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INTRODUCTORY 1, The drawing shows a horse. head tail What is the hoof joined to? (A) tall (B) back (Cc) leg (0) head For questions 2 and 3 use the information below. | Jackie recorded the weather on the chart for one school week. Monday Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday Friday 429 @ @ @ cE) KEY += & ¥ Sun wind cloud snow 2. On how many days did Jackie see the Sun? (A) 14 (8) 2 © 3 (dD) 4 3. What season is it most likely to be? (A) Spring (8) Summer (C) Autumn (©) Winter ‘217048 Sea ne Pap ONE Gi Py ne 2 4. This is a goal, Here are four animals, How many of the animals have the same number of legs as the goat? a 0 (8) 1 (Cc) 2 (0). 3 Wayne, Chloe, Max and Suma had four toy cars. They were all the same except for their Wayne Chloe colour. They each gave their car one push at the start of the same track. Wayne's car travelled the furthest. Why did Wayne's car travel the furthest? (A) Wayne's car was red. (8) Wayne's car was bigger. (C) Wayne's track was longer. (D) Wayne pushed the hardest. 3 20 cas Ses Pope UNSW cos Ue 6. Angela's teacher gave the class a list of steps for making a slice of toast. + mix flour, salt and yeast » add water and mix to make dough + bake the dough in the oven until golden brown + cutoff.a slice and toast it Which of the following shows the correct order for making a slice of toast? 7. Everything around us is made up of materials. The different properties of materials make them useful for different things. The table lists some properties of four materials. Material [Properties feather [soft, absorbs water wood |hard, strong rubber _| soft, waterproof fabric __[soft, lets water through What material would be best to make dish-washing gloves? (A) leather (B) wood (C) rubber (D) fabric 6. Angela's teacher gave the class a list of steps for making a slice of toast. + mix flour, salt and yeast + add water and mix to make dough + bake the dough in the oven until golden brown + cut off a slice and toast it Which of the following shows the correct order for making a slice of toast? 7. Everything around us is made up of materials. The different properties of materials make them useful for different things. The table lists some properties of four materials. Material [Properties : leather _|sofi, absorbs water ‘wood __[hard, strong rubber _|soft, waterproof fabric [soft lets water through What material would be best to make dish-washing gloves? (A) leather (8) wood (C) rubber (D) fabric 47 Sn Pge SUNS nt ind 4 Landforms are the natural features that exist on Earth's surface. The diagrams show some examples of landforms. volcano Nilesh lives on an area of land surrounded by water. Which of these describes where Nilesh lives? (A) (8) (c) (0) in the mountains onan island in the desert near a river Ruisi works at a panda sanctuary. One of her duties is to check that the newborn pandas are growing at a normal rate, The table lists how much pandas should weigh at different ages. Age ‘Expected mass (kilograms) | [1 week 4 4 weeks 2 J 42 weeks 5 52. weeks 40 Ruisi is weighing a panda cub that is 6 weeks old. How much is the panda cub expected to weigh? (A) (8) () (0) Jess than 1 kilogram between 1 and 2 kilograms between 2 and 6 kilograms more than 5 kilograms 5 Dorr eas scat Paper UNSW et Py od NN 10. The diagram shows the life cycle of an eel. farva \ 8 glass eel What is an ee! called when it hatches out of an egg? (A) adult (B) alver (C) glass ee! (D) larva 11. Adam has four thermometers. Which thermometer shows a temperature of 32 °C? (A) (e) (©) an) c ‘c *. “c 60 60 60 60 60 50 60 50 40 40 40 40 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 ° o ° 0 {0171088 Seta Paper UNS bal Py Lined 8 412. The diagram compares the features of birds with the features of fish. birds fish beak feathers lungs feet What are two features that birds and fish have in common? (A) mouth and tail (8) fins and teeth (C) teeth and eyes (0) feathers and lungs 13, Red, blue and yellow are three colours that cannot be made by mixing other colours together. They are called the primary colours. Mixing two primary colours together makes @ secondary colour. In the colour wheel, each secondary colour is made by mixing the two primary colours on either side of it. Eu) Which two primary colours make purple when you mix them? (A) orange and green (8) yellow and white (©) _ yellow and red (0) red and blue 7 047 eas acaba Paper UNE oa Py Led 14. Joe has a tree in his paddock. What causes the tree to have a shadow? (A) The shadow is part of the tree. (B) The top of the tree is close to the sun. (C) “The tree needs a shadow to keep it cool in the sun. (D) The tree stops the sunlight from reaching the ground, 15. Priya found some broccoli at the bottom of the fridge and wanted to know if tis still safe to eat. Priya’s mum told her that when broccoli goes bad it: + produces a strong odour + changes colour from bright green to yellow + I6ses its crisp texture and turns soft. Which senses does Priya need to use to determine if her broccoli is still safe to eat? (A) sight, smell, touch (8) smell taste, touch (C) hearing, sight, taste (0) smell, touch, hearing 20118 Sonn Pap UNSW Fy Lied 8 16. Which of these makes an emulsion when mixed with water? 