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KS3 Science 2008 Mark Scheme
KS3 Science 2008 Mark Scheme
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Science tests
KEY STAGE
3 Mark scheme
for Papers 1 and 2
TIERS
3–7
2008
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Introduction
Introduction
The test papers will be marked by external markers. The markers will follow the mark
scheme in this booklet, which is provided here to inform teachers.
This booklet includes the mark scheme for paper 1 and paper 2 in both tiers.
The structure of the mark scheme for tiers 3–6 and 5–7
The mark scheme for each question shows:
When a question appears in an identical form in both tiers, the answers to the
question are given only once in the mark scheme. For clarity, both question numbers
are given. The following example, from tier 3–6 paper 2 question 11 and from
tier 5–7 paper 2 question 4, illustrates this.
Tier Q No
3–6 11
5–7 4
Where more than one answer is acceptable, this is indicated in the mark scheme by
‘any one from’. Each possible correct answer is marked with an asterisk. In some
cases, alternative answers are indicated by ‘or’.
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Introduction
In the following example from part a of tier 3–6 paper 2 question 3, an answer giving
‘crushed into powder’ and ‘smoother and broken into pieces’ will be awarded two
marks. However, an answer which gives ‘smooth like a pebble’ will be given only one
mark, as ‘smooth’ and ‘like a pebble’ are equivalent answers.
In the following example, from part a of tier 5–7 paper 2 question 11, the statement in
bold type in the Additional guidance column is given in order to indicate the general
requirement of the question.
1 * the more cigarettes accept ‘smoking 5 statements that do not make a generalisation,
smoked, the greater cigarettes a day is less such as ‘nearly 1% of men aged 55–64 who
the number or harmful than smoking 20’ smoke 20 cigarettes a day will die of heart
percentage that die disease’ are insufficient
■ examples of answers which are acceptable, although they do not correspond exactly
to the expected answers
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Introduction
Marking
The number of marks available for each part of a question, and the maximum number
of marks for the question as a whole, are shown on the question paper. Every part of
a question which has been attempted by a pupil will be marked and the mark for each
part recorded in the mark box alongside that part. Half marks will not be given in any
question.
The total number of marks awarded for all the parts of questions on a double page
will be written in the box at the bottom of the right-hand page. In some instances, this
will be the sum of marks awarded for two questions. The total number of marks
obtained on the paper will be recorded on the front of the test paper.
The total number of marks available is 180 in tier 3–6 and 150 in tier 5–7.
■ conveys the ideas underlying the question as outlined in the statement in bold type
in the mark scheme, if one is given.
If any doubt persists, markers will consult their supervisors for guidance.
■ if it is clear that the pupil has made a simple error, eg ‘tow’ for ‘two’ or ‘Son’ for
‘Sun’, then the incorrect spelling will be accepted and the mark awarded
■ if a pupil misspells a word copied from the text of the question or from a selection
given, and the new word does not have any inappropriate meaning, the incorrect
spelling will be accepted and the mark awarded
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Introduction
The result of one calculation may be required in order to carry out further
calculations. In such instances:
■ a pupil’s result for the first calculation is treated as the starting point for the second
■ the pupil is awarded full credit for the second calculation if it is carried out
correctly, even if the result of the first calculation was wrong.
Awarding levels
Level threshold tables, which show the mark ranges for the award of different levels,
will be available on the NAA website www.naa.org.uk/tests from 23 June 2008.
The 2008 key stage 3 science tests and mark schemes were developed by
the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) on behalf of QCA.
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Introduction
2 2 6 2 2 4
3 5 3 5 3
4 1 3 4 1 5 1
5 4 1 1 5 6
6 1 4 6 6
7 2 4 7 4 2
8 5 8 4 1
9 2 3 9 2 3
10 1 4 10 6
11 6 11 3 3
12 4 3 12 9
13 1 4 13 4 2
14 5 14 8
15 7 Total 29 20 21 20
16 3 2
Total 42 17 13 18
Total
P1 + 2
71 37 34 38
Overall
180
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Introduction
2 1 4 2 2 3
3 6 3 6
4 4 3 4 3 3
5 1 4 5 9
6 5 6 4 2
7 7 7 8
8 3 2 8 2 1 2
9 6 9 5
10 6 10 2 5
11 5 1 11 2 6
12 6 12 5
13 5 1 Total 24 16 18 17
Total 38 13 13 11
Total
P1 + 2
62 29 31 28
Overall
150
The requirements of the introduction to the programme of study apply across Sc1, Sc2, Sc3 and Sc4.
