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Instruction: Each question is followed by four options, A, B, C and D. Choose the correct

answer.

1 Which of the following is not a basic need of an animal?

A Water

B Air

C Light

D Food

2 The figure below shows a fish bowl which has a layer of oil on the surface of the water.

What will happen after a week?

A The fish will grow bigger.

B The fish will compete for food.

C The fish will compete for mate.

D The fish will die.

3 Mei Lin covered some mushrooms with an opaque box. After several days, she removed the

opaque box and noticed that the mushrooms still grew well. This shows that…

A mushrooms do not need light to grow.

B mushrooms are unable to live in dark places.

C mushrooms are able to produce their own food.

D mushrooms can live without light and air.

4 Which of the plants in the above figure reproduce through spores?

A P only

B P and Q only

C Q and R only

D Q, R, and S only

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5 The figure below shows plants that have been placed in sunlight.

What happens if the plant is not watered for a few days?

A The leaves will be more green.

B The size of the leaves will increase.

C The plants will wilt.

D The plants will produce roots on the stems to absorb water from the air.

6 The flies and the lizard in the above figure will die because they do not get…

A water.

B food.

C air.

D enough space.

7 Seeds need all of the following to germinate, except…

A water.

B soil.

C air.

D heat.

8 Which of the following helps the excretion of waste products from the body?

A Exercising

B Sleeping

C Reading

D Talking

9 Which one of the following animals gives birth?

A Lizard

B Bat

C Cockroach

D Grasshopper

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10 The figure below shows a pair of human organs of excretion labeled X.

What waste is excreted from the organs labeled X?

A Sweat

B Urine

C Carbon dioxide

D Solid waste

11 The animal shown in the picture above will grow into a…

A mosquito.

B frog.

C butterfly.

D grasshopper.

12 A frog can breathe in water and on land because it has two different breathing organs, which

are…

A the lungs and moist skin.

B the lungs and gills.

C the lungs and air tubes.

D the gills and air tubes.

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13 Which of the following animals reproduces in the same way as the animals above?

A A stingray

B A penguin

C A dolphin

D A turtle

14 Which of the following animals can be classified in groups X and Y, based on how they

breathe?

15 Which of the following plants reproduce in the same way?

A I and II only

B I and III only

C I and IV only

D III and IV only

X Y

A Tadpole Cockroach

B Chicken Caterpillar

C Frog Dragonfly

D Prawn Worm

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16 Which of the following plants reproduce in the same way?

I Tapioca II Rose

III Sugar cane IV Croton

A I and II only

B I and III only

C II and IV only

D I, II, III, and IV

17 The animals in the list above protect themselves by…

A camouflage.

B pretending to die.

C producing a smell.

D using a sting.

18 The part marked X in the above diagram is used…

A for finding food.

B for protecting themselves.

C for easy movement.

D for locating predators.

19 The polar bear can survive in a cold and icy habitat because…

I it has very thick fur.

II its fur is white.

III it has a thick layer of fat under its skin.

A I and II only

B I and III only

C II and III only

D I, II, and III

20 Rubber trees can reduce water loss during the drought season…

A by having its leaves folded.

B by shedding its leaves.

C by having latex produced in the stem.

D by shedding bark from the stem.

Snake

Centipede

Scorpion

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21 The pictures below show two animals.

What is the organ of excretion of these animals?

A Lungs

B Skin

C Gills

D Trachea

22 Which of the following animals excretes its waste products through gills?

A Frog

B Mouse

C Prawn

D Earthworm

23 The figure below shows the life cycle of a frog.

Which of the following is X?

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24 The following pictures show the classification of animals into two groups according to the

way they reproduce.

Which of the following animals can be placed in group M and group N?

25 The picture below shows a mimosa plant.

This plant can respond to…

I water.

II touch.

III sunlight.

A I and II only

B I and III only

C II and III only

D I, II and III

Group M Group N

A Tiger Zebra

B Snake Snail

C Goose Sea lion

D Giraffe Platypus

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26 The picture below shows a banana plant.

