Nova International School

Grade 6 End Term1

Science Exam Mark Scheme Paper 1
1. Draw a line from each word to its meaning.
One has been done for you.
Word Meaning

consumer an animal that eats another animal

Predator an animal that eats plants

Prey a plant at the start of a food chain

Producer an animal that gets eaten by another animal

2. Scientific changes are either reversible or irreversible.

For each change decide if it is reversible or irreversible
Tick () the correct boxes.

change reversible irreversible


baking bread

condensing water vapour

boiling water

burning wood

digesting food

rusting of iron

filtering sand and water

dissolving salt
3. Label the organs on the diagram of a human body.

Brain

Heart Lung

Stomach
Kidney
Small Intestine

4. Look at the information about some living things.

Caterpillar Bird eats Snake eats Owl eats

eats leaf caterpillar bird snake

(a) Use this information to draw a food chain.

Draw arrows between the boxes to show the direction of energy flow.
 The first arrow has been done for you.
Owl

Snake

Birds

Caterpillar

Leaf

5. The mountain gorilla is a protected species.

(a) Why does the mountain gorilla need to be protected?

not many left / endangered species / many are dying / being hunted / being poached. [1]
(b) Write down two things humans can do to protect the mountain gorilla.
protect the habitat / set up conservation areas stop hunting / stop poaching / do not buy mountain gorilla
products / breeding programs / education / collect money (to help) / adopt a mountain gorilla
(Any of the above) [2]
6. Yuri wants to separate a mixture of salt, sand and water.
Here are the stages he uses.

A B C D
(a) What dissolves in stage B?
Circle the correct answer.

salt sand salt and sand water

[1]
(b) What is substance X?
Salt [1]
(c) What is the name of the process used at stage C?
Filtration

7. Lily is learning about mass and weight.

a) Complete her sentences. Choose from the following words.
You can use each word once, more than once or not at all.

centimetres

kilograms

newtons

seconds

Mass is measured in Kilograms

Weight is measured in Newtons

Force is measured in Newtons [3]

 b) Lily has a picture of herself.

Draw a line with an arrow to show the direction of the force of gravity on Lily.

8. Each body system in humans contains a major organ.

Complete the table to show the major organs in some body systems.
One has been done for you.

body system major organ

Excretory kidneys
Heart
Circulatory
Lung
Respiratory
Brain
Nervous
Stomach or Small Intestine
Digestive
[4]
9. The diagram below shows the parts of the circulatory system

X Y

Rest of
the
body

(a) Name the types of blood vessels labelled X and Y in the diagram.
X Artery
Y Vein [2]
(b) Briefly explain the stages of blood circulation
i. Blood from your body low of oxygen goes to your heart

ii. The heart pumps the blood to the lungs to get oxygen

iii. Oxygenated blood from the lungs moves back to the heart

iv. The heart pumps the blood to the rest of the body to supply it with oxygen

v. The oxygenated blood moves around the body until almost all the oxygen is
exhausted

vi. The oxygen low blood moves back to the heart and the cycle continues [6]

(c) Name the organ where gaseous exchange takes place.

Lungs [1]
(d) The circulatory system is connected to the respiratory system.

Name the parts

A Nose

B Trachea

D Diaphragm
(e) What happens to part labelled D during;
 Inhalation It moves downward

 Exhalation It moves upward