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Mary‟s Catholic High School- Dubai Science Revision 2

Name............................................... Year 6.................... Date.............................

1. Fill in the blanks about how we can stop microbes spreading:

Milk can be ________________ to kill bacteria. Bacteria in ________________ can

be killed by canning, salting, pickling or ____________

Drying or ________________ food, or keeping it in a ________________ can stop

bacteria growing. Disinfectants, soaps and ________________ can all kill bacteria on our
____________and around our homes. Bacteria in drinking water can be killed by adding
_______________.

antiseptics bodies chlorine cooking food freezing pasteurized

Medicines called_______________ can kill _______________.

These medicines can help to cure many _______________ caused by bacteria.

Antibiotics do not harm _______________, so they do not work on disease like colds.
These diseases cannot be cured but we can use other _______________ to help ease
their symptoms. For example, people take _______________ to reduce fevers,
affected antibiotics.

Aspirin, bacteria, diseases, medicines, probiotics, viruses

2. Match up the definitions

3. Harry investigated the effects of fizzy cola drink on his heart rate. First he measured
his heart rate every minute for 5 minutes when sitting down. Then he drank some cola.
He continued to measure his heart rate at regular intervals. This is a graph of his
results.

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(a) Why did Harry measure his heart rate every minute for 5 minutes before
drinking his cola?
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(b) Harry says cola affects his heart rate. What evidence is there in the graph to
support his idea that cola affects his heart
rate? .................................................................................................................
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c) Harry and Yasmin came to the following conclusions.

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 Explain why Yasmin‟s conclusion is better than Harry‟s
conclusion. ................................................................................................
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(d) Yasmin said, “We should also measure Harry‟s heart rate after he drinks fizzy
water”. How would measuring Harry‟s heart rate after he drinks fizzy water improve
the
investigation? ....................................................................................................
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4.Label this diagram. Colour it suitably. Explain how it works.

4. The drawing below shows the human rib cage.

(a) The rib cage protects organs in the chest. Give the names of two organs in the
chest.................................................................
(b) The ribs are attached to the breast bone by cartilage which bends easily. This lets
the space in the chest get bigger. Why is it important that the space can get
bigger? ..............................................................................................................
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Two pupils planted lettuce seeds at three different temperatures. They planted the same
number of seeds at each temperature.

Their results are shown in the table.

(a) Complete the table to show how many seeds had germinated at 5°C by day 3.

(b) The pupils were trying to find out something about seeds. Write down the question
the pupils were investigating.

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(b) The pupils discussed their results and made the conclusions listed below. Look at
their results in the table and decide whether each conclusion below is true, false
or you cannot tell. Tick the correct box for each conclusion.

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