Cambridge Lower Secondary Progression Test

Science paper 2
Stage 8
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45 minutes

For Teacher’s Use

Anisah Abdulssalam
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST 3

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Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper.
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You should show all your working on the question paper.
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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question
or part question. 7

The total number of marks for this paper is 50. 8

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1 Foods contain a mixture of different constituents. For

Teacher’s
Use
The table shows the masses of different constituents and the energy content in 100 g of
some foods.

mass of mass of energy

mass of
food carbohydrate vitamin C content
fat in g
in g in mg in kJ
bread 47 3 0 1030
butter 0 81 0 3010
raw potato 18 0 20 340

(a) The masses of the constituents in each food do not add up to 100 g.

Name one other constituent present in each of the foods.

fibre
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(b) Use the information from the table to answer these questions.

(i) Which constituent in butter provides the most energy?

fat
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(ii) Which constituent in bread provides the most energy?

carbohydrate
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(c) Cooked potato contains much less vitamin C than raw potato.

Suggest why.

Vitamin C is destroyed by heating

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2 Mia investigates shadows. For

Teacher’s
Use
She puts a piece of card between a flashlight and a screen.

screen

A
card
flashlight
(torch) B

A shadow forms on the screen.

Which answer shows the size of the shadow?

Circle the correct answer.

A to B A to C A to E B to C B to D
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3 Blessy does an experiment with light. For

Teacher’s
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She uses a single incident light ray and a curved glass block.

curved glass
single block
incident
light ray
in air

What is happening to the ray of light as it goes from the air into the glass block?
refraction
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Why does this happen?

Because the speed of light is faster in air than in glass. Glass is denser than air
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4 Priya notices that the pressure inside one of her car tyres is too low.

She pumps up the tyre to a higher pressure.

(a) What happens to the number of particles in the car tyre?

They increase
...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(b) What happens to the distance between particles as the pressure increases?
It decreases
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(c) One of the tyres gets a puncture (small hole).

What happens to the pressure inside the tyre?

decreases
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5 Class 8 have a quiz about sound. For

Teacher’s
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Their teacher gives them six sentences.

Decide if each sentence is true or false.

Write your answers on the dotted lines.

Sound Quiz

1 Sound causes air particles to vibrate.

true
.................................................

2 The bigger the vibrations of the air particles the quieter the sound.

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false

3 Sound waves can move through air, water and a vacuum.

false
.................................................

4 When there is no sound the particles stop moving.

false
.................................................

5 A high pitched sound is always loud.

false
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6 Air particles are closer together in a compression than a rarefaction.

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true

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6 Chen investigates rusting. For

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• He puts distilled water into four beakers.

• He adds different amounts of salt to three of the beakers.

• He puts one iron nail into each beaker.

iron nail iron nail iron nail iron nail

with with with with
no salt 1 g of salt 2 g of salt 3 g of salt

After one week Chen records his observations.

amount of salt added

observation
in g
small amount of rust
0

most of the nail in the water is

1
rusty
all of the nail in the water is
2
rusty
all of the nail in the water is
3
very rusty

(a) (i) Which variable is Chen changing in his investigation?

mass of salt
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(ii) Write down one variable Chen needs to control.

temperature
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(iii) What conclusion can Chen make from his investigation?

Salt increases the rate of rusting
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(b) (i) Which element dissolved in the water reacts with iron during rusting? For
Teacher’s
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oxygen
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(ii) Chen sets up another beaker.

This time he puts the iron nail in without any water.

He then seals the top of the beaker.

Explain why the iron nail in this beaker does not rust.
Without water or oxygen, rust cant be formed
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7 A scientist called Frederick Gowland Hopkins studied the growth of newborn rats. For
Teacher’s
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He used two groups of rats, group A and group B.

• Group A rats were fed on a simple diet with milk.

• Group B rats were fed on a simple diet without milk.

