Science Past Checkpoint Papers

Science
Past Checkpoint Exams
1A
Cambridge Primary Checkpoint
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SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 April 2020
45 minutes
You must answer on the question paper.
No additional materials are needed.
INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all questions.
 Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
 Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
 Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
 Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
 Do not write on any bar codes.
 You should show all your working in the booklet.
 You may use a calculator.
INFORMATION
 The total mark for this paper is 50.
 The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
This document has 20 pages. Blank pages are indicated.
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1 The table shows two organs in the human body.
Complete the table.
picture of organ name of organ
[2]
2 Oliver has three different mixtures.
 copper powder and steel powder
 copper powder and zinc lumps
 sand and water
He wants to separate each mixture.
Complete the table to show the method he uses to separate each mixture.
mixture method of separating
copper powder and steel powder
copper powder and zinc lumps
sand and water
[3]
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3 Yuri has a balloon.
He blows into the balloon.
Yuri
balloon
Complete the sentences.
Choose the best words from
direction force speed pull push shape
Yuri puts the balloon in his mouth.
He uses a to air into the
balloon. The balloon changes . [2]
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4 Draw a line between each material and one correct description of the material.
material description
black solid
petrol flammable liquid
gold melting point of 0 C
nitrogen colourless gas
polythene plastic shiny solid
water attracted to a magnet
flexible and colourless

solid
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5 Safia, Mia and Mike make a model of part of the solar system.
A
B
This is the model they make.
 Safia holds the hoop A.
 Mia moves the small ball B around the hoop A.
 Mike stands still in the middle holding the large ball C.
Choose from the words
axis Earth Moon orbit Sun
Hoop A is a model of the .
Ball B is a model of the .
Ball C is a model of the .
[2]

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6 Safia and Lily use the internet.
They find some information about plant growth.
plant A
plant B
growth rate
of plant
plant C
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
temperature in °C
(a) Which plant grows the fastest when the temperature is 30 C?
[1]
(b) Which plant stops growing when the temperature is 45 C?
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7 This question is about sound.
(a) Decide if each statement is true or false.
Tick () the correct box.
statement true false
sound travels at the same speed through all materials
volume of sound is measured in decibels
[1]
(b) Decide if each statement is true or false.
statement true false
the strings of a violin vibrate to make sound
hitting a drum harder makes a softer sound
[1]

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8 Jamila investigates bones in a human hand.
Jamila says that all the bones in the hand are different.
She makes some measurements.
(a) What equipment does she use to measure the length of each bone?
[1]
(b) What equipment does she use to measure the mass of the bones?
[1]
(c) Write down one other measurement she can make.
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9 Priya investigates shadows.
She makes different animal shapes and puts them on sticks.
eye of
animal shape
animal shape
stick
Complete the sentences to describe how the animal shadows are formed.
(a) Animal shadows are made when light from a source is ………….………………… . [1]
(b) The animal shapes and the sticks make a shadow.
This is because the material they are made from is ………….………………… . [1]
(c) We can see the light passing through the eye of the animal shape.
This is because the eye of the animal shape is ………….………………… . [1]

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10 Complete the sentences about food chains.
A food chain shows the relationship.
The animal that chases and eats other animals is called a .
A plant that makes its own food is called a .

[3]
11 Class 6 have a quiz about forces.
Complete the answers to the quiz.
Forces quiz
1. What is the unit of mass?
.....................................................
2. What is the unit of force?
.....................................................
3. What is the unit of weight?
.....................................................
4. What is the name of the force that makes objects fall on the Earth?
.....................................................
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12 Animals are suited to their environment.
Here is a picture of a snail.
soft body
(a) Some snails live in the desert.
They need to keep their soft body wet.
Describe one way snails keep their soft body from drying out.
[1]
(b) Snails need to know where they are going.
What do snails use to help them know where they are going?
[1]

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13 Ahmed sits on a swing.
Carlos pushes Ahmed from the position labelled X.
Ahmed
Carlos
Carlos pushes with gentle force, then medium force and then hard force.
The time it takes for Ahmed to come back to X is measured.
This time is measured with a stop-watch.
Here are the results.
hard 1.2 s gentle 1.1 s medium 1.0 s medium 1.1 s hard 1.0 s
gentle 1.0 s hard 1.1 s gentle 1.1 s medium 1.2 s
(a) Put the headings in the table.
Put the results in the table in order.
gentle
medium
hard
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(b) Carlos pushes Ahmed with a much harder force.
Predict what happens to the time taken for Ahmed to come back to X.
[1]
(c) Carlos and Ahmed want to get better results.
Tick () one thing they do to get better results.
Measure the height of Carlos.
Measure the mass of Ahmed.
Use a forcemeter to measure the force applied.
Use more hard pushes and less gentle pushes.

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14 Ahmed and Hassan are making a quiz board.
 they write a question
 they write three answers
 only one of the answers is correct
If they get the question correct the lamp will turn on.
A
question
B
wire answer 1
answer 2
answer 3
(a) Ahmed asks Hassan what parts A and B are called.
Circle the correct answer.
A is a battery and B is a lamp
A is a cell and B is a switch
A is a switch and B is a lamp
A is a cell and B is a lamp
A is a battery and B is a switch
[1]
(b) Ahmed uses the quiz board.
He connects the wire from the question to answer 2 on the quiz board.
Has he selected the correct answer?
Explain your answer.
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(c) A wire is used to make the connections.
The outside of the wire is made of plastic.
Explain why.
[1]
(d) The inside of the wire is made of copper.
Explain why.
[1]
15 Potassium sulfate is a white solid.
It dissolves in water to give a colourless solution.
The boiling point of this solution is 107 C.
(a) What happens when a liquid boils?
[1]
(b) Calculate the difference between the boiling point of the solution and the
boiling point of pure water.
[2]

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16 Blessy is investigating the time it takes to dissolve sugar cubes in water.
 Blessy measures 200 cm3 of water.
 She puts the water into a beaker.
 She adds one sugar cube to the water.
 Blessy stirs the mixture with a glass rod.
 She measures the time it takes the sugar cube to dissolve.
She repeats this experiment four more times.
Each time she uses a different number of sugar cubes.
(a) Blessy wants to do a fair test.
Write down one factor she must keep the same.
[1]
(b) Here are Blessy’s results.

50
45
40
35
time taken 30
to dissolve 25
in seconds
20
15
10
5
0
0 1 2 3 4 5
number of sugar cubes
What is the time taken to dissolve
two sugar cubes: seconds
three sugar cubes: seconds

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(c) Blessy predicts that it would take 55 seconds for 6 sugar cubes to dissolve.
She checks her prediction by doing the experiment with 6 sugar cubes three
times.
Here are her results.
experiment time to dissolve in

with 6 sugar cubes seconds
1 55
2 46
3 48
Do these results support Blessy’s prediction?
[1]
(d) It was a good idea for Blessy to check her prediction using three experiments
rather than just one.
Explain why.
[1]

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17 Mia puts some books on a desk.
She turns the light on.
The books make a shadow on the desk.
light
shadow
books
What does Mia do to make the shadow longer?
Tick () the correct two boxes.
add a book
remove a book
make the light brighter
make the light dimmer
move the light away from the books
move the light above the books

[2]
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Science
1B
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SCIENCE 0846/02
Paper 2 April 2020
45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all questions.
 Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
 Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
 Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
 Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
 Do not write on any bar codes.
 You should show all your working in the booklet.
 You may use a calculator.
INFORMATION
 The total mark for this paper is 50.
 The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
IB20 05_0846_02/5RP
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1 The mango tree produces fruit.
fruit
The fruit contains seeds.
The seeds are used to grow new mango trees.
(a) What is this life process called?
[1]
(b) The mango tree produces lots of fruit.
Why does it produce lots of fruit?
to collect light
to collect water
to help the tree grow
to look pretty
to make many seeds

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2 At room temperature a material is either a solid, liquid or a gas.
Complete the table by putting ticks () in the correct boxes.
One has been done for you.
at room temperature material is a …..

material
solid liquid gas
carbon dioxide 
gasoline
mercury
nitrogen
[3]
3 These sentences are about caring for the environment.
Circle the words in bold that make each sentence correct.
We must recycle less / more of our rubbish.
We must increase / reduce energy consumption.
We must drop / pick up litter.
We must destroy / protect habitats.
We must clean / pollute rivers.

[2]

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4 During a storm there is thunder and lightning.
They are made at the same time.
Mike records the time of day he sees the lightning.
He counts the number of seconds between seeing the lightning and hearing the
thunder.
number of seconds
time of day he sees the between the
lightning lightning and
thunder
11:00 8
11:04 6
11:06 5
11:09 2
11:13 4
11:17 9
Write down two observations about the results.
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5 Chen draws different parts of plants.
What are the names of these parts?
C
[1]

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6 Match the following processes to the correct change of state.
Draw a line between the process and the correct change of state.
process change of state
gas to liquid
condensation gas to solid
evaporation liquid to gas
freezing liquid to solid
melting solid to gas
solid to liquid
[4]
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7 Yuri investigates how arms move.
(a) What contracts to make an arm move?
[1]
(b) Look at the picture of the arm.
elbow
Label the part that contracts to make this arm bend at the elbow.
Use the letter X for your label. [1]

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8 Orange juice is stored in plastic bottles.
(a) Plastic is insoluble in water.
What does insoluble in water mean?
[1]
(b) It is important that the plastic used to make orange juice bottles is insoluble in
water.
Explain why.
[1]
(c) Name one other property of plastic that makes it suitable for making orange
juice bottles.
[1]
(d) Glass can also be used to make bottles for storing orange juice.
Suggest one disadvantage of using glass instead of plastic to make the

bottles.
[1]
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9 Plants have life cycles.
(a) Draw a line from each stage of the life cycle to its description.
stage description
insects move from flower

fertilisation
to flower
germination happens in the fruit
seed production ovum and pollen meet
shoot and root begin to

pollination
grow
[3]
(b) There are different stages in the life cycle of a plant.
What stage comes after seed production but before germination?
Describe how animals take part in this stage.
[2]

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10 Jamila is singing on a stage.
There are five spotlights above the stage.
Each spotlight is turned on one at a time.
A
B
spotlight
C
E Jamila
stage
(a) Which spotlight produces the longest shadow?
A B C D E [1]
(b) Which spotlight produces almost no shadow?
A B C D E [1]
(c) What piece of apparatus is used to measure the light intensity?
[1]
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11 (a) Look at the two plates of food.
salad
chips
meat pie fish
plate A plate B
Ahmed needs to lose some weight.
Which plate of food should he choose?
[1]
(b) Ahmed finds this label on a packet of food.
Fat
LOW
6.4 g per serving
Saturates
LOW
1.8 g per serving
HIGH Sugars
41.5 g per serving
Salt
MED
1.9 g per serving
280 Calories
per serving
Explain why this food is not a healthy choice.
[1]

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12 Mia has ten boxes.
Each box has a fact about the Earth.
Only four of the boxes have true facts.
One box with a true fact has been ticked for you.
Put a tick () in the boxes of the other three true facts.
The Earth The Earth The Earth The Earth The Earth
spins on its only spins in orbits the spinning on takes 24
axis. the morning. Sun. its axis hours to orbit
causes day the Sun.
and night.

The Earth The Earth The Earth The Earth The Earth
takes a year moves very takes a year takes 24 spins to the
to spin on its close to the to orbit the hours to spin left and then
axis. Sun and then moon. on its axis. to the right.
stops.
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13 Look at the food chain.
grass rabbit weasel owl
(a) How many consumers are there in this food chain?
[1]
(b) How many predators are there in this food chain?
[1]
(c) How many prey are there in this food chain?
[1]

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14 Lily plays a musical instrument.
She blows into the instrument.
This makes a sound.
(a) Describe how blowing into the instrument makes a sound.
[1]
(b) What does Lily do to make the sound louder?
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15 Mike adds solids to water.
(a) He adds 1g of sugar to 100 cm3 of water.
He stirs the mixture.
What does he observe?
[1]
(b) Mike adds 1g of salt to 100 cm3 of water.
He stirs the mixture.
It is a solution.
What colour is the solution?
[1]
(c) Mike filters the salt solution.
The salt is not separated from the water.
Explain why.
[1]
(d) Describe how Mike can separate salt from water.
[2]

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16 Pierre and Rajiv investigate how seeds are dispersed.
They make a model seed from paper.
wings
paper clip
Pierre drops the model seed from a height of 2 m.
Rajiv measures the time it takes for the model seed to fall to the ground.
They repeat their method but change the length of the wings.
Here are their results.
length of wings time to fall

in in seconds
6 2.3
5 2.1
4 2.4
3 1.7
2 1.5
(a) Pierre and Rajiv have not put the units for the length of the wings in the table.
Complete the table. [1]
(b) Most of the results fit a pattern.
Complete the sentence about this pattern.
The shorter the wings the
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(c) Which length of wings does not fit the pattern?
[1]
(d) They want to do a new investigation about how seeds are dispersed.
They have already investigated the length of the wings.
Write down two other factors about the model seed they could investigate.
2
[2]

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17 An astronaut is on the Moon.
She looks at the Earth.
Earth
Moon
astronaut
Why can the astronaut see the Earth from the Moon?
Light comes from the .
This light hits the Earth and is .
This light reaches the astronaut on the Moon.
The astronaut sees the Earth because the light enters her .
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Science
2A
Cambridge International Examinations
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SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 April 2018
45 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: Pen Calculator
Pencil
Ruler
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.
Answer all questions.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
You should show all your working in the booklet.
The total number of marks for this paper is 50.
This document consists of 22 printed pages and 2 blank pages.
IB18 05_0846_01/5RP_R
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1 Some solids dissolve in water and some do not.
Complete the table.
does the solid

solid added to water
dissolve?
iron no
salt
sand
silver
sugar
[2]
2 Mass, force and weight can be measured.
Choose from the following words.
Each word can be used once, more than once, or not at all.
kilograms metres newtons seconds
Mass is measured in .
Force is measured in .
Weight is measured in .
[2]
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Each word can be used once, more than once, or not at all.
consumer habitat predator prey producer
Food chains start with a .
An animal that eats plants is called a .
An animal that eats another animal is called a .

