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OL /2020/34/E-1 Bage BOO GOST apap WBgninuyen. By TAN Righis Reserved) es Saas S88 cet "gc niaaaiclt aes pore be ‘h | qauan es anda Sp (@2xdoms exe) Smoa, 2020 | sede GurEs sors usss (ersnyam gy) ufLee, 2020 General Certificate of Education (Ord. Level) Examination, 2020 Bee Sebesnond 1 Science _I Notez 5% Answer all questions. 3 In each of the questions 1 to 40, pick one of the alternatives (1), (2), 3), (4) which you consider is correct or most appropriate. + Mark a cross (X) on the number corresponding to your choice in the answer sheet provided. sk Further instructions are given on the back of the answer sheet. Follow them carefully. 1, The fundamental structural and functional unit of life is the (1) cell (2) tissue. (3). organ. (4) system. 2, What is the pair of subatomic particles which attract each other? (1) electrons and neutrons (2) electrons and protons (3) protons and neutrons (@) electrons and electrons 3. The unit of momentum is ; () kgms™ @ kgms @) kgm" 4. The figures A, B and C below indicate three types of muscle tissues. A A,B and C above respectively are (J) smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle tissues. (2) skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and cardiac muscle tissues. (3) smooth muscle, skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle tissues. (4) cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle and smooth muscle tissues. 5. Which of the following is the molecule with highest number of covalent bonds? @ 0, @ Ny, @) NH, (4) co, 6. Heat is transmitted from the Sun to the Earth by (1) radiation @) conduction. @) convection, (4) radiation and convection ‘7. Aswas extracted by a student from an environmental pyramid, that ecosystem has one producer, eight primary consumers and twenty three secondary consumers. The student has extracted this information from a (1) upright number pyramid. (2) inverted number pyramid. (3) upright biomass pyramid. (4) inverted biomass pyramid. 8. Here is shown the displacement-time graph of the motion of g an object. During the time intervals from 0 to ¢, and 1, to f,, 3 the nature of the motion of the object respectively is, a 7 (1). a uniform velocity and an acceleration, a 4 ' (2) uniform velocity and a retardation. a ‘ ' G3) a uniform acceleration and a retardation. am iL Time/s rr? (4) uniform retardation and an acceleration dl [See page two 0L/2020/34/E-1 : 9. 10. u. 12. 13. 4. 15. 16. v7. 18. 19. 20. Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following information and Mother Father the illustration. Production of haemoglobin is disturbed by pgeneration Tt x Tt thalassemia, an inherited disease caused by the gene mutation in a somatic chromosome. With regard to the production of Gametes Q QD © haemoglobin naturally, the dominant gene is'T while the mutant magnetic field (2) toward the right on the plane of the paper. See (3) into the plane of the paper perpendicular to the plane. (4)_out of the plane of the paper perpendicular to the plane. [See page four 0L/2020/34/8-1 34, Under normal atmospheric pressure, a pure block of ice at temperature 10 °C was heated ata uniform rate until it was turned into liguid water and then for some time after the water started to boil. Which graph correctly indicates the variation of the temperature of the system with time? ‘Temperature ‘Temperature ‘Temperature “Temperature” > 100 100 100 100 dl ° 1 > Time/s Time’s ‘Time/s Time/s =10. 10) -10 10 a Q) GB) a 35. Consider the following statements presented regarding natural rubber. ‘A-Itisalinear polymer. _B - Isoprene is the monomer. C- There are cross links among the chains. Of these statements (2) only Ais true. (2) only Aand B are true (3) only B and C are true, (4) only Aand C are true. 36. Corrosion of iron can be controlled by keeping iron in contact with the bivalent metal M. What is the half reaction to which the metal M is subjected here? (1) MG) ——» M“(aq) + 2e (2) M™*(aq) ——» Mis) + 2e (3) M™(aq) + 2e ——» M(s) (4) Ms) ——> M'@aq) +e 37. A AN force and a3N force are applied on an object at the same instance. Consider the following statements given about the magnitude of the resultant obtainable at that occasion. ‘A- The maximum magnitude of the resultant obtainable is 7 N. B- The minimum magnitude of the resultant obtainable is 1 N. C-The magnitude of the resultant obtainable is always 5 N. Of the above, the correct statement(s) is / are (1) only A. (2) only B. @) only (4) only Aand B. 38. Astrong bar magnet is moved into and away from an insulated wire coil witha large number of tans as illustrated by the diagram. What isthe go. aca NEE correct observation about the instances of moverent of the magnet? {/(\/ 0 i} is 7 WUUU -8- into the coil (1). In