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Joseph’s Anglo-Chinese School

First Term Examination 2013/2014
F.1 Integrated Science

Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes Name :___________________(__________)

Total marks: 100 marks
1. The diagrams in this question paper are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
2. Answer ALL questions. All answers should be written on the answer sheet.

Section A Multiple Choices (16 marks)

1 What should we do when some chemicals enter our eye?
A Wash the eye with running water. B Wash the eye using an eye wash bottle.
C Close the eye and have a rest. D Blink to spread the chemicals over the eye surface.

2 Which of the following is/are (a) scientific invention(s)?

(1) Electric cars
(2) Vaccines for swine flu
(3) The cause of cancer
A (1) only B (2) only
C (1) and (2) only D (1), (2) and (3)

3 Which of the following is NOT a scientific study?

A Studying whether smoking in public area should be allowed
B Studying how dolphins give birth to baby in oceans
C Studying how flu is spread
D Studying the effects of Wi-Fi on health

4 When the air hole of the Bunsen burner is closed, the flame is
A non-luminous and blue in colour. B non-luminous and yellow in colour.
C luminous and blue in colour. D luminous and yellow in colour.

5 Which of the following is used for holding hot objects?

A B

C D

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6 What are the meanings of the following hazard warning labels?

(1) (2)

(1) (2)
A Flammable Toxic
B Toxic Flammable
C Flammable Corrosive
D Flammable Harmful

7 A student is measuring the volume of a cork stopper as follows.

cm3 cm3 cm3

cork
stopper
rubber
rubber
stopper
stopper

What is the volume of the cork stopper?

A 25 cm3 B 35 cm3
3
C 230 cm D 290 cm3

8 Which of the following about the use of a thermometer in measuring a beaker of solution is correct?
A Take the reading immediately after putting the thermometer into the solution.
B Lower the thermometer until it touches the bottom of the beaker when taking reading.
C Take the reading when the temperature becomes steady.
D Stir the solution in the beaker with the thermometer.

9 Which of the following about transferring a solution using a dropper is correct?

A Squeeze the rubber bulb after putting the tip of the dropper into the solution.
B Release the rubber bulb of the dropper to suck up the solution.
C Let the tip of the dropper touch the inner wall of the test tube when dropping the solution.
D Dispose of the remaining solution in the dropper into the reagent bottle.

10 Tim wants to compare the performance of two brands of dry cells. He uses the two brands of dry cells
to light up the same bulb and measure how long the bulb remains bright. Which of the following does
NOT need to be the same?
A Size of the cells B Shape of the cells
C Number of cells D Price of the cells
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11 Arrange the following steps in a scientific investigation in the correct order.
(1) Making observations
(2) Drawing a conclusion
(3) Proposing a hypothesis
(4) Doing experiments
(5) Setting a question
A (5) → (1) → (4) → (3) → (2) B (1) → (5) → (3) → (4) → (2)
C (1) → (3) → (4) → (2) → (5) D (4) → (5) → (1) → (3) → (2)

12 Dogs pant when they feel hot. Which common characteristic of living things does this show?
A Living things need air.
B Living things can react to stimuli.
C Living things can reproduce.
D Living things need food.

13 Which of the following pairs of living things live in the same habitat?
A Lions and frogs B Seals and orchids
C Camels and cacti D Dolphins and snails

14 Below is a key for identifying three living things.

Living things

without legs with legs

X
without shell with shell

Y Z

What could X, Y and Z be?

X Y Z
A snail snake bee
B snake frog snail
C bird fish crab
D dolphin dog turtle

15 Mary examines an animal. She finds that the animal lives in water, has a backbone and mammary
glands. Which group does this animal belong to?
A Mammals B Amphibians
C Fish D Birds

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16 The following diagrams below shows a food chain. If the number of grasshoppers increases
sharply, what would be the change in the amount of grass and the number of birds?

Grass Grasshopper Bird

Grass Bird
A Increases Increases
B Increases Decreases
C Decreases Increases
D Decreases Decreases

Section B Fill in the blanks (18 marks)

1 There are different branches of science. Chemistry, (a) and (b) are examples.

2 Write down the names of the following apparatus.

(c) (d) (e)

3 Write down the habitat of each of the following living things.

Fiddler crab Penguin Shark

(f) (g) (h)

4 Pines and ferns are (i) plants because they do not produce flowers.

5 In a fair test, we should change the (j) variable only. The variable to be measured is called the
(k) variable. All the other variables in the experiment should be kept the same. These are called
the (l) variables.

