Exam Technique Y7

Name: ________________________
Exam Technique Year 7

Class: ________________________
Date: ________________________
Time: 66 minutes
Marks: 94 marks
Comments:
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Q1.
The diagram below shows six pieces of equipment.
(a) Linda investigates how quickly sugar dissolves in water.
(i) Which piece of equipment does she use to weigh 5 g of sugar?

Tick the correct box.
A B C D E F

1 mark
(ii) Which piece of equipment does she use to measure out 90 cm3 of water?
A B C D E F

1 mark
(b) Linda heats the water in a beaker.
(i) Which piece of equipment shown is a beaker?

A B C D E F
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1 mark
(ii) Which piece of equipment shown is used to heat water?

A B C D E F

1 mark
(c) Linda adds 5 g of sugar to the hot water.
(i) She measures the time it takes for the sugar to dissolve.
The equipment used for timing is not shown in the diagram.
What piece of equipment is used to measure the time taken?
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1 mark
(ii) The equipment used to measure the temperature of the water is not shown in
the diagram.
What piece of equipment is used to measure temperature?
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1 mark
maximum 6 marks
Q2.
Sara investigated making bread.
She described what she did below.
Sara repeated the experiment with the water bath at different temperatures.
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Her results are shown below.

volume of dough (cm ) 3
temperature of
water bath (°C)
at the start after 30 minutes
30 50 66
45 50 73
60 50 77
75 50 71
90 50 60
(a) Use the table of results.

What question did Sara investigate?
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1 mark
(b) At each temperature Sara used dough from the same mixture.
(i) Give one other way Sara made her experiment fair.
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1 mark
(ii) Why would using dough from a different mixture make Sara's experiment
unfair?
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1 mark
(c) Sara plotted her results on the graph below.
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Describe the relationship between the variables on the graph from 30°C to 90°C.
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2 marks
(d) Sara made a prediction.

What could she do to test her prediction?
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1 mark
maximum 6 marks
Q3.
Jack compared the reaction times of ten different pupils in his class.
He dropped a metre ruler between each pupil’s finger and thumb.
As soon as they saw the ruler begin to move, they had to catch it as quickly as
possible.
(a) Jack did not measure time to compare pupils’ reactions.

What did Jack measure to compare pupils’ reaction times?
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1 mark
(b) Why was it more accurate to use the ruler rather than a stopwatch in this
investigation?
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1 mark
(c) What factor did Jack change as he carried out his investigation
(the independent variable)?
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1 mark
(d) Give two factors he should have kept the same to make his test fair.
1. .....................................................................................................................
1 mark
2. .....................................................................................................................
1 mark
(e) What could he do to make his results more reliable?
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1 mark
maximum 6 marks
Q4.
Leanne had four rods, each made from a different metal.
She wanted to find out which metal was the best conductor of heat.
The diagram shows some of Leanne’s equipment.
(a) Leanne’s results are shown in the table.

time for metal ball to

metal rod
drop off (seconds)
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brass 36
copper 24
lead 246
iron 132
What measuring equipment did Leanne use to get her results?
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1 mark
(b) Give two things Leanne must do to carry out a fair test.
1 ...................................................................................................................
2 ...................................................................................................................
2 marks
(c) Which metal in the table was the best conductor of heat?

brass copper

iron lead

1 mark
(d) Leanne left the rods in the water for a week.

One of the metal rods went rusty.
Which metal rod went rusty?


brass copper

iron lead

1 mark
maximum 5 marks
Q5.
Tom is doing a bungee jump from a bridge.
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He is attached to one end of an elastic rope.

The other end of the rope is attached to the bridge.
Tom jumps from the bridge.
(a) (i) What force makes Tom fall towards the ground?
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1 mark
(ii) Tom does not hit the river below the bridge.
What makes Tom stop falling before he hits the river?
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1 mark
(b) The next person to do a bungee jump is Jill.
Jill weighs less than Tom.

Complete the sentence below using words from the box.

more than less than the same as
When Jill jumps, the rope will stretch ...........................................................
it did when Tom jumped.

