KWUN TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL

Half-yearly Examination 2012-2013

Integrated Science
Class : S.2 ( ) Max. Mark : 100
Name : _______________________ Date : 14-1-2013
Class No.: ________ Time : 8:45-9:45

Answer all the questions on the answer sheet provided.

(A) Multiple Choice (20 marks)

1. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Breathed air and unbreathed air contain the same amount of nitrogen.
B. Breathed air contains less water vapour than unbreathed air.
C. The temperature of breathed air is the same as that of unbreathed air.
D. The breathed air is cooler than unbreathed air.

2. Which of the followings is the process describing breaking down food to release energy?
A. Respiration B. Gaseous exchange C. Photosynthesis D. Energy generation

3. What does a green plant carry out in the day time?

(1) Photosynthesis (2) Respiration (3) Growing
A. (1) only B. (2) and (3) only C. (1) and (2) only D. (1), (2) and (3)

4. Which of the following foods releases the greatest amount of energy upon burning?
A. apple B. cheese C. rice D. noodle

5. People get energy from the food they eat. Where does the energy stored in food come from?
A. Fertilizers B. The sun C. Vitamin D. The soil

6. If you are burning wood, the reaction will

A. release energy.
B. absorb energy.
C. not absorb or release energy.
D. sometimes release and sometimes absorb energy, depending on the kind of wood.

7. Why do mountain climbers use oxygen at the top of the worlds highest mountain?
A. There is little nitrogen in the air at great height.
B. There is less oxygen in the air at great height.
C. There is a hole in ozone layer.
D. There is no air at the top of very high mountains.

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8. Which BEST explain why green algae are most often restricted to the top 100 metres of the ocean?
A. They have no roots () to anchor () them to the ocean floor.
B. The pressure is too great for them to survive below 100 metres.
C. They can live only where there is light.
D. If the algae lived below 100 metres, they would be eaten by animals.

9. There is a law to stop smoking in public places. The main reason for the law is that
A. smoking makes a place dirty. B. smoking makes a place cloudy.
C. smoking wastes a lot of money. D. passive smokers get more harm than smokers.

10. When the concentration of carbon dioxide reaches 3%, what will happen to the hydrogencarbonate
indicator?
A. It turns from red to purple. B. It turns from yellow to red.
C. It turns from red to yellow. D. It remains unchanged in colour.

11. Which of the following is the reason why leaves are green in colour?
A. The presence of chlorophyll. B. The presence of water.
C. To attract insects. D. To absorb oxygen.

12. Which of the following descriptions about burning of food and respiration is/are correct?
(1) Both need oxygen.
(2) Both release the stored energy of the food.
(3) The process of burning is fast while that of the respiration is slow.
A. (1) only B. (1) and (3) only C. (2) and (3) only D. (1), (2) and (3)

13. Where does respiration take place in living things?

A. oral cavity B. lungs C. cells D. trachea

14. When air enters the lungs, where will the air finally reach?
A. trachea B. bronchus C. air sacs D. rib cage

15. Which of the following is the major source of air pollution in Hong Kong?
A. Cutting down of trees
B. Smoke from power stations and exhaust fumes from motor vehicles
C. Hill fires
D. High population

16. Which of the following is the harmful effect of smoking?

A. Increasing the risk of having tooth decay
B. Increasing appetite that leads to a gain in body weight
C. Increasing the risk of heart disease
D. Causing loss of hair

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17. When we find that electrical appliance does not work, what is/are the possible reason(s)?
(I) Blackout, no electrical energy provided.
(II) The appliance is out of order.
(III) The appliance is disconnected from a power source.
A. (I) only B. (I) and (II) only C. (I) and (III) only D. (I), (II) and (III)

18. Which of the following is/are conductor(s)?

(I) Gold (II) Copper (III) Clay (IV) Graphite
A. (I) and (II) B. (II) and (IV) C. (II), (III) and (IV) D. (I), (II) and (IV)

19. Which of the following is the reason of using plastic to make the handle of the screw driver?
A. Plastic is a good insulator. B. Plastic is more beautiful.
C. Plastic handle is less slippery. D. Plastic is easier to be made into different shapes.

20. What is the reading of the ammeter in the diagram below?

A. 0.25 A B. 2.5 A C. 5 A D. 20 A

(B) True or False Statements (10 marks)

Write 'T' for a true statement and 'F' for a false one.
1. A glowing splint will relight when it is put into a jar of carbon dioxide.
2. There is no simple method to test nitrogen.
3. Fuels will burn only when they are heated to a certain temperature.
4. Comparing rice and vegetable of the same mass, the heat energy they produce is the same.
5. Respiration means breathing in and out.
6. Planting trees in urban areas can balance the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the air.
7. Suspended particles in the air are the only pollutants to be used to measure the Air Pollution Index.
8. Electrical energy is the common energy form used in household.
9. Dry cells have positive poles and negative poles.
10. When connecting circuit, the switch controls the current flowing to electrical appliances.

