ANGLICAN HIGH SCHOOL
2022 Secondary 1
Science Weighted Assessment 3
Chapters 4, 5 and 6
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Duration: 40 minutes
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Section A: Multiple Choice Questions [10 Marks]
Answer all questions of this section in the spaces provided.
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1 Which statement about simple distillation of seawater is correct?
A The boiling chips are added to increase the speed of separation.
B The thermometer is used to measure the temperature of seawater.
C Water will be left behind in the distilling flask.
D Water will be collected as the distillate.
2 Which of the following sets of apparatus is needed to obtain water from a mixture of muddy water?
A chromatography paper, boiling tube
B evaporating dish, Bunsen burner, wire gauze
C distilling flask, Bunsen burner, wire gauze, condenser, beaker, thermometer
D conical flask, filter funnel, filter paper
3 Which of the following is an application of evaporation in daily life?
A cleaning of water in a siltation pond
B separation of coloured substances in food products
C preservation of food
D making perfumes
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4 A mixture contains two substances. What property must the two substances have for them to be
separated by paper chromatography?
A A Both substances must be soluble in the chromatography solvent.
B Both substances must have low boiling points.
C Both substances must be coloured.
D Both substances must be solid at room conditions.
5 A ray of light is refracted at the boundary of two optical media A and B as shown below. Which of
the following statements is correct?
A Medium A can be air and medium B can be water.
B Medium A can be glass and medium B can be air.
C Light travels at a slower speed in medium B.
D The angle of incidence is smaller than the angle of refraction.
6 A boy stands beside a girl in front of a large plane mirror. They are both the same distance from the
mirror. Where does the boy see the girl’s image?
A B C
7 Which of the following colours bends the most when white light passes through a glass prism?
A black
B yellow
C indigo
D violet
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8 Which of the following eyepiece and objective lens combinations will allow you to see the greatest
number of blood cells on a slide at one time?
objective eyepiece
A x 10 x 10
B x 40 x 5
C x 4 x 5
D x 40 x 10
9 The diagram shows a plant cell as seen under a microscope.
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Which row correctly identifies the number part to each function?
controls the entry of food factory in
substances cell
A 1 3
B 2 1
C 3 2
D 3 1
10 Which of the following statements about cells is correct?
A Animal cells have numerous vacuoles.
B All plant cells have chloroplasts.
C All plant cells have a regular shape.
D All animal cells have a nucleus.
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Section B: Structured Questions [25 Marks]
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1 A mixture contains iron, mud and salt solution. Name the separation techniques in the correct order
1 to obtain salt from this mixture. State the purpose of each separation technique.
First separation technique: ………………………………………………………………………………....[1]
Purpose: ………………………………………………………………………………………….....................
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Second separation technique: ……………………………………………………………………………..[1]
Purpose:
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Third separation technique:
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Purpose: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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[Total: 6 marks]
12 Figure 12.1 below shows a paper chromatography setup.
Figure 12.1
Explain what happened to the food dye when the solvent travelled up the strip of filter paper.
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[Total: 2 marks]
13 Figure 13.1 below shows a light ray travelling from air into two different media, X and W.
medium W medium X air
ray A
ray B
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Figure 13.1 (not drawn to scale)
(a) Draw arrows on light rays A and B to show the directions in which the light rays would travel.
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(b) Draw the normal at the point of incidence, P. [1]
(c) State the value for the following angles at P:
(ii) angle of reflection ………………………………. [1]
(iii) angle of refraction ……………………………… [1]
(d) Describe what happens to the light ray as it enters medium W which is optically denser
than medium X.
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[Total: 5 marks]
14 A student sits in front of a plane mirror. In Figure 14.1, E is the position of the student and M and
N are the ends of the mirror.
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Figure 14.1
N
(a) Mark with a cross (X) the position of the student’s image formed by the mirror. [1]
(b) State one similarity and one difference between the image formed by the plane mirror and
the convex mirror.
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[Total: 3 marks]
15 Figure 15.1 and 15.2 shows a root hair cell and a red blood cell respectively.
Figure 15.1 Figure 15.2
(a) State three structural differences between a root hair cell and a red blood cell.
1st difference: ………………………………………………………………………………………………
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2nd difference: ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
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3rd difference: ……………………………………………………………………………………………...
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(b) Discuss three structural adaptations of a red blood cell and how they are related to its functions.
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(c)(i) Define division of labour in a cell.
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(ii) Explain how division of labour occurs in the root hair cell with reference to two cell structures
in the root hair cell.
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[Total: 9 marks]
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