PSLE EXAMINATION PAPERS 2013 - 2015 TOPICAL SCIENCE‘CONTENTS Pages EXAMINATION FORMAT PSLE SCIENCE i PAST PSLE SCIENCE PAPERS (2013 - 2015) 1 LIFE SCIENCE 1.1 Multiple-choice questions 1 1.2 Open-ended questions 33 2 PHYSICAL SCIENCE 2.1 Multiple-choice questions 55 2.2 Open-ended questions 85 ‘ANSWER KEYS 107 LIFE SCIENCE PHYSICAL SCIENCE1.1 LIFE SCIENCE Multiple-choice questions What is generally common among insects and birds? (1) They have three body parts. (2) They reproduce by laying eggs. (3) Their young look like the adults. ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 1) (4) They have the same type of body covering. The diagram below shows a frog swimming in the water. Which of the following characteristics help the frog swim fast in the water? | Characte S webbed feet ‘streamlined body (1) yes / yes @ yes no | ® 10 yes @ no 70 ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 2) Butterflies visit flowers. The butterflies benefit directly by (1) dispersing the seeds (2) pollinating the flowers (3) feeding on the nectar (4) _ laying eggs on the flowers ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 3) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid 14. Hanwei classified three types of cells as shown below. cells from leaf, root and cheek Yes Yes ‘What are questions A and 8? Question A Question B Does the cell have chloroplast? Does the cell have a cell wall? (2) Does the cell have a cell wall? Does the cell have chloroplast? (3) (4) Does the cell have a nucleus? Does the cell have a cell membrane? Does the cell have a cell membrane? Does the cell have a nucleus? ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 4) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd5. The diagram below shows a pond habitat. caterpillars tadpoles How many populations of producers and consumers are present in this habitat? © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd - Number of populations of producers | consumors @ [4 2 2 6 ®| 3 4 4) 3 8 ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 5)6. What would happen after large areas of forests are removed? (1) more rain would fall (2) more soil would be eroded (3) more oxygen would be given out to the air (4) more carbon dioxide would be absorbed from the air ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 6) 7. Nurul conducted an experiment using muddy water from different parts of a river, P, Q, R and S. She placed a coin at the bottom of a container and poured in the water taken from P until the coin could no longer be seen as shown in the set-up below. Then she recorded the 2 height / of the water. i‘ ove water from river | ~ H ee! She repeated the experiment with the water taken from Q, R and S. The results are shown below. (cm) 15 5 30 18 o|alo Nurul learnt that plants in the water grew well when there was sunlight. At which part of the river would there be the least number of plants in the water? ia @ @ @® R @ $s ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 7) 4 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd8. Mr Lim put a layer of dead leaves and then a black plastic sheet above the dead leaves around plant A. black plastic sheet covering dead leaves and soil Which one of the following is not a reason for Mr Lim's action? to add fertiliser to the soil to reduce evaporation of water from the soil to prevent caterpillars from eating plant A fo prevent grass from growing near plant A ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 8) 9. Jumat used the set-up below to measure the amount of oxygen taken in by a grasshopper. He measured the movement of the drop of red ink after every minute. ~ ) @ @) “@ substance M drop of red ink wire gauze grasshopper ‘Substance M absorbed a certain gas. What was this gas? (1) (2) (3) 4) oxygen nitrogen water vapour carbon dioxide ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 9) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid 510. Swe Lian drew Diagrams 1 and 2 below showing the reproductive parts of a plant and a human respectively. 1. Diagram 1 NN A Diagram 2 ‘Which of the following represent the ovaries in Diagrams 1 and 2? (1) @ (3) @) AandC Aand D BandC Band D ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 10) ‘Study the food web in a habitat with organisms A, B, C and D. fe | | fo | c A large number of organism G were accidentally introduced into the habitat. G only fed on one type of organism in this habitat. After some time, all the other organisms decreased in number, Which organism did G feed on? (a) @ @) @) A B c D ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 11) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd VY12, Meena placed the set-up below in a bright place. original position of water in the glass tube flask water After some time, the water in the glass tube moved. Which direction did the water move and what was the reason for the movement? Direction in which the water in — the glass tube moved (1) — | Water is taken in by the plant. 2) —_— Carbon dioxide is taken in by the plant. VW @) —_ Water is given out by the plant. | 4 — (Oxygen is given out by the plant. ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 12) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid 713. Dawen drew the diagram below to show the blood flow in some parts of the human body. head and arms B c legs Which two arrows were not drawn correctly? a @) @) (4) Aand D only Band C only E and F only G and H only ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 13) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lic14. ‘The animal waste from a farm flows into a river. animal farm direction of flow of water ‘Which of the following will be less at point Q than those at point P? (1) fish 2) bacteria 3) nutrients (4) floating water plants ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 14) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 915. _Liwen set up an experiment. She wrapped three similar leaves in different types of plastic bags. The plastic bags were of the same size. She left the plant under bright light for some time. Leaf B (in clear plastic bag) mre (in black plastic bag) Leaf A (in clear plastic bag with tiny holes) ‘Which graph correctly represents the amount of carbon dioxide in the plastic bags after several hours? (1) Amount of (2) Amount of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide / Y ABC A BC Leaf Leaf YY (3) Amount of (4) Amount of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide A BC A BC Leaf Leaf ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 15) 10 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd16. Which one of the following organisms does not reproduce by spores? (1) Fem (2) Hibiscus plant Y, (3) Mushroom (4) Mould ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 1) 17. Which of the following about photosynthesis is correct? gas taken in gas given out light needed (1) | carbon dioxide oxygen no (2) | carbon dioxide oxygen yes @) oxygen carbon dioxide no (4) oxygen carbon dioxide yes ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 2) © Educational Publishing House Pre Ltd 118. 19. Seeds A, B, C and D from a plant are placed under the conditions as shown, conditions seed | water alr light | temperature (ce) Pelee v x 2 | Key B v x ¥ 30 ¥: present c x y x 10 x: absent o | x v vf 10 Which seed can germinate? Moa 2 8B @ c @ D ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 3) ‘Study the three different cells shown below. ‘Which one of the following statements is true about all the three cells? (1) They are plant cells. (2) They can photosynthesise. (3) They contain cytoplasm and cell wall (4) They contain nucleus and cell membrane. ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 4) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid20. Study the dispersal of seeds by plants P, Q and R. ——_> wind direction “4 wind direction How were their seeds dispersed? P Qa R “) animal explosive action wind (2) | explosive action animal wind @) | animal wind | explosive action 4) wind animal explosive action ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 5) 21. For an adult plant to produce seeds, which process(es) must take place? (1) pollination only (2) germination only 8) pollination and fertilisation (4) germination and pollination ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 6) © Faucational Publishing House Pte Ltd B22, 4 Plant P climbs around another plant Q to get more sunlight. Q provides support for P. The stem of P was cut at X. The part of P above X died after some time. Why? a) (2) (3) 4) ‘There was a lack of sunlight. The part above X had no water. There was a lack of chloroplasts. The part above X had no support from Q. ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 7) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd23. Study the three set-ups X, Y and Z below. At the start, the colour of substance Pin each set-up was red. If the amount of carbon dioxide increases, substance P will change from red to yellow. light light ; insects wire mesh substance P set-up X setup Y set-up Z What is the colour of substance P in each set-up after 3 hours? setup X setupY | setupz () | yetow | yolow | red @ yellow red red | @ red yellow yellow 4) red red yellow ~ ( ) (2014/Book\et A/Question 8) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 624. 25, ‘Which of the following statements about green plants are correct? ‘They can make their own food. They need energy to carry out life processes. They are made up of cells that have cell walls. They do not move freely from one place to another by themselves. voa> (1) Band C only (2) BandDonly (3) A,CandDonly (4) A,.B,CandD (eee) (2014/Booklet A/Question 9) UY Weiming wanted to find out how the length of the wings of seeds affects the distance travelled. ~s length of wing seed Which of the following should be kept constant for a fair test? YY A Mass of seeds B Length of wings of seeds c Height from which the seeds were dropped D Place where the experiment was carried out (1) Bonly (2) Aand D only (3) A,CandD only (4) B, Cand only ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 10) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd26. The diagram below shows a plant cell. Four pupils made the following statements about the plant cell. ad Part B supports and Part A makes food. gives the cell its shape. Ann Ben Part D controls the movement of substances in and out of the cell Chris Veh Dawn Which pupils were correct? Part C controls all activities of the cell. (1) Annand Ben only (2) Chris and Dawn only (3) Ann, Ben and Chris only (4) Ann, Ben, Chris and Dawn ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 11) © Educational Publishing House Pte Led v27. 8 Study the diagram below. Which of the following shows how food travels digested food enters the blood? a) (2) @) @ C3>E>D>F A> B>C>D A>B>C3E B>C>E>D through the digestive system before ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 12) © Fducational Publishing House Pte Ltd28, __Liren removed the outer ring of the stem of a plant at K. light N pot of soil She left the plant under the Sun and watered it regularly. VY swollen ee K After a few days, Liren observed that the plant was alive and the part of the stem above K was swollen. Why? ~ (1) Only the tubes carrying food at K were removed. (2) Only the tubes carrying water at K were removed. (3) Both the tubes carrying food and water at K were removed. (4) None of the tubes carrying food or water at K were removed. ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 13) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd ”29, ‘Study the food web below. (L \ If the whole population of H is Killed by a disease, which of the following populations will be most affected? mM oJ @ «K @ ob @ @ ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 14) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd30, Deforestation by the buming of forests affects the environment. What is the impact of deforestation by burning? (1) (2) ~ (3) @) Soil erosion Air pollution due to smoke produced Loss of habitat for plants and animals More carbon dioxide in the air that may result in global warming com> Aand C only Band D only A, Cand D only A,B, CandD ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 15) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid a31. 32. Which one of the following is a similarity between digestion and decomposition? a) (2) (3) @) Both can occur in plants. Both require bacteria and fungi to take place. Both break things down into simpler substances, Both involve organisms that feed on dead organisms. The fruit below is dispersed by water. Which of the following help in this method of dispersal? ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 1) A R does not allow water to go through. B Shas air spaces. C Tis sweet and juicy. Aand B only Aand C only Band C only A, Band ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 2) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid33. Study the classification chart below. Insects 3-stage life cycle 4-stage life cycle ‘Adult with Adult without |! Adult with Adult without wings wings wings wings Pp a R s The diagram below shows insects A and B. uu Insect A Insect B | | Mf) Bs young adult | young adult Which group, P, Q, R or S, do insects A and B belong to? Insect A Insect B a Q P VW (2) Q R (3) s | P a s R 2 (9 (2015/Booklet A/Question 3) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 2334. 35. ‘Study the three plant cells below. ‘Which of the following part(s), cell wall, chloroplast and cytoplasm, is/are found in all three cells? (1) (2) @) 4) chloroplast only cell wall and cytoplasm only cytoplasm and chloroplast only cell wall, cytoplasm and chloroplast ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 4) Peishi plucked a leaf from a plant and placed it in a beaker of hot water. hot water leaf 1 bubbles Peishi observed that bubbles formed only on the upper surface of the leaf. Which one of the following conclusions is correct? (1) (2) (3) (4) Air escapes through openings found on both surfaces of the leaf. Bubbles form in the water and land on the upper surface of the leaf. The leaf has openings on the upper surface but not on the lower surface. Air enters the lower surface of the leaf and escapes through the upper surface. ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 5) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd36. The diagram below shows the direction of blood flow in some parts of the body. lungs heart ye other parts of the body VY ‘The same amount of blood was taken from A, B, C and D. Which chart shows the correct ‘comparison of the amount of oxygen in the blood samples? a) (2) ‘Amount of ‘Amount of oxygen oxygen A B Blood sample A C Blood sample vu (3) (4) ‘Amount of Amount of oxygen oxygen B D__ Blood sample D C Blood sample ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 6) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 2337. Study the food web shown below. animal D a water plant P ~+ animal A —> animal 8 ——> animal c ‘The graph shows the number of animal B over a period of time. Number of animal B Y VY Time Which one of the following explains the change in the number of animal B shown by YZ in the graph? (1) addition of plant P to the pond (2) addition of animal D to the pond (3) addition of animal A to the pond (4) removal of animal C from the pond ( ) a (2015/Booklet A/Question 7) 26 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd38. The diagram shows two flowers. Pollination takes place when pollen grains are transferred from (1) (2) (3) (4) DtoC and DtoF EtoC and EtoF EtoF and DtoG FtoD and HtoG 39. Study the food web below. mM] | _ Which statement is correct? a) @) (3) (4) K and Q are producers. P and S are consumers. Jand Rare plant eaters, Q and R ate decomposers. © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd INZ ——+L<+—R ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 8) ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 9)40. M1. The diagram shows a grassiand habitat. MONE NOIRE NASON 8H ORIOLE IORI RCT Which of the following statements is not true? (1) The group of grass forms one population. (2) ‘The groups of grass and zebra form two populations. (3) The groups of deer and zebra form two communities (4) The groups of grass, deer and zebra form one community. on) (2015/Booklet A/Question 10) The diagrams show the movement of gases during the day and night. aN “aaa None Ra day night Which letters represent oxygen? (1) EandG (@) EandH @) FandG (4) FandH ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 11) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd42. Which diagram shows the correct movement of food in a germinating seed? a) @) vu a (3) es i ; |): \H VU @ A () (2015/Booklet A/Question 12) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 2943. Devi conducted an experiment with the set-up below. She switched on the lamp and observed that the water level Q in the glass tube moved after some time. The plunger remained at the same place. lamp TTTNN water level Q plunger air space syringe water plant rubber tubing to connect syringe to glass tube glass tube In which direction did the water level Q move and what was the reason for the movement? Water level Qmoved | Reason 0) up Air moves into the glass tube. @ we Heat from the lamp causes water to expand. ®@ | down ‘Oxygen gas collects in the air space. ~ 4 down Plant gives out water during photosynthesis. ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 13) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd44. Flower L grows on a plant. Yanging observed the following Flower L Yanging wrote three statements. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? A Fertilisation has taken place in flower L. B The ovary of flower L developed into a seed, © The ovule of flower L developed into a fruit. (1) Aonly (2) Aand C only (3) Band C only (4) A,Bandc ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 14) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd a45. A large amount of fertiliser from a farm flows into a nearby river at point G. The arrow shows the direction in which the river flows. | _—_— farm, After some time, piants living deep in the river after point G died ‘Which graph best represents the effect of fertiliser entering the river at G? (1) amount of nutrients in water Distance downstream Amount of floating plants é Distance downstream (3) Amount of oxygen in water 7 6 Distance downstream (4) ‘Amount of bacteria in water é Distance downstream ( ) (2015/Bookiet A/Question 15) a2 © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid1 = LIFE SCIENCE 1.2 Open-ended questions 1. Irene counted the number of two different types of young plants, P and Q, at various distances from their parent plants in a garden. The results are shown below. Number Key of young Young plant P plants Young plantQ J 0 2 #4 6 8 Distance from parent plant (m) YU Which one of the following is likely to be the fruit of plant P? Choose your answer and tick (7) in the box. Explain your answer. fy (2013/Booklet B/Question 31) {© Educational Publishing House Pe Ltd 32. Plant R grows on the trunks of trees. ‘trunk of tree leaves of plant R (a) _ Explain how the arrangement of leaves helps plant R in photosynthesis. io} (b) The diagram below shows plant S growing around a pole. Based on the information given above, state a common characteristic of the stem of plant R and plant S. tt} (2013/Booklet B/Question 32) 34 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd3. Animal N stays in its hard shell when resting, It extends itself from its shell when feeding. a) wo (b) (c) VY animal N hard hard shell shell Animal N (resting) Animal N (feeding) How does animal N protect itself from predators? tl Animal N attaches itself to underwater surfaces of ships and gets carried to other places without using much energy. How does being carried to other places benefit animal N7 m1 tiny green plant animal N Scientists observed that ships with many tiny green plants have fewer animal N attached to them. Give a reason for this observation. tl (2013/Booklet B/Question 33) © Educational Publishing House Pre LtdJohn had three tubes, &, T and U, containing equal amount of chloroplasts mixed in the same amount of blue liquid L. This blue mixture will turn green after photosynthesis has taken place, John placed tube S at a distance of 10 cm from the lamp. lam . e a mixture of chloroplasts in blue liquid L prrerrr ¥ rere He switched on the lamp and recorded the time taken for the mixture to turn green. He repeated the experiment with tubes T and U at various distances from the lamp as shown in the table. Tubes Distance from lamp jime taken for mixture to turn fem) green (s) _ s 10 | 9 T 20 22 U 30 36 (a) The time taken for the mixture to turn green increases as the distance from the lamp increases. Explain why. tl (b) John conducted the experiment in a dark room. Give a reason why this helped to make the experiment a fair test. tl (c) John repeated the experiment with a fourth tube W. W had a different amount of chloroplasts from tube S. He placed W at a distance of 10 cm from the lamp. The time taken for the mixture to tum green was 5 seconds. Which tube, S or W, had a larger amount of chloroplasts? Explain your answer. [1] (2013/Booklet B/Question 34) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd5. The diagram shows a toilet that does not use water for flushing, Human waste from the toilet bow! drops into a container with bacteria. cover pipe to let [ out gas | | Y waste container —] Cal) handle to open. container toilet bow! bacteria and waste After some. (a) Name this process. 1e, bacteria turn the waste into a soil-ike substance. 4] (b) Besides air and water, give another environmental factor that will affect the speed of the process. (c) Suggest one use for the soil-like substance. 1} 11] © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid (2013/Booklet B/Question 35)6. Plant M can only grow on the branches of trees. Bird D feeds on the fruits of plant M which have sticky seeds. When bird D flies away, it carries the seeds that are stuck to its beak. It then rubs its beak against the branch of another tree. (a) Suggest two advantages for plant M to grow on the branches of trees. 2] (b) How does plant M benefit bird D? tt] (c) How does having sticky seeds benefit plant M? tt) (2013/Booklet B/Question 36) 38 ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd7. _Junlong conducted an experiment using two similar pots of plants, G and H. The two pots were placed in a garden and were watered with the same amount of water at the start of the experiment. Pot G Mass (g) Pot T= at the start after one day [ G 5000 4900 H 5000 5000 fa) Explain why there was a decrease in mass for pot G. hl (ii) Explain why there was no change in mass for pot H. tl (b) In another experiment, Junlong used one other pot of plant with clear bag similar to pot G, but he covered the lower surfaces of all the leaves with a layer of oil. ‘Would the change in mass after one day be larger or smaller than that obtained for pot G? Explain your answer. 1] (2013/Booklet B/Question 37) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Lid 398. ‘The diagram below shows the direction of blood flow in some parts of the human body. fa) (b) (c) lungs E F s G H all other parts of the body Identify organ s. tl Other than the direction of blood flow, state one difference between the blood in E and the blood in F. 1] Name one substance in the blood where its amount is higher inG than inH. [1] (2014/Booklet B/Question 31) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd9. Liping conducted an experiment in a classroom using the set-ups as shown. She removed most of the roots from one of the plants. She then recorded the water level, H, at regular time intervals. H (a) What is the purpose of the layer of oil in this experiment? tl The results obtained are as shown. Water level, H (cm) tine P line Q Time (hour) {b) Which line, P or Q, represents the results obtained for the plant with fewer roots? Explain your answer. tt) (2014/Booklet B/Question 32) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd a‘Azmi used the set-up below to study the temperature at which fish F prefer to live in. He knows that the amount of oxygen in the water decreases when the temperature rises. ‘The water in the tank was warmed slightly at end W. The temperature of the water at sections A, B and C, are as shown. 