AWFAZ GLOBAL SCHOOL DOHA, QATAR

THIRD TERM 2017-2018

SCIENCE YEAR 7
Revision Paper
Name: Section: Date:
Revision topics for Term 3 are;
1. 7G – The Particle Model – Exploring science 7 pages 103 – 118
2. 7H – Atoms, Elements and Molecules – Exploring science 7 pages 119 – 134
3. 7K – Forces – Exploring science 7 pages 167- 182

Kindly note, that the questions in this revision pack are NOT necessarily the exact questions that
will be assessed in the exam.
The questions in this pack are practice questions and must be used as part of your revision resource.
You are also advised to revise questions related to the topics above in your Chemistry, Physics and
Biology workbooks.

1. A gannet is a type of sea bird.

(a)     When a gannet flies at a constant height above the sea, there is a downward force of
30N on the gannet.

What is the size of the upward force on the gannet?

Tick the correct box.
 

less than 30N

exactly 30N

more than 30N

need more information

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(a) Label the arrows to show the names of the forces acting on the gannet as it dives.

2.  (i)      Stefan is snowboarding. Gravity acts on Stefan.

On the diagram below, draw an arrow to show the direction of the force of gravity.

                           

(ii)     When Stefan wants to slow down, he pushes one edge of the snowboard into the snow.

                          

   What force between the board and the snow makes him slow down?

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3. The drawing shows a snow-buggy being pulled by a sail.

The buggy rests on three skis on the snow.

(a)     The drawing shows four forces that act when the snow-buggy is moving.
         Draw a line from each force in the list below to the correct letter from the
diagram.

Draw only three lines.

(b)     A scientist travelled 80 kilometres (km) each day in the buggy.

        How many kilometres did he travel in 10 days?
............. km

(c)     The buggy carried the scientist, food and equipment for the journey.
The table shows how the total mass changed.
 
total mass at start total mass at end
 
of journey (kg) of journey (kg)

mass of buggy, scientist,

295 130
food and equipment

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       The buggy sank deeper into the snow at the start of the journey than at the end.

Why did it sink deeper at the start? Use the table to help you.
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(d)     The buggy rests on three skis instead of three wheels.

          Why are skis better than wheels for travelling on snow?
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(e)     When a bigger sail is used, the buggy goes faster.

         How does a bigger sail help the buggy to go faster?
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4. a)     Nicola is trying out her new roller blades. Robert is pulling her along with a rope. Arrows A,
B, C and D show the directions of four forces acting on Nicola.

(i)      Which arrow shows the direction of the force of gravity on Nicola?
Give the letter.
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(ii)     Which arrow shows the direction of the force of the rope on Nicola?
Give the letter.
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(b)     Robert pulls Nicola at a steady speed of 2 metres per second. How far will Nicola travel in
10 seconds?
............... metres

(c)     Nicola lets go of the rope and she slows down. Gravity still acts on Nicola.
         Give the name of one other force still acting on Nicola after she lets go of the rope.
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5. Jenny’s book has an area of 200 cm . 2

It exerts a pressure of 0.05 N/cm  on the desk. 2

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What is the weight of the book?

Use the space below to show your working.
 
 
_______ N

6. Paula made a pendulum from a ball attached to a piece of string.

                              

She counted the number of swings the ball made in 10 seconds.

She repeated the experiment with different lengths of string.

         

The table below shows Paula’s results.

 

number of swings in 10
length of string (cm)
seconds

10 16

20 11

30 9

40 8

50 7

(a)     What happens to the number of swings when the string gets longer?

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(b)     Paula drew a graph of her results.

(i)      Write the labels on both axes of the graph below.

Use the table to help you.

(ii)     Paula made a pendulum from a piece of string that was 15 cm long.
How many times would this pendulum swing in 10 seconds?
Use the graph to help you.

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(iii)     Paula made a pendulum from a piece of string that was 60 cm long.
Estimate the number of swings the pendulum makes in 10 seconds.
Use the graph.
Tick the best answer.

18               12             6               4    

(c)     After some time the pendulum stops moving.

What force makes the pendulum stop moving?

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7. The drawing below shows a space buggy on the surface of Mars.

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(a)     The weight of the buggy was 105 N on Earth and 40 N on Mars.

Why was the weight of the buggy less on Mars than on Earth?

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(b)     The weight of the buggy was 40 N on Mars.

When the buggy landed on Mars it rested on an area of 0.025 m2.

