Name:____________________ Class : ___________________ Date :

_______

SUMMATIVE TEST 1
SECTION B [20 marks]
minutes

Time: 30

Answer all the questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 A group of pupils carry out an activity. Two rats are kept separately in two
containers as shown in the diagram below. Both containers are left for four
days.

(a)

What do they want to find out?

_______________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(b)
State the following.
i. What must be changed?
____________________________________________________________________
ii. What must be kept the same?
______________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(c)
days.

Predict what will happen to the rats in both containers after four

________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(d)
Give one reason for your answer in (c).
________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]

2 A student carries out an experiment to show that sunlight is a basic need

of plants.

(a)

Predict what will happen to the plants P and Q after two weeks.
i. P: ___________________________________________________________________

ii. Q:
___________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(b)
Give the reason for each answer in (a).
i. P: ___________________________________________________________________
ii. Q: __________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(c)
What can the student learn from the experiment?
_______________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
3 The figure below shows the breathing organs of a human during inhalation
and exhalation.

(a)

How does the size of our lungs change when we

i. inhale air?
______________________________________________________________________
ii. exhale air?

______________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]

(b)

State what component of the air

i. is inhaled into our lungs.
_____________________________________________________________________

ii. is exhaled from our lungs.

_____________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(c)
What is the difference between the air that we inhale and the air
that we exhale?
_______________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
4 The figure below shows the breathing organs of certain animals.

(a) Mark the breathing organs of the animals with arrows.

[2 marks]
(b) Name two other animals which have the same breathing organs as P and
R.
i. P: ______________________________________________________________________
ii. R: _____________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(c)
What gas is excreted by the animals above?
_______________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]

Name:____________________ Class : ___________________ Date :

_______

SUMMATIVE TEST 2
SECTION B [20 marks]
minutes

Time: 30

Answer all the questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1

The following table shows the total arm span used by different students
to measure the length of a classroom.
Name
Total of arm span

Jian Xi

Mimi

Kumari

Laili

12

15

11

13

(a)
Who will be the first finish measuring the length of the
classroom?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(b)
What can be said based on the table above?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(c)
State the following.
i. What must be changed?
___________________________________________________________________
ii. What must be measured?
___________________________________________________________________
iii. What must be kept the same?
___________________________________________________________________
[3 marks]
(d) Suggest a method to measure the length of the classroom
accurately.
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]

The graph below shows the results of an experiment to study the

volume of water produced from ice in a measuring cylinder when ice
melts and time.

(a)
What is the relationship between the changes of volume of
water with time?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(b) What happens if the ice is heated?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(c)
State the following.
i. What must be changed?
____________________________________________________________________
ii. What must be measured?
___________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(d)
Predict the volume of water after 60 minutes.
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]

A student measures the masses of a ceramic glass and a plastic glass

using an electronic balance as shown in the figure below.

(a) What can be observed from the above figure?

_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(b)
What is the mass of the glasses in kilogram (kg) unit?
i. Ceramic glass:
_______________________________________________________
ii. Plastic glass:
_______________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(c) What can be learnt from this experiment?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
4

The following table shows the time for four students going to school and
the time they arrive at the school.
Student

Alan

Time to go to school

6.30
a.m.
7.25
a.m.

Time arrive at school

Cheng
Peng
6.25 a.m.
7.05 a.m.

Fariz
6.00
a.m.
7.10
a.m.

Rames
h
7.00
a.m.
7.15
a.m.

(a) State the time taken for each student to go to school and back home
every day.
i. Alan: ______________________________________________________________
ii. Cheng Peng:
________________________________________________________
iii. Fariz:
_____________________________________________________________
iv. Ramesh:
___________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(b)
i. Who takes the longest time to arrive at school?
____________________________________________________________________

ii. Give a reason for your answer in (b)i.

____________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(c)
What is the average time taken for each student to go to school?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]

Name:____________________ Class : ___________________ Date : _______

SUMMATIVE TEST 3
SECTION B [20 marks]
30 minutes

Time:

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 A group of students carry out an experiment. The results of the
experiment are shown in the table below.
Substance
A rubber band
A length of raffia
A bicycles inner
tube

Initial
length/cm
8
8
8

Length after a 25 g weight is

hung/cm
10
8
9

(a) What can be said about the properties of the three substances?
1.
______________________________________________________________________
2.
______________________________________________________________________
[2
marks]
(b)
In this experiment
i. what must be changed?
______________________________________________________________________
ii. what must be kept the same?
______________________________________________________________________
[2
marks]
(c)
What can the students learn from the experiment?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
2 Three blocks of different materials of the same size are dropped into water
in a container. The positions of the blocks in water are shown in the figure
below.

(a)

Write one hypothesis for the experiment?

________________________________________________________________________
[1

mark]
(b)
State the relationship between the type of materials and its
ability to float.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c)
What must be changed in the experiment?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(d)
Explain the meaning of flotation.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
3 The graph in the figure below shows the amount of wood and plastic used
in a factory from 1996 to 2004.