1 mark
(c) Jill’s dad watches her doing the bungee jump.

He is standing a long way from the bridge.
Jill shouts ‘bungee’ at the same time as she jumps off the bridge.
Jill’s dad sees her jump before he hears her shout.
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(i) Why does Jill’s dad see her jump before he hears her shout?
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1 mark
(ii) Tom is near Jill when she shouts. Her dad is far away.
Complete the sentence to describe how the shout will sound to Tom compared
with Jill’s dad. Use one word from the box.

louder higher lower quieter
The shout will sound ............................................ to Tom.

1 mark
(iii) What part of Tom’s ear vibrates when he hears Jill shout?
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1 mark
maximum 6 marks
Q6.
(a) Nicola is trying out her new roller blades. Robert is pulling her along with a rope.
Arrows A, B, C and D show the directions of four forces acting on Nicola.
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(i) Which arrow shows the direction of the force of gravity on Nicola?
Give the letter.
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1 mark
(ii) Which arrow shows the direction of the force of the rope on Nicola?
Give the letter.
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1 mark
(b) Robert pulls Nicola at a steady speed of 2 metres per second. How far will Nicola
travel in 10 seconds?
............... metres
1 mark
(c) Nicola lets go of the rope and she slows down. Gravity still acts on Nicola.
Give the name of one other force still acting on Nicola after she lets go of the rope.
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1 mark
maximum 4 marks
Q7.
The drawings in parts (a), (b) and (c) show two teams of pupils in a tug-of-war.
There is a ribbon tied to the middle of the rope.
(a) The sizes and directions of the forces of each team are shown.
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team A team B
The ribbon stays above point X on the ground.

Give the reason for this.
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1 mark
(b) The teams then pull with the forces shown below.
team A team B
Draw an arrow on the rope to show the direction in which the ribbon will move.
1 mark
(c) Later, the ribbon was to the left of point X as shown below.
team A team B
Why did the ribbon move towards the left?
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1 mark
(d) Team A practises by pulling a rope tied to a tree.
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The team pulls with a force of 1200 N but the tree does not move.
What is the force of the tree on the rope?


1 mark
(e) The pupils do not slip because there is a force between their shoes and the
ground. What is the name of this force?
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1 mark
maximum 5 marks
Q8.
Russell investigated the relationship between mass and weight.
He weighed five different masses using a force meter.
His results are shown in the table.

mass (g) weight (N)
150 1.5
250 2.5
300 3.8
400 4.0
580 5.8
(a) He plotted four of his results on a grid as shown below,
(i) Plot the point for the 150 g mass on the graph.
1 mark
(ii) Draw a line of best fit.
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1 mark
(b) One of the points Russell plotted does not fit the pattern.
Circle this point on the graph.

1 mark
(c) Use your graph to predict:
(i) the mass of an object weighing 6.5 N;
............. g
1 mark
(ii) the weight of an object of mass 50 g.
............. N
1 mark
(d) Give one reason why it is more useful to present the results as a line graph
rather than a table.
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1 mark
maximum 6 marks
Q9.
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Nadine mixed grass seeds with sand.
She put the mixture into three mesh bags to make three model heads.
She soaked two of the bags in water.
(a) The drawings below show the model heads after one week.
(i) Which two model heads did Nadine soak in water?

Give the letters.
................... and ...................
How can you tell this from the drawings?
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1 mark
(ii) Nadine watered both of these models for two weeks.

She watered one more often than the other.
How would the model that was watered more often look different from the
other one?
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1 mark
(b) Nadine put one of the watered models near a window.
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Why did the grass grow towards the window?
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1 mark
(c) (i) Grass plants have root hairs. Which diagram shows a root hair cell?
A B C D

1 mark
(ii) Fill the gaps in the sentence below.
Root hairs take in ................................... and

1 mark
................................... from the soil.

