h 45 min INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Index No. in the boxes at the top right hand comer. 2, Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so. | 3. Follow all instructions carefully. | 4, Answer all questions. 5. Use a 2B pencil to shade your answers on the Optical Answer Sheet (OAS) ea This booklet consists of 16 printed pages. a ‘Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board LY MOE2 For each question from 1 to 28, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. ‘Make your choice (1, 2, 3 or 4) and shade your answer on the Optical Answer Sheet. (66 marks) 14 Which of the following are characteristics of all living things? (1) make its own food, grow and reproduce (2) grow, reproduce and respond to changes. (3) make its own food, reproduce and respond to changes (4) move from one place to another, reproduce and respond to changes 2 Which of the following is correct of flowering and non-flowering plants? | Flowering plants Non-flowering plants () make their own food [donot make their own food (2) do not attract insects \ attract insects | @) produce spores do not produce spores | (4) [produce fruits do not produce fruits | 3 Which gases are found in air? A oxygen B nitrogen Cc carbon dioxide D water vapour (1) Mand C only (2) Band D only (3) A, Band C only (4) A,B,C andD coo9/a2¢A)4 Study the diagram. flowers fruits leaves stems Which arrows show the correct direction in which water moves in a plant? @ )_— P.@and T only (2) Q,RandSonly (3) Q,SandT only (4) P,SandU only 5 ‘The diagram shows a fruit produced from a flower with one female part. 7 The table shows the classification of flowers. Which represents the flower that the fruit was. produced from? a papaya fruit One ovule Many ovules ‘One ovary P Q | Many ovaries R s ay oP @ @ (3) OR 4) Ss onoera2¢4) (Go onto the next page)4 Study the chart on classification of organisms. Yes Can it fly? Does it have feathers? Can it fly? Which of the foliowing is possible? (1) Ais a butterfly. (2) Cisa mosquito. (3) Band D are birds. (4) Aand B are mammals. ‘The diagram shows a process in human reproduction. Which statement is not correct? (1) This process is fertilisation. (2) The egg is produced in the ovary. (3) The fertilised egg develops in the ovary. (4) Fusion of sperm and egg results in a fertilised egg. ‘0009102(8)5 ‘Substances are obtained from the water carrying tubes and food carrying tubes of a plant on a sunny day. Which of the following is correct? Main substances present in water carrying tubes food carrying tubes a water and mineral salts sugar and mineral salts (2) | _ water, sugar and mineral salts sugar 3) water and mineral salts sugar (4) | _ water, sugar and mineral salts water and mineral salts Wan Ling placed the set-up shown in a dark room. damp cotton wool She placed a similar set-up in another dark room at a lower temperature, After a few days, she recorded the number of seeds that germinated in each set-up. What was the hypothesis tested in this experiment? a) (2) (3) (4) ‘Seeds will only germinate if there is water. ‘Seeds will not germinate when kept in the dark. ‘Seeds will only germinate when the temperature is suitable. ‘Seeds will not germinate when they are placed too close together. oog/02(4) (Go on to the next page)6 40 The graph shows the length of ime for each stage inthe lfe cycles of organisms P and a Number of days 14 12 Key 10 oe 8 Oe 6 4 2 0 Oo Stages egg lava pupa Which statement is correct? (1) P was at the larva stage 7 days after the egg hatched. (2) @ spent the shortest time at the pupa stage in its if cycle (3) P took a shorter time to become an adult as compared to Q. (4) Qsspent a total of 11 days longer than P at the egg and larva stage. 11 AandB are similar beakers containing the same volume of digestive juices. Equal amo: of potato are placed in the beakers. digestive juice potato i: B AES ‘The potato in beaker B took a longer time to digest because it has @ (1) larger volume (2) smaller volume (3) _ larger exposed surface area (4) smaller exposed surface area 009/028)a) ‘Amount of (3) Amount of oxygen (units) oxygen (units) 7 clear plastic bag leaf 4 Time 4 Time 0008/0214) 12 Jianxuan placed a plant under the sun for two hours. She wrapped one leaf in a clear plastic bag as shown. Which graph represents the amount of oxygen in the bag during the two hours? (2) Amount of ‘oxygen (units)| XN Time (4) Amount of oxygen (units) Time (Go onto the next page)8 43 Some animals are classified into four groups: insect, fish, mammal or amphibian. Which characteristic is used to classify them? (1) type of body covering (2) way of reproducing (3) number of legs (4) way of moving 44 Ethan collected seed P from a tree. He conducted en-experiment