Theme 1: Investigating Living Things

Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1. Kalpana carried out a study to find out the relationship between sources of food and
the number of consumers. The study involved caterpillars and sparrows in the
school garden. The study took four weeks.

The observations are recorded in the following table:

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a) State the aim of the investigation?

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b) What is the trend of change in the number of sparrows?

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c) What conclusion can you make based on the observation?

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(1
mark/ 1 )

d) Predict the number of caterpillars on the 5th week.

5- . (1 mark/1
)

2. Diagram 1 shows information gathered in an investigation.

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a) What is the aim of the investigation?

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b) State one constant variable in the investigation.

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)

c) State one hypothesis that can be made in the investigation.

.(1 marks/ 1
)

3. A group of pupils gathered information about the amount of food needed by various
types of animals. Table 1 shows the result of this investigation.
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. 1 .

a) State one information gathered in this investigation.

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b) What conclusion can be made from the information in table 1?

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(1 mark/ 1
)
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c) Write one hypothesis based on the above statement.

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mark/

)
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4. Diagram 1.1 shows two similar boxes, J and K. Each box has 8 holes punched in the
sides. A farmer puts 20 chicks in box J and 12 chicks in box K.
1.1, J K .
8 . J
20 K 12
.

Table 1 shows the result of this investigation after four hours.

1,
.
Box

Number of dead chicks

a) State one reason (inference) based on these information.

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(1

Mark/

)
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b) Write one observation on the condition of the chicks in box J to support the
answer in 1(a)
1(a) J
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c) The chicks in the box K are transferred to box L as shown in Diagram 1.2. Box L
is similar to box K but it has only four holes punched by the sides.
K 1.2 L
. L K . ,
.

Predict what happened to the chicks after four hours.


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d) State one variable what was kept same (constant) in this investigation.
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mark/ 1 )
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5. Yasmin carries out an investigation to see the effect of yeast on dough. Different
quantities of yeast is mixed into four equal amount of doughs Q,R,S and T. Diagram
1 shows the hight of the dough after 30 minutes.
,
. Q,R,S T
. 1, 30
.

a) What is the purpose (aim) of this investigation?

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b) State one information gatherd in this investigation.

.(1Mark/

c) State
i)

What is changed (manipulated variable) in this investigation

ii)

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What is measured (responding variable) in this investigation.

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)

d) Predict the height of the dough when 12g of yeast is used.

12g
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