ae INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS AND ASSESSMENTS FOR SCHOOLS PLEASE SEE BACK COVER FOR AIST err has. team ect ne) Riau ous PA) OY oe DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. 45 QUESTIONS TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR STUDENT'S NAME: Read the instructions on the ANSWER SHEET and fill in your NAME, SCHOOL and OTHER INFORMATION. Uso a 28 or B pencil. Do NOT use a pen. Rub out any mistakes completely. You MUST record your. ‘Mark only ONE answer for each question. Your score will be the number of corre Marks are NOT deducted for in ‘There are 45 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS (1-45). Use the information provided to choose the BEST answer from the four possible options. (On your ANSWER SHEET fill in the oval that matches your answer. You may use a calculator and a ruler.1, The photograph shows a fly at twice its actual size. What is the approximate body length ofthe actual fly from X to Y? (A) 050m (8) 1 om (C) 170m (0) 2 cm 2. The table lists information about five plastics. Polyester PET _ | transparent; tough; resists moisture and gas High Density Polyethylene HDPE _| translucent; tough; resists moisture, chemicals and gas Polyvinyl Chloride PVC _| transparent; tough; resists grease, oil and chemicals Low Density Polyethylene LDPE. | transparent; tough, resists moisture; flexible Polypropylene PP __| transparent; tough: resists grease, ol, chemicals and heat Which property of HDPE distinguishes it from the other four plastics? (A) flexibility (8) translucence (C) resistance to moisture (0) resistance to grease and oil 208 1CA8Sonen Paper FEAR 23. Sophie is measuring the weight of four objects (W, X, Y, Z) with spring scales. o Which object has the greatest weight? “ow @®) x © Y 0 Zz L a What is the largest diameter (in light years) of Kepler's supemova? 35 75 (C) 45 (0) 75For questions 5 and 6 use the information below. Crystalline substances that make up rocks are called minerals. Minerals can be classified according to their chemical composition. The hardness of minerals is given on a scale from 1 (softest) to 10 (hardest). Aharder mineral will scratch a softer mineral The table gives information about some minerals. cchrysoberyl oxide 85 ‘corundum oxide 9 jade silicate 6 quartz silicate 7 topaz silicate 8 zircon silicate 7S Which mineral is the hardest of the silicate class? (A) jade (8) topaz (©) zircon (0) corundum Which mineral can scratch jade and can be scratched by zircon? (A) chysobery! (8) corundum (©) quartz at eee ‘The diagram represents the flow of carbon through living organisms. atmospheric a carbon dioxide (CO,) & ee —S plants animals conn Which of the following correctly describes the flow of carbon? (A) | photosynthesis ‘consumption (8) | photosynthesis respiration and decay (©) | respiration and decay respiration and decay (0) | respiration and decay ‘consumption 20081048 Selene Paper FEMA8. The diagrams show two different types of insects belonging to the same group, Odonata, The two (a) (©) dragonfly sects are shown as they appear when resting. damselfly oe Which feature would be most useful when distinguishing between these two types of insects? the number of legs the wing shape when resting (B) the number of wings (D) the length of the head and body 9. The diagrams represent samples of bacteria growing in a dish of nutrient, Diagram 2 shows the samples three hours after Diagram 1. es, AT bacteria t= 0 bacteria t= 3 hours Diagram 4 Diagram 2 ‘Which type of bacterium is multiplying the fastest? (A) cocci (8) bacilli (C) spiral (0) cilia 5 2008'S sconce Paper FO EAA10. A food web shows how energy passes from one organism to another. * Aproducer is an organism, usually a plant, that captures energy from the Sun through photosynthesis. *Aprimary consumer is an animal that obtains energy by eating plants. * A secondary consumer is an animal that obtains energy by eating primary consumers, ‘The diagram shows a food web in a wetlands ecosystem, x ae bird pelican dragonfly ——> frog ————> fish A Tet algae water plant KEY A—>B energy is transferred from A to B Which organism is both a primary and a secondary consumer in this ecosystem? (A) butterfly (8) duck (C) frog (0) — wading bird 11. One astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance from Earth to the Sun, a distance of 150 milion kilometres. ‘The table gives distances from Earth to some planets at a given time, Mercury 68 Venus 1.35 ‘Mars: 2.15 Jupiter 4.25 Saturn 8.50 According to the information from this table, at this time (A) Mars was closer to Earth than Venus was. (8) Mars was closer to the Sun than Venus was. (C) Mercury was the closest planet to Earth. (0) Saturn was twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter 20081048 Seon Paper FO EAA 612. Refractory bricks are used