[3]
4 Drums are used to make sound.
skin of drum
drumstick
(a) The drum makes a higher pitch sound when the skin is
. [1]
(b) The drum makes a louder sound when
. [1]

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5 Here are the properties of some materials.
hard or magnetic or soluble or

material
soft non-magnetic insoluble in water
A hard non-magnetic insoluble
B hard magnetic insoluble
C soft non-magnetic insoluble
D hard non-magnetic soluble
(a) A mixture contains A and B.
Which method would you use to separate this mixture?
Tick () the correct box.
condensation
evaporation
filtration
magnetic attraction
[1]
(b) A solution contains D in water.
Which method would you use to separate pure D from this solution?
condensation
evaporation
filtration
magnetic attraction
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(c) A mixture contains C and water.
Which method would you use to separate this mixture to get C and water?
condensation
evaporation
filtration
magnetic attraction
[1]
(d) A mixture contains C, D and water.
Which two methods would you use to separate the mixture to get both pure C
and pure D?
Tick () the two correct boxes.
condensation
evaporation
filtration
magnetic attraction
[1]

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6 Humans have organs inside their bodies.
Cats have similar organs inside their bodies.
A
C D B
E F
(a) Which letter shows the organ the cat uses to breathe?
A B C D E F
[1]
(b) Which letter shows the organ that pumps blood around the cat’s body?
A B C D E F
[1]
(c) Which letter shows an organ that digests the food the cat eats?
A B C D E F
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7 The picture shows an electrical cable.
(a) Label the picture.
glass
metal
paper
plastic
wood
cable cover is
wire is
[1]
(b) Complete the sentence.
The cable cover is a good [1]

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8 Plastic is often used to make containers for food.
Which properties must this plastic have to make containers for food?
Tick () the three correct properties of the plastic.
conducts electricity
conducts heat
insoluble in water
magnetic
melting point above 100 C
non-poisonous
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9 Youssef is inside a room.
(a) The door opens into the room.
magnetic moving pulling pushing twisting
When he opens the door he uses a force.
When he closes the door he uses a force.

[1]
(b) Youssef thinks that the door does not open because there is too much friction.
What does he do to reduce the friction?
add carpet under the door
add oil to the door
make the door bigger
make the door heavier
put a mat in front of the door

[1]

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10 Pierre uses a candle to heat a beaker of water.
Here is a diagram of his experiment.
thermometer
beaker
30 cm3 of
water
candle
(a) The diagram shows the thermometer after 10 minutes.
40
30
What is the temperature of the water after 10 minutes?
°C [1]
(b) At the start the temperature of the water was 20 °C.
What is the temperature increase?
°C [1]
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(c) Pierre continues to heat the beaker.
What happens to the water when its temperature reaches 100 °C?
[1]
(d) Pierre sees some liquid wax at the top of the candle.
What process has happened to the solid wax?
[1]

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11 Youssef is using keys.
(a) He has four pictures of different animals.
A B C D
Complete Youssef’s key.
Put A, B, C or D in the correct place at the bottom of his key.
animals
number of legs
2 4
body covering
fur scales
length of tail
long short
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(b) Youssef wants to make a key to identify a spider and an insect.
spider insect
Complete the key using number of legs.
number of legs
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12 Plants have different parts.
A
B
Write down the names of parts A, B and C.

A
C
[1]
13 Mike writes some notes about the Earth and the Sun.
He has left two gaps in his notes.
Complete Mike’s notes.
The Earth takes one to orbit the Sun.
The Earth spins on its as it orbits the Sun.

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14 Draw a line to match each material to its correct description at room temperature.
material description
flammable liquid
gasoline colourless gas
gold green gas
mercury attracted to a magnet
oxygen shiny solid
silver liquid
[4]

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15 Class 6 investigate light.
 A hole is cut in a box.

 A flashlight is put inside the box.
 Different materials are put over the hole in the box.
box with
flashlight
inside
material
hole
(a) Predict what will happen if the material is transparent.
Complete the sentence.
If the material is transparent I predict
. [1]
(b) Why do we see light from the flashlight?
light goes into our eyes
light is reflected by our eyes
light goes into the flashlight
light is reflected by the flashlight

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16 A bee visits a flower.
The bee has little particles from the flower stuck to it.
The particles are labelled X on the picture.
(a) Write down the name of the particles.
[1]
(b) The bee’s visit to the flower helps with a process in the life cycle of the plant.
Write down the name of this process.
[1]

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17 Jamila and Lily are investigating how a seed grows.
plastic pot
seed
soil and water
 Jamila puts one seed in a plastic pot.
 Lily adds soil and water.
 They leave the seed to germinate.
 They look at the seed every day for 6 days.
(a) Seeds need water to germinate.
Write down one other thing seeds need to germinate.
[1]
Here are the results.
day length of root length of stem

in cm in cm
0 0 0
1 1.0 0
2 1.8 0
3 2.8 0.5
4 4.0 4.0
5 5.6 5.9
6 7.4 8.0
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(b) The results are written in a table.
Describe one other way of showing the results.
[1]
(c) Complete the sentences about the results.
The first one has been done for you.
On day 3 the root is longer than the stem.
On day 4
On day 5
[2]

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18 Rajiv has two big magnets.
(a) He puts the magnets in different positions.
Complete the sentences under each diagram.
N S S N
In this position the magnets will .
S N N S
In this position the magnets will .
[1]
(b) Rajiv puts a smaller magnet near one of the big magnets.
The small magnet moves towards the big magnet.
N S x
small magnet
What is the pole at X on the small magnet?
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(c) Some objects are attracted to magnets.
Circle the correct objects that are attracted to magnets.
aluminium comb
copper pipe
gold ring
iron nail
nickel coin
steel paperclip
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19 Priya investigates reflection of light using a flashlight.
She shines the flashlight at a mirror and draws the path of the ray of light.
flashlight
mirror
Priya has not completed the diagram.
Draw the ray of light coming from the mirror. [1]
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www.cie.org.uk after the live examination series.
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2B
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SCIENCE 0846/02
Paper 2 April 2018
45 minutes
Pencil
Ruler
This document consists of 24 printed pages.
IB18 05_0846_02/6RP_R
2
1 Oliver likes running.
muscles
The picture shows the skeleton inside his body.
The picture shows two muscles in his legs.
(a) What are the muscles attached to?
blood
bones
fat
other muscles
skin
[1]
When Oliver runs the muscles in his legs move because the muscles
. [1]
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2 Blessy is learning about plant life cycles.
Put the words in order.
fertilisation
germination
pollination
1
seed production
[1]
3 Yuri finds some information about a famous scientist.
Galileo explored the solar system and the stars.
He used a piece of apparatus to look at the stars.
What apparatus did Galileo use?
glass block
magnifying glass
microscope
mirror
telescope
[1]

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4 Animals are suited to where they live.
(a) Toads live on the ground.
ground
toad
it has food
it is camouflaged
it is dry
it is cold
it is hot
The colour of the toad makes it suited to living in its habitat because
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(b) Elephants live in hot countries.
ear
elephant
Describe how the ears of the elephant make it suited to living in its habitat.
Circle the best answer.
they are covered in hair to keep cool
they are covered in hair to keep warm
they are grey to keep cool
they sometimes flap to keep cool
they stay still to keep warm

[1]

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5 Mercury vapour is very poisonous.
Mercury is a silver coloured liquid at room temperature.
Liquid mercury has to be cooled to make solid mercury.
process A process B
solid liquid mercury
mercury mercury vapour
process C process D
(a) Process A changes solid mercury into liquid mercury.
This process is . [1]
(b) Process B changes liquid mercury into mercury vapour.
(c) Process C changes liquid mercury into solid mercury.
(d) Process D changes mercury vapour into liquid mercury.
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6 Mia uses string to make different patterns.
string
hand
(a) Complete the sentence.
Mia’s hands pull the string.
Pull is an example of a . [1]
(b) Mia puts her hands closer together.
Explain what happens to the string.
The string
because
[2]

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7 Jamila and Safia investigate how the length of a shadow changes.
They place a stick in the ground.
stick
They measure the length of the shadow of the stick.
(a) Safia says
‘The shadow will be shortest at 12:00.’
What is this statement?
conclusion data evidence prediction results

[1]
(b) What two pieces of equipment do they use for measuring in this experiment?
Tick () two correct boxes.
forcemeter
light meter
ruler
sound meter
stop clock
weighing scales
[2]
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(c) Jamila and Safia want to make their investigation a fair test.
What must they do?
Tick () the box next to the correct sentence.
Label the axes of the graph correctly.
Measure from the same point to the end of the

shadow each time.
Push the stick into the ground before measuring.
Use a different stick in the ground each time.
Use a ruler to draw the table of results.

[1]

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8 The heart is an important organ.
heart
blood vessels
The heart pumps blood through all the blood vessels in the body.
Which statement about the heart is false?
Circle the false answer.
keeps the blood moving
pumps blood to the feet
moves oxygen to the brain
breathes out carbon dioxide

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9 Mike uses the internet.
He finds the number of Earth days in a year for different planets.
planet number of Earth

days in a year
Earth 365
Jupiter 4333
Mars 687
Mercury 88
Saturn 10759
Venus 225
The Earth takes 365 days (one Earth year) to orbit the Sun.
(a) Which of these planets takes the most number of days to orbit the Sun?
[1]
(b) How many of these planets take fewer days than the Earth to orbit the Sun?
0 1 2 3 4
[1]

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10 Aiko investigates different conditions animals like to live in.
 She sets up a dish with four different conditions.
 She puts 12 woodlice into the dish.
 She leaves the woodlice for 30 minutes.
dark and dark and

dry moist
light and light and

moist dry
woodlice
(a) Use her results to complete the table.
condition number of woodlice
dark and dry
dark and moist
light and dry
light and moist

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(b) Complete the bar chart of her results.
10
6
number of
woodlice 5
0
dark and
dry
condition
[2]

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11 Carlos draws a picture.
He uses the picture to explain how he sees a book.
lamp
Carlos
book
arrows ears eyes face jumps
lines rays reflects takes in
The lamp produces of light.
The surface of the book the light.
The light reaches Carlos and enters his .

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12 The picture shows a poppy plant.
(a) What process is happening in the picture?
flowering
germination
pollination
seed dispersal
seed production
[1]
(b) Why is it important to the poppy plant that this process happens?
[1]

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13 Look at the picture of the excretory system.
(a) Name organ A and organ B.
A is
B is [2]
(b) Write down the function of organ A and organ B.
The function of organ A is
The function of organ B is [2]
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14 Drugs can be medicines.
(a) Priya has asthma.
She uses an inhaler.
inhaler
The inhaler contains medicine.
Describe how the medicine gets inside Priya.
[1]
(b) Chen has a headache.
What type of medicine is used to help Chen?
cough medicine
painkiller
rash cream
teething gel
vitamins
[1]

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15 Ahmed investigates the solubility of four substances A, B, C and D.
He wants to find which substance is the most soluble.
In his first experiment he
 uses 25 cm3 of water at a temperature of 20 C
 adds substance A to the water until it just stops dissolving
 records the mass of substance A that has dissolved.
Ahmed then tests substances B, C and D.
(a) Ahmed wants to do a fair investigation.
What volume of water should he use in each experiment?
[1]
(b) Ahmed wants to do a fair investigation.
What temperature of water should he use in each experiment?
[1]
(c) Gabrielle suggests that Ahmed should do each experiment again.
Why is it a good idea to repeat experiments?
[1]
(d) Ahmed decides to investigate the solubility of substance A at higher

temperatures of water.
Suggest a possible prediction for this investigation.
[1]
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16 Angelique plays the recorder.
recorder
Choose the best word from the following.
bounces changes flows vibrates
The air inside the recorder . [1]
(b) Describe how Angelique changes the pitch of the sound from the recorder.
[1]
17 Which of the following is a reversible change?
baking bread
burning a match
frying an egg
melting ice cream
[1]

