ks2 Science 2016 Question Booklet
ks2 Science 2016 Question Booklet
ks2 Science 2016 Question Booklet
Key stage 2
Booklet 5B 15
Booklet 8C 31
Booklet 9C 47
Booklet 12P 63
Booklet 14P 75
Key stage 2
Science sampling
Booklet 2B
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1 Duck pond
a Peter goes to the duck pond with his grandad and his dog.
Tick TWO boxes to show two things that are true about a dog and
a duck.
bright green
white brown
light grey
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(iii) Explain why the female duck needs to stay hidden when
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biii
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c Peter sees some piles of soil on the grass near the pond.
mole
pile of soil
Feature:
ci
(ii)
To find earthworms
Why do moles
to eat, and to hide
live in soil?
in the soil.
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2 Seed dispersal
a The diagram shows a flower cut in half.
Put a cross (X) on the diagram to show where the seed develops.
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Seed
Distance
76 27 149 0
travelled (cm)
The sycamore seed and bulrush seed travel the furthest distances.
They fall slowly from the plant so the wind has more time to blow
them away.
Tick ONE box to show which features of the seeds help them to
fall slowly.
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3 Grass heads
a Class 6 are investigating how grass grows.
They keep their grass heads standing in dishes of water so they do not
dry out.
grass grass
seeds
grass head
dish of water
a1
Name TWO other things that all plants need to grow.
a2
and 1 mark
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Give ONE reason why the grass under the hat might look
more yellow.
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c Class 6 use a ruler to measure the height of the grass every week.
Tick ONE box to explain why droplets of water form on the inside of
the plastic bag.
Water…
4 Smallpox
a Smallpox and cowpox are diseases. People who catch smallpox
can die.
I Ithink
thinkthat
thatpeople
peoplewho
whohave
have
had cowpox will
had cowpox will not not catch
smallpox.
catch smallpox.
(i) What sort of statement did Dr Jenner make? Tick ONE box.
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(ii) Dr Jenner did a test to find out if his statement was true.
Describe what Dr Jenner must have done next and also describe the
evidence needed to show that his statement was true.
aii
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The table shows how many people died from smallpox at different ages
in London.
10 226
20 240
30 98
40 43
50 13
60 19
70 10
80 10
How many people who were 30 years old died from smallpox?
b
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Key stage 2
Science sampling
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1 Camels
a Camels can live in hot places.
Match each feature below to show how it helps the camel survive in
the desert.
2 Tree
a Ella is looking at some leaves.
Yes: Laurel
2 Is the edge of the leaf smooth?
No: Sweet chestnut
Yes: Lilac
3 Is the edge of the leaf smooth?
No: Silver birch
(i) Use the key above to identify the tree it comes from.
ai
(ii) Tick ONE box to show why it is useful to identify plants and put
them into groups.
aii
in case the plants so we can observe the
become extinct plants in their habitats 1 mark
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(ii) The tree has roots to .
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a1
A B C D E
a2
c Ella measures the resting pulse rate of people from each of the
life stages.
Ella’s test would not be fair if she measured some people’s pulse
rates after they were exercising instead of after resting.
Explain why.
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B 97
C 84
D 72
E (old age) 76
Ella concludes, ‘The older you are, the slower your resting pulse rate is.’
Use Ella’s results to explain why they do not support her conclusion.
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e People who are fit have lower resting pulse rates than people who
are unfit.
Write yes or no on each row of the table to show if the activities are
likely to affect a person’s resting pulse rate.
4 Penicillin
a In 1928 a scientist called Alexander Fleming grew micro-organisms
called bacteria. Growth shows that bacteria are living things.
After a few days Fleming saw mould growing in one of the glass dishes.
glass dish
groups of mould
bacteria
agar
(jelly)
Day 1 Day 6
(i) Sort the five things in the box below into living and non-living things.
One has been done for you.
bacteria ai1
ai2
ai3
ai4
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Fleming thought he could use the mould to help cure disease caused
by bacteria.
