Division

MALAYSIA ASEAN
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LEVEL 1
SCIENCE OLYMPIADS
(Year 3 & 4)
2014 CONTEST

Full Name: Year:

Date: Time：

School Name： School Code：

Rules and Regulations

(Please read these rules and regulation carefully)

1. Please fill in your FULL name correctly, school name, school code and the date and time of
contest clearly in the spaces above. Those who do not fill in the required particulars will be
disqualified automatically.

2. Do not open the question booklet until you are told to do so.

3. No calculators and any unauthorised electronic devices (including mobile phones) are allowed
during the contest.

4. Strict silence must be observed at all times in the examination hall and please be reminded that
you MAY NOT leave your seat without permission.

5. If you have any request or enquiry, please raise your hand and wait for an invigilator.

6. Only one candidate is allowed to leave the hall at a time. You are required to return to the hall
within 10 minutes or else you will automatically be disqualified from the contest.

7. Each question in the contest have been verified by experienced trainers, thus no further
explanation will be given.

8. The time allowed for the paper is 60 minutes. You must stop writing when you are told to do so.

9. You MUST fill in your answer in the answer sheet provided in second page of the question
booklet. You will not be awarded marks for any answer written in the question booklet.

10. Please be reminded that this is a contest and not an examination, try your level best to answer
all questions within the prescribed time.

11. Please tear off the answer sheet carefully and returned to invigilator along with contest
paper. Participant only can bring back the contest papers on next week.

Scoring System
1. The correct answer to each problem will be awarded one (1) point. However, you will NOT be
penalised for each incorrect answer.

2. The organizer reserves the right to disqualified the event of malpractice to differentiate between
those outstanding students.

3. Contestants or a team who are disqualified from the contest will be forfeited any right to re-sit
this year.

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(Year 3 & 4) Answer Sheet

1 6 11 16 21

2 7 12 17 22

3 8 13 18 23

4 9 14 19 24

5 10 15 20 25

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1 Which of the following is not the nature of water?

(A) No colour (C) Can flow

(C) Tasteless (D) Thermal expansion and contraction

2 Which of the following substances is not soluble in water?

(A) Air (B) Salt (C) Sugar (D) Cooking oil

3 Tommy’s father can lift Tommy easily in the swimming pool, this is because

(A) Tommy lost his weight in the swimming pool.

(B) Tommy’s father is more powerful in the swimming pool.
(C) Buoyancy of water in the swimming pool.
(D) All of the above.

4 Lifted a big rock from the river to the water surface, how the force should be changed?

(A) From big to small (C) No changes

(B) From small to big (D) Decreases and then increases gradually.

5 Which of the following ‘fire’ is unable to use water to eliminate?

(A) Combustion of gasoline (C) Combustion of plastic

(B) Combustion of paper (D) Combustion of wood

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6 The form of communication an ant uses is?

(A) Voice (B) Antennae (C) Smell (D) Vision

7 Bats can successfully cross through barriers of tree branches at night in order to capture its
prey to eat, mainly because

(A) Bats can smell the odour of its prey.

(B) Bats eyes have night vision capabilities, where it can see obstacles and prey just like in
day time.
(C) Bats have a strong auditory ability to use their own voices to determine obstacles and
prey.
(D) Bats have a special heat sensitive organ, through the temperature of the object to
distinguish obstacles and prey.

8 Which of the following tools is not used to enhance human senses?

(A) Telescope (B) Stethoscope (C) Television (D) Thermometer

9 Ahmad wants to classify the animals shown below into 2 groups. Which of the features of
these animals should be used to classify them into 2 groups so that each group has 3 animals?

(A) Can fly or cannot fly.

(B) Two legs or more than
two legs.
(C) Has beak or do not has
beak.
(D) Has eye or do not has

eye.

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10 Study the following pictures carefully.

The iron nail in setup P would attract more paper clips because

I More batteries are used in setup Q.

II The wire in setup Q is longer.
III The wire is coiled more times around the nail in setup Q.

(A) I and II (B) I and III (C) II and III (D) I, II and III

11 Four identical bar magnets can be arranged into following shape.

A B
C G

D H
F E

Which of the following shapes can be created from the above magnets?

