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ESWATINI SCIENCE

TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION

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Science 414/01
Paper 1 Multiple choice August 2022
1hour

Additional Materials Required: Total marks: 40

Multiple Choice Answer Sheet

Calculators may be used where required

Soft clean eraser

Soft pencil (type B or HB recommended)

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

1. Write in soft pencil

2. Write your name, class and subject teacher on the Answer Sheet in the spaces
provided.
3. There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question
there are four possible answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on
the separate Answer Sheet.
4. Read and follow the instructions on the separate Answer Sheet carefully.
5. Each correct answer will score one mark.
6. nAny rough work should be done in this question paper and not on the Answer
Sheet.

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1. A student wanted to measure the mass of a block. Which of the following

instruments did he use?

A. Thermometer
B. Measuring cylinder
C. Spring balance
D. Triple beam balance

2. The volume of a metal block was measured as shown below.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2

If the mass of the block is 316g, what is its density?

A. 7.0g/cm3
B. 7.9g/cm3
C. 7.0kg/cm3
D. 7.9kg/cm3

3. An animal has the following features.

(i) Scales all over the body

(ii) Uses lungs
(iii) Lays eggs
(iv) Lives on land

The animal is

A. An amphibian
B. A fish
C. A mammal
D. A reptile
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4. In mammals where does fertilization take place?

It takes place in the

A. Ovary
B. Oviduct
C. Uterus
D. Vagina

5. The diagram below shows the urinary system and the male reproductive
system.

In which of the four parts are the sperms produced?

6. Some plants in tropical rain forests climb upwards. Which of the following is
the most likely reasons for this?

It is to

A. Keep leaves cool

B. Grow away from moisture
C. Grow away from the acidic soil
D. Enable leaves to get sunlight

7. In what form is energy stored in coal?

A. Heat
B. Light
C. Kinetic
D. Chemical
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8. A compound is a

A. Substance that contains two or more elements chemically combined

B. Substance made of one kind of atoms forming a chain
C. Particles made of two or more atoms
D. Particles that contains only one atom.

9. The diagram below shows how a student separated a mixture of two

substances.

Which of the following is likely to be a mixture that the student was

separating?

A. Water and chalk

B. Water and salt
C. Water and sugar
D. Water and paraffin
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10. The diagram shows a lighting torch.

What are the main energy changes that take place when the torch is switched
on?

A. Electrical → chemical → light

B. Chemical → electrical → light
C. Chemical → light → electrical
D. Light → chemical → electrical

11. The diagram below shows a flask connected to a glass tube containing some
coloured water. Thandi places her hands around the flask, the water column
slowly moves upward at Q and down at P.

Which of the following describes why this happens?

A. Water in the tube contracts

B. Air in the flask contracts
C. Water in the tube expands
D. Air in the flask expands

12. Electrons have

A. A positive electrical charge

B. A negative electrical charge
C. A positive and negative electrical charge
D. No charge
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13. The reading on the voltmeter scale shown below is

A. 2.3V
B. 2.4V
C. 2.5V
D. 2.6V

14. A circuit is connected as shown in the diagram

The current flowing through the ammeter is

A. 1A
B. 3A
C. 4A
D. 6A

15. Which o the following metals would be attracted by a magnet?

A. Aluminium
B. Copper
C. Nickel
D. Zinc
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16. The diagram below shows a plotting compass placed in the field of a bar
magnet.

In which direction will the compass needle point?

17. Dilute hydrochloric acid is added to calcium carbonate. Gas bubbles are seen.
What gas is given off in this reaction?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Hydrogen
C. Nitrogen
D. Oxygen

18. Two elements found in air are

A. Carbon dioxide and water vapour

B. Nitrogen and water vapour
C. Oxygen and carbon dioxide
D. Oxygen and nitrogen
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19. Which of the following is true about inhaled and exhaled air?