to line furnaces. ‘The graph shows the relationship between the chemical composition of some types of refractory bricks and the temperature these bricks are able to withstand. E 100% £3 5s $2 BE 50% Reo 23 B3 = 0% —————— Increasing temperature ‘According to the graph, (A) a brick composed of 50% silicon dioxide and 50% aluminium oxide can withstand the highest temperatures. (8) the smaller the percentage of silicon dioxide in a brick, the lower the temperature the brick can withstand. (©) the higher the percentage of aluminium oxide in a brick, the higher the temperature the brick can withstand. (2) there is no relationship between a brck’s chemical composition and the temperature i can withstan 13. Planets appear to move slowly across the sky from west to east, when seen against a background of distant stars at the same time on consecutive nights. Approximately once every two years, and for a short time only, Mars appears to move in the opposite direction (from east to west). This is called retrograde motion. ‘The diagrams show the same view of a night sky on two consecutive nights during a time of the year when Mars is undergoing retrograde motion. The white dots represent stars and planets, View 10 pm on day 1 View 10 pm on day 2 Which white dot most likely represents Mars? A oP ®) @ © R 0) 814. Households produce two types of waste water: black water grey water Grey water can be recycled in the home. Water that is to be recycled usually undergoes several treatments to improve its quality. The diagram shows the path taken by waste water in a household. [washing] |machine| garden|__ [storage] kitchen] bath tank tank sink shower ‘grease Los {treatment ae eee foal ~ ~<¢— path of grey water ~ path of black water KEY treatments this water could receive before its reuse? What is a use of recycled grey water in this household, and what is the maximum number of different A) washing clothes 3 ®) ‘washing clothes: 4 ©, flushing the toilet 3 0) ‘flushing the toilet 4 the rip current in order to escape. Which direction on the diagram would not allow a swimmer to esi 15. Rip currents present a danger to swimmers. A swimmer caught in a rip current should swim with or across a rip current? KEY rip current swimming direction “HOBICAS Score Popa F CEMA 816. Mary's class was interested in the conditions under which seeds would germinate best. They placed several com seeds on moist blotting paper in each of two glass dishes. They then placed one of these dishes in a well-lit room. They placed the other dish in a cupboard without light. Both dishes were kept at the same temperature and moisture level. After four days they examined the dishes. They found that all seeds in both dishes had germinated. What conclusion should they draw from this experiment? (A) Light is not necessary for corn seeds to germinate. (8) Moisture is necessary for corn seeds to germinate. (C)__Awarm temperature is necessary for com seeds to germinate, (0) Moisture and light are necessary for comn seeds to germinate. 17. Ateacher gave some students DNA of an unknown plant species. In order to identify it, the students ‘compared its DNA to that of four known plant species (A, B, C and D). ‘To which species does the unknown plant belong? DNA. ladder iis sk gs 2 5 ‘nown plant species 235 Hd a3 “™ 8 © © — = = Ss = = —-— = ~_ = = = = ae ee te = —-_— = = = = — - =- = - = = =s = -_ = contro! DNA ladder DNA18. Atmospheric pressure is usually measured in hectopascals (hPa), Isobars are lines drawn on maps that join points of equal atmospheric pressure. ‘The map shows the atmospheric pressure at sea level for an area in the Southern Hemisphere. KEY 996 isobar ot © tow pressure area GF) high pressure area ~ cold front What is the approximate difference in air pressure at points X and Y? ail (8) 4hPa . (C) 8hPa (0) 12hPa : 19. The decibel scale is used to measure the intensity of sound. Its a scale based on multiples of 10, The faintest sound that a human can hear has an intensity of 0 decibels (0 dB). A sound that is 10 times more intense has an intensity of 10 dB. A sound that is 100 times more intense has an intensity of 20 dB. ‘The table gives the intensity (dB) of some sounds. 20 whispering 60 Quiet classroom conversation 90 loud Kitchen noises (mixers, blenders) 400 MP3 player at maximum volume 130 noise causes pain instantly How many times more intense is a sound that causes instant pain compared with the sound of an MP3 player at maximum volume? (A) 30times (8) 1000 times (C) 10.000 times (D) 100 000 times 2208 AS Scene Pow FO EAA 1020. Classification enables scientists to name and place plants and animals into groups. The more groups two plants or animals belong to in common, the more closely they are related. ‘The chart shows the classification of some large carnivorous marine mammals with their common names in brackets. suborder __ Pinnipedia (large camivorous marine mammals) family Otariidae Phocidae (carediwalking seals) (earless/true seals) ‘subfamily Arctocephalinae Otariinae nee (sea lions) genera pcan ere Phocarctus Phoca Arctocephalus pusillus eal cinerea Phoca vitulina ‘species (australian fur seal) (Australian sea lion) (common seal) ‘Arctocephalus forsteri Phocarctus hooker! (NZ fur seal) (NZ sea lion) ‘Which two mammals are the most closely related? (A) Australian fur seals and NZ fur seals (8) Australian fur seals and common seals (C) Australian sea lions and NZ sea lions (0) Australian sea lions and Australian fur seals. 