The mark allocation grids on this pair of pages show the context of these questions in relation to Sc1, Sc2, Sc3 and Sc4.
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Tier Q No
3–6 1
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2/3a * it grew towards the light accept ‘it grew towards the Sun’
* that is where the light is coming from accept ‘to get light or sunlight’ ‘because of the sunlight’ is insufficient
accept ‘plants or grass need light’
accept ‘to get more Sun’ ‘to get more heat’ is insufficient
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Tier Q No
3–6 2
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bi 1 * placenta accept ‘umbilical cord’ or ‘cord’
2/2h
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Tier Q No
3–6 2
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Tier Q No
3–6 3
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0.5 cm apart on candle 3’
accept ‘there are more lines or smaller spaces or
smaller segments’
accept ‘more sections or rings’
Total 5
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Tier Q No
3–6 4
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b ii 1 * iron accept ‘Fe’
3/3a
Total 4
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Tier Q No
3–6 5
ai 1 * 60 cm3
1/2g
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metals’
accept ‘it does not bend’
accept ‘it is strong’
c ii 1 * friction
4/2d
Total 6
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Tier Q No
3–6 6
ai 1 *C accept ‘down’
4/2b
a ii 1 *A accept ‘up’
4/2c
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c 1 * it decreases accept ‘it is less’ ‘it springs back up’ is insufficient
4/2b accept ‘there is less weight on it’
accept ‘there is no force’ or ‘it becomes zero’
Total 5
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Tier Q No
3–6 7
1 * Magnet C
S N both poles are required for the mark
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4/1d
4/2c
d ii 1 * nothing accept ‘it is not attracted or repelled’ do not accept ‘it repels’
3/1d accept ‘it is not attracted’
accept ‘it is not repelled’
Total 6
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Tier Q No
3–6 8
a ii 1 *E
1/2j
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do not accept ‘to make it a fair test’
bi 1 * 26 cm
1/2j
Total 5
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 9
5–7 1
ai 1 * more fishing boats accept ‘more people were fishing’ ‘more being caught’ is insufficient
1/2j accept ‘more fishing’
accept ‘more boats’
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2/5a * to allow numbers to recover or increase do not accept ‘they were becoming extinct’
* to allow more herring to breed accept ‘so the herring would be old ‘to allow herring to be born’ is insufficient
* to allow more herring to mature enough or mature enough to breed’
accept ‘it is the breeding time’
‘there were fewer herring left’ is insufficient
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 9
5–7 1
Total 5
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 10
5–7 2
a 1 * leaves are bigger accept ‘there are leaves or a canopy’ ‘trees block the light’ is insufficient
1/2m accept ‘leaves open or grow’
2/5c
* light provides energy for growth ‘they need light to grow’ is insufficient
* biomass or food or sugar or starch or ‘light is a source of food’ is insufficient
carbohydrate is produced
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c 1 * glucose answers must be in the correct order
2/2k 1 * water
Total 5
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 11
5–7 3
a 1 any two from both answers are required for the mark
1/2m * less or no competition for food
2/5a * plenty of food or water or they get fed accept ‘good or balanced diet’ ‘they are looked after’ is insufficient
* they have shelter accept ‘protected from bad weather’ ‘protection’ is insufficient because it is not specific
* veterinary or medical treatment accept ‘they are vaccinated’ ‘they get fewer diseases’ is insufficient
do not accept ‘they are less likely to get a disease’
accept ‘they are kept healthier’ ‘they are healthier’ is insufficient
* they are less likely to be injured or killed or accept ‘they do not fight as much’
there is no hunting of lions accept ‘there are no predators of lions’
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b ii 1 any one from
