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Instructions to Students:
1. Only Scientific Calculators are allowed during the contest.
2. The duration of this contest is 1 hour 30 minutes. You may not leave the contest venue
within the first hour of the paper.
3. This examination paper contains 25 questions and comprises of 12 printed pages.
4. Each question has only 4 possible answers: a, b, c and d. Shade your correct option on
the Answer Entry Sheet provided.
5. The total marks for this paper is 77 points:
a. Section A:
Question 1 to 10: +2 points for correct answer, 0 points for no answer and −1
point for wrong answer.
b. Section B:
Question 11 to 20: +3 points for correct answer, 0 points for no answer or
wrong answer.
Application Question
Question 21, 22 and 23: +3 points for correct answer, 0 points for wrong and no
answer.
Question 24 and 25: +4 points for correct answer, 0 points for wrong and no answer.
6. You are not allowed to bring the question paper and answer script out of the contest
venue.
Note:
1) Air resistance is not present throughout the contest unless stated.
2) All temperatures are in Degrees Celsius.
3) Room Temperature is 25°C at 1 atmospheric pressure.
4) Gravitational Acceleration is taken to be 9.8 𝑚/𝑠 2
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Vanda 2018 Primary 4 / Grade 4
Section A (Question 1 to 10: +2 points for correct answer, 0 point for no answer and −1
point for wrong answer)
1. Study the classification table below. Which of the following have been classified
wrongly?
Group M Group N
Moldy Bread Car
Yeast Cup
Mushrooms Carriage
Cheese Cap
a) Moldy Bread
b) Cap
c) Yeast
d) Cheese
2. Gerald is blindfolded in a room and his only way out is through a single door located in
the room. Which body part must he rely on to find the door?
a) Eye
b) Nose
c) Skin
d) Ears
3. A group of students made the following statements about living and non-living things:
Ali: Non-living things need oxygen to survive.
Jo: All Living things need water and food only to survive.
Beth: Living things do not need fertilizers to grow.
Susan: All animals reproduce but not plants.
a) Ali
b) Jo
c) Beth
d) Susan
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I. Mouth
II. Gullet
III. Stomach
IV. Small Intestine
V. Large Intestine
a) III only
b) III, IV and V only
c) I, III and IV only
d) I, II, III and IV only
5. A male and a female grasshopper is enclosed in a box, a small needle was used to
poke a single hole in the box. What sentence below best explains the population of
grasshoppers in the box over time?
6. Which of the following options below can be used to compare the weight of 2 different
objects?
I. Balancing scale.
II. Weighing Machine.
III. Placing both objects in water.
IV. Drop 2 objects from the same height.
V. Attach each object on an elastic string.
a) I and II
b) I, II, and III
c) I, II, IV and V
d) All of the above
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The bar chart below shows the weight of a beaver across 4 ages.
Weight
20
15
10
0
1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year
Weight
8. What is the relationship between the weight of the beaver and it’s age?
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9. The table below records the height and mass of a Vanda flower.
What is the life process that causes the different values of height and mass?
a) Reproduction
b) Growth
c) Adulthood
d) Food
No
Does it have No
feelers? Animal Z
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Section B (Question 11 to 20: +3 points for correct answer, 0 points for no answer or wrong
answer)
11. 4 students made a sentence that describe the tubes that are present in our neck.
a) Student C
b) Student B and Student C
c) Student A, Student B and Student C
d) All 4 Students
12. A magnetised pole is hung from a string and have attracted a couple of magnetised
paper clips.
N S
B
A
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13. The camera’s diaphragm is one of the camera parts that controls the amount of light
that passes through the lens. The pupil in the human eye and the camera’s diaphragm
works similarly. How does the pupil work?
14. A farmer decides to test the new fertilizer to increase his production growth of his
crops. He divided the land into two parts, Plot A and Plot B. He tested the new fertilizer
on the crops growing in plot A. His crops were grown very close together to ensure he
has fully utilize both plots of land.
Plot A Plot B
In the beginning, plot A crops were growing much faster than plot B. However, over
time plot B crops were growing much healthier than plot A. Which option below best
explains the reason for this occurrence?
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15. The chicken egg is porous. This means that it’s shell has very tiny holes that only
allows air and moisture to pass through. Why do the holes need to be as tiny as
possible?
