Q1.

Richard wanted to find out the best conditions for growing lettuce plants.

                    

He took 4 trays and planted 8 lettuce plants in each.

The results of his investigation are shown below.
 
  variables  

air temperature number of plants

tray light level soil moisture
(°C) alive after 7 days

A medium 25 moist 8

B medium 25 dry 6

C medium 45 moist 2

D medium 45 dry 0

(a)     How many days did Richard’s investigation last?

Use the table to help you.

.......7.......... days
1 mark

(b)     Look at the table. Which variables did Richard change in his investigation?
Tick the correct box.

light level and air soil moisture and

temperature   type of soil  

air temperature and type of soil and

soil moisture light level
   
1 mark

(c)     Richard said:

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          Why is Richard not able to make this conclusion from his investigation?

Because he has changed the soil moister and the air temperature. He also didn’t
test other light level.
1 mark

(d)     The table below shows the number of lettuce plants alive at the end of day 1 and
day 7 of the investigation.

          For each tray, A, B, C and D, suggest the number of plants that were alive on day 4.
Write your answers in the table below.
 
  number of plants alive

tray day 1 day 4 day 7

A 8 8 8

B 8 7 6

C 8 5 2

D 4 2 0

2 marks
maximum 5 marks
 

Q2.
The drawing below shows Rebekah pulling a turnip out of the ground.

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(a)     Which arrow, A, B, C or D, shows the direction of force of Rebekah’s hand on the
turnip?

..........A.......
1 mark

(b)     The drawing below shows root maggots eating a turnip.

The maggots damage the roots.

Damaged roots do not grow very well.

Complete the sentence below.

Damaged roots cannot take up as much nutrition and minerals from the soil.
2 marks

(c)     The drawing below shows a food chain including a rove beetle.

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not to scale

Which word describes a rove beetle?

Tick the correct box.
 

herbivore predator
   

prey producer
   
1 mark

(d)     Turnip plants make food by photosynthesis.

(i)      Which part of a plant makes food?

Leaves
1 mark

(ii)     What will the turnip plant use stored food for?

Make nutrition
1 mark
maximum 6 marks

Q3.
Zoë wants to investigate the way rock is worn away by running water.
She uses a long piece of ice rather than a piece of rock.
She places the ice in a sink and lets a thin stream of cold water run slowly over it.

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 (a) The thin stream of water starts to change the shape of the piece of ice.
What shape would form in the top of the piece of ice?

It will form a hole with a cone shape inside of the piece of ice.
1 mark

(b)     Zoë’s experiment was not a good way of showing how rocks are worn away by
water. The ice was worn down a little, but mostly it got smaller for a different
reason.
Why did the piece of ice get smaller?

Because the water will run down around the piece of ice, and worn it away
1 mark

          Zoë measures the height of the piece of ice at different times. She plots a bar chart
of her results.

(c)     Draw in the bar for the height of the ice after 3 minutes.
1 mark
Maximum 3 marks

Q4.
Some crushed ice at –20° C was placed in a beaker. A thermometer was put into the ice,
and the beaker was heated gently for 15 minutes.

          The graph shows how the reading on the thermometer changed over the 15 minutes.

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(a)     By how much did the temperature in the beaker change during the 15 minutes?

.............................................. °C
1 mark

(b)     Which letter on the graph shows:

(i)      when the ice is melting? .........................................

1 mark
(ii)     when the water is boiling?........................................
1 mark

(c)     During the experiment, the beaker and its contents were quickly removed from
the heat and weighed on a balance at the following times.

at 0 minutes
at 5 minutes
at 10 minutes
at 15 minutes

(i)      At which two times would you expect the readings on the balance to be
the same?

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 ....................... minutes and .................... minutes
1 mark

(ii)     Between which two of these times was the mass of the contents of the
beaker changing most rapidly?

....................... minutes and .................... minutes

1 mark
Maximum 5 marks

Q5.
The drawings below show the trees in a woodland area at the beginning of May and at
the end of May.

                  beginning of May                                                        end of May

          The graph below shows the amount of light reaching the top of the trees and the
woodland floor over one year.

(a)     Why does the amount of light reaching the woodland floor decrease during May?

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1 mark

(b)     Plants grow on the woodland floor.

          Explain why these plants grow bigger and faster when there is plenty of light.

........................................................................................................................

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2 marks

(c)     Respiration takes place in the cells of all plants.

          Complete the word equation for respiration.

oxygen + water  carbon dioxide + glucose

2 marks
maximum 5 marks

Q6.
The diagram below shows a plant cell.

(a)     In which part of a plant would you find this type of cell?

...............................Leaves.........................
1 mark

(b)     (i)      Give the function of the nucleus.

...............................................................................................................

...............................................................................................................
1 mark

(ii)     Give the function of the chloroplasts.

...............................................................................................................

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1 mark

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 (iii)     Give the function of the cell wall.

...............................................................................................................

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1 mark

(c)     Give the names of two labelled parts that are not present in animal cells.

