Answer Key

Section A

Question Answer Question Answer

1 4 15 2
2 2 16 3
3 4 17 4
4 1 18 2
5 3 19 1
6 3 20 4
7 2 21 3
8 4 22 2
9 2 23 3
10 1 24 1
11 4 25 2
12 4 26 1
13 2 27 3
14 1 28 2
Section B (44 marks)

Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks

29a)
Tube A: Water / mineral salts

Tube B: Food / sugar / glucose 1

1
29b)
Food and water are carried by two different 1
tubes in plants, but in humans, they are
carried by the same blood vessels.

Tubes in plants only carry water, food and

mineral salts, but blood vessels in humans
also carry oxygen, carbon dioxide and
waste materials.

Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks

30a) Evaporation from soil / leaves 1

Water vapour condenses 1

30b) Plants carry out photosynthesis, so give out 1
oxygen and take in carbon dioxide

Plants carry out respiration, take in oxygen 1

and give out carbon dioxide

Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks

31a) Temperature of water. 1
31b) As the temperature of water increases, the 1
amount of oxygen dissolved decreases
31c) During the hotter months, there will be less 1
oxygen in the water.

The fish will need to increase the gill beat 1

rate so that they are able to obtain more
oxygen from the water.
Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks
32
Spider S is protected from their predators
by ant P when they are near their nest.

Spider S is able to get food from the nests 1

of ant P.

Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks

33a X is stem. (1/2M)
Function: Keep plant upright/ allows the
plant to transport substances/ allows the
plant to transport food/ allows the plant to
transport water. (1/2M)
1
OR

X is food carrying tube. (1/2M)

Function: Allows the plant to transport food.
(1/2M)
b A. The depth of root of A is the Student must show
deepest (1m), so the plant is most
comparison.
able to absorb water from
underground (1m) Award 1m for
observation about the
OR
depth of roots.
A. Roots of A grew the deepest (1m), 2
plant is most likely to get water to
survive (1m) Award 1m for
explanation of how
OR having the deepest
roots helps the plan to
Plant is able to get most water to survive survive in desert
(1m)
c The roots will become smaller (1/2m)

The plant uses the food store in the roots / 1

Food in the root is being used(1/2m)
Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks
34a) 1
This is to prevent light from sources other
than the torch to affect the experiment
34b) Oxygen. 1
34c) C.

The plant produced most bubbles so C 1

allows most light to pass through

Plants produce more bubbles /

photosynthesise more when it receives
more light. 1

34d) Carbon dioxide is produced by the snails,

which is used by the plants for 1
photosynthesis.

Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks

35a) Boiling occurs at a fixed temperature but 1
evaporation occurs at all temperatures.
35b) No partial marks given.
The water on the damp cloth gained heat Answer must (1) mention
concept of evaporation and
from Susan’s forehead and evaporated. (2) convey the idea that the
1 heat gained for evaporation
came from Susan, and so
she felt cooler.

Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks

36a) 1
1000cm3

36b) 1
Air can be compressed
36c) 1 No marks for
Increase “increase”.
• Air has mass. Both points must be
• Since air was pumped into the ball, the mentioned to get 1
mass of the ball will increase. mark. No partial marks
given.

Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks

37a) Strips 1 and 2 are touching the aluminium 1
foil in the tunnel to form a closed circuit so
 that electrical current/ electricity/ current
can flow through.

37b) Cardboard is an insulator of electricity / 1 Do not accept poor

electrical insulator (1/2m) and hence no conductor of
current flows through the open circuit electricity or not a
(1/2m). conductor.
37c) Push strip 2 towards strip 1. 1 Do not accept change
to a better conductor
(Award for the concept that the distance to
of electricity
close the circuit is smaller but only
changing the location of strip 1. Moving
Strip 1 does not make the circuit close
faster.)

Other possible answers:

Make the distance between strip 1 and strip
2 closer (1/2m)
Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks
38a) Like poles of both magnets are facing 1 Like poles repel (1/2m)
each other (1/2m) hence they repel
(1/2m).