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18 Anastasia finds this information about some materials.
is it a
does it does it have a
solid, colour of
material dissolve in high or low
liquid or a material?
water? melting point?
gas?
carbon dioxide gas colourless yes low
gold solid gold no high
hydrogen gas colourless no low
iron solid grey no high
magnesium
solid white yes high
sulfate
marble solid white no high
mercury liquid silver no low
paraffin liquid colourless no low
(a) Which material is a solid attracted to a magnet?
Choose from the table.
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(b) Anastasia sorts these materials into two groups.
One group is soluble in water and the other group is insoluble in water.
Use the information about materials to complete these groups.
soluble materials insoluble materials
[2]
(c) Anastasia sorts the materials into two different groups.
group A group B
carbon dioxide gold
hydrogen iron
mercury magnesium sulfate
paraffin marble
Which two questions in the table does Anastasia use to sort the materials?
1
[2]

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19 Hassan and Mike connect an electrical circuit.
lamp
battery wire X
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 cm
rod of graphite
Hassan moves the wire X from 0 cm to 8 cm.
Mike writes down how bright the lamp is for each distance.
He uses a scale from 0 to 100.
100 is the brightest on the scale.
Here are the first three results.
distance in cm brightness of lamp
0 100
2 80
4 60
As the distance increases the brightness of the lamp . [1]
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(b) Predict the brightness of the lamp for the distance of 6 cm.
0 20 40 60 80
[1]
(c) Complete the sentence.
Choose the best word from the following.
conductor insulator metal plastic solid
Graphite is a good electrical . [1]

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20 Lily finds three food chains in a book.
grass grasshopper rat snake
algae mosquito dragonfly frog
plant animal sardine tuna

plankton plankton
(a) Write down the name of two predators from the food chains.
1
2 [1]
(b) Write down the name of two prey from the food chains.
1
2 [1]
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Science
3A
Cambridge Assessment International Education
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SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 April 2019
45 minutes
Pencil
Ruler
This document consists of 19 printed pages and 1 blank page.
IB19 05_0846_01/3RP
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1 Complete the sentences about human senses.
I feel with my skin .
I hear with my .
I see with my .
I smell with my .
I taste with my .
[1]
2 Ice melts into liquid water.
(a) The melting of ice is a reversible process.
Explain why.
[1]
(b) Complete the sentences.

o
The melting point of ice is C.
o
The boiling point of water is C. [2]
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3 Air resistance is a force.
It slows down moving objects.
Skaters want to move fast.
skater
smooth helmet
Skaters reduce air resistance by wearing smooth helmets.
Write down two other ways skaters reduce air resistance.

1 Skaters reduce air resistance by
2 Skaters reduce air resistance by
[2]

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4 Here is an outline of a human.
area A
area B
area C
area D
(a) Which organ has a position in area B?
brain intestines liver lung stomach

[1]
(b) Which organ has a position in area D?
brain intestines liver lung stomach

[1]
(c) In which area would you find the heart?
A B C D
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5 Yuri hits the tuning fork to make a sound.

He puts the tuning fork on water.
tuning fork
pattern on the water
Explain why there is a pattern on the water.
[2]
6 Humans and elephants have bony skeletons.
trunk of elephant elephant skeleton
human
skeleton
The trunk of the elephant does not have a bony skeleton.

Explain why.
[2]

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7 Chen collects information about recycling in different schools.
10
6
mass of
material
recycled
in kg 4
0
school A school B school C school D school E
(a) Write down the mass of material recycled by school B.
kg [1]
(b) School D recycles 1kg less than School A.
Draw the bar for school D on the bar chart. [1]
(c) Chen makes a conclusion.
He says
‘School C recycles the most.
I think this is because school C is the biggest school with the most children.’
Suggest one other reason why school C recycles the most.
[1]
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8 The table below shows some properties of six materials.
material hardness melting point soluble in water strength

(1 = soft and (1 = low and (1 = weak and
10 = hard) 10 = high) 10 = strong)
A 9 10 yes 9
B 4 10 no 1
C 5 9 no 10
D 10 10 no 10
E 4 4 no 6
F 9 9 no 9
(a) Material E has a low melting point.
What is the meaning of the words melting point?
[2]
(b) A cutting tool needs to be very hard, have a high melting point and be very
strong.
Which material is the best to make a cutting tool?
A B C D E F
[1]

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9 Safia is investigating seed germination.
 she has four dishes
 she adds some seeds to each dish
Look at the dishes in the pictures.
water water
A B
seeds with light and water seeds in a dark cupboard
with water
C D
seeds with light and no water seeds in a dark cupboard
with no water
(a) In which dishes will she find germinated seeds after 2 days?
A and B A and C B and D C and D

[1]
(b) What else do seeds need to germinate?
[1]
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10 Blessy’s head makes a shadow on a screen.
screen
shadow
Blessy’s head
(a) Complete the sentences to explain why there is a shadow on the screen.
A shadow is made because Blessy’s head the light.
Blessy’s head makes a shadow because it is made of
material.
[2]
(b) Blessy moves towards the light source.
What happens to the size of the shadow of Blessy’s head?
[1]

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11 Sea water contains many substances dissolved in water.
One of these substances is salt.
Look at the chart describing how clean drinking water is made from sea
water.
process B
steam clean drinking water
process A
sea water
salt and other solids
(a) What is the name of process A?
[1]
(b) What is the name of process B?
[1]
(c) Sea water cannot be filtered to remove salt to make clean drinking water.
Explain why.
[1]
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12 Carlos draws a food chain.
leopard
baboon
scorpion
impala
locust
grass
The food chain is wrong.
(a) Circle the part of the food chain that is wrong. [1]
(b) The grass is a producer.
Explain why.
[1]
(c) The baboon is a predator.
Explain why.
[1]

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13 Jamila learns about the Earth and the Sun.
She draws a picture.
Sun at
midday
sky
Sun in the
morning
East Earth West
(a) Describe what the picture shows about the Earth and the Sun.
[2]
(b) Jamila says the Sun is not moving.
The Sun appears to move.
Explain why the Sun appears to move.
[1]
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14 Look at the diagram of a fizzy drinks container.
carbon dioxide
aluminium
water, sugar and
flavouring
(a) Which material shown in the diagram is a gas?
[1]
(b) Aluminium is used to make the fizzy drinks container because of its properties.
One of these properties is that it does not corrode.
Write down two other properties.
2
[2]

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15 Safia investigates forces.
She puts books on four egg shells.
books
egg shells
Safia adds books until the egg shells break.

She records the number of books needed to break the egg shells.
She repeats the investigation. Each time she uses new egg shells.
number of books
investigation number to break the egg
shells
1 5
2 5
3 6
4 2
5 6
(a) Safia thinks one of her investigations is not correct.

Which investigation does she think is not correct?
Explain why.
Investigation number
Explanation [1]
(b) Safia’s investigation is not a fair test.

Describe why it is not a fair test.
[1]
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16 Mia investigates electrical conductors.
She puts different materials in an electrical circuit.
material cell
lamp
(a) The symbol for the cell is
Draw the symbol for the lamp.
[1]
(b) Some materials are good conductors of electricity.
What happens to the lamp if the material is a good conductor of electricity?
[1]
(c) Which material is a good conductor of electricity?
paper plastic rubber silver wood

[1]

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17 Yuri investigates the evaporation of water.
In his first experiment Yuri
 puts 50 cm3 of water into a glass beaker

 puts the glass beaker into an oven for 24 hours
 measures the volume of water left in the beaker.
Yuri does this experiment at different temperatures.
Yuri predicts
‘As the temperature of the oven increases the volume of water left in the
beaker decreases.’
(a) Here are Yuri’s results.
Complete the table.
volume of water volume of water volume of water

temperature
in beaker left in beaker evaporated
in C
at start in cm3 in cm3 in cm3
30 50 45
40 50 40
50 50 30
60 50 10
70 50 0
[1]
(b) Do the results support Yuri’s prediction?
Use the results from the table to explain your answer.
[1]
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18 Mia has two plants.
She
 removes all the leaves from one of the plants
 gives both plants water
 gives both plants light
 puts both plants in the same classroom for 5 days.
Mia draws the result.
flowers
leaves
A B
(a) Plant B has no leaves.
Describe one other difference between plant A and plant B.
[1]
(b) Why does the plant need leaves?
[1]

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19 People on an island make lots of rubbish.
The rubbish contains food waste, glass, metals, paper and plastic.
(a) The people on the island must remove all of this rubbish.
Write down one problem that happens if the rubbish is not removed.
[1]
(b) One way to remove the rubbish is to use recycling.
Explain how a magnet can be used to remove some metals from the rubbish.
[1]
(c) Some of the rubbish is burnt.
This makes smoke and gases.
Suggest how burning rubbish can have a negative effect on the environment.
[1]
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20 The table shows the properties of some substances.
state at room
substance colour soluble in water
temperature
chalk solid white no
copper sulfate solid blue yes
gasoline liquid colourless no
iron sulfate solid green yes
magnesium sulfate solid white yes
(a) Which substances are insoluble in water?
[1]
(b) Rajiv mixes gasoline and water.
Suggest what he would see.
[1]
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Science
3B
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SCIENCE 0846/02
Paper 2 April 2019
45 minutes
Pencil
Ruler
IB19 05_0846_02/4RP
2
1 Living things can be sorted into groups.
A B C
D E F
(a) Put the living things into groups.
Three have been done for you.
group 1 group 2
A D
[1]
(b) Which feature is being used to sort the living things into these groups?
[1]
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2 Look at the picture of a swan floating on water.
swan
water
Which word describes why it looks like there are two swans in the picture?
intensity opaque reflection shadow transparent

[1]
3 Humans do good things and bad things to the environment.
Tick () one bad thing humans do to the environment.
cause loss of species
plant forests
protect habitats
reduce waste
stop people killing animals
[1]

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4 Carlos has a mixture of sand, salt and water.
He wants to separate the mixture.
Here is some of the apparatus that Carlos uses.
apparatus A filter funnel
apparatus B
(a) What is the name of apparatus A?
[1]
(b) What is the name of apparatus B?
[1]
(c) Explain how you separate the mixture of sand, salt and water.
[3]
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5 The Earth spins on its axis.

axis
(a) How many times does the Earth spin on its axis in 24 days?
1 12 24 48 365
[1]
(b) What do the arrows on the diagram show?
[1]
6 Cups for hot drinks are often made from foam plastic.
One reason why foam plastic is used is because it does not dissolve.
Write two other reasons why foam plastic is used to make a cup for hot drinks.
2
[2]

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7 Look at the information about the length of intestines in different animals.
length of intestines
animal
in m
A 30.0
B 57.1
C 4.8
D 32.7
E 24.9
(a) Where are the intestines?
in the abdomen
in the chest
in the head
in the legs
in the stomach
[1]
(b) Which animal do you predict is the smallest?
I predict that animal is the smallest.
I predict this because
.
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(c) Which apparatus measures the length of the intestines of animal B?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 cm
0
012
5 60 m
mm
cm3
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
[1]

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8 Blessy investigates some colourless liquids.
She boils the liquids for 15 minutes.
Look at her results.
temperature of boiling
liquid other observations
liquid in C
A 107 liquid completely disappears
liquid disappears and leaves

B 104
behind a white solid
C 100 liquid completely disappears
D 65 liquid completely disappears
E 160 liquid completely disappears
(a) What is the name of the apparatus Blessy uses to measure the temperature?
[1]
(b) Blessy must be careful doing the experiment since the liquids may be
flammable.
Explain why Blessy must be careful.
[1]
(c) Describe what happens to a liquid when it boils.
[1]
(d) One of the liquids is pure water.
Which one?
[1]
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(e) One of the liquids is a solution.
Which one?
[1]
9 Lily investigates seed dispersal.
seeds
funnel
tube
Lily
Lily puts seeds in the funnel.
She blows through the tube.
(a) Which type of seed dispersal is she investigating?
[1]
(b) Lily repeats the investigation with different seeds.
Describe two things she keeps the same to make it a fair test.
2
[2]

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10 (a) Draw a line from the measurement to the correct unit.
You can draw a line to each unit once, more than once, or not at all.
measurement unit
kilogram
force
kilometre
mass
litre
weight
newton
[2]
(b) This piece of apparatus is being used to measure a force.
What is the name of this piece of apparatus?
[1]
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(c) This ball is moving across the grass.
direction of movement
[1]
Label the arrow with the name of the force slowing the ball’s movement.

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11 The diagram shows some of the stages in the life cycle of a plant.
flower on
adult plant
Draw a line to match each label with the description it shows.
label description
fertilisation
A
germination
B growth
pollination
C
seed dispersal
[2]
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12 Rajiv has two magnets.
 he sticks one magnet to his toy car
 he holds the other magnet
 the toy car moves
Rajiv
magnets
S
S N
toy car
The arrow shows the direction the car moves.
(a) What happens between the two magnets?
a force of attraction
a force of repulsion
a negative force
a positive force
there is no force
[1]
(b) Rajiv wants to make the toy car move in the opposite direction.
Describe what Rajiv does to the magnet in his hand.
[1]

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13 Oliver wants to know what different organisms are called.
He uses these questions.

