Science

Stage 7
Paper 2 2024

45 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 The diagram shows leaves from six different species of tree.

species A species B species C

species D species E species F

(a) Write down the meaning of the term species.

[2]

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(b) Look at the dichotomous key used to identify different species of tree.

Is the leaf divided

into many separate
parts?
yes no

Are the separate Is the leaf round

parts like needles? in shape?

yes no yes no

yew rowan alder Does the leaf

have only one
pointed end?
yes no

vine maple
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................................................................?

.......................... ..........................

eucalyptus beech

(i) Use the key to identify species A.

Species A is . [1]

(ii) The dichotomous key is incomplete.

Species B is a eucalyptus tree.

Species C is a beech tree.

Complete the three empty boxes in the key.

[2]

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2 Metals and non-metals have different physical properties.

Complete the table about metals and non-metals.

physical property metal non-metal

electrical conductivity low

thermal conductivity high

melting point low

density high

[2]

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3 Gravity is a force.

(a) Mike wants to find out if the total mass of two objects affects the force between the objects.

Mike collects information from the internet about the:

• mass of two objects, A and B

• distance between these two objects
• force between these two objects.

He puts the information in a table.

mass of mass of distance between force between object

object A object B object A and object B A and object B
in kg in kg in m in N
1 1 1 1

2 1 1 2

2 2 1 3

2 3 1 6

3 3 1 9

(i) Mike says,

'This is a fair test.'

Explain why this is a fair test.

Use information from the table.

[1]

(ii) Mike notices a mistake with one of the values for the force between objects in N.

This measurement should be 4 N.

Identify the incorrect value.

Explain your answer.

incorrect force between objects in N N

explanation

[2]

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(b) Complete the sentence to describe gravity.

Choose from the list.

attraction mass repulsion weight

Gravity is the force of between two objects.

[1]

4 Several times a year there are solar eclipses on Earth.

Sun A Earth C

NOT TO SCALE

Which position of the Moon causes a solar eclipse?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D

[1]

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5 The diagram shows part of an ocean food chain.

plankton small fish squid whale

(a) Name a herbivore from the food chain.

[1]

(b) Penguins eat small fish.

Whales eat penguins.

Adding penguins to the food chain makes a food web.

Complete the diagram to make this food web.

plankton small fish squid whale

[2]

(c) Microorganisms are also present in the ocean.

Some microorganisms are decomposers.

What is the function of a decomposer in a food web?

[1]

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6 Safia reacts some white solid calcium carbonate with dilute hydrochloric acid.

Carbon dioxide, water and a colourless solution of calcium chloride are made in the reaction.

(a) Suggest two observations Safia makes to confirm a chemical reaction takes place.

2
[2]

(b) During the reaction the dilute hydrochloric acid is neutralised.

Describe what happens to the pH of the dilute hydrochloric acid.

[1]

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7 Echolocation is used by bats to find their prey.

prey

bat

represents sound made by the bat

represents sound travelling towards the bat

(a) Explain how the bat uses echoes to find the prey.

[2]

(b) The prey moves closer to the bat.

Describe how the bat knows, using echoes, that the prey is closer.

[1]

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8 Rajiv uses fruits to model the Solar System.

Mercury
Venus Earth Mars
Uranus Neptune
Jupiter Saturn

(a) Write down two strengths of this model of the Solar System.

[2]

(b) Write down two limitations of this model of the Solar System.

[2]

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9 Three of the characteristics of living organisms are sensitivity, nutrition and movement.

(a) Draw a straight line to match each characteristic to its correct description.

characteristic description

organisms take in and use nutrients

sensitivity
organisms increase in number

organisms detect changes and

respond to them
nutrition
organisms break down nutrients to
release energy

organisms remove nutrients from

movement their bodies

organisms change their position

[3]

(b) Viruses cause disease.

(i) Write down one reason why some scientists think viruses are living.

[1]

(ii) Write down one reason why some scientists think viruses are non-living.

[1]

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10 Some chemical reactions make a precipitate.

Complete the sentence about reactions that make a precipitate.

A precipitate is made when two reactants make at least one

product.
[2]

11 Blessy describes her electrical circuit.

My circuit is a complete series circuit with:

• a battery of cells
• two lamps
• one closed switch
• one buzzer
• a meter to measure the current in the whole circuit.

Draw her circuit using standard electrical symbols.

The battery of cells has been drawn for you.

[4]

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12 The atmosphere contains a mixture of gases.

(a) What is the percentage by volume of nitrogen in clean dry air?

% [1]

(b) What is the meaning of the word mixture?

[2]

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13 Carlos investigates the neutralisation reaction between an acid and an alkali.

In his first experiment Carlos:

• adds 50 cm3 of acid to a beaker

• measures the temperature of the acid
• adds 10 cm3 of alkali to the acid
• stirs the mixture
• measures the highest temperature reached by the mixture.

Carlos repeats the first experiment four more times but uses different volumes of alkali.

Look at his results table.

highest
volume of alkali temperature of change in
temperature of
added acid temperature
mixture
in cm3 in °C in °C
in °C
10 21 26 5

20 21 31 10

30 22 37 15

40 21 40 19

50 23 47
……………

(a) Name the equipment he uses to measure the temperature of the acid and the volume of the
acid.

temperature

volume
[2]

(b) Calculate the change in temperature when Carlos uses 50 cm3 of alkali.

Write your answer in the table. [1]

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(c) Plot the results on the grid.

Include labels for the axes.

30

25

20

..............................
15
..............................

..............................
10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60

..............................................

..............................................

[2]

(d) Draw a straight line of best fit. [1]

(e) Describe the pattern between the volume of alkali added and the change in temperature.

[1]

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14 Angelique investigates how objects fall.

Angelique:

• uses a magnet to attach an iron ball and a feather to the bottom of a lid

N magnet

lid
S

feather

iron ball

• puts the lid on top of a tube to seal the tube

• removes the magnet so the ball and feather fall at the same time
• repeats this with different contents inside the sealed tube.

Angelique takes a photograph of each tube 0.5 s after the magnet is removed.

The position of the ball and feather in the photographs are shown in the diagrams.

A B C D

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(a) One tube is a vacuum, the other tubes contain either air or thick oil or water.

Complete the sentences.

Choose from the list.

air thick oil water

One has been done for you.

Tube A contains .

Tube B is a vacuum.

Tube C contains .

Tube D contains .

[1]

(b) Explain the results for diagram B (the vacuum).

[2]

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 The Periodic Table of Elements

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Group
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2
H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
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Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe

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rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
lanthanoids
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
actinoids Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
– 232 231 238 – – – – – – – – – – –