Science Progression Test Stage 3

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Stage 3
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READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST
Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper . You
should show all you answers on the question paper.
The umber of Marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question .
The total number of marks for this paper is 50 .

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1 A plant has different parts. ForTeac
her’sUse
Label the parts of the plant.
...........................
[1]
2 The table shows materials and their properties.
Complete the table.
Two have been done for you.
property of material
material and
object
is it flexible? is it hard? is it transparent?
glass window
....................... ....................... ..........................
wool clothes no
....................... ..........................
plastic bag yes

....................... .......................
[3]
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3 Rajiv measures forces. ForTeac

her’sUse
Rajiv X
bag
(a) Rajiv uses equipment to measure a force.
Write down the name of equipment x.
................................................................................................................[1]
(b) The force of the bagon X is 2 units.
Describe how Rajiv can decrease the force.
....................................................................................................................
Describe how Rajiv can increase the force.
................................................................................................................[2]
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4 A fish is a living animal. ForTeac
her’sUse
Write down two life processes of fish.
1.......................................................................................................................
2...................................................................................................................[2]
5 The table shows the properties of some materials.
properties
material is it does it have a

does it conduct does it
strong or high melting
electricity? conduct heat?
weak? point?
A strong yes yes yes
B weak yes yes yes
C weak no no no
D strong no no yes
E weak yes yes no
F strong yes no yes
(a) Which material conducts heat and has higher elting point?
...............................................
[1]
(b) Metals conduct electricity and heat.
Which three materials are metals?
................................................................................................................[2]
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6 Safia plays on a slide . ForTeac

her’sUse
Safia
slide
(a) Safia sits at the top of the slide.
She is not moving.
What must Safia do to move down the slide?
................................................................................................................[1]
(b) Safia Eddie the slide slowly .
Write down two things she can do to move faster.
1.................................................................................................................
2.............................................................................................................[2]

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7 People who cannot see use braille to read. ForTeac
her’sUse
braille bumps on the

paper
fingers
(a) Which sense is being used to read the braille bumps?
................................................................................................................[1]
(b) Each letter has different pattern of bumps.
A B C D
What information do you need to read books of brailles ?
................................................................................................................[1]
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8 Blessy investigates how quickly she can move jelly (jello) cubes from one place to ForTeac
another. her’sUse
She uses chopsticks to pick up the cubes.
chopsticks
jelly(jello)cubes
(a) Blessy always uses the same force to pick up the cubes.
Why does she use the same force?
Circle the best answer.
to answer questions
to make a fair test
to make a prediction
to observe
to present results
[1]
(b) Bless this the cube with the chopsticks.
What happens to the cube ?
Circle the best answer .
changes colour
changes mass
changes shape
[1]

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9 Steel is a material
used to make cars and
trucks.
Tick (✓) correct properties of steel.
 attracted to the magnet
 hard
 high melting point
 low boiling point
 Pink
 weak
[2]
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9 Magnets are made from magnetic materials. ForTeac

her’sUse
Which materials can be used to make a magnet?
Tick() the two correct boxes.
aluminium
copper
iron
plastic
steel
wood
[2]

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10 Some of the food sweet and health. ForTeac
her’sUse
(a) Here is a list of foods.
apple banana cake chicken
chocolate fried potato rice
Decide if each food is healthy or can damage our health.Put
the foods in the correct column in the table.
One has been done for you.
healthy can damage our health

apple
[2]
(b) Cookies can also damage our health.
Write down two things in cookies which are dangerous to our health.
1.................................................................................................................
2.............................................................................................................[2]
(c) Apples contain things the body needs to keep healthy.
Write down one of these things.
................................................................................................................[1]
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11 Chen investigate force of balls. ForTeac

her’sUse
They have 5 different balls.
Chen puts the balls in order from hardest to softest.
A B C D E
hardest softest
(a) Which ball needs the least force to make changes happen on it?
Circle the correct answer.
A B C D E
[1]
(b) Aiko uses a small force to change the shape of the balls.
Two of the balls do not change shape.
Which two balls do not change shape?
A and B B and C B and D C and D D and E

[1]
12 Hassan write about plants and water.

