RORABSARTERDAR—BR SUM. A. MU. OT. eH SINGAPORE HOKKIEN HUAY KUAN 5-SCHOOL COMBINED PRIMARY 6 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION TAO NAN e AI TONG ¢ CHONGFU ¢ NAN CBIAU « KONG HWA 2016 WW SCIENCE BOOKLET A Date : 4 August 2016 Total Time for Booklets A and B : 1 h 45 min INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES ¥ Write your school’s name, name, register number and class. ¥ Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. ¥ Follow all instructions carefully. Y Answer all questions. ‘This booklet consists of 23 pages, excluding the cover page. Parent's Signature Date: School Name TOTALSection A (30 x 2 marks) For each question from 4 to 30, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice and shade the correct oval (1, 2, 3 or 4) on the Optical Answer Sheet. 1. Study the chart below. | ‘Guestion B [© fungi Does it grow in water? , {@) fungi ‘Does it have seeds dispersed by animals? 8) fem Does it grow in water? ® fem Does it have seeds dispersed by animals?2. Tom observed that insect A has a 3-stage life cycle while insect B has a A-stage life cycle. ‘Which of the following is definitely tue about the two insects? (1) Insect A les for a shorter time than insect B. @) _ Both insects have an egg stage in its life cycle. @) The young of both insecis A and B resemble the adult. ) The young of both insects live in the same habitat as their adults. 3. The diagram below shows plant X and plant Y. Plant X had its roots removed but not plant Y. Even though the plants were both watered dally, it was observed that plant X eventually died, Plant X Which one of the following explains why plant X died? (1) Plant X did not get enough water. (2) Plant X did not get enough sunlight. (3) There were no water-camying tubes in plant X. (4) There were no roots to store the food made by the leaves in plant X:‘The fotiowing table shows a comparison of parts in the reproductive systems of humans and flowering plants. Inhumans —_| In flowering plants Part that contains female productive calls ovary a Part that contains male reproductive cells teste e What do A and B in the table represent? A B a) egg pollen grain @ style fitament @ ovule pollen grain 4) ovary sperm5. The graph below shows the amount of undigested food in different organs of the human digestive system just before it travels to the next organ of the system after a person has eaten some food. Organs of the x Y z digestive system ‘Which one of the following correctly identifies organs X, Y and Z?“The following celts, taken from two mult-cellular organisms, were observed under the microscope. ° CellB Based on the diagrams, which of the following shows a correct comparison between Cell A and Cell B? Cell A CellB [| has cell membrane does not have cell membrane @ has chloroplasts does not have chloroplasts ® has cell wall has celi wall @ has cytoplasm does not have cytoplasm7. ‘The diagram below shows a food web. A sudden disease killed all the organisms T. ‘Which of the following correctly shows what would first happen to the populations of the other organisms afer all of T died? Organism What woutd test happen tothe o Pp Increase @ R Decrease ) s Decrease | 4) u IncreaseThe following are statements about the adaptations of some animals. A Snow birds ruffle up their feathers to trap air. B The elephant fiaps its ears to keep itself cool. © Long eyelashes help shield the camel from the blowing sand in the desert. D _ Penguins huddle close together to keep themselves warm. Which of the following shows how the above adaptations can be classified? Behavioural adaptation | Structural adaptation a) AB cD @ ABD c ®) c A.B,D @ Bc AD Pollen grains from flowers of the same kind were dusted over flowers A, B and C. NP ‘Which of the above flower(s) would develop seeds? a) @ 8) @ A Aand ¢ only Band C only A,BandC10. ‘The diagram below shows how blood flows in the human circulatory system. Which two arrows were not drawn correctly? (1) AandB only @) Band Donly (3) BandC only (Cand Donly A group of people was trapped inside a small room which had no windows. ‘Which one of the following correctly shows the changes in the composition of gases and the temperature in the room over time? Amount of Amount of Temperature: oxygen _| water vapour |_in the room12. _ A.group of students counted the number of plants found In a pond. Based on their findings, they plotied a bar graph as shown below. ‘Number of ‘Types of Floating Partially Fully plants plants, submerged submerged plants plants Based on the bar graph above, which one of the following statements is defintely true? (1) There are 19 populations of plants. (2) There are 4 fully submerged plants. (3) There are 3 communities in the pond. (4) There are only 3 poputations of plants.13. Plants adapt themselves in many ways in order to survive. Which of the following does not give the correct reason for the adaptation stated? ‘Adaptation of plants Reason 4 (1) needle-like leaves To reduce water loss _L 2 deep roots To reach for more water in dry habitats @) | strong a Toes up branches and leaves to get To ensure more water moves up the ® taining stoms water-carrying tubes of the stems 14. Which of