PRIMARY 5 – SCIENCE FT REVIEW

1. Mercury is a silver liquid with a low melting point and a high boiling point.

a. What is the meaning of the words melting point?

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b. Mercury is a dangerous metal. It forms a poisonous vapor at room temperature.

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c. What is the name of the process that makes this vapor?

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d. Mercury vapor can be changed back into mercury liquid. Suggest how this could

be done.

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2. Mia uses the internet to find out about the boiling points of some liquids. She writes the

information in this table.

liquid boiling point in °C

liquid A 80

liquid B 20

liquid C 70

Salt solution 110

water 100

a. What happens to the boiling point of water when salt is added?

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 b. Which liquid in the table has the lowest boiling point?

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3. Some materials are electrical conductors and others are electrical insulators.

Complete the table about these materials. Tick () the correct column for each

material.

electrical electrical
material
conductor insulator

copper

graphite

plastic

rubber

wood

steel

4. Scientific changes are either reversible or irreversible. For each change decide if it is

reversible or irreversible. Tick the correct boxes.

Change Reversible Irreversible

baking bread

condensing water vapor

boiling water

burning wood
 digesting food

rusting of iron

filtering sand and water

dissolving salt

5. Baking a loaf of bread is an irreversible change. Explain why.

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6. Dissolving salt in water is a reversible change. Explain why.

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7. Dovi conducted experiment on state of matter. He record his data as shown below.

MELTING POINT BOILING

SUBSTANCE
(0C) POINT (0C).
A -100 100
B -125 0
C 70 200
D 11 85
E -80 -11

a. Which substance(s) will be liquid in a room temperature? ......................................

b. Explain your answer for question (a).

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c. Which substance(s) will be gas in a room temperature? ............................................

 d. Explain your answer for question b.

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8. Blessy has four different solids. She investigates how many grams of each solid she

can dissolve in water. Here is what she does

 pours 20 cm3 of water into a beaker

 adds 1 g of solid to the water and stirs

 if the solid dissolves she adds another 1 g of solid and stirs

 she keeps adding 1 g of solid at a time until no more dissolves.

Here are her results.

total mass of solid

name of solid
added in g

sugar 16

fertiliser 30

salt 8

Baking powder 5

a. Name the variables of the experiment

i. independent : ................................................................................................

ii. control : ................................................................................................

b. Blessy thinks it is a good idea to repeat her investigation. Explain why.

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c. Blessy has started to draw a bar chart of the results. She has drawn the bar for

sugar. Complete the bar chart.

d. Which solid is the most soluble in water? .....................................................................

e. What conclusion can Blessy draw from the experiment?

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