1.
The water falls from the clouds is_____
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation
D. Transpiration
2. Dew is an example of____
A. Gas
B. Liquid
C. Solid
D. Vapor
3. Puddles that disappear on a warm day is an example of____
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Humidity
D. Precipitation
4. The water cycle is ____
A. Caused by the wind
B. Man made
C. Natural
D. Only happens over the oceans
5. When an object is lowered into a beaker of salt water, it floats as shown in the diagram below.
Different liquids have different densities. The densities of a few liquids are given as follow:
liquid oil Salt water glycerine Honey
density 0.890 1.1 1.26 1.4
When the same object is lowered into different liquids, which of the following is not possible?
6. If the weight of water displaced is less than the weight of the object, the object will____
A. Dissolve in the solution
B. Be suspended
C. Float
D. Sink
7. A mixture of chalk powder and water can be separated by using filtration. Which of the
following is true about this mixture?
A. It is a heterogeneous solution
B. It is a heterogeneous suspension
C. It is a homogeneous solution
D. It is a homogeneous suspension
8. Which of the following substances is not a solute in air?
A. Argon
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Hydrogen
D. Nitrogen
9. There is a change in the state of matter in the following separation methods except_____
A. Evaporation
B. Filtration
C. Fractional distillation
D. Simple distillation
10. Which of the following sets of apparatus is used to separate a mixture of tea leaves and tea?
11. A flexible electrical cable consists of a central conductor and outer insulation. Which pair of
materials is suitable for the cable?
Central conductor Outer insulation
A copper Plastic
B lead Wood
C Plastic copper
D Wood lead
12. A plastic rod repels an inflated balloon hanging from a string. Why do the rod and balloon
repel?
A. The rod and the balloon have opposite charges
B. The rod and the balloon have like charges
C. The rod is charged but the balloon is not
D. The balloon is charged but the rod is not
13. The diagram shows a piece of metal resistance wire.
A. A wire of the same length with a larger diameter
B. A wire of the same length with a small diameter
C. A wire of the greater length with the same diameter
D. A wire of the greater length with a smaller diameter
14. What is the unit of current?
A. Ampere
B. Newton
C. Volt
D. Ohm
15. Two balloons X and Y are suspended by insulating threads. What is the charge on balloon X
and Y?
Balloon X Balloon Y
A negative negative
B negative positive
C positive negative
D positive positive
16. Which equation can be used to relate resistance, current and voltage?
A. V=I/R
B. R=I*v
C. I=v*r
D. V=I*R
17. An ammeter and an 18 ohm resistor are connected in series with a battery. The reading on the
ammeter is 0.5A, the resistance of the battery and ammeter can be ignored. What is the
voltage of the battery?
A. 9A
B. 9V
C. 36A
D. 36V
18. An object becomes positively charged when which of the following occurs?
A. Loses electrons
B. Loses protons
C. Gains electrons
D. Gains protons
19. Which of the following is an insulator?
A. Copper
B. Silver
C. Wood
D. Salt water
20. How are electrons different from protons?
A. Protons are negatively charged; electrons are positively charged
B. Protons exist inside of atom; electrons move around the center of atom
C. Electrons exist inside of atom; protons move around the center of atom
D. Protons are positively charges: electrons have no charge
21. Which plant hormone helps a plant grow towards light?
A. Auxin
B. Gibberellins
C. Ethylene
D. Adrenaline
22. The process where a plant grows towards water is called
A. Gravitropism
B. Hydrotropism
C. Phototropism
D. Nano tropism
23. A diabetic person is not able to control
A. Temperature
B. Sugar
C. Water
D. Salt
24. What is the name given to a structure that responds to an arrival of a nerve impulse?
A. Effector
B. Receptor
C. Neuron
D. Reflex Action
25. The ability to control body temperature is called
A. Osmoregulation
B. Thermoregulation
C. Vasodilation
D. Vasoconstriction
26. Which of the following is a response to an increase in the body temperature?
A. Shivering
B. Goose bumps
C. Sweating
D. Vasoconstriction
27. Mammals are able to control their internal body temperature
A. All the time
B. False
C. Only in the Winter
D. Only when they need to
28. What is an external stimulus?
A. A hormone
B. A change in the environment
C. A response
D. Photosynthesis
29. What is the role of glucagon?
A. To convert the glucose into glycogen
B. To convert the glycogen into glucose
C. To stimuli the liver when the blood glucose level too high
D. To stimuli the liver when the blood glucose level too low
30. If a plant grows towards light, it is known as
A. Positive hydrotropism
B. Positive phototropism
C. Negative hydrotropism
D. Positive thigmotropism
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
B1 classify the following into solutions and suspensions
Milk muddy water sugar water tea vinegar
Solutions Suspensions
B2 match the term with the definition
Resistance the path electron follows
Insulator the flow of electrons in the circuit
Electric circuit has 2 or more separate paths through which electricity can flow
Electric current a measure of how hard it is for electrons to move through electric circuit
Parallel circuit a material that do not allow electric current to pass through
B3 please name these glands
1. Thyroid
2.
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Section C (55 marks)
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided
C1 With diagrams, describe an experiment that you can do to separate a mixture of colored dyes.
C2 A 100 cm3 block of lead that weighs 11N is carefully submerged in water. One cm3 of water
weighs 0.0098N.
a) what volume of water does the lead displace?
b) how much does that volume of water weigh?
c) what is the buoyant force on the lead?
d) will the lead block sink or float in the water?
C3 A machine shop worker records the mass of an aluminum cube as equivalent to the mass of 25
identical marbles each having a mass of 13.58. lf one side of the cube measures 5 cm, what is the
density of the aluminum?
C4 A student wants to produce a graph of current against voltage for component X.
a) Complete the circuit by adding an ammeter and a voltmeter.
b) The student increases the resistance of the variable resistor and keep the voltage of the battery.
State what will happen to the current in the circuit.
C5 The diagram shows current-voltage graphs for four resistors at a constant temperature.
a) State which resistor has the highest resistance
b) State the equation linking voltage, current and resistance.
c) Calculate the resistance of resistor B
d) The resistance of resistor B is tested at different temperature. At 30'C it has a resistance of
0.75 ohm when the voltage is 15V. Calculate the current through flow.
C6 Two light bulbs are wired in series with a 12V battery
a ) Give one advantage of wiring the lights in series circuit .
b ) The current through one of the bulbs is 0.5A . calculate the total resistance in the series circuit
c ) Describe how the current in the circuit would change if there were three bulbs in series
connected to the same battery
C7 The diagram below shows a parallel circuit
a) The battery supplies a voltage of 4.2V. Give the voltages V1 and V2.
b) The resistor three has a resistance of 2 ohm, calculate the current through R3.
C8 what causes the resistance in the wire?
C9 A student rubs a rod with a cloth. The rod becomes negatively charged and the cloth becomes
positively charged
a ) Describe what happens to the electrons when the rod is rubbed
b ) The student has another charged object , with an unknown charge on it. Explain how the
student can use this rod to determine the type of charge ( positive or negative ) on the object.