PRIMARY 5 SCIENCE SEMESTER 2

SA REVIEW
Name : _______________________________ Date : _______________________________
1. Look at the picture.
a. Label blood vessel A, B and C.
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B : __________________________________

C : __________________________________

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b. Write the function of blood vessel:

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C : __________________________________
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2. The diagram shows a section through a human heart.

a. The blood vessel X is transported to an organ.
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Name this organ.

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b. What happens to the blood in this organ?
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3. Complete the sentences below.

We breathe in air through our _________________ and _________________. The air we
breathe in contains ___________________ gas. The air moves down the
_______________ and into our __________________.The ________________ in the air
then moves from the _____________ into the ____________________.We breathe out
air that contains ____________ _______________ gas. The ribs protect out respiratory
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4. The diagram shows part of the human respiratory system.
The structures labelled X and Y change the volume of the lungs during breathing.

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a. Describe how structures X and Y move when air enters the lungs.

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b. Describe how structures X and Y move when air leaves the lungs.

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5. Marcus and Arun measured the pulse rate of some of their friends before and
after exercising for three minutes. These are their result.
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Name Pulse before exercise Pulse rate directly after exercise
Marcus 91 120
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Arun 88 122
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Jamal 90 128
Kai 89 125
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a. What equipment did they need to measure the pulse rates? __________________
b. Draw and label the bar graph of the pulse rate measured.
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c. Use the results to make a conclusion.

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d. Predict what would happen to the pulse rates if they were measured 10
minutes after exercise. Give a reason for your prediction.
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6. Physical changes take place during puberty in humans.
a. Describe one physical change that only takes place in females.
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b. Describe one physical change that only takes place in males.
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c. Describe one physical change that takes place both males and females.

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7. The scientist measured the mas of the girls at the start of puberty. This is the
summary of the result.
Age Average mass/kg
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a. What pattern can you see in the results?
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b. Suggest a factor that affects the age at which puberty starts.
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c. In the past, most girls started puberty at about the age of 14. Suggest a reason
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why puberty starts at a younger age.

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8. Priya and Rajiv are visiting the rainforest.
Priya and Rajiv are worried they may be bitten by an insect and get an infection.
a. Describe two ways Priya and Rajiv can avoid being bitten by insects in the
rainforest.
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b. Some diseases are caused by infection of bacteria.
Write down the name of two other types of organisms that may cause a disease
by infection.
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9. Write the body parts and the way the body defends itself against infectios
disease.
tears
found in the air passaes to trap germ
skin
to kill germs in the food we have eaten

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10. Boiling and evaporation of water involves a change of state.
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a. What is the similarity between boiling and evaporation of water.
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b. Explain why the evaporation of water is a physical change.
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c. What is the difference between boiling and evaporation of water.

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d. Write down the name of one other physical change.

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11. Diesel is a liquid fuel used in the engines of some motor cars and trucks.

a. Diesel evaporates slowly at room temperature.

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Write down what happens during evaporation.

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b. Suggest one way to increase the speed of evaporation.

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c. Evaporation is a reversible change. Name the process that is the reverse of

evaporation.

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12. The freezing point of a material is the temperature when a liquid becomes a
solid.

a. What is the meaning of boiling point?

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b. Can a liquid temperature go higher once it reaches its boiling point? Why?

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c. What is the meaning of melting point?

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d. Can a solid temperature go higher once it reaches its melting point? Why?

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13. Class 6 asked the question: Is graphite an electrical conductor or not? They
carried out an investigation to find out. Each group tested different lengths of
graphite in a circuit and measured the brightness of a lamp in circuit on scale of
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0–5 Averages of their results are shown in the table.
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a. Identify the variables in the investigation:

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dependent variable : ______________________________________________________

independent variable : ______________________________________________________

control variables : ______________________________________________________

b. Why did they work an average brightness for each length of graphite tested?
The measurement of brightness for
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each length of graphite could be slightly
different for each group.
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c. Describe the pattern seen in the results.
The brightness of the lamp increases as the length of graphite decreases.
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d. Predict the brightness of the lamp if Class 6 tested a 1 cm length of graphite.

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e. Draw a line graph of the results.

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f. From the result, is graphite an electrical conductor? Explain your answer.
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14. Lily heats water in a pan.

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From what material is the pan made from? Explain your answer.
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15. Mia investigates different materials.
Sha adds different materials to an electrical circuit.

a. Mia wants to find out if the material is an electrical conductor.

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What question does she ask to find out if this is true?

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b. How will Mia know if the material is a conductor or an insulator?
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16. Aiko and Oliver investigate thermal (heat) energy.

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They heat a copper rod covered in wax.
Here is the apparatus they use.
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What will happen to the paper clips at the end of the experiment? Explain your
answer.
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17. Say whether each of these changes is reversible or irreversible.
a. Melting butter __________________________
b. Baking a cake __________________________
c. Dissolving salt in water __________________________
d. Burning wood on a fire __________________________
e. Rusting on a tin can __________________________

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18. Mention three factors that affects dissolving.
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19. Leif investigates the time it takes salt to dissolve in water. In his first
experiment Leif:
 pours 100cm³ of water into a glass beaker.
 measures the temperature of the water.
 add 5 g of salt to the water.
 stirs the mixture.

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 records the time taken for the salt to dissolve.

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Leif repeats the experiments using different temperatures of water.