Does it have
six legs?
yes no
Does it have spider

antennae?
yes no
Does it have
large legs for
hopping?
yes no
grasshopper ant
Oliver finds out what animals are called by using this identification ……………….
chart key table graph results

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14 Sound travels through some materials faster than others.
The table shows the speed of sound in different materials.
speed of sound
material
in m / s
A 330
B 984
C 5890
D 4689
E 1479
(a) What is the difference between the speed of sound in material C and
material D?
1199 1201 1211 1219 1910 [1]
(b) Sound travels slower through gases than solids or liquids.
Material B is a liquid.
Which material in the table is air?
A C D E [1]
(c) Describe what happens to air particles when sound travels through air.
[1]

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15 The picture shows the position of the heart in the body.
heart
ribs
(a) What is the function of the heart?
[1]
(b) The heart is made of muscle.
What are the ribs made of?
[1]
(c) The ribs protect the heart.
Write down the name of one other organ protected by the ribs.
[1]
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16 Look at this electrical circuit.
Why does this electrical circuit not work?
Tick () one box.
the lamp is on the wrong side of the switch
the switch is open
there is no cell
the circuit is not complete [1]

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17 Rajiv investigates the solubility of some substances using the internet.
(a) He finds a line graph about the solubility of salt.
solubility
of salt
temperature
Rajiv makes a conclusion.
Complete his conclusion.
As the temperature the solubility of salt
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(b) He finds a line graph about the solubility of oxygen.
solubility
of oxygen
temperature
Rajiv makes a conclusion.
Complete his conclusion.
As the temperature the solubility of oxygen
. [1]

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18 Priya and Carlos investigate sound.
They put a clock with bells in a glass jar.
glass jar bells
clock
They listen to the sound made by the bells.
(a) What apparatus do they use to measure the volume of sound?
[1]
(b) Carlos measures the volume of sound.
Priya says
‘We must measure the volume of sound more than once.’
Explain why they must measure the volume of sound more than once.
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(c) Carlos writes down the results.
volume
in decibels
62
61
62
68
61
Describe two things about the results.
2
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19 The ball has mass and weight.
(a) Circle the correct statement about the mass of the ball.
the mass is 0.45 cm2
the mass is 0.45 kg
the mass is 0.45 m
the mass is 4.5 N
the mass is 4.5 s

[1]
(b) Circle the correct statement about the weight of the ball.
the weight is 0.45 cm2
the weight is 0.45 kg
the weight is 0.45 m
the weight is 4.5 N
the weight is 4.5 s

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20 Each of the following words is connected with dissolving.
Draw a line between the word and its correct meaning.
word meaning
a mixture of a dissolved solid

solute
and a liquid
solution the liquid that dissolves a solid
solvent the solid that dissolves in a liquid
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SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 April 2021
45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You should show all your working in the booklet.
• You may use a calculator.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
IB21 05_0846_01/6RP
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1 The table shows some information about different foods.
levels of different substances in the food

food
fat salt sugar vitamins
apple low low medium high
candy low low high low
fried potatoes high high low low
orange low low medium high
fizzy drink low low high high
(a) Pierre uses information in the table to sort the foods into two groups.
Here are his two groups.
group A group B
apple candy
orange fried potatoes
fizzy drink
Which information does Pierre use to sort these two groups?
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(b) Pierre sorts the foods into healthy foods and unhealthy foods.
Use the foods in the table to complete the two groups.
healthy foods unhealthy foods
fried potatoes
[1]
(c) Which life process is food digestion a part of in animals?
growth
movement
nutrition
reproduction
sensitivity
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2 Chen has eight objects.
crayon eraser
spoon
bead
pen
drinking
paper
key straw
clip
Some of the objects are magnetic.
Chen tests the objects to find which are magnetic.
Describe how he does this.
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3 Humans have organs inside their bodies.
Mice also have organs inside their bodies.
B
A
kidney
D
C
(a) Which letter shows a lung?
A B C D E [1]
(b) Which letter shows an organ where food digests and absorbs into the blood?
A B C D E [1]
(c) Write down the function of the kidney.
[1]

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4 Filtering separates an insoluble solid from water.
Look at the diagram.
It shows the result of filtering a mixture of an insoluble solid and water.
..............................
..............................
..............................
beaker
..............................
Complete the labels on the diagram.

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5 Look at the food chain.
owl
snake
bird
grasshopper
plant
Complete the sentences about this food chain.
(a) The plant is at the start of the food chain.
The plant is a . [1]
(b) The plant gets energy from the . [1]
(c) The owl is a consumer that hunts for food.
The owl is a . [1]
(d) The bird hunts and catches the grasshopper for food.
The grasshopper is for the bird. [1]

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6 Oliver sees a reflection of himself.
reflection
Oliver
mirror
(a) Which word describes a material that reflects light?
dull
opaque
shiny
transparent
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(b) Oliver switches on a lamp.
lamp
Draw the letter X on the diagram to show where his shadow will be. [1]
(c) Oliver moves further away from the lamp.
Describe what happens to his shadow.
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7 Ahmed and Yuri investigate seed dispersal.
Ahmed puts a glove on his hand and runs through a field of plants.
The seeds from some of the plants stick to his glove.
glove
seeds
(a) Which type of seed dispersal are Ahmed and Yuri investigating?
animal dispersal
explosive dispersal
gravity dispersal
water dispersal
wind dispersal
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(b) Yuri counts the number of seeds on the glove.
There are 7 seeds.
Ahmed says,
‘I think we will collect 12 seeds with a bigger glove.’
What kind of statement is this?
conclusion
evidence
method
prediction
result
[1]
(c) Ahmed repeats the investigation with a bigger glove.
Yuri says,
‘We want to make the investigation fair.
To do this we will only use one glove each time.’
Write down two other things they do to make the investigation fair.
[2]

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8 Youssef uses a spray to paint the frame of his bicycle.
frame of bicycle
button
spray
(a) The button lets the paint out of the spray.
What force does Youssef use on the button?
[1]
(b) Youssef puts oil on the chain of his bicycle.
chain
Explain why Youssef puts oil on the chain.
[2]
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9 Mike investigates how much salt is dissolved in 100 cm3 of sea water.
Mike:
• measures 100 cm3 of sea water
• pours the sea water into a beaker
• puts the sea water in a warm oven until all the water evaporates
• measures the mass of salt left in the beaker.
(a) Name the piece of equipment Mike uses to accurately measure 100 cm3 of
sea water.
[1]
(b) Name the piece of equipment Mike uses to measure the mass of the salt.
[1]
(c) What is the meaning of the word evaporation?
[1]
(d) Mike finds that 100 cm3 of sea water contains 3.6 g of salt.
Mike tests another sample of sea water.
This time he uses 25 cm3 of sea water.
Predict the mass of salt in 25 cm3 of sea water.
mass of salt = g [1]

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10 Gabriella draws a picture of the Sun.
She draws the Earth in four different positions around the Sun.
Not drawn to scale

B
A Sun C
(a) The Earth moves around the Sun.
What distance does the Earth move in half a year (6 months)?
from A to B
from A to C
from B to B
from B to A
from C to D
[1]
(b) How many hours does the Earth take to complete one spin on its axis?
12 24 28 31 48
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11 Jamila wants to know if a colourless liquid contains a dissolved solid.
She heats the liquid until it boils.
Jamila measures the boiling point of the liquid.
(a) What is the meaning of the words boiling point?
[2]
(b) Angelique tells Jamila to keep heating the liquid until all the liquid has boiled
away.
What will Jamila see if the liquid contains a dissolved solid?
[1]
12 Complete these sentences about plants.
Choose from these words.
cycles disperse germinate insects
organs pollen reproduce
Plants grow flowers when they .
The flowers have male and female .
The fertilises the ovum to produce seeds.

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13 Sound travels at different speeds in different materials.
The table shows the speed of sound in different materials.
material speed of sound in m / s

air 330
ice 3980
iron 5890
lead 1960
water 1479
(a) Circle one bold word so each sentence is correct.
Sound travels through ice faster / slower than through water.
This means that the speed of sound is fastest in solids / liquids / gases.
[1]
(b) The volume of sound is measured using a sound level meter.
What is the unit for volume of sound?
centimetre
decibel
degree
minute
Newton
[1]
Sound travels when air particles . [1]
(d) Explain how we hear sound.
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14 Mia finds this information about some substances at room temperature.
can the substance does the substance

does the substance
substance be easily squeezed melt when heated
flow easily?
(compressed)? to 100 °C?
A no no yes
B yes no no
C yes yes no
D no no no
E yes no no
F yes yes no
(a) Which two substances in the table are solids?
and
Give a reason for your answer.
[2]
(b) Which two substances in the table are liquids?
and [1]
(c) Which two substances in the table are gases?
and [1]
(d) Which substance in the table changes into a liquid when it is heated to 100 °C?
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15 Blessy and Aiko investigate electrical conductors.
They make an electrical circuit to test different materials.
The first material they test is wood.
wood
battery
wire lamp
(a) Explain what happens in this electrical circuit.
The lamp
This happens because
.
[2]
(b) Aiko wants to find out which metal is the best electrical conductor.
What does she measure to find out which metal is the best electrical conductor?
brightness of the lamp
colour of the lamp
colour of the metal
length of the metal
temperature of the metal

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4B
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SCIENCE 0846/02
Paper 2 April 2021
45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
INFORMATION
IB21 05_0846_02/7RP
2
1 The picture shows a bird gliding in the sky.
force A
force B
Complete these sentences.
(a) Force A slows the bird down.
Force A is called [1]
(b) Force B pulls the bird towards the Earth.
Force B is called [1]
(c) Force is measured in [1]
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2 People need to care for the environment.
Look at the sign.
PLEASE
DO NOT
...........................
(a) There is a word missing on the sign.
Write down the missing word in the box on the sign. [1]
(b) Write down two other ways people care for the environment.
[2]

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3 Blessy has a mixture of glass beads, salt, sand and steel powder.
The glass beads are much bigger than the particles of sand and steel.
She separates this mixture to get glass beads, salt solution, sand and steel.
Look at the flow chart describing how she separates the mixture.
mixture of glass beads, salt, sand and steel powder
stage A
mixture of salt, sand and steel powder glass beads
stage B
mixture of salt and sand steel powder
stage C
sand salt solution
(a) What is the name of the process used in stage A?
[1]
(b) Describe what Blessy does in stage B.
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4 Look at the information about the melting point and boiling point of some
substances.
substance melting point in °C boiling point in °C

A 10 100
B 1050 2400
C 950 2100
D 0 105
E 55 210
F 10 210
(a) Which substance has the same boiling point as water?
[1]
(b) Which substance has the same melting point as water?
[1]
(c) What is the freezing point of substance E?
°C [1]
(d) The temperature in a classroom is 25 °C.
The substances in the table are stored in the classroom.
Which three substances are liquids in the classroom?
[2]

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5 Flowering plants have a life cycle.
(a) The pictures show different stages in the life cycle of an apple plant.
They are not in the correct order.
letter picture
A
fruit
B
seeds
flower
C
D seedling
E Not drawn to scale
tree
Write the letters in the correct order to show the stages of the life cycle of the
apple plant.
D
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(b) Look at the seeds of the apple plant.
seeds
Describe how the apple seeds are dispersed.
[2]
6 The pictures show electrical circuit symbols.
Draw a line to match each symbol with the correct name.
symbol name
battery
buzzer
cell
lamp
switch
[2]

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7 This question is about materials.
(a) A compass contains a magnetic material.
The name of one magnetic material is . [1]
(b) Complete these sentences about the uses and properties of materials.
Glass is used to make windows.

We use glass because .
Wool is used to make clothes.
We use wool because .
Plastic is used to make food containers.
We use plastic because .
Concrete is used to make bridges over roads.
We use concrete because .

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8 Rajiv makes a musical instrument using drinking straws.
drinking straws
card
(a) Describe how Rajiv uses the drinking straws to make a sound.
[1]
(b) Describe how Rajiv makes the sound louder.
[1]
As the length of the drinking straw decreases, the pitch .

