Grade 9 final exam model papers
Full practice papers for the Grade 9 final examination in Science and Technology, made to CDC’s specification grid: the same sections, marks, units and kinds of question as the real paper. Every question has a model answer and a marking scheme.
The Grade 9 final exam Science and Technology paper
The Grade 9 final exam paper in Science and Technology is set to CDC’s Specification Grid 2078, Grade 9 Science and Technology: 75 marks in 3 hours, 40 questions in four sections, and every question compulsory. Each unit has its share of the marks, set by how long it is taught, and the grid plans each unit’s questions: which section and which level each one is. The levels are remembering a fact (knowledge), explaining it (understanding), using it in a new situation (application), and analyzing, judging or creating (higher ability).
The papers here are new, written by us to the same grid: each section’s and each unit group’s total exactly as in the grid, and each unit’s questions in the sections and at the levels of CDC’s sample item plan. A 2- or 4-mark question earns one mark for each point expected, so its marking scheme lists exactly that many points.
The four sections
| Section | Kind of question | Questions | Marks | Knowledge | Understanding | Application | Higher ability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Multiple choice | 10 | 10 × 1 = 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| B | Very short answer | 9 | 9 × 1 = 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| C | Short answer | 14 | 14 × 2 = 28 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| D | Long answer | 7 | 7 × 4 = 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Total marks | 40 | 75 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 19 |
The level columns give the number of questions at each level; the last row, the marks at each level.
Marks for each unit
| Unit | Teaching hours | K | U | A | H | Marks | Unit group total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Scientific Study | 7 | · | 1 | 2 | · | 3 | 10 |
| 13. Information and Communication Technology | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | · | 7 | |
| 2. Classification of Living Beings | 6 | 2 | 1 | · | · | 3 | 19 |
| 3. Mushroom | 5 | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | |
| 4. Evolution | 6 | · | 2 | 1 | · | 3 | |
| 5. Body Structure and Life Process | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | · | 8 | |
| 6. Nature and Environment | 6 | · | · | · | 4 | 3 | |
| 7. Force and Motion | 11 | 3 | · | 1 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| 8. Simple Machine | 5 | · | 1 | · | · | 2 | |
| 9. Energy | 8 | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | |
| 10. Wave | 16 | · | 4 | 3 | · | 7 | |
| 11. Electricity | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | · | 6 | |
| 12. The Universe | 5 | · | 2 | · | · | 2 | |
| 14. Atomic Structure and Chemical Bond | 13 | · | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 15. Chemical Reaction | 6 | · | · | · | 2 | 3 | |
| 16. Gases | 6 | 1 | · | · | 2 | 3 | |
| 17. Metals and Non-metals | 5 | · | 1 | · | 1 | 2 | |
| 18. Carbon and its Compounds | 6 | · | · | · | 1 | 3 | |
| 19. Materials used in Agriculture | 7 | · | 1 | 4 | · | 3 | |
| Total | 160 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 75 | 75 |
K, U, A, H: each unit’s marks at each level (knowledge, understanding, application, higher ability) in CDC’s sample item plan, which every paper follows. The plan gives some units up to 2 marks more or fewer than their share in the Marks column, as the grid allows within a group; the groups’ totals are fixed. Source: CDC, Specification Grid 2078, Grade 9 Science and Technology.
These are practice papers made by Science Playground, not official ones. Every fact and calculation has been checked, but they have not yet been reviewed by subject experts. If you find a mistake, please tell us.