21. The formula shows the relationship between density, mass and volume. = Mass density = Volume The table shows the density of ice and liquid water. ice. 917 liquid 7000 Kate poured some liquid water into @ container and marked the water level. container marked water level water Kate then put the container into a freezer which turned the liquid water into ice. ‘Which diagram correctly shows the container after all of the water has tuned into ice? (A) sas ot A es 200 1CAS Sorc Pager FOERAFor questions 22 and 23 use the information below. The pH scale (from 0 to 14) is used to measure how acidic or basic a solution is. A pH of less than 7 means the solution is acidic. A pH of more than 7 means the solution is basic. PH indicators are substances that change colour when placed in acidic or basic solutions. The diagram shows the colours of some pH indicators at different levels of acidity. Only a part of the pH scale is shown, Indicator bromophenol blue bromothymol blue methyl orange litmus, phenol red phenalpthalin | white | white | white | whit ‘saa GES PH scale 22. Asolution turned litmus paper red Which of the numbers below is most likely to be the pH of the solution? A) 42 ©) 48 (Cc) 84 0) 85 23. Jake wanted to have the water in his swimming pool at a pH of 7.8. Which indicator(s) should Jake use to measure a pH of 7.8 most accurately? (A) phenol red only (8) phenol red and bromothymol blue only (C) _phenolphthalein and litmus only (0) _phenolphthalein, litmus and bromophenol blue only 24. Cardiac output is the rate at which blood is circulated around the body. Cardiac output is dependent on the rate at which the heart beats and the amount of blood pumped by each heartbeat (stroke volume). cardiac output (litresimin) stroke volume (litresibeat) = ate (beats/min) ‘Samantha's heart circulates about 5 litres of blood per minute around the body. If her heart beats 70 times per minute, what is the approximate stroke volume (litres/beat) of Samantha's heart? (a) 07 (8) 0.14 (C) 007 (0) 0.014 2081S Sone Papa FEA 1225, Ammonia is a gas with the following properties: Itis colourless. Itis less dense than Itis soluble in water. Ithas a strong smell. ‘Sam had gas jars, glass tubing, glass bowls and water in the fume cupboard of the laboratory. Which option shows apparatus most suitably set up for the collection of ammonia gas? 26. When substances do not mix together, a less dense substance will float on a denser substance. Substances A, 8, C and D do not mix together. Their relative densities are shown. ~———== > ~~ A B c D ‘The diagrams show these substances combined in different ways. ce Which substance is yellow? (A) substance A (8) substance B (C) substance C (0) substance D 8 20081048 Sconce Paper FOEAA27. Chemical reactions can be described by an equation. Symbols represent the chemicals that interact with one another. The chemicals that react (reactants) are placed on the left-hand side, and the chemicals that are produced (products) are placed on the right-hand side. Ina chemical reaction, matter can neither be created nor destroyed. Therefore a chemical equation must have equal numbers of each of the different atoms on both the reactant and the product sides. This “balances” the equation, Four students wrote equations to describe the reaction occurring when ethylene is burnt with oxygen. ‘Only one of the equations is correctly balanced, Which equation is balanced? ___[-Reactants Products) KEY ()| CH, + 0, —> 00, + H,0 carbon atom (®)| CH, +0, —> CO, + 2H,0 (©)| CH, + 20, —> 2€0, + 2H,0 (0)| CH, + 30, —> 200, + 24,0 Gi hydrogen atom ° ‘oxygen atom ©, oxygen molecule C,H, ethylene molecule HO. water molecule CO, carbon dioxide molecule 28. The diagram shows an electric circuit. Switches R and S work as a two-way switch. oral lees | 9s —___ )_ KEY wire ‘ik or globe —o o— open switch —o—o— closed switch If switch P was closed, and switches R and S were both set to their other position at exactly the same time, which globe(s) would glow in the circuit? (A) Xonly (8) Wand xX only (©) Wand Z only (0) W.X,Yandz 2081S Sonne Faper © EAA 429. 