EKURHULENI NORTH DISTRICT

Natural Sciences and Technology

Grade 6

Second Term Baseline 2024

Specific Aims: 1, 2 and 3

Strand: Matter and Materials

Surname:_________________________Name:________________________

Class: 6 ____

Time: 1 hour

Marks: 20

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

1. Write your school, surname, name and your class on the cover sheet.
2. Carefully read and answer all the questions.
4. Write neatly and legibly.
5.This paper consists of 4 pages including the cover page.

Concepts Multiple Solids, Mixtures and

Choice Liquids and water
Total
gases resources
Questions 1 2 3
Expected 5 8 7 20
Mark
Actual Learner
Mark

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1. Multiple Choice
Read each question or statement carefully and choose the correct answer from the
options provided and then circle the corresponding letter.

1.1. Which of the following is a safety rule when doing an investigation?

A. Don’t wash your hands after handling unknown liquid
B. Don't taste any unknown liquid
C. Don’t wash your hands after handling poison
D Pour hot water on each other
1.2 Which of the following is not a property of gas?
A. All gases smell badly
B. A gas has no definite shape and fills the container it is in
C. A gas can be pressed to fill a smaller space.
D. A gas diffuses through the air
1.3 What process is the reverse of melting?
A. Evaporation
B. Condensing
C. Cooling
D. Solidifying
1.4 What do you use for measuring temperature?
A. Thermometer
B. Bathroom scale
C. Kitchen scale
D. Trundle wheel
1.5 Identify a mixture of two liquids in the following pairs of mixtures.
A. Juice concentrate and water
B. Beans and rice
C. Rice and water
D. Peanuts and oil

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2. Study the following diagram and answer the questions that follow (8)

2.1. Water exists in three states namely: (1)

______________, _____________and _____________
2.2. Name the process when steam (water vapour) changes to water? (1)
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2.3. What is the process of liquid water changing to water vapour (steam) called? (1)
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2.4. What do we call the process of ice changing to liquid water? (1)
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2.5. What do we call the process of liquid water changing to ice? (1)
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2.6 In which state are water particles furthest from each other? (1)
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2.7. Do you think you can reverse the process of melting? How would you do this?
(2)
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3. Lucky carried out an investigation about mixtures by mixing different substances
with water and recorded his observations in a table. In the table below, choose the
one that is the best description for what he observed, by making a cross in the
matching column. (You may also choose more than one column.) The first substance
(Vinegar) has been filled in to show you what you should do. (4)

Substance Observations
It looks as though none of It looks as if all or most of
the substance has the substance has
disappeared. disappeared
Vinegar X
Sugar
Salt
Sand
Oil

3. 1 Do you remember studying habitats in Gr 4 and Gr 5? What does a habitat

provide to an organism? (2)
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3.2 How do people make water dirty? (1)
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