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Subject: Integrated Science Form 1 Time 1 /2 hrs

Name: _________________________________ Class: ____________

Answer ALL questions

1. In a science laboratory we find tools that are used for experiments.

(a) What do we call these tools? _______________________ (1 mark)
(b) Write down the name of these three tools.

_______________ _______________ ______________

(3 marks)

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1. ( c ) Match these tools with their name. The first one has been done

for you.

Tool Name of tool

(i)

spatula

(ii)

(i) Conical flask

(iii)

Test-tube rack

(iv)

dropper

(v)

Test-tube holder

(3 marks)

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 1 (d) In the boxes below draw:
Test-tube brush tripod

(2 marks)

2(a) This question is about measuring instruments.

Write down the name of the measuring instrument and its reading.

Name ______________ (1 mark)

Reading _____________ (2 marks)

2( b ) Write down the name of another measuring instrument.
_____________________________ (1 mark)
2( c ) The instrument needed to measure the mass of a book is
________________________________ (1 mark)
2.(d) In what units do we measure temperature? __________ (1 marks)
2. (e) What is the reading on the following measuring instruments?
3(a) Label the Bunsen burner with the following words.
Air hole, Barrel, base, gas supply, collar.

(5 marks)
3 (b) Complete the following table.
Air hole Colour of flame Description of flame
Closed Least hot flame
Opened Blue flame
(2 marks)
3. ( c ) Read the information about this experiment.
James is heating 100cm3 of water in a beaker.
When the temperature of the water is 50 0C, James
adds some copper sulphate crystals to the water. The
water becomes light blue in colour.
( c ) (i) Write down TWO other pieces of apparatus
needed for this experiment.
_________________ ________________
(2 marks)
3.(c ) (ii) Copy ONE sentence which shows the result of this experiment.
__________________________________________________ (1 mark)
4. This question is about safety and science equipment.
(a) Safety is very important when doing experiments. Write down two
safety rules which are important in a science laboratory.

(4 marks)
(b) The table below, shows some information about equipment used
in the lab. Fill in the missing information.

Letter Name of equipment Used to.

a. Bunsen burner
b. Safety glasses
c. Measures the volume of liquids
d. Holds a group of test-tubes in place.
(4 marks)
( c ) Underline the correct answer.
The meaning of this hazard symbol is:
(i) irritant (ii) corrosive (iii) toxic (1 mark)
(d) Underline the correct answer: When you put an inverted beaker over
a lighted candle which part of the fire
triangle is being removed?
(i) fuel (ii) oxygen (iii) heat
(1 mark)
 5. This question is about living things.

(a) Fill in the table below with the words in the box.

ant goat hen spider

Vertebrates Invertebrates

(b) Look at these animals, and then answer the questions below:

Fish Cow Frog Snake Robin

Which of these animals.
(Note: Each animal can be used more than once)
(i) Has fur on its body _____________________________
(ii) Has moist skin _____________________________
(iii) Is covered with dry scales _______________________
(iv) Gives milk to its young _______________________
(v) Lay eggs and is warm blooded ______________________
(vi) Has fins _______________________________________
 6. This question is about living and non-living things and the seven vital
functions.
(a) Put a circle round the living things.

(2 marks)

(b) Is a car engine a living or non living thing?_______________________

Give ONE reason for your answer._______________________________
__________________________________________________ (2 marks)
(c ) Write the letter of the correct example near each activity which is carried
out by every living organism. The first one has been done for you.

Growing _C___ A. I go jogging in the morning.

Respiring _____ B. I have a new baby brother.
Feeding _____ C. I am taller than last year.
Moving _____ D. Open the window. Im feeling hot.
Reproduction _____ E. I need energy for the race.
Using senses _____ F. Please sir, may I go to the toilet.
Excreting _____ G. Im going to have a pizza for lunch
7) This question is about the Understanding
Matter unit (topic).

a) Put the words, in the box below, in the

correct column of the table to show
whether they are SOLIDS, LIQUIDS or Gases.

AIR - STEEL - WATER - WOOD - JUICE - STEAM

Solids Liquids Gases

(6 marks)

b) John wrote 4 sentences about the three states of matter. Write TRUE or
FALSE near each sentence.

1. Gases can be compressed (squashed). _______________

2. Liquids can be poured. ______________

3. Solids have a fixed shape. ________________

4. Liquids take the shape of their container.________________ (4 marks)

8) This question is about the particle arrangement

In the 3 states of matter, and changes in state.
 a) In the boxes below draw the particle-arrangement for solids, liquids and
gases by drawing circles and arrows.

SOLIDS LIQUIDS GASES

(6 marks)

a) By drawing lines match the statement on your left with the correct word
on your right:

1. Ice changes to liquid water evaporation

2. Liquid water changes to steam melting

3. Liquid water changes to ice condensation

4. Steam changes to liquid water freezing

(4 marks)

9) This question is about the Our Environment unit.

 a) Answer the following multiple choice questions by putting a circle around the
correct answer:
1.Carnivores are animals that eat:

i) Plant material
ii) Other animals (meat)
iii) Inanimate matter
iv) Insects only
2. A herbivore is an animal that eats:

i) Microbes
ii) The remains of dead animals
iii) Plant material
iv) Fish
3. An example of an omnivore is a:
i) Lion
ii) Cow
iii) Tiger
iv) Human
4. Plants make their own food by:
i) Symbiosis
ii) Photosynthesis
iii) Photoreception
iv) Synthetic manufacture (4 marks)

9b) Label the

diagram of the
flowering-plant below
with
the words from
Word Bank:
 (4 marks)

9c) Look carefully at the prickly pear (bajtar tax-xewk) plant below that
is well-adapted to its dry Maltese habitat and answer the questions:

(i) Give one way the prickly pear is adapted to

surviving the dry hot summers of Malta.

___________________________________(1 mark)

i) How does the prickly pear plant protect itself

from herbivores that would like to eat it?

____________________________________ (1 mark)

10) The polar bears habitat is the ice-cold Arctic.

i. What does the word habitat mean?

 _______________________________

________________________________
(2 marks)
(ii). Give 2 ways the body of the polar bear
is adapted to the ice-cold conditions of the Arctic?

1._________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________
(4 marks)
ii) The polar bear eats seals,
Seals eat fish,
And Fish eat tiny plants.

Using this given information, draw a food chain by using words and arrows,
in the box below:

(4 marks)

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