UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

Cambridge Primary Checkpoint

0846/01

SCIENCE
Paper 1

For Mock Examination from 2014

45 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

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Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top
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Write in dark blue or black pen.
Answer all questions.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.
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1 (a) Look at the diagrams of the organ below.

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How is the organ above

protected from danger?

being

[1]
(b) Use one word to complete this sentence.
The brain and nerves work together to form
[1]

Complete
these
sentences. Choose
words from the list.

carbon dioxide
(a)

lung

blood

oxygen

vessel

waste product

Human breathe in

(b) Human breathe out

(c)

The kidney removes

(d) The ribcage protects the

(e) The tubes that carry blood is called

[1]
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Zara is investigating the pulse rate of her classmates.

First all students measure their pulse rate on the wrist.
Zara asked everyone to jump 20 times. She records their pulse rate
after everyone jumped.
This table shows her results.
Pulse rate
before jump
(pulse/mins)

Name

Pulse rate
after jump
(pulse/mins)

Ismail

96

110

Neha

93

101

Marzia

90

105

Farangiz

89

102

(a) What is the pattern in changes of the heart rate before and after
jumping?
[1]

[1]

(c) Suggest other part of the body that can also be measured to find

pulse rate.

Tick ( / ) on the box.

leg
neck
stomach

c
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s
t
[2]

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Nervous system is one of the human organ system.

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(a) The sentences below describe about nervous system

Tick (/ ) one box.

Removal of waste
Body control center
Absorption of nutrients
Circulation of blood
[1]

(b) Write two organs that involved in nervous system.

1
2
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Manuela is measuring the temperature of water in a beaker

with a thermometer. She heats the water until it boils.
(a) She continues to heat the water. The water keeps on boiling.

What happens to the temperature of the water while it

boils? Underline your answer.
goes down

goes up
[1]

stays the same

(b) Why does the water level in the beaker drop as she continues her

investigation?

[1]

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(c) She notices white crystals forming on the inside wall of the beaker.
beaker
crystals
water

Where have the white crystals come from? Tick ( / ) one box.
from chemicals washed out of the glass

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d from gases in the room.

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They were dissolved in the water.

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(a) a year?

6 Four students are discussing the time periods, day and year.

(b) a day?
The time it takes
for
the Earth to orbit
the Sun.

The time it takes

for the Earth to rotate once
on its axis.

The time it takes for

the Moon to orbit
the Earth.

C
Which student makes the correct statement about:

The time it takes for

the Earth to rotate
24 times.

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All flowering plants produce seeds.

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(a) Why do plants need to produce seeds? Underline the correct word.
fertilisation

germination
[1]

growth

reproduction

(b) Which seed can be spread by attaching to an

animals fur? Tick ( ) one box.

[1]
(c) What is the process called when seeds are spread away from a
plant?
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(d) Which statement best describes how these seeds are

spread? Tick (/ ) one box.

Animals spread the seeds in their droppings.

Birds shake out the seeds.
Water carries the seeds.
Wind blows the seeds.

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8 The diagrams show the arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and
gases.

Particles

(a) Draw lines to match each word with the correct diagram.

It is runn

It can be
gas

[3]

solid

liquid
[1]
(b) The table shows some properties of a solid, liquid and gas.

Tick ( /) the box to show if the property is of a solid, liquid or gas.

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9 Patrick is blowing a balloon in the picture below.

(a) Choose what

the balloon?
Tick (/ ) one box

Patrick do when he blow

Breathe in
Breathe out

[1]

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he blow the balloon?

[1]

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10 Look at the diagram.

windpipe

rib

What is the name of the organ X?

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11 Write the correct organ system and one other example related to picture
below.
Picture

Joggi
jogging

System
[6]
pizza

Tel

television

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12 Adam and Mary investigate some factors that affect germination of bean
seeds. They set up their experiment as shown in these diagrams.

(b)
Write
one
factor
they
keep
the
same
in
their
experi
ment.
[1]

(a) Write one factor they vary in their experiment.

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ne week, they look at their bean seeds and record their results in these
drawings.

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jar A
kept in light at
room temperature

jar B
kept in dark at
room temperature

jar C
kept in a fridge
at 4 C

They write a conclusion from their results. Complete their conclusion.

Beans need

to germinate.
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13 Nadia is in a dark room with a torch.
She makes shapes with her fingers to make shadows on the wall.

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k shadow.
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(b) How can Nadia change the size of the shadow of her hand on

the wall? Tick ( ) one box.

make the room darker and lighter

move her hand closer to or further from the torch
put different coloured gloves on her hand
use a bigger or smaller torch
[1]

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14 Petrus takes a cold glass of cola from the fridge. He puts 3
cubes of ice into it.
He leaves the glass on a table in a warm room for 5
minutes. He notices that the ice cubes have become
smaller.

(a) W

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(b) The outside of the glass is now wet.

What is the reason for this? Tick ( ) one box.

Water vapour from the air has condensed on the outside
of the glass.
Water has condensed from inside the glass and gone into
the air.

[1
]

Water vapour has evaporated from the air and turned into a
liquid.
The cola has evaporated and left water outside the glass.

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15 In the water cycle, water can be a solid, liquid or gas.

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cloud
rain

sea

(a) Choose words from the list to complete these sentences.

condenses

dissolves
solidifies

evaporates

floats

Salt is dissolved in sea water. When the water

from the sea, the salt is left behind.
[1]

(b) Name the process that happens when liquid water forms in clouds.
[1]

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Total Mark: 45
Topics:
1. human organ system Grade 6
2. State of matter- Grade 5
3. Pollination- Grade 5
4. Shadow- Grade 5
5. Germination- Grade 5

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