Index [ _ No MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION 0009/2 (B) PSLE 1 OCTOBER 2013 SCIENCE | (BOOKLET B) Total Time for Booklets A and B : 4 h 45min INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Index No. in the boxes at the top right hand comer. Do not tum over this page until you are told to do eo, Follow all instructions carefully. Answer all questions. Write your answers in this booklet. gaeNs This booklet consists of 16 printed pages. ingapore Examinations and Assessment Board MOE 20132 PARTI For questions 31 to 44, write your answers in this booklet. ‘The number of marks available is shown in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. (40 marks) 31 Irene counted the number of two different types of young plants, P and Q, at various distances from their parent plants in a garden. The results are shown below. Number of young plants ] a 0 2 4 6 8 Which one of the following is likely to be the fruit of plant P? Choose your answer and tick (7) in the box. 2 TA Explain your answer. ooogio2(ey2013 Key Young plant P Young plantQ [I Distance from parent plant (m) SCORE (2132 Plant R grows on the trunks of trees. fa) (b) trunk of tree leaves of plant R The diagram below shows plant S growing around a pole. Sn, pole — plant S Based on the information given above, state a common characteristic of the stem of plant R and plant S. (1) (Go on to the next page) SCORE oog/o2ay2013a 33 Animal N stays in its hard shell when resting. It extends itself from its shell when feeding. (a) (b) (c) animal N hard hard shell shell Animal N (resting) Animal N (feeding) How does animal N protect itself from predators? tt Animal N attaches itself to underwater surfaces of ships and gets carried to other places without using much energy. How does being cartied to other places benefit animal N? ro} tiny green plant animal N Scientists observed that ships with many tiny green plants have fewer animal N attached to them. Give a reason for this observation. ti) SCORE caoe/a28y201334 John had three tubes, S, T and U, containing equal amount of chloroplasts mixed in the same amount of blue liquid L. This blue mixture will tum green after photosynthesis has taken place. John placed tube $ at a distance of 10 cm from the lamp. lamp aT om mixture of ‘chioropiasts in blue liquid L ET TTT greener He switched on the lamp and recorded the time taken for the mixture to turn green. He repeated the experiment with tubes T and U at various distances from the lamp as shown in the table. Tubes _—*| _ Distance from lamp ie taken for mixture to turn | a green (s) _ s 9 i 22 U 36 {a) The time taken for the mixture to turn green increases as the distance from the lamp (b) (c) increases. Explain why. 1] John conducted the experiment in a dark room. Give a reason why this helped to make the experiment a fair test. i John repeated the experiment with a fourth tube W. W had a different amount of chloroplasts from tube S. He placed W at a distance of 10 cm from the lamp. The time taken for the mixture to turn green was 5 seconds, Which tube, S or W, had a larger amount of chloroplasts? Explain your answer. [1] (Go on to the next page) SCORE | 008r02(8)20°3 335 The diagram shows a toilet that does not use water for flushing. Human waste from the toilet bow! drops into a container with bacteria. cover pipe to let out gas toilet bow! Y waste container —| oan handle to open & J container bacteria and waste After some time, bacteria turn the waste into a soil-like substance. (a) Name this process. fo (b) Besides air and water, give another environmental factor that will affect the speed of the process. 0 (©) Suggest one use for the soil-like substance. io s SCORE conenzcayz01336 Plant M can only grow on the branches of trees. Bird D feeds on the fruits of plant M which have sticky seeds. ‘When bird D flies away, it carries the seeds that are stuck to its beak. It then rubs its beak against the branch of another tree. bird D (a) Suggest two advantages for plant M to grow on the branches of trees. 