End of Key Stage 3 Name: ________________________

Science Test Class: ________________________

Date: ________________________

Time allowed: 55 minutes

Marks available: 76 marks

Instructions: • Answer ALL questions in this paper.

• Make sure you have a pen, pencil and ruler.

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Q1.
The diagram below shows an organism called Euglena.
It is made of only one cell. It lives in ponds and streams.
Euglena have features of both plants and animals.

(a) Look at the diagram of Euglena.

Give two pieces of evidence which suggest it is an animal cell and not a plant cell.

1. ....................................................................................................................
1 mark

2. ....................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b) Plant cells can carry out photosynthesis.

How can you tell from the diagram that Euglena can carry out photosynthesis?

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1 mark

(c) Complete the word equation for photosynthesis.

carbon dioxide + ................................... → glucose + ...................................

2 marks
maximum 5 marks

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Q2.
The diagram below shows a plant cell.

(a) In which part of a plant would you find this type of cell?

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1 mark

(b) (i) Give the function of the nucleus.

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1 mark

(ii) Give the function of the chloroplasts.

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1 mark

(iii) Give the function of the cell wall.

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1 mark

(c) Give the names of two labelled parts that are not present in animal cells.

1. .............................................................

2. .............................................................
2 marks

(d) Tick one box in each row to show whether the statement is true for
photosynthesis or for respiration.

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 statement photosynthesis respiration

carbon dioxide is produced

light is needed

it occurs in plants and animals

oxygen is produced
2 marks
maximum 8 marks

Q3.
Matthew measured the pH of different soils.

(a) Tick one box in each row to show if each soil is acidic, neutral or alkaline.

soil pH of soil acidic neutral alkaline

A 4.5

B 5.5

C 6.3

D 7.0

E 7.8
2 marks

(b) A hydrangea is a flowering plant. Matthew notices that the

colour of hydrangea flowers is different for plants grown in
different places.

He records the colour of the flowers on each plant.

His results are shown in the table below.

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 colour of flowers
pH
soil
of soil
blue violet light pink dark pink

A 4.5

B 5.5

C 6.3

D 7.0

E 7.8

Look at Matthew’s results.

Do his results support the statement that the colour of hydrangea flowers depends
on pH?

yes no

Explain your answer.

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1 mark

(c) Matthew measured the pH of the soil near hydrangea plants found in different
places.

Suggest one other variable Matthew could not control in his investigation.

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1 mark

(d) Matthew wants to find out if the colour of blue hydrangea flowers depends on
inherited factors or environmental factors.
The flowers were growing in soil of pH 4.5.
He plants them in soil of pH 6.3.

Complete the table below to show the colours of the new flowers in soil of pH 6.3
(i) if the colour is due to inheritance
(ii) if the colour is due to the environment

Use the table above to complete the table below.

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 colour

starting colour of hydrangea flowers blue

colour of new flowers if only due to inheritance

colour of new flowers if only due to environment

2 marks
maximum 6 marks

Q4.
The diagram shows a strawberry plant. Four organs of the plant are labelled A to D.

Write the names of organs A to D in the correct spaces in the table.

Write the function or job of each organ next to its name.

Only choose functions from the list below.

to attract insects for pollination

to attract birds for pollination
to attract animals for seed dispersal
to take up water
to absorb light
to protect the plant from animals

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 letter name of organ function

4 marks

Q5.
An alloy is a mixture of elements.
The table shows the mass of each element present in 100 g of five different alloys,
bronze, solder, steel, stainless steel and brass.

mass of each element in 100 g of alloy

alloy lead tin copper zinc carbon iron chromium nickel
(g) (g) (g) (g) (g) (g) (g) (g)
bronze 4 95 1

solder 62 38

steel 1 99
stainless 70 20 10
steel
brass 67 33

(a) Which alloy in the table above contains an element which is a non-metal?

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1 mark

(b) Which two alloys in the table contain only two metals?

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1 mark

(c) Another alloy called nichrome contains only the elements chromium and nickel.
100 g of nichrome contains 20 g of chromium.

How much nickel does it contain?

……… g

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 1 mark

(d) Before 1992, two-pence coins were made of bronze.

Steel rusts but bronze does not rust.

(i) Why does bronze not rust?

Use information in the table above to help you.

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1 mark

(ii) Rusting requires water and a gas from the air.

Give the name of this gas.

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1 mark
maximum 5 marks

Q6.
(a) The table below shows the pH of four acidic liquids.

acidic liquid pH

grapefruit juice 3.1

ethanoic acid 3.0

lemonade 4.4

dilute hydrochloric acid 1.0

Which of these liquids is the least acidic?

1 mark

(b) Emilio cooked an egg until it was hard-boiled.

He put the egg in a beaker of dilute hydrochloric acid as shown.

(i) The egg shell reacted completely with the acid.

After two days the pH of the liquid in the beaker was 2.5.

How did the acidity of the liquid in the beaker change?

Use the table above to help you.

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1 mark

(ii) Emilio put another hard-boiled egg in some ethanoic acid.

It took longer for the shell to react completely.

Use the table opposite to suggest a reason for this.

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1 mark

(c) The chemical formulae for four acids are shown in the table below.

sulphuric acid hydrochloric acid nitric acid ethanoic acid

H2SO4 HCl HNO3 CH3COOH

(i) Give the name of the element that is present in all four acids.

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1 mark

(ii) Give the names of the two other elements present in sulphuric acid.

