P6 Science question before PSLE

jermng · Post by **jermng** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:20 am

so don't worry for him already...He will definitely pass his English....

But today Science paper right?

swat_pup6433 · Post by **swat_pup6433** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:36 am

kayheem wrote:Sometimes, it is difficult to decide how deep to read into the question.

Just for fun, I have 2 more questions. Do bear in mind they are meant for 12 year olds sitting for their PSLE:

1) The moon rotates around the earth - True or False?

2) The solar system has nine planets - True or False?

haah for your question 2. true/false depending on when the question was set! if it was 2 yrs ago, it would have been true. also depending on if you would take the "Dwaf" planets into consideration. else it would look like "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Eris , Pluto, " 11 in total~ and weather they would consider Charon as a planet instead of a moon next time. and many many more TNOs

kayheem · Post by **kayheem** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 1:00 pm

swat_pup6433 wrote:
kayheem wrote:Sometimes, it is difficult to decide how deep to read into the question.

Just for fun, I have 2 more questions. Do bear in mind they are meant for 12 year olds sitting for their PSLE:

1) The moon rotates around the earth - True or False?

2) The solar system has nine planets - True or False?
haah for your question 2. true/false depending on when the question was set! if it was 2 yrs ago, it would have been true. also depending on if you would take the "Dwaf" planets into consideration. else it would look like "Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Eris , Pluto, " 11 in total~ and weather they would consider Charon as a planet instead of a moon next time. and many many more TNOs

Exactly! If you take a look at the P6 science books, Pluto is still listed as a planet. If the setters take the question out from the bank without checking, what is the smart-alec P6 student supposed to do? They will wonder...Is this a trick question?

swat_pup6433 · Post by **swat_pup6433** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:24 pm

haha well at least their teacher cannot mark them wrong for giving any ans. with enough evidence to back it up. lol so either ans have to be accepted. its like asking about the mass of light~