1 mark
maximum 6 marks
Q10.
(a) The diagram shows a sperm cell. Sperm cells are adapted for fertilisation.
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Sperm cells use their tails to swim towards an ovum (egg).
Give one other way the sperm cell is adapted for fertilisation.
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1 mark
(b) The diagrams below show two other cells.

not to scale
(i) Look at the diagrams above.
What is the difference between the location of the genetic material in the
bacterium and in the cell from the lining of the intestine?
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1 mark
(ii) What is the function of the genetic material in a cell?
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1 mark
(c) Cells in the lining of the intestine are adapted to absorb digested food.
How does the folded membrane of these cells enable them to absorb the
maximum amount of digested food?
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1 mark
(d) A group of cells in the lining of the intestine is a tissue.
Why is a number of sperm cells not a tissue?
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1 mark
maximum 5 marks
Q11.
Susie cooked sausages on a barbecue.
(a) Fat and water in the sausages changed state.
Draw one line from each statement to the correct change of state.
Draw only two lines.
statement change of state
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2 marks
(b) Susie uses charcoal as the fuel for the barbecue.
(i) Which statement is true about all fuels?


All fuels are

All fuels are black.
sources of energy.
All fuels are made

All fuels are solid.
from wood.
1 mark
(ii) Which gas in the air is needed for fuels to burn?


water vapour oxygen

nitrogen carbon dioxide

1 mark
(c) The metal grill of the barbecue is made of steel.
Six properties of steel are given below.
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Which properties are needed for the metal grill?
Tick two correct boxes.

It conducts electricity. It is rigid.

It has a very high

It is magnetic.
melting point.
It is shiny. It rusts.

2 marks
maximum 6 marks
Q12.
(a) The table below shows the melting points of four metals.

melting point,
metal
in °C
gold 1064
mercury –37
sodium 98
iron 1540
(i) Which metal in the table has the highest melting point?
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1 mark
(ii) Which metal in the table has the lowest melting point?
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1 mark
(b) Gold can be a gas or a liquid or a solid.
Choose from these words to fill the gaps below.
When gold is heated from room temperature to 1070°C, the gold
changes from a ................................. to a ................................... .

1 mark
(c) 5 g of gold is melted and all of it is poured into a mould to make a pendant as shown
below.
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What is the mass of the gold pendant?
........................... g
1 mark
(d) The table below shows how the four metals react with oxygen when heated in air.

reaction when
metal
heated in air
gold no change
slowly forms a
mercury
red powder
bursts into flames
sodium
straight away
very slowly turns
iron
black
(i) Which is the most reactive metal in the table?
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1 mark
(ii) Which is the least reactive metal in the table?
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1 mark
Maximum 6 marks
Q13.
Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid.
(a) Winston used universal indicator solution to find the pH of some hydrochloric acid.
(i) Suggest the colour of the mixture of universal indicator solution and the
hydrochloric acid.
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1 mark
(ii) Suggest the pH of the hydrochloric acid.
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1 mark
(b) Indigestion can be caused when too much hydrochloric acid is produced in the
stomach.
Magnesium carbonate can be used to treat indigestion.
Winston crushed some indigestion tablets containing magnesium carbonate. He

added them to hydrochloric acid in a test-tube. The mixture fizzed.

The word equation for the reaction is shown below.
magnesium + hydrochloric → magnesium + carbon + water

carbonate acid chloride dioxide
(i) Use the word equation to explain why the mixture fizzed when the reaction
took place.
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1 mark
(ii) Winston continued to add crushed tablets to the acid until the mixture stopped
fizzing.
Why did the fizzing stop?
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1 mark
(c) When magnesium carbonate reacts with hydrochloric acid, magnesium chloride is
formed.
Which two words describe magnesium chloride?

