CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: BIOLOGY

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Diagnostic test: Biology

Learner’s sheet
1 Which body organ pumps blood?

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2 Which body organs are important for breathing?

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3 What do we call the life process by which living things produce young?

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4 What is an infectious disease? Give an example.

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5 Name one way that we can prevent infectious diseases.

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6 In the food chain, where does the rice plant get its energy?
rice plant → grasshopper → bird

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7 Where does the grasshopper get its energy?

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8 What does the bird in the food chain eat? Do you think it only eats this food?

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9 What do the arrows in the food chain show?

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 CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: CHEMISTRY

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Diagnostic test: Chemistry

Learner’s sheet
1 a At what temperature does ice change from a solid to a liquid?

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b What do we call this temperature?

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2 Name a material that is a good conductor of electricity.

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3 Put a tick (✓) next to the processes that are reversible:

Melting

Burning

Evaporation

Dissolving

Rusting

4 Which process needs more heat: boiling or evaporation?

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5 Which part of a solution is usually a solid?

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6 Which part of a solution is usually a liquid?

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7 What do we call a process that forms new substances? Give an example.

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8 Name the type of variable in a fair test that we:

• keep the same _______________

• change _______________

• observe and measure _______________

9 Which type of scientific enquiry would we use to find out how fast water evaporates
from a container?

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 CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: EARTH AND SPACE

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Diagnostic test: Earth and space

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Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Learner’s sheet
1 a Name the layers of the Earth labelled 1 and 2.

1: _______________

2: _______________
b What material is layer 2 made from?

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c What can happen to this material when there is a crack in layer 1?

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2 This is a sea animal preserved in rock.

a What do we call plants and animals preserved in rock?

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b Was this animal ever alive?

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3 Name the bodies in the solar system numbered 1–9.

1: _______________

2: _______________

3: _______________

4: _______________

5: _______________

6: _______________

7: _______________

8: _______________

9: _______________

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a Name the bodies A, B and C.

A: _______________

B: _______________

C: _______________
b What do Lines D and E represent?

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c What shape do these lines make?

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d How long does B take to move around A?

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e In which direction does it move?

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f How long does C take to move around B?

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 CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: PHYSICS

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Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Diagnostic test: Physics

Learner’s sheet
1 Circle the correct statements about how light travels:

A: Light travels from our eyes to the object we are trying to see.

B: Light reflects off an object into our eyes.

C: Light can bend around corners.

D: Light comes from a source such as a lamp.

2 Place a tick (✓) in the correct columns about conductors and insulators.

Object Conductor Insulator

Plastic toy

Metal key

Wooden peg

Coin

Paper

3 Name the component you can put in a circuit to open or close the circuit easily.

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4 Zara makes a circuit with two 1.5 V cells, a switch, a lamp in a lamp holder and connecting wires.
a If she takes away one of the cells, will the lamps burn more or less brightly?

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b If she keeps two cells, but adds a third lamp to the circuit, will the lamps burn more
or less brightly?

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a Identify the forces A–G on the force diagrams:

A: _______________

B: _______________

C: _______________

D: _______________

E: _______________

F: _______________

G: _______________

b What is force H doing?

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End-of-unit 1 test
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Cambridge Assessment International Education.
20 marks

1 Name the three types of blood vessels of the human circulatory system in order
from biggest to smallest in size.

a _______________

b _______________

c _______________
2 Which of these statements about the heart are true and which are false?
Tick the correct box for each statement.

Statement True False

a The heart is made of muscle.

b The heart has to stop sometimes to rest.

c The left side of the heart pumps blood that contains
oxygen.
d The right side of the heart pumps blood that contains
oxygen.
e The ribs protect the heart.

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3 This is a table of measurements of Arun’s pulse rate.

Measurement Pulse rate

1 79 beats per minute

2 70 beats per minute

3 80 beats per minute

4 98 beats per minute

5 77 beats per minute

a Which measurement shows Arun’s pulse rate after he was most active?