INHALED AIR EXHALED AIR

A Warm Cool

B Contains more carbon Contains less carbon dioxide

dioxide
C Contains more nitrogen Contains less nitrogen

D Contains more oxygen Contains less oxygen

20. Which of the following are products of respiration?

A. Starch and oxygen

B. Starch and carbon dioxide
C. Carbon dioxide and water
D. Oxygen and water

21. Photosynthesis occurs in

A. Cells with chlorophyll in the presence of sunlight

B. All living cells in the presence of sunlight
C. Cells with chlorophyll in sunlight and in darkness
D. All living cells in sunlight and in darkness

22. In which of the following is friction a disadvantage?

Between

A. A brake and a wheel

B. Tyres of a car and the road
C. Two bones at a joint
D. An opened parachute and the air

23. The unit of energy is

A. Gram
B. Joule
C. Kilogram
D. Newton
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24. Which of the following formulae may be used to calculate pressure?

A. Mass × Area
B. Force ÷ Area
C. Force × Mass
D. Force × Area

25. Which of the following chairs is the most stable if the child moves?

26. Which of the following statements is true about litmus solution? It turns

A. Blue if the solution has a pH greater than 7

B. Red if the solution has a pH greater than 7
C. Red when added to a solution of sodium carbonate
D. Blue when added to distilled water

27. Physical quantities can be classified as vector quantities or scalar quantities.

Which of the following is a vector quantity
A. Velocity
B. Speed
C. Time
D. Mass

28. Lenhle sprinted around a 400m track in 2 minutes. The speed of Lenhle
during the race was
A. 4.0 m/s
B. 3.8m/s
C. 3.6m/s
D. 3.3 m/s
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29. What is the symbol of sodium?

A. Na
B. Nd
C. S
D. So

30. The diagram shows test tubes with paper clips treated in different ways.

In which test tube A, B, C, D will the paper clip rust?

31. Which type of organism is represented by the cat, the mouse and the maize in
the feeding relationship?

Mouse Cat maize

A Producer Secondary consumer Primary consumer

B Primary consumer Producer Secondary consumer

C Primary consumer Secondary consumer Producer

D Secondary consumer Primary consumer Producer

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32. The diagram below shows an illustration of a wave.

Which part of the wave A, B, C, D is an amplitude?

33. If you wish to magnify a small insect, which of the following lens shapes would
you use?

34. Study the diagram below and answer the question that follows.

In using a crowbar as a lever in order to lift a heavy load as in the diagram

above, the crowbar should be

A. As long as possible
B. As short as possible
C. With the fulcrum in the centre
D. With no fulcrum
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35. Samu, a Form 3 student want to know if a given gas is Hydrogen or not.
Describe the test for Hydrogen gas.

A. Relights a glowing sprint

B. Turns lime water milky
C. Burns with a ‘pop’ sound
D. Turns red litmus paper blue.

36. The diagram shows the external features of a boy’s face.

What is the function of the sense organ labelled H in this diagram?

A. It effects commands from the brain

B. It interpret impulses from the nerves
C. It perceives stimuli from the environment
D. It transmit impulses to the muscles

37. Mr Dlamini has been drinking alcohol. He tries to catch a ball thrown to him
but he closes the hands to grab it when the ball has already passed.

Why does Mr Dlamini miss the ball?

A. His eyes’ focussing is affected

B. His hand muscles are weakened
C. His reaction time is increased
D. His sense of balance is affected.

38. Musa finds a shiny substance on the ground. When he hits it hard with a
stone, it makes a sonorous sound and flattens into a sheet.
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What is another possible property of the substance that Musa found?

A. It has low density
B. It can be made into a wire
C. It has a low melting point
D. It is a bad conductor of heat.

39. What is the name of the alloy formed when copper is melted with zinc .
A. Brass
B. Bronze
C. Nickel
D. Steel

40. The diagram shows the structure of a human heart.

Which chamber A, B,C, D pumps blood to the lungs?