1/2j * animals with longer pregnancies live longer accept ‘the shorter the life span the shorter the a comparative answer is required
* the shorter the pregnancy the shorter the pregnancy’
life span
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 11
5–7 3
ci 2 * all three points plotted correctly accept a tolerance of ± half a small square if all three points are correct, award two marks
1/2i if one or two points are correct, award one mark
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Total 6
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 12
5–7 4
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1/2i
Total 7
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 13
5–7 5
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bi 1 * from gas to liquid both answers are required for the mark
3/2c answers must be in the correct order
Total 5
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 14
5–7 6
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accept ‘the temperature change is clearer’ ‘it is clearer’ is insufficient
accept ‘the pattern can be seen straight away’ ‘to see them better’ is insufficient
accept ‘you can compare them more easily’
* anomalous results can be seen more quickly or
easily
accept ‘you can make predictions more easily or do not accept ‘a graph is more accurate’
more quickly’
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 14
5–7 6
accept ‘the can with bigger strips cooled more do not accept ‘can B was a better insulator’
quickly’
accept answers that relate the size or surface of
the strips to the size or surface of the ears
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c 1 any one from
1/2g * it reduces error accept ‘it is more accurate’
accept ‘less human error’ or ‘is more reliable’
accept ‘it is more precise’
* readings are continuous accept ‘it takes more readings’
* it can draw a graph
accept ‘you can leave it to take results’ ‘you can leave it’ is insufficient
accept ‘it would record the results for him’
Total 5
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 15
5–7 7
ai 1 * A accept a switch drawn and labelled A marked do not accept a switch at either junction
4/1a on any part of the circuit highlighted
the switch must be labelled for the mark
a ii 1 * accept a switch drawn and labelled B marked do not accept a switch at either junction
4/1a B
B on any part of the circuit highlighted
the switch must be labelled for the mark
b 1 * they are absorbed accept ‘they are blocked or filtered out’ ‘they are filtered’ is insufficient
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4/3f
1 * light
Total 7
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper One
Tier Q No
3–6 16
5–7 8
b 1 * a straight line from the Sun to Venus and a accept two discontinuous straight lines that do not accept a line from the Sun which touches
4/3b straight line from Venus to Earth touch the Sun, Venus and the Earth the Earth
4/4d 1 * arrows drawn on both rays in the correct
direction
Earth
Earth Venus
Venus
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Sun
Sun
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Tier Q No
5–7 9
a ii 1 * so the water fleas could adjust to the solution accept ‘to allow time for the drug to work’
1/2e or settle down accept ‘to allow the treatment to get around its
body’
a iii 1 * use more than 20 water fleas in each group accept ‘use more water fleas’
1/2h accept ‘repeat it with the same fleas after the ‘repeat it’ is insufficient
effects have worn off’
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bi 1 * to show if alcohol or kava affects the accept ‘it shows alcohol alone increases or ‘as a comparison’ is insufficient
1/2d heart rates or water fleas affects the heart rate’
accept ‘to see what effect alcohol has’
accept ‘to show it is the kava that affects or
reduces the heart rate of fleas’
accept ‘to show it is not alcohol that affects or
reduces the heart rate’
accept ‘(it acts) as a control’
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Tier Q No
5–7 9
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accept ‘we do not know anything about the dose
or amount given’
Total 6
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Tier Q No
5–7 10
b 1 method
2/2n * touch or contact
prevention
any one from