32°C 30°C 28°C end __] |__ large tank sectionA | section B : section C Azmi put 30 similar fish F into the tank in section A. After some time, the number of fish found in each section of the tank was recorded as shown. A B c Number offish | 1 4 | 2 {a)__ From the data, which temperature did fish F prefer to live in? ty Section (b) In February 2014, hundreds of dead fish were found floating in a river in Singapore. Itwas reported that the fish died due to a long period of hot weather. Based on Azmi's study, give a reason why the fish died, i) (c) There were many fish and green plants in the water of another river. When there was no sunshine for a long period, many fish died. Give a reason why the fish died. (] (2014/Booklet B/Question 33) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd11. Yiwen placed four similar oranges in four identical sealed boxes. He placed boxes P and Q in a cold place and boxes R and $ in a warm place, Substance Y absorbs water from the surrounding. Box P (cold) Box Q (cold) | air substance Y - y Box R (warm) Box S (warm) orange substance Y © bef (a) Inwhich box, P, Q, R or S, would fungus first appear on the orange? Give a reason for your answer. 2] (b) _Yiwen has a medical condition in which fungus grows on his feet. in ‘The doctor advised Yiwen to wear slippers instead of covered shoes. Explain how wearing slippers helps reduce the growth of fungus on the feet. [2] (2014/Booklet B/Question 34) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd12, David studied the life cycle of organism G shown below. adult A X pure (QW sg wy x Cy larva (a) David classified G as an insect. State one characteristic of the adult that helped David classify organism G as an insect. i (b) David studied the effect of surrounding temperature on the life cycle of organism G. His findings are shown below. Temperature (°C) | Number of days for one complete life cycle 16 46 20 20 = 25 _ 16 30 10 35 7 wo From David's findings, how would temperature affect the length of one complete life cycle of organism G? tl i) Organism G lays its eggs which hatch into larvae on open wounds of living animals, The larvae grow in size after some time. Suggest and explain two benefits for organism G to lay its eggs on open ‘wounds. [21 (2014/Booklet B/Question 35) © Educational Publishing House Pte Led13, Sea turtles live in the sea but lay their eggs on beaches. Eggs are laid <— Z on beaches Young sea turtle ES grows into adult inthe sea Ss ne Young sea turtles enter the sea ‘The number of sea turtles is decreasing due to global warming. (a) Explain how global warming causes sea turtles to lose the place for laying eggs. [1] (b) Scientists discovered that as temperature of some beaches rises, fewer male than female turtles are hatched. If the temperature becomes too high, only female turtles will be produces. ‘Suggest why the number of sea turtles may decrease due to global warming. [1] (2014/Booklet B/Question 36) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lad 4514, Aisha filled a container made of wood with water at 60°C. The temperature of water remained at 60°C throughout the experiment. ‘She measured the temperature of the air at various distance, Y, from the water surface. thermometer container made of wood water at 60°C Her results are shown below. Distance ¥ (cm) 2 [4 Temperature of air (°C) | 42 | 36 (a) Whatis the relationship between the temperature of the air and distance Y?——[1] {b) Animal H lives in the desert. It stands on the hot sand with its four long legs. Based on the above findings, explain why having long legs is an advantage for animal H. 10) (2014/Booklet B/Question 37) 46 © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid15. Six people were trapped in a small lft. Some adults started kicking the door and a child started crying. The graph shows the amount of two different gases in the lift at different times, (a) {b) Amount of gas Key A gasR - HB sss Lum Vim VM, 10 20 30 Time (min) Name the two gases. (1) gas R gas S: If the adults had kept still without kicking the door and the child did not ery, would the amount of gas R at 30 minutes be higher, the same or ower than that shown in the graph above? Explain your answer. tt (2015/Booklet B/Question 31) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd a716, Junlong wanted to find out whether germinating seeds produce heat. He soaked some seeds in water before placing them in a glass container as shown double-layered glass container alr cotton wool thermometer wire gauze soaked seeds He measured the temperature in the container and concluded that germinating seeds produce heat . (a) Give a reason why Junlong did not fill the container completely with seeds i (b) Explain how using a double-layered glass container with air in between helps to make the results of the experiment more accurate. tt] (c) Suggest a control set-up to show that the rise in temperature was caused by the germinating seeds tt) U (2015/Booklet B/Question 32) 48 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd17. Meifen conducted an experiment to find out how the height at which seed T is dropped affects the distance it travels. Seed T has a 4.cm wing as shown. 4om She dropped seed T from a height (H) in front of a fan as shown. She measured the distance (D) travelled by seed T. ‘Seed T was dropped from different heights and Meifen's readings are shown below. H(cm) 120 100 go | 80 D(cm) 50 44 31 15 (a) Based on Meifen's results, why is it an advantage for seed T to be found on a tall tree? a) (b) Meifen used the same seed throughout the experiment. Give two reasons how using the same seed helps to make the experiment a fair test. 1) {e) Meifen also wanted to find out if the size of the wing on seed T affects the distance it travels. Suggest two variables that she has to keep constant when conducting this experiment. t (2015/Booklet B/Question 33) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid “918. Bryan conducted an experiment using two similar plants. He removed an outer ring from the stem of one of the plants, as shown below. The food-carrying tubes were removed while the water-carrying tubes remained in the stem. outer ring removed (food-carrying tubes - removed) fruits of plant fruits of plant with outer with uncut stem stem removed (a) Bryan observed that the plant with the outer ring of stem removed produced bigger fruits compared to the other plant. ‘Suggest why bigger fruits were produced 2 (b) After some time, the plant with the cut stem died. Give a reason why removing the io ‘outer ring of the stem caused the plant to die. (2015/Booklet B/Question 34) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd19. Mohan condueted an experiment using three identical pieces of paper, L, Mand N. Paper L was not folded while papers M and N were folded as shown a 4 Paper L paper M paper N (not folded) (folded into hatf) (folded into a quarter) Mohan dropped each of the pieces of paper from the same height and measured the time taken for each piece to reach the ground ‘The table below shows his results. Paper L M uJ Time taken for paper ° 5 3 to fall to ground (s) Study the features of two frogs, P and Q, shown below. They are of similar sizes. frog Q (a) Frogs P and Q jumped down from the same height of a tree. Using the findings from Mohan’s experiment, explain why frog P took a longer time to reach the ground. [1] (b) Frog P is found in forests. Suggest two advantages of having stretched webbed feet when frog P jumps from trees. 