_________________________________________________________________________
b Explain your answer to question 3a.

_________________________________________________________________________

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c Which measurement shows Arun’s pulse rate when he is sleeping?

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4 Write the correct word(s) for each of these meanings:

a The body system we use for breathing _______________

b The air tube that joins the mouth to the lungs _______________

c The muscle in the chest that we use when breathe in and out _______________

d The gas in the air that our body needs _______________

e The number of times we breathe in and out in one minute _______________

f The changes that prepare the body for reproduction _______________

g The male sex cells _______________

h The parts of the reproductive system which makes female sex cells _______________

I The process when a male sex cell and a female sex cell join together _______________

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5 The labels describe different ways our body protects us from diseases.
Draw a line from each label to match the way of preventing disease with the right body part.

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End-of-unit 2 test
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Cambridge Assessment International Education.
20 marks

1 The table shows the temperatures at which different substances melt.

Temperature at which
Substance
substance melts
Margarine 36 °C

Peanut oil 3 °C

Candle wax 60 °C

Coconut oil 24 °C

a What is the term for the temperature at which a substance melts?

_________________________________________________________________________
b Which substance in the table melts at the lowest temperature?

_________________________________________________________________________
c Which substance needs the most heat to melt it?

_________________________________________________________________________
d Explain why the temperature at which a substance melts is a property of the substance.

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2 Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Draw a circle around the letter of the correct answer.
a An irreversible change happens when . . .

A: a substance changes into a new substance

B: a substance changes, but can be changed back again

C: a substance is heated.
b If you burn a candle, which change is reversible?

A: The wick of the candle burns.

B: The flame gives off heat.

C: The candle wax melts.

c Which statement about conductors is true?

A: Substances that are good conductors of electricity are not good conductors of heat.

B: Metals are good conductors of heat and electricity.

C: Conductors slow down the transfer of heat or electricity.

3 Zara investigates the effect of temperature on the rate of dissolving.
She set up four beakers each containing 100 ml of water and 5 ml of sugar.
The water in each beaker was at a different temperature as follows:
• Beaker 1: 10 oC
• Beaker 2: 20 oC
• Beaker 3: 30 oC
• Beaker 4: 40 oC
Zara records the time taken for the sugar to dissolve.
a Predict in which beaker the sugar will dissolve fastest.

_________________________________________________________________________
b Explain your prediction from part a.

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c Name the dependent variable in Zara’s investigation.

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d Name the independent variable in Zara’s investigation.

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e _______________ and _______________ are two control variables in the investigation.

f Was Zara’s test a fair test? Explain your answer.

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________
g Why is dissolving not a chemical reaction?

_________________________________________________________________________

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4 Complete the following sentences.
a The metal iron rusts when it is exposed to air and water. Rusting is a chemical reaction.

The reactants in the chemical reaction are _______________, _______________ and

_______________.

b The product is _______________

c The evidence for the chemical reaction is a _______________.

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End-of-unit 3 test
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20 marks

1 Write down one word that matches each of these descriptions:

a a well-balanced soil

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b a fossil where the bones of the whole animal are preserved in minerals

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c to wear down weathered rock into sediments

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d the feel of a material

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e a natural fertiliser made of dead organic matter such as dead leaves and insects.

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2 Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false.
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ in the answer spaces.
a Metamorphic rocks form when existing rocks are changed by heat and/or pressure.

_______________

b Fossils are the remains of plants and animals preserved in igneous rocks. _______________

c The most important feature of sedimentary rocks is that they are one colour ____________

d A geologist is a scientist who studies rocks. _______________

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a What does this rock consist of?

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b Did this rock form when magma cooled down or when lava cooled down?

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c How do you know that this is an intrusive igneous rock?

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d Identify the rock.

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The rock cycle

4 a Name the process at 1: _______________

b Name the process at 2: _______________

c Name the process at 3: _______________

d Name the process at 4: _______________

e Name the process at 5: _______________

f Name the process at 6: _______________

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End-of-unit 4 test
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20 marks

Questions 1a–f are based on the food web below.