Tick the two correct boxes.
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a compound a mixture
an element a salt
a metal a solvent

2 marks
(d) It is important that the hydrochloric acid in the stomach is not completely neutralised
by indigestion tablets.
Why is hydrochloric acid needed in the stomach?
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1 mark
maximum 7 marks
Q14.
A long time ago sulphuric acid was made by heating a substance called blue vitriol.
The equations below show how sulphuric acid is produced by this method.
blue vitriol copper oxide + sulphur trioxide + water
sulphur trioxide + water sulphuric acid
(a) Name three elements contained in blue vitriol.
1. ...........................................................
2. ...........................................................
3. ...........................................................
3 marks
(b) (i) Anton Lavoisier was a scientist. He made acids by dissolving oxides like
sulphur oxide and nitric oxide in water. They formed two acids; sulphuric acid
and nitric acid. From this, he concluded:
The formulas for these two acids are H2SO4 and HNO3.
How do these formulas support Lavoisier’s conclusion about acids?
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1 mark
(ii) Some time after Lavoisier’s death, hydrochloric acid was identified.
The formula for hydrochloric acid is HCI.
Explain why scientists no longer supported Lavoisier’s conclusion about acids.
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1 mark
(c) Scientists now agree that all acids contain hydrogen.

Look at the two word equations below.
zinc + sulphuric acid zinc sulphate + hydrogen
magnesium + nitric acid magnesium nitrate + hydrogen
(i) Explain how these equations support the suggestion that acids contain
hydrogen.
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1 mark
(ii) Complete the equation below for the reaction between iron and hydrochloric
acid.
iron + hydrochloric acid ............................ + ............................

1 mark
maximum 7 marks
Q15.
(a) Magnesium chloride is formed when magnesium reacts with an acid.
(i) Complete the word equation for the reaction between magnesium and this
acid.
magnesium + ...............................→ + ...............................

2 marks
(ii) Suggest why magnesium chloride can be made by mixing magnesium with this
acid but copper chloride cannot be made by mixing copper with this acid.
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1 mark
(b) Copper sulphate is made by adding copper oxide to a different acid.

Give the name of the acid which is used.
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1 mark
(c) In the table below, write the name of the compound represented by each formula.

formula name
CuSO4
MgCl2
2 marks
Maximum 6 marks
Q16.
Jessica was investigating the rusting of iron. She set up five experiments as shown
below, and left the test-tubes for three days.
Jessica wrote the following results in her book.

Test–tube observation
A nail slightly rusty
B nail still shiny
C nail still shiny
D nail very rusty
E nail slightly rusty, bubbles of gas seen
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(a) Explain why the nails had not rusted in test-tubes B and C.
in test-tube B ……………………………………………………………………….
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in test-tube C ……………………………………………………………………….
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2 marks
(b) In test-tube E the iron nail reacted with the vinegar.
(i) Is vinegar acidic, alkaline or neutral?
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1 mark
(ii) When the iron reacted with the vinegar, bubbles of gas were formed.
What gas was formed?
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1 mark
(c) Before putting the iron nail in test-tube D, Jessica weighed the nail.
After three days she dried and weighed the nail and the rust which had formed.
(i) How did the total mass of the nail and rust compare to the mass of the nail
at the beginning?
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1 mark
(ii) Give the reason for your answer.
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1 mark
(d) Jessica concluded that the presence of salt in the water made the nail rust more
quickly.
Explain why she drew that conclusion from her experiments.
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1 mark
Maximum 7 marks
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Mark schemes
Q1.
(a) (i) • E
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)
(ii) • D
1 (L3)
(b) (i) • B

1 (L3)
(ii) • F
1 (L3)
(c) (i) • stop watch or stop clock

accept ‘watch’ or ‘clock’
‘timer’ is insufficient
1 (L3)
(ii) • thermometer

accept ‘temperature sensor’
‘sensor’ is insufficient
1 (L3)
[6]
Q2.
(a) any one from
• the effect of temperature on the amount dough expanded

accept ‘the best temperature for dough to rise’
do not accept ‘the effect of temperature on how quickly
dough rises’
accept ‘the best temperature at which the yeast works’
• the effect of temperature on volume

