SECTION B
Instruction: Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Microorganism is a Living Thing
1
Faizal carries out an experiment on a slice of bread. He takes the following steps:
Step 1: Sprinkles a few drops of water on the bread.
Step 2: Puts the bread in a plastic bag.
Step 3: Observes the bread after four days.
Step 4: Views the sample of bread under a microscope.
The diagram shows the observation obtained by Faizal.
Bread
Viewed under microscope
Moulds
(a)
What can be observed after four days?
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(b)
i.
Are the moulds microorganisms?
ii.
Give reasons for your answer in (b) i.
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(c)
To which group of microorganisms do the moulds belong to?
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(d)
Based on the diagram,
i.
where do the moulds come from?
ii.
(e)
Why do the moulds grow on the bread?
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What will be observed if the bread is left for another two
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days?
(f)
`3
From this experiment, give one reason why moulds are considered as living
things.
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The figure below shows an observation made by a group of pupils on a papaya tree
at different time of the year.
(a)
What is the aim of the investigation?
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(b)
Write a hypothesis based on your answer in (a).
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(c)
What must be kept the same in this investigation?
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(d)
State two characteristics of the papaya tree that attracts animals.
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(e)
Explain how the birds can help the survival of the papaya tree.
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The graph below shows the results of an experiment to study the volume
of water produced from ice in a measuring cylinder when ice melts and
time.
(a)
What is the relationship between the changes of volume of water
with time?
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[1 mark]
(b) What happens if the ice is heated?
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[1 mark]
(c) State the following.
i. What must be changed?
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ii. What must be measured?
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[2 marks]
(d)
Predict the volume of water after 60 minutes.
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[1 mark]
4 Three blocks of different materials of the same size are dropped into water
in a container. The positions of the blocks in water are shown in the figure
below.
(a)
Write one hypothesis for the experiment?
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[1
mark]
(b)
State the relationship between the type of materials and its ability
to float.
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[1
mark]
(c) What must be changed in the experiment?
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[1
mark]
(d)
Explain the meaning of flotation.
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[1
mark]