both instances, both the bulb and two LEDs light simultaneously. (2). In both instances, the bulb lights and only one LED lights. (3). The bulb and one LED light only when moved into the coil. a (4) The bulb and one LED light only when moved away from the coil. laway from the coil 39. Consider the following statements. e ‘A-- Biomagnification occurs along a food chain. B - Toxic chemical pollutants concentrate more in the upper trophic levels of a food chain. Of the above statements, (1) both A and B are true. (2) Ais true while B is false. (3) Ais false while B is true (4) both A and B are false, 40. A statement displayed on a board near a tank is shown in the figure. Which of the following human activities in connection with the tank ‘tis you who turned the would have contributed most to the change mentioned on the board? ‘water in this tank green (1) clearing the area above the tank (2) increase in algae population due to fishing (3). accumulation of oil and grease due to vehicle wash (4) addition of faecal and excretory matter to the water OL /2020/34/E-11 “5: Part B © Answer only three questions from the questions No. 5, 6, 7,8 and 9 5. (A) Given below is a sketch of a part of the human digestive system. (@_ Name the parts labelled P, Q and R. Gil). Describe briefly how food is subjected to mechanical digestion in P. (ii) A secretion essential for the emulsification of lipids contained in food is produced by Q. Name that secretion, (iv) @_ What is the enzyme which is secreted by R and contributes to digest lipids? (b)_ State the two products formed by the action of that enzyme on lipids. (v)_ The pair of hormones insulin and glucagon produced by R contributes to regulate the intemal environment of the body. (a) What is the factor that is regulated in the internal environment of the body by the action of those hormones? (b) Explain briefly how those hormones contribute to regulate the factor you stated in (a) above. (B) Kidneys are considered the main organs which perform nitrogenous exeretion in humans. (i) What is excretion? (ii) Name a nitrogenous excretory product removed by kidneys, (iii) What is the structural and functional unit of the kidneys? (iv) One step in the process of forming urine in the structural and functional unit of the kidneys is known as secretion. (a) Describe briefly how secretion occurs. (b) State the other two steps in the formation of urine (20 marks) 6. (A) A longitudinal section of a fractionating tower used for refining crude oil is given below. Contained in abundance are the compound X in the fraction released from the outlet (1), compound Y in the fraction released from the outlet @) and the compound Z in the fraction released from the outlet 6). (3) By what common name isthe group of organic compounds contained in abundance in crude oil known? (i) Name the crude oil refining technique employed in the tower. (iii) The boiling points of the compounds X, Y and Z are T,.,7,, and T, respectively. Write them in the ascending order. (iv) X is a compound with a single carbon atom and containing carbon and hydrogen only. Draw the dot and cross diagram of aX molecule, () Write the balanced chemical equation relevant to the complete combustion of one mole of compound X in oxygen gas. crude oil (vi) The substance released from outlet (7) of the toweris used exp. to construct roads, Name that substance. el (vii) State an environmental problem caused by the gaseous components that would be released to the environment during refining of crude oil. 01/2020/34/8-11 (B) Ais astrong acid and B is a strong base. Two products are produced in the reaction between A and B. One of those products is sodium chloride (NaC). (i Write the chemical formulae of the compounds A and B. Gi) Name the compound that is produced as the other product during the reaction between A and B. i) Describe briefly how the compound you stated in (ii) above is formed during the reaction between Aand B. (iv) An apparatus set up to determine the heat change associated with the reaction between A and B is shown in the diagram, |< thermometer glass rod reaction mixture (@) Inthe apparatus, what measure has been taken to reduce the heat loss? (b) Suggest a course of action which can be taken to reduce further the heat loss in this apparatus, heat-insulated container (¥)_ 50cm’ each of A acid solution and B base solution of equal concentration were taken and mixed in the above apparatus. The temperature change occurred here was determined to be 10 °C. (a) What are the readings that should be taken to determine the above temperature change? (b) Calculate the heat change associated with the above reaction. (The specific heat capacity of the reaction mixture is 5000 J kg”! “C™! and its density is 1 g cm™.) Sketch an energy