UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

Cambridge International Primary Achievement Test

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SCIENCE 0843/01
Paper 1 May/June 2008
45 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
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1 Animals and plants have different habitats.

(a) What is habitat?

Tick (
) one box.

how they breathe

how they feed

what they eat

where they live

[1]

(b) An animal has:

brown coloured skin

long thin body without legs
moist skin through which it respires
pointed head

Which habitat is this animal adapted to?

Tick (
) one box.

a pond

in a tree

in the soil

under the sea

[1]

(c) What two things must a habitat provide for an animal or plant?

1
2 [2]

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A

The diagram shows the carpel (female part) of a flower.

(a) What is the name of part A?

[1]

(b) What does part B contain?

[1]

(c) Seeds are formed when pollen and eggs join together.

What is this process called?

[1]

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3 We have many different organs in our body.

(a) Which organ controls the whole body?

Tick (
) one box.

brain

heart

liver

stomach
[1]

(b) Where is the skeleton found in the human body?

[1]

(c) Give one reason why we have a skeleton.

[1]

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windpipe

ribs

(a) Look at the diagram.

What is the name of the organ X?

[1]

(b) Complete this sentence about the job Organ X does in the body.

“Organ X transfers to the blood and removes

” [2]

(c) The children have ideas about how the body changes when we exercise.
Write TRUE or FALSE below their answers.
The first one has been done for you.

The harder you The fitter you are

The heart beats Heart beats can exercise the less the slower your heart
faster the harder be felt as a pulse oxygen your returns to normal beats
you exercise. in your wrist. muscles need. after exercise.

TRUE

[3]

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5 Some children are investigating objects made from different materials.

A B C D
cotton towel glass vase plastic duck metal anchor

Complete the following sentences with the correct object.

(a)
floats well. [1]

(b)
is transparent. [1]

(c)
is absorbent. [1]

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6 Metals have useful properties. We choose metals to suit their properties.

Draw lines to match each Metal to its Use.

Metal Use

Aluminium (very light) aeroplanes

Copper (conducts electricity) hammer

Gold (easy to shape and very shiny) jewellery

Iron (hard and very strong) wires

[2]

7 A mixture of sand, salt and water can be separated using four processes.

Draw lines to match the Name of Process to its Meaning.

Name of process Meaning

condense All the substances are stirred together.

evaporate The mixture is poured into paper in a funnel.

filter The salt and water mixture is warmed.

dissolve Water vapour cools to a liquid.

[3]

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8 Ania is measuring the temperature of water with a thermometer.

(a) What will the temperature be when the water boils? (Remember to give
the units.)

[2]

(b) She continues to heat the beaker. The water keeps on boiling.

What happens to the temperature of the water while it boils?

Underline your answer.

goes down goes up stays the same [1]

(c) Why does the level of the water drop as she continues her investigation?

[1]

(d) She notices white crystals forming on the sides of the beaker.

Where have they come from? Tick (
) one box.

from chemicals washed out of the glass

from the melting glass

They have condensed from gases in the room.

They were dissolved in the water.

[1]

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A B

The two boys are moving the box. One boy is pushing it and one boy is
pulling it.

(a) (i) The pushing force is shown by arrow

(ii) The pulling force is shown by arrow [1]

(b) Both boys now pull in opposite directions with the same force.
What will happen to the movement of the box?

[1]

(c) Draw an arrow on the diagram to show the force of the weight of the box.
[1]

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10 Magnets have two poles, N and S. These two magnets attract each other.

(a) Write the correct poles on the diagram.

[1]

(b) Name one metal that magnets attract.

[1]

(c) Sometimes magnets repel each other.

What does the word repel mean?

[1]

11 Carla is listening to the radio. Materials and objects vibrate in order so she
can hear the sound.

(a) Put these materials and objects in the order of vibration.

Air
Ear Drum
Radio Speaker

1 2 3 [1]

(b) Carla moves to the next room. She can still hear the radio through the wall, but
it sounds different. What is different about the sound she hears?

[1]

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(c) Tick (
) one box in each row to say whether each statement is True or False.

Statement True False

Sound can travel through brick.

Sound can travel through glass.

Sound can travel through water.

[2]

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NOT TO
SCALE

(a) On Earth we have mass and weight.

(i) Underline the unit we use to measure mass.

Newton Kg cm m3 [1]

(ii) Underline the unit we use to measure weight.

Newton Kg cm m3 [1]

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NOT TO
SCALE

(b) The astronaut travels to the Moon.

On the Moon the gravity is weaker than on the Earth.

What change will there be to the astronaut?

Tick (
) one box.

The astronaut’s mass reduces.

The astronaut’s mass increases.

The astronaut’s weight reduces.

The astronaut’s weight increases.

[1]

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13 A class investigates what happens to bread when left at different

temperatures.
They leave 4 slices of bread for 10 days. This is what the bread looked like
after 10 days.

14 °C 4 °C –4 °C 19 °C

(a) At what temperature did the bread go most mouldy?

°C [1]

(b) Complete the bar chart below to show their results.

Lots of mould

Some mould

Very little mould

No mould

–4ºC 4ºC 14ºC 19ºC

[2]

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(c) (i) What happens to the amount of mould as the temperature changes?
Fill in the missing word to complete the following statement.

The lower the temperature, the the mould. [1]

(ii) This kind of statement is made at the end of an investigation. What is this
type of statement called?
Tick (
) one box.

conclusion

explanation

prediction

results
[1]

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

(a) Explain why her hand makes a dark shadow.

[1]

(b) How can Nadia change the size of shadow of her hand on the wall?
Tick (
) one box.

make the room darker and lighter

move her hand closer or nearer to the torch

put different coloured gloves on her hand

use a bigger or smaller torch

[1]

(c) Finish this sentence about the size of shadows.

The closer the light source is to an object the the

shadow. [1]

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