Dunearn Secondary School

Sec 1 Express Review Exercise

Chapter 1: Scientific Endeavour
Marking Scheme

Section A: Multiple Choice Questions (10 marks)

1 A 2 A 3 C 4 C 5 B

6 A 7 B 8 D 9 B 10 A

Section B: Short answer Questions (15 marks)

1 (a)
Evaporating
dish

Tripod stand

correct drawing and label of tripod [1]

correct drawing and label of evaporating dish [1] [2]
(b) Wearing of safety goggles [1]
Reject: wear goggles, laboratory spectacles, tie up long hair (question did not
mention that they have long hair)
Accept: never heat flammable liquids over naked flame, leave the Bunsen
burner on unattended, point the mouth of test-tube away from people, not open
airhole completely to prevent strike-back, safety glasses
(c) i)Non-Luminous. [1]
ii)Non-luminous flame is hotter and does not produce soot. [1]
Reject: If luminous flame is written, the whole question is wrong, unluminous
Accept: higher temperature, more steady
[Total: 5 marks]
2 [3]

Toxic Radioactive Oxidising

[Total: 3 marks]
3 Advantage: More food is available to feed the hungry people in the world. [2]
Disadvantage: The food chain in the ecosytem is disrupted when the pest
population drops drastically.

[Total: 2 marks]
4 (a) Brand R is the better fertilizer that allows plants to grow faster and healthier. [1]
(b) Type of soil [1]
(c) No.The amount of fertilizer used and [1]
the type of plants used are different [1]
(d) Independent variable: Brand of fertilizers [1]
Dependent variable: Growth in height of plants in 2 weeks [1]
reject: The growth in height

[Total: 5 marks]