by dropping a seed from a height and measured the distance, D travelled. cee seed P Ethan presented his findings in the graph shown. Distance, D travelled by the seed Variable X ‘What could be variable X? (1) mass of seed (2) amount of wind (3) exposed surface area of seed (4) height from which seed is dropped (0009102(A)Ali pumped more air into a ball. He observed that the size of the ball remained the same. ‘Which of the following best explains his observation? (1) Air has mass. (2) Air occupies space. (3) Aircan be compressed. (4) Air does not have a definite shape. ‘Mary wants to read the volume of water in a measuring cylinder. Which method is correct? (1) (2) water 3) (4) ooaiaz¢ay (Go onto the next page)10 47 The table shows the state of three substances, P, Q and R, at different temperatures. Substance 10°C 30°C 50°C P liguid liquid liquid Q solid solid liquid R solid solid sold | Which statement can be concluded? (1) Phas the highest boiling point. (2) Qhas a lower melting point than P. (3) Qhasa higher boiling point than R. (4) Rhas the highest freezing point. 18 Inwhich circuit will bulb L be brightest? «0 @ L (3) (4) ‘000/02(4) w1" 19 The diagram shows a toy car moving forward due to the air stored in the balloon. balloon direction of movement Which of the following shows how the energy changes? (4) (2) (3) (4) kinetic energy ——> heat energy —> sound energy potential energy —+ heat energy + sound energy. kinetic energy ——> potential energy —— heat energy + sound energy potential energy — heat energy + kinetic energy magnet wooden block ‘The wooden block did not move. ‘Which force(s) acted on the wooden block? Zhiming placed a magnet and @ wooden block on a slope as shown. Friction Gravitational force Magnetic force “(1) No : Yes No “| @ | No Yes Yes @) Yes Yes No (4) Yes No. Yes 009028) (Go on to the next page)12 21 Ahmad folded a piece of material to make a boat. It floated on water for a while before sinking, What are the properties of the material? Property flexible waterproof ae Key (1) “ * vo: yes a : = x: no 3) * * v v 22 Mariam set up four circuits using identical batteries and bulbs in working condition. (A) oD 1D (8) In which circuit(s) will at least one bulb not light up? a) (2) 3) (4) Aonly Band C only Aand D only ‘A, Cand D only ‘o00ar02(4)13 Roy parked his car on a slope as shown. door Roy and Laura opened the door from different sides. Both doors have the same mass. ‘Which of the following is correct? Force to open door Explanation (1) | Both Roy and Laura can use | an equal force. Gravitational force acting on each door is the same, (2) | Roy can use a smaller force. Force is exerted against gravitational force. (3) | Laura can use a smaller force. Force is not exerted against gravitational force. (4) | Laura has to use a larger | force Force is exerted against gravi ional force. Eric has two cups, A and B, made of material P. He poured an equal amount of hot water into each cup. Cup A was too hot to hold but he can hold cup B easily as shown material P cup A cup B Which of the following best explains why Eric can hold cup B easily but not cup A? (1) Cup Ais a good conductor of heat. (2) Cup Bis a poor conductor of heat. (3) Distance from heat source is further in cup B. (4) Cup Ais a good conductor of heat but the handle of cup B is not. 2008/0214) (Go on to the next page)CT10-O No. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION 0009/2 (B) PSLE 2021 SCIENCE (BOOKLET B) Total Time for Booklets A and B: 1h 45 min. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 4. Write your Index No. in the boxes at the top right hand corner. 2. Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so. 3. Follow all instructions carefully 4. Answer all questions 5. Write your answers in this booklet. FOR MARKERS’ USE FOR CM / ACM /TL’s USE Question Marker ID Supervisor ID / Signature nd Marker 1 | Marker 2 a 29 30 31 32 Eg 34 35 36 FOR RECORDER'S USE : 37 Total | Max | Recorder ID/ 7 Mark | Mark | Signature 1B 39 44 40 ‘This booklet consists of 12 printed pages. ingapore Examinations and Assessment BoardFor questions 29 to 40, write your answers in this booklet. ‘The number of marks available is shown in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. (44 marks) 29 The diagram shows a plant cell. $ (a) Name parts R and S. M1 R See Eee s (b) State the functions of P and Q. real Pp Q SCORE 30 (a) _ State the function of the human respiratory system. Include in your answer the gases involved. t (b) Name three parts found in the human respiratory system. a (€) Describe how the respiratory system works together with the circulatory system in our body. ir) SCORE 00310208)David ate a bow! of rice. Rice is digested into sugar. After three hours, the