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True or false?
c1
green
leaves
yellow green
leaves leaves
Conditions
Place Does the plant Does the plant
a1
have light? have water?
✓ ✓ a2
✓ ✗
a3
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Write true or false next to each reason that explains why plants
need to be sorted into groups.
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The children think they see a pattern in the place that the plants grow.
lots 12 0
some 4 3
few 1 9
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The long thin stem of the buttercup plant stops it surviving in places
where lots of children play. Explain why.
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Key stage 2
Science sampling
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1 Soil
a Tom puts some soil and water in a jar with a lid.
lid
a1
bubble
a2
water
soil a3
jar
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sand water
b1
gravel clay b2 b3
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2 Tearing paper
a Alice and Karim want to find out which type of paper tears most easily.
paper
Plan
1. Make a small hole 1 cm from hole
the edge of the paper.
2. Attach a forcemeter to the
piece of paper.
3. Pull the forcemeter.
4. Measure the size of the pull
needed to tear the paper.
5. Repeat with different pieces paper forcemeter
of paper.
(newtons)
paper tissue 2 a1
newspaper 4
a2
paper towel 3
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c Alice and Karim want to make sure their results are reliable.
Tick ONE box to show how the children can make sure their results
are more reliable.
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b
We should now pour the
mixture through paper in a
funnel to separate the sand
from the liquid.
(i)
What is this method of separation called?
bi
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(ii)
Describe how the sand is separated from the liquid.
bii1
The sand
bii2
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c
We should pour the
liquid from the beaker
into a dish and put it
in a warm place for
a few days. dish
Tick TWO boxes to show what will happen when the dish has been
in a warm place a few days.
She asks the children to separate the sand from the iron nails.
Write TWO ways the sand could be separated from the iron nails.
1.
d
2. 2 marks
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4 Pond depth
a Ben’s class go to the school pond every day for five days.
70
60
50
40
a1
30
20 a2
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Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri
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(ii) Look at the table. Describe the pattern in the data between the air
temperature and the depth of the water in the pond.
cii
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5 Mountains
a Class 6 find out about processes that happen on mountains.
Name of process
Process
melting freezing condensing evaporating a1
A a2
B
a3
C
a4
D
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Key stage 2
Science sampling
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1 Drying fabric
a Kate wants to test how much
time it takes for four different
types of fabric to dry.
Drying time
60 100 50 35
(minutes)
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c Drops of water fall from the bottom of very wet washing hanging on a
washing line.
Write true or false for each of the statements about the drops
of water.
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e Harry saw that liquid water formed on the windows in the room when
the T-shirts were drying on the radiator.
Name the process that causes liquid water to form on the windows.
e
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2 Flowing oil
a Jay and Lana want to find out how quickly cooking oil flows at
different temperatures.
They repeat this with oil heated to 30°C, 35°C and 40°C.
20
Time
(seconds)
10
0
15 20 25 30 35 40
Temperature (°C)
Use the graph to estimate how long it would take for the oil heated
to 25°C to drip out of the cup.
a
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the time taken for the oil to drip out of the cup.
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c Describe ONE thing that Jay and Lana did to make their test fair.
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d The teacher told Jay and Lana to heat the oil by putting it in a
bowl of hot water.
Give ONE reason why it could be dangerous to heat the oil over
a flame.
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3 Grouping materials
a Patrick collects some objects made of different materials.
wood
cotton
wool
glass
leather
steel
Patrick’s groups
leather
wood
a1
a2
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b The shoes below are used for different activities. They are made
out of different materials.
plastic
steel
The table below gives a property of steel and explains why this
property is useful for tap dancing shoes.
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1.
c
2. 2 marks
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4 Materials
a Copper, glass, iron and salt are solids.
Complete the flow chart with the names of these four solids.
Write the names on the dotted lines.
Does it dissolve
in water?
