Q&A - P3 Science

[usaik]

tianzhu:

Hi


If I am not wrong, this question is Q7 from this paper.
http://www.orlesson.org/orp/09Sc/P3-09-Sc-CA1-MahaBodhi.pdf

The WS’s answer is correct.
The flowers in Group A grow in clusters.

http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_405_2005-01-28.html
http://www.articlesbase.com/gardening-articles/know-about-frangipanis-1390159.html
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-ixora.htm

Best wishes

Hi, Thanks so much for your reply and references!!! Didn't know Frangi and Angsana flowers grow in clusters :oops: .

[tianzhu]

usaik:

Hi, Thanks so much for your reply and references.

Hi
You're welcome.
Best wishes

[jesschan]

P4 Question on Digestive System:

Q:How does saliva help in the process of digestion?
A: It breaks down carbohydrates into simple sugar.

This is a 1 mark question but the above answer gets only half mark. Can anyone advise what is wrong with the answer. Thanks.

[Muffins]

Rosmary:

Whale does not have fur

It is not noticeable but they actually do...

[rains]

jesschan:

P4 Question on Digestive System:

Q:How does saliva help in the process of digestion?
A: It breaks down carbohydrates into simple sugar.

This is a 1 mark question but the above answer gets only half mark. Can anyone advise what is wrong with the answer. Thanks.

Saliva also softens the food. That could be the missing half mark.

[jesschan]

Thanks, Rains.

[starlight1968sg]

rains:

Saliva also softens the food. That could be the missing half mark.

Saliva partially digest the food too. I think this is mentioned in the Sc text book. But complete digestion occurs in the SMALL intestine.

[starlight1968sg]

Anybody doing Young Scientist Card on Geneticist? Please pm me at

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MTIA.

[d4088iel]

Hi, I am a newbie. wondering if anyone can help with my son’s science quiz.

Q1. A group of fungi that feed on insects and eventually kill them.
Q2. The scattering of spores so as to extend the geographic reach of fungus.
Q3. A fungus that splits open when dampened and puffs out spores when raindrops fall on it.

[rains]

d4088iel:

Hi, I am a newbie. wondering if anyone can help with my son's science quiz.

Q1. A group of fungi that feed on insects and eventually kill them.
Q2. The scattering of spores so as to extend the geographic reach of fungus.
Q3. A fungus that splits open when dampened and puffs out spores when raindrops fall on it.

Oh wow! I only know (I think I know lah) the answer to the last question. It sounds like a puffball - puffs out spores.