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9 Mia and Lily investigate how lungs work.
Look at the equipment they use.
Mia
plastic bottle
tube
tank of water
This is the method they use:
• Lily measures the amount of water in the plastic bottle

• Mia breathes out down the tube
• the air that Mia breathes out removes some of the water in the bottle
• Lily measures the new amount of water in the plastic bottle
• they repeat the method with their friends.
(a) Lily measures the amount of water in litres.
What amount is Lily measuring?
force
length
mass
time
volume
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(b) Here are their results.
amount of water amount of water amount of water

name
at start in litres at end in litres removed in litres
Mia 5.0 2.0 3.0
Lily 5.0 3.5 1.5

Priya 5.0 2.5 2.5
Blessy 5.0 2.0 3.0

Aiko 5.0 1.5
What amount of water does Aiko remove from the plastic bottle?
litres [1]
(c) Complete the bar chart to show their results for the amount of water removed.
Include the label for the y-axis.
................................
2
................................
................................
1
0
Mia Lily Priya Blessy Aiko
[3]
(d) Lily says,
‘The amount of water removed = the amount of air breathed out.’
Who breathed out the least amount of air?
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10 The table shows some information about different planets in the Solar System.
distance from time to spin time to orbit

planet the Sun on axis the Sun
in million km in Earth days in Earth years
A 57.9 58.6 0.2
B 149.6 1.0 1.0
C 108.2 243.0 0.6
D 778.4 0.4 11.9
E 227.9 1.0 1.9
(a) Which planet is the nearest to the Sun?
A B C D E [1]
(b) Which planet takes the most time to move around the Sun?
A B C D E [1]
(c) Describe the relationship between the distance from the Sun and the time to
orbit the Sun.
[1]
(d) Which planet is Earth?
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11 Oliver finds this information on the internet.
animal number of bones in the body

cat 230
dog 320
elephant 326
horse 205
snake 1800
(a) Put the animals in the correct order from most to least number of bones.
most number of bones
least number of bones

[1]
(b) The skeleton of a human has 206 bones.
How many more bones are there in the skeleton of a cat compared to a
human?
more bones [1]
(c) Write down two reasons why animals have a skeleton.
2
[2]
(d) The snake Oliver found on the internet is 7 m long.
Some snakes only have 600 bones.
Why do some snakes have fewer bones?
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12 Jamila and Carlos heat a substance.
They measure the temperature of the substance every minute.
Before they start the investigation, Jamila makes this prediction:
‘The longer the substance is heated the higher the

temperature of the substance.’
Look at their results table.
time in minutes temperature in °C

0 25
1 29
2 33
3 37
4 41
5 45
6 49
7 49
8 49
9 52
10 57
(a) Complete the sentence to describe the pattern in the results.
As the time increases
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(b) Do the results support Jamila’s prediction?
[1]
(c) Carlos decides to present their results in another way.
Circle the best way to present the results.
bar chart
histogram
line graph
pie chart
[1]

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13 Priya and Chen investigate shadows.
The picture shows the equipment they use.
post
large sheet of white paper
shadow
Priya and Chen:
• place a large sheet of white paper on the ground
• put a post at one end of the paper
• measure the length of the shadow at different times of the day.
(a) The post makes a shadow.
Why does the post make a shadow?
the post is heavy
the post is opaque
the post is tall
the post is transparent

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(b) Here are their results.
time of day length of shadow in cm

10:30 144
11:00 129
11:30 114
12:00 105
12:30 111
13:00
13:30 126
What is the difference in the length of the shadow between 10:30 to 11:00?
cm [1]
(c) What time of day did they observe the shortest length of shadow?
[1]
(d) Priya and Chen did not record a length for 13:00.
Predict the length of the shadow at 13:00.
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5A

SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 October 2018
45 minutes
Pencil
Ruler
IB18 10_0846_01/5RP
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1 Oliver is learning to organise animals using keys.
(a) He organises four insects W, X, Y and Z.
W X Y Z
Put the letters W, X, Y and Z in the correct place on the key.
insects
0 wings number of wings? 2 or 4 wings?
2 4
are the wings patterned?
no yes
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(b) Look at the picture of a frog and a newt.
frog newt
Oliver wants to ask a question to separate them into different groups.
Which question does he use?
Does it have an eye?
Does it have four legs?
Does it have a mouth?
Does it have a patterned body?
Does it have a tail?

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2 Safia owns a motor car.
The diagram shows some of the materials used to make her car.
glass
windscreen
plastic seats
steel car
body
rubber tyres
containing air
(a) Which labelled material in the diagram is attracted to a magnet?
[1]
(b) Give one reason why glass is used to make the car windscreen.
[1]
(c) Steel is used to make the car body because it will not rust and is quite cheap.
Give one other reason why steel is suitable to make the car body.
[1]
(d) The car engine burns gasoline.
What type of change is the burning of gasoline?
irreversible reversible
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3 Class 6 go to their local park to pick up litter.
Class 6 do not put this litter in the bin.
They take the litter to a recycling centre.
Write two reasons why they do this.

reason 1
reason 2
[2]
4 There are five stages in the lifecycle of a flowering plant.
Three of these stages are
 seed production
 seed dispersal
 germination.
What are the other two stages?
and [2]

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5 Chen investigates sound.
alarm
clock
Chen
material
Chen measures the volume of sound the alarm clock makes.
He puts different materials between him and the alarm clock.
(a) What apparatus does Chen use to measure the volume of sound?
[1]
The volume of sound is measured in . [1]
decibels hours metres newtons seconds
(c) Chen’s alarm clock makes a high sound.
A high sound and a low sound are different in . [1]
length loudness pitch softness volume
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6 Priya is investigating seed germination.
She has four dishes.
She adds some seeds to each dish.
Look at the dishes in the pictures.
A B
seeds with light seeds in a dark cupboard
and water with water
C D
seeds with light seeds in a dark cupboard
and no water and no water
(a) Priya thinks that only the seeds in dish A will germinate.
Is she correct?
[2]
(b) Priya repeats the investigation in the winter.
The seeds do not germinate.
Explain why.
[1]

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7 A candle is made from a solid called wax.
flame
wick
liquid wax
solid wax
(a) At the top of the candle solid wax changes into liquid wax.
What is the name of this process?
[1]
(b) Solid wax changing into liquid wax is a reversible change.
Explain why.
[1]
(c) Some of the liquid wax changes into a gas.
What is the name of this process?
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8 Blessy puts two magnets near each other.
N S S
N
The magnets repel each other.
(a) Blessy wants to make these magnets attract each other.
What does she do?
[1]
(b) Blessy uses one of the magnets to attract paper clips.
This magnet only attracts five of the paper clips.
The other paper clips have not been attracted.
Give two reasons why these paper clips are not attracted to the magnet.
reason 1
reason 2
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9 Pierre and Mike investigate shadows.
Pierre makes a shadow. Mike draws around the shadow.
Mike
Pierre
shadow A
(a) Explain why there is a shadow.
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Pierre makes another shadow. Mike draws around this shadow.
Here are their results.
outline of shadow B
outline of shadow A
(b) Describe two differences between shadow A and shadow B.
difference 1
difference 2
[2]
(c) Why is there a difference between shadow A and shadow B?
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10 Rajiv draws some organs found in the human body.
A B C
D E F
(a) Write the name of each organ.
C liver
F
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(b) Which organ is found below the waist and near the back of the body?
waist
A B D E F
[1]
11 Snakes have skeletons.
Write two ways the skeleton helps the snake.
2
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does the
state at room
substance colour substance
temperature
dissolve in water?
Hassan has a mixture of chalk, iron sulfate and magnesium sulfate.
He wants to separate the mixture.
He adds the mixture to water and stirs it thoroughly.
He then filters this mixture using this apparatus.
mixture of water, chalk,

iron sulfate and
magnesium sulfate
................................
residue
................................
................................
filtrate
(a) Complete the labels on the diagram of the apparatus.

[3]
(b) Which substance is found in the residue?
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(c) Which substances are found in the filtrate?
[1]
13 Mia makes a model of the Sun and the Earth.
green balloon to yellow balloon to

model the Earth model the Sun
Mia wants to move the yellow and green balloons.
She wants to model what happens to the Sun and the Earth.
Describe what she does to the balloons.
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14 Ahmed, Carlos and Yuri investigate forces.
material rope
Ahmed Carlos Yuri

A piece of material is tied to the middle of the rope.
Ahmed, Carlos and Yuri all pull the rope with the same force.
(a) Which direction will the material move?
not move [1]
(b) The boys repeat the investigation.
material rope
Ahmed Carlos
Only Ahmed and Carlos pull the rope.
They pull the rope with the same force.
Which direction will the material move?
not move
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(c) What is the unit for force?
friction gravity kilogram mass newton

[1]
15 Complete the crossword about food chains.
1. An animal that hunts another animal. (8 letters)
2. A food chain always starts with this. (8 letters)
3. An animal that gets eaten by another animal. (4 letters)
4. An animal that eats plants or other animals. (8 letters)
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16 Jamila investigates the time it takes for different substances to dissolve in water.
In each experiment she
• uses 100 cm3 of water and adds one of the substances
• stirs the mixture until the substance dissolves
• stirs the mixture at the same speed.
Jamila repeats the experiment with different substances.
She plots her results as a bar chart.
100
80
time 60
in seconds
40
20
0
1g 2g 1g 0.5 g
sugar salt indigestion aspirin
tablet
substance
(a) Jamila has not done a fair test.
Use information from the bar chart to explain why.
[1]
(b) Which substance dissolves in the shortest time?
[1]
(c) How long does it take to dissolve the indigestion tablet?
seconds [1]
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(d) Jamila predicts that as the mass of aspirin increases, the time taken
to dissolve it increases.
She tests her prediction by doing experiments.
Tick () the three factors she keeps constant.
mass of aspirin
speed of stirring
temperature of water
time to dissolve
volume of water
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
SCIENCE 0846/02
45 minutes
Pencil
Ruler
IB18 10_0846_02/5RP
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1 Youssef investigates bouncing objects.
Look at the apparatus he uses.
spring
mass
The spring stretches when the mass is added.
(a) Which unit is used to measure mass?
[1]
(b) Draw an arrow on the diagram to show the direction of gravity on the mass. [1]
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2 Lily adds separate samples of solids to water.

She stirs the solid and water to see if the solid dissolves.
solid colour of solid does the solid colour of solution

dissolve?
chalk white no no solution is formed
copper carbonate green no no solution is formed
copper sulfate blue yes blue
salt white yes colourless
sugar white yes colourless
(a) Complete the sentences.
Sugar dissolves in water because water is a .
Chalk does not dissolve because it is .

[2]
(b) Copper sulfate is a blue solid.
It dissolves in water.
What colour solution does it form?
[1]
(c) Salt dissolves in water to form salt solution.
What is the name of the solute in salt solution?
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3 Gabriella collects litter around her school.
drink cans
mixed litter
(a) Gabriella wants to measure how much litter she has collected.
What does she measure?
the colour of the litter
the mass of the litter
the shape of the litter
the type of litter
where she found the litter

[1]
(b) Gabriella’s class start a litter campaign.
They put posters up and get new litter bins.
The litter campaign is successful.
Explain how they know the litter campaign has been successful.
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(c) Gabriella looks at the things in the mixed litter.
She counts them and makes a tally chart.
food packets papers plastic straws tissues

bottles
IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII IIII II IIII IIII II IIII IIII IIII IIII
III IIII
total = 23 total = total = total = 12 total = 20
……….. ………..
The total for papers is .
The total for plastic bottles is .
The lowest number is for .

[1]
(d) Gabriella wants to measure how much litter she has collected.
She thinks that counting the number of things in the mixed litter is not a fair
test.
Explain why this is not a fair test.
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4 Materials have specific properties.
Draw a line between each material and the correct property of the material.
material property
white solid
carbon dioxide flammable liquid
gasoline melting point of 0 C
mercury colourless gas
steel silver liquid
water attracted to a magnet
pink solid
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5 Carlos investigates food chains.
He finds this information on the internet.
 aphids eat roses
 birds eat beetles
 beetles eat aphids
 roses are producers
(a) Write down the food chain using this information.
[2]
(b) One organism in this food chain is both a predator and a prey.
What is the name of this organism?
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6 Here are four electrical circuits.
(a) How many lamps in total will light up?
0 1 2 3 4
[1]
(b) Draw a circuit symbol for a cell.
[1]
(c) Lily puts different objects in this electrical circuit.
cells lamp
object
Predict what will happen if the object is a good conductor.
Predict what will happen if the object is a bad conductor.
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(d) Lily makes this circuit.
Lily wants to make the lamp brighter. Which electrical circuit should she make?
Tick () the box next to the correct electrical circuit.
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7 Chen draws a picture of the Earth and rays of sunlight.
He writes the letters W, X, Y and Z on the Earth.
W
X
rays of sunlight Earth
(a) Which letters show the places on Earth where it is day and where it is night?
Put the letters in the table.
day night
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(b) Chen draws a diagram to show the position of the Sun and the Earth.
Earth
Sun
Draw the position of the Earth six months later.

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8 Mia heats a substance.
She measures the temperature of the substance every minute.
Here is a line graph of her results.
50
45
40
35
30
temperature
in °C 25
20
15
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
time in minutes
(a) Name the apparatus Mia uses to measure temperature.
[1]
(b) Complete the sentence about the patterns in the results.
As the time increases, the temperature
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9 Priya finds a diagram on the internet.
It shows a parent plant making a new plant.
parent plant
new plant
shoot in the roots grow

soil
What is this life process called?
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10 Pierre is investigating if materials are transparent or opaque.
Here is the apparatus he uses.
light material light meter

source
(a) Pierre has instructions to test each material.
They are not in the correct order.
A Turn the light source on and read the light meter.
B Select the material and place it between the light source and light meter.
C Turn the light source off and record the results.
D Collect the light source and light meter.
Put each letter in the correct order in the table.
first instruction
last instruction
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(b) Look at his results.
120
100
light 80
meter 60
reading 40
20
0
A B C D E
material
Which sentences are true?
Tick () the boxes next to the two correct sentences.
All the materials allow light to pass through.
None of the materials allow light to pass through.
One material is opaque.
Three materials let most light through.
Two materials are opaque.
Two materials let most light through.

