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SCIENCE Year 6 (Set A)

Assessment Test 45 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

No additional materials required.

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● You may use a calculator.
● You should show all your working and use appropriate units.

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 50.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 (a) The three states of matter are solid, liquid, gas.

Use these words in the table to identify whether these items in picture
The first one is done for you.

Items is a solid, liquid or gas?

Solid

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(b) Anita has some chocolate.

Choose words to complete these sentences

boils condenses evaporates freezes

gas liquid melts solid

The cold chocolate is a _________________. Anita leaves the chocolate in the Sun

the chocolate _________________. It has turned into a _________________.

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2 Here are some questions and answers about insect-pollinated plants.

Draw lines from the questions to the correct answers. One has been done for you.

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3 Human use senses to find out about their environment.

(a) Join with a line the stimulus to the correct sense.

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(b) Ginny detect the scent of her mother’s cooking at 7p.m. every day.
(i) Name the sense.

_____________________________________ [1]
(ii) Which the organ is used to detect the scent?

_____________________________________ [1]
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4 Jack has found some information about animals that live in Africa.

(a) Write the names of animals A, B, C and D in the boxes.

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(b) Categorise the animals based on how they are feed.

Herbivore Carnivore

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5 George and Nathan investigate how plant bulbs grow.

They want to find out if temperature affects the growth of bulbs.
They put some bulbs in 3 pots of dry compost.

(a) They want to make a fair test. What have they forgotten to keep the same?

_________________________________________________________________ [1]

(b) What else should they keep the same to make it a fair test?

_________________________________________________________________ [1]

(c) What must they give the plant bulbs at the starts of their investigation?

_________________________________________________________________ [1]

(d) After 10 days, they look at one bulb from each pot.

Finish their conclusion.

The plant bulbs grew best in the ______________________________________. [1]

This is because … (circle the correct answer)

plants need water to grow

plants grow better in the dark place

plants grow better in a warm place

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6 Different materials allow different amount of light to pass through them.

(a) Draw lines from the material to the amount of light that passes through it and to
the type of shadow it forms.

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(b) Give an example of an opaque object.

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(c) Nina thinks that glass is a translucent object. Do you think her answer is correct or
wrong?
Correct Wrong [1]

7 Here is a light ray hitting a mirror.

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(a) State the letter that represents the reflected ray.

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(b) Draw an arrow head on the reflected ray to show the direction the light travels. [1]

8 Magnet attracts some metals but not others. Tick (✓) the items that are attracted to a
magnet.

Items

wood

glass

aluminium

cloth

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9 Carl investigated light. Look at his apparatus.

Here are some statements made by Carl. What is each type of statement?
Draw a line from the statement to the correct activity.
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10 Gabriela investigate how a water clock works.

• She accurately measures a volume of water.
• She pours the water into a filter funnel.
• She times how long it takes for the water to pass through.
She repeats this with different volumes of water.

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(a) Which apparatus does she use to measure accurately the volume of water? Circle
the correct apparatus.

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(b) Here are her results.

Put her result in the table in the correct order.

Volume of water Time taken

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