THIRD TERM EXAMINATION (2022/2023 ACADEMIC

SESSION)
SCIENCE
GRADE 8
CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATION STANDARD
Doc. Ref: TRA-EXM-STDA-SCI/2023

NAME: …………………………………………………..
Paper 2 – Theory Time: 1 hr.: 30mins
Candidate answer on the Question Paper

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer all Questions.

Write your name first before you start attempting the questions.
Write in dark blue, black pen or pencil.
Do not choose more than one option for a question to avoid scoring zero for that question.

INFORMATION
The total mark for this paper is 50.

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Examiner: Tr. Basit

 The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total mark for this paper is 70.
PART A

1. (a) Atoms are made up of three different particles.

Complete the sentences about the different particles in an atom.
The nucleus of an atom contains ………………………………….and …………………………….
The nucleus is surrounded by particles called ……………………………………………………. [3]

(b) The diagram shows part of the Periodic Table.

(i) What is the chemical symbol for the smallest atom?

Choose from H, O Ne, Na or Cl.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(ii) Which chemical symbol shows a metal?

Choose from H, O, Ne, Na or Cl.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

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 2. Muslimah investigates the reaction of metals with water.
She adds a metal to water and collects the gas produced.
The diagram shows her apparatus.

(a) Write down the name of the gas produced in the reaction.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]
(b) Muslimah uses the metal calcium in her first experiment.
The calcium reacts with the water to form a compound.
What is the name of this compound?
Circle the correct answer.
Calcium carbonate
Calcium chloride
Calcium hydrate
Calcium hydroxide
Calcium oxide [1]

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 (c) Muslimah wants to repeat her experiment with potassium.
Her teacher tells her that she cannot use potassium.
Why should Muslimah not use potassium?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

3. This question is about physical changes during adolescence.

Complete the table by describing one physical change that occurs during adolescence
 only in males
 only in females
 In both males and females.

[3]

4. The diagram shows part of the structure of an atom of helium.

(a) There are three types of particle in an atom.

This diagram shows only two of the types of particle.

(i) Name the particles labelled Z.

………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

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 (ii) Name the particles that are missing from the diagram.
…………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

Draw on the diagram the correct position and number of the missing particles. [2]

(b) The diagram shows the group of the Periodic Table that contains helium.

The elements are in the same order as they appear in the Periodic Table.

(i) Which element in the group has the largest atomic number?
……………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]
(ii) Describe how the radius of the atom changes as you go down the group.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

5. The diagram shows the atomic structure of aluminium.

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 (a) How many electrons are there in one atom of aluminium?
…………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

(b) Which scientist discovered the structure of the atom?

Circle the correct answer.

Darwin Einstein Pasteur Rutherford

(c) In which group of the Periodic Table is aluminium found?

…………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

(d) Aluminium is used in the circuit boards and batteries of mobile phones.

Use ideas about properties to explain why.

……………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

(e) Aluminium burns in air to form a compound.

What is the name of this compound?

………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

6. When lithium is added to water it forms lithium hydroxide and a gas.

(a) Complete the word equation for the reaction between lithium and water.

[3]

(b) The chemical symbol for lithium is Li.

The formula for water is H2O.

The formula for lithium hydroxide is LiOH.

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 Which of these substances is an element?

Choose from lithium, water or lithium hydroxide.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

(c) Lithium is in Group 1 of the Periodic Table.

The diagram shows some of the elements in Group 1 of the Periodic Table.

Describe how the reactivity of the Group 1 metals changes as you go down the group.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

7. Here are some chemical formulas.

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 (a) Choose the formulas from the list.

Each formula can be used once, more than once or not at all.

(i) Write down the formulas of two elements.

………………………………………………..and …………………………………. [1]
(ii) Write down the formulas of all the compounds containing carbon.
…………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]
(iii) Write down two formulas that show compounds made from three elements.
……………………………………. and …………………………………………….. [1]
(iv) Fertilisers are often compounds of potassium.
Write down the formula for a fertiliser that is a compound of potassium.
………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]
(b) Write down the name of the compound with the formula CaO.
……………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

8. The graph shows how smoking during pregnancy affects the birth mass of babies.

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 (a) Complete the sentence.