the following would occur if reforestation is cared out? ‘A Organisms living in the forest would lose their habitats. B The amount of carbon dioxide in the air would decrease. _Less soil erosion occurs to affect the nearby rivers and lakes. Aonly (2) Bonly (@) AandC only (@) BandG only 1015. Sally has a plant that was left in a dark cupboard for 48 hours. She then laced the plant under bright light for another 48 hours. of leaf Parts A, B and C of the leaf were tested for starch using iodine solution. Jodine solution tums from yellowish brown to dark blue in the presence of Which of the folowing shows the correct observations she would make? Part{s) of the leat Colour of lodine sotution a) only B tums dark blue @) only B and C remains yelowish brown @ only A and C tums dark blue @ A, Band remains yellowish brown16. Solids X and Y are made of the same material. Solid Z is made of a different material. Which of the following is not possible? 4)7. Th clagram below shows the fool end ede vow of « magnetic wheboard Arnount of weights (units) 1420. The diagram below shows two similar objects A and B being released from the same height. Wich one ofthe following correctly explains why object A fais faster than (1) More gravitational force is acting on object A: {2) More ake pasting own onthe paractuto of object A. Less force is acting upwards on the ) parachute of object ‘There wes more petal energy m objct A than doiect 5 before they were released. 521. A piece of material W was wrapped completely over the mouth of an empty beaker 2s shown in the diagram below. 300 cm? of water was poured onto the material. Pes 300 cm? of water i material W beaker The amount of water coflected in the beaker was recorded in the graph ‘below. The experiment was then repeated for materials X, Y and Z which were of similar size and thickness as material W. ‘Amount of water collected (cm?) 200 150 100 50 0 Type of material w x Y z For all four materials, it was observed that no water was collected on the top of each material at the end of the experiment. Based on the graph, which material, W, X, Y or Z, do you think is most Suitable to make kiichen towels used to clean up wet splis quickly? Q 8 N electrical energy ——> kinetic energy (4) electrical energy ——> potential energy ——> kinetic energy 23Name: Anatomy of a Flower carpel (pistil) female patt of a fower sepal protection for the flower receptacle ‘ond support for the the thickened petals when in bloom port of a stem ‘Super Teacher Worksheels - www.superleacherworksheefs.comMMRABAANTERLAR—BR SM . BA. MM. OF. SINGAPORE HOKKIEN HUAY KUAN 5-SCHOOL COMBINED PRIMARY 6 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION TAONAN © AITONG ¢ CHONGFU « NAN CHIAU » KONG HWA 2016 B= SCIENCE BOOKLET B Date : 4 August 2016 Total Time for Booklets A and B : 1h 45 min INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Y Write your school’s name, name, register number and class. Y Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so. ¥ Follow all instructions carefully. ¥ Answer all questions, This booklet consists of 16 pages, excluding the cover page. School 40 ClassSection B: 40 marks For questions 31 to 44, write your answers In this booklet. The number of marks available is shown in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. 31. The picture below shows a cat that is about to pounce on a mouse. ‘Theumouse is trying to eat a plece of wheat grain. (2) State one characteristic of living things that is demonstrated in the above picture. 1 (b) Draw the food chain that shows the food relationship between the wheat grain, cat and mouse in the box provided below. fl 2432. James carried out an experiment using two similar plants, X and Y, which store food in their underground stems. He removed the outer ring of the stem of only plant X as shown below, such that the food-carrying tubes were removed but the water-carrying tubes remained in the stem. piant X underground stems plant Y (@) After some time, James noticed that the underground stems of plant X did not grow as big as those of plant Y. Suggest a reason why. 1) (>) The roots of plant X eventually died. Suggest a reason why. 1)33. The following diagram shows the dispersal pattem of the fruits/seeds of two plants, A and B. (@) Match the plants, A and B, to the correct description of their fruit in the table below. tO} Description of fruit @ Has stiff hairs @ Has fruit walls that split open when it dries up ‘The diagram below shows three fruits with different amount of its wing-ke structure still attached to it. & % ® Fruit X Emit ErutZ Julia dropped each fruit from the same height and recorded the time taken for each fruit to reach the ground. The experiment was repeated three times and the readings were recorded in the table below, () _Fillin the blanks in the boxes below with the correct letter, X or Z.ruit Y has been done for you. i) (©) Exqilain how repeating the experiment three times for each fruit ensures that the results are more reliable. m . [A]34. John used a sensor to measure his heart rate before he started jogging. He started jogging and continued to measure his heart rate every five minutes. (a) John observed