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SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 October 2021

MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 50

Published
This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Markers were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at the Markers’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the End of Series Report. Cambridge
will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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General guidelines on marking

Many descriptive answers can be expressed in a variety of ways. Professional judgement can
be used in these cases, providing it matches the marking points and further information in the
mark scheme.

Answers may have words spelt incorrectly. Credit is normally given for phonetically correct answers,
unless the word has a scientifically different meaning. For example, where the answer should be
antennae, credit will be given for antena but not for anthen (too close to anther).

Only the science is being assessed so answers do not need to be grammatically correct.
Significant figures will be indicated in the question or in the mark scheme.

Unless specified all marking points are independent.

Annotations and abbreviations

/ or alternate responses for the same marking point

( ) brackets the words or units in brackets do not need to be stated, for example, (recycles
or releases or provides) minerals = minerals scores the mark

underline exact word is required

Accept an acceptable response

Do not accept indicates an incorrect response that would contradict another otherwise
correct alternative

Ignore indicates an irrelevant answer that is not creditworthy. Full marks can still
be achieved even with answers that are ignored.

Note provides extra information when necessary

ecf error carried forward; marks are awarded if an incorrect response has been
carried forward from earlier working, provided the subsequent working is correct

ora or reverse argument; for example, as mass increases, volume increases could
be written as mass decreases, volume decreases

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

1(a) pollen 1 Accept polen

Ignore stamen / anther / filament / grain

Ignore pollination

Accept answer next to X on diagram, but

answer line takes precedence

1(b) anther ovum petal stamen stigma 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks

1(c) insect / butterfly / bird 1 Accept named insects / named butterflies /

named birds, e.g. bee / beetle / ant /
humming bird

Ignore humans

Do not accept dog / sheep

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

2 3 each correct answer = 1 mark

A sound is made when an object vibrates. Ignore bounces / moves / falls / is hit /
makes sound waves / shakes

Accept frequency
The pitch describes how high or low a sound is.
Ignore sound (level) meter

Sounds can also be loud or soft . Do not accept decibels / volume

Accept quiet

Ignore not loud / silent

Do not accept high / low

Question Answer Marks Further Information

3 The compass needle moves when the needle is near iron and steel. 1 both correct in either order for the mark

Accept iron and steel circled or indicated

on the list, but answer line takes
precedence

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

4 dull 1 more than one answer ticked = 0 marks

high melting point 

soft

soluble in water

weak

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

5 3 two lamps = 1 mark

cell symbol = 1 mark

closed switch = 1 mark

Do not accept
open switch for closed switch:

Do not accept
battery for cell:

symbols can be in any boxes but there

must be two lamps

Ignore gaps in the circuit / line across cell

symbol

Accept any orientation of symbol

Accept symbols without connecting wires

e.g.

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

6(a) 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

(muscle A) gets longer / relaxes / relaxing Accept long

Ignore muscle A stretches / expands /

straightens / extends / gets loose / gets
bigger / flattens / reflex

(muscle B) gets shorter / contracts / contracting Accept short

Ignore muscle B gets fatter / gets bigger /

tightens / smaller / shrinks / tenses

Ignore names of muscles e.g. biceps /

triceps

Do not accept contradictions on the same

line e.g. contracts and stretches for
muscle B

6(b) heart (and) lungs 1 both needed in either order for the mark

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

7(a) 2 all four correct = 2 marks

letter label
two or three correct = 1 mark
A axis
one correct = 0 marks

Earth more than one line from a letter to

B different labels = 0 marks for that letter

C orbit

D Sun

7(b) the spin of the Earth / the rotation of the Earth / Earth turns on its axis 1 Accept World for Earth

Accept Earth revolves (on its axis)

Ignore just the axis of the Earth

Ignore movement or just spin or rotation

with no mention of Earth

Do not accept the Earth orbits (around

the Sun) / Earth revolves around the Sun

7(c) 1 year 1 Accept 365 days / 365 ¼ days / 365.25

days / 365,25 days

Accept 8760 hours / 525 600 minutes /

31 536 000 seconds

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

8(a) ammonium chloride 1 more than one answer = 0 marks

Accept ammonium

Ignore white solid

8(b) evaporate (the water) / heat (the solution) 1 Accept boil (the water) / make it hotter /
use hot water

Ignore cooling (after evaporation) /

change the temperature

Do not accept sodium chloride

evaporates

Do not accept other methods, e.g. freeze

/ filter

8(c) (idea of) making a gas 1 Accept fizzing / temperature change /

colour change / makes a milky solution

Ignore there is a chemical reaction / forms

a new substance / reference to dissolving /
makes a solution / we cannot get it back

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

9(a) (idea of) eye protection / laboratory coat 1 Accept heat proof gloves / plastic glasses
/ goggles / safety glasses / safety coat

Ignore gloves / tongs / heat proof mat /

test-tube rack / (sun)glasses / mask / coat

9(b) A (and) D 1 both needed in either order for the mark

Accept colourless solid for A

Ignore white solid for D

9(c) B 1 more than one answer = 0 marks

Ignore white solid

9(d) E 1 Accept (colourless) liquid for E

and

because it makes steam / because it is a (colourless) liquid Ignore because it becomes a gas /
because it evaporates / colourless

9(e) the mass (of test tube and contents) after she heats the material 1 Accept mass at the end / mass when it
has been heated / mass of black solid