‘does heat affect the volume of the dough’ is insufficient
1 (L6)
(b) (i) any one from
• left it for 30 minutes

accept ‘length of time’
• used the same starting volume or mass of dough

accept ‘used same amount of dough’
‘same mixture’ is insufficient
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• used the same amount of water (in the water bath)
accept ‘she did it at the same time’
accept ‘use the same size or type of measuring cylinder’
‘use the same measuring cylinder’ is insufficient
1 (L5)
(ii) the dough could contain a different amount of yeast or

sugar or flour or water or ingredients
accept ‘different doughs might rise differently’
‘it might have different ingredients’ is insufficient
accept ‘different doughs have different properties’
1 (L5)
(c) • as the temperature increased, the volume of dough increased to 60°C
accept ‘it increased up to a volume of 77 cm3’
‘it increased’ is insufficient
the unit of measurement is required for the mark
1 (L6)
• it does not rise as much (at temperatures higher than 60°C)
accept ‘it decreases (after 60°C)’
accept, for two marks, ‘it has a maximum volume at 60°C’
accept, for two marks, ‘it increased to 60°C, then decreased’
accept, for one mark, ‘it increased then decreased’
1 (L6)
(d) any one from
• repeat the experiment without yeast in the mixture

accept ‘do it without yeast’
do not accept ‘use just yeast’
• change the amount of yeast

accept ‘increase the amount of yeast’
1 (L6)
[6]
Q3.
(a) any one from
• the distance the ruler dropped

accept ‘how far until they caught it’
accept ‘length or measurement on the ruler’
‘ruler’ is insufficient
length of ruler’ is insufficient
• where the hand grabbed the ruler

accept ‘where she caught it’
accept ‘mm’ or ‘cm’
1 (L5)
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(b) any one from
• to avoid the effect of his own reaction time

accept ‘he might stop the watch before or after she reacted’
‘the time keeper would not have been as accurate’ is
insufficient
• the time is too short to measure with a stopwatch

accept ‘you cannot stop a stopwatch straightaway’
‘you can time incorrectly’ is insufficient
accept ‘it might be too fast for the stopwatch’
‘the ruler is more precise’ is insufficient
1 (L6)
(c) pupils
accept ‘pupil’ or ‘friend’ or ‘person’ or ‘human’
1 (L5)
(d) any two from
• the position of the ruler above the hand

accept ‘height of ruler’
accept ‘the height it is dropped from’
‘where he put his hand on the ruler’ is insufficient
• the way the ruler is released

accept ‘handedness’
accept ‘the same person dropping it’
• the ruler
• distance between finger and thumb

accept ‘position of hand’ or ‘position of ruler’
• the conditions in the room

accept examples of possible distractions
• measure to same finger of catcher

2 (L5)
(e) repeat the investigation or it

accept ‘do more than one test with each person’
do not accept ‘use more people’
1 (L6)
[6]
Q4.
(a) • stopwatch
accept ‘stopclock’
accept ‘timer’
‘timer’ is accepted here and not in Paper 1 question 1, as
‘time’ is not mentioned in this question
accept ‘clock with a second hand’
‘clock’ is insufficient
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1 (L3)
(b) any two from
• same length of rods

accept for one mark ‘the rods are the same
‘same temperature or volume or container or rod’ is
insufficient
• same thickness of rods

size’ if not given with either ‘same length’ or ‘same
thickness’
• same sized balls or same metal balls
• same amount of wax
• same type of wax
• the ends of all rods (in the water) are at the same temperature
accept ‘same length (of rod) in water’
• she put the water in after sticking the balls on

2 (L4)
(c) • copper

1 (L4)
(d) • iron

1 (L4)
[5]
Q5.
(a) (i) any one from
• weight
accept ‘gravity’
• gravitational force

1 (L4)
(ii) the rope or elastic

accept ‘bungee’
do not accept ‘air resistance’
accept ‘upward force’
do not accept ‘upthrust’
accept ‘tension’
1 (L3)
(b) less than