(C) Matching (5 marks)

Column A Column B
1. atmosphere A. exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
2. destarching B. complete circuit
3. control experiment C. incomplete circuit
4. gaseous exchange D. leave the plant in the dark for at least 24 hours
5. open circuit E. a layer of air surrounding the Earth
F. to ensure the result of an experiment is due to
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 the factor investigated
(D) Fill in the blanks (20 marks)
1. Carbon dioxide turns lime water from (a) ______________ to (b) ______________.
2. Water can be tested using dry (c) ____________ _____________ paper.
3. Water can be used to put out a fire by lowering the (d) _______________ of the object on fire.
4. Heating a leaf in boiling water can destroy the (e) __________ _________________ of the leaf cells.
5. In a food chain, (f) ______________ is transferred from one living thing to another. Animals that feed on
plants or other animals are called (g) ______________.
6. When we breathe in, air enters the (h) ________ ___________ through the nostrils. It then flows down
the trachea. The trachea branches into two (i)____________ which further divide into smaller tubes called
(j)______________.
7. At night, green plants have a net uptake of oxygen and a net release of (k) __________ __________
because they carry out (l)____________________ but not (m)____________________.
8. Cigarette smoke contains a lot of harmful substances. For example, (n)______________ can cause
addiction to cigarette smoking and (o)______________ may cause throat cancer and lung cancer. Carbon
monoxide in cigarette smoke lowers the (p) _____________ content in the blood.
9. In a closed circuit with an energy source, there is a net flow of (q)______________ electrons through the
circuit from the (r)______________ terminal to the (s)______________ terminal.
10. When more cells are connected in the same directions, the voltage across the cells will be
(t)____________.

(E) Short Questions (45 marks)

1. (a) The figure below shows a device that is used to collect breathed air.

(i) What is the difference in amount of oxygen in breathed air and unbreathed air? (1 mark)
(ii) What is the difference in amount of carbon dioxide in breathed air and unbreathed air? (1 mark)
(iii) Now there are a bottle of breathed air and a bottle of unbreathed air. Suggest an experiment to test
which of the bottle contains a higher amount of oxygen. (3 marks)
(b) The experiment below shows a peanut is burnt in air.

Cover the gas jar

with a glass plate
after the flame
goes out

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 (i) What is the colour change of hydrogencarbonate indicator? (1 mark)
(ii) According to the above result, what kind of gas is produced in burning?(1 mark)
(iii) When the peanut is burning in the gas jar, a thin layer of liquid forms inside the jar. What is this
liquid? (1 mark)
[Total: 8 marks]

2. The photo below shows three types of fire equipment.

(a) Name equipment A, B and C. (3 marks)

(b) Why can equipment C be used to put out a fire? Answer the question based on your knowledge of the
fire triangle. (1 mark)
(c) There are different types of equipment B. They put out fire with different substances. Name TWO of
these substances. (2 marks)
(d) Which condition(s) of the fire triangle is/are removed when using the types of equipment B you
suggested in (c) to put out fires? (2 marks)
[Total: 8 marks]

3. The set-up below is used to study gaseous exchange in a green leaf. Each tube contains 3 cm 3 of
hydrogencarbonate indicator. Tubes C and D are wrapped with aluminium foil. The set-up is left under
bright light for one hour.

(a) Complete the table to show the colour changes of the hydrogencarbonate indicator in the test tubes
after one hour. (2 marks)
Test Tube A B C D
Colour change of No change No change
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 the indicator
(b) Explain the colour changes of the indicator in tube A and tube C. (4 marks)
(c) State the purposes of setting up tube B and tube D. (2 marks)
[Total: 8 marks]

4. A grasshopper is put inside the conical flask in the set-up shown below. Air is drawn in through pipe P and
out through pipe Q.
bulb
air in air out

pipe P pipe Q

soda lime

lime
lime
water
water

tube A grasshopper conical flask tube B

(a) What is the use of soda lime in the bulb? (1 mark)

(b) What happens to the lime water in tube A after 30 minutes? Why? (2 marks)
(c) What happens to the lime water in tube B after 30 minutes? Why? (3 marks)
(d) How the results will differ if two grasshoppers are put in the conical flask? Explain your answer.
(2 marks)
[Total: 8 marks]

5. Read the following passage and answer the questions below:

People may think it takes only determination to be able to give up smoking.

However, according to medical experts, determination is only one of the necessary
factors for success in giving up smoking. They have found out that the use of
suitable medicine is actually very helpful. Examples of such medicine are nicotine
gum ( ), nicotine patch ( ) and nicotine inhaler ( ).
Furthermore, the support of the family can also contribute a lot to success.

(a) Name 3 medicine which can help smokers give up smoking. (3 marks)
(b) Explain why the support of family members would be helpful to smokers who want to give up
smoking. (1 mark)
[Total: 4 marks]

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 6. This question compares the principles of an electric circuit to that of a water pipe system. The electric
circuit consists of a bulb, a dry cell, a switch and connecting wires. The water pipe system consists of
water pipes, a tap, a turbine, a pump and two storage tanks at different heights.

Connecting
wire

(a) Write down the energy conversion in an electric circuit. (2 marks)

(b) Fill in the following table. (4 marks)
Parts in water pipe system Parts in electric citucit
Pump
Pipe
Flow of water
turbine
[Total: 6 marks]

7. The following diagrams show circuit A and B.

Circuit A Circuit B

In which circuit will the light bulb light up? Why?

[Total: 3 marks]

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