SET 3

Section B
(20 marks)
1.

Mariam prepares two flower pots of the same size and fills them up with the
same amount of garden soil. Two balsam seeds are planted in pot R while ten
balsam seeds are planted in pot S. An observation is made after two weeks.
The bar chart below shows the result obtained.

Height of seedling (cm)

Pot
R
a)

What is the aim of the investigation ?

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( 1 mark )

b)

State the thing that :

i)

is changed

: ____________________________________________
( 1 mark )

ii)

is observed

: ____________________________________________
( 1 mark )

c)

State the relationship between the thing to change and the thing to observed in
this investigation.
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( 1 mark )

2.

Diagram 1 shows an experiment that carried out by Amar. A temperature of

300 ml hot water is measured every two minutes.

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Diagram 1
The result of experiment is recorded in Table 1.
Time (minutes)
0
2
4
6
8

Temperature of water (oC)

27
41
65
86
100
Table 1

a)

What is measured in the investigation?

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( 1 mark )

b)

State the change of the temperature of the water.

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( 1 mark )

c)

State the conclusion of the investigation.

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( 1 mark )

d)

Predict the temperature of water when the time is 12 minutes.

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( 1 mark )

3.

In an experiment a pupil uses several sponges with difference thickness to find out the
rate of water absorbtion.

sponges
water

The graph shows the result of the investigation.

Volume of water absorb (cm)

60
50
40
30
20
10

10

Thickness of sponge
(cm)

a)

State two information gathered in the investigation.

1.

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2.

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( 1 mark )

b)

State the relationship between the two information gathered in this

investigation.
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( 1 mark )

c)

Predict how much water is absorbed by a sponge of 9 cm thickness ?

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( 1 mark )

d)

What is the aim of this investigation?

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( 1 mark )

4.

A group of pupils carried out an activity to investigate an eclipse of the Moon.

Diagram 2 (i) shows the position of the Sun, the Earth and the Moon during the
eclipse of the Moon. Diagram 2 (ii) shows the time at different stages of the
eclipse.

Moon
Sun

8.30 p.m

Diagram 2 (i)

8.40 p.m

8.55 p.m

9.10 p.m

9.35 p.m

Diagram 2 (i)
a)

What is the aim of the investigation ?

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( 1 mark )

b)

State the trend in the change of brightness of the Moon.

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( 1 mark )

c)

Estimate the time when the eclipse of the Moon ends.

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( 1 mark )

S
R
Moon

d)

At 8.55 p.m., it is darker at R than at S.

State one inference why it is darker at R than at S.
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( 1 mark )

5.

Diagram below shows an investigation that was carried out by Veronica. Three
cylinders with the same base area but different height are put on a piece of
wooden plane.

Table below shows the time of the cylinder to fall down.

Cylinder
Time taken for the cylinder to fall down (seconds)
a)

P
15

Q
10

R
5

State the purpose of the investigation.

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( 1 mark )

b)

Give a reason based on your observation about the time taken for cylinder P
to fall down.
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( 1 mark )

c)

State the thing to kept the same in the investigation.

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( 1 mark )

d)
The base area of a cylinder also affects its stability.

Write one hypothesis based on the statements above.

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( 1 mark )
END OF QUESTION