(a) State how the amounts of wood and plastic used change from 1996 to
2004.
i. The amount of wood used.
______________________________________________________________________
ii. The amount of plastic used.
______________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b)

mark]
(c)

Based on the information in the figure above, how is the use of a

natural material affected by the use of a synthetic material?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
Why does the owner of the factory use more plastic?
________________________________________________________________________

[1
mark]
4 In the figure below, R, S and T are sources of natural materials.

(a)

Name the sources, R, S and T.

i.
___________________________________________________________________
ii.
___________________________________________________________________
iii.
___________________________________________________________________

R:
S:
T:
[1

mark]
(b)
mark]
(c)

Give two other examples of substances from source T.

________________________________________________________________________
[1
What can be learnt concerning the sources of natural materials?
________________________________________________________________________
[1

mark]

5 The diagram below shows the apparatus set up by a student in an

investigation.

(a)
week.

Predict what will happen to steel wool P and steel wool Q after a
________________________________________________________________________
[1

mark]
(b)

Explain your answer in (a).

1.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

2.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
[2
marks]
(c)
State two methods for preventing rust.
1.
______________________________________________________________________
2.
______________________________________________________________________
[2
marks]

Name:____________________ Class : ___________________ Date :

_______

SUMMATIVE TEST 4
SECTION B [20 marks]
30 minutes

Time:

Answer all the questions.

1 The following table shows the time taken by some planets to finish its
cycle in the Solar System.
Planet
The time of the cycle
Mercury
88 days
Earth
365 days
Jupiter
4337 days
Pluto
90 666 days
(a) Why is planet Pluto takes the longest time?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) Which planet is the nearest to the Sun?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c)
Which planet has different orbit from other planets?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(d)
The planets are not colliding with each other. Why?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
2 The figure below shows planets in the Solar System.

(a) ___________________________________________________________________
Name each planet in the Solar System.
P:___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
Q:
___________________________________________________________________
R:
S:___________________________________________________________________
T:___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
U:
___________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

V:
W:
X:
[3
marks]
(b)
What is the centre of the Solar System?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) Which is the biggest planet?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(d) Which planet has the smallest orbit? Why?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
3 The following figure shows the simulation to show how planet moving
around the Sun.

(a)

All students in the figure above have to turn the ball to show
how each planet rotates. Which student has to rotate the ball in
clockwise direction?
________________________________________________________________________
[1

mark]
(b) Explain your answer in (a).
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) i. Which is the last student to finish the rotation?
______________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
ii. Explain your answer in (c) i.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

[1
mark]
(d) Tick () the correct statements that can be made from the activity
above.
i. The further the planet is from the Sun, the shorter is the time it
takes to
rotate round the Sun.
ii. The nearer the planet is to the Sun, the shorter is the time it takes
to rotate
round the Sun.
iii. The furthest planet from the Sun takes the longest the time to
rotate round
the Sun.
iv. The nearest planet to the Sun takes the longest the time to rotate
round
the Sun.
[2
marks]
(e) What happens to a student who does not follow the orbit line as shown
in the figure above?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]

4 The table below shows the average surface temperature of each planet in
the Solar System.
Planet
Average surface temperature
(C)
Mercury
420
Venus
430 480
Earth
22
Mars
23
Jupiter
150
Saturn
180
Uranus
210
Neptune
210
Pluto
230
(a) What can be said based on the table above?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) Living things can only be found on the Earth. Why are living things not
found in the other planets?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) What can you learnt from the information given in the table above?
________________________________________________________________________

[1
mark]

Name:____________________ Class : ___________________ Date :

_______

SUMMATIVE TEST 5
SECTION B [20 marks]
30 minutes

Time:

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 The picture below shows a group of fishermen at sea.

(a) Fishermen use fishing boats to sail out to sea. Give a reason on this.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) Besides a large boat, what else do they need while at sea? State its
function.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) What can be learnt from the picture shown above?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
2 The following table shows the maximum distance from which three
students can read the writing on the same card.
Student
Ghani
Lee Man
Jamie
Maximum
5 metres
4.5 metres
2 metres
distance
(a) What can you observe from this activity?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) What is the reason for your answer in (a)?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) Jamie cannot see objects which are very far away. Name a device that
can help him to see better.

________________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(d) In this experiment
i. what must be changed?
_____________________________________________________________________
ii. what must be measured?
_____________________________________________________________________
iii. what must be kept the same?
_____________________________________________________________________
[3
marks]
3 The pictures below show some devices used in air transport.

(a) Which was the first device used by humans to fly?

________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) How did the inventor of the first aeroplane get the idea to innovate the
Flyer?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) Based on the pictures above, arrange the devices according to the
development of technology in air transport.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(d) State two benefits can we get from the development of technology in
air transport.
1.
______________________________________________________________________
2.
______________________________________________________________________
[2
marks]
4 The following figure shows the development of technology in construction.