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* wash hands before or after touching a patient accept ‘quarantine patients suspected of carrying ‘cleaning’ or ‘washing hands’ are insufficient
or before or after touching surfaces or articles disease’ ‘wearing gloves’ is insufficient
* use alcohol rub when entering or leaving ward accept ‘change gloves between patients’
or room or hospital accept ‘stop contact with others’ or ‘limit visitors’
1 method
* coughing or sneezing accept ‘through the air’ or ‘breathing on
someone’
prevention
* cover mouth or nose or use a handkerchief or accept ‘quarantine patients suspected of carrying
wear a mask disease’
accept ‘stop contact with others’ or ‘limit visitors’
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Tier Q No
5–7 10
Total 6
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Tier Q No
5–7 11
‘ 1.5 ’ ‘ 3 ’
ai 1 * 0.75 s accept or
2 4
4/2a
1 * repeat at different depths accept ‘add more water or change the depth and
do it again’
accept ‘repeat with different volumes of water’
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b 1 * A to B: decreases or slows down
1/2j
1 * B to C: remains constant or stays the same do not accept ‘gets slower’
Total 6
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Tier Q No
5–7 12
ai 2 * sodium chloride + * water accept ‘hydrogen oxide’ for water answers must be in the correct order
3/1f
3/3e
a ii 1 * H2O
3/1f
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3/3e carbon dioxide all three answers are required for the mark
3/1f water
Total 6
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Tier Q No
5–7 13
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b ii 1 any one from
4/2b * the weight or mass of the (wooden) plank ‘the weight or mass’ is insufficient
* the (larger) overhang
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Tier Q No
5–7 13
Total 6
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Tier Q No
3–6 1
*
a 2 award two marks for all four correct lines
BS/2a award one mark for any two or three correct
4/1a lines
if more than one line is drawn from any box, do
not credit either line
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b 1 * off ✔ both ticks are required for the mark
4/1a off ✔ if more than one box is ticked in any row, award
no mark
1 * on ✔ both ticks are required for the mark
on ✔ if more than one box is ticked in any row, award
no mark
d 1 * Copper is a good conductor of electricity. ✔ if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
3/1d
Total 6
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Tier Q No
3–6 2
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question
d 1 * a bar drawn to 4
1/2i
ei 1 * Hubble telescope Earth Sun accept ‘Hubble’ or ‘telescope’ for Hubble answers must be in the correct order
4/4b telescope all three answers are required for the mark
e ii 1 * They are further away than the Sun ✔ if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1/2m
4/4b
Total 6
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Tier Q No
3–6 3
a ii 1 * it was harder than the chalk accept ‘it was hard or strong’ ‘it did not erode or weather’ is insufficient
1/2m ‘it is solid’ is insufficient
3/2e
ci 1 * fossils
3/2f
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c ii 1 * starfish ✔ if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1/2k it is the same shape or has five parts accept ‘it looks like a star or starfish’ both the answer and the correct explanation are
accept ‘it has five legs’ required for the mark
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Tier Q No
3–6 4
liquid to gas melting if more than one line is drawn from any change
of state, do not credit that change of state
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c 1 * it decreased accept ‘it got colder’ ‘it dropped to below 0°C’ is insufficient
3/1a any references to time are insufficient
1/2j
d 2 * Sand increases friction between if more than two boxes are ticked, deduct a mark
3/1a car tyres and the road. ✔ for each incorrect box
4/2d * Salt makes ice melt. ✔ minimum of zero
Total 7
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Tier Q No
3–6 5
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2/2l * if more than one line is drawn from any organ,
heart
do not award the mark
It moves the bones faster.