17. What do the vinegar, oil and food colouring have in common when mixed with water? 48. “Ben lives in South Africa. Ben's dad tells him that from January the daylight hours will get For questions 16 and 17 use the information below. Asolution is made when two liquids mix and become a clear liquid. An emulsion is made when two liquids mix but become a cloudy liquid. Some liquids do not mix but form separate layers. Jack mixed some liquids with water and placed them in front of a patterned board, water and water and water water and vinegar milk and oil food colouring (A) vinegar (8) milk (C) oil (D) food colouring (A) They have no taste. (B) They are clear liquids. (©) They can be used as plant food. (D) They can be used as colours for drawing less every day until midyear. What does Ben need to do every day to find out if this is true? (A) _ Record the time he goes to bed and the time he wakes up. (B) Record the time when the Sun is right overhead. (C) _ Record the morning and evening temperatures. (D) Record the time of sunrise and sunset. 9 Tet ene i Papa ©UNEW Ged My ad 19. Lisa placed an emply plastic cup in a jar of water. The plastic cup floated in the water. What would happen to the water level in the jar if Lisa placed a marble in the plastic cup? (A) The water level would be lower. (B) There would be more water in the jar. (C) The water level would move upwards. (D) The water level would not change. 20, This is a photograph of the sole of one of Bernie's shoes, Which of these is another photograph of the sole of the same shoe? ) (8) {c) (0) PrTIeAS co Pap UNE Gay od 10 A 21. Lu had a jug containing some water. She then added some more water to It, cups cups — 4 —4 ie ad te FE fee add water les How many cups of water did Lu add? (A) 8) 1 (Cc) 2 (0) 3 22. The diagrams show four tiles, each with part of a plant drawn on it tile 3 tile 4 tile 4 When the tiles are lined up correctly, the drawings show the complete plant. How do the tiles have to be lined up to show the complete plant? (a) 6) (e) 1" {01708 Sees ib Peper UNS lal ied For questions 23 and 24 use the information below. The diagrams show some of the steps in making cotton fabric from cotton plants. ginning cotton plant cotton bolls cotton fibre t spinning weaving 28. According to the diagram, how many steps does it take to tum cotton bolls into @ cotton shirt? a 2. (8) 3 (c) 4 (2) 5 24. What happens during the step of spinning? (A) Cotton bolls are tured into cotton fibres. (8) Cotton fibres are tumed into yarn. (C) Yarn is turned into fabric. (D) Fabric is turned into clothes. 7 25. Allan had three spoons: a metal spoon, a wooden spoon and a plastic spoon. He placed the spoons into a bow! of hot water. \ \ \ of 4 plastic “&’ “wooden metal What question can Allan answer from this test? (A) Which spoon heats up the fastest? (8) Which spoon cools down the water the most? (C) Does hot water clean spoons better than cold water? (0) How many spoons can he fit in the bowl? DIT ICA Seong UNSW Gh ya 2 26. Wendy blew up a balloon in her home. Her home was very cold. She then took the balloon outside and left it in the hot sunlight for a while. She noticed that It became bigger, in her home in the sunlight What is the best explanation for this? (A) The balloon stretches more when it gets warmer. (8) The sunlight makes some air leak into the balloon. (C)__ The colour of the balloon makes it appear to be bigger in the sunlight. (D) The air inside the balloon takes up more space when it gets warmer. 27. Everything around us is made up of matter. Matter can exist in three main states: solid, liquid or gas. For example, wood is a solid, water is a liquid, and air is a gas. The flowchart helps to determine whether something is a solid, a liquid or a gas. matter, Yes _(5oas it hold its own shape? }-—N° liquid or gas, Yes_{poas it lake up a fixed space? | No + liquid) gas Karin has some ice cubes in 2 cup of drink What states of matter are inside this cup? (A) liquid and gas only (B) liquid and solid only (C) solid and gas only (D) solid, liquid and gas 13 oI oAS Sone no Pope DENSA Gay Unit 28. Matt was walking along the sand when he saw these footprints. KEY % human horse sy NL bird Qe cat Which animal was the last to leave these footprints on the sand? (A) cat (B) bird (C) human (0) horse 29. Magnets have a north pole and a south pole. When magnets are placed near one another, they can either repel or attract one another as shown in the diagram. Four students were given the challenge of joining four magnets together in a line so that they would remain joined. Which tine of magnets will join together? a) (8) (c) (0) {20168 Shock Paper UNH Ga Py Lod 14 30. A spring balance can be used to weigh things. A spring inside the balance stretches when an object hangs from it. The pointer that attaches to the spring points to how much the object weighs. This diagram shows what happens when an object hangs from a spring balance. pointer Which diagram correctly shows the balance with two of these objects hanging from it? 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