INTEGRARED SCIENCE END OF MONTH TEST

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

NAME:______________________ DATE____________ CLASS:_______

2. (a) Baby Francis has a very high temperature (fever). His grandmother wipe
his skin with rubbing alcohol and his temperature goes down. After a
while, the babys temperature starts to rise again.

(i) Baby Francis temperature was measured with a clinical thermometer.

State ONE difference between a clinical thermometer and a laboratory
thermometer.

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(1 mark)

(ii) State TWO main processes that occur when rubbing alcohol is used to
lower the babys temperature.

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(2 marks)

(i) Suggest one reason for the babys temperature rising again.
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(1 mark)

(b) A bi-metallic strip is an essential part of some thermostats. Its function

depends on metals expanding at different rates. Figure 3 shows how four
metals, labeled A, B, C and D, expanded when heated by the same quantity of
heat. Study Figure 3 and answer the questions which follow.
 (i) Which of the metals, A, B, C or D, expands the LEAST when heated?

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(1 mark)

(ii) Which combination of metals CANNOT be used in a bi-metallic strip?

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(1 mark)

(iii) Give a reason for your answer to (b)(ii).

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(1 mark)

(ii) Which of the following combinations of metals will bend the MOST in a bi-
metallic strip? (Circle only ONE combination.)

A and B A and D
B and D
(1 mark)

(c) Johns office is located in a warehouse. It has one entrance and a window which
opens onto a garage.

(i) The visiting health inspector told John that his office was poorly
ventilated. Give TWO reasons for the inspectors comment.
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(2 marks)
(ii) Suggest TWO likely effects of the poor ventilation.
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(2 marks)
(iii) Recommend TWO actions that could be taken to improve the ventilation
and the air quality in the office.
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(2 marks)

1 A marine biologist identified the following organisms in a river flowing

through a
village: large fish, small animals and larvae, algae and small plants, and
small fish.

(a) Draw a food chain showing the feeding relationships among all of the
organisms
identified above.

(2 marks)

(b) Which of the organisms listed in (a) above can be identified as producers?
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(1 mark)

(c) Some chemicals from a nearby factory accidentally entered the river and
killed the small animals and larvae. State TWO effects this would have on
the organisms in the river.
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