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Christ Church Secondary School2010 Preliminary Examination

Science (Physics/Chemistry) 5116/01Secondary Four Express/Five Normal(Academic)

Paper 1

Date : 13 September 2010Duration : 1 hourMarks : 40

Additional Material: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name, class register number and class in the spaces provided on the AnswerSheet and at the top of this page.Use soft pencil to shade your answers in the Answer Sheet.Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

There are 40 questions in this paper. Answer all the questions. For each question, thereare four possible answers, A, B, C and D.Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the AnswerSheet.

Read the instructions on the Answer Sheet very carefully.

Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.A copy of Periodic Table is printed on page 16.

________________________________________________________________________ This Question Paper consists of 16 printed pages including this cover page.



Christ Church Secondary School Secondary Four Express/Five Normal(Academic)2010 Preliminary Examination Science(Physics/Chemistry)

Answer all questions in the Multiple Choice Answer Sheet provided.

1. The diagram below shows the scale of a vernier caliper.

9

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0 105

cm

What is the reading on the scale?

A 8.10 cm B 8.18 cmC 8.90 cm D 8.98 cm

2. The swings of a simple pendulum (of fixed length) are 10o wide and each swingtakes one second. How long will each swing takes if the width of the swing isreduced to 5o?

A 4

1second B

2

1second

C 1 second D 2 second

3. An iron ball falls through the air. The acceleration of free fall is 10 m/s2. Ignoring

air resistance, which of the following graphs below best describes the motion of theiron ball during the first two seconds of its fall?

0

v/m s-1

t/s

10

2

v/m-1

t/s20

20

A B

v/m s-1

t/s20

10

0

10

2

v/m s-1 C D

t/s




4. Five blocks P, Q, R, S and T, of different masses, are connected by four identicalstrings S1, S2, S3 and S4 as shown in the diagram below. They are pulled by asteadily increasing force F. Which of the following strings is most likely to break?

S4S T F

S1Q R

S3 S2P

A S1 B S2 C S3 D S4

5. Two objects, A (of mass 3 kg) and B (of mass 2kg), are stacked one on top of theother as shown in the diagram below.

A

B

10 N

If all surfaces are regarded as frictionless, then the acceleration of A in m/s2 when B is pulled by a force of 10 N is ______________.

A 5 B 3.3C 2 D 0

6. A car travelling at a constant speed of 25 m/s has a kinetic energy of 312 500 J.What is the mass of the car?

A 250 kg B 500 kgC 1000 kg D 12500 kg

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7. Tom is having difficulty in turning the nut using the spanner. He pulls with the sameforce in each case. Which diagram below shows him producing the biggest turningeffect?

A B

C D

8. The tubes inside solar heating panels allow the Sun’s radiation to warm water. Whyare the tubes blackened?

A Dark surfaces absorb radiation well.B Dark surfaces conduct heat wellC Dark surfaces emit radiation well.D Dark surfaces reflect radiation well.

9. A solid substance in a boiling tube was heated steadily. The temperature-time graphof the substance is as shown below. Which section of the graph indicates the

substance being a mixture of solid and liquid?

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TemperatureR S

P Q

O

Time

A OP B PQC QR D RS




10. A man who is standing at point X between two parallel walls fires a pistol.

wall wall

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X

He hears echoes after 0.5 s and 0.8 s. A further echo is heard, after firing, at a time

of ______________.

A 1.1 sB 1.3 sC 2.2 sD 2.6 s

11. Two notes are played on a violin. The second note is softer and has a lower pitch.The second note is ______________.

A higher in amplitude and lower in frequencyB lower in both amplitude and frequencyC higher in both amplitude and frequencyD lower in amplitude and higher in frequency

12. Transverse waves are moving past a small boat on a lake as shown in the diagrambelow. In which direction will the waves make the boat move?

boat

wave travellingthis way

A Towards leftB Towards right

C Backwards and forwardsD Upwards and downwards




13. A person stands at point X as shown in the diagram below. Which of the pins (1, 2,3, 4 or 5) will the person be able to see in the mirror?

mirror

1 2

3

4

5

xX

A Pins 1 and 3B Pins 2 and 4C Pins 2, 3 and 5D Pins 2, 4 and 5

14. A ray of red light falls on a glass prism as shown in the diagram below. Therefractive index of the glass is 1.5.

Which of the following shows the path of the light through and out of the prism?

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A B

C D




15. The figure below shows a strong magnet holding a chain of five small iron spheres.If a weak magnet, X, is brought close to the end of the last sphere, the sphere will ______________.

6. Which diagram shows the V/I characteristic graph for a conductor that obeys Ohm’sLaw?

17. stance of 10 Ω. If another similar wire, twice thegth r is used, what is the new resistance of the wire?

A 10 Ω B 5 Ω

C 80 Ω D 40 Ω

8. A resistor of 5 ohms is connected to a cell of e.m.f. 2 V. How much heat energy isproduced in the resi r in four seconds

0.4 J B 2.5 J3.2 J D 8 J

X

N S

N

A bend away from X B bend towards X C fall to the groundD stay still

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A 1 m wire of radius, r , has a resilen but with radius 0.5

1sto ?

AC

V

I0

V

I0

V

I0

V

I0

A B C D




19. wo of the wires P, Q, R and S are to be connected to the points X and Y to form aomplete circuit as shown in the diagram below.

Tc

Which two wires would give the ammeter the highest reading?

A P and Q B Q and R C R and S D P and R

20. When a current of 2 A flows for 5 s through a lamp, 120 J of energy aretransformed. How much charge flows through the lamp?

