HAN CHIANG HIGH SCHOOL, PENANG.

FIRST SEMESTER MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2022

SCIENCE

Paper 1: Multiple-choice questions

Class: J1E1/J1E2/J1E3/J1E4/J1E5/J1E6
Duration: 45 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. This subject comprises two papers:

Paper 1: Multiple-choice questions (40%)
Paper 2: Subjective question (60%)

2. Please answer all questions in the OMR paper provided.

3. Answer each question by blackening the correct space on the

answer sheet.

4. Blacken only one space for each question.

5. This question paper comprises of 13 pages only.

DO NOT TURN OVER THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE

TOLD TO DO SO

Student’s Name: _________________ Student’s Number: ______________

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1. The equation shows a chemical reaction that occurs in living organisms.

glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water

Which of these characteristics of living organisms is this equation associated with?

2. A palisade cell and a nerve cell are observed under a light microscope. Only the palisade
cell has a

A. cell membrane.
B. cytoplasm.
C. nucleus.
D. vacuole.

3. Which row describes a root hair cell?

4. The diagram shows some cells.

Where are these cells found?

A. mouth
B. blood
C. bronchus
D. plant roots

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5. What is a characteristic of all living organisms?

A. breathing
B. digestion
C. excretion
D. urination

6. The diagram shows part of a flowering plant.

Using the key, identify this plant.

1 three petals ................................................. go to 2

more than three petals ............................... go to 3

2 leaves longer than they are wide ................ A

leaves wider than they are long .................. B

3 leaves parallel-veined ................................. C

leaves not parallel-veined ........................... D

7. The diagram shows a single cell from an organism called Spirogyra.

Which features does Spirogyra share with plant cells?

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8. Which part of the blood contains haemoglobin?

A. plasma
B. platelets
C. red blood cells
D. white blood cells

9. The body has defences to protect itself from diseases. What is a mechanical barrier to
diseases?

A. hairs in the nose

B. blood
C. stomach acid
D. white blood cells

10. A living organism, X, can make its own food, get rid of toxic materials and detect and
respond to stimuli.
What other four processes must organism X carry out to stay alive?

A. excretion, growth, movement, sensitivity

B. excretion, growth, nutrition, respiration
C. growth, movement, reproduction, respiration
D. movement, reproduction, respiration, sensitivity

11. Every species is given a Latin name by using binomial system.

What is a correct way of naming a species using the binomial system?

A. Homo sapiens
B. Homo Sapiens
C. human being
D. sapiens

12. The diagram shows a pea pod, which is a fruit.

Use the key to identify the fruit.

1 sepals fall off as soon as the flower is fertilised ............................ go to 2

sepals do not fall off as soon as the flower is fertilised ................. go to 3
2 pod contains fewer than four seeds .............................................. A
pod contains more than four seeds ............................................... B
3 fruit splits to release several seeds ............................................... C
fruit splits to release only one seed ............................................... D

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13. The diagram shows two cells.

Which process can be carried out by only one of these cells?

A. controlling the chemical reactions in the cell

B. controlling the movement of substances into the cell
C. making starch inside the cell
D. using glucose inside the cell

14. The diagram shows some of the structures found in the human abdomen.

What type of structures are X and Y?

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15. Cilia are present on the surface of the cells of the trachea. The cilia of a smoker work less
effectively than those of a non-smoker.

How does this affect the smoker?

A. Less carbon dioxide is released.

B. Less oxygen is released.
C. More bacteria enter the lungs.
D. More mucus is removed from the lungs.

16. The diagram below show a mule.

Which word cannot be used to describe a mule?

A. hybrid
B. species
C. infertile
D. It has no Latin name.

17. The diagram below shows a virus.

Which statement describe a virus correctly?

A. It has a nucleus.
B. It can replicate in an infected cell.
C. It can reproduce outside a cell.
D. It carries out nutrition.

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18. Which diagram represents a mixture?

19. Which piece of apparatus is a burette?

20. A chemical substance has a chemical formula of Na2O.

What is its chemical name?

A. sodium hydroxide
B. sodium oxide
C. sodium carbonate
D. sodium oxygen

21. Fluorine and chlorine are two examples of halogens.

Where in the Periodic Table is the elements found?

