Revision questions

Q1.
Joanne burnt four different crisps.
She predicted that the bigger the crisp, the longer it will burn.

(a) Look at the picture above. What did Joanne wear to protect herself?

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1 mark

(b) Joanne measured the time taken for each crisp to burn completely.
The bar chart shows Joanne’s results.

Look at the bar chart.

How much time did crisp D take to burn?

..................... seconds
1 mark

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(c) The crisps Joanne used in her investigation are shown below.

(i) Joanne predicted that the bigger the crisp, the longer it will burn.
Do the results support Joanne’s prediction?
Tick one box.

yes no

Use Joanne’s results to explain your answer.

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1 mark

(ii) How can you tell that Joanne did not carry out a fair test?

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1 mark

(d) Joanne wrote some conclusions for her investigation.

Decide whether each conclusion is true, false, or you cannot tell.

Tick the correct box for each conclusion.

cannot
conclusion true false
tell

Two crisps took the same amount of

time to burn.

The smallest crisp burnt for the

shortest time.

Two of the crisps burnt with flames of

the same size.

3 marks
maximum 7 marks

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Q2.
(a) Peter used the equipment below to investigate growth of plants.

equipment measurement unit

(i) Draw one line from each piece of equipment to the measurement Peter
made.
2 marks

(ii) Then draw one line from each measurement to the correct unit.
2 marks

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 (b) The diagrams below show four measuring containers.

A B C D

Which is the best container to use to measure 15 cm of water? 3

Write the letter.

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1 mark

Why did you choose this container?

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1 mark
maximum 6 marks

Q3. (a) Gary poured 50 cm3 of water into a measuring cylinder.

He then put a steel ball into the measuring cylinder.

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 (i) What is the new reading on the measuring cylinder?

.............. cm3
1 mark

(ii) What is the volume of the steel ball?

.............. cm3
1 mark

(b) The table below shows the mass and volume of four objects.

object mass (g) volume (cm3)

aluminium figure 230 85

lead weight 800 70

steel block 200 25

wood puzzle 400 500

(i) Which object is the heaviest? ............................................

1 mark

(ii) Which object takes up the most space? ............................................

1 mark

(c) The frame of a bike is made of aluminium.

(i) Give one reason why aluminium is a suitable material for the frame.

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1 mark

(ii) A force between the tyres and the road stops the bike skidding.

What is the name of this force?

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1 mark
maximum 6 marks

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Q4.
Neera and Tom dissolved different masses of salt in 500 cm3 of water.
They measured the temperature at which each salt solution boiled.

(a) They wrote down the variables that might affect the investigation.

(i) What is the independent variable (the variable they changed) in their
investigation?

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1 mark

(ii) What is the dependent variable (the variable they measured) in their
investigation?

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1 mark

(iii) Which variable above would affect the experiment the least?

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1 mark

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(b) Neera and Tom plotted their results and drew the graphs shown below.

(i) How can you tell from the graphs that Neera and Tom started with pure
water?

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1 mark

(ii) Why is Tom’s line of best fit better than Neera’s line of best fit?

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1 mark
maximum 5 marks

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Q5.
(a) The periodic table on the Data Sheet may help you to answer these questions.

Part of the periodic table is shown below.

The letters are not the symbols of these elements.

Choose your answers only from the letters shown in the periodic table above.

Which letter, A, B, C, D or E, represents:

(i) an alkali metal Letter

(1)

(ii) the element calcium Letter

(1)

(iii) a transition element Letter

(1)

(iv) a Group 4 element? Letter

(1)

(b) A chemistry teacher demonstrated the reaction between sodium and water to some
students. One of the students wrote the following notes.

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 The reaction between sodium and water

A piece of sodium was cut easily into smaller pieces with a

knife.

The sodium was added to water in a trough.

The sodium:
ߦ floated
ߦ melted quickly to give a silvery ball
ߦ moved on the surface of the water
ߦ fizzed.

Use the information in the box to help you to answer these questions.

What evidence is there that:

(i) sodium has a low melting point

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(1)

(ii) sodium is soft

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(1)

(iii) a gas was produced?

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(1)
(Total 7 marks)

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Q6.
(a) Amy’s family are at the beach during the summer.
Amy and her sister have a bucket containing seawater and sand.

Read the following statements.

Which are true and which are false?

Tick one box for each statement.

true false

Water is a solvent for salt.

Sand sinks in water because water is more dense than sand.

When a solid dissolves in water, the solid is called a solute.

2 marks

(b) Seawater contains dissolved salt.

Describe what Amy can do to separate and collect pure water from seawater.

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2 marks

(c) Draw a line from each of the substances below to the group that it belongs to.
Draw only three lines.

Draw a line from each group to the correct description.

Draw only three lines.

