Science

Stage 7
Paper 2 2022

45 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.

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 Look at the diagrams of different cells.

A B C

D E F

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(a) Four of the cells are animal cells.

Write down the letters of the four animal cells.

[1]

(b) Write down two reasons why these cells are animal cells and not plant cells.

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[2]

(c) Microorganisms are made of cells.

How many cells does a typical microorganism contain?

[1]

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2 Steel is an alloy.

It contains carbon and iron.

(a) Complete the sentence by ticking () the correct box.

Steel is .

an atom

an element

a compound

a mixture
[1]

(b) Look at the particle models for steel and iron.

carbon atom iron atom

steel iron

Explain, using the particle model, why steel is harder than iron.

[2]

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3 Pierre and Priya investigate air resistance.

They have a ball and a feather.

ball feather

Pierre drops the ball and the feather from the same height.

Priya times how long it takes for the ball and the feather to reach the ground.

They repeat their experiment three times.

Here are their results.

time taken to reach the ground

in seconds average time taken to
object reach the ground
experiment experiment experiment in seconds
1 2 3

ball 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.5

feather 25 23 24 24

(a) Explain their results.

Use ideas about air resistance.

[2]

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(b) Pierre makes this prediction,

‘If we repeat the investigation in a vacuum the ball and the feather will
both take the same time to reach the ground.’

Tick () to show if Pierre is correct.

Yes No

Explain your answer.

[1]

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4 Look at the diagram.

It shows the position of the Sun, the Earth and the tides.

(a) Complete the diagram by showing the position of the Moon.

high tide

orbit of the
Moon
Sun low tide Earth low tide

high tide

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[1]

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(b) Look at the diagram.

It shows the Earth with extremely high tides.

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orbit of the Moon

extremely high tide

low tide Earth low tide

extremely high tide

Complete the diagram to show the position of the Sun and the position of the Moon when
there is an extremely high tide.

Explain your answer.

[2]

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5 Chen uses his toy train to model the flow of electricity in an electrical circuit.

Chen pushes the train around the track.

(a) Draw a line to match the part of the model to the correct part of the electrical circuit.

part of the model electrical circuit

train wire

track battery

Chen electrons

[1]

(b) (i) Write down one strength of Chen’s model.

[1]

(ii) Write down two limitations of Chen’s model.

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6 Oliver investigates the current in an electrical circuit.

A1

A2

Ammeter A1 measures the current as 4 amps.

(a) Write down the measurement on ammeter A2.

amps [1]

(b) Oliver adds another lamp to the electrical circuit.

A1

A2

Describes what happens to the measurement on ammeter A1.

Explain your answer.

measurement on A1

explanation

[1]

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7 Look at the three food chains for a desert.

cactus rat hawk microorganisms

cactus grasshopper lizard hawk microorganisms

cactus rat tarantula snake microorganisms

(a) Use the food chains to make a food web.

[3]

(b) There is a disease which kills all the grasshoppers in the desert.

Predict what happens to the number of lizards in the desert.

Explain your answer.

[1]

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(c) (i) What is the role of the microorganisms in a food web?

[1]

(ii) Explain why microorganisms are important in a habitat.

[1]

8 Jamila mixes two colourless solutions.

(a) (i) Complete these sentences.

The two solutions react to make a white solid.

The solid made does not dissolve in water because it is .

This solid is called a .

[2]

(ii) A reaction takes place when Jamila mixes the two solutions.

Describe one piece of evidence that shows a reaction takes place.

[1]

(b) What is the name of this type of chemical reaction?

[1]

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9 Blessy slowly adds sodium hydroxide solution to dilute hydrochloric acid in a beaker.

As she adds the sodium hydroxide solution to the acid, Blessy measures the pH of the mixture in
the beaker.

Look at the graph of her results.

14.0

12.0

10.0

8.0

pH

6.0

4.0

2.0

0.0
0 10 20 30 40 50

volume of sodium hydroxide solution added

in cm3

(a) Sodium hydroxide solution is an alkali.

Write down the name of the type of reaction that happens when sodium hydroxide solution
reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid.

[1]

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(b) Explain why the pH increases as the sodium hydroxide solution is added to the dilute
hydrochloric acid.

[1]

(c) What is the volume of sodium hydroxide solution added when the pH is 7.0?

cm3 [1]

(d) Blessy wants to know if her results are reliable.

Describe what Blessy does to get reliable results.

Explain how she will know if the results are reliable.

description

explanation

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10 The mountain zebra belongs to the species, Equus zebra.

(a) Define the term species.

[2]

(b) Growth is one characteristic of living organisms.

Write down three other characteristics of the living organisms shown in the pictures.

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[2]

(c) A virus makes the mountain zebra become ill.

Mia thinks a virus is a living organism.

Tick () to show if Mia is correct.

Yes No

Explain your answer.

[1]

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11 The combustion of gasoline in a car engine makes harmful gases.

Catalytic converters are fitted to cars to lower the mass of these harmful gases released into
the atmosphere.

Look at the graph.

20

18

16

14

12
mass of harmful
gases released 10
in g
8

0
no two-way three-way
catalytic catalytic catalytic
converter converter converter

A three-way catalytic converter is more effective than a two-way catalytic converter at lowering
the mass of harmful gases released.

Calculate how much more effective the three-way catalytic converter is compared to the two-way
catalytic converter.

Show your working.

[2]

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12 Hassan stands in the entrance of a tunnel and shouts his name into the tunnel.

A few seconds later he hears his name again.

Explain why.

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13 Safia and Pierre use boxes and pieces of cloth to model how fold mountains are formed.

Look at the diagram.

box

pieces of cloth

(a) Safia and Pierre push the boxes towards each other.

Use your scientific knowledge to predict what happens to the pieces of cloth.

[1]

(b) (i) What do the boxes in the model represent?

[1]

(ii) What do the pieces of cloth in the model represent?

[1]

(c) Suggest one way Safia and Pierre could improve their model.

[1]

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14 Read the hypothesis about how planets are formed.

About 4500 million years ago the Solar System was just gas and dust.

Small bits of gas and dust began to group together to form asteroids.

Gravity pulled some of the asteroids together to form planets.

Many asteroids are still found between Mars and Jupiter.

(a) Write down one reason why some scientists think this hypothesis may not be correct.

[1]

(b) Write down two reasons why some scientists think this hypothesis is correct.

[2]

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The Periodic Table of Elements
Group
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2
H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne

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lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84

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Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe

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rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
lanthanoids
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn

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caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson
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57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

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actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
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