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There are 30 MULTIPLE-CHOIGE QUESTIONS (1-30).
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Use the information provided to choose the BEST answer from
TIME ALLOWED: 45 MINUTES the four possible options.

On your ANSWER SHEET fill in the oval that matches

your answer.
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1'. All insects have six legs and one pair of antennae on their heads

Which of these is NOT an insect?

(B)

(c)

2. solar panels convert energy from sunlight into electricity.

by the solar panels?

which of the following would affect the amount of energy captured
(A) how hot the daY is
(B) how strong the roof is
(C) how much energy is needed
(D) how sunnY it is during the daY

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 The diagram shows four containers, each holding some water.

WX
Which container has the greatest amount of water?

(A) W (B) -X (c) Y (D) z

, 4. The pupil is the opening in the centre of the eye. In bright light, the pupil becomes
smaller so less light enters the eye. In the dark, the pupil becomes larger to let more
light into the eye.

pupil

On a sunny afternoon, Simon walked into a dark cinema. Soon after, the movie started
with a bright screen.

Which of these shows the changes in Simon's pupils?

(A)
O--+O+O
(B)
O O+O
(c)
O--)O+O
(D)
O+O O
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5. In the first photograph the arrow shows the length of a cicada's body.

In the second photograph the arrow shows the width of a cicada's

thorax

Body length Thorax width

which option has both the correct body length and correct thorax width?

6. Lisa placed an empty plastic cup in a container of water.

The diagram shows the plastic cup floating in the water'

water level

water

what will happen if Lisa places a marble into the plastic cup?

(A) The water level will move downwards'

(B) The water level will move upwards'
(C) The water level will not change.
ioi The amount of water in the container will increase.

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The graph shows the results of a student allergy survey in one class

Student Allergy Survey

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10 KEY
o 8
-o l--l without an allergy
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z 4
| *',n an arergy
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Girls Boys

,. Which of the following groups has the greatest number of students in it?

(A) students with an allergy (B) girls with an allergy

(C) boys without an allergy (D) girls without an allergy

8. How many students are there in this class?

(A) 24 (B) 22 (c) 19 (D) 10

Jack is drawing his family tree. The diagram shows what he has already drawn.

Liz and Chris are two of Jack's grandparents.

Who are two of Fred's grandparents?

(A) Lee and Nilesh (B) Nelly and Joe

(C) Ahong and Nelly (D) Liz and Chris

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,10. The diagram shows some features of three animals

Dolphins

mostly grve
live birth
under to live
water young
have a
backb6ne

Which feature is common to dolphins and cats but not to turtles?

(A) They lay eggs. (B) They have a backbone'

(C) They give birth to live Young (D) They mostlY live under water

changes.
11. Some changes can be easily undone. These changes are called reversible
Changes that cannot be undone are called irreversible changes'

Reversible change lrreversible change

heat
+ a\+
U<*
cool

Which of the following is a reversible change?

(A) green leaves turning yellow in autumn

(B) a piece of metal being pressed into coins
(C) a piece of aPPle going brown
(D) paper burning to ashes

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12. A food chain shows how nutrients and energy in food are passed on from one living thing
to the next.

The diagram shows part of a food chain.

KEY
A+ B A is food for B

grass seed ant bandicoot

bandicoot dingo

Due to the spread of a disease, the number of bandicoots decreased rapidly

What is likely to happen as a result?

The number of dingoes and the number of ants will both increase
B) The number of dingoes will decrease and the number of ants will increase.
C) The number of dingoes will increase and the number of ants will decrease.
D) The number of dingoes and the number of ants will both decrease

13. When water freezes, it takes up more space.

Anika weighed a bottle of frozen water on a balance, making sure the outside of the bottle
was wiped dry.

She then left it on the table overnight.

Which option shows the mass and the level of water in the bottle when all the ice
had melted?

Mass (g) Level of water

(A) 200 lower
(B) more than 200 lower
(c) less than 200 higher
(D) 200 higher

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'14 To conduct a fair test, the investigators must:

. change only one thing for each test

. keep everything else the same, and
. obserye or measure one change that happens.

A group of Year 3 students want to see if the shadow of a stick changes length during
the day.

What must the students change, what must they keep the same, and what must they
measure to make their investigation a fair test?

Ghange" Keep the same Measure

(A) the time of the day the length of the shadow the length of the stick
(B) the length of the shadow the length of the stick the time of the daY
(c) the time of the daY the length of the stick the length of the shadow
(D) the length of the stick the time of the day the length of the shadow

For questions 15 and 16 use the information below.

Earth is made uP of four laYers

Grust: the outer layer of Earth includes continents

and oceans, about 50 kilometres (km)thick
Mantle: a middle layer that is solid but can flow
under high heat, about 3500 km thick
Outer core: a layer of very hot liquid metals, about
2300 km thick
lnner core: a hot ball of solid metals, about 1200 km
in radius

NOT TO SCALE

15. Which layer is the thickest?

(A) crust (B) mantle (C) outer core (D) inner core

16. Which statement is supported by the information?

(A) The mantle contains ocean floors.

(B) The inner core is a ball of liquid.
(c) The outer core is a solid layer surrounding the inner core.
iOi The inside of Earth consists of mostly hot materials that flow.

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17'. Animals that have a backbone are called vertebrates.

The table shows five groups of vertebrates and their characteristics.

Fish Amphibians Reptlles Birds ilammals

lay eggs lay eggs
Form of lay eggs with lay eggs with give birth to
with no outer with no outer
reproduction outer shell outer shell live young
shell shell
Body interlocking interlocking dry skin
moist skin feathers
covering scales scales with hair
through skin
Method of througfi through through through
or gills; lungs
breathing gills lungs lungs lungs
as adult
Cold- or warm- warm-
cold- cold- cold-
warm- blooded
blooded blooded blooded blooded
blooded

Tuatara are animals that have interlocking scales and they breathe through lungs.