1 a Name two producers in the food web.

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b Name two herbivores in the food web.

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c Name two carnivores in the food web.

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d Name two omnivores in the food web.

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e Draw one food chain in the food web that has exactly three links.

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f Draw one food chain in the food web that has exactly four links.

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2 Which of these statements about energy transfers in food chains and food webs
are true and which are false? Tick the correct box for each statement.

Statement True False

a Producers get their energy from the Sun.

b Living things transfer some of their energy to the

surroundings as heat.
c As energy moves through a food chain, each link in the
food chain gets the same amount of energy.
d When a carnivore eats the herbivore, it only gets the
energy that is stored in the herbivore’s body.

3 This is a food chain on a farm where the farmer sprays pesticides on his crops.

cabbage → bug → lizard → bird

a Explain what a pesticide is.

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________
b Which link in the food chain will be affected first by the pesticide?

_________________________________________________________________________
c How does the pesticide move through the food chain?

_________________________________________________________________________
d If the pesticide does not break down naturally, after some time which link in the food
will have the most pesticide in its body?

_________________________________________________________________________
e Which word describes the build-up of a harmful substance in the body of a living thing?

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End-of-unit 5 test
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20 marks

1 Circle True or False for each of the following statements.

a Mass is measured in newtons. True False

b Objects have the same mass wherever they are. True False

c On the Moon objects weigh less. True False

d We measure mass with a forcemeter True False

2 Marcus drops a cup on a stone floor. The cup breaks.
a Name the force that causes the cup to fall to the floor.

_________________________________________________________________________
b List three effects of force on the cup after it leaves Marcus’s hand.

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

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3 Look at the circuit diagram.

a What type of circuit is this?

_________________________________________________________________________
b Explain how you know it is this type of circuit.

_________________________________________________________________________
c Will lamps A and B both light up?

_________________________________________________________________________
d Explain your answer.

_________________________________________________________________________

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4 a Arun places a metal key in a container of water. The key sinks.

Explain why the key sinks.

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________
b Suggest what Arun could do to make the key float.

_________________________________________________________________________
c Draw a force diagram to show the key floating. Label the forces.

5 Fill in the missing weight and mass measurements in this table.

Object Weight Mass

1
2kg
2
65N
3
25kg

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End-of-unit 6 test
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Cambridge Assessment International Education.
20 marks

1 Circle True or False for each of the following statements.

a The arriving ray is the incident ray. True False

b The Moon reflects the light of the Sun. True False

c A lens reflects light True False

d Most of the planets orbit the Sun. True False

e Mars takes longer to orbit the Sun than Saturn. True False

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2 List these statements A, B, C and D about how a periscope works in the correct order.

A: Light reflects off the bottom mirror into your eye.

B: Light travels from a source to the object.
C: Light reflects off the object and travels to the top mirror.
D: Light reflects off the top mirror and travels down the periscope to the bottom mirror.

First: _______________

Second: _______________

Third: _______________

Fourth: _______________

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a What does this diagram represent?

_________________________________________________________________________
b On which side of the diagram is the Sun shining?

_________________________________________________________________________
c Name the phases of the Moon at points 1, 3 and 5.

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________
d How long does it take the Moon to complete its orbit of the Earth?

_________________________________________________________________________
e Between which numbers is the Moon waning?

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4 Marcus has dropped a coin in the swimming pool.

a The coin is at B. Why does Marcus think he sees the coin at point A?

_________________________________________________________________________
b What does the light do when it travels from the water to the air?

