Science

Year 7

2024

30 minutes

No additional materials are needed.

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

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

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1 Ahmed finds this information about six substances.

substance property

A high boiling point

B low melting point

C gas at room temperature

D shiny

E magnetic

F ductile

(a) Use these properties to sort the six substances into metals and non-metals.

One has been done for you.

metal non-metal

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(b) Ahmed investigates the electrical conductivity of three metals, X, Y and Z.

Here is his equipment.

metal

Here are his results.

metal brightness of lamp

X dim

Y bright

Z bright

Ahmed concludes that metals Y and Z are better electrical conductors than metal X.

Suggest an improvement to Ahmed’s experiment to find out which is the better electrical
conductor, Y or Z.

Explain your suggestion.

improvement

explanation

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2 The table shows the properties of six elements A–F.

Each element could be a metal or a non-metal.

Place one tick (9) in the correct box for each element.

element properties metal non-metal

A yellow powder with a low melting point

B pink solid which conducts heat

C hard, grey magnetic solid

silver coloured liquid at room temperature which

D
conducts electricity

E orange liquid which does not conduct electricity

F colourless gas

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3 The table gives some information about three metals.

metal mass of 1 cm3 of reaction with cold strength in MPa

metal in g water
aluminium 2.7 no reaction 125
forms rust
steel 7.8 400
(iron oxide)
gold 19.3 no reaction 120

(a) Give one advantage and one disadvantage from the table of making cars from steel.

advantage .........................................................................................................................

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disadvantage ....................................................................................................................

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(b) Give one reason from the table why aluminium is suitable for making drinks containers.

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(c) Give one reason from the table why gold is suitable for making jewellery.

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(d) Give one reason, not shown in the table, why gold is suitable for making jewellery.

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