Which statement about tuatara is true?

(A) They lay eggs with no outer shell.

(B) They are fish.
(C) They are reptiles.
(D) They are warm-blooded.

18. Lily has four different liquids that do not mix with each other. She tested three different
combinations of these liquids.

The diagrams show her results.

Which statement is supported by the diagrams?

(A) Liquid 1 will float on liquid 4. (B) Liquid 2 will float on liquid 3.
(C) Liquid 3 will float on liquid 2. (D) Liquid 3 will float on liquid 4.

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"19. Magnets can attract objects made of iron.
paper clips and
Ying wants to compare the strengths of four magnets. she used some
thumO tacks to carry out her investigation. This shows her results'

This investigation is not a fair test'

What can Ying do to make it a fair test?

(A) use fewer PaPer cliPs

iBl use the same size paper clips for each magnet
tCi use the same number of paper clips and thumb tacks for each magnet
the small magnet
ioi use large paper clips for ihe larg" magnet and small paper clips for

fat, protein
20. Eggs and dairy products are made of four major components: carbohydrate,
and water.

The graph shows the composition of four types of food'

KEY
egg yolk
I carbohydrate
I tat
cheese I protein
I water

butter

milk

0o/o1Oo/o2oo/o3oo/o4oo/o50o/o60%70%80o/o90%1o0Yo

For 100g of each food, which food contains the least amount of water?

(A) egg yolk

(B) cheese
(C) butter
(D) milk

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21. As Earth orbits the Sun, it also spins on its axis. lt takes about 24 hours for one complete
spin. lt is daytime on the side of Earth facing the Sun and it is night-time on the side facing
away from the Sun.

What is the time of day at the location marked X on the diagram?

(A) midday (B) midnight (C) sunrise (D) sunset

22. When two objects are in contact with one another, heat flows from the object with
the higher temperature to the object with the lower temperature.

The diagram shows a small beaker of water placed in a larger container of water
on a table. lt also shows the temperature of the water in each container and the
air temperature.

Which diagram correctly shows the direction in which heat flows at this time?

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(A) (B) (c) (D)

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.23. This table lists the maximum length and mass of different types of adult whales

Which two types of whales have the closest maximum mass?

(A) Arnoux's beaked and Southern bottlenose (B) Humpback and Sperm
(C) Blue and Southern right (D) Arnoux's beaked and Minke

24. On a football field, Pete and Sam cast shadows in the floodlight. They start walking in
opposite directions, as shown.

NOTTO SCALE

What will happen to their shadows as they walk?

(A) Both shadows become longer.

(B) Sam's shadow becomes longer and Pete's shadow becomes shorter.
(C) Both shadows become shorter.
(D) Pete's shadow becomes longer and Sam's shadow becomes shorter.

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25 Laura carried out an investigation to find out how much water a paper towel could absorb

The diagram shows four steps of her investigation, but not in the correct order.

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Which of these lists the steps in the correct order?

(A) W, Y X, Z (B) Z,W,X,Y (C) YX,W,Z (D) Z,X,Y,W

26. Mrs Black showed this science experiment to her Year 3 class.

She put a small drop of four food colours onto the surface of some milk in a dish.

After 1 minute she carefully added a drop of detergent onto the middle of the dish. The
colours immediately started moving and mixing with each other forming colourful patterns
on the surface of the milk.

1 minute

+ +
Which statement is supported by these observations?

(A) The milk surface is constantly moving, making the colours mix.
(B) The milk surface is smooth, making the colours slide around.
(C) The colours mix with the detergent, making the milk surface move and mix.
(D) The detergent mixes with milk, making the milk surface move and the colours mix.

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 27. Purple cabbage juice can be used to indicate whether a substance is alkaline or acidic

Max took two cups of purple cabbage juice. He then added vinegar to one and baking
soda to the other and noted the colour changes.

cabbage ca.bbage
juice JUrCe

Max knew that vinegar is acidic and baking soda is alkaline. Max added some liquid he
found in the kitchen to a new cup of cabbage juice. The cabbage juice turned red.

What can Max conclude from his experiment?

(A) The cabbage juice was acidic.

(B) The liquid contained vinegar.
(C) The liquid was acidic.
(D) The liquid was red.

28. Gears are wheels with teeth along their edge. The teeth on two gears can mesh so that a
turning gear can make another gear turn without slipping.

This diagram shows three gears.

Gear X is turning anticlockwise.

How does gear Z move compared with gear X?

(A) It turns faster, in a clockwise direction.

(B) It turns slower, in a clockwise direction.
(c) It turns slower, in an anticlockwise direction.
(D) It turns faster, in an anticlockwise direction.

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29. Milk is made up of water and some solids. The solids include fats and non-fat solids.
The sector graph shows what is in 100 grams (g) of cow's milk.

KEY
.ffi water
I fats
I lactose
f protein
I minerals

879

Based on the diagram, how many grams of non-fat solids are there in 100 g of
cow's milk?

(A) 3 (B) e (c) 10 (D) 13

30. The table lists the times of sunrise and sunset in Sydney over seven days during
May 2017.

Date Sunrise (am) Sunset (pm)

May 21 6:44 4.58
May 22 6:45 4:58
May 23 6:45 4:57
May 24 6:46 4:57
May 25 6:47 4:56
May 26 6:47 4:56
May 27 6:48 4:55

Based on the table, what were the most likely times for sunrise and sunset on
May 28,2017?

Sunrise (am) Sunset (pm)

(A) 6:49 4:55
(B) 6:49 4:56
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(C) 6:48 4:56
(D)
@) 6:47 4:55

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