AICE THINKING SKILLS BELL RINGER #28 Name: Ms. Figueiredo IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES Date: _____ There are four Political Parties in Cyclonia. They are the Levant Party, The Mistral Party, the Sirocco Party and the Zonda Party. Cyclonia has a National Parliament, and also each of its five Provinces has its own Provincial Assembly. . ‘The National Parliament has 360 seats, and the current state of the Parties is: Sirocco ~ 173 seats Mistral ~ 112 seats Zonda ~ 46 seats Levant ~ 29 seats In the Provincial Assemblies the seats held by each party are: Sirocco Mistral_| Zonda | Levant} Northern Province (150 seats) a 52 16 4 Eastern Province (108 seats) 54 34 13 z Southern Province (120 seats) 58 37 15 10 Western Province (90 seats) 43 30 4 6 Central Province (144 seals) 70 48. 16 10 For which Province would a pie chart of the state of the parties most closely resemble a pie chart of the state of the parties in the National Parliament? ‘A. Northern Province Eastern Province Souther Province Western Province moog Central Provinoe24 Tim and Tom have borrewed a jar of beans and a die from their mother and are playing a simple game. The rules of their game are as follows, At the start of the game each player takes 10 beans from the jar ‘Then they take turns and, at his turn, each player throws the die. + Ifhe throws 2 2, he returns two beans to the jar. + fhe throws a 4 or a6, he returns one bean to the jar. * Ife throws a 3, he takes three beans from the jar + fhe throws a 1 or a5, he takes one bean from the jar. The first player to be left with no beans wins the game Which ore of the following charts could not represent the number of beans held by Tim during part of the game? A B wt ® - 0 - © 8 8 6 8 4 ‘ 2 2 ° 0 ad 4th Sth oth 30th Sth hth Turn Turn c D “ 1 Sd 4th bth th Thh 3d 4th Sth @th 7th Turn Turn 34th Sh Bh TumAICE THINKING SKILLS. BELL RINGER # 29 ‘Name: i IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES Date: ______ Period _ {In Westland, during the 1950s, prices rose steadily at about 7% per annum. During the 1960s, higher wage demands caused prices to increase more and more rapidly throughout the decade. ‘The Government decided to make control of inflation its prime objective and gradually the rate at which prices rose, year on year, began to fall. This continued throughout the 1970s until by the ‘end of the decade prices were only rising at about 5% per annum. The first half of the 1980s saw price rises slow further, and by 1985 inflation had dropped to 3%. This was maintained until 1989 when a series of major bank failures caused high inflation over the following 3 years, as the ‘currency fell sharply in value. ‘Which of the following graphs best represents the Westland inflation rate? A B 15% 15%: 2 2 = 10% 2 10% 2 3 = 5% = 5% 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 c D 15% 15%: 3 2 = 10% 8 10%: =z 5% € 5m 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 E 15%: 2 = 10% : 5% 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990‘4 Ina general election in Eastavia, the percentage ofthe vote gained by each party was as follows: Alliance 35% Popular Front 30% Anti-Reform Party 20% Progressives 10% United Reformers, 5% ‘Which one of the following pie charts (suitably labelled) could represent this data? A B ©AICE THINKING SKILLS BELL RINGER #30 equal electri IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES ate:_____Periods_ 45. In an election for the President of the Student Union, the votes gained by each of the candidates are: Stephen Armstrong 967 Jenny Cox 215 Dominic Foley 64 Petra Kennedy 520 Stephanie Palmer 300 Which one of the following charts, suitably labelled, accurately displays this result when the candidates’ votes are put in ascending order? A4. The following table shows the total number of entries received by an exam board for a variety of science subjects for June 2008. I also shows the % of candidates who achieved an A grade for each subject. w\ = fBibject Biology] Chemistry [Environmental [Human | Physics : Science Biology _ Number of caine 22377 1932 | 43 1216 9594 % A grades 276 30.1 15 152 324 Which one of the following charis correctly represents the percentages shown in the table? A a Number of Number of Agrades 5] Agrades 5 "ga's5 2! ae sess’ g eee 2 oP gs ie & : e823 ¢ 8 5 §3 28 £ & c D 4 Number of Number of ‘Agrades Agrades ee es : mm 3 a2 58 a g PEE : i £ E Number of Agrades t o, 1 3 2 ES ap 8 g 2? 2 i g 2 fe be £ a e828 6 § &AICE THINKING SKILLS BELL RINGER # 31 Name: Ms. Figueiredo SUGGESTING HYPOTHESIS Date: __ Cc 40. The following table shows the birth rate (per 1000), death rate (per 1000) and population of a certain country. The birth rate is the number of babies born per 1000 of the population in a year. The death rate is the number of people who die per 1000 of the population in a year. Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Birth Rate 129 128 4127 128 Death Rate 127 129 13.0 12.8 Population (million) 24. 24.5 246 25.5 ‘Which of the following could explain the trends reflected in the table? A. A decrease in life expectancy during this period. ‘An increase in life expectancy during this period, ‘An increased use of contraception during this period. ‘An increase in the number of refugees entering the country during this period. A decrease in the number of refugees entering the country during this period. mooo C 32. Groups of organic chemicals have a general mathematical formula which applies to all members of the group. So, suppose that molecules such as CaH, exist. if n was equal to one then the ‘molecule would have one carbon atom and one hydrogen atom, that is C:H. The next member of the group would have two of each type of atom, C:H., the third would have three of each type, Cos, and so on as the organic molecule increases in length. The first four members of a group of organic chemicals known as the alkanes are as follows: Molecular formula Name CH methane Cote ethane Cotte propane Cate butane Which of the following represents the general formula of the alkanes?. A CoHans ‘CoHtan CoHanes CaHonea CoHons moonAICE THINKING SKILLS Ms. Figueiredo BELL RINGER # 32 Name: c 42. Ive in a block of fats which is served by a lift which always goes from Dovor top and back, picking up anyone who wishes to go in the direction it is ‘travelling. If | have pressed the ‘down’ Pere oes ne tis going UP t does not stop for me, but oes fo the top and stops for me on the way down. | notice that, i | have pressed the button on my floor to go up, more ofen than not the lift goes. past my floor going down before it comes back up to collect me. Which one of the following would explain this? A. The lift travels down faster than it travels Up. B twats longer at the bottom floor than at intermediate floors. © People mainly travel between their own floor and the bottom. D__| live near the top of the block of flats E | live near the bottom of the block of fats. Cc 1 The underground raiway system of Chatong is shown below (In the usual ‘simplified form). It Consists oftwo loops. Several trains run in one direction around each loop, line A line B “There are stations atthe four intersections and more stations around each loop. ‘The trains run to a very regular schedule, so the time from departure at one station, to depart The trans run srt fs always the same. This 0 make changing from one line 10 ance aa greeny every lar train fom fie Ast an Itrsocton station atthe care Se £9 a train from line B. Which of the following would NOT explain this? 'A._ Trains take twice as long per station on line B as on tine A. “There are twice as many trains running on line A as on ine B. ‘There are twice as many stations on line B as on line A. ‘Trains run in the opposite direction on tine B toline A. moom “There are an odd number of stations on line B and trains stop at every other station. SUGGESTING HYPOTHESIS ate Period: