Name:

Year 7 Class:

Physics Baseline Test Date:

Time Allowed: 50 mins

Instructions and information: Question Mark

• Answer all questions in blue/black pen. 1

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• Answer the questions in the space available.
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• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
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• The maximum mark for the paper is 50.
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• You must make your work as neat as possible and use good English.
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Total

Area for Improvement:

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This question is designed as an example, to illustrate the expected response to a question.

a) This question is about sound. A tuning fork as shown in the diagram can be used to make
a sound.

What would you need to do, if you wanted to use the fork to make a sound?

(1)
You would need to hit the fork against something hard.

b) What happens to the prongs so that they make a sound?

(1)
They begin to vibrate.

c) A group of children wanted to find out if they could hear sound from different distances. They
decided to use a whistle to make the sound. The whistle is blown and a child holding a sound
meter measures the loudness. They repeat the experiment with the child standing different
distances from the whistle. The results are shown below.

Distance from Whistle (m) Sound Level

5 very loud

10 loud

15 quiet

20 very quiet

Describe how the loudness of the sound depends on distance.

(2)
The further away from the whistle, the quieter the sound level. When the child was 5 metres
away from the whistle, the sound level was very loud whereas when the child was 20 metres
away from the whistle, the sound level was very quiet.

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1. a) This question is about electricity.

Draw lines to match the electrical components with their symbols.

(3)
bulb

cell

switch

b) Some pupils set up the following circuit:

Suggest one reason why the circuit failed to work.

(1)

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c) The pupils then decided to investigate the effect of adding more bulbs to a series circuit. Describe
how the pupils would do this.

You should include the following:

• a symbol diagram of your circuit;

• a list of the equipment needed;
• how to carry out the investigation;
• any observations you might make;
• safety precautions;
• how you will ensure it is a fair test.

(6)

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Total for Question 1 = 10 Marks

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2. a) A group of pupils decide to investigate how many paper clips a

magnet can pick up. The diagram below shows pupils using a magnet
to pick up the paperclips.

Name one metal the paperclips could be made of.

(1)

b) The pupils got a range of different magnets to find out which was the strongest.

The table below shows the number of paperclips each magnet attracted.

Magnet A B C D

Number of Paperclips Picked up 5 12 7 6

Use the results in the table to draw a bar chart on the graph paper below.

(3)

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c) How are you able to tell which magnet is the strongest?

(2)

Total for Question 2 = 6 Marks

3. a) Jack wants to investigate whether the surface on which a toy car travels, affects the distance
the car travels. To get the car to move, Jack has to wind the car’s key; when he lets go of the
car, it moves forward.

Tick two boxes to show how Jack would make it a fair test.

(2)
Same type of surface.

Same toy car.

Jack always uses his left hand to turn then key.

Same number of key turns.

Same distance travelled.

b) The results collected by Jack are shown below. (2)

Type of Surface Distance Travelled by Car (cm)

carpet 45 46 39

wood 67 71 69

sandpaper 52 57 56

rubber 67 63 62

On which surface did the car travel the furthest?

How did the type of surface affect the distance travelled? Name the force involved.

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c) Why is it important that Jack repeated the experiment three times for each type of surface?

(1)

Total for Question 3 = 5 Marks

4. a) A year 6 class decided to put on a shadow puppet show for the school. They used torches as the
light sources and made the puppets out of cardboard. The puppets made dark shadows.

Complete the sentence below by placing a tick in the correct box.

The puppet makes a dark shadow because it is

light

small

opaque

translucent

transparent

b) The children decided that the shadow images were too small and wanted to make them larger.

Using the same puppets, what would the children need to do to make the shadows larger?

(2)

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c) Draw 2 arrows on the diagram to show how the image of the puppet is seen.

(2)

d) The position of the sun changes the shadow produced. Match the time and position of the sun
with the shadow produced.

(3)

west east

sunrise midday sunset

Total for Question 4 = 7 Marks

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5. a) A group of children decided to make a range of different instruments. One of the groups decided
to make a drum by placing a thin rubber sheet tightly over a plastic pot, held in place by an
elastic band. When the rubber is hit, a sound is made.

How does the drum make a sound when it is hit?

(1)

b) In order for the children to hear the sound, what does it need to travel through?

(1)

c) When the rubber is pulled even tighter, the pitch of the sound is altered.

What is meant by the term pitch?

(1)

How would the pitch change when the rubber was tightened?

(1)

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d) An oscilloscope can be used to show an image of a sound in the form of a wave. Examples of the
images obtained when playing the drum are shown below. Match the sound image with its
sound. The first one has been completed for you.

(3)

quiet sound

high pitch sound

low pitch sound

loud sound

e) Explain why sounds cannot travel through a vacuum (a totally empty space).

(1)

Total for Question 5 = 8 Marks

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6. a) A group of children decided to make a model of the Sun, Earth and Moon. They decided to use
two apples and a tomato. A picture of the completed model is shown.

Sun Moon

Earth

State three changes that could be made to make the model more accurate.

(3)
1.

2.

3.

b) Describe what the children would have to do with the model to represent day and night.

(1)

c) Describe what the children would do with the model to represent a year.

(1)

d) Name the force that stops us from falling off the planet.

(1)

Total for Question 6 = 6 Marks

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7. a) A group of children wanted to investigate how much materials stretched when a 50g mass was
added to them. They placed a small amount of material in a clamp stand, attached the 50g
mass at the bottom and measured the length of the material.

material clamp stand

50g mass

What is the name of the force pulling down on the 50g mass?

(1)

b) Name two safety precautions the children should take.

(2)

c) Why was it important that the children measured the length of the material before the 50g
mass was added?

(1)

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d) The results obtained are shown below.

Material How Far the Material Stretched (cm)

A 47

B 36

C 0

Which material would be most suitable for making a pair of curtains? Give a reason for your
answer.

(2)

e) If the children were looking for a suitable material to make a pair of ladies tights, state another
investigation they might want to complete before making their decision.

(1)

f) Name the piece of equipment used to measure the force acting on an object

(1)

Total for Question 7 = 8 Marks

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