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HOTS QUESTIONS by TOPICS

PART 2

SOUND

• Does not travel in all directions

• Cannot be reflected
• Cannot be absorbed
• Can be reflected (echo)

1. Which of the following is the correct characteristics of sound?

2. John just moved to new home. He realized that his living room produces a loud echo. What can be
done by John to reduce the reflected sound in his living room?

3. Name one animal which can hear ultrasonic sound waves?

4. Name one musical instrument which produces sound when plucked?

ENERGY

1. Think about a situation where energy transformed from

chemical energy à potential energy à kinetic energy à sound energy

2. Other than water, state another renewable energy resource which is suitable in Malaysia?

3. What a government servants can do to reduce the energy consumptions?

4. Why are renewable energy sources better than non-renewable energy sources?

5. State two examples of biomass energy sources.

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 MATERIALS

1. Why a pair of stockings are elastic?

2. Why nails and screw are commonly made of metal?

3. Why is plastic commonly used as the basic source in making glasses and dishes?

4. Raymond soaked few metal spoon into a cup of hot coffee. Give inference for his act?

5. State one reason why is the time taken by the objects to absorb water different from one another.

EARTH

1. State one effect of the gravitational pull on Earth.

2. What advantage is the gravitational pull on Earth towards humans?

3. A pupil drops a feather and a stone simultaneously from a same height. State an observation and
an inference based on the observation.

4. Why the direction of shadow changes from West to the East?

5. All objects are attracted towards the centre of the Earth by a force called gravitational pull. Then
why birds can fly freely in the sky?

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 MACHINES

1. A boy and a girl is playing with a see-saw. The girl cannot lift the boy up. What she can do to lift
the boy ?

2. What means by sustainable machine?

3. Egg beater Screwdriver Hoe Broom

Which of the following tools is not an example of a simple machine?

4. Why lower or shorter inclined planes need lesser effort to push any objects on it.

5. Why double pulley needs lesser effort to pull an object compare to single pulley?