1 (L3)
(c) (i) any one from
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• light travels faster than sound
accept ‘light travels faster’
‘light is fast’ is insufficient
• sound travels slower than light

accept ‘sound travels slower’
‘sound is slow’ is insufficient
accept ‘light is faster than sound’
‘light travels before sound’ is insufficient
1 (L4)
(ii) louder
1 (L3)
(iii) eardrum
accept ‘drum’
accept ‘hammer’ or ‘anvil’ or ‘stirrup’
accept ‘small bones’
accept ‘ossicles’
1 (L3)
[6]
Q6.
(a) (i) C
1 (L3)
(ii) B
1 (L3)
(b) 20
1 (L3)
(c) any one from
• friction
• air resistance or drag
• reaction
accept ‘upthrust’
do not accept ‘gravity’
1 (L4)
[4]
Q7.
(a) any one from
• the forces are balanced

ignore references to gravity if the answer is in terms
of balanced forces
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• the forces are equal or the same
‘the sides are equal’ is insufficient
• the forces are both 1000 N

accept ‘the forces are both 1000’
accept ‘the newtons are even’
do not accept ‘both teams weigh 1000 N’
• they pull with the same force or equally hard

accept ‘both teams have the same strength’
1 (L4)
(b) an arrow drawn to the right

accept an arrow drawn to the right anywhere on the drawing
1 (L3)
(c) any one from
• team A pulled harder than team B

accept ‘team A pulled harder’ or ‘team A pulled more’
or ‘they pulled harder’
accept the converse
• team A was stronger

accept ‘they used more strength’
• team A was pulling with more than 1000
• team B was pulling with less than 1000
• there was more force to the left

accept ‘there are more newtons to the left’
1 (L4)
(d) 1200 N
1 (L4)
(e) friction
1 (L4)
[5]
Q8.
(a) (i) point plotted for (150, 1.5) to ± half a small square
1 (L5)
(ii) line of best fit

the anomalous point should be avoided
the line need not be drawn through the origin
1 (L6)
(b) point at (300, 3.8) circled

accept this result circled in the table
1 (L6)
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(c) (i) a number from 640 to 660
1 (L6)
(ii) a number from 0.4 to 0.6

consequential marking applies to both c i and c ii
accept answers consistent with the graph drawn
1 (L6)
(d) any one from

the answer must refer to the results or the pattern
shown by the results
• the pattern is revealed or observed more easily

accept ‘it allows you to see a pattern’
• it tells you the pattern without working it out

accept ‘you can tell the rule by looking at it’
• it gives readings between the recorded readings

accept ‘it is easier to make predictions’
• you can see if there are results that are wrong or do not fit the
pattern
accept ‘it shows better or more quickly the more
mass the more weight’
accept ‘the data is continuous’
do not accept ‘it is more accurate or precise’
1 (L6)
[6]
Q9.
(a) (i) • A and C
answers may be in either order
both the letters and the reason are required for the mark
‘A and C are the same’ is insufficient
any one from
• grass has germinated or grown

accept ‘A and C have hair’
accept ‘something has grown in A and C’
accept ‘they have hair’
accept ‘they have longer or more grass’
• seeds did not germinate or grow in B

accept ‘B has no hair’
‘seeds need water to grow’ is insufficient
1 (L3)
(ii) any one from
• it would have longer grass

accept ‘it had more grass or more hair’
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• the grass would have grown more
accept ‘it grew more or faster’
accept ‘it would have grown less because it was over-
watered’
‘it would be greener’ is insufficient
‘it would be healthier’ is insufficient
1 (L4)
(b) any one from
• it grew towards the light
• that is where the light is coming from

accept ‘it grew towards the Sun’
accept ‘to get light or sunlight’
accept ‘plants or grass need light’
accept ‘to get more Sun’
‘because of the sunlight’ is insufficient
‘to get more heat’ is insufficient
1 (L3)
(c) (i) • B

1 (L4)
(ii) any two from
• water
accept ‘moisture’ or ‘dampness’
• oxygen
• minerals
accept a named mineral
accept ‘nutrients’ or ‘salts’
accept, for two marks, two named minerals
such as ‘nitrates’ and ‘phosphates’
do not accept ‘plant food’ or ‘food’ or ‘nutrition’
2 (L4)
[6]
Q10.
(a) any one from
• it is streamlined
do not accept ‘it is slimline’
• it has a pointed head