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Tier Q No
3–6 5
di 2 * They have a segmented body. ✔ all three answers are required for both marks
2/4b They have six legs. ✔ award one mark for any two correct answers
if more than three boxes are ticked, deduct a
They have two pairs of wings. ✔
mark for each incorrect box
minimum mark zero
producer
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male horsefly
prey
Total 6
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Tier Q No
3–6 6
ai 1 *8
1/2i
a ii 1 * 17 °C
1/2i
a iii 1 * 18
1/2i
a iv 1 * no ✔ if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1/2j any one from both the answer and the correct explanation are
* 18 seeds germinated at both temperatures required for the mark
* the number that germinated was the same accept ‘the results were the same’
accept ‘the bars are the same height’
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accept ‘the bar is higher’
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Tier Q No
3–6 7
bi 1 * worm
2/5e
b ii 1 * owl accept ‘bird’
2/5e
ci 1 * the Sun accept ‘light’ ‘solar’ or ‘solar panel’ or ‘solar energy’ are
4/5a insufficient
c ii 1 any one from
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4/5a * batteries have to be replaced
* solar power is free
* solar power does not run out accept ‘it is a renewable source of power’
* it is cheaper to run accept ‘it is cheaper’ ‘it is environmentally friendly’ is insufficient
c iii 1 any one from
2/5a * it does not kill the moles accept ‘it is humane’ ‘it is friendlier’ or ‘it is nicer’ are insufficient
2/5f * it does not harm other animals accept ‘it does not harm humans’
* poison kills or hurts moles
* poison kills or hurts owls or predators or other ‘poison is dangerous’ is insufficient
living things
* poison enters food chains
‘you do not have to get rid of dead moles’ or ‘you
can leave them in the tunnel’ are insufficient
‘you have to keep adding poison’ is insufficient
‘so they do not become extinct’ is insufficient
Total 6
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper Two
Tier Q No
3–6 8
5–7 1
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a iii 1 * its pitch becomes higher accept ‘the frequency gets higher’ ‘it gets higher’ is insufficient
1/2m ‘it becomes high’ is insufficient
4/3k
c 1 any one from ‘it vibrates harder’ and ‘it vibrates more’ are
4/3g * it vibrates with a greater amplitude accept ‘it moves more’ insufficient responses
* it has larger vibrations accept ‘burst ear drum’ do not accept ‘it vibrates faster’
Total 5
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper Two
Tier Q No
3–6 9
5–7 2
4 80
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1 cm than doubles’
* the height should have been 40 cm when he accept appropriate arguments for other values
pressed it down 4 cm
Total 5
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper Two
Tier Q No
3–6 10
5–7 3
a 1 * a straight line from the snail to the surface and the line must reach the fish within the tolerance
4/3c from the surface to the fish shown below
the ray must be continuous
ignore an incident ray towards the snail
ignore rays refracted at the surface
1 * the angle of incidence should be approximately the line must reach the surface of the water
equal to the angle of reflection within the tolerance shown below
1 * arrow pointing towards the fish or away from accept a single arrow in the correct direction on if two arrows are drawn, they must both be in the
the snail either the incident or the reflected ray correct direction
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper Two
Tier Q No
3–6 10
5–7 3
bi 1 * a ray from the snail to Andrew’s eye bending at both parts of the ray must be straight and must
4/3d the surface slope upwards and to the right
the ray must be continuous
ignore any incident rays drawn towards the snail
the ray must bend further away from the normal
at the surface as it goes from water to air
1 * an arrow pointing towards Andrew on any part if two arrows are drawn, they must both be in the
of the ray correct direction
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b ii 1 * refraction
4/3d
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper Two
Tier Q No
3–6 11
5–7 4
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accept ‘the sulphate’ for ‘copper sulphate’
3/3d if two or three answers are correct, award two
marks
accept ‘acid’ for ‘citric acid’
if one answer is correct, award one mark
Total 6
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper Two
Tier Q No
3–6 12
5–7 5
ai 1 * metamorphic
3/2f
a ii 1 * igneous
3/2f
b 1 * when magma cools more quickly the crystals accept the converse answers must include a comparison
3/2e are smaller accept ‘in magma which cools faster the crystals do not accept ‘crystals are bigger when the rock
are small’ cools slowly’
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3/1f
3/1c
Total 9
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper Two
Tier Q No
3–6 13
5–7 6
c 1 * for hard or strong bones or teeth accept ‘for (healthy) bones or teeth’ do not accept ‘for strong nails’
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2/2a
2/2d