(A) A B C D G H E F

(B) A B G C

H F E D

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(C) D A B
H

F E G

(D) F A B C D G

E H

12 Soil can typically classified into sand, silt and clay. These three types of soil each has different
ability in holding water within it. The difference of holding water capability is caused by

(A) The heaviness of the grain of soil.

(B) The size of the grain of soil.
(C) The size of the spaces between grain of soil.
(D) The temperature of water as it enters the soil.

13 In our daily life, grass and leaves appears green because

(A) It absorbs green light.

(B) It reflects green light back to our eyes.
(C) It emits green light back to our eyes.
(D) It is our optical illusion.

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14 The diagram below shown a torchlight shine through an aperture to illuminate three
different objects and eventually formed a special shadow on the screen. Please describe the
possible shape for object P, Q and R.

20cm 20cm

10cm
screen
P Q R

screen

P Q R
A Triangle Circle Square
B Circle Triangle Square
C Triangle Square Circle
D Square Circle Triangle

15 Jason followed his father to his factory and noticed the machine below. His father told him
that machine is a table top drilling machine.

Out of curiosity, Jason touch part X of the

machine. As a result, his hand is full of sticky and
greasy material. What is the function of material
touched by Jason?

(A) No actual function, it is actually some useless

by product from the machine.
X (B) The material is used to reduce the frictional
force when using the machine.
(C) The material is used to prevent the machine
from rusted.
(D) Answer B and C are correct.

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16 John discovered some rust on the kitchen sink, which of the following available items in
kitchen can be used to remove those rust?

I Coca-cola
II Vinegar
III Lemon
IV Soy sauce

(A) I and II (B) II and III (C) I, II and III (D) all of the above

17 Skin is the largest organ in human excretory system. Which of the following elements do not
excrete from skin?

(A) Water
(B) Carbon dioxide
(C) Mineral
(D) Urea

18 In solar system, Venus is one of the planet that human can be easily seen with naked eye.
This is because

(A) The carbon dioxide composition in venus cloud is 10000 times of the earth, therefore
can reflect most of the sunlight.
(B) Venus has the shortest minimum distance compare to other planets in solar system.
(C) Venus is a very huge planet, cannot be easily spotted by naked eye.
(D) Venus is a planet that can emit small amount of light, furthermore, it is very near to
earth, therefore it can be easily seen from earth.

19 Although our country is rich of wood, we do not use wood cover our toilet floor. In fact, we
use tile to cover our toilet floor, this is because

(A) Tile is cheaper.

(B) Wood gives a dirty appearance.
(C) Using wood is not environmental friendly.
(D) Tile has better water sealing capability than wood.

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20 The following are two identical light bulb powered up by two identical batteries. If the
ON/OFF switch is off, both light bulbs will turn on with equal brightness.

Which of the following connections will get similar light bulb brightness compare to the
connection above when the ON/OFF switch is off?

(A) (C)

(B) (D)

21 As shown in the following diagram are two bar magnets, with both their end attracting
several paper clips. Knowing that additional paper clips added to each of the end will drop
off , the two magnets are now move toward each other.

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If the two bar magnets eventually stick together, what will happen to the paper clips at the
middle?
(A) Paper clips at the middle attracted upward and surround middle of the bar.
(B) Paper clips remain at its current placement.
(C) All the paper clips at the center will drop.
(D) Part of the paper clips at the center will drop.

22 The diagram below shows three identical springs under different loading condition. Value of
symbol ‘?’ is

(A) 5cm (C) 10cm

(B) 7.5cm (D) 15cm

23 The diagram below shows a mug (circular mouth). Muthu try to use his torchlight to form
shadow out of this mug.

Which of the following shadows is impossible?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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24 Study the table below carefully.

Characteristic Animal X Animal Y

Lay eggs On land In water
Four stages of life cycle No Yes
Young resembles adult Yes No

Which of the following best describe animal X and Y?

(A) Animal X is a type of mammal.

(B) Animal Y eats animal X to obtain energy.
(C) Animal X can take care of its young.
(D) Animal Y is endothermic (“warm-blood”).

25 Which systems in the human body work together in a reflex response when the fingers touch
a hot kettle filled with boiling water?

I Immune system
II Skeletal system
III Muscular system
IV Circulatory system

(A) I and II (B) II and III (C) III and IV (D) I and IV

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