‘its shape’ is insufficient
• it does not have much cytoplasm

accept ‘there are enzymes in the head’
‘it has a nucleus’ is insufficient as it is not a
specific adaptation of a sperm cell
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1 (L7)
(b) (i) any one from
• in the cytoplasm of the bacterium
• in a nucleus or within a membrane in the cell from the intestine

accept ‘the bacterium does not have a
nucleus or nuclear membrane’
accept ‘in the bacterium it is not enclosed’
1 (L7)
(ii) any one from
• it determines the characteristics of the cell
• it transfers information

accept ‘gives the cell instructions’
accept ‘it tells the cell what to do’
accept ‘to control the cell’
accept ‘allows the cell to reproduce’
1 (L7)
(c) any one from
• it has a large surface area
• the folds increase the surface

1 (L7)
(d) they are independent cells or they do not work together

or do not work in a group
accept ‘each sperm cell is individual or works individually’
‘the cells are not joined together’ is insufficient
1 (L7)
[5]
Q11.
(a)

•

if more than one line is drawn from either ‘fat melted’ or

‘water evaporated’, award no mark for that statement
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2 (L3)
(b) (i) • All fuels are sources of energy.

1 (L3)
(ii) • oxygen

1 (L4)
(c) • It is rigid.
• It has a very high melting point.

if more than two boxes are ticked, deduct one
mark for each incorrect tick
minimum mark zero
2 (L4)
[6]
Q12.
(a) (i) iron
do not accept ‘1540°C’
1 (L3)
(ii) mercury
do not accept ‘–37°C’
1 (L3)
(b) solid to a liquid

answers must be in the correct order
both answers are required for the mark
1 (L3)
(c) 5
1 (L3)
(d) (i) sodium

1 (L3)
(ii) gold
1 (L3)
[6]
Q13.
(a) (i) red or pink
accept ‘orange’ or ‘yellow’
1 (L5)
(ii) any number greater than 0 and smaller than 7

accept ‘0’
1 (L6)
(b) (i) carbon dioxide is gas

accept ‘carbon dioxide or a gas is produced’
1 (L5)
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(ii) any one from
• no more carbon dioxide or gas was produced
• the reaction stopped
• all the hydrochloric acid was used up

accept ‘the acid had been neutralised’
do not accept ‘all the magnesium carbonate was used up’
• there was an excess of magnesium carbonate or carbonate

1 (L6)
(c) a compound
1 (L6)
a salt
if more than two boxes are ticked, deduct one mark for
each incorrect tick
minimum mark zero
1 (L6)
(d) any one from
• without it digestion would stop or slow down

accept ‘to break down food’
• acid is needed for digestion
• the enzymes only work in acid conditions or at a low pH
• it is needed to kill bacteria or microbes

do not accept ‘germs’
1 (L6)
[7]
Q14.
(a) any three from
• copper
• oxygen
• sulphur
• hydrogen
accept chemical symbols
‘Cu’
‘O’
‘S’
‘H’
do not accept ‘O2’ or H2’
3 (L6)
(b) (i) • they both contain oxygen

accept ‘they both have O in them’
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do not accept ‘they have O2 in them’
1 (L6)
(ii) any one from
• hydrochloric acid does not contain oxygen

accept ‘it does not contain oxygen’
‘he was wrong’ is insufficient
• hydrochloric acid is not formed from oxygen

accept ‘not all acids contain oxygen’
accept ‘no oxygen’
1 (L6)
(c) (i) any one from
• they both produce hydrogen (when they react with metals)
• different metals produce the same gas

accept ‘there is hydrogen left at the end’
‘they contain hydrogen’ is insufficient
‘hydrogen is in the equation’ is insufficient
1 (L6)
(ii) • iron chloride

