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SCIENCE 0846/02
Paper 2 April 2022
45 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You should show all your working in the booklet.
• You may use a calculator.

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

This document has 20 pages.

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1 The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.

Here is a diagram of the three states of matter of water.

process X boiling
substance liquid substance
A water B
process Y process Z

(a) Name substance A and substance B.

B
[1]

(b) Name process X.

[1]

(c) Name process Y.

[1]

(d) Name process Z.

[1]

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2 The diagram shows a man parachuting.

(a) A force slows the speed of the man.

Write down the name of this force.

[1]

(b) The weight of the man pulls him towards the Earth.

Weight is different to mass.

Complete the sentences about the difference between weight and mass.

The unit of weight is .

The unit of mass is .

[2]

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3 Blessy investigates sinking.

Blessy uses a rubber ball that does not sink in water.

She adds one pin to the rubber ball then puts the rubber ball in the water.

She observes if the rubber ball sinks.

Here is part of her method.

collect a beaker of
water, pins and a
rubber ball

add onerubber
put the pin to the
ball in ball
rubber the water
and put
it in the water

record how many

no yes
B A pins are in the
rubber ball

(a) A question is missing from box A in her method.

Write down this missing question.

[1]

(b) An instruction is missing from box B in her method.

Write down this missing instruction.

[1]

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4 Plants have life cycles.

Look at part of the life cycle of a plant.

fertilisation seed production stage X germination

(a) Describe what happens during stage X.

[1]

(b) Suggest why stage X occurs during the life cycle of a plant.

[1]

(c) Complete the sentence.

Seed production happens in the of a plant. [1]

(d) Complete the sentence.

Fertilisation happens when

. [1]

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5 Ahmed ties three balloons to an empty drink container.

balloon

drink container
top of
table

He puts the drink container above the top of the table.

The forces are balanced so the drink container does not move.

(a) Ahmed measures the distance between the drink container and the top of the
table.

Name the equipment he uses to measure the distance.

[1]

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(b) Ahmed repeats the investigation with a smaller drink container.

To make the forces balance he adds water to the smaller drink container.

Ahmed measures the water.

cm3
10
9
8
7
6
water 5
4
3
2
1

Complete the sentences.

Ahmed measures the water in a .

The volume of water he measures is cm3.

[2]

6 This question is about dissolving.

Draw a line between the word and its correct meaning.

word meaning

insoluble a solid that dissolves in water

soluble the liquid that dissolves a solid

solution a solid that does not dissolve in water

solvent a mixture of a dissolved solid and water

[3]

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7 Jamila finds pictures of different animals on the internet.

fox pygmy slow loris sloth

spoonbill eagle camel

Complete the sentences using these animals.

(a) The animal that grips and tears the flesh of its prey is the

It grips its prey because it has

·
[2]

(b) The animal that hears its prey when it is a long distance away is the

It hears its prey because it has

·
[2]

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8 Mia is playing a guitar.

guitar

(a) Complete the sentence.

Mia hears the guitar because the air between the guitar and her ear

. [1]

(b) Complete the sentence.

Changing the length of the guitar string will change the

of the sound. [1]

(c) Complete the sentence.

Plucking the guitar string with more force will make the sound

. [1]

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9 Oliver investigates shadows.

He makes a butterfly shape.

transparent material
butterfly shape

opaque material

He shines a light on the butterfly shape.

A shadow is made on a screen.

(a) Draw the shadow Oliver sees on the screen.

screen

[1]

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(b) The butterfly is moved closer to the screen.

The light is not moved.

Describe what happens to the shadow.

[1]

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10 Different materials have different properties.

Draw a line between each material and its correct property.

material property

colourless gas

copper attracted towards a magnet

gasoline silver liquid

oxygen red-brown
pink solidsolid

salt flammable

steel white solid

soft
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11 Safia connects an electrical circuit.

switch cell

wire

lamp A lamp B

Lamp A does not light.

(a) Safia says,

‘Lamp B will light.’

Tick () to show if Safia is correct.

yes no

Explain your answer.

[1]

(b) What does Safia do to make lamp A light?

[1]

(c) What flows through the electrical circuit when lamp A lights?

[1]

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12 Class 6 investigate where insects live.

They look under logs of wood.

logs of wood
at the top of
the pile

logs of wood
at the bottom
of the pile

They count the number of insects under each log.

(a) Class 6 make their investigation a fair test.

Circle one way they make their investigation a fair test.

add water to each log

different children count the number of insects

only count the first ten insects

use gloves to lift the logs

use the same size logs

[1]

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(b) The class make a prediction,

‘Most of the insects will be found under

the logs at the bottom of the pile.
The reason is that the logs at the bottom
of the pile are cooler.’

Write down two other reasons why they make this prediction.

The logs at the bottom of the pile are

The logs at the bottom of the pile are

.
[2]

(c) They measure the temperature under the logs at the bottom of the pile.

Name the equipment they use to measure the temperature.

[1]

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13 Chen cooks some rice.

He puts the rice in boiling water.

He keeps the water boiling for 15 minutes until the rice is cooked.

(a) What is the temperature of the boiling water?

[1]

(b) Describe how Chen separates the rice from the water.

[1]

(c) What type of change is cooking rice?

Tick () the correct answer.

reversible irreversible

Explain your answer.

[1]

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14 Pierre and Youssef make a model of a part of the Solar System.

Not drawn to scale

(a) Write down the name of the path labelled X.

[1]

(b) Pierre says,

‘The Earth spins on its axis once a day.’

Tick () two sentences that show Pierre is correct.

sentence

Different parts of the Earth are in day or night.

The Earth moves around the Sun.

The Moon moves around the Earth.

There are 12 months in a year.

There are 24 hours in a day.

[2]

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15 The diagram shows the outline of a body.

E
B

C
D

(a) Which label on the outline of the body shows the position of the brain?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

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(b) Look at the picture of an organ.

Which label on the outline of the body shows the position of this organ?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

(c) What is the function of this organ?

Circle the correct answer.

chewing food

breaking down poisons

digesting food

taking in oxygen

[1]

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16 Here is a table of information about some materials.

does it have a
is it attracted to a
material melting point is it transparent?
magnet?
below 20 °C?
A no no yes

B no no no

C no yes yes

D yes no no

E no yes no

One of the materials is water.

Circle the material that is water.

A B C D E
[1]

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