16. A student gathered a few non-living things: Wooden Chair, Leather Jacket, Cardboard
box and a stack of papers. The student made a few claims:
a) Statement 3
b) Statement 1, 2 and 3
c) Statement 1, 2, 3, and 4
d) None of the above.
17. Air plants do not grow in soil, but they attach themselves to a living plant or rock. The
leaves of an air plant absorb water and nutrients. In an experiment, the roots of an air
plant are sealed in plastic and placed in a test tube. The diagram below shows the set
up.
18. The diagram below shows the result when 2 objects are dropped into a container filled
with oil and water.
Oil
Water
The liquids inside the container was stirred and was left on the table. What can be
observed after 5 mins?
a) b) c) d)
Most species of Fungi grow in moist (wet) environment. When two similar cookies were left
in two different rooms, A and B. The rooms were close together with the door wide open.
In room A, the cookie was fully covered with fungi while in room B, only a small part of the
cookie was covered with fungi.
20. What can you tell from the position on the cookie where the fungi grew?
Application Question (Question 21, 22 and 23: 3 points for correct answer, 0 points for
wrong or no answer. Question 24 and 25: 4 points for correct answer, 0 points for wrong or
no answer.)
You are a village chief and a few villagers have come to you and complain about 2 new plants
growing at the bottom of the lake. Your villagers claim that the 2 new plants have killed some
of the fishes. One of the oldest villager have told you that these plants have medical benefits
and do not cause harm to the fish.
Confused, you asked the smartest villager for help. She claimed that you should not remove
the plants as everything will be back to normal soon.
21. Which option below best explains why the plants should not be removed?
Convinced by the explanation given by the smartest villager, you choose not to remove the
plants and decide to harvest it for the village. However, after waiting for more than 3 years,
the population of fishes continue to decrease in the lake. You have been told that the plants
are not poisonous to the villagers nor the fish.
22. Which option below best explains why the fish continued to die?
a) The plants reduce the nutrients of the fish eggs which decrease the fish population.
b) The plants did not give space for the fish to lay their eggs.
c) The plants’ respiratory system caused the fishes to die.
d) The plants confused the fish and led them to dangerous waters.
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As the village chief, you decided to send some of your best men to sail out and explore new
islands so that could sustain your village with sufficient fish as food. You told your villages to
search for a new material that could be used as the main sail of your boat!
Main Sail
Your villages have worked together and have gathered 4 different types of materials for your
sail. The table below shows 4 different materials with different characteristics. Each
characteristic was compared to each other and were rated from 1 to 4.
23. The sail must help your boat to be as stable as possible and withstand strong winds.
Which material should you use to build the sail?
a) W
b) X
c) Y
d) Z
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You have built your sail and ready to set sail. However, the men you have selected to sail
needed to keep track of the time. They cannot sail back at night due to poor vision. Equip with
your vast knowledge as a village chief, you taught the men how to tell time using the shadow
created by the sail.
B
A
C
24. If the sun rises from the east to the west, what will be the time at position A, B and C?
A B C
a) 10.30 am 12.30 pm 4.00 pm
b) 10.00 pm 12.00 am 4.00 am
c) 4.00 pm 12.00 pm 10.30 am
d) 4.00 am 12.30 am 10.00 pm
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I found magic!
One of the villagers have spotted a special rock. It appears to stick on shiny objects by an
invisible force. When it is placed in completely calm water, one end of the rock will always point
at a particular direction. They have brought this special rock to you as a gift from the new
island. As the village chief, you have decided to name this special rock a magnet.
N S
25. What will happen to the two parts of the cut magnet when they are placed side by side
as shown in the picture below?
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VANDA Answer Key 2018
G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8
Q1 B C D D B B
Q2 C C B C A C
Q3 C C D A D C
Q4 B C D D A A
Q5 B D C C A D
Q6 B C D C C B
Q7 C D A C C A
Q8 A C D C B D
Q9 A B D C C A
Q10 A A C C D D
Q11 A C A C D C
Q12 A B D C B A
Q13 B D C A A D
Q14 D B D C D D
Q15 A A C C D B
Q16 D A C B B D
Q17 D C B D B C
Q18 C A D C C B
Q19 A B B A C D
Q20 C A C D D B
Q21 C B C D B C
Q22 C C C B B B
Q23 B D B B B C
Q24 B C C B B A
Q25 A B A D D B