level diagram to illustrate the energy change occurring in the chemical reaction between A and B above. (20 marks) (vi) 7, (A) The following activities were done by a student at home using a glass hand lens. Activity 1 - Reading a label with very small letters Activity 2 - Burning a piece of dry cotton wool by solar rays Activity 3 - Obtaining an image of a tree in the compound on a wall in the house (i) Name the type of the lens that is used as the hand lens. ii) Between which two points related to the lens should the label be placed in Activity 1? (ii) Indicate by a ray diagram how light rays travel through the lens in Activity 2. (iv)_ Instead of the hand lens, what type of a mirror can be used to carry out Activity 2? (v) State two characteristics of the image formed in Activity 3 (vi) Name two instruments that are made using lenses of the type used for hand lenses. (B) When brakes are applied to a normal motor vehicle at run, its kinetic energy is lost due to friction. (Brakes are applied to a motor vehicle of mass 1000 kg when running at a speed of 20 m s” (a) Calculate the kinetic energy of the vehicle at the instance just before applying brakes. (b) Name two forms of energy to which the kinetic energy lost gets converted when applying brakes. A part of the kinetic energy lost when applying brakes to an electric motor vehicle is converted to electrical energy and its battery is charged. (a) Name the equipment that converts kinetic energy to electrical energy here (b) Name and describe briefly the phenomenon of converting lost kinetic energy of the vehicle to electrical energy. (©) Name the equipment that converts the electrical energy supplied by the battery to kinetic energy required to run the vehicle. (@) The electromotive force of a battery used in electric motor vehicles is about 400 V. This is composed of a set of cells where the electromotive force of one cell is 4 V. What is the minimum number of cells required to make this battery? (20 marks) [See page seven 01/2020/34/2-11 1: }8. (A) A student recorded as follows three animals and features of two animals indicated as P and Q as their names were unknown to him found in an okra (bandakka/vendi) cultivation. lizard snail | ‘greater caucal (etikukula/chenpakam) | P-- Has a thin, long and vermiform body. The body is divided into equal segments. Q- Bears jointed legs and wings. ‘Write answers to the following questions related to the animals observed. () (@ Name the two vertebrate animals. (b) What is the main characteristic on which the inclusion of those animals in the vertebrate group based? (ii) According to the above observations, what is the animal phylum to which P belongs? ii) State another common characteristic specific to the animal species of the phylum to which Q belongs. (iv) State a favourable effect and an unfavourable effect which can be expected to have caused by Q on the crop. (v) State a primary consumer and a secondary consumer respectively in a food chain that contains animals observed in the okra cultivation, (vi) A newspaper has printed greater coucal’s scientific name as Centropus Sinensis. According to the rules of binomial nomenclature, state two errors seen in it. (B) Acylindrical water tank is kept on the roof of a two storeyed house. (Consider an occasion in which two identical water taps in the upper floor and the ground floor of the house are kept fully open at the same time. (a) From the tap in which floor does water flow out with higher speed? (b) Give the reason for your answer. (ii) The inner cross sectional area of the tank is 1m” and its height is 1 m. (Density of water is 1000 kg m-> and acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms.) (a) What is the mass of water in the tank when it is completely filled with water? (©) Whatis the pressure exerted by water on the bottom of the tank when it is completely filled with water? (ii) The diagram shows a lever arrangement pivoted point made to prevent the overflow of water entering the tank, When water gets filled, the buoy lifts closing the valve and the entry of water stops. (a) What is the force acting on the buoy atthe position shown in the diagram? (b) What is the extra force acting on the buoy from the time at which the water level rises and the buoy starts, to submerge in water. (©) State another advantage gained from this lever arrangement in addition to the prevention of overflow of water. water outlet (20 marks) [See page eight OL/2020/34/E-IL 9. (A) The cell U shown below is an electrochemical cell while the cell W is an electrolytic cell. ¢ ‘carbon mm. carbon zine electrode electrode electrode — h copper | dllute sulphuric electrode ‘aqueous copper acid solution A a “| — sulphate solution cell cell W (In which cell above is chemical energy