Science

Stage 3

Paper 2 2022

30 minutes

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 30.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 Draw a line to match each material to its correct state at room temperature.

material state at room temperature

milk solid

oxygen liquid

wool gas
[1]

2 Tick () the correct sentence about the Earth and Moon.

The Earth moves around the Moon.

The Earth touches the Moon.

The Moon and Earth do not move.

The Moon moves around the Earth.

[1]

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3 Priya investigates forces.

0.0 N
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5

measuring equipment

bucket

(a) Name the measuring equipment used to measure forces.

[1]

(b) Priya adds water to the bucket and measures the force.

She writes her results in a table.

volume of water
force
added to bucket
in N
in ml
0 2
100 3
200 4
300 5
400 6
500 7

Complete the sentences about the patterns in the results.

The force of the empty bucket is N.

As the volume of water increases the force .

When the volume of water increases by 100 ml the force changes by N.

[2]

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4 There are different types of animals.

(a) Mike has a picture of an animal.

Complete the sentence.

This animal is a fish because in the picture I see it has

. [1]

(b) Yuri has a picture of an animal.

Complete the sentence.

This animal is an amphibian because in the picture I see it has

. [1]

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5 Here are the properties of some materials.

solid or magnetic or
material soluble?
liquid? not magnetic?

A solid not magnetic yes

B solid magnetic yes

C solid not magnetic no

(a) A mixture contains materials A and B.

Describe how to separate A from B.

[1]

(b) A mixture contains material C and water.

Describe how to separate C from water.

[1]

6 Look at the four objects and the four torches.

Which diagram shows a shadow being made?

Circle the correct diagram.

[1]

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7 Butterflies have a life cycle.

(a) Write down each stage of the life cycle on the diagram.

Choose from the list.

adult caterpillar chrysalis egg

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

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

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

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(b) Aiko counts the number of different colour butterflies.

She writes the results in her notebook.

red 1111 1
blue 1111 1111
white 1111
green 11

Complete the table to show the total number of butterflies of each colour.

red blue white green

[1]

(c) Aiko uses a book to find out the name of the white butterflies.

The white butterflies are called cabbage butterflies.

How many cabbage butterflies does Aiko count?

[1]

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8 Planet Earth is the source of all the materials we use.

(a) The name of one of these materials is natural gas.

Write down the name of one other material.

[1]

(b) Natural gas is useful.

It is used to cook food.

Write down one other use for natural gas.

[1]

(c) Natural gas is used to cook rice.

Complete the diagram to show how natural gas is used to cook rice.

[1]

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9 Water is a liquid at room temperature.

Water is solid ice in a freezer.

liquid water solid ice

(a) Which sentence is correct for water at room temperature?

Circle the correct answer.

Water is easily squashed.

Water is seen because it is blue.

Water may be cut into smaller pieces.

Water takes the shape of the container.

[1]

(b) Which sentence is correct for solid ice in the freezer?

Circle the correct answer.

Ice is easily squashed.

Ice is seen because it is blue.

Ice may be cut into smaller pieces.

Ice may flow and is easily poured.

[1]

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10 Safia investigates friction.

She puts a car on a ramp and takes her hand away.

car

ramp

floor

The car moves down the ramp and onto the floor.

She measures how far the car travels.

(a) Safia wants to increase the friction between the car and the ramp.

Describe one way Safia increases the friction.

[1]

(b) Safia increases the friction.

Predict what will happen to the distance the car travels.

[1]

(c) What does Safia do to make the investigation a fair test?

Circle the correct answer.

increases the height of the slope

repeats the investigation

uses the same car

writes the results in a table

[1]

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11 Carlos has a plant.

plant with healthy roots plant with damaged roots

(a) Describe what has happened to the leaves when the roots are damaged.

[1]

(b) Explain why this has happened to the leaves when the roots are damaged.

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12 The Moon is seen from the Earth.

(a) What is the best time to see the Moon?

[1]

(b) The picture shows the Moon.

Describe what the surface of the Moon looks like.

[1]

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13 Rajiv makes tea.

He adds hot water to tea leaves.

hot water

teapot

tea leaves

(a) The substances he uses are solids or liquids.

Circle the correct sentence.

The tea leaves and hot water are liquids.

The teapot and hot water are liquids.

The teapot and tea leaves are solids.

The teapot is the only solid.

[1]

(b) Rajiv writes down what the tea looks like every minute.

What type of investigating is he doing?

Circle the correct answer.

classifying

fair testing

observing over time

research
[1]

(c) Rajiv adds sugar to the tea and stirs the mixture.

Predict what happens to the sugar.

[1]

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14 An object is cut from cardboard.

A shadow is made using this object.

(a) Draw a line to match each object position to its correct shadow size.

object position shadow size

object very close to light small

object close to light medium

object far from light large

[1]

(b) The same size object is cut from a piece of clear plastic.

This object does not produce a dark shadow.

Explain why.

[1]

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