30, For questions 29 and 30 use the information below. ‘The graph shows the stopping distance for a car travelling at various speeds on a dry highway. The same driver was used each time. The car was fitted with good tyres that gripped well. Speed (km/h) 110 8 Bs By 8 Stopping distance (m) KEY HI reaction distance ( braking distance 100 ‘What was the braking distance when the car was travelling at 100 km/h? (A) (8) (Cc) (0) ‘The table gives the stopping distances for the same 75m 70m 65m 60m different speeds. 40 44 F travelling on a wet highway surface at two 158 202 80 88 63.0 718 What can be concluded from this information? (A) (8) (Cc) (0) ‘The car should be slowed by 10 km/h in wet conditions. Driver reaction time doubled in conditions where the highway surface was wet. For the car travelling at 80 km/h, the braking distance approximately doubled in the wet. For the car travelling at 40 km/h, the stopping distance approximately doubled in the wet. 1531. Contour lines on maps join places that are the same height above sea level. ‘The contour map (seen from above) indicates the height above sea level of a geological feature. KEY —— 100 —— contourline @ peak Distant views of the geological feature from the north, south, east and west are shown below. Which one is the view from the south? @) ® (c) (0) —__ . ay 32, Amolecule is the smallest part of a substance that contains all ofits atoms. The photographs show models of four molecules: ammonia (NH,), carbon tetrachloride (CC4,), chloroform (CHCE,) and methanol (CH,OH). They are not in order. Which photograph shows a model of a chloroform molecule? (A) (8) (© (0) Nantiress 2008 CAS Sennen Paper FO EAA 1633. Wheels X,, Y and Z are joined by drive belts. Wheels X and Z have the same diameter. Wheel X is turned once in a clockwise direction as shown in the diagram. rive belt How many turns will wheel Y make, and in which direction will wheel Z turn? a one anticlockwise (8) one clockwise (c) more than one clockwise (0) more than one anticlockwise 34. _ Insects have three developmental stages: egg, larva and pupa. An insect is able to reproduce as soon as it becomes an adult, ‘The graph shows the length of the stages of some insects’ lfe cycles. ladybug eo Bi x0 3 yy BD wna = buttery Be mosquito 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Time (days) ‘As a percentage of its life cycle, which insect has the largest pupal stage? (A) ladybug (8) fy (C) buttery (0) mosquito 7 08 1CASSencaPaet FO EARFor questions 35 and 36 use the information below. The table lists some physical features for a group of young adults. 1 male black curly | brown 2 male | brown | wavy | green 3 female | brown curly green 4 female | blonde | curly ‘green 5 male black wavy | _ brown 6 male | brown | straight | green 7 femate | blonde | straight | blue 8 female | black wavy | green 36. What observation could be made about these young adults? (A) Allof the femaies have blonde hair. (8) _Allof the males have black hair and brown eyes. (C) Those with blonde hair also have biue eyes. (0) Those with brown hair also have green eyes. 36. The diagrams show the proportions of offspring that are likely to inherit a particular hair type from parents with different hair types, KEY TT curly hair Tt wavy hair tt straight hair Parent 1 Parent 1 Parent 1 Parent 1 Parent 1 aah Rae, Teast TAR ts Sie . “ “ ye ¢T|t|tt et|m|t St] th) t st |e [8 s s 8 S & 5 £ s Etjm{m] stim fm] gsty/n fa] gel mje | sep] Which pair of young adults listed in the table at the top of the page could have children with all three hair types? (A) tand3. (8) 2and7 (C) Gand7 (0) Sande 20081CAS Soaon Paar FC EAA 18For questions 37 and 38 use the information below. ‘The diagram shows a set of wind chimes. Wind chimes produce musical tones. striking disk pen-ended metal pipe ‘wind catching disk Vibrating columns of air in the open-ended pipes produce a fundamental tone and tones that are multiples of the fundamental tone called harmonics. The table gives information about the musical tones produced by these wind chimes. 0.32 538 64 4076 32 1614 24 0.34 506 68 4012 34 1518 23 036 | 478 12 956 36 1434 24 038 | 453 76 906 38 1359 25 0.42 | 410 a 820 a2 a 28 37. Whats the relationship between the fundamental tone and the second harmonic produced by these wind chimes? Compared to the fundamental tone produced, the tone produced as the second harmonic is (A) lower in frequency and shorter in wavelength. (8) twice the frequency and half the wavelength. (C) half the frequency and twice the wavelength. {D) higher in frequency and longer in wavelength. 