FORM ONE

TERM TWO GENERAL SCIENCE EXAMINATION

1 Hour


MARCH 24, 2014
POINT FORTIN WEST SECONDARY SCHOOL
Reid Road, Egypt Village, Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
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FORM ONE GENERAL SCIENCE
Instructors: K. Boatswain (1.2 1.5) L. Kanhai (1.1) Name:
Results : Class:
Date:


1. Time allowed: 1 hour
2. The following items are provided:
a. Examination script
b. Additional paper
3. Candidates are permitted to bring into the examination room:
a. Pens
b. Pencils
c. Eraser
d. Sharpener
e. Ruler
4. Candidates must answer ALL questions, in Sections A, B and C and one question in Section D
5. The paper consists of Y questions
6. Please do not leave your seat unless you are given permission by an Invigilator.
7. Do not communicate in any way with any other candidate in the examination room.
8. Do not open the question paper until told to do so.
9. All answers must be written in the answer book(s) provided.
10. All rough work must be written in the answer book(s) provided.
11. A line should be drawn through any rough work to indicate to the examiner that it is not part of
the work to be marked.
12. At the end of the examination, remain seated until your answer book(s) have been collected and
you have been told you may leave.


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SECTION A
You are required to answer all questions in this section.

Part I
Circle the correct answer for each question. Each question is worth one mark.
1. We obtain energy to grow and perform our daily activities from the food we eat. The
form of energy stored in food is called _____________________.
a. Chemical energy
b. Kinetic energy
c. Heat energy
d. Nuclear energy
2. When an energy conversion occurs, some energy is always wasted as
____________________
a. Light
b. Chemical energy
c. Nuclear energy
d. Kinetic energy
3. The gravitational potential energy of an object depends on _____________
a. Its mass and speed
b. Its mass and height from the ground
c. Its height from the ground and speed
d. Its speed and the gravitational pull acting on it
4. In the process of photosynthesis, chlorophyll serves as
a. an end-product
b. a raw material
c. an energy converter
d. a hydrogen acceptor
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5. Which color light is least important to a green plant during photosynthetic activities?
a. green
b. yellow
c. blue
d. orange
6. PHOTOSYNTHESIS transforms electromagnetic energy from the Sun into
a. mechanical energy
b. thermal energy
c. chemical energy
d. electrical energy
7. ________ capture solar energy and use photosynthesis to produce sugars.
a. Producers
b. Primary consumers
c. Secondary consumers
d. Heterotrophs
8. Grazing animals such as deer are ________.
a. Producers
b. primary consumers or herbivores
c. secondary consumers
d. decomposers
9. Answering your cell phone transforms the chemical energy in its battery into
a. electromagnetic (light) energy
b. electrical energy
c. sound energy
d. all the above
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10. Which of the pictures illustrates the transformation of electrical to thermal energy?

11. A moving object has
a. kinetic energy
b. potential energy
c. both kinetic and potential energy
d. neither kind of energy
12. The energy stored inside a battery is
a. kinetic energy
b. potential energy
c. both kinetic and potential energy
d. neither kind of energy
13. The purpose of a nuclear power plant is to transform nuclear energy into electricity. This
is done in steps starting with a nuclear reaction which generates heat to produce steam.
The steam in turn is used to turn a generator which finally produces electricity. Which
answer best illustrates these energy transformation?
a. nuclear mechanical chemical electrical
b. thermal nuclear mechanical electrical
c. mechanical thermal nuclear electrical
d. nuclear thermal mechanical electrical
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14. What energy transformation(s) take(s) place when you strike and light a match?
a. chemical to nuclear energy
b. mechanical to thermal energy
c. chemical to thermal or heat and light energy
d. electromagnetic to potential energy
15. When you stretch a rubber band, _____________ energy is converted into _________
energy.
a. Mechanical, chemical
b. Elastic potential energy, kinetic energy
c. Mechanical, elastic
d. Light, elastic


Part II: True or False
For each statement, circle True or False. Each question is worth one mark.
True False 1. Plants make food by sucking up dirt.
True False 2. Sunlight is the only thing plants need to live.
True False 3. Plants breathe air through their leaves.
True False 4. Plants breathe air through their stems.
True False 5. People and animals breathe in carbon dioxide.
True False 6. People and animals breathe out carbon dioxide.
True False 7. Plants need oxygen to make food.
True False 8. Plants need carbon dioxide to make food.
True False 9. People and animals need oxygen to live.
True False 10. If there were no plants on Earth, people could still live by eating vitamins.