1
Complete the sentences.
Water travels up the plant through the......................................................
If the plant does not get water it will......................................................[2]
Oliver and Yuri repeat the method with four different rubber bands.
Yuri writes down the results.
rubber band 1 = 2 masses rubber band3=2 masses
rubber band 2 = 3 masses rubber band4=3 masses
Complete the table of results.
number of
rubber band
masses added
1
........................
2
........................
3
........................
4
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1
[1]
(a) What do the results show about the number of masses added.
the highest mass is
2the lowest mass is
3thetotal massis 6
the masses are different
the masses are the same [1]
(b) Draw a bar graph to present the results on the table .
[3]
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Lisa plays with a soft clay .
(a) She pushes the clay
What does clay look like after Lisa pushed it.
1
Squashed bigger stretched twisted
(b) She pulls the clay.
What will the clay look like after Lisa pulls it?
Smaller squashed twisted stretched [2]
14 Magnets attract some materials and others does not.

1
Maria tests some spoons made from different materials.
Tick(✓) to show which two materials are attracted to magnets.
Material Magnetic Non-magnetic

Plastic
Steel
Silver
Wood
Aluminium
Wool
Iron
Cotton
[3]
15 Greg and Nikki investigate how plant bulbs grow.

They want to find out if temperature affects the growth of the bulbs . They put some
bulbs in 3 pots of dry compost.
cooldark cupboard cold dark fridge warm classroom

in a dark box
They want to make a fair test.
What have they forgetten to keep the same?
What else should they keep the same to make it a fair test? [1]
What must they give the plant bulbs at the start of their investigation? [1]
..............................................................
...................................... .............................
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After 10 days, they look at one bulb from each pot.
cool dark cupboard cold dark fridge warm classroom

in a dark box
Finish their conclusion.

The plant bulbs grew the best in .
This is because,.............................................................................[2]
plants need water to grow
plants grow better in warm
place
Plants grow better in cold place.
16 Sara and Seliwe are investigate floating and sinking in water.

Tick (✓) to predict what they will find.
One has been done for you.

object will float will sink

1
✓
silver coin
SOAP
bar of soap
wooden brick
metal toy car
stone
tennis ball
glass marble
[3]
17 Look at the table of information about materials.
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Complete the table.
material is the material a solid, liquid or

gas at room temperature?
air .........................................................
gasoline (petrol) .........................................................
mercury liquid
sugar .........................................................
water .........................................................
wood .........................................................
[2]

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Science paper 1

should show all you answers on the question paper.

The umber of Marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question .

The total number of marks for this paper is 50 .

Label the parts of the plant.

2 The table shows materials and their properties.

Complete the table.

Two have been done for you.

plastic bag yes

3 Rajiv measures forces. ForTeac

(a) Rajiv uses equipment to measure a force.

Write down the name of equipment x.

(b) The force of the bagon X is 2 units.

Describe how Rajiv can decrease the force.

Describe how Rajiv can increase the force.

©UCLES2018 S/S3/01 [Turnover

Write down two life processes of fish.

5 The table shows the properties of some materials.

material is it does it have a

(b) Metals conduct electricity and heat.

Which three materials are metals?

6 Safia plays on a slide . ForTeac

(a) Safia sits at the top of the slide.

She is not moving.

What must Safia do to move down the slide?

(b) Safia Eddie the slide slowly .

Write down two things she can do to move faster.

©UCLES2018 S/S3/01 [Turnover

braille bumps on the

(a) Which sense is being used to read the braille bumps?

(b) Each letter has different pattern of bumps.

What information do you need to read books of brailles ?

She uses chopsticks to pick up the cubes.

Why does she use the same force?

Circle the best answer.

to make a fair test

(b) Bless this the cube with the chopsticks.

What happens to the cube ?

Circle the best answer .

©UCLES2018 S/S3/01 [Turnover

used to make cars and

Tick (✓) correct properties of steel.

 attracted to the magnet

 high melting point

 low boiling point

9 Magnets are made from magnetic materials. ForTeac

Which materials can be used to make a magnet?

Tick() the two correct boxes.

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(a) Here is a list of foods.

apple banana cake chicken

chocolate fried potato rice

Decide if each food is healthy or can damage our health.Put

the foods in the correct column in the table.

One has been done for you.

healthy can damage our health

(b) Cookies can also damage our health.

(c) Apples contain things the body needs to keep healthy.

Write down one of these things.

11 Chen investigate force of balls. ForTeac

They have 5 different balls.

Chen puts the balls in order from hardest to softest.