2] (2015/Booklet B/Question 35) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid F20, A farmer conducted an experiment to investigate the effect of temperature of surrounding air on the growth of plant L over a period of time. The graph below shows the result of the experiment. Mass of plant L (kg) Temperature of 0 10 20 30 surrounding air (°C) He then conducted another experiment to investigate the effect of the amount of light on ~ the growth of plant L over a period of time. The graph below shows the result of the experiment. Mass of plant L (kg) Amount of light 0 5 10 15 (unit) (a) Based on the results of his experiments, explain how the farmer could produce the ~~ largest mass of plant L. (2) (b) Besides the factors investigated by the farmer, name and explain how another factor could help plant L to grow well. (1) (2015/Booklet B/Question 36) © Educational Publishing House Pte LtdVY 21. Ah Yong conducted an experiment using two identical fiasks as shown below. Flask C was covered with feathers while flask D was not. Both flasks were filled with 200-om* of water at 25°C. flask C flask D Ah Yong placed both flasks into a tank of hot water at 90°C. He recorded the temperature of water in both flasks at different times. His results are shown in the graph below. Temperature (°C) flask D flask C Time (min) (2) Based on Ah Yong’s results, what can he conclude about feathers? Explain your answer. (1 ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Lid 53Diagrams A and B show bird S at two different times of the year. When the feathers become old and worn, they are replaced by new feathers, In Diagram B, bird S has no feathers as it is in the process of replacing old feathers with new ones. = Diagram A Diagram B (b) Based on Ah Yong's findings, would bird S replace its feathers during the hotter or vu colder months of the year? Explain your answer. 1] (c) In a family of bird S, the female adult replaces its feathers a few weeks after the young have hatched. The male adult only replaces its feathers after the female has grown new feathers. Suggest why the female and male adults replace their feathers at different times. 0 (201/Booklet B/Question 37) VY © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd2 PHYSICAL SCIENCE 2.1 Multiple-choice questions 1. Which of the following is not a matter? (ty @) @ (4) air soil light water ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 16) 2. Nathan set up a circuit as shown. ti When he closed the switch, the bulb blew. Which of the following would have prevented the bulb from blowing? (1) (2) (3) 4) using fewer batteries closing the switch more quickly changing the direction of the switch changing the direction of all batteries ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 17) © Educational Publishing House Pte Led 583. Deyang conducted an experiment using the set-up below. fixed surface’ rubber band load He increased the mass of the load until the rubber band broke. The aim of his experiment was to find out (1) how hard the load was (2) howsstrong the load was (3) how hard the rubber band was (4) how strong the rubber band was ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 18) 4. Mingfen hung a wet towel in the bathroom, Which of the following ways would help to dry the towel faster? A fold the towel in half B_ open the door of the bathroom C use a hairdryer to blow the towel (1) AandB only (2) AandC only 3) BandC only (@) ABandc ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 19) 56 © Educational Publishing House Pte LtdVU 5. The diagram below shows a cooking pan with a handle. handle Study the properties of the four materials shown below. Property of material Material | Can bend easily Can conduct heat easily A yes yes B yes no c no yes Le no no ‘Which material is most suitable for making the handle? (1) (2) (3) @) A B c D ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 20) 6. Each of the circuits below has an iron rod, a wooden rod and a plastic rod, I Tt circuit A +e wi circuit B In which of the above circuits would the bulb light up? (1) @) 3) @) Aonly Bonly Both A and B None of the circuits ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 21) s77. Kenny placed a magnet P on a slope. When he placed another magnet Q as shown below, magnet Q moved up the slope and touched magnet P. P Sy Which forces acted on magnet Q when it moved? A frictional force B gravitational force C magnetic force (1) Aand B only (2) AandC only (3) BandC only (4) ABandc ( ) (2013/Booklet A/(Question 22) Faizah pushed a toy, which was attached to a spring, into a cup and closed the lid as. ‘shown in Diagram 1. When he opened the lid, the toy jumped up as shown in Diagram 2. Diagram 4 What could he do to make the toy jump higher? (1) use ataller cup (2) use a lighter lid (3) use allighter toy ( ) (4) use oil to coat the spring (2013/Booklet A/Question 23) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid9. Substance A is a solid at 30°C and a liquid at 200°C. Which one of the following is possible? Melting point of A(°C) | Bolling point of A (°C) (a) 20 100 (2) 20 300 @) 40 100 4 40 300 7 ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 24) 10. Wenshan set up a circuit as shown. YU @ ° fo oe a A B All five bulbs were lit when all four switches were closed. ‘She wanted the fewest number of bulbs to be lit by opening only one switch. UV Which switch should she open? Oa @) 8B @) ¢ @ D ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 25) {© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd »1. 12. Hassan conducted an experiment using the set-up below. rubber band cube nail line wooden board Hassan released the cube and measured the distance moved. He repeated the experiment by using two similar rubber bands instead of one. He released the cube from the same position and measured the distance moved. Which of the following would happen when two rubber bands were used? (1) The cube did not move. (2) The cube moved a longer distance. (3) The cube moved a shorter distance. (4) The cube moved the same distance. i ; (2013/Booklet A/Question 26) The ring and the ball shown below were made of the same material ring ball VY ‘At room temperature, the ball was unable to pass through the ring. After heating the ring for a while, the ball passed through the ring Which of the following explains this observation? The ring [The batt Oo} expanded contracted @ | ‘expanded remained the same size (3) | remained the same size contracted @ remained the same size_| remained the same size ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 27) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Lte13. A toy bus, at point A, was moving down a slope as shown below. moving toy bus — A After some time, the toy bus stopped at point B. Compare the potential energy and kinetic energy of the toy bus at points A and B. ‘Which one of the following is correct? potential energy at B kinetic energy at B compared to A compared to A (1) more. more 2) more less 3) ; less more @) less less ~ ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 28) 14. When Gopal was standing behind the wall as shown, he could nat see the stool light l \ 71N stool wall Gopal Which one of the following was the reason why Gopal could not see the stool? (1) The stool did not reflect light. (2) The stool did not give off light. (3) The walll did not allow light to pass through. (4) The stool did not allow light to pass through. () (2013/Booklet A/Question 29) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 415. Aziz conducted an experiment using the set-up below. container made of li ee liquid Y at 90°C basin water at 25°C He measured the temperature of liquid Y in the container over a period of time. He repeated the experiment using a container made of material Q. His results are shown in the graph below. Temperature of liquid Y ec) Time (h) ‘Aziz wanted to bring hot food and cold drinks for a school trip. He wanted to keep the food hot and the drinks cold. Which material(s) would be more suitable for the containers? Material for container carrying hot food cold drinks (1) P - P @ > Q ® | a P | l@ | a | a ( ) (2013/Booklet A/Question 30) 62 ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Lid16. Ablock of ice was placed in an empty paper cup and left ir the classroom, ice paper cup water What will happen after some time? (1) (2) 8 @) ‘The temperature of the block of ics increases. The temperature of the block of ice decreases, ‘The temperature of the water around the block of ice is 0° C. ‘The temperature of the water around the block of ice is less than0°C. = ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 16) 17. A bicycle tyre is fully inflated but Ahmad is still able to pump more air into it. Why is this possible? (1) Air has mass. (2) Air occupies space. (3) Air does not have a definite shape. (4) Air does not have a definite volume. ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 17) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 618. 