doctor measured the amount of suger in different parts of the small intestine. The chart shows the amount of sugar at various parts of the small intestine, ‘Amount of sugar (units) Parts of small intestine (a) The amount of sugar increased between Q and R. Explain why. fa} (b) The amount of sugar decreased between R and S. Explain why. i (ec) Undigested food enters an organ after leaving the small intestine. Name this organ and state its main function. i (Go on to the next page) ‘SCORE 0091028)32 George wanted to find out about conditions that affect the breeding of mosquitoes. In an experiment, George recorded the number of mosquito eggs that hatched in a day out of 20 eggs at different temperatures. He repeated the experiment two more times. His results are as shown. ‘Temperature (°C) Number of eggs that hatched in a day 1* experiment | 2% experiment | 3” experiment 22 8 12 13 28 16 7 19 38 2 0 4 fa) (b) (ec) Describe what George could conclude about the effect of temperature on the hatching of mosquito eggs. 2] In another experiment, George dropped small balls into a well that contains water. ball well we water From the diagram, state one physical property of the balls. (1 Explain how George's method reduces the breeding of mosquitoes. i SCORE 000218)‘A bee has larva and pupa stages. (a) State one way a larva is different from @ pupa tt] Bee K collects nectar from flowers. Nectar contains water and sugar. After collecting the nectar, bee K puts it into a hole in the hive. The bee fans the nectar by beating its wings quickly to turn it into honey as shown in Diagram 1. Diagram 2 shows the amount of water and sugar in nectar and honey. Amount (units) hole in hive nectar honey Diagram 1 Diagram 2 {b) Using the information above, suggest how honey is obtained from nectar and how the behaviour of bee K helps to turn nectar into honey. (21 (ec) Bee T Is another type of bee. It is fiercer than bee K towards humans. When bee T mated with bee K, their offspring are also fiercer towards humans. Expiain why these offspring behave differently from bee K t) (Go on to the next page) ‘SCORE 000218)o 34 John cut out circular discs of equal size from a leaf. These leaf discs can still carry out their functions as a leaf for some time. He dropped one leaf disc into a clear container with liquid Y placed 10 om from the lamp. John switched on the lamp and started the stopwatch. A liquid Y leaf disc lamp 10cm ——— Bubbles were observed under the leaf discs after some time. John recorded the time taken for the disc to float to the surface of liquid Y. bubble under leaf disc liquid ¥ lamp John repeated the experiment using fresh sets of liquid Y and ieaf discs. He placed the containers at different distances from the lamp and his results are as shown. ZIINN y stance of container from lamp (cm) | Time taken for leaf disc to float to surface (s) | 40 8 { 20 17 | 30 28 {a)__ Name the process that occurred in the leaf disc. State how this process caused the leaf disc to rise to the surface of liquid Y. [1] ‘900002(8)(b) ‘Suggest two things John could do to obtain more reliable results. ic) (c) John repeated the experiment with water instead of liquid Y. He placed the container 10 cm away from the lamp. The leaf disc did not rise to the surface even after 200 s. Liquid Y provided the leaf discs with a larger amount of a substance than water. Name the substance. a SCORE Fook Choy wore a face mask in an air-conditioned room. His spectacles became fogged when he breathed. fogged spectacles face mask Explain why his spectacles became fogged. 21 (Go on to the next page) SCORE 00902(8)36 Cars parked under the sun become hot quickly as heat that enters the cars cannot escape easily. ‘Alex measured the temperature inside a car parked under the sun. He started timing immediately after the car was parked. His results are as shown. Temperature (°C) 60 i 55 50 45 40 35 30 t 25 Jt i O10 203040606079 «Time (min) (a) State what is temperature. t) (b) State the temperature of the surroundings. i (c) State the time taken for temperature to reach 40 °C. i Alex put a film over a car window to reduce the amount of sunlight coming into the car. A bubble was seen as shown. film on car window (d) Explain why the bubble became larger after some days. (4 SCORE ooos/o2(2)37 Terrence drilled a small hole at the bottom of a pail and hung it above a plate. He filled the pail with water and let the water drip from the hole onto the plate as shown. A sound sensor recorded the sound made by the water droplets. ‘small hole at bottom of pail water ° sound sensor ; water droplet 3 Plate? J The results are as shown. Sound level (units) 36} - + 30 rH 25 T Ty 20 15 ot 10 5 0 5 10 158 20 25 30 35 ao” "me’s) {a) State the number of