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SECTION B
You are required to answer all questions in this section. Each question is worth one mark.
1. Classify the following statements as either Kinetic Energy (K.E.) or Potential Energy (P.E.)
a. Stone you throw with force ________________________
b. A match ________________________
c. A moving train ________________________
d. The cricket ball when struck with a bat ________________________
e. A stretched rubber band ________________________
f. Rolling down a hill ________________________
g. The books on a table ________________________
h. A bullet when fired ________________________
i. A fruit hanging from a tree ________________________
j. The wind ________________________

2. Given below are some examples of energy transformation. Write down the appropriate
energy transformations next to each statement given below. Some examples of energy
transformations are listed below. Some of them can be used to answer your questions while
others cannot. Choose wisely.
Mechanical
to electrical
potential to
kinetic
electrical to heat electrical to light Electrical to sound
electrical to sound mechanical to
sound,
potential to
electrical
chemical to
electrical
electrical to
mechanical
Chemical to light Light to chemical chemical to
mechanical
mechanical to heat electrical to heat

a. The wind mill __________________________________________
b. A flash light __________________________________________
c. Rubbing your hands together __________________________________________
d. A moving car __________________________________________
e. A battery powered curling iron __________________________________________
f. The electric iron __________________________________________
g. The electric bell __________________________________________
h. The microphone when working __________________________________________
i. Riding a bicycle __________________________________________
j. A microwave __________________________________________
k. An electrical toaster __________________________________________
l. Photosynthesis __________________________________________
m. Answering a cell phone __________________________________________
n. Exercising __________________________________________
o. Photosynthesis __________________________________________
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SECTION C
Answer all of the following questions.
1. What is energy? (3 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
2. Where does the worlds energy come from? (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
3. List five forms of energy (5 marks)
i. _________________________________
ii. _________________________________
iii. _________________________________
iv. _________________________________
v. _________________________________
4. What does the law of conservation of energy state? (2 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
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5. What is a renewable energy resource? Give 3 examples. (5 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
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6. What is a non-renewable energy resource? Give 3 examples (5 marks)
________________________________________________________________________
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7. What is the difference between heat and temperature?(hint define heat and
temperature) (3 marks)
______________________________________________________________________________
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SECTION D
Answer either question one or question two in this section. Each question is worth 25
marks in total.

Question 1.
Read the passage carefully. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word. Each correct blank
space filled is worth three marks. The correct form of the equation is worth 4 marks.





_________________ is a process in which sunlight energy is used to make glucose. The site of
photosynthesis is in the _______________ an organelle found in the _______________of
green plants. The main functions of chloroplasts are to produce food (glucose) during
photosynthesis, and to store food energy. Chloroplasts contain the pigment,
___________________. Chlorophyll absorbs most of the colours in the colour spectrum, and
reflects only green and yellow wavelengths of light. This is why we see leaves as green or yellow
because these colors are reflected into our eyes.

Glucose is another name for sugar. The molecular formula for glucose is __________________.
Plants make sugar by using the energy from ____________________ to transform CO
2
from the
air with water from the ground into glucose. This process, called photosynthesis, occurs in the
chloroplast of the plant cell. During this process, oxygen (O
2
) is created as a waste product and is
released into the air for us to breath. The formula for photosynthesis is:

___________________________________________________________________

This formula says that carbon dioxide and _______________ molecules are combined with the
energy from sunlight to produce sugar and oxygen. The reactants in photosynthesis (what is
used) are CO
2
, water and sun. The plant gets water from the ground through its roots. The plant
collects carbon dioxide from the air. Much of the carbon dioxide comes from living organisms
that exhale it, but some also comes from factory smokestacks and car fumes.




Word Banks
Chlorophyll glucose organelle photosynthesis sunlight
pigment sugar chloroplast C
6
H
12
O
6
water leaves
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Question 2
Read the passage below and answer the questions which follow.
The Masai Mara is an area of grassland in East Africa, where herds of wildebeest and zebra
graze. They are hunted by big cats such as lions.

The Mara River runs through the area. The animals have to cross it to reach new pastures. In the
river are crocodiles that have adapted to catch wildebeest and zebra as they cross. Hippos also
live in the river; however they only feed on grass and aquatic plants.

The Masai are a local tribe of huntsmen who keep cattle on the grassland and who also hunt
wildebeest and zebra for meat. Their cattle are occasionally attacked and eaten by lions.

a. Draw lines to match each description with the correct animal. (2 marks for each correct
answer)



















b. Write three different food chains using the organisms of the Masai Mara. ( HINT the
organisms are written in bold): ( 3 marks )
i. ....

......

....
ii. .......

......

....
iii. ....

......

....


producer

predator

prey

consumer

habitat

hippo

Mara River

zebra
grass

lion

crocodile
s

Aquatic plants

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c. Which animals in this habitat are secondary consumers? (2 marks)
__________________________________________________________________________________________

d. Which organism in this habitat are autotrophs or producers of their own food?
(2 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________
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e. Which organisms in this habitat are herbivores?
(2 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________
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f. Which organisms in this habitat are carnivores?
(2 marks)

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Question 3
Using the following food chain, answer the questions below.
Grass Rabbit Fox


a. What type of organism is the grass? _____________________________________________
b. Which animal is a herbivore or primary consumer? _________________________________
c. What would happen to the population of rabbits, if the population of foxes increased (got
bigger)? Why?
__________________________________________________________________________
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d. Construct a food chain using the statement below. Label the producer, primary consumer,
secondary consumer, and tertiary consumer.

An owl eats a snake, the snake eats a squirrel, the squirrel ate a nut.



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e. Label the following leaf arrangement as either opposite, alternate or whorled






[Type a quote from
the document or
the summary of an












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g. List three functions of the leaf in plants
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h. List three functions of the roots in plants
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