_________________________________________________________________________
c Explain why the light does this.

_________________________________________________________________________

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 CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: MID-YEAR TEST

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Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Mid-year test
1 Circle the letter of the correct answer to each of the following questions.
a Which parts make up the circulatory system?
A: Heart only
B: Heart and blood vessels
C: Heart, blood vessels and blood
b Which gas or gases does the blood contain?
A: Oxygen only
B: Carbon dioxide only
C: Both oxygen and carbon dioxide
c Which blood vessels are the smallest?
A: Arteries
B: Capillaries
C: Veins
d In which direction does oxygen move when we breathe in?
A: nose → windpipe → lungs → blood
B: nose → windpipe → lungs → diaphragm
C: nose → lungs → windpipe → blood
e What do we call the body changes that show you are starting to become an adult?
A: Reproduction
B: Puberty
C: Life cycle
f Which disease is caused by a fungus?
A: ’Flu
B: Malaria
C: Ringworm

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2 Arun and his friends measured their breathing rate before and after they did star jumps
for two minutes. Their results are shown in the table.

Breathing rate in Breathing rate in

Person breaths per minute breaths per minute
before exercise after exercise
Arun 15 30

Marcus 16 32

Kai 15 29

Jamal 16 42

Ali 14 30

a Describe what breathing rate is.

______________________________________________________________________________
b Describe the pattern you can see in the results.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
c Which result does not fit the pattern?

______________________________________________________________________________
d Should the friends repeat their measurements? Say why or why not.

______________________________________________________________________________

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3 Draw a line to match each of the methods to prevent diseases with a way a disease is spread.

Method Way disease is spread

sleep under bed nets in food

boil river water before you drink it in body fluids

wash hands with soap and water

by insects
after going to the toilet

cough or sneeze into a bathroom

in water
tissue

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4 a Identify and describe the change taking place in the picture.

______________________________________________________________________________

b Say why the change is reversible.

______________________________________________________________________________
5 a Mrs Kahn heats butter in a stainless-steel pot on the stove.
Why does only the butter melt and not the pot?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
b When Marcus pumps air into his football, the ball expands. Say why this happens.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
c What other change to the football could Marcus measure?

______________________________________________________________________________
d Say why the change you identified in part c happens.

______________________________________________________________________________

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6 The graph shows the amount of sugar that dissolves in water at different temperatures.

a What does the graph show you about how temperature affects dissolving?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
b How much sugar will dissolve in 100 ml of water at a temperature of 40 °C?

______________________________________________________________________________
c Use the particle model to briefly explain why a change in temperature affects the
dissolving of solids.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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7 Zara mixed some sulfur powder with ammonia liquid in a jar.

After a while she smelt a bad smell coming from the jar.
a What evidence did Zara have that a chemical reaction happened in the jar?

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
b Identify the reactants in the reaction.

______________________________________________________________________________
c Identify the product in the reaction.

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A B C

Complete the table.

Rock A B C
Is the rock igneous,
sedimentary or
metamorphic?

Give a reason for your

answer.

Tick the rock that formed

under the sea
Tick the rock that formed
as a result of magma
cooling
Tick the rock that could
contain fossils

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Cambridge Assessment International Education.

End-of-year test
1 Match up the words 1–8 with their meanings A–H.

Word Meaning

1 waxing A air, water, land and living things around us

2 product B when light shines off a surface

3 environment C living things that can cause diseases

D the time when the lit up part of the Moon

4 mould
becomes larger over a period of days

E a feature of a substance that helps us to

5 reflection
identify it

F a new substance that forms in a chemical

6 toxic
reaction

G a fossil formed when an animal dies and

7 property
leaves an imprint in the sediments

8 bacteria H harmful or poisonous

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2 Tick (✓) the correct answer A, B or C to each question.

a Which of the following best describes a fossil?

A: A fossil is a dead animal crystallised in rock.

B: A fossil is an imprint of a plant or animal in rock.

C: A fossil is the remains of a plant or animal preserved in rock.

b Which of the following describes how an object floats?

A: An object floats because the mass of liquid it displaces is less than

or equal to the mass of the object.
B: An object floats because it has a small mass.

C: An object floats because it has a large area in contact with the liquid.

c Which of the following happens when we exhale?

A: The diaphragm muscle contracts and moves upwards.