converted to electrical energy? (ii) Whats the name by which the anode reactions occurring in the two cells are known in common? (iii) Indicate the half reaction occurring at the anode of the cell U by a chemical equation. (iv) State the convention used to identify the anode and cathode in cell W. (¥) (@) What change in colour occurs in the electrolytic solution when cell W operates? (b) Explain the reason for it (vi) Which electrode is dissolved when the above cells operate? (B) In order to operate a certain household electronic equipment, the domestic electricity supply has to be converted to a low voltage, direct current electrical supply. For that, an arrangement consisting of the following parts is used. aN: full-wave electroni anerating estore wetter x caper. voltage 12.V altemating direct current smoothened direct voltage voltage current voltage (@®_(@ What type of a transformer is connected to the above arrangement?” (b) In what coil inthis transformer should wires of higher diameter be used? State the reason for it. Gi) ‘The number of tums in the primary coil of the above transformer is 1800. What should be the number of turns in the secondary coil? (ii) Mustrate graphically how the 12 V alternating voltage supplied by the transformer varies with time. (iv) Draw using standard symbols, how the four diodes are connected in the full-wave rectifier circuit (v)_ Name the device indicated by X. (20 marks) eee 01/2020/34/E-11 Fog OBOG S08 / epg usbinfanonyan args] AUl Rights Reserved) a ee ‘(34 © [DE] Sty Seana eatin oe 2134] ES) GOsaH eS0g GUS 69 (Godiws SSE) BwOa, ; soni Guns sons Us (ErsIyem gs) ufone, 2020 General Certificate of Education (Ord. Level) Examination, 2020 ‘Bem a ailtghepremb Science wt eye HEE qOnd BaB® mga - SAsig 10 B cpsigy anf iusrooid Three hours Grosse oundiny Gp —- 10 sulin Additional Reading Time -_10 minutes ‘Use additional reading time to go through the question paper, select the questions you will answer and decide which of them you will prioritise. Cndes amber: 7 J Instructions: Write your answers in neat handwriting. 5% Answer the four questions in Part A, in the space provided 4 Of the five questions in Part B answer three questions only. % _After answering, tie Part A and the answer script of Part B together and hand over. PartA 1. (A) The following figure indicates several common sources of pollutants and the gaseous pollutants produced by them. The primary pollutants indicated in itare the gaseous pollutants directly added to the atmosphere. ‘The secondary pollutants produced from the primary pollutants undergoing chemical changes in the atmosphere are also indicated in the figure. ‘econdary pollutant sulphur tide (S0,) sulphuric acid (1H,50,) iti acid (HINO) rimary pollutant sulphur dioxide $0,) ‘carbon monoxide (CO) nitrogen dioxide (NO, Selectan example relevantto each of the following statements from the igure an fillin the blanks nthe table (i) ] A pollutant source producing primary pollutants without human interference. Gi) | Asecondary pollutant affecting living beings favourably in the upper regions of the atmosphere and unfavourably in the lower regions of the atmosphere. (iii) | A primary pollutant producing secondary pollutants which contribute to acid rains. iv) | A primary pollutant with basic properties that liberates from the eutrophied water bodies. (9). | Asecondary pottutant that falls on soil and contributes to provide a main nutrient essential for plant growth, (vi) | Ifthe food mileage is shortened, the amount of gaseous pollutants released from this pollutant source is reduced. (vii) | If this mode of transport is selected, your carbon foot print during an inland tour can be minimized, ZI [See page owo 01/2020/34/E-T1 @® 2. (A) @) Ina populated city, the atmospheric nitrogen dioxide gas (NO,) composition was measured during a day starting from Sunday midnight to Monday midnight. The variation graph of the composition of NO, drawn using those data is given below. Answer the following. a based on the graph. (@_ WhatisthemaximumandminimumNO, composition existed on the relevant day? ‘maximum... minimum: rl (ii)_In which hour of the day is the maximum NO, Composition/ppm & composition recorded? \ 4° 812 16 20 24 Time/hours 0 (ii) According to the above graph, in the above city, two occasions are seen in which the NO, composition assumes a high value in a day. Give a reason fori... (iv) In the above city, the increase in the NO, composition in the forenoon js greater than that of the afternoon. Give a reason for it? .... (v) Name another primary gaseous pollutant which would indicate a variation that corresponds to the variation of NO, composition during the relevant day in the above city. Given below is an incomplete table about four organelles existing