GRAND MOUNT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Academic Year 2019-20
50
Candidate
Level Year 9
Invigilator
Invigilator’s Signature
Subject: Science
Date: 10th October 2019
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Part Marks
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 6
Do not turn over the pages until you are told to do so. 2
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Follow all instructions carefully. 3
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Write your name on all the work you hand in.
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Write in dark blue or black pen. 4
Do not use red pen.
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You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do 4
not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, and glue or correction fluid. 6
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Answer all questions.
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You should show all your working in the booklet. 4
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At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The
number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part 9 4
question. The total number of marks for this paper is 50.
10 4
Total 50
This test is based upon:
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1. Oliver grows several different varieties of cucumber plants.
He produces new plants by breeding different varieties together.
Oliver uses a brush to transfer grains containing male cells from a flower of one variety to the female
parts of another variety.
This is shown in the diagram.
(a) Name the grains containing the male cells.
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(b) Name the process of transferring the grains to the female parts of a flower.
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(c) Name the process that must take place before seeds are formed.
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2. Plants absorb mineral salts from the soil.
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(a) Circle the cell that plants use to absorb mineral salts.
(b) Which other substance must plants absorb from the soil?
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(c) Three identical plants A, B and C are grown in different conditions.
(i) Describe the effects of phosphate on plant growth. Explain how you can tell from the diagrams.
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(ii) The plant grown without magnesium has yellow leaves. Suggest why.
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3. The diagrams show four different fruits and four methods of dispersal.
(a) Draw straight lines to match each fruit to its correct method of dispersal.
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(b) Give a reason why plants need to disperse their fruits and seeds.
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[2]
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4. The dodo became extinct in the 17th century.
Hey, I’m Dodo. But
not anymore.
The dodo was a flightless bird which lived on the island of Mauritius.
The dodos built their nests on the ground.
Dodos had never met humans before humans arrived on the island. The dodos were not afraid of the
humans.
Humans brought new animals to the island, such as cats, dogs and rats.
The humans removed most of the forest where the dodos lived to build new homes and to create
farmland.
Write down two reasons why you think that the dodo became extinct.
1. _________________________________________________________________________
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2. _________________________________________________________________________
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5. Diagram A shows the flower of a fly orchid.
Diagram B shows a fly orchid flower being visited by insects.
(a) The flowers of this orchid release chemicals which smell like a female fly.
Suggest two reasons why male flies travel great distances to visit these flowers.
1. __________________________________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________________________________
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(b) The orchid is pollinated by insects.
What is meant by the term pollination?
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[2]
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6. In a photosynthesis experiment, a plant is left in bright sunlight for several hours. A leaf is then
removed from the plant and tested for starch, using iodine solution.
The diagram shows the leaf from the plant that was used in the experiment.
1. Which diagram shows the result of the experiment?
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2. Which substance, needed for protein synthesis, is carried into a leaf from the stem?
A. carbon dioxide
B. nitrate
C. oxygen
D. starch
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3. Which two substances are the products of photosynthesis?
A. carbon dioxide and glucose
B. carbon dioxide and water
C. oxygen and carbon dioxide
D. oxygen and glucose
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7. Plants manufacture their own supplies of carbohydrate.
What are the raw materials and the waste product of this process?
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8. Farmers and gardeners often use fertilisers for the soil where their crops are growing.
(a) What are fertilisers?
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[2]
(b) What type of fertiliser provides proteins to the plant?
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(c) What type of fertiliser is needed to make chlorophyll?
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[Turn over]
9. Photosynthesis happens inside the chloroplast in a palisade cell like this one.
(a) Write the names of each part below: A has already done for you.
A. ___________ Nucleus_______________
B. _________________________________
C. _________________________________
D. _________________________________
E. _________________________________
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10. Write word equation and chemical formula of Photosynthesis?
Word equation: _______________________________________________________________
[2]
Chemical formula: ______________________________________________________________
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