water droplets that fell on the plate in the first 30 s. tt) (b) Suggest why the sound level is not zero between 10 s and 15s. 1) {c) Using the same apparatus, suggest two changes to increase the maximum sound level recorded by the sound sensor. (2 (Go on to the next page) SCORE ‘000902(8)38 10 Kumar set up the apparatus in Diagram 1. wire coiled around a hollow metal cylinder iJ Diagram 1 ‘When he closed the switch, the bar swung towards the point P. Kumar concluded that the bar is a magnet, wy (a) State if you agree with Kumar's conclusion. Expiain your answer. a Kumar designed part of a game named “Bobbing Carrots” as shown in Diagram 2. An iron rod and a spring are fixed to the plastic carrot from below. The bottom end of the spring is fixed to a wooden board. lastic carrot Pl top of spring fixed to carrot w) bottom of spring fixed to wooden board wooden board wire coiled around a hollow metal cylinder Diagram 2 009028)" When Kumar closes switch A, the carrot will drop below the hole. (b) Explain why the carrot appears above the hole when Kumar opens switch A. 2 (€) Suggest two ways to make the carrot drop into the hole faster while making sure that the carrot appears above the hole when the switch is opened. I SCORE 39 Charlie has a coin bank, (a) Describe one way to find the volume inside the coin bank. 2) {b) The volume inside the coin bank is 200 om?. Charlie has 200 similar coins. Each coin has a volume of 1 cm?, Explain why Charlie cannot put all 200 coins into the coin bank. a (Go on to the next page) SCORE o09/0218) 312 40 Samy compressed a spring to launch a toy rocket in a room as shown. There was no wind. H path of rocket rocket Gy A ‘+———. distance moved by rocket. —————> He measured the distance moved by the rocket for each try. His results are as shown. Compression of Distance moved (cm) spring (cm) Try 2° try 2.0 42 54 nee 40 205 18.6 6.0 ~ 46.0 49.4 80 815 86.2 {a) State the relationship between the compression of spring and the distance moved by the rocket. (1) {b) Name the force(s) acting on the rocket at G when it is moving up the ramp and not touching the spring. [1] (©) Name the main form(s) of energy of the rocket at H. tt () Samy decided to repeat his experiment on a sand pit. Explain how this will heip him obtain more accurate results. i SCORE End of Paper Copyright Acknowledgements: The Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board has made every effort to trace copyright holders, but if we have inadvertently overlooked any, we will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity 0090218)25 26 14 ‘Susan looks into a wooden cupboard as shown. glass wooden cupboard Which statement explains why she can see the glass? No light passes through wood. Light is reflected from the toys, Light passes through the glass easily. Some light is reflected from the glass. Meimei heated some buns with a liquid filing as shown in Diagram 1 pot —| stove po ee bun’ filing burst through wall of bun’ je) +- liquid filling pelea ea Diagram 1 Diagram 2 After a while, the filling burst through the wall of the bun as shown in Diagram 2. Which (1) (2) (3) (4) of the following best explains why? The wall of the bun is not waterproof. The filing expanded more than the bun. The filling is hotter than the bun. Air trapped in the wall of the bun expanded, 009/02¢A)15 ‘Amy had three different types of fabric, A, B and C. She shone a torch at each fabric and recorded the amount of light passing through with a light sensor for 10 s. fabric torch light sensor — Pe Her observations are shown below. Fabric ‘Amount of light passed through A very litle light B some light c most light Which graph shows her results correctly? (2) ‘Amount of light Time Time @) 4 4 Amount of light c Amount of light Time 00810214) (Go on to the next page)16 28 — Qianzheng has a toy train as shown in Diagram 1. engine carriage A carriage B Vi 3 pole J of pole K of object pole L of magnet magnet P magnet Diagram 1 When he tured carriage A around, it moved together with the engine to the left and carriage B moved away to the right as shown in Diagram 2 carriage A engine and 7 carriage B carriage A carriage B moved to left moved to right gos pole Jof object —_pole K of pole L of magnet P magnet magnet Diagram 2 Which of the following is correct about object P and the poles, J, K and L, of the magnets? | Pp a) magnet | (2) | magnetic material a (3) | magnetic material zlo|zljoje i | zal) | ele olz|z}/zir (4) magnet (Go on to Booklet B) Copyright Acknowledgements: The Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board has made every effort to trace copyright holders, but if we have inadvertently overiooked any, we will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity. 0008102(4)