GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION

JUNE 2017
GRADE 6

NATURAL SCIENCES AND

TECHNOLOGY

DISTRICT
SCHOOL NAME
EMIS NUMBER
CLASS (e.g. 6A)
SURNAME
NAME

GENDER: BOY GIRL

TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes

MARKS: 50

11 pages

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GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

PROVINCIAL EXAMINATION

NATURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

TIME: 1 hour 30 minutes

MARKS: 50

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer ALL the questions.

2. Write neatly and legibly.

3. Read the instructions of each question before answering.

4. All questions must be answered on the question paper.

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CONTENTS OF THE QUESTION PAPER

STRANDS

NATURAL SCIENCES LIFE & LIVING, MATTER & MATERIALS

TECHNOLOGY PROCESSING

 The question paper consists of SECTION A, SECTION B and SECTION C.

SECTION A: LOW ORDER SECTION B: MIDDLE SECTION C: HIGH

QUESTIONS / COGNITIVE ORDER QUESTIONS / ORDER QUESTIONS /
LEVEL 1 COGNITIVE LEVELS COGNITIVE LEVELS
2&3 4,5 & 6
Q 1 Photosynthesis, Nutrition, Q 6 Ecosystems and food Food processing,
Nutrients in food, Food webs, Process to purify Nutrients
processing, Mixtures, water
Solutions as special
mixtures
Q 2 Nutrients in food, Q 7 Solids, liquids and
Ecosystems and food webs, gases
Solutions as special
mixtures
Q 3 Solids, liquids and gases,
Nutrition, Ecosystems and
food webs
Q 4 Nutrition, Wetlands,
Solutions as special
mixtures
Q 5 Solutions as special
mixtures
Total=25 Total=18 Total=7

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SECTION A

QUESTION 1

MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

Draw a circle around the letter of the correct answer.

1.1 What do we call the process that plants use to make glucose sugar?

A Food chain
B Photosynthesis
C Sunlight energy
D Producers (1)

1.2 Which food source provides us with good sight and healthy skin?

A Liver
B Eggs
C Oranges and lemons
D Carrots (1)

1.3 Which mineral makes red blood cells?

A Calcium
B Zinc
C Iron
D Sodium (1)

1.4 Which method can be used to separate a mixture of peanuts and raisins?

A Hand sorting
B Sieving
C Filtering
D Decanting (1)

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1.5 Which method uses bacteria or yeast to change or process food?

A Drying
B Salting
C Fermenting
D Pickling (1)
(5)

QUESTION 2

TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS

Write whether the statements are True or False.

STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE

2.1 A hypothesis is a statement that is a possible answer to a
question.

2.2 Carbohydrates are food for energy.

2.3 Plants are consumers and they can make their own food.

2.4 Water is a living organism in the river ecosystem.

2.5 Crystallisation is a method used to separate a solution,

where the solvent evaporates leaving crystals of the solute
behind.
(5)

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QUESTION 3

MATCHING ITEMS

Match the statements in Column A with the correct word in Column B. Write the
correct LETTER next to the number in Column C.

Example: 3.6 Food used for growth and repairing parts of the body. 3.6 = g (protein)

Column A Column B Column C

3.1 Anything that takes up space and has mass A Decomposers 3.1 =

3.2 Difficulty in passing solid waste out of the body B Solution 3.2 =

3.3 Many food chains that are linked together C Constipation 3.3 =

3.4 Organisms that break down dead plants and D Matter 3.4 =
animals

3.5 A solution in which no more of the solute will E Food web 3.5 =
dissolve in solvent
F Saturated
(5)

QUESTION 4

FILLING IN QUESTIONS

Read the statements below and give one word to explain it.

STATEMENTS ANSWERS
4.1 Disease that is caused by a diet that lacks vitamin C

4.2 A place where a plant or animal lives

4.3 An area covered by shallow water for most of the

year

4.4 A dissolved substance changing into solid crystals

again

4.5 When a substance cannot dissolve in water to form a

solution
(5)

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QUESTION 5

LABELLING STRUCTURES

Study the mixture of sugar and water below.

(a)

(b) (c)

5.1 Label parts A to C.

5.1.1 A–

5.1.2 B–

5.1.3 C– (3)

5.2 Which substance is the solvent in the mixture?

(1)

5.3 Which substance is the solute in the mixture?

(1)
(5)

TOTAL SECTION A: 25

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SECTION B

UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

QUESTION 6

DRAWING AND ARRANGING QUESTIONS

6.1 Use arrows to draw and arrange living and non-living things to show how they
depend on each other.

Use the following living and non-living things provided in brackets.

(Mouse, Grasshopper, Owl, Sun, Grass)

Energy → Producer → Primary consumer → Secondary consumer → Tertiary

consumer

(5)

6.2 Explain what could happen to the consumers if there are no producers.

(2)

6.3 Which animal from the food chain is a carnivore?

(1)
(8)

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6.4 Arrange the steps on how municipal water is cleaned before it is used.

Steps not in the right order Steps in the right

order (USE LETTERS
ONLY)
A. In the settlement tank, solid matter like soil and STEP 1:
small stones in the water settles down.
B. In the chlorination tank, the chlorine kills any STEP 2:
germs left in the water.
C. Water is pumped from the dam. STEP 3:
D. Supply: The water is pumped to a storage tank, STEP 4:
piped to houses, schools, hospitals, and other
users.
E. Filtration: The filter bed removes very tiny particles STEP 5:
from the water.
F. Sieving: The grid sieves the water and removes STEP 6:
large objects such as leaves.
(6)

QUESTION 7

7.1 COMPARING PARTICLES IN SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES

CHARACTERISTICS OF ARRANGEMENT OF MOVEMENT

PARTICLES PARTICLES
SOLID 7.1 7.3

LIQUID Particles are closely packed 7.4

together but further apart
than in solids

GAS 7.2 Particles can move in

all directions

(4)

TOTAL SECTION B: 18

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SECTION C

QUESTION 8

EVALUATING AND ANALYSING

8.1 Name ONE (1) reason why we process food?

(1)

8.2 ANALYSING QUESTIONS

Your friend would like to lose weight. He compares the labels on two cans of
food.

Butter beans Tomatoes

Food groups in each 100 g Food groups in each 100 g
Energy 348 KJ Energy 70 KJ
Proteins 6g Protein 1g
Fats 0.6 g Fat 0.1 g
Carbohydrates 14 g Carbohydrates 3g
Fibre 5.8 g Fibre 0.5 g

8.2.1 Which food would be better for him to eat?

(1)

8.2.2 Give ONE (1) reason for the answer that you provided to Question 8.2.1

(1)

8.2.3 Which of these foods is better to eat, for someone with constipation?

(1)

8.2.4 Give ONE (1) reason for the answer that you provided to Question 8.2.3.

(1)

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8.2.5 For an active teenager, which food would be best to eat?

(1)

8.2.6 Give ONE (1) reason for the answer that you provided to Question 8.2.5.

(1)
(7)

TOTAL SECTION C: 7

TOTAL: 50

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