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MID SEMESTER EXAMINATION 2010

SCIENCE FORM 1
i. Kerosene
PAPER 1 (1 HOUR) ii. Petrol
iii. White phosphorus
iv. Benzene

Answer all the questions given in the OMR a) i, ii, and iii
paper. b) i, ii, and iv
c) ii, iii, and iv
d) i, ii, iii, and iv
1) Which one is correct?
a) Geology- the study of living organisms 5) The diagram below shows two pendulum
b) Biology- the study of microorganisms of different lengths. Both pendulum
c) Physics- the study of matter, energy,
having same mass. The time taken for 10
and natural forces
oscillations is recorded.
d) Physiology- the study of processes
and functions of living systems

2) Arrange the steps of using Bunsen burner

in the correct way.
M. Turn on the gas slowly
N. Close the air hole by turning the
collar
O. Bring a lit match to the mouth of
the barrel What can be observed?
P. Open the air hole slowly a) Pendulum S stops but pendulum T
keeps on swinging
a) P→O→M→N b) The time taken to complete 10
b) N→O→M→P oscillations is shorter for pendulum T
c) P→M→O→N c) The time taken to complete 10
d) N→M→O→P oscillations is shorter for pendulum S
d) Both pendulums take the same time
3) What is the function of the apparatus
to complete 10 oscillations
shown below? 6) Which list consists of only base physical
quantities?
a) Length, volume, time
b) Volume, area, density
c) Length, mass, time
a) To contain liquids
d) Mass, weight, area
b) Measure temperature
c) Transfer small quantities of liquids
7) The information shows the memories of 11) What is the function of the condenser of a
four computers. microscope?
a) Absorbs light from the light source
b) Control the amounts of light that goes
M- 3.2 gigabytes
through the specimen
N- 2.4 terabytes c) Concentrate light from the mirror
onto the specimen
O- 4.2 megabytes d) Reflect lights from the light source

WhichPcomputer
- has
12.8 the biggest memory?
kilobytes 12) Which of the following techniques shows
a) M
the correct way of handling a microscope?
b) N
a) Never use the high power objective
c) O
lens
d) P
b) Place the microscope in a dark area
c) Turn the low power objective lens
8) 16 cm³ of water is poured into a 50 cm³
glass. A metal ball can displace 0.4 cm³ of until it touches the slide
d) Adjust the mirror and diaphragm so
water. Determine the number of marbles
that enough light enters the
that can be dropped into the glass to
microscope
make it full.
a) 95
13) What makes up the protoplasm of a cell?
b) 85
a) A vacuole and a nucleus
c) 75
b) A cell membrane and a nucleus
d) 65
c) A vacuole and cytoplasm
d) A nucleus and cytoplasm
9) Scha Al-yahya dropped 15 marbles into a
14) The diagram shows a plant cell.
measuring cylinder as shown in the
diagram below.

Among the structures A, B, C, and D,

which structure is responsible for
producing food?