38. Looking at pipe length 0.42 m, what is the most likely fundamental tone wavelength and the frequency of the third harmonic? A 0.80 1230 ®) 0.80 1290 (C) 084 71290 ©) 084 1230 19 2006 1CAS sence Paper FEAR39, John heated a metal copper block over a Bunsen burner. Black copper oxide formed on the block's surface. copper block Bunsen bumer John investigated whether the heated black copper oxide coating on the block would be reduced to copper ‘metal if it were removed from the fiame and placed into a hydrogen environment. Which apparatus was the control for his investigation? a) @) ©) ©) hydrogen hydrogen sisi ae block heated block block heated block flame removed not heated flame removed not heated 40. Australian salt water crocodiles lay an average of fifty eggs once a year in the wet season. The table gives information about the survival rate of salt water crocodiles in Australia at each stage of their life during their first five years, Hatchling from eggs 25 ‘year old 55 2 years old 30 3 years old 60 4 years old 55 5 years old 35 ‘Approximately how many crocodiles need to lay the average number of eggs for just one of their offspring to reach 5 years old? a 3 (8) 7 (©) 133 (0) 748 2008 1CAS Scere Paper FOEAA 20For questions 41 and 42 use the information below. ‘The diagrams show the design of a type of surfboard. top view Alice tested different surface designs to find one that suited her best. ‘Alice's trials took place in a swimming pool. She measured the distance each surfboard glided after she had paddled four strokes. In each trial Alice paddled identical strokes. The table gives her results. ‘squared 25 06 ‘squared 25 06 75 22 ‘squared 25 0.9 60. 18 squared 25 0.9 75 22 squared 3.0 06 60. 25 squared 3.0 06 75 29 squared 3.0 09 60 25 squared 3.0 09 75 30 rounded 25 06 60 ca rounded 25 06 75 19 rounded 25 09 60 17 rounded 25 0.9 ia 19 rounded 3.0 06 60 24 rounded 3.0 06 75 26 rounded 3.0 09 60 24 16__| rounded 3.0 09 75 26 Views of four different surfboards are shown to scale below. 41. Based on Alice's data, which of the surfboards would glide the furthest? (A) ) (c) (0) KEY ‘thick surfboad thin surfboad 42, Which variable had the least effect on the distance a surfboard glided? (A) tall shape (8) length (©) width (0) thickness 2 2008 1CAS Secon Paar FEERA43. _Laser-light rays passing from one medium to another medium can be refracted (bent). A ray within a denser medium such as water or glass will be internally reflected if the angle of incidence at its surface is greater than the critical angle. The critical angle for a ray passing from glass to air is 41.5° The ‘norma’ line is a line drawn perpendicular to the surface of a medium. Where a laser-light ray passes from a less dense to a denser medium, the ray is refracted towards the normal line as shown in Figure 1. If a laser-light ray passes from a denser medium to a less dense medium, the ray will be refracted away from the normal line. When a laser-light ray is reflected by a surface, the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection as shown in Figure 2. Figure 1 Figure 2 Key Jaser-light ray (in ait reflecting surface 7 eer tore ray (ies) le of air angle of TRY aia Texdatc: A laser-light ray (in glass) angle of angle of incidence reflection —&— normal line (N) ‘The diagram below shows a laser-light ray hitting a triangular glass prism, and four possible paths it might take through the prism and back into the air. Which path is the laser-light ray most likely to take? incident (D) glass triangular prism (©) @ ® {OH ICAS Scere Paper F OEM 22The diagram shows four cars (Q, R, S, T) travelling along a highway. Car § is moving west at 22 mis. The speed of car S is given relative to the stationary observer at X Cn the bridge over the highway. ‘The speeds of the cars Q, R and T are given relative to an observer in car S. ‘S mis ‘What is the speed (m/s) and direction of cars Q and T relative to the stationary observer at X? (a) 55 east 27 west (8) ‘Teast 17 west (C) 55 east 17 west (0) Teast 27 west 45, ‘The Moon appears to rise in the east and set in the west. star constellation, the Southern Cross, appears to revolve around a point in the sky : directly above the South Pole called the South Celestial Pole (SCP). ° The Southern Cross points towards the SCP as shown by the diagram. scp Aship used the Moon and the Southern Cross to steer a course. The charts show the relative positions in the night sky of the Moon and the Southem Gross as seen from the ship, and the direction in which the ship is moving, The charts show this information at 9 pm and 6 hours later. ‘Cross In what direction did the ship move between 9 pm and 3 am? @) sw 8) WwW (c) NW () ON 23 120081048 Sense Paper FOEAAACKNOWLEDGMENT Copyright in this booklet is owned by Educational Assessment Australia, UNSW Global Pty Limited unless otherwise indicated. Every effort has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright for materials used. Educational Assessment Australia apologises for any accidental infringement and welcomes information to redress the situation. SOURCES Question 4 Kepler's supernova image courtesy of NASA. 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