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Science Paper 2 SBA 3 Year 5 2019

Answer all questions.

A. Choose the correct answer and write the letter A, B, C, D in the space provided.

1. Ahmad used an iron nail to scratch a bar of soap and measured the depth of the scratch mark
made in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1

He was trying to find out the __________ of the bar of soap.

A. Hardness
B. Strength
C. Flexibility
D. Absorbency

2. Why will an ice cube melt when it is placed in a cup of hot water?

A. Because the ice cube gains heat from the water.

B. Because the ice cube loses heat to the water.
C. Because the water gains heat from the ice cube.
D. Because the water loses heat from to the air.

3. Why do penguin’s wings change into strong flippers?

A. Penguins adapting to live in dessert.

B. Penguins can swim in water to find food.
C. Penguin cannot fly again because they become fat.
D. Penguin do not want to fly again.

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4. How can lion adapt to its habitat?

A. A strong jaw and large canine to help to tear food.

B. It can eat long grass when it is hungry.
C. Powerful leg muscles allow it to walk slowly.
D. Yellow fur helps it to be seen by other animals.

5. The animal in Figure 2 below constantly sucks in water and opens and closes Part X. It does
this so that it can ________________________.

Figure 2

A. Keep its egg inside its mouth

B. drink in water from surrounding
C. swallow dissolved nutrients in the water.
D. Breathe in the dissolved oxygen in the water.

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6. The diagram in Figure 3 below shows an owl on a tree. How does it camouflage itself to avoid
detection by its prey and predator?

Figure 3

A. By blending in with the environment.

B. By hunting its prey found on the tree only.
C. By adapting to the changing environment.
D. By modifying its body feature to catch prey.

7. Nurul and Jamila want to find out the kinds of materials that sound can travel through. Which of
the following do you think will not allow sound to pass through it?

A. Metal tabletop
B. Swimming pool
C. Wooden door
D. Outer space

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8. The graph in Figure 4 shows the height of a mung bean seedling as it grows over a period of
four weeks.

Figure 4

What is the difference in height of the plant between week 1 and week 4 in the graph above?

A. 5 cm
B. 8 cm
C. 17 cm
D. 22 cm

9. Which diagram in the Figure 5 below shows that light is reflected?

Figure 5

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10. Study the Figure 6 below. The boy is reading a book.

Figure 6

Why the boy able to read the book?

A. Because light travels from his eyes to the book.

B. Because light travels from the book and reflects to the sun.
C. Because light travels from the sun and his eyes onto the book.
D. Because light travels to the book and reflects to his eyes.

11. Which of the following is not a source of light??

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12. A prism can be used to split the white lights into different colors as shown in the Figure 7
below.

Figure 7

What are the colours?

A. Blue, red and yellow.

B. Purple, pink, green, black and white.
C. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
D. Red, yellow, orange, green, black, indigo and violet.

13. The source of the colours in rainbow is ______________________

A. air
B. clouds
C. raindrops
D. sunlight.

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14. Yazid wants to do an experiment on light. He takes out a torch, a card with a slit, a prism and a
screen as shown in Figure 8a below. Then, he sets up the equipment in Figure 8b below.

Figure 8b

Look at the Figure 8b above. What is the experiment about?

A. To test if light can be block by prism.

B. To test if the light can be split into different colours.
C. To test if the light can travel in a straight line
D. To test if the light travels in one direction only
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15. Joey wanted to find out how much light can pass through four objects W, X, Y and Z. She
shone a torchlight at each object. She then used a data logger to measure the amount of light
that passed through each object.

The graph below shows the result of her experiment.

Which of the following could each object most likely be?

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16. In Figure 9 below, Tom puts a ball in between two sheets P and Q, which are made of
different materials, in a straight line. He then puts a screen at the end of the line.

Figure 9

After that, he shines a torch at sheet P and observed that a dark shadow is cast on the screen
as shown below.

Which of the following shows the properties of sheet P and Q correctly?

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17. Joan arranges four sheets of different materials W, X, Y and Z in a straight line, inside a dark
room as shown in Figure 10 below.

Figure 10

A rectangle hole is cut on sheets W and Y. She then shines a torch at sheet W and a clear
rectangular patch of light is observed on sheet Z.

Which one of the following statements is correct?

A. Sheet W and Y is transparent.

B. Only sheet X is opaque.
C. Sheet Z is transparent.
D. Sheet Y is translucent.

18. Which of the following are effects of friction?

i. A leaf falling onto the ground.

ii. A man walking steadily on a tiled floor.
iii. A pair of worn-out shoes.
iv. A warm hand after rubbing each other.

A. ii and iii only.

B. ii, iii and iv only.
C. iii and iv only.
D. All of the above.

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19. The diagram in Figure 11 below shows part of a mangrove tree. What is the plant part labeled
X adapted for?

Figure 11

A. It carries out photosynthesis.

B. It takes in water.
C. It traps sunlight.
D. It takes in air.

20. The Figure 12 below shows a boy standing under the sun outside his classroom. The shadow
on the ground has the same shape as the boy. What does this show?

Figure 12

A. Light can be bent

B. Light can be reflected
C. Light can be pass through an opaque object
D. Light travels in a straight line.
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21. Zarfan visited the zoo and saw some animal in Figure 13 below. He describes one of the
animals he observed as an animal with its body covered in fur, has a beak like mouth and a
tail. It moves in water with webbed feet?

Figure 13

Which one of the animals in figure above matched Zarfan’s description above?

A. Beaver
B. Duck
C. Platypus
D. Spiny anteater

22. A force can change the speed of an object such as _______________.

A. lifting a bag
B. squeezing a sponge
C. kicking a ball
D. opening a door

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23. Figure 14 below shows what happens when a lighted torch shines on the milk bottle.

Figure 14

Which of the following shows the correct shadows on the screen in Figure 14 above?

24. Why does an object weigh less on top of a mountain than at its foot?

A. The amount of matter in the object reduces on top of a mountain.

B. The frictional force is greater on top of a mountain.
C. The gravitational force weakens on top of a mountain.
D. The temperature is lower on top of a mountain.

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25. Which of the following is true about amphibians?

A. The young take in oxygen using gills.

B. The adult give birth to live young.
C. Their body covered with scales.
D. The adult breathe in using gills.

26. Which of the following animals would you not expect to find in a pond habitat?

A. Penguin
B. Water boatman
C. Goldfish
D. Terrapin

27. Susan wants to find out if plants need sunlight to stay alive. He placed a plant inside a box and
watered it everyday for one week as shown in Figure 15 below.

Figure 15

What will possibly happen to the plant after 1 week?

A. The colour of the leaves may turn yellow.

B. The colour of the leaves will turn greener.
C. The plant may grow healthier.
D. The plant may bear flowers and fruits.
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28. Study the diagram in Figure 16 below.

Figure 16

Which of the following shows the correct pathway of air entering the human breathing system
when we breathe in?

29. Figure 17 shows the water cycle. Which letter A, B, C and D shows condensation?

Figure 17

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30. Ak Harith wants to find out the solubility of some substance with water. He sets up an
experiment in Figure 18 below?

Figure 18

The experiment is not a fair test. How can this experiment be improved?

A. Use the same substance in all 3 test tubes.

B. Use the same amount of water in each test tube.
C. Use different amount of substance in each test tube.
D. Use different test tube size for each substance.

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