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11 Oliver finds a picture on the internet.
It shows an insect moving from one flower to another flower.
insect
(a) What happens at A?
[2]
(b) What happens at B?
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12 Aiko hits a tuning fork on a desk.
She puts the ends of the tuning fork into a beaker of water.
tuning fork
(a) Explain what happens to the water in the beaker.
The water in the beaker .
This is because .
[2]
(b) Describe how Aiko can increase what happens to the water.
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13 Here is a table of melting points and boiling points.
material melting point boiling point

in oC in oC
A – 60 10
B 0 103
C 45 150
D 10 100
E 0 100
(a) Which two materials have a melting point above the melting point of water?
Choose A, B, C, D or E from the table.
and [1]
(b) Which material is water?
[1]
(c) The room temperature in a laboratory is 25 oC.
Which material is a solid in the laboratory?
[1]
(d) The room temperature in a laboratory is 25 oC.
Which material is a gas in the laboratory?
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14 Five friends jump in the air.
water
Explain why it looks like there are ten friends in the picture.
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15 Carlos investigates how temperature affects the growth of tomato plants.
In his investigation he:
 puts some tomato seeds in soil
 adds water to the seeds
 keeps the seeds at different temperatures
 measures the height of the tomato plants after 30 days.
(a) What does Carlos use to measure the volume of water accurately?
measuring beaker
measuring cylinder
measuring jug
measuring scales
measuring spoon
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(b) Here are his results.

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10 Χ
Χ
Χ
Χ
8 Χ
height 6Χ
in cm
4
0
10 15 20 25 30 35 40
temperature in ºC
Complete the sentences about the graph.
When the temperature is 10 C the height of the plant is cm.
When the temperature is 40 C the height of the plant is cm.
The difference in height between 10 C and 40 C is cm.
As the temperature increases the height of the tomato plants
[2]
(c) Carlos only uses one tomato seed for each temperature.
He thinks that some of his results may be wrong.
What should he do to get better results?
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16 Mia finds a picture on the internet.
A and B are muscles.
Explain how these muscles make the leg move.
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SCIENCE 0846/01
45 minutes
Pencil
Ruler
Write your centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page.
IB19 10_0846_01/4RP
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1 Insects are useful for flowers.
insect
flower
What is the insect doing to the flower?
dispersing the flower
germinating the flower
making seeds for the flower
pollinating the flower

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2 Some materials conduct electricity.
Circle two materials that conduct electricity.
copper
glass
iron
paper
plastic
sand
wood
[2]
3 Hassan owns a motor car.
For each material in the table, put a tick () in the correct column to show if it is a
solid, a liquid or a gas at room temperature.
material solid liquid gas
air
gasoline
iron
plastic
rubber
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4 Class 5 have a quiz about the Earth.
Write down the answers to the questions.
Earth Quiz
1. What is the name of the Earth’s path around the Sun?
2. How many days does it take the Earth to go around the Sun once?
3. The Earth is also moving on its own axis.
What word describes this movement of the Earth?
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5 Anastasia cooks potatoes in hot water.
cooking pot
potato
water
heat
She puts the cooking pot over a flame and heats the water for 25 minutes.
(a) What happens to water when it is boiling?
[1]
(b) Explain why boiling water is a reversible change.
[1]
(c) Explain why cooking a potato is an irreversible change.
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6 Angelique makes a musical instrument.
two large sticks

rubber band
small stick
She blows between the two large sticks.
This makes a sound with a steady pitch.
Angelique makes the musical instrument again.
This time she uses shorter sticks and blows harder.
two shorter sticks
When she blows harder between the sticks the sound is .
When she uses shorter sticks the sound is .
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7 The diagram shows some organs of the body.
(a) Which letter is the liver? [1]
(b) Which letter shows the organ that filters the blood? [1]
(c) Explain why the body needs organ B to stay alive.
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8 The diagram shows a forcemeter.
(a) What type of force is it measuring?
friction
push
twist
upthrust
[1]
(b) The forcemeter points to 3.
The force is doubled.
What does the forcemeter now point to?
[1]
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9 The picture shows the skeleton of a rabbit.
(a) Which organ does part X of the skeleton protect?
[1]
(b) What is the function of the organ that part X protects?
[1]
Complete these sentences.
(c) The skeleton protects, moves and the body. [1]
(d) To move the skeleton there are attached to the bones. [1]

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10 Oliver makes tea.
He adds boiling water to the tea leaves.
A brown solution is made.
boiling water
added
tea leaves
(a) Suggest why the boiling water becomes brown.
[1]
(b) Oliver wants to keep the brown solution but separate it from the tea leaves.
He uses sieving.
Explain why sieving works.
[2]
(c) Suggest one other way to separate the brown solution from the tea leaves.
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11 Rajiv grows two trays of plants.
 He puts one tray in the light.
 He puts the other tray in the dark.
 He looks at the trays of plants after 5 days.
tray of plants in the light tray of plants in the dark
(a) Describe two differences between the plants in the light and the plants in the
dark.
1 ………………………………………..............................................................................................
………………………………………..............................................................................................
2 ………………………………………..............................................................................................
………………………………………..............................................................................................
[2]
(b) Why does Rajiv put more than one plant in each tray?
[1]
(c) Why do plants need light?
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12 It is possible to identify a substance from looking at its properties.
Here are some properties of six substances.
Is it a good
melting point boiling point Is it
substance conductor of
in C in C magnetic?
heat?
A 1470 3010 yes yes
B –77 –10 no no
C 0 106 no no
D 1535 2750 yes yes
E 0 100 no no
F –20 100 no no
(a) Which two substances could be steel?
Choose from A, B, C, D, E or F.
and
[2]
(b) One of the substances is water.
Which substance?
[1]
(c) The temperature in a laboratory is 25  C.
Which substance is a gas in this laboratory?
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(d) Substance D melts at 1535  C.
What happens when a substance melts?
[1]
13 A cactus plant lives in the desert.
The cactus plant has features which make it suited to live in the desert.
They do not have leaves so they lose less water.
List two other features the cactus plant has.
Explain how each feature makes the cactus plant suited to live in the desert.
feature
explanation
feature
explanation
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14 Class 6 investigate light.
 A hole is cut in a box.
 A flashlight (torch) is put inside the box.
 Different materials are put over the hole in the box.
box with
flashlight
inside
material
hole
(a) Predict what will happen if the material is opaque.
If the material is opaque I predict
[1]
(b) Which material is opaque?
glass ice water wood

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15 Look at the diagrams of four electrical circuits.
(a) How many electrical circuits will work?
0 1 2 3 4
[1]
(b) Draw the electrical symbol for a motor in the space below.
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16 Yuri investigates how much salt dissolves in water.
He predicts that the hotter the water, the more salt will dissolve.
Here are his results.
temperature of water mass of salt dissolved

in °C in ….
10 27
20 29
30 31
40 33
50 35
60 37
(a) Yuri forgets to put the unit for mass in the table.
What is the unit for mass?
[1]
(b) Yuri uses 100 cm3 of water for each temperature of water.
Explain why.
[1]
(c) Yuri’s friend suggests he repeat the experiment.
Why is this a sensible suggestion?
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(d) Yuri predicted that the hotter the water, the more salt would dissolve.
Do Yuri’s results agree with his prediction?
Explain your answer using information from the results table.
[2]
(e) Yuri decides to present his results.
Which would be the best way?
a pie chart
a bar chart
a line graph
a labelled diagram
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6B

SCIENCE 0846/02
45 minutes
Pencil
Ruler
Write your centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page.
IB19 10_0846_02/3RP
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1 (a) Chen writes some sentences about forces.
Only one sentence is correct.
Tick () the correct sentence.
Force is also called mass.
Force is measured in kg.
Force is measured in m.
Forces do not stop objects moving.
Forces have direction.
[1]
(b) Chen goes skateboarding.
ground
wheels
There is friction between the ground and the wheels.
Describe how he can increase the friction between the ground and the
wheels.
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2 Electrical cables contain wires.
B
C
(a) A and B are made of plastic.
Why are they made of plastic?
[1]
(b) C is a wire.
Write down the name of the material used to make C.
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3 Here are some properties of four substances.
Does it
Is it
substance Does it rust? dissolve in Is it strong?
poisonous?
water?
A yes no no yes
B no no yes yes
C no no no yes
D no yes no no
(a) Buckets are used to carry water.
Which material could not be used to make a bucket?
Choose from A, B, C or D.
[2]
(b) Substance A is used to make cars.
Explain why.
Use information from the table.
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4 A mirror ball is shiny.
It is made of many small mirrors.
Light hits the surface of the mirror ball.

The light is then ·
The light changes ·
We see the light because it enters our ·
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5 Some animals have internal skeletons.
Some animals do not have internal skeletons.
Look at the pictures of different animals.
snake snail fish
locust worm bat
Complete the table to sort them into groups.
have an internal skeleton do not have an internal skeleton
locust
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6 Pierre is sorting metals in a recycling yard.
He is using a magnet to help him.
Which objects will be attracted towards the magnet?
Circle the correct answers.
brass button
copper tube
gold ring
iron bath
lead pipe
silver coin
steel wire
zinc foil
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7 Some plants have flowers.
(a) Look at the picture of the flower.
The flower has male parts and female parts.
Label a male part of the flower with the letter M.
Label a female part of the flower with the letter F.

[2]
The male organ of the flower is called .
The female organ of the flower is called .
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state at room
substance colour soluble in water
temperature
copper sulfate solid blue yes
gasoline liquid colourless no
(a) Which substances are insoluble in water?
[1]
(b) Lily wants to separate a mixture of copper sulfate and iron sulfate.
She adds water to the mixture and stirs it thoroughly.
She then filters this mixture.
Explain why this mixture is not separated.
[1]
(c) Lily mixes gasoline and water.
Suggest what she sees.
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9 Mia and Safia are carrying out an investigation.
They use a mass attached to string.
string
Safia
Mia
mass
distance
Before Mia starts the investigation she says
‘If I pull the mass further towards me

it will take a longer time to swing to Safia.’
(a) What type of statement is this?
conclusion data evidence prediction results

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(b) What measuring apparatus will they need to test this?
Tick () the correct two answers.
forcemeter
measuring cylinder
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
ruler
balance
stop clock
thermometer
[2]
(c) Mia and Safia want the investigation to be a fair test.
Write down one factor they keep the same.
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10 A key is used to identify different butterflies.
Use the key to find out the name of butterfly A and the name of butterfly B.
A B
1. Is the butterfly one colour?
Yes go to question 2
No go to question 3
2. Is the butterfly small and white?
Yes Cabbage white

No Blue morpho
3. Do the wings have dark lines on them and have white areas on the top wings?
Yes Monarch butterfly

No go to question 4
4. Are the bottom wings smooth along the edge?
Yes Indian leaf butterfly

No Swallowtail butterfly
Butterfly A is .
Butterfly B is .
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11 Jamila dissolves salt in water to make salt water.
(a) The water in Jamila’s experiment is a solvent.
What is the meaning of the word solvent?
[1]
(b) Salt is a soluble substance.
What is the meaning of the word soluble?
[1]
(c) Salt water is an example of a solution.
What is the meaning of the word solution?
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12 Chen finds information about different planets.
He writes down the time it takes for each planet to spin once.
time in Earth
planet
hours
A 24
B 10
C 25
D 1408
E 5832
(a) Which planet takes the least number of hours to spin once?
[1]
(b) One of the planets is Earth.
Which planet is Earth?
A B C D E [1]
(c) How many planets take longer to spin once than planet C?
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(d) Look at the picture of the Earth.
X Y
Part of the Earth is labelled X.
Part of the Earth is labelled Y.
Describe what it is like at part X and Y.
At X it is .
At Y it is .
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13 The picture shows a poppy plant.
seeds
(a) The picture shows seeds being dispersed.
What type of seed dispersal does the poppy plant use?
Circle one correct answer.
animal dispersal by eating
animal dispersal by hooking onto fur
self-dispersal by explosion
water dispersal
[1]
(b) The seed is dry.
This helps it to be dispersed.
Write down one other property of the seed that helps it to be dispersed.
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14 Oliver makes a table of the body temperature of living animals.
body temperature
animal
in C
baboon 38.0
chicken 40.0
human 37.0
mouse 36.5
whale 36.0
Oliver says
‘The biggest animals have the highest body temperature.’
He is not correct.
Use the information in the table to explain why he is not correct.
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15 Safia investigates friction.
She lets a car roll down a slope.
She measures the time it takes for the car to reach the floor.
car
books
slope
floor
Safia changes the material on the slope.
time in
material
seconds
plastic 2.2
wood 3.1
paper 3.0
card 2.9
wool 3.7
Complete the sentences about her results.
The material that made the car move the slowest is .
This is because this material .

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16 This is a question about food chains.
Food chains start with .
The energy for food chains comes from .
[2]
(b) Look at the information.
 foxes eat rabbits
 rabbits eat lettuce
 wolves eat foxes
Write a food chain using the information.
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17 Jamila lives near to the sea.
She collects some sea water and measures the volume of the sea water.
 Jamila pours the sea water into a dish.
 She leaves the dish in the Sun until the dish only contains a white solid.
 She measures the mass of the white solid.
 Jamila repeats the experiment using different volumes of sea water.
(a) Which piece of equipment does Jamila use to measure the mass of the white
solid?
[1]
(b) A white solid appears after leaving the dish of sea water in the Sun.
Explain why.
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(c) Here is a graph of Jamila’s results.
12
10
8
mass of white solid
in g 6
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
volume of sea water in cm3
What is the mass of white solid in 25 cm3 of sea water?
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18 Mike makes a bell using a pot and a mallet.
pot
mallet
He hits the pot with the mallet.
The bell makes a quiet sound.
(a) Describe one way he can increase the volume of sound made by the bell.
[1]
(b) Mike wants to measure the volume of the sound.
Which instrument measures the volume of sound?
loud level meter
musical level meter
pitch level meter
sound level meter
volume level meter

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Science
7A

SCIENCE 0846/01
45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
INFORMATION
IB20 10_0846_01/8RP
2
Choose from
consumer
food chain
habitat
producer
predator
prey
All food chains start with a .
An animal that eats a plant is a .
An animal that chases and eats another animal is a .
An animal eaten by another animal is a .