1. ................................................
1 mark

2. ................................................
1 mark

(iii) How many atoms are there in the formula HNO3 (nitric acid)?

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1 mark
maximum 7 marks

Q7.
The diagrams show two plant cells.

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 not to scale

(a) In which part of a plant would these cells be found?

cell X …………………………
1 mark

cell Y …………………………
1 mark

(b) Give the name of part B.

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1 mark

(c) (i) Give the letter which labels the nucleus.

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1 mark

(ii) What is the function of the nucleus?

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1 mark

(d) (i) How can you tell from the diagram that photosynthesis cannot take place
in cell Y?

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1 mark

(ii) Which process takes place in both cell X and cell Y?

Tick the correct box.

egestion

fertilisation

pollination

respiration
1 mark
Maximum 7 marks

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Q8.
The table gives information about solutions of three different salts in water.

(a) Which two solutions when mixed together could form a neutral solution?

........................................... and ............................................

1 mark

(b) Sodium hydrogensulphate solution behaves like an acid.

(i) Magnesium is added to a solution of sodium hydrogensulphate.

What would you expect to see forming on the magnesium?

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1 mark

(ii) Sodium carbonate is added to a solution of sodium hydrogensulphate.

What gas would you expect to be formed?

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1 mark

(c) The formula for a different carbonate compound is K2CO3.

Give the names of the three elements which make up this compound.

1. ............................................................

2. ............................................................

3. ............................................................
1 mark
Maximum 4 marks

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Q9.
The drawings show six objects made from different materials.

not to scale

(a) Fill the gaps in the sentences below.

The objects are made from materials that are all types of ...........................
1 mark

All the materials are good conductors of electricity and ...............................

1 mark

(b) From the drawings above give one object that could rust.

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1 mark

(c) The drawing below shows part of an electric cable and a plug.

(i) What material could be put around the wires to insulate them?

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1 mark

(ii) Why is this insulating material needed?

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1 mark

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 (d) Which pair of objects is attracted to a magnet?
Tick the correct box.

1 mark
maximum 6 marks

Q10.
Table 1 below shows the colour of universal indicator in acidic, neutral and alkaline
solutions.

acidic neutral alkaline

colour of dark
red orange yellow green blue purple
indicator blue

table 1

Ramy tested different liquids with the indicator solution.

His results are shown in table 2 below.

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 colour of indicator
liquid
solution

Milk green

lemonade orange

water green

fruit juice red

washing-up liquid blue

table 2

(a) Use Ramy’s results to answer the following questions.

(i) Give the name of one acidic liquid in table 2.

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1 mark

(ii) Give the name of one neutral liquid in table 2.

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1 mark

(b) Ramy dissolved some bicarbonate of soda in distilled water.

This produced an alkaline solution.

(i) Ramy added the indicator to the alkaline solution.

Suggest what colour the indicator became.

Use table 1 to help you.

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1 mark

(ii) Ramy added lemon juice to the solution of bicarbonate of soda.

How could he tell that a gas was produced?

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1 mark

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 (c) Ramy mixed an acid with an alkali and tested the mixture with the indicator
solution.
The indicator solution turned green.

What is the name of the reaction between an acid and an alkali?

Tick the correct box.

condensation

crystallisation

evaporation

neutralisation
1 mark
maximum 5 marks

Q11.
The diagrams represent the way 'atoms' are arranged in six chemical substances.
Each 'atom' is represented by a circle.
The 'atoms' are labelled with their chemical symbols.

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(a) (i) Which diagrams represent the structures of chemical elements?
Write the numbers.

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1 mark

(ii) Explain how you made your decision.

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1 mark

(b) Give the formulae of two of the compounds represented in the diagrams.

1. .................................................................................................................

2. .................................................................................................................
2 marks

(c) Give the name of substance 6.

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1 mark

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 (d) Give the names of the chemical elements whose atoms can be represented by the
following symbols.

C ......................................................................................................................

Cl ......................................................................................................................

Cu .....................................................................................................................
3 marks
Maximum 8 marks

Q12.
Andrew put his rabbit’s cage on the grass.

A week later, the grass under the cage had turned yellow.

(a) Give one reason why the grass had turned yellow.

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1 mark

(b) Andrew wanted to test why the grass had turned yellow. He put two sheets of
plastic just above another patch of grass. One sheet was black and the other
sheet was clear.

A week later, the grass under the black sheet was yellow. The grass under the
clear sheet was green.

(i) Explain why he used the clear plastic sheet as well as the black sheet.

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 1 mark

(ii) Andrew left the black sheet there for several more weeks.
What happened to the grass under it?

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1 mark

(c) Tick the boxes by two things which both rabbits and grass plants can do.

they eat

they grow

they move from place to place

they reproduce

they breathe in and out

2 marks
Maximum 5 marks

Q13.
The card shows the amounts of fat and fibre in some types of food and drink from a café.

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(a) From the card above, choose a meal consisting of a burger, a drink and some
potato, to give:

(i) the least fat;

1 mark

(ii) the most fibre.

1 mark

Write your answers in the table below.

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 Food and drink meal with the least fat meal with the most fibre

type of burger

the drinks do not

type of drink
contain fibre

type of potato

(b) Draw a line from each nutrient to the main reason why it is needed.
Draw only four lines.

nutrient main reason why the nutrient is needed

• to keep the intestine working properly

calcium • • for healthy teeth and bones

fibre • • for insulation

protein • • to provide energy

sugar • • for growth and repair

4 marks
Maximum 6 marks

END OF TEST
(Check your answers if you have time)

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