          Calculate the pressure exerted by the buggy on the surface of Mars.

Give the unit.

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(c)     The drawing below shows a snowshoe.

      

How do snowshoes help people to walk in deep snow?

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8. Anil sits on a mat at the top of a helter-skelter and then slides down a chute
around the outside.

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(a)     (i)      Name two of the forces acting on Anil as he slides from point A to point B.

1.....................................................................2....................................................................

9. Gemstones called rubies are made from an aluminium compound with the
formula Al2O3.

          The chemical symbol for aluminium is Al.

(i)      Give the name of the element that is combined with aluminium in this
compound.

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(ii)     Suggest the name of the compound with the formula Al2O3.

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(iii)     How many atoms are there in the formula Al2O3?

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10. (i)      When iron is heated with sulphur, iron sulphide is formed.

Give the name of the solid formed when zinc is heated with sulphur.
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(ii)     Some fossil fuels contain sulphur.

When fuels burn, sulphur reacts with oxygen.
         Complete the word equation for this reaction.

      sulphur + oxygen →  .............................................................................

11. Easy Grow is ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3.

  (i) How many different elements are present in ammonium nitrate?

         .............

     (ii) How many atoms are present in the formula of ammonium nitrate?
         .............

12. The list below shows properties that different elements can have.
•    magnetic
•    can be compressed
•    very high melting point
•    very low melting point
•    good conductor of heat
•    poor conductor of heat
•    good conductor of electricity
•    poor conductor of electricity

(a)     Which two properties from the list above make aluminium suitable for saucepans?

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

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

(b)     Which property in the list above explains why:

(i)      copper is used in the cable of a television?

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(ii)     a lot of oxygen gas can be pumped into a very small container?
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13. The diagrams represent the arrangement of atoms or molecules in four different
substances, A, B, C and D.

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not to scale

  Each of the circles, ,  and represents an atom of a different element.

(a)     (i)      Which substance is a compound?

…………

(ii)     Which substance is a mixture?

…………

(iii)     Which two substances are elements?

………… and …………

(iv)  Which two substances could be good thermal conductors?

………… and …………

(v)     Which substance could be carbon dioxide?

…………

(b)     The following experiment was set up. Test-tubes containing substances B and C were
placed together as shown. The substances did not react.
They were left for five minutes.

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(i)      How many molecules are there in the mixture compared to the total number in substances
B and C?

……………………………………….……………………………………….

(ii)     Complete the diagram which is a model of this experiment.

a.

14. (a)     From the substances named above, give:

(i)      the name of a metal;

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(ii)     the name of an element which is a non-metal;

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(iii)     the name of an element which will rust;

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(iv)    the name of a compound.

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(b)     When magnesium and sulphur are heated together, they react.
Write the name of the compound which is formed when magnesium reacts
with sulphur.

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15. Lavender oil is a perfume obtained from lavender flowers.

Steam at 100°C is passed through the flowers in the apparatus below.

             not to scale

          Water vapour and lavender oil vapour pass down a copper tube towards a separator.

(a)     (i)      The lavender flowers are heated in a container with a sealed lid.

         Why must the lid be sealed?
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1 mark

(ii)     What would happen if the container did not have a pressure-release valve?

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1 mark

(a) Lavender oil vapour and water vapour cool as they pass down the copper tube.
A mixture of lavender oil and water collects in the separator.

(i)      What is the change in the physical state of both lavender oil vapour 
and water vapour as they cool?
from .................................. to ..................................
1 mark

(ii)     Look at the separator.

         How does this show that the water is denser than lavender oil?
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(c)     Rosie poured some lavender oil into an oil burner.

She heated it with a candle.

                                  
           The oil changed state.

          

Which diagram represents this change of state?

Write the letter.
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16. A student shakes a tube containing small balls to model the movement of particles in a gas.
 

(a)     Why is this a good model for the movement of particles in a gas?

Tick (  ) two boxes.

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  The balls move slowly.

 

The balls are far apart from each

  other.
 

  The balls are different colours.

 

  The balls move randomly.

 

(b)     For a given material, in which state of matter:

are the particles in a regular arrangement?

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do the particles have the most kinetic energy?

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17. Complete the table below with the correct chemical formula of each
substance. Use the key to help you.

(iv)    What is the name of the substance represented by the symbol ?

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18. Draw a line from each of the substances below to the group that it belongs to.

Draw only three lines.

          Draw a line from each group to the correct description.

Draw only three lines.
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19. The diagram shows an outline of part of the Periodic Table of Elements.