As the number of cigarettes smoked each day during pregnancy increases, the birth mass of a
baby

……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

(c) What advice would you give to a pregnant woman who smokes?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

9. Sodium is in Group 1 of the Periodic Table.

(a) Write down the chemical symbol for sodium.

…………………………………………………… [1]

(b) Sodium is a metal.

[2]

(c) Sodium reacts with water. A gas is formed.

(i) Name the gas that is formed.

…………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

(ii) Potassium is another element in Group 1.

Potassium is below sodium in the Periodic Table.

Complete the sentence.

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 The rate of reaction of potassium with water is _______________than the rate of reaction

sodium with water. [1]

10. Scientists have found evidence which shows that smoking tobacco increases the risk of developing serious
diseases.

(a) The graph shows the percentage of people who smoked cigarettes between 1974 and 2006.

Describe two patterns shown by the data.

1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………… [2]

(b) Smoking cigarettes increases the risk of getting lung cancer.

Doctors predict that there will be fewer cases of lung cancer in the future.
Use information from the graph in part (a) to suggest a reason for this prediction.
…………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

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11. Complete the word equations for these reactions.

(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

(c)

[1]

(d) Complete the table about an atom.

Choose words from the list.

[2]

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12. Here is a part of the Periodic Table

Give the symbols of:

(a) Two elements in the same group

……………………………………………………………………… [1]
(b) An element that is inert gas
…………………………………………………………………….. [1]
(c) An element that is a non-metal solid at room temperature
…………………………………………………………………….. [1]
(d) An element that is in the third period
……………………………………………………………………. [1]
(e) An element that is a metal.
……………………………………………………………………. [1]

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 PART B
The total mark for this part is 20

1. (a) What is a baby called when it first starts to grow?

(b) Suggest why pregnant women can’t take some medicines.

(c) Women can take 6–8 weeks to realise they are pregnant. What problems might result if a woman does not know she
is pregnant?

(d) Draw diagrams to show how identical and non-identical twins form.

(e) The diagram shows two specialised cells.

(i) Name cell A.

(ii) Name the organs where these cells are produced.

(iii) Name cell B.

(iv) Name the organs where these cells are produced.

[4]

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2. (a) During puberty, sex hormones cause physical changes. For each of the following changes, write whether happens in
boys, girls, or both:

(i) voice gets deeper

(ii) hips get wider
(iii) hair grows in the pubic area
(iv) breasts develop.

(b) The placenta allows small molecules to move from a mother’s blood to the blood of the fetus.

Write the letter of the correct arrow to show which way each substance moves:

a. food molecules

b. carbon dioxide

c. oxygen

d. alcohol.

(c) Chlara never drinks alcohol before a football match. He says it would make him a worse player.

Explain why he is correct.

(d) Make a table like this to show a disease you could catch in each situation.

[4]

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3. (a) Scientists compared babies whose mothers drank a lot of alcohol or smoked a lot.

(i) Which variable did the scientists measure?

(ii) Which had most effect on this variable – drinking alcohol or smoking?

Other scientists compared children whose mothers who drank alcohol when pregnant with children whose
mothers did not. The tests were done 1 year after they started school.

(iii) What can they conclude from their results about drinking alcohol when pregnant? [4]

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4. (a) Name the two types of sub-atomic particle in the nucleus of an atom.

(b) Write down the electronic structures of helium, neon, and argon. Describe how the arrangements are similar.

(c) An atom of an element has 15 protons and 16 neutrons. What is its proton number?

What is its nucleon number?

(d) Write word equations for the reactions of calcium, strontium, and barium with water.

(e) Name the elements in Period 2 of the periodic table. [4]

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5. (a) Copy the diagram below and fill in the missing labels. Choose from the words below. Use each word once, more
once, or not at all.

nucleus proton electron neutron

(b) The Group 7 elements are non-metals.

(i) Name two elements in Group 7.

(ii) From the list below, choose two properties of the Group 7 elements.

● do not conduct electricity

● good conductors of heat

● all have high melting points

● all are solid at room temperature

● poor conductors of heat

● good conductors of electricity.

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(c) Complete the table to show the relative mass and charge of each sub-atomic particle.

[4]

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