Science

Assessment
Year 6

th
Tuesday 15 June 2021
1) The unit of measurement for time is hours, minutes or seconds.

a) What is the unit of measurement for mass?

(1 mark)

b) What is the unit of measurement for weight?

(1 mark)

2) In science changes are either reversible or irreversible.

Put a cross in the box to say whether the following changes are reversible or
irreversible.

REVERSIBLE IRREVERSIBLE

Baking a potato

Melting chocolate

Evaporating steam from sea water

Burning a candle

Mixing salt and sand

Sieving sand from stones

(3 marks)
3)

a) What do these symbols represent?

(1 mark)

(1 mark)

(1 mark)

(1 mark)
 b) Paolo closes the switch in the circuit. What will he see happen?

(1 mark)

4)

a) Why are the pins made of metal?

(1 mark)

b) Why is the outer covering made of plastic?

(1 mark)
5) It is important to care for the environment.

Explain three ways that people can care for the environment.

i)
(1 mark)

ii)
(1 mark)

iii)
(1 mark)

6) Complete the two following sentences about friction.

a) If friction acts upon an object the speed of the object will......

(1 mark)

b)The frictional force that slows down an object travelling through the air is
called.....

(1 mark)
7)

a) Which picture shows the correct size of a human heart?

(1 mark)

b) Complete these sentences.

i) The heart pumps around the body.

(1 mark)

ii) The heart makes sure that oxygen taken in by the gets to the
brain.
(1 mark)

iii) The heart is an organ made from .

(1 mark)
8a)

(2 marks)

b)

Great white sharks have a blue back and a white belly. Explain why this is
advantageous for the shark.

(3 marks)
9)

(1 mark)
b)

Which materials in the table are good conductors of electricity?

(1 mark)

c) Name a material that is not in the table but is able to conduct electricity.

(1 mark)
10a)

lioness grass antelope

These pictures show three living organisms that live in a savannah environment.

Put them into a food chain starting with the producer (if possible put in arrows to
show the flow of energy).

(1 mark)

b) These pictures show some living things that live in the sea. Put them into a food
chain starting with the producer (if possible put in arrows to show the flow of
energy).

(1 mark)
c) What is a ‘secondary consumer’?

(1 mark)

11) An astronaut stands on a weighing scale on earth, they read 90kg. The
astronaut then travels to the planet Zygon which has a quarter of the gravitational
force of the earth.

a) What is the astronaut’s mass on Zygon?

(1 mark)

b) What is the astronaut’s weight on Zygon?

(1 mark)

12) Explain how deforestation (the destruction and cutting down of large sways of
forest) helps to contribute to global warming?

(1 mark)