After 18 days he changed the diets so only group B got the milk.
The results of this experiment are shown in the graph.

day 18
80 Key
simple diet without milk
simple diet with milk
group A

body mass
in grams 60

group B
40
0 18 25 50
time in days

Describe the patterns shown by the graph between

(a) day 0 to day 18

body mass increased
group A ............................................................................................................................
body mass increased, stayed constant and decreased
group B ............................................................................................................................
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(b) day 18 to day 50

body mass increased, stayed constant, increased then began to decrease
group A ............................................................................................................................
body mass increased
group B ............................................................................................................................
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8 Youssef and Safia investigate light rays. For

Teacher’s
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They
• use a single incident ray and a curved glass block

• measure angle A

• measure angle B.

single incident A
light ray in air curved glass
block

(a) What equipment do they use to measure angle A?

protractor
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(b) They repeat the experiment to get six sets of readings.

Draw a results table to record all the measurements they make.

angle a angle b

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9 Mike investigates how light affects photosynthesis. For

Teacher’s
Use
Here is the equipment he uses.

boiling tube can be moved away from lamp

boiling tube
lamp
water

pondweed

metre rule

He counts the number of bubbles of gas the pondweed makes in one minute.

(a) Which gas is produced by the pondweed during photosynthesis?

Circle the correct answer.

carbon dioxide nitrogen oxygen water vapour [1]

(b) The boiling tube is moved away from the lamp.

Complete the sentence.

decreases
As the amount of light that reaches the pondweed ...........................................................
decreases
the rate of photosynthesis ........................................................... . [2]

(c) Light is a factor that affects the rate of photosynthesis.

Suggest one other factor that affects the rate of photosynthesis.

carbon dioxide
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10 The diagram shows the structure of copper chloride. For

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= copper

= chlorine

(a) Describe how you can tell from the diagram that copper chloride is a compound.
made of more than one type of atom
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(b) Chlorine is a non-metal.

Tick () the correct sentence.

Chlorine is a solid at room temperature because it has a high melting point.

Chlorine conducts electricity because its molecules are close together.

Chlorine is a gas at room temperature because it has a low boiling point.

Chlorine conducts heat because its molecules are far apart.

[1]

(c) Copper is a metal used to make cooking pots.

Use ideas about properties to explain why.

It is a good conductor of heat

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(d) Copper has a melting point of 1084 °C.

What does this tell you about the forces holding the particles together in solid copper?
They have strong attractive bonds
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11 This question is about electromagnets. For

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(a) Here is a list of apparatus.

• a coil of copper wire

• an iron rod
• electric wires
• an electric cell

Draw a labelled diagram to show how you can use this apparatus to make an
electromagnet.

[2]

(b) Suggest one advantage of using an electromagnet compared to a bar magnet.

can be switched off

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12 When we breathe in, oxygen travels from the air to the blood. For
Teacher’s
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Oxygen passes through these structures.

alveolus bronchiole bronchus nose trachea

These structures are not in the correct order.

Complete the diagram by writing the names of each structure that oxygen passes through in
the correct order.

oxygen in the air

nose
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trachea
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bronchus
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bronchiole
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alveolus
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oxygen in the blood

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13 Calcium carbonate is heated strongly. Calcium oxide and carbon dioxide are formed. For
Teacher’s
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Write the word equation for this reaction.

calcium carbonate + oxygen= calcium oxide + carbon dioxide

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14 Blessy and Gabriella go to an aerobics class to improve their fitness.

They both do the same exercises for the same time.

The graph shows how their heart rates change during the exercise.

140

130
120

110
heart rate
100 Blessy
in beats
per minute 90

80 Gabriella

70
60

50
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
time in minutes

The instructor says that the graph shows that Gabriella is fitter than Blessy.

Explain two ways the graph shows this.

Gabriella has lesser heart rate in bpm during the exercise and her heart rate is faster to slow down than
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Blessy's
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15 Mike finds this information about the world record for the 1500 m race. For
Teacher’s
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280

270

260

world 250
record
time in 240
seconds
230

220

210

200
1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 2010
year

Calculate the world record speed for the 1500 m race in the year 1930.

Write your answer to two significant figures.

distance/time = speed
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1500/260= 5.8m/s
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5.8
speed .................................. m/s [3]

16 Beryllium reacts with oxygen to form a compound.

(a) Write down the name of this compound.

beryllium oxide
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(b) Explain what is meant by the word compound.

Compound is a substance made up of more than one type of element chemically joined
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together
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17 The diagram shows the magnetic field around a bar magnet. For
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N S

The bar magnet is turned through 180°.

Draw the magnetic field and arrows around this bar magnet.

I AM QUITE SMART..HEHE

S N

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