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

2. .............................................................
2 marks

(d)     Tick one box in each row to show whether the statement is true for
photosynthesis or for respiration.
 
statement photosynthesis respiration

carbon dioxide is produced    

light is needed    

it occurs in plants and animals    

oxygen is produced    
2 marks
maximum 8 marks

Q7.
The drawing shows part of a blackberry plant.

(a)     Photosynthesis takes place in the leaves of the blackberry plant. Complete the word
equation for photosynthesis.

          water + carbon dioxide  ........................................ + oxygen

1 mark

(b)     Jonathan studied a blackberry plant growing in a shady place and a blackberry plant
growing in a sunny place.

(i)      Jonathan found that the plant in the shady place had larger leaves. Why is it

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 an advantage for plants in the shade to have leaves with a large surface area?

.............................................................................................................

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1 mark

(ii)     Both blackberry plants had green leaves. What part of the leaf cells makes the
leaf green?

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1 mark

(c)     The diagram below shows a cell from a leaf of a blackberry plant.

          The names of four parts of the cell are listed in the table below.

(i)                  Match the name of each part with a letter from the diagram. Write your
answers in the table.

 
part letter of part

cell wall D 

cytoplasm F 

nucleus A 

vacuole C 
4 marks

(ii)     Which two of the labelled parts are also present in an animal cell? Give the
correct letters from the diagram.

.......................... and ..........................

2 marks
Maximum 9 marks

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Q8.
(a)     The apparatus in the diagram below is used to obtain pure water from impure water.

(i)      What temperature would the thermometer show?

................................°C
1 mark

(ii)     What is the function of the piece of apparatus labelled R?

.............................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................
1 mark

(iii)     Give the name of the process which purifies water in this way.

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1 mark

(b)     The diagram below shows particles in a gas, a solid and a liquid.
Each arrow, A, B, C and D, represents a change of state.

(i)      Choose from the following words to complete the sentences below.

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 boiling                 condensing            distilling           evaporating

filtering               freezing                  melting

Change of state A is called  .................................................................. .

Change of state B is called  .................................................................. .

Change of state C is called  .................................................................. .

Change of state D is called  .................................................................. .

4 marks

(ii)     Look back to the apparatus in part (a).

Give the letter, A, B, C or D, from the diagram above, for the change of state
which occurs:

in the round-bottomed flask ...............................................................................

in the piece of apparatus labelled R. ..................................................................

2 marks
Maximum 9 marks

Q9.
(a)     The drawings below show three objects made from copper.

Draw a line from each object to the reason for using copper for that object.
Draw only three lines.

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3 marks

(b)     Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc. Some keys are made from brass

Why is brass more suitable than copper for a key?

Tick the two correct boxes.
 

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 Brass does not bend as easily as Brass is a paler colour than
copper.   copper.  

Brass is not as shiny as

Brass is harder than copper.
  copper.  

Brass is not such a good Brass is not such a good

conductor of electricity as copper.   conductor of heat as copper.  
2 marks

(c)     Zinc melts at 420°C.

Copper melts at 1085°C.

A scientist heated a mixture of pieces of zinc and pieces of copper to 600°C in a

dish.

What would be in the dish at 600°C?

 

liquid zinc and liquid liquid zinc and solid

copper   copper  

solid zinc and liquid solid zinc and solid

copper   copper  
1 mark
maximum 6 marks

Q10.
(a)     Air is a mixture of gases. The pie chart represents the percentages of different
gases in air.

          On the line by each section of the pie chart, write the name of the correct gas.
Two have been done for you.

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                                                                                                                      not to scale
2 marks

(b)     On a cold day, droplets of water form on a cold window.

          Explain how these droplets form.

.........................................................................................................................

.........................................................................................................................

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2 marks

(c)     The word equation below represents a process taking place in the cells of the
human body.

              glucose + oxygen ? carbon dioxide + water

(i)      What process does this word equation represent?

.............................................................
1 mark

(ii)     As a result of this process, the proportions of oxygen and carbon dioxide in
air breathed in and air breathed out change.

         Which one of the statements below is true?

Tick the correct box.

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1 mark
maximum 6 marks

Q11.
Some pupils predicted that water will evaporate faster if the surrounding air temperature is
higher.

          To investigate their prediction they placed some water in containers in two different
rooms.

(a)     Give two factors they should keep the same to make their investigation fair.

1. ..................................................................................................................
1 mark

2. ..................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b)     They recorded the mass of the water and the container in room 1 and room 2 every
day for 5 days.

          The table below shows their results.

mass of water and container (g)

time
(days)
room 1 room 2

0 100 100

1 92 85

2 80 72

3 72 54

4 60 45

5 46 30

          The data shown in their table is not sufficient to test their prediction.
Explain why.

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1 mark

          They plotted their data for room 2 and attempted to draw a line of best fit.

(c)     Describe the mistake they made in drawing the line of best fit.

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1 mark

(d)     Using the data in the table plot the points for room 1.
1 mark

(e)     Draw a line of best fit of the points you have drawn.
1 mark

(f)      In which room did the water evaporate more quickly?

Tick one box.

room 1                        room 2    

          Use their data to explain your answer.

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1 mark
maximum 7 marks

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