PROGRAM SOLAR 2010

SCIENCE FORM 2
PAPER 2 SET C
Section A

Answer all questions

1. A boy in Figure 1.1 is trying to push a heavy cupboard

Push

Figure 1.1

a) (i) What is the force acting on the cupboard that prevents it from being moved
easily ?

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[1 mark]

(ii) Describe the direction of this force in relation with the action of pushing the
cupboard .

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[1 mark]

(iii) Draw an arrow in Figure 1.1 to show the position and direction of this force.
[1 mark]
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b) What are the two factors that affect the magnitude of the force in preventing
the cupboard from moving?

1 _________________________________________________________

2 __________________________________________________________
[2 marks]

c) Suggest a way to reduce the force in (a) and thus enable the boy to push the
cupboard easily.

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[1 mark]

2. Figure 2.1 shows three examples of levers.

Q
(a) State the P class of lever
Figure 2.1for each example
below.

Examples Class of lever

[2 marks]

(b) Label the positions of the fulcrum and effort in Q.

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(ii)___________________________________________________________
[2 marks]

3. Figure 3.1 shows the classification of vertebrates.

Vertebrates

Fish Amphibians X Mammals Birds

Figure 3.1

(a) To which group does X belong to?

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[ 1 mark]

(b) Give one difference and one similarity between mammals and group X.

Difference:
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Similarity :
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[ 2 marks]

(c) Give two examples of animals classified as X?

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[ 2 marks ]

(d) Give one example of amphibious animals.

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[ 1 mark]

4. Figure 4.1 shows the electrolysis of water.

P Q

Water + dilute sulphuric acid

X Y

FIGURE 4

(a) Name the gases that are released in P and Q.

P
Q
[2 marks]

(b) What can be observed when a burning splinter is brought near to test tube
P?
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[1 mark]
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(c) Give an example of the usage of the gas collected in test tube Q?
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[1 mark]

(d) What is the ratio in volume between the gas collected in P and the gas
collected in Q?
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[1 mark]
(e) Why is a small amount of dilute sulphuric acid added to the water?
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[1 mark]

5. It is very usual to see an old person using a walking stick to assist him in
walking as shown in Figure 5.1
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Figure 5.1
(a) Why do you think an old person needs to use a walking stick to walk?

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[2 marks]

(b) Give two examples of how humans improve their stability when performing
certain things.

1. _________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________

[ 2 marks]

(c) Compare a lady wearing a high heeled shoe, and another lady wearing a
sports shoe. Which of them will be more stable?

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[ 1 mark ]

(d) State your reasons for your answer in (c).

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[ 2 marks ]
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6. Figure 6.1 shows a boy climbing a flight of stairs.

45 kg

5 kg 6 meter

8 meter

FIGURE 6

(a) What is the amount of gravitational force acting on the boy? (1 kg =10
N)

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[1 mark]

(b) Calculate the amount of work done by the boy in climbing the
staircase. (1 kg = 10 N)

[2 marks]
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(c) If he takes 20 seconds to walk up the stair case, what will be his power?

[2 marks]

(d) If he runs up the stair case instead of walking, will he have more power?
Explain your answer.

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[2 marks]

(e) Among the three boys, who do you think will do the most work in climbing
the same flight of stairs. Circle the name of the boy who did the most
work.
Aliff Benny Chandran

35 kg 68 kg 42 kg
(1 mark)
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Section B
(20 marks)
Answer all questions in this section
The time suggested to complete this section is 30 minutes.

7. Figure 7.1 shows several plants J, K, L, M, N and P that are being studied
by Form 3 Arif for a science project.

M N
P

J K L

a) State three common characteristics that can be observed to classify these

1 ________________________________________________________

2 ________________________________________________________

3 ________________________________________________________

(3 marks)
b) Classify the plants J, K, L, M, N and P based on one of the common
characteristics. Name an example for each group.
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Plants J, K, L, M N, P

Common characteristic Common characteristic

Example Example

(4 marks)

b) State one difference between plant K and plant N.

Plant K ___________________________________________________

Plant N ___________________________________________________

(1 mark)
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8. Salmawati wants to carry out an experiment to study how the centre of gravity
affects the stability of an object. Figure 8 shows two different models, P and Q
which are made from corks and pins. The two models are placed on a
wooden board.

P
cork

pin

wooden board
FIGURE 8

(a) State the variables in the experiment.

Manipulated variable

Responding variable

Controlled variable

[3 marks]

(b) What happens when the wooden board is tilted?

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[1 mark]
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(c) Which model will topple first? Why?

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[2 marks]

(d) Which model is more stable? Why?

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[2 marks]

(e) Draw a diagram to show how the stability of model P can be increased.

[1 mark]
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(f) State another factor that can affect the stability of an object based on
diagram (e).

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[1 mark]

(g) How does a giraffe increase its stability while drinking water or eating grass?

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[1 mark]

(h) What can you conclude on the stability of an object based on (g)?

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[1 mark]