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SCIENCE 0846/02
Paper 2 April 2018
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muscles
blood
bones
fat
other muscles
skin
[1]
When Oliver runs the muscles in his legs move because the muscles
. [1]
fertilisation
germination
pollination
1
seed production
[1]
glass block
magnifying glass
microscope
mirror
telescope
[1]
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
[1]
ear
elephant
Describe how the ears of the elephant make it suited to living in its habitat.
process A process B
solid liquid mercury
mercury mercury vapour
process C process D
string
hand
The string
because
[2]
stick
(b) What two pieces of equipment do they use for measuring in this experiment?
forcemeter
light meter
ruler
sound meter
stop clock
weighing scales
[2]
(c) Jamila and Safia want to make their investigation a fair test.
heart
blood vessels
The heart pumps blood through all the blood vessels in the body.
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]
woodlice
10
6
number of
woodlice 5
0
dark and
dry
condition
[2]
lamp
Carlos
book
flowering
germination
pollination
seed dispersal
seed production
[1]
(b) Why is it important to the poppy plant that this process happens?
[1]
A is
B is [2]
inhaler
[1]
cough medicine
painkiller
rash cream
teething gel
vitamins
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
[1]
recorder
(b) Describe how Angelique changes the pitch of the sound from the recorder.
[1]
baking bread
burning a match
frying an egg
[1]
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?
magnesium
solid white yes high
sulfate
[1]
One group is soluble in water and the other group is insoluble in water.
[2]
group A group B
hydrogen iron
paraffin marble
Which two questions in the table does Anastasia use to sort the materials?
1
[2]
lamp
battery wire X
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 cm
rod of graphite
Mike writes down how bright the lamp is for each distance.
0 100
2 80
4 60
(b) Predict the brightness of the lamp for the distance of 6 cm.
0 20 40 60 80
[1]
(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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