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22. Four physical changes are listed.

1 condensation
2 evaporation
3 freezing
4 sublimation

In which changes do the particles move further apart?

A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 and 4
D. 3 and 4

23. The diagram shows liquid in a burette and in a measuring cylinder.

burette measuring cylinder

Which row shows the readings for the burette and the measuring cylinder?

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24. A pure substance melts at 0℃ and boils at 100 ℃.

What is its freezing point?

A. 0℃
B. 50 ℃
C. 100℃
D. more than 100 ℃

25. When water is warmed, what happens to its molecules?

26. In the diagrams, circles of different sizes represent atoms of different elements.

Which diagram can represent hydrogen chloride gas, HCl?

27. How many elements are in compound of methane, CH4 and aluminium chloride, AlCl3 ?

CH4 AlCl3

A. 2 4
B. 1 2
C. 2 2
D. 5 4

28. In which of the following are the particles arranged in a regular pattern?

A. a gas
B. a liquid
C. a metal
D. a solution

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29. In an experiment, a student needs to measure out 36.50 cm3 of a solution. Which piece of
apparatus would measure this volume most accurately?

A. beaker
B. burette
C. measuring cylinder
D. pipette

30. The diagram shows the positions of some elements in the Periodic Table.

Which element is located in Period 4?

A. W
B. X
C. Y
D. Z

31. Two metal blocks P and Q have identical dimensions. They hang on identical spring
balances.

What can be deduced about P and Q?

A. They have different volumes and different weights.

B. They have different volumes, but equal masses.
C. They have equal volumes and equal weights.
D. They have equal volumes, but different masses.

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32. A helicopter takes off from the ground and rises vertically. It then hovers at a constant
height above the ground.

Which sequence of energy changes takes place during the gain in height?

A. chemical → gravitational potential → kinetic

B. chemical → kinetic → gravitational potential
C. gravitational potential → chemical → kinetic
D. kinetic → chemical → gravitational potential

33. A box is being lifted by a fork-lift truck.

The weight of the box is 3000 N.

The force exerted by the fork-lift truck on the box is 3500 N vertically upwards. What is
the resultant vertical force on the box?

A. 500 N downwards
B. 500 N upwards
C. 6500 N downwards
D. 6500 N upwards

34. Which statement about the masses and weights of objects on the Earth is correct?

A. A balance can only be used to compare weights, not masses.

B. Heavy objects always have more mass than light ones.
C. Large objects always have more mass than small ones.
D. Mass is a force but weight is not.

35. Which statement is correct?

A. Mass is a force, measured in kilograms.

B. Mass is a force, measured in newtons.
C. Weight is a force, measured in kilograms.
D. Weight is a force, measured in newtons.

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36. The diagram shows a ball hanging on a string. The ball swings from point W to point Z
and back to point W.

Which statement about the ball is correct?

A. The kinetic energy of the ball is greatest at point W.

B. The kinetic energy of the ball is greatest at point X.
C. The kinetic energy of the ball is greatest at point Y.
D. The kinetic energy of the ball is the same at all points of the swing.

37. Identical toy bricks are placed one on top of another to make a tower on a table.

Which statement is correct?

A. Adding the toy bricks will increase the contact force.

B. Adding the toy bricks will decrease the contact force.
C. Adding the toy bricks will increase the mass of each toy brick.
D. Adding the toy bricks will decrease the mass of each toy brick.

38. Which statement about the mass of a falling object is correct?

A. It decreases as the object falls.

B. It is equal to the weight of the object.
C. It is measured in newtons.
D. It stays the same as the object falls.

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39. A substance is heated at a steady rate. It changes from a solid to a liquid, and then to a
gas. The graph shows how its temperature changes with time.

Which parts of the graph show a change of state taking place?

A. P and R
B. P and S
C. Q and R
D. Q and S

40. The weights of four objects, 1 to 4, are compared using a balance.

Which object is the lightest?

A. object 1
B. object 2
C. object 3
D. object 4

Prepared by: Chin Kai Leek Checked by: Mr. Lim Yee Hoong

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