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PEPERIKSAAN SELARAS PERTENGAHAN TAHUN 2010

MARKING SHEME
SCIENCE
PMR PAPER 2 (55/2)

Question Answer Marks

No.
1 (a)
3

(b) Fertile phase 1

(c) 72 hours 1

Total 5

2 (a)
Category Organism
Kategori Organisma 2
Producer
Paddy plant
Pengeluar
Tertiary consumer
Eagle
Pengguna tertier

(b) Decreases 1
(c) Three 1
(d) (i) Competition 1
(ii) Prey and predator 1

Total
6
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3 (a) (i)

(ii) Lungs 1
(iii) (i) W has thicker wall than V (Vice versa) 2
(ii) W has smaller lumen than V (Vice versa) (1 mark
(iii)W has no valve but V has valve for each
answer)
(b) (i)

(ii) Bone marrow 1

(c) (i) Age at least 17 years old
2
(ii) Body weight at least 45kg

Total 9

4 (a) (i) Tissue is a group of cells that carry out the same function. 1
(ii) Organ 1
(iii) Any two of systems in the human body

2
(1 mark
for each
examples)
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(b)

Total 5

5 (a) (i) Air pressure / force 1

(ii)

(b) (i) siphon 1

(ii) To lower the air pressure in the tube 1
(iii) Water would not flow 1
(iv) There is no difference in atmospheric pressure between the two tanks 1
(c) Rubber sucker/suction pump/spraying pump/syringe/drinking straw 1

Total 7

6 (a) Balloons inflate / expand / bigger 1

(b) Balloons deflate / smaller 1
(c) (i) Inhalation / breathe in 1
(ii) Exhalation / breathe out 1
(d) (i) Lungs 1
(ii) Bronchus 1
(e) i) Bronchitis
ii) Lung cancer 2 (1 mark
iii) Asthma for each
iv) Emphysema answer)

Total 8
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7 (a) a) J : sink
K : float 4
L : sink
M : float

(b) Materials that are less dense than water will float on water. 1

(c) J, K, L, M 4

Sink in water Float on water

J, L K, M

Total 9

8 (a)
Container Time taken for
candle to burn (s)
3
X 15.0 s

Y 28.0s

Z 40.0s

(b) 40

2
Time taken for candle to burn (s)

30

20

10

X Y Z Container
X Y Z
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(c) Manipulated Size of container

variable: Volume of air in the container
3
Time taken for candle to
extinguish
Responding
Time taken for candle flame to
variable:
go off.
Length of time a candle burns

Fixed Type and size of candle(s)

variable: Type of candle

(d)
 Candle can burn longer in container Z which contains more air. 1
 Bigger container contains more oxygen ( air).
 Smaller container contains lesser air.
 Container Z contains more air compares to containers X and Y.
 A candle burns longer in a larger container.
 Time taken for candle to burn depend on/affected by the size of the
container.

(e) Combustion of candle means the amount of air needed to support 1

combustion.

(f) Q 1

Total
11