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PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL JEDDAH (ES)
Science (0893) Term 2
Test 3 Review
Unit 6: Sound & Space
Name: ______________________ Y8____ ID: __________ Date: ________ Total Marks :20
1. Waves can travel on water, through air or in a vacuum.
(a) The diagram shows the side-view of a wave on the surface of water.
Each square on the grid represents 1 cm x 1 cm.
(i) State the wavelength of the wave shown. [1]
Wavelength = ____1.5________ cm
(ii) On the grid sketch the trace of the wave travelling at the same speed, but with
the larger amplitude and a lower frequency. [1]
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2. The diagram shows a cross-section of earth.
The mantle is hotter near the core than near the crust.
i) Complete the sentence by putting a cross in the sphere next to your answer. [1]
One reason for the mantle being hotter near the core is that -------------
A. The Earth’s crust is a solid ⃝
B. The Earth’s crust is a liquid ⃝
C. The Earth is radiating heat to space ⃝
D. The Earth is absorbing heat from space ⃝
ii) Explain how this temperature difference causes the tectonic plates in the Earth’s crust to
move. [2]
_Less dense magma rises above, More dense( relatively colder)
tends to settle, convectional currents are created. Because of
flowing magma, plates
move_____________________________________________________________
3. State the process of the formation of a nebula. [2]
_________________________ Page 230 L.B Last passage_________
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4. The diagram represents a wave.
State the amplitude and wavelength of the wave. [2]
Amplitude of the wave: ______5_____cm
Wavelength of the wave: ____8_____cm
5. When objects vibrate, they produce sound waves. [1]
An object in a box vibrates. However, a person in that same room near the box does not
hear anything. Why not?
_____Sound could be absorbed by materials in room, preventing it
from reaching the person. Another reason could be insufficient
amplitude_____________________________
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6. The diagram shows part of the boundary between two tectonic plates.
i) Complete this sentence by adding the correct statement. [1]
The plates are being steadily pushed in opposite directions by ________Convection
currents in mantle_______________
ii) An earthquake occurs.
Its epicenter is the place marked E on the diagram.
Describe what happens at the plate boundary to cause this earthquake. [2]
________Convergence or divergence of tectonic
plates_______________________________________________
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iii) Earthquakes are sometimes caused when plates in Earth’s crust move.
The diagram shows some corks floating on water.
Explain how this model of corks on water could be used to demonstrate what causes the
Earth’s plates to move.
You may add to the diagram to help with your answer. [2]
___Cork: Continents / Earth Crust / Tectonic plates
Water: Magma in mantle flowing_____________________________
7. A different theory for the origin of the Moon is called the capture theory. The capture
theory suggests that:
• the Moon was an object that was formed separately and far away from Earth
• this object was passing close by Earth
• the object was attracted by gravity from the Earth
• the object then remained in orbit around the Earth.
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a. State one piece of evidence that supports the collision theory but contradicts the
capture theory. [2]
__Moon’s composition and earth’s composition is somehow
similar_______________________________________
8. The diagram shows the plates which make up the Earth’s outer most layer.
a) Complete the sentence by putting a cross in the box next to your answer. [1]
Earthquakes happen when plates -------------------------
A. float on the mantle ⃝
B. rub against each other ⃝
C. Move away from eachother ⃝
D. Erupt from volcanoes ⃝
b) Explain what causes the plates to move. [2]
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__________________ Less dense magma rises above, More
dense( relatively colder) tends to settle, convectional
currents are created. Because of flowing magma, plates
move ______________________________________