2 (b) How does plant M benefit bird D? tt) (c) How does having sticky seeds benefit plant M? (1) (Go on to the next page) SCORE cooe/a2(ay201337 Junlong conducted an experiment using two similar pots of plants, G and H. The two pots were placed in a garden and were watered with the same amount of water at the start of the experiment. PotG PotH clear bag clear bag The results are shown below. Mass (g)_ | at the start after one day PSeee eae sue eee Be 2 G I 000 4900 | H ‘5000 5000 | (a) (i) _—_ Explain why there was a decrease in mass for pot G. tt] (ii) Explain why there was no change in mass for pot H tt (b) In another experiment, Junlong used one other pot of plant with clear bag similar to pot G, but he covered the lower surfaces of all the leaves with a layer of oil Would the change in mass after one day be larger or smaller than that obtained for pot G? Explain your answer. i SCORE ooen2(ay201338 (a) (b) Minghan placed an empty bottle with two holes at points P and Q into a tank of water as shown, bottle tank — Give a reason why the bottle sank after a while. ro} Minghan put objects A and B into a tank of water. He observed that both objects sank to the bottom of the tank as shown. tank —4 ‘Can Minghan conclude that objects A and B were made of the same material? Give a reason for your answer. ty (Go onto the next page) SCORE coosraacayz01310 39 Boon Hwee lit up one end of a block which was made of material M as shown below. flame block (made of material M) (a) _ Fillin the boxes to show the energy changes during burning, 12) changed into + energy in the block energy energy e 4 (b) After a while, Boon Hwee observed that the temperature at point Q shown below remained the same as the room temperature. flame block (made of material M) Q Based on this observation, suggest one property of material M mM @ 4 | SCORE ccosn2(6y2013,4 40 Aisha conducted an experiment to find out how the mass of an object affects the force needed to start moving the object. She used similar trays and spring balances in the set-ups shown below. load spring balance force (a) Aisha’s experiment was not a fair test. ‘Suggest one change to her set-up so that her experiment would be a fairtest. [1] (b) Aisha found that the temperature of the tray increased slightly after moving a long distance along the wooden surface. Give a reason for this. tt] (Go onto the next page) SCORE o00si02(8)'2018a 12 Rosa conducted an experiment to compare the rates of evaporation of liquids X, Y and Z. She poured 10 cm® of each liquid into three similar glass beakers. She placed the three beakers next to an open window in the Science Room, and measured the time taken for each liquid to evaporate completely. Her results are shown below. Time (h) 3 came |ieeton | (a) Complete the table below with X, Y and Z. tI slowest «——— rate of evaporation ——+ fastest Liquid {b) Give a reason how each of the following actions helps to make her experiment a fair test. 2 (i) using similar beakers (ii) placing all three beakers at the same place SCORE consrozceyz01313 42 Alex conducted an experiment using the set-up as shown pump a air (60 cm’) water tap (150 om*) sealed container He used the tap to remove 20 cm of water. He then used the pump to add 15 cm? of air into the container. (a) What was the final volume of air in the container? 1] (b) Which properties of water and air did you use to obtain your answer in (a)? ty (Go on to the next page) SCORE oooarea(ey2013,14 43 Chengyi observed that magnet M and object Y were attracted as shown below. A BC (a) Give a reason why Chengyi cannot conclude whether object Y is a magnet or not based on the observation. tl (b) Using only magnet M and object Y, what should Chengyi do to conclude whether object Y is a magnet or not? Explain your answer. ie Chengyi placed magnet M on a table. He then placed two similar iron balls, P and Q, next to magnet M as shown below. table top— iron ball P iron ball Q (top view) (c) When he lifted up magnet M, ball P remained attached to M but ball Q did not. Explain why ball Q did not remain attached to magnet M. fal SCORE consroz(eyz013,15 44 Study the circuit shown below. When Ahmad closed the switch S, he noted that the iron ball moved up and down between points A and B, and the light bulb turned on and off repeatedly, ~~ iron bar — He 8 iron ball iron contacts (a) In the diagram, the iron ball was resting on two iron contacts. (b) (c) Explain why the bulb lit up when the iron ball was at point A. a When the iron ball was at point A, it was attracted by the iron bar. Give a reason for this observation, i) What would happen to the iron ball when it was at point B? Give a reason for your answer. 2] End of Paper SCORE so09102¢ey7