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& UNSW Global AUSTRALIA DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL INSTRUCTED, 45 QUESTIONS Sel STUDENT'S NAM O16 : Dee ire International Competitions Eee) Ee Ce Scns elaconeel ne Mey ead elses oe - idl eh rn eee tec ae a ae ance eee ats eee tee OE Wee au ne ic] ) EM te 1. The ciagram shows a centipede and a millipede. centipede antenna antenna What is the correct desenption of the milipede and the centipede based on the diagram? (A) The cantipade and millipede have similar body shapes. (8) The milipede has twice as many legs as the centipede. (©) The centipede and the millipede eat the same type of food. (2) The cantipade and the millipede have the same number of body segments. 2. During the 1850s, there wes an outbreak of cholera in London. A doctor, Jahn Snow, suspected that the source of the disease was the water that peonle used. On a map he matked the homes of people with cholera, and the location of the water pumps in the area, 2s shown, Which pump was likely to be the source of the cholera outbreak? KEY home of person with cholera, f= main roads © pumps {201 Sean eee BSE 2 “The activity of a metal refers to how easily it combines with cther substances. In nature the reactive metals combine with other chemicals in the environment, such as water. oxygen or acid to form compounds. The least reactive metas slay in elemental form, “The table shows the activity of some metals relative to hydrogen: Potassium Sodium Calcium Magnesium ‘Aluminium Zine tron Tin Lead Hydrogen Copper Mercury Sivver G Least reactive Based cn their activity, objects made of which metals are most likely to be found in ruins of anciont cities? (A) sodium and caicium (8) lead ano cooper (C) iron end elurrinium (D) gold and silver The photograph shows @ human hand and the skull of an extinct Australian animal called Diprotodon. wee, How many times longer than the human hand is the Diprotodon skull? @ 3. (e) 37 () 4 (0) 4y 3 {nA Sr Paps EAA 5. The diagram shows the life cycle of a cicada. 4.Laying eggs 4.Mating ‘Afemale cicada Male cicadas lays as many 28 produce mating 600 eggs. cals to attract females to mate 2.Nymph stage Eggs hatch into ant-ice nymphs, that drop to the ground and live underground for upto 17 years . 9 Nymphs tunnel to the surface, crawl up on trees and shed their skin, Cicadas are prey for birds, squirrels and cicada killer wasps. Which of the following helps the species to survive? (A) having a hard shel! to protect themselves (8) having sirong front legs to fight off predators: (C) laying lols of eggs to outnumber predators (D) changing body form to confuse predators 6. Karen has two water tanks, one for her house end another for her garden. She measured and recorded the ‘amount of water in each tank at the end of each month over a yeer and summarised her results in this graph. © House Tank ~ Garden Tank ‘Approximately, how many litres of water wore in the garden tank, at the time when she had the greatest amount of water in her house tank? Water in tank (10001) (A) 4500 FS ESEPSSPEFSSE | Month (©) 1900 L0W\crs Sinem Par FEEL 4 — ‘The timeline shows the years when two different types of microscopes were invented and the years wen different paris of cells were discovered. Light Endoplasmic microscope Nucleus Mitochondria_——reticulum Lysosomes invented discovered discovered discovered -—discovered L_ 1800 1700 1900 1500 1550 1600 1650 1750 1950) 2000 Cell wail Chromosomes —Golgibody Electron. Ribosomes discovered discovered discovered microscope discovered invented Which parts of cells can be seen using alight microscope? (A) Cell wal, chromosomes, mitochondria (8) Cell wall, chromosomes, lysosomes (C) Chromosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus (D) Chromosomes, nucieus, ribosomes ‘Symbiosis is the name for a close relationship between two different species. ‘The table below compares different types of symbiotic relationships, ‘Amensalism One organism is harmed but there is no effect on the other. Commensaliem ‘One organism benefits but the other is not affected. Mutualism Both organisms benefit. Parasitism One organism benefits al the expense of the other, When Galaoagos tortoises rise uo on their legs, Galapagos finches can a eat parasites from undemeath the tortoise’s body. What type of symbiosis is this relationship between the tortoise: land the finch? (A) Amansalism (8) Commensalism (C) — Mutualism (D) — Parasitism 5 {INICASSauen ape EMR 10. For questions 9 and 10 use the information below. Steel is made of iron and small quantities of other elements. The table summarises the proportion by mass, of elements other than iron present in four different types of steel. Seine] | 8 [wn] P cr | N | 4 0.96 | 1.50 | 0.80 |<0.025)<0.020} 1.0 | 20.10 | 50.07 | 50.03 | 0.03 2 150° 1.50 | 0.80 |<0.025/< 0.020] 1.0 |<0.10 <007| 20 | <0.03 2 2.00 | 1.50 | 080 |<0.025/< 0.020) 1.0 |<0.10|

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