19. Aman wanted to move a box down a slope. He gave a push to the box at G, but the box only reached point H. Which one of the following statements is not correct for the movement of the box down the ‘slope? (1) The box slowed down because of frictional force. (2) Frictional force was acting upwards along the slope. (3) The box stopped at H because there was no force acting on it. (4) Gravitational force acting on the box remained the same from G to H. ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 18) Limin could not remove the metal lid from a glass jar. | hot water » 5 metal lid glass jar Limin poured hot water on the metal lid. How does this help to remove the lid from the glass jar? (1) Heat causes the air in the jar to expand. (2) Heat causes the lid to expand more than the jar. (3) Water reduces the friction between the lid and the jar. (4) Water reduces the friction between the hand and the jar. ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 19) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd20. Meifeng wanted to find out how the exposed surface area of a container affects evaporation of water. Set-up | Exposed surface | Volume of water | Temperature | Wind area of container | in container (ml) (‘cy (em?) A 120 320 27 present / B 50 300 35 absent c 50 320 | 27 absent D 120 300 | 35 | _ absent ‘Which two set-ups should Meifeng use for her investigation? (1) (2) @) (4) AandB Aand C Dand B Dand 21. Imran placed a cup of hot water on a wooden table. ‘What could he do to cool the water faster? a) (2) @) (4) ‘Wrap the cup with a cloth. Place the cup in a plastic bag. Place the cup on a metal plate. Cover the top of the cup with a wooden lid. © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 20) ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 21)22, Object P is placed between a boat and a stone wall of a harbour to prevent damage to the boat. P is made from a material that can be compressed when the boat moves towards the wall What are the properties of the material used to make P? (1) flexible and strong (2) flexible and smooth (3) hard and strong (4) hard and smooth (aan) (2014/Booklet A/Question 22) 66 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd23, Block R is released from the top of a smooth slope. It moves down and hits block P at the bottom of the slope. ! height of slope After being hit by R, P slides along surface S, before coming to a stop at point T. ‘Which of the following changes can increase the distance moved by P along S? (1) increasing the length of S (2) increasing the roughness of S (3) increasing the width of the slope (4) increasing the height of the slope ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 23) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid 624. — Guowei set up a circuit as shown below. He observed that only bulb L lit up. He then exchanged P with Q and observed that no bulb lit up. batter P bulb M Which one of the following is correct? Electrical insulator : Bulb not working - a) P a L 2 Pp : M (3) Q L (4) Q - M ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 24) 68 © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid25. In the set-up below, the bar magnet is repelled by the electromagnet. A pointer attached to. the spring moves when the circuit is closed. pointer—__| bar magnet electromagnet: spring ‘two batteries: YU How will the pointer move when only one of the batteries is used? Why? Strength of the electromagnet (1) decreased @ | increased (3) decreased (4) increased VU © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 25)26. Toy D has a small piece of iron at its tio. Letchmi used a magnet M that is tied to a string to pick up D. piece of iron floor Which one of the following statements explains why D remains attached to M? (1) Mand D have the same potential energy. (2) The mass of Mis greater than the mass of D. (3) Potential energy of D increases when D is lifted up. (4) The weight of D is less than the magnetic force of M. ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 26) 27. Which one of the following is not an example of energy conversion? (1) climbing up a ladder cooling hot water ina cup (3) __ lighting a candle with a matchstick VY (4) generating electricity in a power station ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 27) 70 © Feducational Publishing House Pte Ltd28. Yiling set up three magnets JK, LM and PQ and an iron bar AB as shown in the arrangement below. Which one of the following arrangements is possible? (1) iron bar 2) ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 28) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid a29. A game was constructed using a battery and three light bulb holders L, M and N. ‘The wires were hidden behind a card such that only the bulb holders can be seen. bulb holder ‘Yusoff tried to find out how L, M and N were connected using two identical light bulbs. His findings are shown below. OO | L bulbs at holders M and Nit up M bulbs at holders L and N iit up N bulbs at holders L and M did not light up Which of the following shows the correct circuit of the set-up? a) 2) (3) (4) ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 29) n © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd30. The set-up below shows light shining on three wooden objects A, B and C. They are placed at different distances from the torch. ‘screen , ‘The diagram below shows the shadow of the objects on the screen, ‘screen What are objects A, B and C7 in @ Nel “@10 eu (1) (2) (4) ( ) (2014/Booklet A/Question 30) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 331. Which of the following is not an example of the effects of a force? a) (2) (3) (4) a roof blocking the sunlight a pump inflating a balloon ‘a wall stopping an arrow a boy dropping a ball ( , (2015/Booklet A/Question 16) 32. The diagram below shows a torch. switch bulb ‘Which one of the following shows the correct circuit for the torch? (1) (2) (4) 4 (2 pe 3 (2015/Booklet A/Question 17) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid33. Assyringe contained some water and air. Kelly blocked the opening of the syringe as shown below. plunger 4+— air Which of the following best explains why she was able to push the plunger downwards? syringe water (1) Air has no definite shape. (2) Airhas no definite volume. (3) Water has no definite shape. (4) Water has a definite volume. i ; (2015/Booklet A/Question 18) 34. The diagrams below show an aeroplane during three different stages of its flight. taking off landing At which stage(s) does gravity act on the aeroplane? (1) landing only (2) taking off and flying only (8) taking off and landing only (4) taking off, flying and landing (on) (2015/Booklet A/Question 19) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 535. 36. % Roger released a marble at position A in the rough wooden bowl shown below. The marble rolled to position B and then to position C where it rolled back. marble A rolled back marble released Which of the following shows the energy conversion when the marble rolled from B to C? (1) kinetic energy > potential energy (2) _ kinetic energy > potential energy + sound energy + heat eneray (8) potential energy + sound energy + heat energy > kinetic energy (4) potential energy > kinetic energy + sound energy + heat energy ( ) VY (2015/Booklet A/Question 20) 1a used the set-up below to collect clean water from sea water. plate boiling sea water flame clean water Which one of the following plates should Aisha use so that she can collect the most amount of clean water within a short period of time? (1) cool glass plate (2) warm glass plate (3) cool steel plate (4) warm steel plate ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 21) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd37. A glass containing a block of ice and some water was placed in a room. The room temperature was 25°C. ice at °C water at 0°C ‘When the ice and the water were at 0°C, which one of the following statements is correct? (1) The ice would not melt as it remained at 0°C. (2) The ice would not mett as it did not gain heat. (3) The ice would melt as it gained heat from the water. (4) The ice would melt as it gained heat from the room ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 22) 38. Study the circuit below. D After one of the bulbs had blown, all the other bulbs did not light up. Which bulb had blown? Moa 2 B 3) @ D ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 23) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 739. 