The International Independent Schools

Academic Year: 2013-2014

Final Assessment / Term 2

Subject: Science
Dear students, read the following before you answer:

1. Read and understand the questions very well.

2. Answer the most convenient questions first.
3. Keep your work neat, tidy and clear.
4. Revise your work before handing in your paper.
GOOD LUCK
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Grade: 8 International
No. of Pages8: + Cover

Duration : 90 Minutes

Date: 4/5/2014 Sunday

Teachers’ Names: Deemah Wafa

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Part 1: Multiple Choice [9 marks]

Circle the correct answer:

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Question #1:

1. In a lab activity making recycled paper, Gina uses shredded waste paper, starch, and water. Which natural resource
can you conclude is used in a factory that makes recycled paper?
a. trees b. plastic c. water d. oil

2. Using recycled materials to make new products is an example of what type of practice?
A. generating new raw material
B. conservation of natural resources
C. modeling an experiment
D. producing nonrenewable resources

3. A developer is planning a new housing development and is interested in protecting crocodile habitats. The graph
below shows which habitats crocodiles prefer.

The developer wants to build where the fewest crocodile observations have occurred. Near which type of area is the
developer most likely to place the new housing development?

A. coves B. ponds C. creeks D. shoreline

4. Look at the food web in the picture below.

Which animals does the killer whale consume to obtain nutrients?

A. fish, squid, and seals

B. penguins, fish, seals, and squid
C. penguins, seals, and squid
D. seals, fish, and penguins

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5. At each level of an energy pyramid, 90% of the energy received from the lower level is used for life processes.
Only 10% is stored and can be passed up to the next level. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. One snake can feed many hawks.

B. Hawks should eat grass to obtain the most energy.
C. There must be the same number of plants as animals.
D. Producers are the most numerous group of organisms.

6. Why is an energy pyramid drawn in the shape shown below?

A. The higher the level is, the fewer the animals.

B. The higher the level is, the larger the organisms.
C. The higher the level is, the more important the animals.
D. The higher the level is, the more successful the predators.

7. Which of these is a first-level consumer?

A. a bush
B. a cat
C. a deer
D. a fox

8. What does a food web show?

A. how predators catch prey B. what food organisms eat

C. why organisms find food D. when organisms seek food

9. Which kind of diagram shows how much energy passes along as one organism consumes another?

A. decomposition
B. energy pyramid
C. food chain
D. food web

10. Look at the desert scene pictured below.

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To picture all of the types of organisms listed below, which types would you need to add to the scene?

A. consumers, decomposers
B. herbivores, producers
C. producers, herbivores
D. scavengers, producers

11. Which biome does the picture in question 10 represent?

A. Taiga B. Tundra C. Desert D. Tropical rain forest

12. What is the primary source of energy for this organism?

A. carbon dioxide
B. oxygen
C. soil
D. sunlight

13. In a forest food chain, what is the connection between the sun and a tree?

A. The sun helps chlorophyll turn oxygen into carbon dioxide.

B. The tree shades animals from the sun and gives them nutrients.
C. The sun heats up the ground so the tree’s roots can take in water.
D. The tree uses the sun’s energy to make food through photosynthesis.

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Question #5:

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b. Explain how a population could increase in number. [2]

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c. How could the carrying capacity of an environment be increased? [2]

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d. Name the type of relationship in each of the following situations: [7]

1- The Emperor penguins in Antarctica stay close together to keep warm.

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2- Only tall plants with broad leaves are able to get more light than the others.

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3- An eagle hunts for fish.

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4- A mosquito bites you.

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5- Bees pollinate flowers that provide them with nectar.

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6- There is always a small fish accompanying the shark to eat the remains of its food.

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7- Bioluminescent glow worms make lines of sticky beads to attract small insects.

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Question #6

State the differences between each of the following aquatic ecosystems according to their
waters and organisms living in them: [6]

1. Ponds and rivers

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2. Estuaries and wetlands

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3. Coastal oceans and deep oceans

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