in acell and their main functions. Fill in| the blanks and complete the table Organelle Function @ Nucleus Gi) | essere providing energy required for metabolic activities Gili) | Golgi complex Gv) protein transport (An incomplete chart indicating the classification of plant tissues is shown below. Write the tissue types relevant to the boxes A, B,C and D on the dotted lines given and complete the table. [nn [ebay tee ‘Simple permanant tissues permanent tissues = i) Whatis the type of tissue in which photosynthesis occurs most? (ii) Name the type of tissue which contains seive tube elements. [See page three 0L/2020/34/E-L1 <3: fs | (C) Anapparatus set by a group of students to investigate a product of photosynthesis is shown in the diagram, | (i) Whatis the gas collected in the test tube when this apparatus is keptin sunlight? Gi State atest that canbe done to identify that gas and the observation you make during the test. Test Observation . coset (ii) A new apparatus similar to the above apparatus was made by putting water saturated with carbon dioxide gas instead of normal water. (a) State an observation that could be expected with regard to the evolution of gas bubbles in the new apparatus when comparing with the evolution of gas bubbles in the first apparatus under| similar environmental conditions. (b) Give reasons for the observation you mentioned above, 3. (A) The following figures indicate the lattice structures of three solid substances P, Qand R. (i) Tdentify them and fill in the relevant blanks selecting the names of those substances and the lattice structures from the box given below. sodium chloride, diamond, graphite, ionic, atomic a, bins ie @ ® substance substance substance lattice a... . lattice: atomic lattice (ii) Write the names of the chemical bonds labelled @ and in the lattice structures. @ perce Gili) Of the substances P, QandR, (a) which substanceconductselectricity inthe solid state? B (b) which substance has the highest hardness? (B) Given below are two reactions in connection with the metal M M + oxygen gas —H¢#t_> x (a white powder) M + ¥———> magnesium chloride (an aqueous solution) + Z (a colourless gas) (® Identify M, X, ¥ and Zand write their names or chemical formulae on the dotted line. M x Y = Zz Gi) Incompound X, the ionic form in which M exists is M™*. Write the chemical symbol of the ionic form| in which oxygen exists in that compound. ; - ii) X is sparingly soluble in water. Which colour litmus papers give a colour change when testing that aqueous solution with litmus papers? [See page four OL /2020/34/E-1L 4, (A) In an activity to demonstrate Newton’s laws, a trolley connected to two equal masses M with strings is used. The figures show three instances in the activity. In those instances, the slack strings are represented by wavy lines while the taut strings are represented by straight lines. The strings are made to pass over ‘two smooth pulleys A and B fixed to the two ends ofa table. Arrows indicate the direction of motion of the trolley which smoothly moves on the horizontal table and the directions of motion of the masses. = rt ) oy Ste : i Instance I “ Insts rr i i stig in (@ Inserting appropriately the terms given in the following box, complete the following table which describes the nature of motion of the trolley in the instances I, If and I. ‘uniform retardation, uniform acceleration, uniform velocity, Newton's frst Taw, Newon's second law Instance Nature of motion of the trolley Reston.» levy Aunt deserves fhe nature of motion of the trolley I sf Ml Newton's second law (ii) In one of the above instances, the trolley took 5 s to travel 50 em on the table with uniform velocity. Find the uniform velocity with which the trolley moved. (B) The figure shows acuboidal block of wood used toexamine p__ block of wood jyexton balance how the frictional force between a horizontal surface and an object placed on it changes. The block of wood is connected toaNewtonbalanceby astring and ahorizontal, ‘extemal force F is applied. The experiment is conducted an horizontal surface by increasing the value of the force F gradually from zero. (i) Name the forces indicated by Rand W. W R soos w: (ii). ‘The block of wood stays at rest until Fis increased to acertain value from zero. By what name is the frictional force acting on the block of wood known before it starts to move? (ii) At the moment the motion stars, the fritional force acting on the block of wood reaches the maximum value (a) Whatis the name of that maximum frictional force? (b)_ Write two factors on which the magnitude of that frictional force depends. (©) Suggest a method that can be practically applied to change one factor you stated in (b) above. [See page five

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