78 ‘A magnet is used to hold a piece of paper onto the refrigerator as shown below. magnet paper Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? ‘A There is friction between the paper and the magnet. ae B There is magnetic attraction between the paper and the magnet. C There is gravitational attraction between the paper and the Earth. (1) Aonly (2) Aand B only (3) AandC only (4) Band C only ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 24) © Eclucational Publishing House Pte Ltd40. — Guowei conducted an experiment with’ two rods made of materials X and Y and three plates made of materials P, Q and R. He used each rod to scratch each plate. His observations are shown in the table Scratch marks observed on plate? Material of rod P Q R x yes yes no Y yes | no no Based on his observations, which one of the following conclusions is correct? (1) Pis harder than Q. (2) Pis harder than R. Yu (3) Qisharder than x. (4) Xis harder than Y. ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 25) © Educational Publishing House te Lid 7»41. The diagram below shows a set-up that uses four identical lamps to heat food When the lamps are brighter, they give out more heat. | lamp FIN FIN AIN ZIN food In which of the following circuits will the lamps give out the most heat? a) VY (2) (3) (4) ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 26) 80 © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid42. Shuying wrote a statement: "When the battery is connected in the opposite direction, the poles of the electromagnet will change.” She drew four diagrams, A, B, C and D, as shown below. _ push Diagram A Y ie a battery wire iron rod magnet | Diagram B iron bar Diagram C Zz Y push Diagram D Y |— UG Which pair of diagrams supports her statement? (1) Aandc (2) AandD (3) Bande (4) BandD ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 27) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid a43. Aziz used the set-up below to study four types of springs, P, Q, Rand S. object tray length of spring He placed objects of different mass on each spring and measured the length of the spring. The results are shown in the graph. length of # spring 20 (cm) o 1 mass of object (kg) Using the same set-up, Aziz wanted to compare the mass of the two oranges below. Oe a Which spring, P, Q, R or S, is the most suitable for his set-up? (1) P (2) Q @ oR (4) 8 ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 28) 82 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd44. In a factory, steam flows through metal pipes from one place to another. When straight pipes are used, the pipes will be damaged as shown below. metal pipe pipe is fixed a \ gy? the wal a re ae damaged pipe A Soe When pipes with a bend as shown below are used, the pipes will not be easily damaged. bend TS metal pipe How does the bend prevent the pipe from being damaged? (1) Itallows the hot pipe to expand. (2) Itallows the steam to coo! down faster. (3) Itprevents the hot pipe from melting (4) Itprevents the steam from flowing too fast. ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 29) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 8345. The diagram below shows the layout of the stage for a shadow performance. light source stage t= positions for actors screen seats ——[_] T ] Ix ‘There were four actors, A, B, C and D, who were of similar height. The person at X saw the shadows of the actors on the screen as shown, screen shadow of A— }— shadow of D shadow of B shadow of C ‘Which of the following shows the positions of actors A, B, C and D? a) (2) (4) ( ) (2015/Booklet A/Question 30) 84 © Educational Publishing House Pte Led2 PHYSICAL SCIENCE 2.2 Open-ended questions 1. (a) (b) Minghan placed an empty bottle with two holes at points P and Q into a tank of water as shown. bottle tank — Give a reason why the bottle sank after a while. i Minghan put objects A and B into a tank of water. He observed that both objects ‘sank to the bottom of the tank as shown. tank — water-—} Can Minghan conclude that objects A and B were made of the same material? Give a reason for your answer. 10] (2013/Booklet B/Question 38) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid 852. Boon Hwee lit up one end of a block which was made of material M as shown below. flame block (made of material M) (a) Fillin the boxes to show the energy changes during buming. 2 changed into + energy in the block energy energy (b) After a while, Boon Hwee observed that the temperature at point Q shown below remained the same as the room temperature. flame: block (made of material M) Based on this observation, suggest one property of material M. 1) (2013/Booklet B/Question 39) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd3. Aisha conducted an experiment to find out how the mass of an object affects the force needed to start moving the object. She used similar trays and spring balances in the set-ups shown below. 2kg 1kg load spring ead spring tray. balance force MAY {ca O—> wooden surface SS (a) Aisha’s experiment was not a fair test. ‘Suggest one change to her set-up so that her experiment would be a fairtest. [1] U {b) Aisha found that the temperature of the tray increased slightly after moving a long distance along the wooden surface. Give a reason for this. (i (2013/Booklet B/Question 40) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd a74. Rosa conducted an experiment to compare the rates of evaporation of liquids X, Y and Z. She poured 10 cm* of each liquid into three similar glass beakers. ‘She placed the three beakers next to an open window in the Science Room, and measured the time taken for each liquid to evaporate completely. Her results are shown below. iquid x Y _Z Time (h) 3 5 2 (2) Complete the table below with X, Y and Z. tt) slowest <——— rate of evaporation ———+ fastest Liquid (b) ive a reason how each of the following actions helps to make her experiment a fair test. (2) () using similar beakers (i) placing all three beakers at the same place (2013/Booklet B/Question 41) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Lid5. Alex conducted an experiment using the set-up as shown. pump———4 4 air BRST RETR (50 cm’) 1—— water tap (150 om®) sealed container He used the tap to remove 20 cm’ of water. He then used the pump to add 15 cm? of air info the container. (a) What was the final volume of air in the container? 1] (b) Which properties of water and air did you use to obtain your answer in (a)? [1] (2013/Booklet B/Question 42) © Educational Publishing House Pre Ltd 896. _ Chengyi observed that magnet M and object Y were attracted as shown below. A BC D (@) Give a reason why Chengyi cannot conclude whether object Y is a magnet or not based on the observation. i (b) Using only magnet M and object Y, what should Chengyi do to conclude whether ‘object Y is a magnet or not? Explain your answer. 