ADECExaminations20152016

S8Markscheme:ScienceG8

InstructionsGeneral
AllmarkstobeenteredontheChecksheet
Teachersmustfollowthemarkschemeaccuratelyandnotaltermark
allocationsorrejectquestions.

Instructionsshortanswerquestions:
alternativeanswersseparatedbya/
wordsin()arenotrequired

1. PropertiesofLight
1(a) 8P3E

Refraction



Dispersion



Reflection


[AllneededforE]
1(b)(i) Angleofreflectedrayneedstoequalangleofincidentray(+/5o).Mustbedrawnwitharuler.Arrowsnot 8P3D
necessary.






[Correctanswerfor(b)(i)&(ii)neededforD]

1(b)(ii) Refractedraymustbeparalleltoincidentray(+/5o).
Mustbedrawnwitharuler.Arrowsnotnecessary.






[Correctanswerfor(b)(i)&(ii)neededforD]

1(c) Lightispassingfromlessdensetomoredensemedium/materialsoitslowsdown/changesspeed. 8P3M

2. SelectingEquipment
2(a) Beaker (E) 8S5E+D
MeasuringCylinder(D)
(Nothingawardedforrulerascannotbeusedtomeasurevolume,nothingawardedforboilingtubeasno
graduatedmarkings)
2(b) Measuringcylinderhasmarkingsonthesidethatallowyoutoaccuratelymeasure(25mL)and/orBeakerdoes 8S5M
nothavemarkingstoaccuratelymeasure(25mL)

[Inadditiontowritingthecorrectresponsehere,thestudentmusthavecorrectlychoseMeasuringCylinder
from(a)tobeawardedM]

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3. Reproduction
3(a) Bacteriareproducebyasexualreproduction;Lionsreproducebysexualreproduction[BothneededforE] 8L6E

3(b) Oneparentproduces2offspring/Starfishbudstoproduceoffspring 8L6D

3(c) 8L6M
Asexualreproduction Sexualreproduction

Increasedvariationincreaseschance
Advantage Noneedtofindamate
ofspeciessurvival

Disadvantage Causesadecreaseinvariation Speedofreproductionismuchslower

[AllcorrectforM,anyothercombinationunacceptable]
4. Constructinggraph
4(a) M:Abarcharthasbeenconstructedwhichincludes4barsofthecorrectheight,suitablescalefortheyaxis, 8S9E+D+M
labelsandunitsfortheaxes.
[Ifabarchartisconstructedbuthassomeerrors(e.g.missinglabel,incorrectscale),awardD;Ifthedatahas
beendisplayedusinganytypeofgraph,awardE]
5. NaturalSelection
5(a) Giraffeswithlongandshortneckslivedtogether.Theyateleavesfromtallandshorttrees.(1) 8L7E
Nowonlylonggiraffeswithlongnecksexist.(4)
Giraffeswithshortnecksalldied(3)
Whenshorttreesdisappeared,giraffeswithshortneckscouldnoteattheleavesfromthetalltrees(2)

[AllcorrectforE,anyothercombinationunacceptable]
5(b) NumbersofBrownrabbitsincreasedbecausetheywerecamouflagedagainstbrowngrass,thereforemore 8L7D+M
likelytosurvivelongenoughtoreproduceandpassonbrownfurcharacteristictooffspring;
Whiterabbits(standoutagainstbrowngrass),thereforeeasilyseenbyfoxandlesslikelytosurvivelong
enoughtoreproduce.

[AllstepsneededforM.Ifastepomitted,oroneexampleonlydescribed,awardD]
6. DisplacementReactions
6(a) Firstandthirdequationsticked[anyothercombinationunacceptable] 8M6E

6(b) Zinc+ironoxidezincoxide+iron 8M6D

6(c) Zincismorereactivethaniron/oxygencannotgettotheiron/zincwillreactwiththeoxygenfirst 8M6M

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7. EffectofgravityintheSolarSystem
7(a) Thirddiagram(heliocentric)circled 8E5E

7(b)(i) ThepersonwouldweighmoreonJupiterthanEarth/theweightwouldbegreater/itwouldbemore 8E5D

7(b)(ii) ThegravitationalfieldstrengthonJupiterisgreaterthanEarthsotheweightisgreater/[acceptcorrectanswer 8E5M
ifwrittenin(b)(i)]
8. Spaceexploration
8(a) 8E6E

8(b) [OnlyonecorrectrowneededtoawardD] 8E6D

8(c) Advantage:cheaperthansendingamannedmission/notdangeroustohumans/canworkinplaceswhere 8E6D+M

humanscantgo/doesntneedoxygenorfood/cantakemanymeasurements/doesntneedsleep
Disadvantage:cannotbefixedifitbreaks/cannotcommunicateeverythingabouttheenvironment/cannotget
theprobeback

[OnecorrectadvantageanddisadvantageneededtoawardM.
IfanswernotsufficientforMbutincludesadescriptionofhowtheprobeisused,awardD.]
9. Floating/analyzeresultsfromgraph
9(a) 42 8S10E
9(b)(i)(ii) (i) Dthetrenddescribed(e.g.asmoresaltwasaddedtothewater,thenumberofcoinsneededto 8S10E+D+M
maketheboatsinkincreased/astheamountthesaltincreased,theamountofcoinsincreased)
[Ifastatementismaderatherthanatrend,awardE.Ifthepatternisgivenindetail(e.g.every5gofsaltadded
needed2morecoinstomaketheboatsink),awardM]

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Correctanswerstobothparts(i)and(ii)neededtoawardM

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Science:
Q
Grade 8
Outcome/s
Level
Q Outcome/s
Mark Checksheet
Level
Awarded Awarded
1a 8P3 N E 7b (ii) 8E5 N M

1bi,bii 8P3 N D 8a 8E6 N E

1c 8P3 N M 8b 8E6 N D

2a 8S5 N E D 8c 8E6 N D M

2b 8S5 N M 9a 8S10 N E

3a 8L6 N E 9bi,bii 8S10 N E D M

3b 8L6 N D

3c 8L6 N M

4a 8S9 N E D M

5a 8L7 N E

5b 8L7 N D M

6a 8M6 N E

6b 8M6 N D

6c 8M6 N M

7a 8E5 N E

7b (i) 8E5 N D

Calculating mark values - Teacher Calculating mark values - Checker

Total Ns x0 0 Total Ns x0 0

Total Es x 0.25 Total Es x 0.25

Total Ds x 0.5 Total Ds x 0.5
Total Ms x1 Total Ms x1

13.75/ 13.75/

Mark/100 using conversion scale

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Total/13.75 %
13.75 100
13.5 98
13.25 96
13 95
12.75 93
12.5 91
12.25 89
12 87
11.75 85
11.5 84
11.25 82
11 80
10.75 78
10.5 76
10.25 75
10 73
9.75 71
9.5 69
9.25 67
9 65
8.75 64
8.5 62
8.25 60
8 58
7.75 56
7.5 55
7.25 53
7 51
6.75 49
6.5 47
6.25 45
6 44
5.75 42
5.5 40
5.25 38
5 36
4.75 35
 4.5 33
4.25 31
4 29
3.75 27
3.5 25
3.25 24
3 22
2.75 20
2.5 18
2.25 16
2 15
1.75 13
1.5 11
1.25 9
1 7
0.75 5
0.5 4
0.25 2
0 0