What is the name of the part labelled X?

A Underground stem

B Parent plant

C Sucker

D Shoot

27 Which part of a plant will respond to gravity?

A Shoot

B Roots

C Leaves

D Stem

28Which of the following animals will curl up their bodies when they are touched?

A Goat and pangolin

B Caterpillar and porcupine

C Millipede and pangolin

D Chameleon and millipede

29 Which of the following plants have hairs that can cause itchiness?

I Jackfruit

II Bamboo

III Sugar cane

IV Pumpkin

A II and III only

B I, II and III only

C II, III and IV only

D I, II, III and IV

30 The following list shows some plants which have a certain specific characteristic.

What is the specific characteristic?

A Poisonous

B Thorny

C Smelly

D Produce latex

• Mimosa plant

• Rose plant

• Rattan plant

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SECTION B

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 The figure below shows that three different grasshoppers are immersed in water.

(a) Predict the results of this experiment after two hours.

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(b) State your inference based on the observation in (a).

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(c) Name the following variables.

i. Manipulated variable: ________________________________________________________________

ii. Responding variable:________________________________________________________________

(d) What is the conclusion of this experiment?

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2 The figure below shows the apparatus set up by a group of students in an experiment.

(a) What is the purpose of this experiment?

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(b) i. State an observation can you make from this experiment.

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ii. Give an inference for your answer in (b)i.

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(c) What is the conclusion can you make from this experiment?

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3 The pictures below show three types of animals which have specific characteristics for protecting

themselves from enemies.

(a) Name one specific characteristic of animal P which protects it.

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(b) What is animal R doing?

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(c) What are the specific characteristics of animal Q which cause enemies to stay away from it?

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4 A pupil puts a yam leaf and a lime leaf together with a caterpillar in a glass container as shown in the

figure below. After a day, the lime leaf is completely eaten by the caterpillar while the yam leaf is not

eaten.

(a) What is the aim of this experiment?

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(b) State one inference based on the observation.

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(c) What is the importance of having poisonous leaves to the yam plant ?

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(d) Name one other plant that has the same specific characteristic as the yam plant.

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5 The figure below shows some plants which are grouped according to their special characteristics.

(a) Name the special characteristic of each group.

i. X: ___________________________________________________________________________

ii. Y: ___________________________________________________________________________

iii. Z: ___________________________________________________________________________

(b) Why are these characteristics important to these plants?

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(c) Give an example of a plant that has each of the following characteristics.

i. Thorny fruit: ___________________________________________________________________

ii. Trunk that produces latex: ________________________________________________________

iii. Tree with hard bark: _____________________________________________________________

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Section A

1 C

2 D

3 A

4 B

5 C

6 C

7 B

8 A

9 B

10 C

11 A

12 A

13 C

14 A

15 C

16 D

17 D

18 B

19 B

20 B

21 A

22 C

23 C

24 C

25 D

26 C

27 B

28 C

29 D

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Section B

1 (a) The grasshoppers in beaker P and beaker R will die while the grasshopper in beaker Q will still be alive. (b) The grasshoppers in beaker P and beaker R cannot breathe because their breathing structures are immersed in water. (c) i. Part of the body immersed ii. Grasshopper lives of dies (d) A grasshopper will die if its breathing structures are blocked. 2 (a) To study the response of a plant to water (b) i. The roots of the seedling grow towards the moist cotton wool. ii. Roots respond to the stimulus of water. (c) Roots of a plant respond to water because water is a basic need of the plant. 3 (a) Sharp spines on its body. (b) It is withdrawing its limbs and head into its shell. (c) Animal Q has a stings. A large number of them live together in a group. 4 (a) To study how plants protect themselves from enemies (b) The yam leaf is poisonous while the lime leaf is not poisonous. (c) To protect itself from enemies (d) Mushroom 5 (a) i. X : Thorny stems ii. Y : Poisonous iii. Z : Hairy surface that can cause itchiness (b) To protect them from being eaten by animals (c) i. Durian tree ii. Rubber tree iii. Mangrove tree