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 2 marks
maximum 6 marks

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Mark schemes

Q1.
(a) any one from

• goggles
accept ‘safety glasses’
‘glasses’ is insufficient

• hairband
accept ‘hair tied back’
‘lab coat’ is insufficient
‘using tongs’ or ‘a heat-proof mat’ is insufficient
1 (L3)

(b) • 50 seconds
1 (L3)

(c) (i) both the tick and the matching explanation are
required for the mark

• yes

• crisp A was the biggest and it burnt for 80 seconds

accept ‘crisp A burnt for the longest time’
accept ‘the biggest crisp burnt for 80s’
‘crisp A burnt for a long time’ is insufficient
‘crisp D burnt for the shortest time’ is insufficient

or

• no

• crisp B was the smallest and it burnt for longer than crisp D
accept ‘the smallest crisp did not burn for the least time’
accept ‘crisp B did not burn for the shortest time’
accept ‘Joanne’s test was not fair’
accept ‘C and D are the same size but burn for different
times’
1 (L4)

(ii) any one from

• they were not all the same type or make

accept ‘different shapes’
‘the crisps are different sizes’ is insufficient

• two were crinkled crisps

accept ‘the crisps were from a different packet’
‘the crisps were different’ is insufficient
1 (L4)

(d) • false

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 1 (L4)

• false
1 (L4)

• cannot tell
1 (L4)
if more than one box is ticked in any row, do not award a
mark for that row
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Q2.
(a) (i)

if all four lines are correct, award two marks

if two or three lines are correct, award one mark
if more than one line is drawn from any box, do not credit
that line
2 (L3)

(ii)

if all four lines are correct, award two marks

if two or three lines are correct, award one mark
if more than one line is drawn from any box,
do not credit that line
2 (L3)

(b) • C
1 (L4)

any one from:

• A and D start at 25 and B does not have a mark at 15

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 accept ‘it has a mark for 15’
do not award a mark if C has not been selected
or identified in either part of item (b)

• there are not enough marks on A, B or D or the others

accept ‘you don’t have to estimate the measurement’
‘it is easy to read’ is insufficient
‘more measurements on it’ is insufficient

• precise
accept ‘the measurement is reliable’
‘it measures in cm3’ is insufficient

• C has the finest or most accurate scale

accept ‘it is accurate’

• it is accurate at 15 cm3
accept ‘it is the most exact’
accept ‘it goes up in ones’
accept ‘it has the smallest units in it’
accept ‘there are more lines on the scale’
1 (L4)
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Q3.
(a) (i) • 60 cm3
1 (L3)

(ii) • 10 cm3
accept ‘60 – 50’
1 (L3)

(b) (i) • lead weight

accept ‘lead’ or ‘weight’
‘800 g’ is insufficient
1 (L3)

(ii) • wood puzzle

accept ‘wood’ or ‘puzzle’
‘500 cm3’ is insufficient
1 (L3)

(c) (i) any one from

• it has a low density

accept ‘it is light’

• it does not rust

do not accept ‘it does not rust as easily as other metals’
accept ‘it does not bend’

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 accept ‘it is strong’
1 (L4)

(ii) • friction
1 (L4)
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Q4.
(a) (i) • mass of salt dissolved in water
accept ‘the mass or amount of salt’
‘salt’ is insufficient
do not accept ‘the type of salt used’
1 (L7)

(ii) • boiling point of salt solution

accept ‘boiling point’
1 (L7)

(iii) any one from

• starting temperature of the water

• temperature of the laboratory

‘temperature’ is insufficient
1 (L7)

(b) (i) • the boiling point with no salt or at the start was 100°C
accept ‘the water’s boiling point was 100°C’
accept ‘the boiling point of water is 100°C’
accept ‘it boiled at 100°C’
answers must refer to the boiling point
‘0 g of salt added’ is insufficient
‘the graph starts at 100°C’ is insufficient
1 (L7)

(ii) any one from

• there is only one point above the line in Neera’s graph

accept ‘most points are below the line in Neera’s graph’

• there should be a similar number of points above and below the line
accept ‘Tom’s goes near more points’
or ‘Tom’s points are nearer to the line’
accept ‘Neera just joined the first and last points’
1 (L7)
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Q5.

(a) (i) E
1

(ii) B
1

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 (iii) C
1

(iv) A
1

(b) (i) quickly melted

allow melts in contact with water,
allow bp 100 °C (of water) shows mp is low
ignore one other piece of information
1

(ii) easily cut

ignore one other piece of information
1

(iii) effervescence / fizzing / bubbling

ignore named gas
ignore one other piece of information
1
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Q6.
(a) • true false

for all three correct boxes ticked, award two marks

for any two correct, award one mark
2 (L6)

(b) • evaporate the water or evaporation

accept ‘heat it’
accept ‘it goes from liquid to gas’
accept ‘boiling’
do not accept an incorrect use of evaporation,
e.g. ‘she evaporates salt from sand’
1 (L5)

• condense the water vapour or condensation

accept ‘it goes from gas to liquid’
do not accept ‘it condenses to water vapour’
1 (L5)
accept, for two marks, ‘distil or distillation’
accept, for one mark, ‘condensation then evaporation’

(c)

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all three lines are required for one mark
if more than one line goes from any one box,
do not award the mark
1 (L5)

all three lines are required for one mark

if more than one line goes from any one box,
do not award the mark
1 (L6)
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