RAMOTSHERE MOILOA SUB-DISTRICT

TECHNOLOGY
TERM 4 MEMORANDUM
NOVEMBER 2018
GRADE 8

All alternative relevant answers should be credited

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Question Answer Marks

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1 1.1 B✓ 1
1.2 B✓ 1
1.3 A✓ 1
1.4 B✓ 1
1.5 A✓ 1
1.6 A✓ 1
1.7 B✓ 1
1.8 B✓ 1
1.9 C✓ 1
1.10 C✓ 1
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2 2.1 True✓ 1
2.1.1
2.1.2 True✓ 1
2.1.3 False✓ 1
2.1.4 True✓ 1
2.1.5 False✓ 1
2.1.6 True✓ 1
2.2
1 B✓ 1
2 A✓ 1
3 C✓ 1
4 E✓ 1
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3 3.1 A Rafter✓ 1
3.1.1 B King post✓ 1
C Strut✓ 1
D Beam✓ 1
3.1.2 Bend or break✓✓ 2
3.1.3 2

✓ ✓

3.1.4 Corrugated Zinc / Asbestos roof✓ (Any one) 1

3.1.5 a) Fracture ✓ 1
b) Bend ✓ 1
c) Topple over ✓ 1
3.2
3.2.1 Truss bridge✓ 1
3.2.2 Triangulation✓ 1

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4 4.1
4.1.1 Paper ✓ 1
4.1.2 Paper can decompose and plastic can’t✓✓ 2
4.1.3 Good.✓ Consumers will use them sparingly and not throw them everywhere.✓ 2
(Any reasonable answer may be accepted)
4.2 a) Animals that live in the river will be killed by the chemicals.✓✓ 2
b) Some people drink and irrigate with river water and it might be harmful to 2
themselves and their plants. ✓✓
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5 5.1 1 Dimension line✓ 1
2 Outline✓ 1
3 Construction line✓ 1
4 Hidden details line✓ 1
5.2 10
LVP RVP

✓ ✓ ✓

✓
✓ ✓
1 mark will be allocated for the completion o
✓ ✓
✓

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6 6.1 1 Axe blade✓ 1
2 Knife✓ (Any other correct answer should be credited) 1
6.2 The trolley ground friction would be high and the trolley would be heavy to push 2
6.2.1 thereby reducing mechanical advantage✓✓
6.2.2 With wheels✓ 1
6.3 The stick should be moved such that the load arm is smaller than the effort 2
arm✓✓
6.4 The man is too close to the fulcrum than the boy.✓✓ 2
6.4.1
6.4.2 Effort arm 1✓ 2
Ma = Load arm = 2

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0.5✓
6.4.3 Answer: Poor mechanical advantage.✓ 3
Motivation: The mechanical advantage is less than 1 requesting very large effort
to lift up a very small load.✓✓

6.4.2 Positive impact: People are getting jobs and the economy is growing.✓ 1
6.3.2 Negative impact: Some mines produce dust making people sick and when rock
are broken the earth shakes causing cracks on the nearby houses.✓ 1

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7 7.1 a) Working without proper protective clothes.✓✓ 2
7.1 .1 b) Balancing the body on a street lamp rather than fastening his body to the 2
pole. ✓✓
7.1.2 Touching live bare electric wire and hire electric current flowing through your 2
body.✓✓ (Any logical answer acceptable)
7.1.3 a) The supplier needs money to build more power station to meet the increasing 1
high demand of electricity in the country.✓
b) If people do not pay for the electricity, they misuse it.✓ (Any logical 1
answer should be credited)
7.2 A B C
7.2.1 0 0 0✓ 4
0 1 0✓
1 0 0✓
1 1 1✓
7.2.2 AND gate✓ 1

7.3 Cells in parallel produce the same voltage as only 1 cell. ✓✓ 2

7.4 They only produce voltage in the presence of sunlight. ✓✓ 2
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8 8.1 Reduce the speed ✓ 1
8.2 Place the idler gear between the two gears✓✓ 2
8.3 Gear ratio = 5 : 10✓ 2
1 : 2✓
8.4 5
MARKING GUIDE
✓ ✓ ✓
1 mark for each cycle
✓
✓ 1 mark for the
intersection of the
cycles
10
TOTAL 100

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