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Primary Science - Revision on Heat Energy

Each MCQ carries 2 marks. Open-ended questions have their marks indicated in
square brackets [ ].
Q1. Min Yue wants to measure the temperature of the water in a beaker. How should
she measure?

Q2. Some boiling water was poured into 3 containers of same shape and size: X,
Y,Z. The three containers are tightly sealed and left on a table.

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Which of the following tables shows correctly the time taken for water in each
container to cool to room temperature?

Q3. The graph below shows the time taken for cooking pots (made of different
materials) to reach the temperature of 90 degrees Celsius.

Yuki wants to make a container which can keep his ice-cream cold for a long time.
Which material should he use?

Q4. Identical amounts of liquid were put into A and B, made of plastic and metal
respectively. An electric heater was switched on, and the distances to A and B
respectively are the same.

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Which graph accurately shows the increase in temperature over time?

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Q5. A metal spoon was put into a cup of hot coffee.

Which graph shows the temperature change of a spoon and a coffee?

Solid line: Coffee
Dotted line: Spoon

Q5. Kiyota wanted to find out which material A or B would allow cold water in a
beaker to gain heat fastest.
Given that the materials used are of the same thickness, and that the temperature of
water in the beakers was same as the start of the experiment, which pair of set-ups
should he use?

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Q6. Look at this diagram.

Cooking pot's handles are made of plastic because it is a _________________

conductor of heat [1]
Cooking pot's body is made of metal because it is a __________________
conductor of heat [1].

Q7. Janet pours 200 ml of hot water into three bowls made of materials X, Y and Z.
She used a temperature sensor to measure the temperature of the water in the 3
bowls at intervals of 2 minutes and recorded it in the table as shown below.

a) FIll up the table with the temperature of material Z at the 4th minute.[2]

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b) Which material, X, Y or Z is the poorest conductor of heat? Explain. [2]

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c) Which material is best used to make the handle of a cooking pan? Explain. [2]
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Q8. Study these set-ups.

Which 2 set-ups should be used by Si Xuan to conduct an experiment for each of the
following aims:
a)(i) To find out if the volume of water will affect amount of heat cooking the eggs [2]
Set up (____) and (_____)
(ii) To find out if the temperature of water will affect the amount of heat cooking the
eggs [2]
Set up (____) and (_____)

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(b) Can Si Xuan use set-up D to find out if the number of eggs affect the time taken
to cook it? Explain. [2]

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