2 Chengyi placed magnet M on a table. He then placed two similar iron balls, P and Q, next to magnet M as shown below. table top—} iron ball P iron ball Q (top view) (c) When he lifted up magnet M, ball P remained attached to M but ball Q did not. Explain why ball Q did not remain attached to magnet M. tt] (2013/Booklet B/Question 43) 90 © Educational Publishing House Pte LdStudy the circuit shown below. When Ahmad closed the switch S, he noted that the iron ball moved up and down between points A and B, and the ht bulb tumed on and off repeatedly. po iron bar: 1 t . iB iron ball: A. iron contacts wv (a) In the diagram, the iron ball was resting on two iron contacts. Explain why the bulb lit up when the iron ball was at point A. 1) (b) When the iron ball was at point A, it was attracted by the iron bar. Give a reason for this observation. i (c) What would happen to the iron ball when it was at point B? UU Give a reason for your answer. ira} (2013/Booklet B/Question 44) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid na8. Ona sunny day, Huiwen placed two plastic cones, J and K, on wet sand. Cones J and K were similar but J had a larger opening at the base than K. After several hours, she saw some water collected at the base of each cone as shown. (a) Explain how the water was collected. py (b) More water was collected in cone J than in cone K. Explain why. I) (2014/Booklet B/Question 38) 2 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd9. Devi set up a circuit as shown. When she closed the switch, the bulb lit up. After a short while, metal bar P moved away from metal bar Y and touched the iron rod. (a) UY (b) (c) VY switch iron rod bulb ALT. metal bar Y metal bar P Explain why bar P touched the iron rod after Devi closed the switch. tt) When bar P touched the iron rod, what happened to the bulb? Give areason. [1] Devi replaced bar P with bar Q. Bars P and Q are made of different materials. ‘When she closed the switch, the bulb lit up and bar Q did not move at all Based on the above results, state two properties of the material of bar Q. ie) (2014/Booklet B/Question 39) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 310. Junxiong used the set-up shown below to study a certain property of material. —— spring balance —j In his study, he used strings made of different materials R and S. He increased the mass until each string broke. His results are shown below. fa) (b) - Reading 9 balance |_Material | “when string broke (units) R 45 s 8 | Name the property of material that Junxiong studied. (1) Based on his results, which material, R or S, is more suitable to be used for the string to fly a kite? Explain your answer. tt (2014/Booklet B/Question 40) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd11. Substance T has a boiling point of 24°C. (a) Give a reason why, ina room at 30°C, T is stored in a sealed container. i) (b) Based on the given information, would you be able to tell the state of T at 0°C? Explain your answer. ttl (2014/Booklet B/Question 41) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd cy12. _ Minghao conducted an experiment using the set-up shown below. ‘spring (fully compressed) fixed wall area of contact | with the table He measured the distance the block moved after releasing the spring. He repeated the experiment using blocks made of the same material, but with various mass and area of contact with the table. His results are shown below. fa) (b) (c) block | 88S | area of contact with | distance moved (g) the table (cm’) (em) _ F 30 100 12 G 40 100 H 40 150 Based on Minghao's results, what is the relationship between the mass and the friction on the block? 1] Based on Minghao's results, did the area of contact with the table affect the friction on the block? Explain how you came to your conclusion. tl Minghao repeated the same experiment using another block W. Block W is made of the same material as F, G and H. The mass of Wis 30 g and its area of contact with the table is 150 om? ‘What is the distance moved by W? tt) (2014/Booklet B/Question 42) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid43. Nurul had two similar sheets, Y and Z, made of the same material. She placed the sheets on a heater as shown. At the start, sheets Y and Z were of the same length. After a while, sheet Z became longer than sheet Y. (a) Give a reason why sheet Z became longer than sheet Y. i] (b) Nurul had a glass cup with thick walls as shown. (ii) inner outer wall wall cup ‘When she poured some hot water into the cup, the inner wall became much hotter than the outer wall. Give a reason for this. io) When she filed the cup with boiling water, the cup cracked. Explain why. (1) (2014/Booklet B/Question 43) ‘© Educational Publishing House Pte Lid ”14. Shujun made a toy as shown below. roller box . rubber band wooden stick ‘She turned the roller several times to twist the rubber band. (a) When the toy was released on the table, it moved. Fill in the blanks below to show the energy conversion. 2 changed into, energy in rubber band energy energy (b) Without changing the parts of the toy, suggest one way to make the toy move a longer distance. Explain your answer. tl (2014/Booklet B/Question 44) 8 © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid45. _ Wenhao went for a swim. When he came out of the water, he felt cold. Je his body was dry before swimming his body was wet after swimming At that moment, a strong wind blew, and he felt even colder. strong wind blew over his wet body Explain why he felt even colder when a strong wind blew. 2 (2015/Booklet B/Question 38) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid ”16. Jasmine hung four magnets, P, Q, R and S, above a tray of identical iron pins. Her observation is shown below. (a) (b) Based on her observation, name the strongest magnet. Explain how you arrived at your answer. 0] Based on her observation, can you conclude which magnet is the weakest? Explain how you arrived at your answer. 2] (2015/Booklet B/Question 39) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd YY17. Iman amusement park, people drive bumper cars and try to bump one another at part W. (a) Suggest a property of the material used to make part W. Explain how this property is suitable for bumping. tt) The diagram below shows the ci for a bumper car. ceiling bumper car ground The car uses electricity to move. The contacts can move along the ceiling and the ground. (b) The ceiling is made of material Z. State the property of material Z that enables the bumper car to work. tl (2015/Booklet B/Question 40) (© Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 10118. The diagrams show how a platform can move a man on a wheelchair up or down the stairs. platform The platform uses electrical energy to move. (a) Explain why the platform uses more electrical energy when it moves the man up the ~ stairs than when it moves him down the stairs. (1) (b) The platform is made of a surface with many raised parts as shown below. [1] (2015/Booklet B/Question 41) wo2 © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd19. _ Ridzwan set up a light source and a light sensor to count the number of balls going through ahole as shown, light source ball light sensor connected to a datalogger oer Ridzwan threw a few identical balls one at a time, and recorded the following results. amount of light detected by the sensor (units) 0 time (units) (a) Explain how Ridzwan could count the number of balls going through the hole using the set-up. 2 YU (b) Based on the above results, how many balls went through the hole? (1 (c) Based on the above results, did all the balls go through the hole at the same speed? Explain your answer. mM (2015/Booklet B/Question 42) © Flucational Publishing House Pe Ltd 10320. Yen Ling set up an experiment as shown below to compare a property of three strips, P,Q and R, which are made of different materials. container of water fe (distance between the highest and lowest points of the strip) For each strip, she added 50 cm’ of water into the container and measured the distance d. Her results are shown below. (a) (b) (e) ir se | Somers [om P 50 36 Q 50 14 R 50 25 Based on Yen Ling's experiment, which strip, P, Q oF R, is most suitable for making a food tray? Explain your answer. i State two variables of the strips that were fixed so that the experiment was a fair test, a Yen Ling repeated her experiment with strips P, Q and R. This time, to keep the distance d the same, she added different amounts of water into the container, Name the strip with the most and least amount of water added. 1) Most amount of water: Strip Least amount of water: Strip (2015/Booklet B/Question 43) © Educational Publishing House Pte Lid21. John placed a solid made of substances J and T in the set-up as shown below. Substance J had a lower melting point than substance T. (a) (b) substance J tank substance T He wanted to obtain a solid made of substance J only. () Explain how he could use the set-up to do so. ro} (ii) In order to ensure that the solid does not contain substance T, at what temperature should he set the heater? {1} ‘Suggest one change in the above set-up that. would allow John to obtain a bar as shown. Explain your answer. i bar made of substance J (2015/Booklet B/Question 44) © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd 105