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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, HERITAGE & ARTS

FIJI YEAR 8 EXAMINATION 2022

BASIC SCIENCE

ANSWER BOOKLET

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SECTION A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS [40 marks]

Circle the letter of the best choice in this Answer Booklet.

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SECTION B [60 marks]

QUESTION 1 LIVING THINGS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (15 marks)

PART A TRUE OR FALSE (3 marks)

Tick () ONE box in each row from the table below showing whether the
statement is TRUE or FALSE.

IDEA TRUE FALSE

Epiphytes are plants that grow on other plants
for sunlight.

Having a protective shell is a defense

mechanism of a toad.

The lungs are the pumping organ of the body.

PART B MATCHING (4 marks)

Match the Terms in List A to their Definitions in List B. Write the

correct letter to the matching numeral in the second table provided below.

LIST A LIST B
(i) Primary Consumers (a) Breakdown of dead organic material.
(ii) Decomposers (b) Degradation of landforms.
(iii) Extinct (c) Replanting of trees.

(iv) Mining (d) A species that does not live anymore.

(e) Carnivores.

(f) Herbivores.

LIST A (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

LIST B

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SECTION B (continued)

PART C FILL IN THE BLANKS (3 marks)

Fill in the blanks using the word list below.
Word List
Biodiversity sustainability Resource ecosystem livelihood

1. The wise use of resources is known as _________________________.

2. The _________________________ is our surroundings.
3. _________________________ refers to the many different types of
plants and animals.

PART D PARAGRAPH WRITING (5 marks)

Read the following information carefully:

The human digestive system is difficult to observe, however, an animal’s

internal organs are laid out in its body in a way that is similar to humans. This
helps students understand the arrangement of the organs in the Human
Digestive System by studying the arrangement of the Digestive System of
animals.
In a paragraph of about 40 words:
(i) Name an animal that is commonly used for dissection in schools. (1 mark)
(ii) The liver is part of the digestive system. State one function of the
liver in the digestion process. (1 mark)
(iii) Describe the three basic steps of dissection after placing the
unconscious animal in a dissecting tray ventral side up. (3 marks)

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QUESTION 2 MATTER (15 marks)

PART A TRUE OR FALSE (3 marks)

Tick () ONE box in each row from the table below showing whether
the statement is TRUE or FALSE.

IDEA TRUE FALSE

Matter is made up of solids, liquids and gases.

Safety glasses should be worn when heating

substances.

Deposition is when gas becomes liquid.

PART B MATCHING (4 marks)

Match the terms in List A with their correct explanations in List B.

Write the correct letter to the matching numerals in the second table
provided below.

List A List B

(i) Sieves (a) Used

Spinning
to separate oil and water.

(ii) Decantation (b) Frozen carbon dioxide or dry ice becomes

vapour.

(iii) Sublimation (c) Process of change of state from solid to

liquid.

(iv) Melting (d) Process that roughly separates the liquids

from the solids.
(e) Used to separate sand according to the size
of sand grain to observe it.
(f) Used to separate mixture of iron and
sulphur.

LIST A (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

LIST B

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SECTION B (continued)

PART C FILL IN THE BLANKS (3 marks)

Fill in the blanks using the word list.

Word List
solute sediments homogeneous

solvent filter centrifuge

1. The _________________________ is used to separate a mixture

by spinning.

2. The liquid part of a solution is known as the _____________.

3. A _________________________ is a sieve with large holes in it.

PART D SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (5 marks)

The graph below shows the number of days that Year 8 students take
to completely understand the functions of at least five commonly used
apparatus.

Time taken to understand the use of common apparatus

12 

10

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No of students

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Time taken (in days)

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Use the graph to answer the questions that follow.

1. Name the data that appears in the Y-axis and the X-axis. (2 marks)

Y-axis:__________________________________________________________________
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X-axis:__________________________________________________________________
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2. How many students took eight (8) days to understand the function
of apparatus?
____________________________ (1 mark)

3. How many students took three (3) days to understand the function
of apparatus?

____________________________ (1 mark)

4. How many days will five students take to understand the functions?

____________________________ (1 mark)

QUESTION 3 ENERGY (15 marks)

PART A TRUE OR FALSE (3 marks)

Tick () ONE box in each row from the table below showing whether the
statement is TRUE or FALSE.

IDEA TRUE FALSE

Convection is the transfer of heat in gases.

Sound is a form of energy.
A material that easily transfers heat or electricity
is a conductor.

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SECTION B (continued)

PART B MATCHING (4 marks)

Use the key below to match List A with the correct form of energy it
produces in List B. Write the correct letter to the matching numerals
in the second table provided below.

LIST A LIST B

(i) Blackbody (a) Vibrations in the air.

(ii) Sound waves (b) Convert light energy directly into electrical
energy.
(iii) Biomass (c) An object that is especially good at
reflecting light.
(iv) Solar Cells (d) Heat up water directly.

(e) Organic Matter.

(f) An object that is especially good at
radiating heat.

LIST A (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

LIST B

PART C FILL IN THE BLANKS (3 marks)

Fill in the blanks using the word list.

Word List
mass hydrometer bladders

density barometer

1. A ______________________________ is used to measure the up-thrust

of liquids.

2. The amount of matter in an object is called its ____________________.

3. Fish have bags of air called gas _________________________ to help

keep them in balance.

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PART D GRAPHS (5 marks)

The table below shows the recorded volume of rainfall in the measuring
cylinder during a rainy day. Use the information given below and your
knowledge to answer the questions that follow.

Time in
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Hours (hrs.)
Rainfall in
milliliters 5 2 12 7 4 8 2 1 6 3
(ml)

1. Write a title, plot and join the data points on the graph below. (3 marks)

Title: __________________________________________________________________

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10

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

2. Name the data that should appear in the Y-axis and the X-axis. (2 marks)

Y-axis: ________________________________________________________
X-axis: ________________________________________________________

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SECTION B (continued)

QUESTION 4 EARTH AND BEYOND (15 marks)

PART A TRUE OR FALSE (3 marks)

Tick () ONE box in each row from the table below showing whether the
statement is TRUE or FALSE.

IDEA TRUE FALSE

The earth is a planet that moves around
the sun.
Leaves of plants receive sunlight and
make carbon dioxide.
Chemical weathering is also known as
decomposition.

PART B MATCHING (4 marks)

Use the key below to match List A with its correct explanation in List B.
Write the correct letter to the matching numerals in the second table
provided below.

LIST A LIST B
(i) Core (a) Made from sediments of sand.

(ii) Crust (b) This is made up of hot liquid rocks.

(iii) Pumice (c) Are clay that change through heat and
pressure.
(iv) Soapstone (d) Rocks which are formed outside the volcano.
(e) Hard and it is able to hold the ocean together.

(f) Formed from volcanic eruption under the

oceans.

LIST A (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

LIST B

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PART C FILL IN THE BLANKS (3 marks)

Fill in the blanks using the word list.

Word List
water cycle reflected trade winds
gas precipitation

1. The sunlight warms the earth, ocean and lakes and the warmth is
____________ into the air.

2. The process of forming rain is also known as _______________________.

3. Water vapour is usually in the form of an invisible _________________.

PART D PARAGRAPH WRITING (5 marks)

Study the picture given below and use your knowledge to write a
paragraph of about 40 words.

Source: http://www.khanacademy.com

In a paragraph of about 40 words:

(i) Identify the type of human activity shown in the picture. (1 mark)
(ii) State one way of minimising the impact of the human activity
shown in the picture. (1 mark)
(iii) List three problems experienced after the human activity shown
in the picture. (3 marks)

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SECTION B (continued)

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