Soudani Med Torki High School Level:2AS

Last Term Test

Part One: Reading
Read the text carefully and do the activities
Everyone knows that some objects float in water and that others do not. An object
that floats in water might sink in alcohol, and one that sinks in water might float in
glycerin. All liquids possess in varying degrees the property that is called buoyancy- an
upward push upon objects that are submerged within them.
If you throw a piece of dry wood into a pool, the wood floats; the upward push
of the water makes this possible. An object that sinks in water- like a piece of iron-
weighs less when under water than in the air; this also is because the water exerts an
upward pressure upon it. When you are taking a bath in a well-filled tub, you can raise
your whole body easily by a slight pressure of your hands. You could not do this so easily
if you tried to raise yourself from the living-room floor because air is less buoyant than
water.
In the third cenutry BC, Archimedes discovered the principle of buoyancy. It states
that a body wholly or partly immersed in a fluid is buoyed upward with a force equal to
the weight of volume of liquid it displaces. Let us imagine that in a full pail of water we
place an iron ball that weighs ten pounds when weighed in air. We discover, however that
under water this ball weighs only eight pounds- a loss of two pounds. The volume of
water that spilled over when the ball was placed in the full pail weighs two pounds, which
just equals the balls loss of weight. The ball is actually buoyed up by a force equal to the
weight of the water it displaces.
A/ Comprehension and Interpretation:
1- Write the letter which corresponds to the right answer:

A/ The text is about:

a- The property of buoyancy b- Famous discoveries c- Scientific
experiments
B/ The weight of some objects under water and in the air is:
a- The same b- different c- unknown
C/ The experiments conducted through the text fit in :
a- Biology b- physics c- chemistry
2- Answer the following questions according to the text:
a- Do all objects sink in water?
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b- How is buoyancy defined in the text?
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c- Why is Archimedes so famous today?
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3- In which paragraph is the explanation for the experiment
given? ........................................

4- What or who do the underlined words refer to in the text?

a- One (1)............................................................. b- this
(2) .......................................................
B/ Text Exploration :
1- Find in the text words that are synonyms to the following:
a- Own=(1) b- entire= (2)

2- Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following:
a- more(2) b- empty (3)

3- complete the chart as shown in the example:

Verb Noun Adjective
To invent Invention Inventive
experiment .
To believe .. .
. .. successful
Part two: Written Expression (05pts)
Suppose that you were in a dilemma. In no more than 15 lines, write a letter to an
agony aunt; in which you seek for help.
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