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SCIENCE 0846/02
Paper 2 April 2021
45 minutes
You must answer on the question paper.
No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You should show all your working in the booklet.
• You may use a calculator.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 The picture shows a bird gliding in the sky.

force A

force B

Complete these sentences.

(a) Force A slows the bird down.

Force A is called [1]

(b) Force B pulls the bird towards the Earth.

Force B is called [1]

(c) Force is measured in [1]

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2 People need to care for the environment.

Look at the sign.

PLEASE
DO NOT

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

(a) There is a word missing on the sign.

Write down the missing word in the box on the sign. [1]

(b) Write down two other ways people care for the environment.

[2]

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3 Blessy has a mixture of glass beads, salt, sand and steel powder.

The glass beads are much bigger than the particles of sand and steel.

She separates this mixture to get glass beads, salt solution, sand and steel.

Look at the flow chart describing how she separates the mixture.

mixture of glass beads, salt, sand and steel powder

stage A

mixture of salt, sand and steel powder glass beads

stage B

mixture of salt and sand steel powder

stage C

sand salt solution

(a) What is the name of the process used in stage A?

[1]

(b) Describe what Blessy does in stage B.

[1]

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4 Look at the information about the melting point and boiling point of some
substances.

substance melting point in °C boiling point in °C

A 10 100
B 1050 2400
C 950 2100
D 0 105
E 55 210
F 10 210

(a) Which substance has the same boiling point as water?

Choose from the table.

[1]

(b) Which substance has the same melting point as water?

Choose from the table.

[1]

(c) What is the freezing point of substance E?

°C [1]

(d) The temperature in a classroom is 25 °C.

The substances in the table are stored in the classroom.

Which three substances are liquids in the classroom?

[2]

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5 Flowering plants have a life cycle.

(a) The pictures show different stages in the life cycle of an apple plant.

They are not in the correct order.

letter picture

A
fruit

B
seeds

flower
C

D seedling

E Not drawn to scale

tree

Write the letters in the correct order to show the stages of the life cycle of the
apple plant.

One has been done for you.

D
[2]

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(b) Look at the seeds of the apple plant.

seeds

Describe how the apple seeds are dispersed.

[2]

6 The pictures show electrical circuit symbols.

Draw a line to match each symbol with the correct name.

symbol name

battery

buzzer

cell

lamp

switch

[2]

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7 This question is about materials.

(a) A compass contains a magnetic material.

Complete the sentence.

The name of one magnetic material is . [1]

(b) Complete these sentences about the uses and properties of materials.

Glass is used to make windows.

We use glass because .

Wool is used to make clothes.

We use wool because .

Plastic is used to make food containers.

We use plastic because .

Concrete is used to make bridges over roads.

We use concrete because .

[4]

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8 Rajiv makes a musical instrument using drinking straws.

drinking straws
card

(a) Describe how Rajiv uses the drinking straws to make a sound.

[1]

(b) Describe how Rajiv makes the sound louder.

[1]

(c) Complete the sentence.

As the length of the drinking straw decreases, the pitch .

[1]

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9 Mia and Lily investigate how lungs work.

Look at the equipment they use.

Mia
plastic bottle

tube

tank of water

This is the method they use:

• Lily measures the amount of water in the plastic bottle

• Mia breathes out down the tube
• the air that Mia breathes out removes some of the water in the bottle
• Lily measures the new amount of water in the plastic bottle
• they repeat the method with their friends.

(a) Lily measures the amount of water in litres.

What amount is Lily measuring?

Circle the correct answer.

force

length

mass

time

volume
[1]

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(b) Here are their results.

amount of water amount of water amount of water

name
at start in litres at end in litres removed in litres
Mia 5.0 2.0 3.0

Lily 5.0 3.5 1.5

Priya 5.0 2.5 2.5
Blessy 5.0 2.0 3.0

Aiko 5.0 1.5

What amount of water does Aiko remove from the plastic bottle?

litres [1]

(c) Complete the bar chart to show their results for the amount of water removed.

Include the label for the y-axis.

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

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

0
Mia Lily Priya Blessy Aiko
[3]

(d) Lily says,

‘The amount of water removed = the amount of air breathed out.’

Who breathed out the least amount of air?

[1]

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10 The table shows some information about different planets in the Solar System.

distance from time to spin time to orbit

planet the Sun on axis the Sun
in million km in Earth days in Earth years
A 57.9 58.6 0.2
B 149.6 1.0 1.0
C 108.2 243.0 0.6
D 778.4 0.4 11.9
E 227.9 1.0 1.9

(a) Which planet is the nearest to the Sun?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

(b) Which planet takes the most time to move around the Sun?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

(c) Describe the relationship between the distance from the Sun and the time to
orbit the Sun.

[1]

(d) Which planet is Earth?

Explain your answer.

[1]

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11 Oliver finds this information on the internet.

animal number of bones in the body

cat 230
dog 320

elephant 326
horse 205
snake 1800

(a) Put the animals in the correct order from most to least number of bones.

most number of bones

least number of bones

[1]

(b) The skeleton of a human has 206 bones.

How many more bones are there in the skeleton of a cat compared to a
human?

more bones [1]

(c) Write down two reasons why animals have a skeleton.

2
[2]

(d) The snake Oliver found on the internet is 7 m long.

Some snakes only have 600 bones.

Why do some snakes have fewer bones?

[1]

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12 Jamila and Carlos heat a substance.

They measure the temperature of the substance every minute.

Before they start the investigation, Jamila makes this prediction:

‘The longer the substance is heated the higher the

temperature of the substance.’

Look at their results table.

time in minutes temperature in °C

0 25
1 29

2 33

3 37

4 41

5 45

6 49
7 49
8 49
9 52

10 57

(a) Complete the sentence to describe the pattern in the results.

As the time increases

[2]

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(b) Do the results support Jamila’s prediction?

Explain your answer.

[1]

(c) Carlos decides to present their results in another way.

Circle the best way to present the results.

bar chart

histogram

line graph

pie chart

[1]

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13 Priya and Chen investigate shadows.

The picture shows the equipment they use.

post
large sheet of white paper

shadow

Priya and Chen:

• place a large sheet of white paper on the ground

• put a post at one end of the paper

• measure the length of the shadow at different times of the day.

(a) The post makes a shadow.

Why does the post make a shadow?

Tick () the correct box.

the post is heavy

the post is opaque

the post is tall

the post is transparent

[1]

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(b) Here are their results.

time of day length of shadow in cm

10:30 144
11:00 129

11:30 114
12:00 105
12:30 111

13:00
13:30 126

What is the difference in the length of the shadow between 10:30 to 11:00?

cm [1]

(c) What time of day did they observe the shortest length of shadow?

[1]

(d) Priya and Chen did not record a length for 13:00.

Predict the length of the shadow at 13:00.

[1]

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