OR

As both the magnets faced each other with

their like poles (1/2m), magnetic force of
repulsion caused magnet A to move
upward away from magnet B (1/2m).
38b) First mark is given for the correct First mark can only be
comparison/ inference.
awarded if there is a
The magnetic strength of magnet C is
greater than magnet A. comparison.

(Answer must make the correct

comparison between C and A)

Other possible answers:

Magnet C is the strongest of the three
magnets/ magnet C is stronger (1/2m)

Second mark is given for the correct

explanation on magnetic repulsion.

Magnet C was able to repel magnet B by

3cm, which is greater than 2cm by magnet
Second mark can only
A(1/2m). Hence the magnetic force of
be awarded when there
repulsion is stronger (1/2m).
is evidence.
Magnet C was able to repel magnet B
further/ further away/ longer distance
(1/2m), hence the magnetic force of
repulsion is stronger than A (1/2m).

Other possible answers:

Magnet C repelled magnet B by 3cm (0 m)
hence the repulsion is greater than
A(1/2m).

38c) First mark is given for correct method/ 1 Do not accept any
suggestion/ way (1m)
answer that introduces
She can stack magnet B above object D.
new items such as bar
OR
magnets.
She can invert the container with object D/
She can flip container with object D.
First mark can be
OR
She can invert the container with magnet awarded if the
B/ She can flip the container with magnet
 B. suggestion allows
different ends to come
OR
She can place magnet B close to the other close to each other.
end/side/pole of object D.

Second mark is given for the correct Second mark must

explanation to prove that magnet D is a
have mention of
magnet (magnetic repulsion) (1m)
magnetic repulsion, as
She observed the object D repels magnet
the only test for
B (1m) as like poles repel. Hence object D
must be a magnet. magnets is repulsion.

OR
She observed that magnet B repels object
D (1m) as like poles repel. Hence object D
must be a magnet.

Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks

39a) To ensure that the only changed variable 1
is the thickness of the wall and not the
amount of water.

OR
To ensure that the water in 3 containers
gains heat evenly.

OR
To ensure that the only changed variable
is the thickness of the wall and all other
variables stay the same.

OR

To ensure that any difference in the change

of temperature is due to the thickness of
the wall and not the amount of water.
39b) Container Y. The temperature increased 1
the least as it has the thickest wall with
most air as air is a poor conductor of heat.
 OR
Container Y. The temperature is the
lowest at the end of the experiment hence
the water in container Y gained heat the
slowest.

OR

Container Y. The temperature is the

lowest at the end of the experiment hence
the water in container Y gained the least
heat during the 30minute.

(Answer must have mention about the

experimental data in the table)
39c) First mark is given to quoting experimental 1
data. Mark is only given when there is
reference to air/ air spaces and not about
the thickness of wall. (1m)

Based on Afiq’s experiment, a thicker

layer of wall had more air spaces which
slows down the heat gain. (1m)

OR
Based on Afiq’s experiment, container Y
had the thickest wall which has most air
spaces that reduces heat gain the most.
(1m)

OR
Based on Afiq’s experiment, container Y
had the thickest wall with the most air
spaces and gained heat the slowest. (1m)
Second mark is given when there is
mention of more air and also the mention
of slower heat loss. (1m)
A wider gap in between the windows trap
more air (1/2m) which will prevent heat
loss to the outside faster (1/2m) and make
the temperature of the room higher.

OR
A wider gap in between the windows trap
more air (1/2m) which will cause heat to
be lost more slowly to the outside (1/2m)
and make the temperature of the room
higher.

Other possible answers:

Air is a poor conductor of heat. More air in
between glass will slow down heat loss to
the outside (1m)

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Qn Acceptable responses Marks Remarks
40a) Coal 1
40b) Chemical potential/ potential energy, OR 2
heat energy of coal
Heat energy
Kinetic energy
Kinetic energy

(i) (1/2m each; independent marking)

40c) Burning of fuels produce more carbon 1
dioxide (1/2m) (which is a greenhouse gas)
that traps more heat from the Sun (1/2m)
and results in rise in Earth’s average
temperature.