Code No.: SCE 3112 SECTION A (20 marks) Answer all questions in this section.

1.

The Head of Science Department is responsible for the administration of the Science Laboratory. The responsibilities of the Head of Science Department are I. II . III . supervise and manage the laboratory physical facilities. plan and state the laboratory safety rules. stock maintenance, doing write-off and disposal of assets laboratory equipment. manage Science co-curriculum activities in school.

IV. (A) (B) (C) (D)

I and II only III and IV only I, II and III only I, II, III and IV

2.

Encik Ali the Science Teacher at Sekolah Kebangsaan Permas Jaya received a quantity of science equipment from a company XYZ. After checking Encik Ali should enter all the details of the equipments that had been received in a stock book. Which of the following is the correct way to record a stock book? (A) (B) (C) (D) Main Stock Book Inventory Book Inventory Book Laboratory Stock Book Main Stock Book Inventory Book

Laboratory Stock Book Main Stock Book

Laboratory Stock Book Inventory Book

Main Stock Book

Laboratory Stock Book

Code No.: SCE 3112 3. Which of the following guidelines is incorrect for performing a surgery in a biology laboratory? (A) (B) (C) (D) All speciment must be killed using formalin. All specimens must be pinned on their back. Blood vessels must be tied before you cut them. Tissues and organs that are to be kept in water or salt solution must be moistened.

4.

You are required to grow a type of bacterial in a Petri dish which contains agar. Why does the Petri dish have to be overturned? (A) (B) (C) (D) To avoid water condesation. To obtain optimum bacteria growth . To ensure the hot agar does not kill the bacteria. To reduce the risk of contaimination by other bacteria.

5.

The fire extinguishers that can be used to put out fire caused by solid materials, liquid materials and electricity are (A) (B) (C) (D) foam and water. powder and foam. foam and carbon dioxide. powder and carbon dioxide.

Code No.: SCE 3112 6. Corrosive chemicals such as concentrated acid can cause scalding. Which of the following treatments for the scalding caused by concentrated acid should be taken? I. II. III. IV. V. Expose the affected part to the air. Apply antiseptic to the affected part. Rinse affected part with dilute vinegar solution. Wash or soak the affected part with plenty of water Rinse the affected part with dilute sodium bicarbonate solution

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

I and II only II and III only III and IV only IV and V only

7.

What volume of 10.0 M HCl stock solution would you need to make 0.5 L of 1.0 M HCl solution? (A) (B) (C) (D) 5 ml 50 ml 0.5 ml 0.05 ml

8.

Which of the following is correct when preparing of chemical solution? (A) (B) (C) (D) The solute is the liquid which dissolves the solvent The solvent is the substance which dissolves in water Pure water is used in the preparation of an aques solution A solution which is prepared with water as a solvent is known as an aqueous solution

Code No.: SCE 3112 9.

Snake

Frog Figure 1

Prawn

The techniques of presevation animal are depend on type of animals. Which of the following is the suitable solution used in preserving animals in Figure 1? (A) (B) (C) (D) Choloroform Formaldehid Chloro methylethane Phosphorus pentachloride

10. Collecting P Drying

Classification

Arranging and mounting

Storing Figure 2

Figure 2 shows the steps taken in making dry preservation of plant (herbarium) Identify the steps P, Q and R P (A) (B) (C) (D) Squeezing Labelling Pressing Identification Q Identification Squeezing Identification Pressing 5 R Pressing Identification Labelling Labelling

Code No.: SCE 3112 11. Which of the following is correct regarding wet preservation? (A) (B) (C) (D) It is better than dry preservation It can only used for preserving animals It is suitable used for keeping small animal specimen Formalin is used to preserve small animal in wet preservation

12.

What are the factors should be considered to select resources in teaching and learning Science? (A) (B) (C) (D) Content, pupils and cost Cost, pupils and skills Content, cost and interest Pupils, interest and skills

13.

Mr. Lee is planning to use a video as his teaching and learning resource to teach Year Five pupils on the topic Phases of the moon . He has to consider all the right criteria in selecting a suitable video

Which video is the best to select as a teaching and learning resources in this case? (A) (B) (C) (D) The video which was produced in 1972 by NASA. The video which is used in schools in the United Kingdom. The National Geographic video cost $500.00 US dollars. The video is captured in Malaysia by the senior science teacher.

Code No.: SCE 3112 14. The educational science software designed to provide educational instruction for classroom used is a (A) (B) (C) (D) module. courseware. video compact disc. multimedia programme.

15.

What is the benefit to improvise on our own science apparatus? (A) (B) (C) (D) To have fun and make it thrilling. To make a pupils enjoy learning science. The apparatus or equipment available is too expensive. To make teachers supply the school laboratories with equipment

16.

Which of the following characteristics should be considered in the evalution of equipment? (A) (B) (C) (D) The equipment should not be neat and attractive. The equipments should be frequently maintained. The equipment must perform the role it assigned to do . The internal parts and working should not clearly seen.

