SECTION B

Answer all the questions.

Instructions: Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 The picture below shows a group of birds eating papaya fruits.

(a) State two characteristics of the papaya fruits that attract the birds.
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(b) How does the bird help in the survival of the species of the papaya tree?
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(c) i. If birds do not eat the papaya fruits, what will happen to the species of papaya
tree?
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ii. Give reasons for your answer in (c) i.

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2 The diagram below shows a food web.

grasshopper frog

sparrow snake

plant

caterpillar eagle

(a) State the number of food chains in the food web.

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(b) State the carnivores in the food web.

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(c) State three effects if the number of sparrows and the number of frogs decrease.
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2. _______________________________________________________________
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3 Sabrina carries out an investigation on bread. The following are the steps of the investigation.

Step 1: Sprinkle a few drops of water onto a slice of bread.

Step 2: Put the bread in a plastic bag.
Step 3: Observe the bread every day for 7 days.

The results of the investigation are shown in Table 1.

Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Number of mould
0 0 2 4 7 10 14
spots on the bread
Table 1

a) What is the aim of the investigation?

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b) Based on the information in Table 1, explain why the number of mould spots on the bread
increases?
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c) In this investigation, what must be observed?

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d) What conclusion can be made from this investigation?

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e) From this investigation, what can you say about the effect of microorganisms on food?
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4 The picture below shows a moving battery-operated toy car.

batteries

(a) What form of energy is stored in the batteries?

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(b) When the batteries are inserted into the toy car, the toy car moves and
produces sound.

State three forms of energy produced by the toy car.

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3. _______________________________________________________________

(c) Based on your answers in (a) and (b), write the transformation of energy which
occurs in the toy car.
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