hydrogen
accept ‘FeCl2’ or ‘FeCl3’ or ‘Cl2Fe’
accept ‘H2’
both answers are required for the mark
answers may be in either order
do not accept ‘iron + chloride’
1 (L6)
[7]
Q15.
(a) (i) magnesium + hydrochloric acid →
1 (L7)
→ magnesium chloride + hydrogen

do not accept ‘hydrogen chloride’
do not accept formulae
1 (L7)
(ii) magnesium is more reactive than hydrogen and copper is less reactive
than hydrogen
accept ‘magnesium is more reactive than copper’
accept ‘copper is less reactive than magnesium’
accept ‘magnesium is higher than copper in the reactivity
series’
accept ‘copper is lower in the reactivity series’
1 (L7)
(b) sulphuric
1 (L7)
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(c)
formula name
CuSO4 copper sulphate
MgCl2 magnesium chloride

2 (L7)
[6]
Q16.
(a) in tube B: no oxygen
1 (L5)
in tube C: no water or water vapour
accept ‘no air’
accept ‘no moisture’
accept ‘it was dry’ or ‘it was not wet’
1 (L5)
(b) (i) acidic

1 (L5)
(ii) hydrogen
1 (L6)
(c) (i) it increased or it was more

accept ‘it was heavier’
1 (L6)
(ii) any one from
• oxygen or water was added
• the oxygen has mass
• rust contains iron and oxygen or water

accept ‘rust is iron oxide’
• the iron reacted with oxygen or water

1 (L6)
(d) Answers must refer to either test-tube D or to sea water.
any one from
• the nail was more rusty in D than in A

accept ‘D was the only one which was rusty’
accept ‘D was very rusty’
• it was more rusty in sea water
• sea water contains salt

1 (L6)
[7]
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Exam Technique Year 7

(a) Linda investigates how quickly sugar dissolves in water.

(i) Which piece of equipment does she use to weigh 5 g of sugar?

A B C D E F

A B C D E F

(b) Linda heats the water in a beaker.

(i) Which piece of equipment shown is a beaker?

A B C D E F

(ii) Which piece of equipment shown is used to heat water?

A B C D E F

(c) Linda adds 5 g of sugar to the hot water.

What piece of equipment is used to measure the time taken?

What piece of equipment is used to measure temperature?

volume of dough (cm ) 3

(a) Use the table of results.

(c) Sara plotted her results on the graph below.

(d) Sara made a prediction.

What could she do to test her prediction?

(a) Jack did not measure time to compare pupils’ reactions.

(e) What could he do to make his results more reliable?

(a) Leanne’s results are shown in the table.

time for metal ball to

What measuring equipment did Leanne use to get her results?

(d) Leanne left the rods in the water for a week.

Which metal rod went rusty?

He is attached to one end of an elastic rope.

(b) The next person to do a bungee jump is Jill.

Jill weighs less than Tom.

When Jill jumps, the rope will stretch ...........................................................

it did when Tom jumped.

(c) Jill’s dad watches her doing the bungee jump.

The shout will sound ............................................ to Tom.

team A team B

The ribbon stays above point X on the ground.

team A team B

team A team B

Why did the ribbon move towards the left?

(d) Team A practises by pulling a rope tied to a tree.

What is the force of the tree on the rope?

His results are shown in the table.

(a) He plotted four of his results on a grid as shown below,

(ii) Draw a line of best fit.

Circle this point on the graph.

(c) Use your graph to predict:

(i) the mass of an object weighing 6.5 N;

(ii) the weight of an object of mass 50 g.

(i) Which two model heads did Nadine soak in water?

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

How can you tell this from the drawings?

(ii) Nadine watered both of these models for two weeks.

(b) Nadine put one of the watered models near a window.

Why did the grass grow towards the window?

A B C D

(ii) Fill the gaps in the sentence below.

Root hairs take in ................................... and

................................... from the soil.

(b) The diagrams below show two other cells.

(i) Look at the diagrams above.

(ii) What is the function of the genetic material in a cell?

(d) A group of cells in the lining of the intestine is a tissue.

Why is a number of sperm cells not a tissue?

(a) Fat and water in the sausages changed state.

statement change of state