that his heart rate increased as he was jogging. Give an explanation for his observation. pI (b) John started jogging at 8.00a.m. and stopyfed at 9.00a.m. ‘The graph below shows John’s heart rate before 8.00a.m. and after 9.15a.m.. Draw in the missing part of the graph below to show how John's heart rate changes from 8.00a.m. to 9.15a.m.. U) Heart rate (beats per minute) 8.00a.m. 9.00am. 9.15a.m.35. The diagram below shows an adaptation of animal P known as eyespots. Eyespots are rounded eye-like markings on an animal, usually bigger than the actual eyes of the animal. (a) “Explain how the presence of zyespots help Increase the chances of survival of animal P. ty (®) Whatis another structural adaptation that animal P hais wich would helptt ‘escape from its predators and explain how it heips? 1)36. Halim carried out two experiments using two similar plants, A and B, as shown below. Both plants had no starch at the start of the two experiments. cal a container Plant A . PlantB in the first experiment, the two plants were placed in the same location under the. ‘sun. However, more carbon dioxide was added into the glass container for ptant B than for plant A. Graph X shows the results of the first experiment. ‘Amount of starch Plant B present in ~" (Percentage of carbon dioxide in the air — 0.07%) the plant Plant A (units) (Percentage of carbon dioxide in the air — 0.03%) Graph X Time (min) (a) Explain why plant B had more starch present in it than plant A over the same pestod of time. Uy Continuation of Q36 on the next pageQ36 continues. In the second experiment, both plants had the same amount of carbon dioxide in their glass containers. The intensity of ght shining on both plants was also kept the same. However, they were placed at different locations with different temperatures. Graph-Y shows the results of the second experiment. Amount of Plant B ““" (Temperature of surrounding air is 32°C) Plant A (Temperature of surrounding air is 20°C) present in the plant (units) Graph Y Time (min) (©) From graph Y, what is the relationship between temperature of the ‘surrounding air and amount of starch present in the plant? 1] (©) The number of leaves of plants A and B were kept the same in both experiments. Explain how this factor would affect the amount of starch present in plants? @ VA37. The diagram below shows a food web In a community. /7™, NT (@) Identity al the food producéijin the food web above. i) ) Ie Ess nat SERIREEAENTAIS ELUNE UE {c) The diagram below shows three organism X feeding on a bail of animal waste. Explain how the introduction of organtsm X into the above commurily would help in the growth of the food producers. 21 , LJ38. The diagram below shows some deck chairs and poolside umbrellas next to a swimming pool. (2) Suggest a property of the material used to make part K of the poolside umbrella. Explain how this property ensures that the person seated under the umbreifa is kept cool. 1U} (b) Give a reason why part J of deck chairs placed near swimming pools are often made of plastic rather than cloth. 1) 3238. Ahmad opened the freezer and observed some while “clouds” forming near the door of the freezer. (2) Explain how the white “clouds” were formed. i He took out a bag of ice cubes arid measured Its mass using an electronic balance 2s shown in the dlagram below. Ahmad waited till all the ice cubes had meited and looked at the electronic balance again. {) Explain why the reading on the electronic balance increased40. The diagram below shows a special container. The opening at C is covered with a stopper. Water is poured into the opening at A. The water level in A and C after pouring all the water in is, shown below. water poured in through A B c A stopper water level inA water level nc (2) In the diagram above, draw in the correct water level for B. 1] (b) Explain why the water level in G is lower than the water level in A. i41. eo oeted a ty oe shown below. A metal ball rests on a platform which can be by a handle. This compresses the spring connected to plata, When the Hance rleanod, tne metal bell mover upwards ht object Y ‘which ts to the left. It closes the switch, S1 and bulb X lights up. (@) Does object Y in the toy have to be made of an electrical conductor for bulb X to ight up? Explain your answer. (i) Continuation of Q41 on the next page eAQ41 continues b) © Jim observed that bulb X would not light up if he did not pull the handle of the toy far enough. In terms of forces, explain his observation. 