TECHNIQUES OF ANSWERING

UPSR SCIENCE PAPER

BY:
AMINAH EMBONG
 UPSR SCIENCE PAPER
Section Type Of Number Areas of Marks
Question Of Question Interest

Objective
Facts 60%
A 30
4–5 Science

B Subjective Main
Questions
Process
Skills
40
%
 Section B
• 4/5 structural questions which give a total
of 20 marks
• The time suggested is 30 minutes
• Answer all questions.Write your answers
in the spaces provided in the paper
• First,read the question carefully,underline
and understand the information
given.Then,answer each part of the
question accurately
 Science Process Skills that tests
in UPSR Science Paper
• Making Inferences (C1-C3)
• Predicting (C4-C5)
• Interpreting Data (C6-C9)
• Controlling variables (C10-C13)
• Making Hypothesis (C14-C15)
 16 key words in question section B

1. Observation 10. Conclusion

2. Inference 11. Aim
3. Manipulated variable(ttc) 12. Purpose
4. Responding variable(tto) 13. Predict
5. 2 variables
14.Estimate
6. State Imformations
15. Pattern
7. Constant variable
16. Trend
8. Hypothesis
9. relationship
 Making Inferences

Using the information given to

draw early conclusion and
explain events
State one inference based on your
observation

A B
Observation : Chicken B is bigger than chicken
A
Inference : Chicken B gets more food than
chicken A
Imformations from inference

Inference : Manipulate Variable

Example :

Inference : Chicken B gets more food than

chicken A
MV : Quantity of food
How to use information to write
inference
A: Animal
Inferences.

1. More food/less food

• More water/less water

Other Inferences
1. Genetic
2. Disease(The Disease harms the animal)
3. Habitat(pollute/not
4. Air(polluted/clean)
5. Temperature(high/low)
Example:

State one inference based on the

stimulation given

A B

Cow A gets more quality food than

cow B
• INFERENCE OF ANIMAL

FOOD
FOOD

WATER
WATER

AIR
AIR
TYPE OF
SPECIES DISEASE
• INFERENCES OF PLANTS
SUNLIGH
SUNLIGH
TT
WATER
WATER
MINERAL
MINERAL
SPACE
SPACE
OTHER FACTORS
AIR
AIR
GENETIC
DISEASE
 Observation
• Observation involves the use of our
senses to identify and describe an object’s
properties

e.g. it looks….,it smells…., it tastes…,it

feels…,it sounds….
 OBSERVATIONS
PLANT
HEIGHT
HEIGHT

SIZE
SIZEOF
OF
LEAF
LEAF CIRCUMFERENCE
CIRCUMFERENCE
OF
OFSTEM
STEM

NUMBER
NUMBER
OF
OFLEAVES
LEAVES

SIZE
SIZEOF
OF
ROOTS
ROOTS
 OBSERVATIONS
• ANIMAL Size
Size of
of head
head
Movement
Movement
(Aktive/not)
(Aktive/not)
Size
Sizeof
of ears
ears

Size
Sizeof
of
tail
tail Thickness
Thickness
of
of fur
fur
weight
weight
 Guide

Imformation from Observation..

Observation.. : Responding Variable ( RV)/tto

Example :

Chicken A bigger than

chicken B
Responding variable: The Size of
Chicken
A forecast of what a future observation might be

e.g. what will happen to the earth if human

Activities are not controlled
 The mass of Time to fall(s)
object(g)
5 5 10
2
5 10 8
5 15 6 2 (6-2)=4

20 ?
Predict the time taken of object to fall for the mass
of object 20g.
4 second.
 mv rv
Quantity of The number of
fertilizer (g ) flower
5 10
2 5
7 15
2 5
9 20
2 5
11
Increasing
Increasing
Predict the number of flower of 11g fertilizer
Giving rational explanation about
an object,event or
Pattern observed
Sample questions

a) What is the aim(purpose) of this fair

test?.

b) State the trend(pattern)

c) What is the relationship between what

you changed and measured?
 MV RV

Amount of water Time (minute)

(liter)
5 10
10 20
15 30
20 40

+ +
State the pattern of time heated.

increase
The various ways to find variables

• Variables
• MV
• RV
• CV
Naming the manipulated
variable,responding variable and all
the variables to be held constant
What to keep the same-constant
What to change- manipulated variable
What to measure –responding variable
 Manipulated Variable

Different object,numbers.

Remember:

State the characteristic-The number,The

Size,The height,The weight
 Responding variable
-The result of investigation

What is the effect of investigation while number/object

is change.

What is the result of investigation ?

Temperature/Time of heated/The brightness….

 1. Based on diagram.

a. Constant variable: similar

What are the similar characteristics in the picture?

animal. location. hole.

what characteristics that are similar ?

A type of ? The size ? The number ?
b. : Manipulated variable- Something that different

What are the differences in the picture?

Dark / Bright cold / hot

Day/night

what characteristics that are different?

( Time,weather,temperature,condition)
c. Responding Variable: The result of investigation

Animals in the hole. Animals outside the hole

( Movement /location of animals.)

Questions with graphic(table/graph,chart).

MV RV

CV MV RV

MV

RV
 CV
MV
RV

RV
RV

MV

( Level for mv)

Making a general statement about
the relationship between the
manipulated variable and the
responding variable in an
investigation.
 MV RV
Amount of Water Time Heated (m)
(liter)
5 10
10 20
15 30
20 40

Increasing Increasing

More amount of water,more time heated

 Hypothesis

Time Temperature
5 10
10 5
15 0

If the time increase,

The temperature is decrease
Melalui Graf

Num. of Vehicles
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
RV ( Observation) 20
10
0
1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00
Time

MV (Inference)
 90

80
70

60
Water Level(ml)
50

40

30

20

10

Jan Mac Mei Julai Sept Nov

Month
RV MV

Nyatakan pembolehubah-pembolehubah berikut

i. Pembolehubah Manipulasi : Bulan ( Penyiasatan )

………………………………………………….
Bacaan paras air (meter)
ii. Pembolehubah Bergerakbalas : ………………………………………………
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 Sekian…..

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