Yes No
Does it conduct
electricity?
a1
Yes No
Is it attracted to
a magnet?
a2
Yes No
a3 a4
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5 Science activity
a Sara adds vinegar to bicarbonate of soda and watches what happens.
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glass
b2
vinegar
b3
bicarbonate of soda
b4
the inside of a bubble
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6 Soils
a Jenny has three different types of soil. She tries to squeeze each
soil into different shapes. The table below shows her results.
A ✓ ✓ »
B » » »
C ✓ ✓ ✓
Yes No
Yes No
clay peat a1
a2
Use the key above to identify the soils in the table.
a3
water
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are more reliable.
b
See if the results match Test each soil
her predictions. several times. 1 mark
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sand
Water takes longer to pass through soil than through
d1
peat soil. clay
sand
More water stays in soil than in peat soil. d2
clay
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1 Magnetic forces
a Ali has four different magnets and some paperclips.
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A B C D
Magnet
e Ali moves magnet A towards magnet B.
Magnet B moves away from magnet A even though Ali does not
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Tick ONE box on each row of the table to show if the magnets
move together, move apart or do not move.
✓
f1
f2
f3
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2 Electricity investigation
a Lena has this equipment:
6 wires
1 switch
3 cells
(batteries)
1 bulb
a5
Does the direction of cells affect the brightness of a bulb?
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Electrical
bulb wire cell switch
component b1
b2
b3
Symbol M b4
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Lena says, ‘I want to know if the wires made of different metals will
change the brightness of the bulb in the circuit.’
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Tick TWO boxes to show the two pieces of evidence Lena should
collect for her results.
True or false?
a1
The Sun is a light source.
a2
b Joe finds out that days and years take different amounts of time
on different planets.
Mercury 59 88
Earth 1 365
Mars 1 687
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Joe
Do the planets with shorter days have shorter years? Tick ONE box.
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c2
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d All of the planets in our solar system have days and nights.
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4 Investigating grip
a Andy and Jun have different ways of testing how well different
shoes grip.
Complete the table below to show the units that Andy and Jun
could use to measure their results.
ai
aii
how much weight it takes to move the shoe
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Jun predicts that shoe D will have the least grip. Look at the shoes.
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Shoe A B C D
Do the results support Jun’s prediction that shoe D will have the
least grip? Tick ONE box.
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d2
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1 Car
a Two children investigate the distance
four different cars travel when they
let them roll down the slope.
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Why will the test be unfair if John pushes one of the cars down
the slope?
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their investigation?
d
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400
300
Distance
travelled
by the cars 200
(cm)
100
0
A B C D
Car
They discuss the results in the bar chart and write some conclusions.
e2
Car C was the smallest.
e3
2 Famous scientist
a What shape is the Sun?
a
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b
Galileo developed the
equipment that scientists use to
see the Sun, Moon, stars and
planets in more detail.
Galileo (1564–1642)
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Tick ONE box to show how much time the Moon takes to
orbit the Earth.
1 day 24 days
c
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d People used to think the Sun orbited the Earth because the Sun
seems to move across the sky every day.
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f Galileo said that the Earth stays in the same orbit as it travels around
the Sun.
If the Earth’s orbit was further away from the Sun... True or false?
f1
3 Lighthouse
a George makes a model lighthouse
using a cardboard tube and a
yoghurt pot.
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c George uses one bulb, one cell (battery) and two wires to make
the circuit for his lighthouse.
c1
c2
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the wires are connected to the same
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4 Magnets
a Avi has two magnets.
The magnets have holes in them so they can slide onto a base.
They can be put on a wooden base either way up.
magnets
wooden base
Which of the following items could Avi pick up with the magnets?
Tick ONE box.
b Avi puts the two magnets on the base. The magnets do not touch.
The top magnet hovers above the bottom magnet.
N
b1
b2
b3
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c Avi has a metal disc. It is exactly the same size as the magnets.
He puts the metal disc and a magnet on the base in two ways.
magnet
metal disc
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