2 Jim wanted to add another bulb, bulb W, to circuit Z in his toy such that + bulbs X and W light up only when S1 is closed; ‘© bulb Wis as bright as bulb X when S1 is closed; and «the brightness of bulb X does not decrease with the addition of bulb W. Draw wires ( } to complete the circuit diagram below to show how bulbs X and W should be connected. ‘The batteries, switch S1 and bulbs X and W have been drawn for you. No bulb X bulb Wi42. Rachel wanted to find out how easily different fabrics move across surfaces. She carted out an experiment using 4 diflerent fabrics, A, B, C and D. She wrapped the base of a 1-kg weight with Fabric A and placed it at one end of surface P. She titted ‘that end of the surface unl the weight started to slide. |n the table below, she recorded x, the height at which surface P was lifted to until the weight started to side. Ld 11 11.5 8 9 c 43, 43 D> 16 aq (@) Put the fabrics in order of how easily they caused the weight to slide. tt) Did not side St dow, down easily most easily (b) Explain why different textures of fabric would cause x to be different. i (©) Rachel wants to. make a floor: matin a toilet, which material, A, B, C, or D ‘should she use? Explain your answer. ft] 743. David collected three samples of pond water from three different ponds, X, Y and Z ofthe same size. He put each sample of pond water into a beaker and shone a torch through them as shown in the diagram below. aa Using a ight sensor, the amount of light that passed through each pond water sample was recorded in the table below. [Sample | Amount of light recorded (units) Pond X 200 Pond Y 50 Pond Z 150 (2) Whatis the aim of David's experiment? m (b) From fii¢ results above, which pond, X, Y pr Z, would have the least number of fully submerged plants? Explain your choice. Oy (©) David wanted to find out if the amount of water in a pond sample affects the amount of light that passes through jt. What two changes should he make to his experiment? 10] . LA]44, _ Erica bought a solar-powered water feature for her garden. pane! to motor (a) State the energy conversion for the water feature. ight energy received by __, | |—> cnet —_ the solar peed panel water moving energy of wp ihe pipe the water in into the jug TT | + 4 heat energy energy of the water flowing down the jug into the bowi {b) Give one advantage of using a solar panel to run the water feature. nmEXAM PAPER 2016 SCHOOL ‘SHHK SUBJECT : PRIMARY 6 SCIENCE TERM PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Booklet A ai_[ a2 | as | as [as [a6 [a7 [as | _as | aio 4 2 1 3 4 2 3 2 2 2 an | aiz [ais [ata | ars | ate [ai | ats [ate | a20 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 3 2 3 Q21 Q22 Q23, Q24 Q25 Q26 Q27 Q2z8 | Q29 Q30 3 2 2 4 3 1 2 3 1 [3 Be tB Q31 | (a) Living Things needs food to survive. _ (b) ‘Wheat grain—» mouse — cat __| 32] (a) | This is because food was not being transported to the underground stem ___| of Plant x. aia faaaiere| (b) The roots did not receive food. ass la [A i), Bo a 51 ——| (OmmES = ean (ce) Repeating the riment 3 times allows one to check for consistency in readings. _ Q34 | (a) He needs more energy. His heart needs to pump blood faster to transport |__| ___| digested food and oxygen faster to other parts of the body. v5 ory (b) one 35 |(@)__| The eyespois trick the predators into thinking thal the organism is bigger. | “The predators would not attack the organism. (| Animal P has a streamline body shape and that helps animal P to swim away faster from predators. G36 | (a) Plant B has more carbon dioxide, hence its rate of photosynthesis is higher. (®) | As the temperature of the surrounding air increases, the amount of starch present in the plant increases. © ‘When there are more leaves the plant will make more food. More food is then stored as/ converted to starch so the amount of starch present in the plant increases.(a) They are A, E and F. () Food producers are the only organisms that can make food using the energy from the sun. © ‘Organism X feeds on the animal waste and breaks down the waste down ito smaller pieces for the waste to decompose faster and there will be more compost for the food producers to grow better. O38 (a) ‘The material is a poor conductor of heat. This property allows less heat to be conducted into the air and heating the air up (b) Plastic is waterproof while cloth is not. Q39 @) ‘Warmer water vapour in the surrounding air comes into contact with the cooler air from the freezer. The warmer water vapour lost heat and condensed to form tiny water droplets. ) ‘The water vapour from the surrounding lost hat to the cooler surface of the bag of ice cubes and condensed into water droplets and since water droplets have mass, the reading on the electronic balance increased. 40 @) = (6) ‘The stopper prevented air from escaping and he water could not take up _ the space occupied by the air. ‘47 | (@)__| Object Y does not need to be a conductor of electricity as object Vjust pushes the switch to close the circuit and.can be any material. () __ | Ifthe spring is not compressed enough, there is not enough elastic spring force to push the metal ball high enough to push object Y .Then, object Y will not be able to close the switch. _ © —— i st ale ¢ T bx _ __| Gaz [@) | DCAB — _| () | Different textures of fabric causes different friction between the fabric and he surfaces. (©) | Fabric C. dhas the most amount of friction so that the floor would not be slippery the user will not slip.43] (@) tis to find out # the type of pond water affects the amount of fight recorded. © ‘The amount of light detected was the least. Fully submerged plants in Pond Y would have less light to make food. © US8 water from the same pond. Add a different amount of water in each sample. 44 | @) Electrical, Gravitational potential, Kinetic, Sound (b) ‘Solar energy is a renewable source of energy. END .