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2 Mike finds a diagram of the Earth.
It shows what happens to the Earth over 24 hours.
Complete the labels on the diagram.
...................................................................
The Earth’s .........................................
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3 Yuri draws pictures of five different human organs.
A B C
D E
Choose from
A B C D E
The organ that pumps blood around the body is .
The organ that filters the blood is .
The organ that puts oxygen into the blood is .
The organ that controls the body is .

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4 Here is a list of properties.
flexible brittle
good conductor of electricity poor conductor of electricity
good conductor of heat poor conductor of heat
high melting point low melting point
soluble insoluble
(a) Copper is used to make a cooking pot.
Explain why.
Choose two properties from the list.

1
[2]
(b) Copper is used to make electrical wires.
Explain why.
Choose two properties from the list.

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[2]

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5 Scientists explore the solar system and stars.
What equipment do scientists use to see the stars?
microscope
stop-watch
tape measure
telescope
[1]
6 Different materials are used to make the containers for drinks.
These materials include aluminium, glass, plastic and steel.
Here is a table of information about these materials.
Complete the table.
is it attracted is it is it soluble in
material is it a metal?
to a magnet? transparent? water?
aluminium no no
…………………….. ……………………..
glass no no
…………………….. ……………………..
plastic yes no
…………………….. ……………………..
steel yes yes

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7 Oliver draws a diagram to show how shadows are made.
screen
source of object
light
(a) Oliver has not labelled the position of the shadow.
Label the position of the shadow on the diagram. [1]
(b) Explain what makes the shadow.
[1]
(c) Describe what Oliver does to make the shadow bigger.
[1]

8
8 The pictures show different stages in the life cycle of plants.
The pictures are not in the correct order.
A insect picks B plant makes C insect carries D flowers grow

up pollen seeds pollen
E new plant F animal G insect

grows disperses seeds pollinates flowers
(a) Which stage comes next after stage C (insect carries pollen)?
A B D E G
[1]
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9 Here is a list of sentences.
Decide if each sentence is true or false.
sentence true false
Burning diesel fuel in a truck is irreversible.
Condensation of steam is reversible.
Sugar dissolves in water to form a solution.
Sand is soluble in water.
Evaporation separates a mixture of sugar and sand.
Dissolving a solid in water is reversible.
A magnet separates a mixture of gold and silver.
Rusting of iron is reversible.
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10 Blessy investigates friction.
She uses four different materials.
aluminium foil
card
paper
four boards
smooth plastic
bumpy plastic
Blessy
• puts each material on some card
• puts the end of each card onto four boards
• rolls a ball down each material.
Blessy uses the boards to
Blessy always uses four boards to
.
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(b) Complete the prediction.
Choose from
aluminium foil bumpy plastic paper smooth plastic
least friction most friction no friction
The ball will take the longest time to reach the end of the
This is because this material has

[1]
(c) Blessy wants to make the investigation more reliable.
Write down one thing she does to make the investigation more reliable.
[1]

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11 Plants have a life cycle.
One part of the life cycle is shown in the diagram.
seed soil
(a) Write down the name of this part of the life cycle.
[1]
(b) What do plants need for this part of the life cycle?
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12 Hassan has a sample of a liquid.
(a) Name the piece of equipment he uses to accurately measure 50 cm3 of this
liquid.
[1]
(b) Hassan heats the liquid until it boils.
Look at the reading on the thermometer when the liquid is boiling.
105
104
103
102
101
100
Write down the boiling point of the liquid.
[1]

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13 Jamila uses a sound level meter to measure the volume of sound in different
places.
place volume of sound

in ………
garden 30
playground 71
road 65
(a) Jamila has not put the unit for the volume of sound into the table.
Complete the table.

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(b) Jamila plays the violin.
bow
Jamila
strings
What does Jamila do to change the pitch of the note she is playing?
Tick () the correct three answers.
pulls the bow across the string harder 
pulls the bow across the string softer 
uses a thicker string 
uses a thinner string 
uses her fingers to change the length of the string 

[2]

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14 Here are five electrical circuits.

+ – + –
+ – + –
A B
+ – + –
+ –
C D E
(a) Chen draws this electrical circuit diagram.
Which electrical circuit has Chen drawn?
A B C D E
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(b) Which electrical circuit has the brightest lamp?
A B C D E
[1]
(c) What is the name of this electrical symbol?
[1]
15 Look at the picture of a polar bear.
The polar bear is suited to its environment.
The polar bear has thick fur to
. [1]
The polar bear does not sink into the snow because it has
. [1]

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16 Pierre climbs mountains.
He boils water when he is camping on a mountain.
He notices that the water boils at different temperatures.
He writes down the height of the mountain and the temperature that the water
boils.
Here is the page from his notebook.
(a) Complete the table with Pierre’s results.
Include the headings.
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(b) Pierre makes a conclusion.
The temperature of the boiling water

increases the higher I am up the mountain.
Do Pierre’s results support his conclusion?
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17 The diagram shows parts of a flower.
A
B
D
E
(a) Which part of the flower is a male organ?
A B C D E
[1]
(b) Which part of the flower is a female organ?
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18 Humans have a positive and a negative effect on the environment.
Which one of the following has a positive effect on the environment?
Tick () the correct answer.
increasing waste
littering
causing loss of species
protecting habitats
increasing energy use

[1]

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19 The picture shows a koala.
Koalas have a skeleton similar to humans.
(a) Complete the sentence about skeletons.
Choose from
excretion
nutrition
reproduction
senses
support
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(b) Complete the sentence about skeletons.
Choose from
hair
muscles
organs
skin
teeth
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SCIENCE 0846/02
45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
INFORMATION
IB20 10_0846_02/5RP
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1 (a) The picture shows a plant.
.........................................
.........................................
.........................................
.........................................
Complete the four labels on the diagram. [1]
Water is taken in through the and transported
through the . [2]
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2 The table shows information about two substances.
property
substance does it does it

dissolve in dissolve in
water? ethanol?
salt yes no
sugar yes yes
Blessy wants to separate a mixture of salt and sugar.
(a) She tries to use a magnet to separate the substances.
This does not work.
Explain why using a magnet does not work.
[1]
(b) Blessy adds water to some of the mixture.
She stirs the mixture and then filters it.
Explain why this does not separate the mixture of salt and sugar.
[1]
(c) Blessy separates the remaining mixture of salt and sugar.
Describe what she does.
[2]

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3 Carlos investigates forces.
(a) Which apparatus does he use to measure force?
[1]
(b) He writes his results in a table.
type of force force
pull 4.8
push 6.1
twist 5.3
Carlos has not put the unit for force in the table.
What is the unit for force?
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4 Hassan has smart glass in his windows.
He can switch the smart glass on and off.
smart glass smart glass

switched on switched off
Describe what happens to the smart glass in the two pictures.
When the smart glass is switched on Hassan can see through it because it is
When the smart glass is switched off Hassan cannot see through it because it is
[2]

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5 Chen and Aiko investigate how seeds germinate.
pot
seed
soil
in the fridge in a warm classroom
(a) Give one reason why this is a fair test.
[1]
(b) Here are the results for the pot in the warm classroom.
day number of seedlings in

the warm classroom
pot
1 0
2 1
3 2
4 4
Draw a line graph of the results.
Label the y-axis.
..................................... 3
..................................... 2
0
1 2 3 4 5
day
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(c) Here are the results for both pots.
Complete the table to predict the number of seedlings on day 5.
day number of seedlings in number of seedlings in

the warm classroom the fridge pot
pot
1 0 0
2 1 0
3 2 1
4 4 2
[2]
(d) Use Chen and Aiko’s results to write a conclusion for their investigation.
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6 Different materials have different properties.
Look at the table.
It shows some properties of six materials.
material hardness melting point solubility in water strength

(1 = soft and (1 = low and (1 = weak and
10 = hard) 10 = high) 10 = strong)
A 9 10 soluble 9
B 4 10 insoluble 1
C 3 9 insoluble 10
D 10 10 insoluble 10
E 4 4 insoluble 6
F 9 9 insoluble 9
(a) Which material in the table dissolves in water?
[1]
(b) It is not possible to tell which of material C or material D is the stronger.
Explain why.
[1]
(c) Mike sorts the materials into two groups.
Group 1 – materials A, D and F
Group 2 – materials B, C and E
Which property did Mike use to sort the materials?
[1]
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7 Pierre has five pictures showing him running.
A B C D E
He draws arrows on the pictures.
(a) Which picture shows the direction of the force of gravity?
A B C D E [1]
(b) Air resistance slows him down.
Which picture shows the direction of air resistance?
A B C D E [1]

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8 Oliver investigates what happens to materials when they are heated.
material before heating after heating
A silver solid white solid
B green solid black solid
C colourless liquid gas
D white solid white solid
E white solid colourless liquid
(a) Which material does not change when Oliver heats it?
[1]
(b) Which material boils when Oliver heats it?
[1]
(c) Which material melts when Oliver heats it?
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9 An electromagnet attracts magnetic objects.
Look at the picture of an electromagnet.
+ −
Which objects does the electromagnet attract?
Tick () the correct objects.
object
aluminium spoon
copper wire
iron key
plastic toy
steel nail
wooden ruler
[2]

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10 Lily counts the number of different organs in a human body.
How many lungs do humans have?
How many kidneys do humans have?
How many livers do humans have?
How many stomachs do humans have?
[1]
11 This question is about forces.
Decide if each statement is true or false.
true false
forces make objects change speed
friction is a force
pitch is a force
weight is a force
[2]
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12 Safia makes a musical instrument.
She pulls a rubber balloon over the top of a cup.
Safia pinches the

rubber balloon
rubber balloon
cup
Safia pinches the rubber balloon with her fingers and then lets the rubber go.
A sound is made.
(a) Why does the rubber balloon make a sound?
[1]
(b) Describe how Safia can increase the volume of the sound.
[1]
(c) Describe how Safia can increase the pitch of the sound.
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13 The diagram shows a feeding relationship between three living organisms.
corn mouse owl
(a) What is the name of this type of diagram?
[1]
(b) Describe the feeding relationship between these three organisms.
[1]
(c) Corn is the producer in this relationship.
Explain why.
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(d) Owls are predators.
Name one feature owls have which makes them good predators.
Explain how this feature is useful.
feature
explanation
[2]
14 Mia connects an electrical circuit.
switch cell
wire
lamps
She closes the switch.
The lamps are very bright.
Mia adds two more lamps to the electrical circuit.
Describe what happens.
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15 The table shows some boiling points of substances.
substance boiling point in °C

A 15
B 1095
C 100
D 0
E 444
(a) What is the meaning of the term boiling point?
[2]
(b) Which substance could be water?
Explain why.
[2]
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16 The teacher of class 5 uses a model to show part of the solar system.
ball A ball B ball C
Ball A is the Moon.
It moves around ball B.
(a) Name ball B and ball C.
ball B
ball C
[1]
(b) Describe how the teacher moves ball B and ball C.
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17 Yuri draws his name on a piece of paper.
(a) He looks at his name in a mirror.
mirror
Yur i
Tick () the box next to the image Yuri sees in the mirror.
Yur i
Yur i
iruY i r uY
[1]
(b) Complete these sentences about mirrors.
Rays of light from the object are by the mirror.
We can see the image because the rays of light

.
[2]
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8A

SCIENCE 0846/01
45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
INFORMATION
IB21 10_0846_01/7RP
2
1 Lily pollinates a flower using a cotton bud.
Lily
flower
cotton bud
(a) Lily draws a picture of the cotton bud.
cotton bud
X are made by the male organ of a flower.
Write down the name of X.
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(b) Lily uses X to pollinate the flower.
What part of the flower is pollinated?
anther ovum petal stamen stigma [1]
(c) Lily uses a cotton bud to pollinate a flower.
Write down the name of one animal that pollinates a flower.
[1]
2 Complete the sentences about sound.
A sound is made when an object .
The describes how high or low a sound is.
Sounds can also be loud or .

[3]

4
3 Mia and Safia use a compass to test different materials.

compass needle
S
E
E
N N
S
W
S
W
N
W
The compass needle moves when the needle is near a magnetic material.
Choose from the list.
copper
iron
plastic
steel
The compass needle moves when the needle is near and
.
[1]
4 Copper is a very useful material.
Copper is used to make cooking pots and electrical wires.
Tick () the correct property of copper.
dull
high melting point
soft
soluble in water
weak
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5 Mike connects an electrical circuit.
Both lamps light up.
Complete the circuit diagram for his electrical circuit.
Choose from these symbols.
[3]

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6 (a) The diagram shows the bones and muscles of the arm.
muscle A
muscle B
Describe what happens to muscles A and B when you straighten your arm.
muscle A
muscle B
[2]
(b) This picture shows part of the skeleton.
This part of the skeleton protects two organs.
Write down the names of these two organs.

