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TERM II - 2022/2023
SCIENCE
Grade 8 A/B/C/D Paper 1 45 minutes

Name: _________________________________ Grade: 8___

Answer all the questions.

1. a. Here are some statements about the carbon cycle.

Tick (✓) the two correct statements.
Plants take carbon dioxide from the air when they respire.
Decomposers obtain their carbon from dead animals and plants.
Combustion of fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide to the air.
Carbon dioxide is returned to the air by photosynthesis. [2]

b. Explain how some of the carbon in carbon compounds in animals is returned to the air.
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c. Name the process in the carbon cycle that decreases the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
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2. Jason connects an electrical circuit.

a. (i) Which statement is correct about the current through each lamp.
Tick (✓) one box.
current through L1 + current through L2 = current through L3
current through L1 + current through L3 = current through L2
current through L2 + current through L3 = current through L1
current through L1 = current through L2 = current through L3 [1]

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 (ii) The sentences each contain choices of words. Underline the correct words in each sentence.
➢ To measure the current in the lamp, an ammeter / a voltmeter is connected in series / in parallel
with the lamp.
➢ To measure the voltage across the lamp, an ammeter / a voltmeter is connected in series / in parallel
with the lamp. [2]

b. In the space below, draw a circuit where:

• there is one cell
• a lamp and a buzzer can be switched on and off separately
• the brightness of the lamp can be varied without affecting the buzzer

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3. Chen investigates sound.

He makes a sound using a loudspeaker. The microphone detects the sound.

Chen writes down the amplitude of the sound wave shown on the oscilloscope.
a. What does the amplitude of a sound wave measure?
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b. Chen changes the distance from the microphone to the loudspeaker.
He writes his results in a table.

(i) Describe the pattern in his results.

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(ii) Chen increases the distance from the microphone to the loudspeaker to 50 cm.
Predict the amplitude.
amplitude………………………………….. cm [1]
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 (iii) Chen repeats the investigation.
He uses distances of 5 cm, 15 cm, 25 cm, 35 cm and 45 cm.
Suggest why this is a good idea.
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4. Lily wants to make zinc sulfate.

She uses zinc and dilute sulfuric acid.
Look at the steps she takes.
They are not in the correct order.

A – Add zinc powder to the warm dilute sulfuric acid until no more zinc reacts.
B – Evaporate the solution until some crystals start to appear.
C – Place 25cm3 of dilute sulfuric acid into a beaker.
D – Leave the solution to completely crystallise.
E – Place the filtrate of zinc sulfate solution into an evaporating basin.
F – Filter the contents of the beaker to remove unreacted zinc.
G – Warm the dilute sulfuric acid.

a. Write the letters to show the steps in the correct order.

Two have been done for you.

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b. When zinc reacts with dilute sulfuric acid a gas is made.
Write down the name of this gas.
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c. When Lily uses hotter dilute sulfuric acid, the reaction is faster.
Explain why. Use ideas about particles and collisions.
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d. What equipment does Lily use to accurately measure 25 cm3 of dilute sulfuric acid?
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e. Identify one safety hazard in this experiment.
hazard ….……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Describe how this safety hazard is reduced.
reduced by……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [2]

5. A hairdryer uses 1500 J of electrical energy in 1 second.

The hairdryer changes 1300 J of this to useful thermal energy in 1 second.
Calculate the quantity of energy that is wasted by the hairdryer in 1 second.
Show your working.

………………………………………………. J [2]

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6. This question is about heat and temperature.

a. Describe the difference between heat and temperature.

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b. Rajiv investigates how the temperature of cold water increases in two different metal containers.
He puts the same volume of cold water in each container.
He puts the two containers in the sun.

(i) Name the equipment Rajiv uses to measure the temperature of the water.
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(ii) Look at the graph showing how the temperature of the water in each container increases with time.

The black container gains the most thermal energy.

Explain how you know from the graph.
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(iii) Explain why the black container gains more thermal energy by radiation.
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c. Explain how the thermal energy travels through the metal containers.
Complete these sentences.

Thermal energy travels through the metal containers by the process of ………………………………………………….. .
The particles in the metal gain thermal energy and ……………………………………………………more.
As energy passes through the metal the particles ………………………………………………………..with each other. [2]
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7. Iron is a solid at room temperature.
A block of iron has a volume of 40 cm3.
The mass of the block is 316g.

a. Calculate the density of iron in g / cm3.

Show your working.

density of iron = …………………………… g / cm3 [2]

b. Hydrogen is a gas at room temperature.

Describe how the density of hydrogen compares to the density of iron.
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8. Offspring inherit characteristics from their parents.

a. Name the process that happens when the nuclei of a sperm and an egg fuse together.
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b. In humans, sex is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes.

There are two different sex chromosomes, X and Y.
Complete the diagram to show how these two chromosomes are inherited in humans.

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c. Humans and rabbits show variation.

Look at the pictures of three rabbits.

(i) One example of variation is length of leg.

Write down one other example of variation seen in these rabbits.
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(ii) What is the cause of this variation?
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9. Ahmed makes some copper sulfate crystals.

He adds an excess of copper oxide to warm dilute sulfuric acid in a beaker.
After the reaction the beaker contains copper sulfate solution and the excess copper oxide.
Copper oxide is insoluble in water.

a. Write down the colour of copper oxide and copper sulfate solution.
Copper oxide - ……………………………………..
Copper sulfate solution - ……………………………………….. [2]

b. Describe how Ahmed makes copper sulfate crystals from the contents of the beaker.
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10. This is a question about nebulae.

a. Describe what nebulae are.
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b. Many different nebulae have been discovered.
A dark nebula is a type of nebula that does not emit light.
A dark nebula looks dark because it blocks the light from stars that are behind it.
Suggest why dark nebulae are thought not to contain stellar nurseries.
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11. When the metal magnesium is placed in a test tube with nitric acid, it reacts to form the salt magnesium
nitrate.
Why is it not possible to make copper nitrate by adding copper metal to nitric acid?
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12. A current of 2 A flows through a 10 Ω resistor.

Calculate the voltage across the resistor.
Show your working

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