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Look at the results of his investigation.

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Temperature of water in °C Time taken for salt to dissolve in
seconds
20 120
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30 60
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50 14
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60 7
a. Identify the following variables in their test.
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The depentdent variable: _________________________________________________

The independent variable: ________________________________________________
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Two controlled variable: __________________________________________________

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b. Describe the pattern in these results.

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c. Use the particle models to explain this pattern.
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d. Leif decides to repeat the experiment for each temperature once more. Explain
why this is a good idea.
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e. Suggest why Leif does not do any experiments with a temperature higher than
60°C.
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f. Make a chart from Leif's results by:
 labelling the temperature of water on the x-axis.
 labelling the time taken for salt to dissolve on the y-axis
 plotting all the points
 connect all the plotted points

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20. Mike mixes solid hydrogencarbonate and dilute citric acid.

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The mixture fizzes and forms a solution.

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Carbon dioxide, water and sodium citrate are produced.

a. Write down two reasons why mixing solid sodium hydrogencarbonate and
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dilute citric acid is a chemical reaction.

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b. Identify the reactants and products of the reaction.
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Products : __________________________________________________________________
c. One of the properties of carbon dioxide gas is that it does not burn.
Write down one use of this property in daily life.
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21. Gabriella investigates what happens when substances are added to water.
Gabriella:
 puts 10cm³ of cold water in a test-tube
 measures the temperature of the water at the start
 adds 1g of substance to the water
 stirs the mixture
 measures the temperature of the water at the end.
Here is her results table.

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a. Gabriella want to use one of the substaces to cool some water. Write down the
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name of the substance she uses. Explain your answer.

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b. Sodium chloride dissolves in water.
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This process is reversible.

Describe how Gabriella reverses this process to get solid sodium chloride.
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c. Which process in the table is a chemical reaction? Explain your answer.
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22. The table below contains the term about dissolving and the meanings.
Complete the table.
Word Meaning
insolube
soluble
the liquid that dissolves a solid
the solid that is dissolved in a liquid

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23. Kartika investigates what happens when different colourless solutions are
mixed with a colourless dilute acid.
In her first experiment she :
 measures tthe temperature of the acid in a glass beaker.
 adds a small volume of a colourless solution
 measures the temperature of the mixture in a glass beaker.
 records any other observations.
Kartika repeats the experiment five more times with different colourless solutions.
Look at the results of her investigation.
Colourless Temperature of Temperature after Observation

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solution acid at start in °C mixing in °C

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colourless
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C 20 14 colourless
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D 20 20 white solid
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F 20 28 green solution
a. Which solution gives the greatest temperature change? __________________
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What is the temperature change of that solution? _______________________________

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b. Which colourless solution does not react with the acid? _______________________
Give two reasons for your answers.
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24. Complete these sentences by writing in the correct words. Choose words
from the text.
minerals crystalline magma intrusive extrusive basalt
granite quickly slowly crystals small crust

Igneous rocks from when ___________________ or lave cool down into solid rock.
An ___________________ igneous rock forms when magma cools down inside the

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Earth's ___________________. The magma cools ___________________. This causes
the ___________________ to be large. An example of one of these types of rock is
___________________. When lava cools down on the surface of the Earth, an
___________________ igneous rock forms. The lava cools ___________________ and
the crystal s are very ___________________. An example of these types os rock is
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All igneous rocks are fromed of crystals of ___________________
These give the rock a ___________________appearance.

25. Underline the correct alternative in these sentences about sedimentary rock.
a. Heat and ice break up rocks in a process called erosion / weathering.

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b. A river erodes / weathers the bottom and sides of its valley.

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c. The river deposits / transports sediments on the sea bed.
d. Layers of sediments build up on the sea floor in a process called accumulation

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/ sedimentation.
e. Over time the top / bottom layers of sediments become rock.
f. Sediments in sandstone are more fine grained / coarse grained than in shale.
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g. Limestone / sandstone is formed of crushed sea shells.
h. Fossils are only found in sandstone / sedimentary rock.
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26. Read the web page below.

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a. How old are the fossils in the West Coast Fossil Park?
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b. How were the bones of the animals 'turned into stone'?

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c. How do scientists know that the fossilised animals are now extinct?
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d. How is it possible for the scientists to describe the climate, aimal and plant life
that exited five million years ago in this area?
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e. What type of sedimentary rock were the fossils found in?
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27. Fill in the blank below by choosing the answer from the box.
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bands crystalline slate layers quartzite marble heat pressure gneiss

Metamorphic rock is a rock that has been changed by ______________ and

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____________________________ or both.
When sandstone is heated, all the sand grains melt and make new quartz crystals,
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When limestone is heated , it changes into metamorphic rock called

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When shale is put under intense pressure it forms thin layers, this rock is called
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When granite is heated all the minerals melt and make new crystal, this rock is
called ___________________
Metamorphic rocks are shiny because they are ___________________
Metamorphic rocks sometimes have _____________________ of crystals because of
pressure.
Metamorphic rocks sometimes have many _______________________ of crystal
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28. Gneiss, marble, slate and Quartzite are different types of metamorphic rocks.
complete this key with those different types of metamorphic rocks.

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29. Sofia investigates some samples of rock.

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Look at her table of results.

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a. Which two of these rocks are sedimentary?

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b. Rock E is an igneous rock.
Describe how igneous rocks are formed.
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