Accept weight or ‘it’ for mass

Do not accept volume

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

10(a) 5 (N) 1

10(b) 1 all four correct = 1 mark

number of masses force in N
Accept results in any order in the table as
(2) (2) long as they are matched correctly

3 3 Ignore units in the body of the table

5 5

7 7

10 10

10(c) As the number of masses increases the reading on the forcemeter 1 Accept goes up / is more / gets bigger
increases.
Accept is the same as the number of
masses

10(d) 8 (N) 1

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

11(a) any one from 1 Accept any suitable variable that needs to
be kept constant

amount of water Ignore just ‘water’

time (to grow)

amount of light / same window / same place

type of plant / number of plants / number of leaves / size of plant (at start) Ignore same plant / any reference to
seeds
temperature

size of the bottles / material of the bottle

Accept shape of bottles / height of bottles
Ignore same bottle / same amount of
bottles

Do not accept colour of bottle

type of soil Ignore amount of soil

11(b) 2 first sentence correct = 1 mark

The plants grow best in the clear bottle. second and third sentences correct
= 1 mark
This is because the plant in this bottle is biggest .
Accept big or bigger for biggest

The conclusion will be more reliable if they put more plants in each bottle.

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

11(c) colour 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks

energy
food

temperature

water

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

12(a) (carried) in the blood 1 Accept pumped by heart / carried in the

red blood cells / heart sends blood /
through the blood vessels / through or in
any named blood vessel e.g. in veins

Ignore by the lungs / pumped by the lungs

Do not accept incorrect organs, e.g. the

kidneys put oxygen into the blood

12(b) any two from 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

to stay alive Accept to survive / not to die

to give energy Accept for respiration / to make energy

Accept to exercise
so he can move

so he can grow
Accept so cells can work / so body can
so organs can work work / for organs to function

Accept correct examples of named

functions e.g. circulate blood / breathing /
keep brain thinking / keep heart pumping /
excrete / expel carbon dioxide

Ignore to be healthy / for asthma /

breathing problems

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

13(a) card or star or it is opaque / light is blocked 1 Accept light is obstructed

Ignore the card is not transparent / the

card is solid / card covers the light / white
screen is opaque

Do not accept light is reflected

13(b) any one from 1

increases / gets bigger

less sharp / paler Ignore disappears

13(c) light is reflected (off the mirror) 1 if direction of reflection is given then
the direction must be correct

Accept the light hits the mirror and it

reflects (the card) / light is reflected by the
mirror / light is reflected on(to) the mirror /
light is reflected into the mirror / light is
reflected into her eyes / light reflects from
star to mirror

Ignore mirror reflects the star / mirror

reflects the card / (just) light is reflected
from star

Do not accept incorrect statements e.g.

light is reflected off the mirror onto the star
/ light is reflecting to the star and star
reflects the mirror

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

14(a) (temperature at which) liquid becomes a gas/vapour 1 Accept the point at which a liquids
temperature can no longer increase

Ignore the temperature at which the liquid

evaporates / liquid become steam / liquid
starts to boil

Do not accept solid becomes a gas

14(b) 100 °C 1 unit needed for mark

Accept answers with C and °

e.g. °c / C° / c° / degrees C / degrees
Celsius

Ignore just C / just ° / degrees

Accept 212 °F

14(c) (temperature at which) solid becomes a liquid 1 Ignore ice becomes liquid / solid becomes
water / solid starts to melt

Do not accept solid becomes a gas /

when a solid dissolves

14(d) 0 °C 1 unit needed for mark

Accept answers with C and °

e.g. °c / C° /

Ignore just C / just ° / degrees

Accept 32 °F

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

15(a) a plant that uses or gets energy from the Sun / a plant that makes (its own) 1 Accept living thing or organism or
food producer or it for plant

Accept a plant that produces food

Ignore a plant that starts a food chain /

(just) a (green) plant / eaten by consumers
/ a plant that makes or produces nutrients

Do not accept a plant that produces or

makes energy

15(b) an animal that eats or feeds 1 Accept living thing or organism or

consumer or it for animal

Accept an animal that only eats plants /

an animal that only eats animals / an
animal that consumes or gets food / an
animal that gets energy from living things /
an animal that consumes the producer’s
energy

Ignore (just) an animal that consumes / an

animal that can’t produce its food

15(c) an animal that hunts or catches another animal / prey 1 Accept an animal that chases or attacks
(and eats) another animal / animal that
hunts or catches food / an animal that kills
its prey

Ignore an animal eats another animal or

prey / is a carnivore

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

15(d) always doubles 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks

always halves

decreases
increases

stays the same

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

16(a) yes (no marks) 1 if ‘no’ is ticked = 0 marks

(idea) that other tubes will share the heat Accept it will lose less heat / less space
for heat to escape / idea they insulate
each other / less or no air can reach the
tube to make it cold

Ignore huddle together to keep warm /

helps them stay warm / it is covered or
closed by other tubes / they are in a group
/ there are more tubes / they have more
water / they make heat

16(b) 1 both correct in either order = 1 mark

wraps fur around a boiling tube Accept alternatives to fur, e.g. material /
cloth / paper / tissue / blanket / hair /
puts the boiling tube in beaker A plastic

Accept nothing for no fur

puts another boiling tube into beaker B with no fur around it
Accept a comparison showing differences
between the amount of fur e.g. 10 fur and
1 fur / fur and less fur

Ignore comparisons between different

materials e.g. towel and fur

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