.
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7 Chen makes a model of part of the Solar System.
B C
Not drawn to scale
A
D
(a) Chen has not labelled the model.
Draw a line from each letter to the correct label.
letter label
A axis
B Earth
C orbit
D Sun
[2]
(b) What causes the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky?
[1]
(c) How much time does it take for D to completely travel around B?
[1]

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8 Gabriella investigates what happens when substances are added to water.
Gabriella:
• puts 10 cm3 of cold water in a test-tube
• measures the temperature of the water at the start
• adds 1 g of substance to the water
• stirs the mixture
• measures the temperature of the water at the end.
Here is her results table.
temperature temperature of
appearance other
substance of water at water at end
of substance observations
start in °C in °C
dissolves to give
ammonium white
20 10 a colourless
chloride solid
solution
fizzes and gives

silver / grey off a colourless
calcium 20 30
solid gas and makes
a milky solution
dissolves to give
colourless
ethanol 20 20 a colourless
liquid
solution
dissolves to give
sodium white
20 20 a colourless
chloride solid
solution
(a) Gabriella wants to use one of the substances to cool some water.
Write down the name of the substance she uses.
[1]
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(b) Sodium chloride dissolves in water.
This process is reversible.
Describe how Gabriella reverses this process to get solid sodium chloride.
[1]
(c) Look at the table.
What evidence is there that adding calcium to water is an irreversible process?
[1]

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9 Blessy heats some materials in a test-tube.
material
heat
Here is her results table.
material appearance of material observations when heated
A colourless solid turns into a colourless liquid
B white solid remains a white solid
C green solid changes to a black solid
D white solid changes into a colourless liquid
E colourless liquid turns into steam
(a) Name one piece of safety equipment Blessy wears during the experiment.
[1]
(b) Two of the materials melt when heated.
Write down the letters of the two materials that melt when heated.
and [1]
(c) One of the materials does not change when heated.
Write down the letter of the material that does not change when heated.
[1]
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(d) One of the materials is water.
Write down the letter of the material that is water.
[1]
(e) Blessy heats material C.
She predicts the mass of the test-tube and its contents will change.
Blessy measures the mass of the test-tube and its contents before she heats
material C.
What other measurement does she make to see if her prediction is correct?
[1]

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10 Forces are measured using forcemeters.
N0 N0 N0 N0 N0
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
forcemeter 4
5
4
5
4
5
4
5
4
5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
masses
A B C D E
(a) What is the reading on forcemeter B?
N [1]
(b) Complete the results in the table.
number of masses force in N
2 2
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(c) There is a pattern in the results.
As the number of masses increases the reading on the forcemeter
. [1]
(d) Predict the result when 8 masses are put on the forcemeter.
N [1]

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11 Hassan and Jamila grow plants in different coloured bottles.
green blue clear red

bottle bottle bottle bottle
(a) Hassan wants to make the test fair.
He puts the same amount of soil in each bottle.
Write down one other factor Hassan keeps the same.
[1]
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(b) Use the picture to decide which coloured bottle is best for plants to grow.
Choose words from the list.
biggest blue green more
less red smallest clear
The plants grow best in the bottle.
This is because the plants in this bottle are .
The conclusion will be more reliable if they put plants
in each bottle.
[2]
(c) What does light give to the plants to help them grow?
colour
energy
food
temperature
water
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12 Carlos uses his lungs to get oxygen into his body.
(a) Describe how the oxygen gets to all parts of his body.
[1]
(b) Carlos needs oxygen in all parts of his body.
Write down two reasons why Carlos needs oxygen.
[2]
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13 Aiko investigates shadows.
She puts a star-shaped piece of card between a light source and a white screen.
light source card white screen
(a) Why does the card form a shadow?
[1]
(b) Aiko moves the card closer to the light source.
What happens to the shadow?
[1]
(c) Aiko changes the white screen to a mirror.
She sees the star in the mirror.
Explain why she sees the star in the mirror.
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14 The freezing point of a material is the temperature when a liquid becomes a solid.
(a) What is the meaning of the words boiling point?
[1]
(b) Write down the temperature of the boiling point of water.
Include the units.
[1]
(c) What is the meaning of the words melting point?
[1]
(d) Write down the temperature of the melting point of water.
Include the units.
[1]
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15 Food chains are made up of producers, consumers, predators and prey.
(a) What is a producer?
[1]
(b) What is a consumer?
[1]
(c) What is a predator?
[1]
(d) The number of predators in a food chain increases.
What happens to the number of their prey?
always doubles
always halves
decreases
increases
stays the same

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16 Penguins living in very cold places huddle together in big groups.
This helps them survive the cold.
Ahmed investigates why huddling together helps penguins survive the cold.
Ahmed:
• puts 10 boiling tubes into beaker A
• puts 1 boiling tube into beaker B
• adds 40 cm3 of hot water to each boiling tube
• measures the temperature of water in boiling tubes X and Y
• records the temperature of the water in boiling tubes X and Y every two
minutes.
X Y
beaker A beaker B
(a) Ahmed makes this prediction,
‘I think the water in tube X will stay warmer than the water in tube Y.’
Tick () to show if Ahmed is correct.
yes no
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(b) Ahmed wants to investigate how fur helps animals survive the cold.
Complete his method.
Ahmed:
• wraps around a boiling tube
• puts the boiling tube into beaker A
• puts another boiling tube into beaker B with around it
• adds 40 cm3 of hot water to each boiling tube
• measures the temperature of water in the boiling tubes in beaker A and in

beaker B
• records the temperature of the water in the boiling tubes in beaker A and in
beaker B every two minutes.
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
SCIENCE 0846/02
45 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
INFORMATION
IB21 10_0846_02/8RP
2
1 (a) Oliver has two groups of animals.
group A group B
earthworm
bat
dog
butterfly
cat
duck
tiger
Write down one feature that Oliver uses to put the animals into these two
groups.
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(b) Look at these animals.
gorilla snail snake
frog horse
Oliver puts these animals into two groups.
Complete the table.
Two have been done for you.
group C group D
frog snake
[1]
(c) Write down the feature that Oliver uses to put the animals into these two
groups.
[1]

4
2 Mixtures are separated using different methods.
Draw a line between each mixture and its correct separation method.
mixture separation method
dissolve in water and filter
iron powder and

use a magnet
aluminium powder
sand and salt burn the mixture
salt solution evaporate the mixture
sand and water melt the mixture
lumps of marble and

sieve the mixture
powdered marble
filter the mixture
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3 Complete the crossword puzzle.
Clues
1 down
Weight is measured in .
2 down
Weight is a type of .
3 across
Mass is measured in .
[3]

6
4 The parts of a plant have different functions.
Draw a line from each part to its correct function.
part function
flower takes in light
leaf for reproduction
root transports water
stem takes water in

[2]
5 Copper sulfate is a blue solid that dissolves in water.
Complete these sentences about copper sulfate dissolving in water.
Choose words from the list.
insoluble
soluble
solute
solution
solvent
Copper sulfate is in water.
Copper sulfate dissolves in water to form a blue .
Water is the and copper sulfate is the .

[3]
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6 The platypus has features that are suited to its habitat.
big beak
thick fur
webbed feet
The platypus has thick fur to .
The platypus has webbed feet to help it .

[1]
The platypus is camouflaged to help it
The platypus has a big beak to
.
[2]

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7 (a) These words are about light.
Draw a line from the word to the correct meaning.
word meaning
dark shape that appears on a

opaque surface when light is blocked
material that lets light through
reflects
material that stops light going
through
shadow what happens to light when it

hits a mirror
[2]
(b) Safia is looking at a flower.
Explain how Safia sees the flower.
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8 Yuri learns about how sound travels in different materials.
Tick () the correct box to show if the sentence is true or false.
sentence true false
Sound travels in air.
Sound does not travel in water.
Sound travels in solids.
Sound does not travel in a vacuum (no air).

[2]

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9 Forces make objects move.
Draw one arrow () on each picture to show the direction of the force.
Start the arrow from the large dot ( ) in each picture.
The ball is kicked. The weights are lifted. The box is pulled
by the boy.
The trolley is pushed The hands are moved The girl pushes
by the girl. together. on the wall.
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10 Diesel is a liquid fuel used in the engines of some motor cars and trucks.
(a) Diesel evaporates slowly at room temperature.
Write down what happens during evaporation.
[1]
(b) Suggest one way to increase the speed of evaporation.
[1]
(c) Evaporation is a reversible change.
Name the process that is the reverse of evaporation.
[1]
11 Aiko is in hospital.
kidney
machine Aiko
Her kidneys do not work.
Aiko is attached to a kidney machine.
Explain how the kidney machine is helping Aiko.
[2]

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12 Look at this list of materials.
property
material is it a liquid
is it
is it hard? is it flexible? at room
transparent?
temperature?
A yes yes no no
B yes no no no
C yes yes no no
D no no yes yes
E no yes no no
F yes yes yes no
G no no no yes
(a) Which two materials are see-through? [1]
(b) Which material is water? [1]
(c) Material E is suitable to make clothes.
Write down the best two reasons why material E is suitable to make clothes.
2
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13 The Sun appears to move across the sky during a day in summer.
The diagram shows different positions of the Sun.
Sun
surface of Earth
Here are some sentences about the Sun.
Draw a line from each sentence to true or false.
sentence
It is midday when the Sun is

highest in the sky.
The Sun goes down in the west. true
In winter the Sun is lower in the

false
sky than in the summer.
In winter the Sun moves in the

opposite direction.
[2]

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14 Mike investigates the germination of seeds.
Mike:
• puts filter paper and cotton wool into 6 dishes
• puts 15 seeds into each dish
• adds water to 3 of the dishes
• puts the dishes in different places
• looks at the dishes after 4 days.
filter
dish paper
cotton
seeds wool
A B C
D E F
number of seeds
dish water condition
germinated after 4 days
in a cold room
A yes 2
in the dark
in a warm room
B yes
with light
in a warm room
C yes 10
in the dark
in a cold room
D no 0
in the dark
in a warm room
E no 0
with light
in a warm room
F no 0
in the dark
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(a) Mike did not write down his results for dish B.
Here are his results for dish B.
How many seeds germinated in dish B? [1]
(b) Which conditions are needed for germination?
Circle all the correct answers.
cold dark light no water warmth water
[2]

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15 There are craters on the surface of the Moon.
crater
Blessy investigates how craters are made.
Blessy:
• smoothes the surface of sand in a tray
• drops a stone into the sand
• measures the size of the crater the stone makes in the sand
• repeats the method dropping the stone from different heights
• repeats the measurements for each height.
sand
stone
tray
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size of crater in mm
height of drop
in cm measurement for measurement for
drop 1 drop 2
20 12 11
40 15 14
60 28 26
80 32 30
100 33 35
(a) What equipment does Blessy use to measure the size of the crater?
[1]
(b) Blessy changes the height of the drop.
Write down two factors Blessy keeps the same in her investigation.
2
[2]

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16 Rajiv dissolves a fertiliser in water.
He records the mass of fertiliser that dissolves in 5 cm3 of water.
Rajiv makes measurements at 6 different temperatures.
He shows his results in a graph.
50
40
mass dissolved
in grams
30
20
10
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
temperature in °C
(a) Rajiv wants to make his results more reliable.
Suggest two ways he can make his results more reliable.

1
[2]
(b) Describe the pattern of his results.
[1]
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(c) What mass of fertiliser is dissolved in 5 cm3 of water at 30 °C?
g [1]
(d) Predict the mass of fertiliser that dissolves at 60 °C.
g [1]
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1 The table shows two organs in the human body.

Complete the table.

picture of organ name of organ

2 Oliver has three different mixtures.

 copper powder and steel powder

 copper powder and zinc lumps

 sand and water

He wants to separate each mixture.

mixture method of separating

copper powder and steel powder

copper powder and zinc lumps

sand and water

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3 Yuri has a balloon.

He blows into the balloon.

Complete the sentences.

Choose the best words from

direction force speed pull push shape

Yuri puts the balloon in his mouth.

He uses a to air into the

balloon. The balloon changes . [2]

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petrol flammable liquid

gold melting point of 0 C

nitrogen colourless gas

polythene plastic shiny solid

water attracted to a magnet

flexible and colourless

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This is the model they make.

 Safia holds the hoop A.

 Mia moves the small ball B around the hoop A.

 Mike stands still in the middle holding the large ball C.

Complete the sentences.

Choose from the words

axis Earth Moon orbit Sun

Hoop A is a model of the .

Ball B is a model of the .

Ball C is a model of the .

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6 Safia and Lily use the internet.

They find some information about plant growth.

(b) Which plant stops growing when the temperature is 45 C?

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7 This question is about sound.

(a) Decide if each statement is true or false.

Tick () the correct box.

statement true false

sound travels at the same speed through all materials

volume of sound is measured in decibels

(b) Decide if each statement is true or false.

Tick () the correct box.

statement true false

the strings of a violin vibrate to make sound

hitting a drum harder makes a softer sound

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8 Jamila investigates bones in a human hand.

She makes some measurements.

(c) Write down one other measurement she can make.