Fukuoka Entrance Science case studies
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The Fukuoka Prefectural High School Entrance Examination in Science (福岡県立高校入試 理科) is the science component of the general entrance examination used by Fukuoka's prefectural high schools to place graduating junior high students. It is taken by students finishing the national junior high curriculum who wish to enter a prefectural high school, and it assumes mastery of the three-year Course of Study in science rather than any specialised preparation. The paper is built around four equally weighted strands: physics (forces and motion, energy, electricity and magnetism, waves, light), chemistry (substances and mixtures, reactions, atoms and molecules, acids and bases, equations), biology (cells and reproduction, life processes, heredity and evolution, ecosystems) and earth and space science (geology, weather and climate, the solar system, stars). Expect a mix of multiple-choice items, short factual answers and written responses in which you must explain observations, interpret experimental results and describe procedures using correct scientific vocabulary. The Fukuoka Entrance Science case studies are 5 cases and about 3,438 words.
1Cart, Hanging Mass, and the Missing Acceleration
A group of students investigates motion using a 2.0 kg cart on a horizontal track, connected by a light string over a pulley to a hanging 0.50 kg mass. A motion sensor records the cart’s acceleration as 1.6 m/s² after release.
704 words, about 4 min2Three Unlabelled Solutions and a Warm Titration Flask
A laboratory group is given three colorless solutions labelled X, Y and Z. They are told each contains one of: dilute hydrochloric acid, sodium chloride solution, or sodium hydroxide solution, but the labels are missing.
635 words, about 3 min3Tomato Wilt, Fruit Size, and a Spoiled Bench
A greenhouse worker is studying two tomato varieties. Variety A is resistant to a fungal wilt but produces small fruit; variety B is susceptible to wilt but produces large fruit.
671 words, about 3 min4Two Cities at the Same Latitude
Two cities, Hama and Saka, lie at nearly the same latitude. Hama is on the coast; Saka is 80 km inland behind a mountain range.
729 words, about 4 min5Resonance Tube and a Suspicious Tuning Fork
In a school laboratory, a student uses a resonance tube closed at one end and a tuning fork marked 512 Hz. The air temperature is 22°C.
699 words, about 3 min