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6 Frogs have (m) skin and (n) have dry and hard scales.

7 (o) helps scientists classify living things in an orderly ways.

8 The feeding relationship between living things can be shown by a (p) .

9 The 4Rs principle of waste management include (q) , reuse replace and (r) .

Section C Concepts Understanding Questions (10 marks)

For each of the following statements, point out (指出) whether the description in brackets『』is correct or not.
If the description is CORRECT, write TRUE.
If the description is WRONG, write down the CORRECT DESCRIPTION.
Example:
 We must not『eat or drink in the laboratory』.
True
 Reagent bottles are used to hold『gases』.
……………………………….. (solutions)

1. Penicillin is a kind of 『invention』.

2. The symbol for the unit used in measuring temperature is『C o』.

3. mL stands for 『millitre』.

4. When finding out the volume of a liquid in a measuring cylinder, we should take the reading at the
『upper edge of the line』.

5. The backbone in vertebrates『is used to support their bodies』.

6. We usually stir the solution in a beaker with a『spatula』.

7. After touching the leaves of a Mimosa plant, they fold inwards. This shows that Mimosa『can grow』.

8. Grasshopper and bird are 『dependent』for survival.

9. Seahorse is『an amphibian』.

10. Chinese Sturgeons are in danger of extinction, so they are called 『foreign species』.

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Section D Structural Questions (56 marks)
1. One day, Angela bought an ice lolly in the tuck-shop at recess. As the ice lolly would melt soon and
they had only 10 minutes for the recess, she had to eat it very quickly. After school, Angela wanted to
investigate whether wrapping the ice lolly with food wrap would make it melt more slowly at room
temperatures. She used two ice cubes to carry out the experiment below:

(a) Is her experiment a fair test? Why? (2 marks)

(b) Based on the answer in (a), what correction should be done to make the experiment a fair test?
(1 mark)

(c) After making the correction mentioned in (b),

(i) what is the dependent variable? (1 mark)
(ii) what instrument should be used in the experiment? (1 mark)

(d) What is the predicted result in the experiment? (1 mark)

Angela also wanted to know whether the number of food wrap will affect the melting time. Here are the
results of her experiment: for an ice cube wrapped by one, two and three layers of food wrap, the times
needed to melt the ice completely were 3, 10 and 18 minutes respectively.

(e) Fill in the missing part of the results in table below. (5 marks)

(i)___________________ Time needed for the ice to melt completely ( (ii)____________)

1 (iii)_______________
2 (iv)_______________
3 (v)_______________

(f) Draw the conclusion of the experiment. (2 marks)

[ Total: 13 marks]

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2. The table below shows the distribution of blood groups in a class.

Blood group A B AB O
Number of students 11 5 8 14

(a) Draw a bar chart to present the above data. (6 marks)

(b) What is the most common blood group in the class? (1 mark)
(c) Apart from blood group, list TWO other variations within humans that show a wide range of
distribution. (4 marks)
[Total: 11 marks]

3. The photos below show five animals.

A B C

D E

(a) (i) Use ONE structural feature to classify the above animals into two groups. (1 mark)
(ii) Name these TWO groups (2 marks)
(b) Which of the above animals cannot maintain a constant body temperature? (2 marks)
(c) State and explain the group that the following animals belong to. (6 marks)
(i) A
(ii) C
(iii) D
(d) State briefly TWO unique features found in animal E. (4 marks)
[Total: 15 marks]

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4. Read the article about yellow-breast bunting below and answer the questions.

Yellow-breasted bunting ‘endangered’

Yellow-breasted bunting is listed as endangered

species by the International Union for
Conservation of Nature today. Guangdong made
the bird a key protected species in 2011. However,
in China, especially Guangdong, people believe
that this bird can detoxify their bodies and has
medicinal use. Also, the loss of their habitats due
to the constructive work could further reduce the
number of this species. Although the excessive
hunting of this animal is banned today, it only
becomes more difficult to uncover the illegal
behavior.

An extract from SCMP dated 25 November 2013

(a) In which province do the people believe this animal has the medicinal use? (1 mark)
(b) State TWO reasons why yellow-breasted bunting is nearly extinct. (4 marks)
(c) What will happen if all yellow-breasted bunting become extinct? (2 marks)
(d) Suggest TWO ways to protect this endangered species. (4 marks)
(e) (i) Give an example of endangered species in Hong Kong. (2 marks)
(ii) Suggest TWO human activities cause the decreasing number of the species mentioned in
(e) (i). (4 marks)

[Total: 17 marks]

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