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Science questions, unit 10
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Basics of building

28 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Ask a grown-up to help you mark the written answers.

Section A: objective questions

16 marks
Choose the best answer for each question.
1

Question 1

How many basic shapes are there?
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B
There are four: triangle, square, rectangle and circle.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 10.1.1
Textbook p. 90
2

Question 2

What is the basic shape of a banknote?
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C
A banknote is a rectangle.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 10.1.1
Textbook p. 96
3

Question 3

Which object has the shape of a triangle?
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A
A set square is a triangle.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 10.1.1
Textbook p. 96
4

Question 4

A slice of orange has the basic shape of a
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B
The cut face of an orange is a circle.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 10.1.1
Textbook p. 96
5

Question 5

What is the name of the blue shape?
A blue triangle, a pink square, a green rectangle and a pink circle, without names
Diagram 2
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D
The blue shape is a triangle.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 10.1.1
Textbook p. 90
6

Question 6

How many basic shape blocks are there?
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D
There are seven basic shape blocks.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 97
7

Question 7

Diagram 1 shows five objects. What is the block shape of object C, the traffic cone?
A tent (A), a battery (B), a traffic cone (C), a plant pot shaped like a cube (D) and a tennis ball (E)
Diagram 1
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A
A traffic cone is a cone.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 96
8

Question 8

What is the block shape of object D, the plant pot?
A tent (A), a battery (B), a traffic cone (C), a plant pot shaped like a cube (D) and a tennis ball (E)
Diagram 1
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C
The pot has six equal square faces, so it is a cube.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 96
9

Question 9

What is the block shape of object E, the tennis ball?
A tent (A), a battery (B), a traffic cone (C), a plant pot shaped like a cube (D) and a tennis ball (E)
Diagram 1
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D
A ball is a sphere.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 96
10

Question 10

What is the block shape of object A, the tent?
A tent (A), a battery (B), a traffic cone (C), a plant pot shaped like a cube (D) and a tennis ball (E)
Diagram 1
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A
The tent is a pyramid.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 96
11

Question 11

Which block shape is object B, the battery?
A tent (A), a battery (B), a traffic cone (C), a plant pot shaped like a cube (D) and a tennis ball (E)
Diagram 1
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C
A battery is a cylinder.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 96
12

Question 12

How many squares are needed to form a cube?
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B
A cube has six square faces.
For the teacher: Understanding, high difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 92
13

Question 13

Why are balls spherical in shape?
A ball rolls easily when kicked, a cube-shaped ball does not roll easily
Diagram 3
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A
A sphere rolls easily when kicked.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard 10.1.4
Textbook p. 95
14

Question 14

Why is a table clock more suitable in the shape of a cube?
A cube-shaped clock stands on the table and a cylinder-shaped clock rolls
Diagram 4
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B
A cube sits flat and does not roll.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard 10.1.4
Textbook p. 95
15

Question 15

Zaki keeps his old books in a box. Which box is more suitable?
Box P is a cuboid box and box Q is a pyramid-shaped box
Diagram 5
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D
Box P is a cuboid. Books fit well and the box stacks neatly.
For the teacher: Applying, high difficulty, standard 10.1.4
Textbook p. 96
16

Question 16

How do we build a new object such as a robot?
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B
New objects are built by joining several basic shape blocks.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard 10.1.3
Textbook p. 97

Section B: structured questions

12 marks
Answer all questions. Circle the answer or write it in the space.
17

Question 17

Diagram 6 shows the basic shapes.
A triangle, square, rectangle and circle with their names hidden
Diagram 6
[2 marks] (a)Write the names of the four basic shapes.
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[1 mark] (b)A magnifying glass has the shape of a
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circle
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard 10.1.1
Textbook p. 90
18

Question 18

Look at Diagram 1. Write the basic shape block of each object.
A tent (A), a battery (B), a traffic cone (C), a plant pot shaped like a cube (D) and a tennis ball (E)
Diagram 1
[1 mark] (A)Object A.
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[1 mark] (B)Object B.
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[1 mark] (D)Object D.
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[1 mark] (E)Object E.
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For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 96
19

Question 19

Observe the balls in Diagram 3 and the clocks in Diagram 4.
A ball rolls easily when kicked, a cube-shaped ball does not roll
Diagram 3
A cube-shaped clock stands on the table and a cylinder-shaped clock rolls
Diagram 4
[1 mark] (a)Which ball rolls easily when kicked?
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Sphere ball
[1 mark] (b)Why does a cube-shaped clock stand well on a table?
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For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard 10.1.4
Textbook p. 95
20

Question 20

Write the basic shape block of each object.
[1 mark] (a)A dice.
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[1 mark] (b)A marble.
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[1 mark] (c)The roof of a house.
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard 10.1.2
Textbook p. 93