17.

The advantage of using filed trip in science teaching is (A) (B) (C) (D) easy to handle and manage pupils. giving a sense of realism and integration. helping in reducing environmental hazards. experience can be gained developmentally.

Code No.: SCE 3112 18. The science centre is an area in the school where pupils learn Science in an informal setting. In the science centre (A) pupils are encouraged to take home the materials to conduct experiments activities or materials should not be related to what pupils learn in class activities or material related to pupils and should be changed periodically by the teacher pupils experiment or manipulate the materials only in the presence of the teacher

(B)

(C)

(D)

19.

What are the main factors should be considered when the teacher want to conduct science fair? I. II . III . IV. area publicity printed material co-curriculum activities

(A) (B) (C) (D) 20.

I and II only III and IV only I, II and III only I, II, III and IV

The most important purpose of the science fair is (A) (B) (C) (D) providing finance for science club. stimulating interest in science for teacher. to stimulte and interest in science for all pupils. maintaining an inventory of science materials and apparatus.

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SECTION B (40 marks) Answer all questions. 1. Stock keeping is an important aspect in science laboratory management. (a) State clearly the three types of Stock Book and their functions needed in a science laboratory Name of Stock Book Function

(6 marks)

(b)

Draw an example of an ordering form that can be used to record any orders of science apparatus and materials

(2 marks) (c) State one reason for the importance of stock maintenance in laboratory management _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ (2 marks) 9

Code No.: SCE 3112 2.

Index No. : __________________

Science experiment usually involves specific standard solutions. In school it is prepared by the laboratory assistant, but a science teacher should know how to prepare the solutions theoretically and practically. (a) What is meant by standard solution? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ (1 mark) Show the calculations on how to prepare a 100 cm3 standard solution of 0.1 M (mol dm-3) sodium hydroxide. ( Relative Molecular Mass of NaOH: 40 gmol-1 )

(b)

(3 marks)

(c)

Explain the steps taken to prepare the solution in (b) _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________

(6 marks)

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Code No.: SCE 3112 3. (a)

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Miss Siti is a Year Five science teacher. Before she sarts her lesson, she gives an explaination to the pupils about the rules of science laboratories (i) State two general rules of science preparation room _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (2 marks) (ii) State three rules in science laboratories _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (3 marks)

(b)

Fire is a chemical reaction involving rapid oxidation or burning of a fuel. It needs three element to occur i.e oxygen, heat and fuel as shown in Figure 3.

Oxygen

Heat

Fuel Figure 3 Based on the statement above, list three steps that can be used to prevent fire in the school laboratory ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ (3 marks) 11

Code No.: SCE 3112 (c)

Index No. : __________________

Fire can be classified into four types that are A, B, C and D. Complete table bellow to shows the cause and type of fire extiguisher Class of fire Cause Type of Fire Extinguisher

(2 marks)

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Code No.: SCE 3112 4.

Index No. : __________________

The science teacher finds that field trip are closely related to many other methods and procedures in teaching and learning process. It also has the advantanges of utilizing many things in the pupils enviroment for the first-hand study. Whereas improvisation of teaching and learning resources in science is able to make teaching and learning of science become more meaningful and interesting. (a) (i) Give two examples of outdoor enviroment activities in Science _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (2 marks) List four actions and procedures that need to be consider to make sure the outdoor enviroment activity is successful _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ (4 marks) (b) Describe four aspects to be considered to improvise a science equipment and apparatus ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ (4 marks)

(ii)

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SECTION C (40 marks) Answer any two questions.

1.

The Science Laboratory is always used by the science teacher during the teaching and learning process. Accident always occurs due to lack of knowledge and understanding in handling the apparatus and materials in the laboratory. One of the accident is chemical spill. (a) (i) State four types of common chemical spill in the Science Laboratory (4 marks) Explain briefly what are the proper chemical spills management for three type of spills. (6 marks) (b) Describe the first aid procedures should be taken when handling pupils in case accidentally swallowed some chemicals during a science experiment. (10 marks)

(ii)

2.

Preservation specimen as teaching and learning resource help to allow the pupils to observe closely on the objects being studied. One of the famous preservation technique is dry presevation and able to preserve animal or plant.

(a)

Desribe the steps to be taken together and the materials needed to preserve a bird using the dry preservation technique. (10 marks)

(b)

Discuss the steps taken in making plant preservation. (10 marks)

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3.

Effective science teaching and learning in the classroom involves the use of teaching and learning resources by the science teacher. In order to make teaching of science more interesting and meaningful, the science teacher needs to use the teaching and learning resources such as transparency, model, slides, courseware and multimedia materias. (a) Elaborate five technique of teaching using transparencies (10 marks)

(b)

Mr Ahmad decided to take his pupils to visit Petrosains at KLCC as one of field trip for teaching and learning process in science. Explain five utilization of the field trip. (10 marks)

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