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AMERICAN ACADEMY LARNACA

Year 2 Science Test 2 Semester 1 DATE: 20/12/10

NAME:............................... GRADE:

Teachers: E. Souroullas, E. Michaelides, P. Burgess

Topics: 8B Going for gold. & SF Materials and recycling.

Multiple Choice Section - Select only one answer.

 SE Going for Rold

I, The diagram shows a section of a heart viewed from the front.

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Which chamber receives blood from the lungs?

~. The heart rate of an athlete was measured during and after a race.

The result-s are shown on the graph.

end of race

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heart rate 70
in beats
per minute

60

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o 10 20 30 40 50 60
time in seconds

How long did it take, for the heart rate to return to 60 beats per minute after the end
of the race?

A 23 seconds

B 27 seconds

o 32 seconds

D 55 seconds
 .3" Tb,e diagram shows the human thorax,

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D

Which letter, A, B, C or D, labels a bronchus?

4" The gas used in aerobic respiration is

A carbon dioxide

B nitrogen

C hydrogen

® oxygen

The diagrams show organs found in the, human body. v:bich organ.is used to pump
blood round the body? Put a cross tmJ in the correct box.

A lung

® heart

C kidney

D brain

b, This is a section through a structure found in the human body. It has very thick elastic
walls and carries blood away from the heart. .

The Structure is

~ an artery

B a bronchus

C the oesophagus
D a vein

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'7 C' The air we breathe in contains:
A more oxygen and more water vapour
than the air we breathe out.
@) more oxygen and less carbon dioxide
than the air we breathe out.
e more carbon dioxide and less oxygen
than the air we breathe out.
D more carbon dioxide and less water
vapour than the air we breathe out.

8. How is oxvgen transported around

the body? .
~ carried on red blood' cells
B as a gas
C carried on White blood cells
D attached to glucose

'1", Limewater is used to test for:

A oxygen.
B nitrogen.
C hydrogen.
~carbon dioxide.

I Do The smallest blood vessels are called:

A veins. B arteries.
0apillaries. D tributaries.

/I G Cells that need oxygen take it from a

liquid that leaks out of capillaries. This
liquid is called:
" A oxygenated blood.
B lymph.
©tissue fluid.
D formalin .

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In what ways is burning similar to
respiration?
A Both reactions produce oxygen
and water.
E Both reactions use oxygen and water.
C Both reactions occur in one
uncontrolled step.
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8F Materials and recycling,

1 Chemical elements:
A are always solids.
B are either solids or liquids.

C are always gases.

® can be solids, liquids or gases.

2 Which of these metals is not a pure element?

A gold

B copper

C silver

® bronze

3 An element is something that:

A can be split up by a chemical reaction.
® cannot be split up by a chemical reaction.
C is made up of different kinds of atom.
D isa mixture of atoms and molecules.

4 The correct way to write the chemical symbol for calcium is

A CA

® Ca
C ea
D Ca

5 Which list only contains metals?

® copper, gold, silver
B copper, gold, sulphur
C silver, oxygen, iodine
D oxygen, iodine, sulphur
6 Which list contains three typical properties of metals?
A good conductor of heat, brittle, low melting point
B poor conductor of heat, strong, high melting point
© good conductor of electricity, strong, high melting point
D poor conductor of electricity, weak, low melting point

7 A compound contains:
A only one type of atom.
B only one element.

C only two elements joined together.

@) at least two elements joined together.

8 The smallest particle of water with the formula H20 is called:

A an ion.

® a molecule.
C an element. .>:..
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D an atom.

9 The formula for sulphur dioxide is S02. Sulphur dioxide contains:

A one atom of sulphur and one atom of oxygen.
B two atoms of sulphur and two atoms of oxygen.
@) one atom of sulphur and two atoms of oxygen.
D two atoms of sulphur and one atom of oxygen.

10 The formula of ammonia is NH3. Which statement is true?

A An atom of ammonia contains 4 molecules.
B An atom of ammonia contains two different elements.
© A molecule of ammonia contains 4 atoms.
D A molecule of ammonia contains 4 different elements.
11 The name of the compound that you get when magnesium burns in oxygen is:

~ magnesium oxide.
B sodium chloride.
C magnesium chloride.
D sulphuric acid.

12 Which of these word equations is correct?

A copper + oxygen -+ copper sulphate
B iron + chlorine -+ iron oxide
@ aluminium + iodine -+ aluminium iodide
D sodium + sulphur -+ sodium hydroxide