15) An animal cell has

a) A cell membrane which is
semipermeable
b) Chloroplasts which contain
chlorophyll
What is the volume of one marble?
c) A big vacuole which contains cell sap
a) 2 cm³
d) A cell wall which maintains its shape
b) 5 cm³
c) 15 cm³
d) 30 cm³
Weight Mass
10) Which comparison between weight and A Measured with Measured with
mass is correct? a lever balance a spring
balance
B Measured in Measured in
gram joule
C Constant on Changes on
the earth the earth
D Due to Earth’s Due to the
gravitational amount of
pull matter
16) Which of the following statements about d) Protects the structures beneath it
cell membrane is not true?
a) It is partially permeable 22)
b) It is a thin layer surrounding the cell
P – A group of similar cells carrying
c) It causes the cell to have a definite
out the same function
shape
d) It controls the movements of Q – Different tissue grouping
materials in and out of the cell together to carry out the same
function
17) In the preparation of slides of onion cells,
a drop of iodine solution is added. What is R – A basic unit in an organism
Identify the correct examples for P, Q,
the function of the iodine solution? and R.
a) To lubricate the cover slip
b) To make the cells moist P Q R
c) To vanish the smell of onion A Heart Liver Nerves
d) To stain the cells B Nerves Heart Ovum
C Ovum Nerves Liver
18) Which of the following comparisons
D Liver Ovum Heart
between plant cell and animal cell is true?
23) Which of the following are the examples
Plant cell Animal cell
of C?
A Do not have fixed Have fixed
shape shape
B Store food as Store food as C – A group of different tissues that
glycogen starch grains work together to doheart
a particular
a) Kidneys, nose, skin,
granules job ovum, stomach, liver
b) Lungs,
C Large vacuoles Usually absent
c) Mouth, intestines, sperm, ears
D Indefinite shape Definite shape
d) Brain, muscle, lungs, stomach
19) Which of the following groups of 24) Heart is an organ in the
organisms consists of unicellular a) Excretory system
organisms? b) Nervous system
a) Spirogyra, yeast, amoeba c) Blood circulatory system
b) Yeast, hydra, pleurococcus d) Endocrine system
c) Euglena, yeast, chlamydomonas
d) Chlamydomonas, spirogyra, fern 25) Which organ is correctly identified with its
function?
20) Which type of cell detects stimuli from the a) Heart – to make blood
surrounding environment? b) Testes – to produce female
a) Red blood cells reproductive cells
b) Nerve cells c) Lungs – to absorb water from the
c) Epithelial cells blood
d) Muscle cells d) Kidney – to remove mineral salts
21) What is the function of the skin epithelial 26) Which of the following statements is true
tissue? about matter?
a) Enables movement a) Matter cannot exist in the form of gas
b) Carries information as electrical
at room temperature
impulses b) Non-living things are not matter
c) Transports nutrients
 c) Matter does not have volume
d) All matter have mass that can be
weigh
27) Which of the following is not a matter?
a) Ice
b) Sunlight
c) Euglena
d) Water vapour
28) The diagram below shows a glass
vertically immersed in a basin of water.
The water in the basin does not enter the
glass because
a) The glass is filled with air
b) Water is denser than air
c) Water cannot flow into the glass
d) Water cannot mix with air
29) The smallest particles that make up
matter are
a) Compounds
b) Atoms
c) Elements
d) Molecules
30) A solid cannot be compressed because its
particles
a) Are arranged very close together
b) Cannot move freely
c) Are very hard
d) Are very large
31) A polystyrene floats on cooking oil
because
a) Its volume is smaller than cooking oil
b) Its mass less than the mass of cooking
oil
c) Its density is lower than cooking oil
d) It is lighter than cooking oil
32) The diagram below shows Brownian
movement.
The Brownian movement explains that
a) Minute particles such as smoke
particles do exist
b) Smoke particles move randomly in all
directions
c) The collision of particles cause them
to move in the same direction
d) Smoke particles are very small and be
seen only under microscope
33) The rate of diffusion is faster in liquid than
in solid. This is because
a) The space between the liquid particles
is moderately large
b) The liquid particles can be
compressed
c) The liquid particles are smaller than
the solid particles
d) The attractive force between the
liquid particles are weaker
34) Water exists in three states which are
solid, liquid, and gas. In all these three
states, the molecules
a) Move freely and randomly
b) Have the same energy
c) Move at the same speed
d) Are arranged differently
35) What is the similarity between a liquid
and a gas?
a) The spaces between their particles are
very small
b) Both have fixed volumes
c) Their particles vibrate about in their
fixed positions
d) Both do not have definite shapes
36) Which of the following statements
regarding the particles is true?
a) Particles of gases cannot move freely
b) The solid particles are very far apart
from one another
 c) Liquids have a definite volume but no a) X, Q, R, P, Y
definite shape b) Q, X, R, Y, P
d) The liquid particles are closely c) Y, P , R, X, Q
arranged in fixed regular pattern d) Q, X, R, P, Y

37) The table below shows the mass and 39) The diagram shows solids P and S which
volumes of four substances J, K, L, and M. are put into a jar containing liquids Q and
R. Liquids Q and R do not mix.
Substance Mass (g) Volume (cm³)
J 40 80
K 32 35
L 20 25
M 15 10
Which of the following substances will
sink in water when it is dropped into a
beaker of water?
Which of the following statements is true?
a) J
a) P is denser than R
b) K
b) R is denser than S
c) L
c) Q is less dense than S
d) M
d) R is less dense than Q
38) The information below shows the
40) Cooking gas in a cylinder is kept in liquid
comparison of densities of liquid X and
state to
liquid Y. It also shows the buoyancy of a) Prevent leakage of gas
three solids P, Q, and R. b) Transport gas easily
c) Store energy of the particles
 Liquid X is less dense than liquid Y d) To provide particles with higher
 Solid P sinks in liquid Y pressure
 Solid Q floats on liquid X
 Solid R sinks in liquid X but floats
on liquid Y
Based on the information, which of the
following shows the correct sequence in
order of increasing density?

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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Ketua Panitia Sains Menengah Rendah Ketua Bidang Sains & Matematik
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