A 10 CB 12 CC 24 C

D 60 C

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ne of the following lists contains an element, a compound and a mixture?

rbon and silver

otassium and sea water

r and bronze

D Manganese, steel and carbon

2 n h a certain sugar with dilute hydrochloric acid. The resulting solution Z,

eth some known sugar solutions for reference, was analysed using

om phy.

n Z contain?

B Glucose and fructose

C Galactose and maltose

Maltose and glucose

23 An element X forms a negative ion with the electronic structure 2,8,8. What is the

roton number of X?

17

D 19

21 Which o

A Argon, ca

B Copper, p

C Iron, wate

2 Joh eated

tog er with

chr atogra

X X X X X Xglucose lactose galactose fructose maltose Z

What does solutio

A Fructose and lactose

D

p

A 16

B

C 18




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2 Wh statement explains why4 ich calcium oxide has a very high melting point?

gen atoms are joined by strong double bonds.

B The crystal lattice of calcium oxide resembles that of diamond.

tween calcium and oxygen is strongly exothermic.

5 m that can be extracted from 153 g

A 54 g

B 72 g

D 102 g

6 is produced.

A 22g of iron(II) sulfide and 6g of unreacted iron

B 22g of iron(II) sulfide and 6g of unreacted sulfur

28g of iron(II) sulfide only

7 hi he following substances reacts to form a salt and water only?

e methanoic acid and aqueous sodium hydroxideB Dilute sulfuric acid and zinc

C Dilute hydrochloric acid and aqueous sodium carbonate

A Calcium atoms and oxy

C The calcium ions are strongly attracted to the oxide ions.

D The reaction be

2 What is the maximum mass of aluminiuof aluminium oxide?

C 81 g

2 When 28 g of iron reacts with 16 g of sulfur, 44 g of iron(II) sulfide

What will be produced if 14g of iron is reacted with 14g of sulfur?

C 22g of iron(II) sulfide only

D

2 W ch of t

A Dilut

D Silver nitrate solution and aqueous sodium chloride




28 A solution X forms a white precipitate with dilute sulfuric acid and also with acidified

D Magnesium sulfate

9 The scheme shows some reactions of a compound Y.

excessHNO3(aq)

NaOH(aq)

What could the compound Y be?

A Aluminium sulfate Calcium carbonate

Zinc carbonate

0 Which of the following causes an increase in the Earth’s temperature?

B Carbon dioxide and methane

C Nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide

D Sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide

silver nitrate solution. What could the solution X contain?

A Barium chloride

B Barium nitrate

C Magnesium chloride

2

compound Y

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+ colourless

gas solution

white precipitate, insoluble in

excess NaOH(aq)

B

C Copper(II) carbonate D

3

A Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide




1 The table below shows the colour of indicators bromophenol blue andphenolphthalein, in acid and in alkali and as well as the pH at which the indicatorschange colour.

aline solution whichcolour changes

3

Indicator Colour in Colour in strongly pH atstrongly acidicsolution

alk

Bromophenol Yellow

blue

Blue 4

Phenolphthalein Colourless Red 9

What is the colour of a mixture of bromophenol blue and phenolphthalein in asolution with pH 7?

A Blue B Orange C Purple D Red

32

Whic e underg on?

A

B Iron(III) oxideC

D Slag

3 A newly discovered metal is placed in Group I. Which of the following

mpound with fluorine.ve metal.mpounds

m gains an electron for form an ion.

Iron is extracted from blast furnace using raw materials iron(III) oxide, coke andlimestone.

h substanc oes reducti

Coke

Limestone

3properties describes the new metal based on the above infomation?

A It can form an ionic coB It is the most reactiC It forms coloured coD The metal ato

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34 Which changes describe what is happening when pure water is heated toits boiling point?

Arrangement of particles Energy change

A Moving further apart ExothermicB Moving further apart Endothermic

C Moving closer together Exothermic

D Moving closer together Endothermic

5 A metal container is best used for storing cold water, but it corrodes rapidlywhen used to store dilute hydrochloric acid. The metal is

_________________.

sod

zinc

6 Small portions of aqueous potassium iodide and of a ium

d romate olutions. The co een are shown inthe table.

Solution number Potassium iodide Potassium dichromate(VI)

3

A calcium

copperB

C ium

D

3 cidified potass

lour changes sich (VI) were added to four s

1

2

colourless to brown orange to green

3

4

colourless to brown

no change

no change

no change

orange to green

no change

Which solution(s) contained a reducing agent only?

A 1 only B 1 and 3 only C 3 only D 2 and 3only




ool inside a37 The diagram elow shows steel w test-tube. The test- ted inwater, trapping air inside. What will be the water level after several days?

b tube is inver

38 The diagram shows the structure of compound P.

How is P classified?

A Acid and alcohol

B Alkene and acid

C Alkene and alcohol

39 Propene burns completely in oxygen as shown in the equation below.

2 C3H6 (g) + 9 O2 6 CO2 (g) + 6 H2O (l)

If 0.05 mol of propene is burnt completely, which volume of gaseous product is

obtained?

B 3.6 dm3 C 7.2 dm3 D 8.4 dm3

D Alkene and ester

(g)

A 2.4 dm3

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4 0 e represents a monomer.

HI IC = C

I ICH3 Cl

Which formula shows a part of the pol

— C — C — C — C — C —Il

I

—

Cl

Cl

H Cl

H Cl

HI I I I I I

H Cl H Cl H Cl I I I I I I

—

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Th following formula

Cl

ymer chain formed from this monomer?

H H H H H HI I I I I I

A — CI I I I ICH3 CH3 C Cl CH3 CH3

H H H H H HI I I I I

B — C — C — C — C — C — CI I II I I

CH3 Cl CH Cl CH3 3

C — C — C — C — C — C — C —I I I I I ICH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3

D — C — C — C — C — C — CI I I I I I

Cl CH3 Cl CH3 Cl CH3




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