 
(a)     What is the name of the element with the symbol H?
………………………………….

(b) In which regions of the Periodic Table are the following types of element found?

(i)      non-metals (such as oxygen and chlorine);

region …………

(ii)     very reactive metals (such as sodium and potassium);

region …………

(iii)     less reactive metals (such as copper and zinc).

Region …………

(c)     Why is copper sulphate not found in the Periodic Table?

……………………………………………………………………………………….

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20. A section of the periodic table of elements is shown below.

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(a)     Where in this section of the periodic table are the metals found?
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(b)     Sodium chloride is formed when sodium and chlorine combine together in a
chemical reaction.
Write the symbols for sodium and chlorine.
sodium          ....................................................

chlorine         ....................................................

(c)     The formula for a substance is MgS. What is the name of this substance?

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(d)     Give the name of one element in the table above which is a gas at room
temperature and in which the atoms are joined together in molecules.

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21.  A chemistry teacher demonstrated the reaction between sodium and water to some students.
One of the students wrote the following notes.

The reaction between sodium and water

A piece of sodium was cut easily into smaller pieces with a

knife.

The sodium was added to water in a trough.

The sodium:
    •    floated
    •    melted quickly to give a silvery ball
    •    moved on the surface of the water
    •    fizzed.

Use the information in the box to help you to answer these questions.
What evidence is there that:
(i)      sodium has a low melting point
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(ii)     sodium is soft
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(iii)    a gas was produced?

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22. This question is about four chemical elements.

(a) The melting points and boiling points of the four elements are shown in the table.
Complete the table to give the physical state, solid, liquid or gas, of each element at
room temperature, 21°C.

element melting point boiling point physical state at room

in °C in °C temperature, 21°C

bromine –7 59  

chlorine –101 –34  

fluorine –220 –188  

iodine 114 184  

(b)     Bromine can be a solid, a liquid or a gas depending on the temperature.

In which physical state will 10 g of bromine store the most thermal energy?

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(c)     Is bromine a solid, a liquid or a gas when the arrangement of particles is:

(i) far apart and random? .......................................................................

(ii) close together but random? ...............................................................

(iii) close together in a regular pattern? ...................................................

23. Solids, liquids and gases have different properties and different uses.
Some of these are described in the table.

Tick either one or two boxes in each row to show whether a solid, liquid or gas matches the
description in that row.
 
property or use solid liquid gas

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it is used to build rigid or stiff structures      

it flows easily through a pipe or tube      

it can be squeezed into a much smaller volume      

24. The diagram below represents the particles found in air.

(a)     Complete the following table. Use the diagram and key above to help you.
 
name symbol chemical formula

argon   Ar

nitrogen  
 

oxygen   O2

   
 

(b)     Air is a gas at room temperature.

What evidence in the diagram above shows this?
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(c)     A sample of air in a balloon is cooled.

Complete the sentences below using words from the box.
You may use each word more than once.
 
   increases                 decreases                  stay the same

When the air is cooled, the volume of the air ........................................... and
the mass of the air ............................................. .
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When the air is cooled, the density of the air..............................................

25. (a)     The diagram below shows part of the periodic table of elements.

        
  The shaded area contains only metal elements.
Two other areas also contain only metal elements.

         Which areas contain only metal elements?

Tick the two correct boxes.

       A         B         C         D         E 

(b)     Copper is a metal.
          At room temperature copper is a strong solid.
Give two other properties of copper that show it is a metal.
1. ....................................................................................................................

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

(c)     When copper metal is heated it reacts with a gas in air.

        
What is the chemical name of the product formed when copper reacts with a gas in air?
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(d)     Which statement below describes what happens in a chemical change but not in a

physical change?
    Tick the correct box.

The product is a solid.

 

The change only happens at a high

temperature.

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The atoms have combined in a different way

to make a new substance.
 

The types of atoms at the start are the same

as in the end product.
 

26. The drawing shows a gold mask from a tomb in Egypt. The gold is still shiny after thousands of
years.

           
(a)     What is pure gold? Tick the correct box.

        a compound                        a mixture       

          an element                       a solution       

(b)     The list shows some of the properties of gold.

          It conducts electricity.          It melts at 1064°C.          It is yellow.
     It is easily scratched.          It stays shiny.          It conducts heat.

(i)      Which one of these properties shows that gold does not react with oxygen in the air?

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(ii)     Which two of the properties above are properties of all metals?

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

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