B: The diaphragm muscle contracts and moves downwards.

C: The diaphragm muscle relaxes and moves upwards.

d Which of the following is not a body change that occurs in puberty?

A: More body hair grows.

B: Hair grows faster.

C: Hair becomes more oily.

e Which of the following is evidence of a chemical reaction?

A: A change in temperature.

B: A change in mass.

C: A change of state.

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f Which of the following statements about burning is true?

A: Burning is a reversible physical change.

B: Burning is an irreversible physical change.

C: Burning is an irreversible chemical change.

g Which statement describes loam?

A: Loam is a type of sedimentary rock.

B: Loam is a balanced soil consisting of sand, clay and organic matter.

C: Loam is organic matter such as dead leaves and twigs.

3 Name each of the parts of the body described.

a A muscle that pumps blood around the body: _______________

b Carries air from the nose and mouth to the lungs: _______________

c Make male sex cells: _______________

d Where a baby grows and develops: _______________

e Makes acid to kill germs in our food: _______________

f Stops germs from entering the body: _______________

4 A ball rolls down a rocky slope and rests against a tree at the bottom of the slope.
a What effect does the rocky slope have on the ball as it rolls down?

______________________________________________________________________________
b What effect does the tree have on the ball?

______________________________________________________________________________

Marcus bounces a ball off the ground and catches it.

c What effect does bouncing have on the ball?

______________________________________________________________________________
d What effect does catching the ball have on the ball?

______________________________________________________________________________

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a Which lamps will light up in Circuit 1?

______________________________________________________________________________
b Explain why.

______________________________________________________________________________
c What type of circuit is Circuit 1?

______________________________________________________________________________
d What type of circuit is Circuit 2?

______________________________________________________________________________
e Which lamp or lamps will light up in Circuit 2?

______________________________________________________________________________
f List TWO ways in which you could change Circuit 1 to make the lamps shine brighter.

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

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6 The drawing shows a food web.

a Name the source of energy for the food web.

______________________________________________________________________________
b How is energy transferred through the food web?

______________________________________________________________________________
c Name two herbivores in the food web.

______________________________________________________________________________
d Use the food web to draw a food chain with three links that includes an omnivore.

______________________________________________________________________________
e Use the food web to draw a food chain with four links.

______________________________________________________________________________
f Explain why food chains do not usually have more than four or five links.

______________________________________________________________________________

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a Reflection is shown in Diagram _______________

b Refraction is shown in Diagram _______________

c Identify ray C: _______________

d Identify the surface X: _______________

e Name the dotted line in A: _______________

f Angles c and d are: _______________

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a Are the rocks in the picture igneous or sedimentary?

______________________________________________________________________________
b Give a reason for your answer.

______________________________________________________________________________
c What type of metamorphic rock could this rock become?

______________________________________________________________________________
d Name two events that could cause the rock to become metamorphosed.

______________________________________________________________________________

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9 Zara and Sofia investigated the mass and weight of different foods.
They put each food in turn in the same shopping bag. Here are their results.

Food Mass (kg) Weight (N)

Bag of potatoes 2 20

Bag of rice 1 10

Bag of flour 1.5 14

Bag of oranges 3.5 35

a What instrument did Zara and Sofia use to measure the weight of the foods?

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b How did Zara and Sofia make their test fair?

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c Identify a pattern in their results.

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d Which result does not fit the pattern?

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e What should Zara and Sofia do to correct this measurement?

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f Suppose Zara and Sofia could do this investigation on the Moon.
How would their results be different?

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g Explain the difference.

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10 Arun measured his group’s breathing rate. He collected two sets of data.

Person Breathing rate 1 Breathing rate 2

Arun 15 28

Marcus 14 30

Kai 15 29

Jamal 16 30

a Explain what breathing rate is.

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b Which set of data shows breathing rate during exercise?

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c Why does breathing rate change during exercise?

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d Arun says his results are reliable. What does this mean?

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