CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 3 MID-POINT TEST

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Mid-point test
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Assessment International Education.
1 This table can help us to say if something is alive or not.
Look at the table and answer these questions.
a Fill in the final row about the bear.

moves needs water grows makes needs can has

and food waste air sense young
beetle ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
eagle ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
cloud ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
river ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
bear

b A living beetle does all seven things, so we know it is _______________.

c A cloud can move and grow, but we know it is not alive because it does not
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2 Marcus has grown three plants in different places.

Cold place Warm place Hot place

Day 1

Day 14

a Measure the plants in each place on days 1 and 14.

Now complete the table below.

Cold place Warm place Hot place

Day 1

Day 14

b What happened to the plant in the hot place on day 14?

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3 Complete each sentence with the word solid, liquid or gas.

a
Each piece of sand is a
_______________.

The ice lolly is a _______________.

Metal is a _______________.

Steam is a _______________.

Milk is a _______________.

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4 Marcus has spilt sand and metal paper clips on the floor.

Suggest how he could quickly separate the sand and the paper clips.

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5 Draw a line from the shadow to the object which would cast that shadow.

6 Zara is investigating how the size of a shadow can change. She holds the star
at different distances from the screen and measures the size of the shadow.

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These are Zara’s results.

Distance of the
Width of the
Test number star from the
star’s shadow
screen
1 10 cm 10 cm

2 20 cm 15 cm

3 30 cm 20 cm

Answer these questions.

a Write down three different pieces of equipment Zara is using.

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b Zara is measuring the size of the shadow.
Does she do this in millimetres, centimetres or metres?

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c Explain how the shadow of the star is made.

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d Look at the table of Zara’s results.
What was the width of the shadow when the star was 20 cm from the screen?

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e Zara looks at the table and sees a pattern in the results.

Finish the sentences that she writes.

“As I move the star away from the screen its shadow gets
_______________.”

f Predict the size of shadow when Zara holds the star 40 cm from the screen.

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