FORMATIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON CHAPTER 5

Level 1

1. Matter is a substance that has ___________________ and occupies _______________.

2. State whether the following substances in the table below is a matter or non-matter.
Substance Matter / Non matter
Stone
Sound
Air
Water
Light

3. Two cups of the same size are filled until full with vinegar and olive oil separately. Both cups are
then left under the Sun. After a few days, it was found that both cups are not full. What can be
concluded from this observation?
A Vinegar evaporates faster than olive oil
B Olive oil evaporates faster than vinegar
C Both vinegar and olive oil evaporate
D Only liquid containing water can evaporate

Level 2

4. Ali is a famous businessman selling drinks. He is innovative in producing drinks of different flavor
and tastes. His wife will provide ideas to Ali to produce vanilla flavoured drinks. Figure 1 shows
the process of producing the drink.

plain water
Observation:

yellow vanilla crystals

Figure 1 : Process of Figure 2 : Vanilla

producing vanilla flavoured drink
flavoured drink

State what is observed in Figure 2. Explain your answer.

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5. Ali took g of plasticene and shaped it into a ball. HE then rolled the plasticene into a roll as in
Figure 1(b).

(a) Based on the figure above, what is the change of the matter after Ali changed the shape of
the plasticene?

less than 250g

no change in mass

more than 250g

(b) Is the change a physical change or a chemical change. Explain your answer.

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6. Fatimah intended to investigate the change when an egg is cooked in a closed container. The
mass of the egg before cooking is 20g. Fatimah cooked in the non-stick, closed container
without using oil.

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 a) What is the mass of the egg after being cooked?

less than 20g

no change

more than 20g

b) Is the change a physical or a chemical change? Explain.

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Level 3

7. Transport of timber logs

In timber industry, rivers are important means of transport of timber logs because the save
costs. On top of it, the ability of the wooden logs to float on rivers and brought downstream by
river water to the factory at the river mouth is one of the factors this method is used.
Explain, though the timber logs are heavy, they can still float on water.

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Level 4
8. From the figure below, state the position where the submarine is not able to submerge. Explain.

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Level 5

9. Is the submarine suitable for transporting goods compared to a ship? Give the reason.
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10. Kursk Submarine Tragedy

On September 2000, the largest and most sophisticated submarine of Russia, Kursk, which was powered
by nuclear power was involved in an accident while submerging in Barents Sea. The accident caused a
serious damage to the structure of Kursk and 118sailors lost their lives.

In one of the trousers pocket of a sailor, a note was found and it was written:”Kursk sank because of
torpedo”.

Suggests and innovation to the structure of the submarine to prevent the similar tragedy from
happening again.

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