(a) i. Name the invention involved in the figure above.

______________________________________________________________________
ii. What is the purpose of the material mentioned in (a)i?
______________________________________________________________________
[2
marks]
(b) State two differences between living in a cave and living in a flat.
1.
______________________________________________________________________
2.
______________________________________________________________________
[2
marks]
(c) What is the relationship between the materials used in building a flat
and the strength of the flat?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(d) Give one disadvantage of this technology to mankind.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]

Name:____________________ Class : ___________________ Date :

_______

FIRST TERM TEST

SECTION B [20 marks]
minutes
1

Time: 30

In an experiment, three grasshoppers are put into each of two similar

glass jars. The opening of glass jar X is covered with a wire gauze. The
opening of glass jar Y is covered with a plastic lid as shown in the
following diagram. Both jars are left for several days.

(a)

The grasshoppers in which glass jar will die first?

_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(b) Give a reason for your answer in (a).
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(c)
What must be changed in this experiment?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(d)
Why is the opening of glass jar X covered with a wire gauze?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(e)
What can you learn from this experiment?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
2

The figure below shows the main organs involved in breathing.

(a)

Name the parts labelled P, Q and R.

i. P: _________________________________________________________________
ii. Q: ________________________________________________________________
iii. R: ________________________________________________________________
[3 marks]
(b)
What are the waste products eliminated from the body during
exhalation?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(c) What is the gas that enters the lungs during inhalation?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
3

The diagram below shows a plant which is planted in a basin. Region W

is watered every day.

(a)

Draw a diagram in the space below to show the condition of the

plant after several weeks.

[2 marks]
(b)
What conclusion can you make from the experiment?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(c)
A potted plant is turned sideways as shown in the diagram
below.

i. What will happen to the roots and shoot after a week?

___________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
ii. What can you learn from the experiment?
___________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]

The picture below shows a table. Abu measures the length of the table
by using the cubit and a pencil.

The following table shows the results he obtained.

Measuring tool
Pencil
Cubit

The length of the table

9
3

(a) In this experiment

i. what must be changed?
____________________________________________________________________
ii. what must be measured?
____________________________________________________________________
[2 marks]
(b)
Then, Abu compares his answers with the answers of his friends.
Are the readings that are obtained by using both measuring tools the
same?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(c)
What is your reason?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]
(d)
What can you learn from this experiment?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1 mark]

Name:____________________ Class : ___________________ Date :

_______

END-OF-YEAR TEST
SECTION B [20 marks]
30 minutes

Time:

Answer all the questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 A group of pupils carried out three experiments on balsam plants as shown
in the diagram.
Experiment 1
Experiment 2
Experiment 3

The following table shows the results recorded after a week.

Experiment
Results
Plant A
Plant B
1
Alive
Died
2
Alive
Died
3
Alive
Died
(a) What do they want to find out from these experiments?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) State the reasons why plant B died in experiments 1, 2 and 3.
i.
Experiment
1:
_________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
ii.
Experiment
2:
_________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
iii.
Experiment
3:
_________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) What can the pupils learn from these experiments?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]

2 Amin carried out an investigation using a pendulum. The bar chart below
shows the result of the investigation.

(a) What is the trend in the number of pendulum swings as the length
increases?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) State
i.
what
must
be
changed:
___________________________________________________
[1
mark]
ii.
what
must
be
observed:
__________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) State one hypothesis for the investigation.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(d) Predict the number of pendulum swings if the length of pendulum
string is 60 cm.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
3 The diagram below shows an investigation using three sizes of cloth
immersed in water.

Instructions:
1. Fill three different beakers with 250 ml of water.
2. Immerse the pieces of cloth P, Q and R of different sizes partially in the
water. (P, Q and R are of the same material).
3. After 10 minutes, lift the pieces of cloth from the water.
4. Measure the volume of water left in each beaker.

Result:
Beaker
X
Y
Z

Volume of water left (ml)

228
222
216

(a) Why is there a decrease in the volume of water for all the three
beakers?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) Based on the investigation, state the following.
i. What must be changed?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
ii. What must be observed?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
iii. What must be kept the same?
_____________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) Based on the results, state the relationship between (b)i and (b)ii.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]

The investigation continued using material J and K. J and K are

immersed in 250 ml of water respectively.
When material J is used, the volume of water left is 250 ml.
When material K is used, the volume of water left is less than 250
ml.
(d) Give reasons for the results above.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]

4 The following figure shows the positions of three planets from the Sun.

The following table shows the period for one complete movement of the
planets around the Sun.
Planet
Period for one complete

X
Y
Z

movement (years)
2
12
84

(a) Compare the position of planet X and Z to the Sun.

________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(b) What is the relationship between the position of the planet and the
period for one complete movement of the planet round the Sun?
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
(c) Planet S takes 76 years to make one complete round the Sun. Predict
the position of planet S.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]
Planet X is hotter than planet Y.
(d) Give a reason based on the statement above.
________________________________________________________________________
[1
mark]