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VIs’ SUMMER EXAM

SCIENCE

June 2020

NAME .
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Please read this information before the examination starts.

 This examination is one hour long.

 Do NOT
• This rush.is 1 hour long.
examination

 If• you get to the end you must spend the time left
The answers should be written on the question paper.

checking your answers.

 Don’t panic! You’ve worked really hard in

• Answer all of the questions.

Science and I will be very proud of you as long as

you do your best.

Please hand in to LACB

1. What are the five senses that Humans have?

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(5 marks)

2. Give two examples of when your sense of touch could help to keep you
safe from getting hurt?

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2)...................................................................................................................
(2 marks)

3. Label the diagram of the Eye

(5 marks)
4. Name 5 parts of the ear.

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(5 marks)

5. At what temperature does water freeze?

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(1 mark)

6. At what temperature does water boil?

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(1 mark)

7. What could you use to measure the temperature of a swimming pool?

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(1 mark)
8a. Name the 8 planets in order, starting from the one nearest the Sun.

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8b. Which dwarf planet was considered a planet until 2006?

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(9 marks)

9. How many days does it take for the Earth to rotate around the Sun?

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(2 mark)

10. How many hours does it take the Earth to rotate on its own axis?

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(1 mark)
11. Label the diagram of Earth below.

(4 marks)

12. This question is about adaptations.

a) How does an earthworm absorb oxygen?

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(1 mark)
b) Why does rye grass stop growing at temperatures below 5 C?
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(1 mark)

13. Name four stages of the lunar cycle.

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(4 marks)
14. Circle the correct answer for each of the questions below:

Plants turn their leaves to follow the sun through the sky. T/F

Rocky planets are found closer to stars than gas planets. T/F

The particles in a solid are arranged in neat rows. T/F

The moon gives out its own light. T/F

First man in space: USA/USSR

First woman in space: USA/USSR

First animal in space: USA/USSR

First spacewalk: USA/USSR

First space station: USA/USSR

First docking of two spacecraft: USA/USSR

First person on the moon: USA/USSR

(11)
15. The Sun seems to move across the sky. The diagram shows
part of the path of the Sun one day in winter in Britain.

(a)     When the Sun is in the position shown in the diagram, what
time is it?

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1 mark

(b)     On the diagram above draw another line to show the path of
the Sun across the sky in the summer.
1 mark
(c)     The drawing below shows a sunflower plant at 8 o’clock in
the morning, at
12 noon, and at 4 o’clock in the afternoon on a summer’s day.

          The sunflower plant bends towards the East in the morning
and the West in the afternoon.
Explain why it does this.

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1 mark

(d)     The drawing shows greenflies and ladybirds on a sunflower

stalk.

Look at the food chain.                               

sunflower → greenfly → ladybird → bird

(i)      What is the producer in this food chain?

1 mark

(ii)     Which two living things in the food chain are predators?

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1 mark
 (iii)     Why do sunflowers grow better if there are lots of
ladybirds in the garden?

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1 mark
Maximum 6 marks

16. Circle the correct phrase.

Light enters your eye when you see something.

Light comes out of your eye when you see something.

(1 mark)

17. Which direction does the needle of a magnetic compass point?

Circle the correct answer.

North South East West

(1 mark)
18. What does MRS GREN stand for?

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R…………………………………………………………………………...

S……………………………………………………………………………

G…………………………………………………………………………...

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E……………………………………….......................................................

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(7 marks)

19. What scientific word is used to describe:

a. the special deep sleep that some animals go into for the whole
winter?
_______________

b. animals moving from one area of the planet to another as the

seasons change?
_______________

c. when an object takes up less space as it cools down?

___________________ (3 marks)
20. Look at the Food Pyramid below.

a. Name a food that contains lots of carbohydrates.

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(1 mark)
b. What does your body use carbohydrates for?

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(1 mark)
c. Calcium is a mineral. Name one thing that your body uses calcium
for.

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(1 mark)
d. Name two things that your body needs vitamins for?

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(2 marks)
e. What does the human body use protein for?

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(2 marks)
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22. Vertebrates have a backbone.

Name the vertebrate groups in the spaces below.

M____________________

R____________________

F____________________

A____________________

B____________________ (5 marks)
23. Label the Food Chain below using the following words.
(Top Predator, Herbivore, Plant, Carnivore)

(4 marks)

24. Write the correct words in the spaces below.

A. An animal that eats meat - __________________

B. An animal that eats plants - _________________

C. Animals that are active at night are ___________________ .

D. Animals that are active in the daytime are ______________.

E. Animals that hunt other animals are ________________.

F. Animals that are hunted by other animals are _______________.

G. A special deep sleep that some animals go in to for the whole

winter – ____________________.

H. When animals travel long distances to find food or suitable places

to breed - _________________________.

(8)
25. Write the following animals in the table below.
(Snail, Crocodile, Dolphin, Spider, Ladybird, Frog)

Vertebrates Invertebrates

(6 marks)

26.
27.
a. What force is holding the girls on the planet below? (1)

b. Draw long hair on each of the girls in the picture above. (4)

THIS IS THE END

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