55/2 SCIENCE FORM 1 PAPER 2 MAY 2009 1 HOURS

NAME

FORM 1

SMK (P) METHODIST KUALA LUMPUR

MID YEAR EXAMINATION 2009

SCIENCE
PAPER 2 One hour and thirty minutes

DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO 1. Write your name and form 1 in the space provided. 2. This question paper consists of two sections: Section A and Section B. 3. Write your answers in the spaces provided in the question paper. 4. The stated. 5. The time suggested to answer Section A is 60 minutes and Section B is 30 minutes. Total B 8 12 60 diagrams in the questions A 4 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 2 3 6 7 Part Question 1 Full Marks 6 Score Marks

provided are not drawn to scale unless

6. You may use a non-programmable scientific calculator.

This paper consists of 11 printed pages.

Section A (40 marks) Answer ALL questions. The time suggested to answer this section is 60 minutes. 1 (a) (i) Diagram 1 shows the arrangement of particles in three states of matter. Which of the following is a liquid? Tick ( ) in the box provided

Diagram 1 (ii) Circle two of the words in the box below to show two examples of liquid. Aluminium Nitrogen Mercury Iron

(1 mark)

Petroleum (2 marks)

(b) Draw lines to match each state of matter with its property. Matter (i) Property

Vibrate in their own positions

(ii) Has very weak attractive force

(iii) Has moderate density

(3 marks) 2. Diagram 2 shows two measuring tools.

P Diagram 2 (a) Name the measuring tools shown in Diagram 2. (i) (ii) P : . Q : .......

(2 marks) (b) Which measuring tool measures (i) mass : .. (ii) weight : (2 marks) (d) State one difference between mass and weight. ... ... (1 mark) (e) If a person has a mass of 60 kg on the Earth, what would his mass be on the Moon? .. (1 mark)

3. Diagram 3 shows two different types of cells, J and K.

Cell J : .. Diagram 3

Cell K : (2 marks)

(a) Name the cells J and K in the spaces provided in Diagram 3. (b) Based on the structures V and X, complete the table below (i) Name of structure V: Function of structure

(ii) X : (4 marks) (c) Name one cell structure that is present in cell J but not in cell K. .. (1 mark)

4. Diagram 4 shows the different types of cells in the human body.

A : B : . Diagram 4 (a) What is a cell?

C :

(1 mark) (b) Name each type of cell in the spaces provided on Figure 4 using the following words. White blood cells Nerve cells Red blood cells (3 marks) (c) Based on Diagram 4, which cells kill microorganisms which enter the blood? .. (d) Complete the cell organization sequence below. Cell Organ Organism (1 mark) (e) State one example of organ. .. 5. Diagram 5 shows an activity to determine which object floats on water. 6 (1 mark) (1 mark)

Diagram 5 (a) (i) Which object floats on water? (ii) Explain why the object mentioned in (a)(i) floats on water. ... (1 mark) (b) Table below shows the data written in a students laboratory report. Objects Silver Zinc Cork Mass (g) 52.5 71 5 Volume (cm3) 5 10 20 (3 marks) Density (g/cm3) (1 mark)

Calculate the densities of the objects in the table above.

(c) The density of water is 1 g/cm3. Based on the table above, which objects will float on water? .... (d) Give one example of application of the concept of density .. (1 mark) (1 mark)

6. Figure 6 shows a classification of matter.

Diagram 6.1
(a) Based on Diagram 6.1 above, label P and Q.

P :

Q : ...

(2 marks)

(b) State the difference between iron and sulphur in terms of surface appearance.

..

Compound
(1 mark) (1 mark) (1 mark)

(c) If iron filings and sulphur powder are mixed together, suggest a way to separate them.

..

(d) What is produced, ( Q or compound ), when iron fillings and sulphur powder are heated?

..

(e) Give one example of compound.

(1 mark)

(f) Based on Diagram 6.2, write a tick () in the box provided that describes Q.

Diagram 6.2 (1 mark) Section B (20 marks) Answer ALL questions. The time suggested to answer this section is 30 minutes. 7. Figure 7 shows pictures of four different organisms R, S, T and U.

S Diagram 7

(a) Based on your observations in Figure 7, state one characteristic of the organisms R, S, T

and U.

R : ..

S : ..

T : ..

U : .

(4 marks)

(b) Classify organisms R, S, T and U into two groups based on common characteristics.

Name the organisms belonging to each group. R, S, T and U

Common characteristic

Names of organisms

(4 marks) 8. A student is carried out an experiment to study the effect of density of the medium on the weight of object X. The mass of the object X used remain the same. The reading of the spring balance after the object X was placed in water, paraffin oil and chloroform are shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8 10

(a) What is the hypothesis of this experiment? (1 mark) (b) State the variables in this experiment. Manipulated variable Responding variable Controlled variable (3 marks)

(c) Based on Figure 8, record the reading for the weight of object X in the table below: Medium Water Paraffin oil Chloroform Density/ g cm-3 1.0 0.8 1.4 Weight of object X / N (i) (ii) (iii) (3 marks) (d) Based on the table above, draw a bar chart to show the weight of object X in the different mediums.

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(2 marks) (e) State one inference from this experiment. (1 mark) (f) Object X was placed in solution with a density of 1.2 g cm-3. Predict the weight of object X. (g) From the experiment, define weight of an object operationally. (1 mark) END OF QUESTION PAPER (1 mark)

Prepared by: Pn. Rosnani Bt Baharudin

Checked by: Cik Nooraini Bt Mohamad Napiah

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