di 1 * baby-milk has more iron than accept ‘baby-milk has more iron’ do not accept ‘baby-milk has more iron than
1/2k cows’ milk accept ‘cows’ milk only has 0.05 mg’ cows’ or human milk’
d ii 1 * to make blood or red blood cells accept ‘for blood’ or ‘for red cells’ or ‘for blood ‘to keep the blood flowing’ is insufficient
2/2a cells’
accept ‘for haemoglobin’ or ‘haemoglobin
contains iron’
accept ‘to prevent anaemia’
accept ‘to replace iron lost in menstruation’
‘for energy’ is insufficient
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Tier Q No
3–6 13
5–7 6
Total 6
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2008 KS3 Science Mark Scheme Tiers 3–6 and 5–7 Paper Two
Tier Q No
3–6 14
5–7 7
bi 1 * it controls the cell or cell’s activities accept ‘it tells the cell what to do’ ‘it is the brain of the cell’ is insufficient
2/1b accept ‘it contains or passes on (genetic)
information or genes or DNA’
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c 2 any two from
2/1b * cell wall accept ‘wall’
* vacuole
* chloroplast
d 2 * photosynthesis respiration if all four answers are correct, award two marks
2/3a if two or three answers are correct, award one
2/3e ✔ mark
2/2j ✔ if more than one box is ticked in any row, do not
✔ credit that row
Total 8
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Tier Q No
5–7 8
a 1 * the core becomes magnetised accept ‘the disc becomes magnetised’ do not accept ‘the iron core becomes magnetic’
4/1e accept ‘there is a magnetic field’ do not accept ‘the magnet gets stronger’
4/1f accept ‘it becomes an (electro)magnet’
accept ‘the stronger the current the stronger the
magnet’
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c 2 * the greater the current, the greater the accept the converse answers must refer to a pattern describing a
1/2k force or field continuous variable
do not accept ‘it becomes more magnetic’
* the more turns, the greater the force or field accept the converse
accept ‘the more turns, the more powerful or answers must include a comparison
stronger the magnet’ ‘the more turns, the more powerful it is’ is
accept ‘the electromagnet with 200 turns is insufficient
stronger’
accept ‘doubling the turns more than doubles the
force’ award one mark if the answer refers to a number
of coils rather than number of turns
Total 5
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Tier Q No
5–7 9
ai 1 * mass of salt dissolved in water accept ‘the mass or amount of salt’ ‘salt’ is insufficient
1/2d do not accept ‘the type of salt used’
bi 1 * the boiling point with no salt or at the start was accept ‘the water’s boiling point was 100°C’ answers must refer to the boiling point
1/2k 100°C accept ‘the boiling point of water is 100°C’ ‘0 g of salt added’ is insufficient
3/1a accept ‘it boiled at 100°C’ ‘the graph starts at 100°C’ is insufficient
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1/2o graph graph’
* there should be a similar number of points accept ‘Tom’s goes near more points’ or ‘Tom’s
above and below the line points are nearer to the line’
accept ‘Neera just joined the first and last points’
Total 5
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Tier Q No
5–7 10
ai 1 * (molecules) are far apart or not touching accept ‘only gases can be compressed’ ‘the gas can be compressed’ is insufficient as it is
3/1b each other accept ‘they are randomly arranged’ given in the question
a ii 1 * there is only one type of molecule or accept ‘there is one type of particle’ do not accept ‘there is only one type of atom or
1/2m compound or substance element’
3/1g
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Tier Q No
5–7 10
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NO2 accept ‘O2N’
Total 7
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Tier Q No
5–7 11
1 * the more cigarettes smoked, the greater the accept ‘smoking 5 cigarettes a day is less statements that do not make a generalisation,
number or percentage that die harmful than smoking 20’ such as ‘nearly 1% of men aged 55–64 who
smoke 20 cigarettes a day will die of heart
disease’ are insufficient
1 * the risk increases with age or is greater in older accept statements such as ‘20 cigarettes a day is
men worse when you are 45–64 than under 45’
accept the converse
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* less or no food or glucose or nutrients or oxygen or glucose to work properly’ even though insufficient as it is given in the question
minerals to the heart (muscle) it does not include a comparison
* less or no carbon dioxide or waste removed
* may cause a heart attack accept ‘it may raise the blood pressure’
* cells cannot respire (properly)
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Tier Q No
5–7 11
c ii 1 * it paralyses them or they stop moving accept ‘it clogs the cilia’ do not accept ‘it kills or burns cilia’
2/2i accept ‘they stick together’ ‘damages or removes cilia’ is insufficient
Total 8
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Tier Q No
5–7 12
* half the force needed at 0.8 m accept the numerical answer to a i ÷ 1.6
‘half’ is insufficient
‘120’
b 1 * 600 accept
4/2g 0.2
1 * N/m2 or Pa accept ‘0.06 N/cm2’ for two marks
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