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Name: Date:

Class:

Science Paper Practice Paper1(Take home Test)

I)Choose the correct answer and Put tick [√] mark on the correct letters[10marks]

1. Asteroids orbit in the _________ between Mars and Jupiter.

a. Asteroid Belt b. Saturn c. Earth. d. Galaxy

2. The Earth’s moon creates ________

a. Tides b. river c. Sound waves d. Mist

3. A large body in space made of rock, ice, and frozen gas

a. Meteoroid b. Asteroid c. Comet d. Moon

4. A large body in space made of rock and minerals:

a. Comet b. Meteoroid c. Asteroid d. Moon

5. Before it becomes a "shooting star", the actual bit of solid coming from space is called

a. meteoroid b. meteor c. meteorite d. asteroid

6. The tail of a comet

a. is gas and dust pulled off the comet by the Sun's gravity.

b. always points away from the Sun.

c. trails behind the comet, pointing away from the Sun as the comet approaches it, and

toward the Sun as the comet moves out of the inner Solar System.

d. both (b) and (d).

7. The main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of

a. Earth and Mars.

b. Saturn and Jupiter.

c. Venus and Earth.

d. Mars and Jupiter.

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8.The terms meteoroid, meteor and meteorite each refer to a different stage in an object's
descent. What do we call it as it streaks through a planet's atmosphere?

a. meteor b. meteoroid c. meteorite d. asteroid

9.Which language is the root word of "Nebula" from?

a. Latin b. Russian c. Greek d. English

10.Nebulae appear in the form of _______ in space.

a. Ocean b. Milk c. Cloud d. Ice ball

II) Fill in the gaps in the paragraph below with correct words given in the box
(use the words one time) [5]

Sound is created when something is made to ____________. The number of vibrations every
second is called the ____________of the sound. You can change the pitch of a sound by
making an object vibrate ______________or by changing the ______________ of an object.
Sound cannot travel through a ____________, where there are no particles to vibrate.

Metal vibrates glass vacuum tension faster water air frequency

III) 1.What is the difference between A & B with the use of the word regular and diffuse

Directions: Use the diagrams to answer each question.

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i) What does Diagram A depict? ______________________________

ii) What does Diagram B depict? ______________________________ [2]

2 Scientist uses an oscilloscope to record the traces made from four different sounds.

The diagrams show the traces made from these four sounds.

trace A trace B

trace C trace D

(a) Which is the loudest sound? ________________________________ [1]

(b) Which sound has the highest pitch? __________________________ [1]

(c) The scientist makes a fifth sound.

This sound has the same amplitude as the sound that made trace B.

It has the same frequency as the sound that made trace D.

Draw the trace that his fifth sound makes on the oscilloscope.

[2]

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3.Matching (Directions: On the line after each definition, draw a line to the letter of the term that
matches it correctly. [4]

A. Light can pass all the way through this. 1. opaque material

B. Light cannot pass through it 2. refraction

C. light wave moves from air into water 3.reflection


termed as

D. The bouncing back of light into the same 4. transparent material


medium after striking a surface

4. Directions: Label this diagram by writing the correct term from the word bank on each

line. Some terms will be used more than once. [5]

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5. Write the missing terms in these energy transformation diagrams. [5]

6. Meena pulls a sledge in the snow

(a) (i)Draw an arrow on the rope to show the direction of the force of the rope on the
sledge. Label the arrow R. [1]

(ii)Draw an arrow on the diagram to show the direction of the force of gravity on the

sledge. Label the arrow G. [1]

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(b) Force F is the friction between the sledge and the snow. Meena then pulled the
sledge over a concrete path. Friction is less on snow than on concrete.
Give the reason for this
____________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________ [1]

7.Calculations
(a)A student pushes a chair 4 m across the floor using a constant force of 15 N. How
much work does the student do on the chair? [3]

Step 1

Step 2

ANS: Write the correct units with answer

(b) Bodie lifts his ice skates 0.75 m off the ground using a constant force of 12 N.
How much work was done? [3]

Step 1

Step 2

ANS: Write the correct units with answer

1. If a wave travels 30 m in 6 seconds, what is the speed of the wave? [3]

2. Sound travels at 1,500 m/s through water at 25ºC. Under these conditions, how
long would it take sound to travel 300 m? [3]

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