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Science Paper 2
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper.
You should show all your working on the question paper.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question
or part question.
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The total number of marks for this paper is 40.
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Forces can be pushes or pulls.
Write push or pull in the table to describe the force that makes the toy move.
One has been done for you.
push
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Jemma has a doll.
(a) Different parts of the doll are made from different materials.
Tick () to sort the parts of the doll into natural or not natural.
parts of doll
natural
not natural
wool hat
nylon hair
glass eyes
cotton dress
plastic body
leather shoes
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(b) Use one word to finish the sentence.
dull
hard
rough
shiny
smooth
stretchy
Wool is good for the doll’s hat because it is
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(b) Use one word to finish the sentence.
dull
rough
shiny
smooth
Glass is good for the doll’s eyes because it is
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stretchy
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Ajay and Magda grow some plants in soil.
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(a) What part of their plants takes up water?
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(b) They cut the flowers off and investigate the plants.
This is what they do.
white flower petals
red liquid
blue liquid
After one day, this is what happens.
red-coloured
flower petals
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flower petals
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Finish this sentence.
The coloured liquids move up to the flower petals through
the
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(c) Ajay and Magda repeat their investigation.
This time they only use yellow liquid.
Predict what will happen after one day.
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A farmer finds some diseases on his wheat crop.
He is worried that he will not grow good seeds on his crop.
Which three parts of his plants need to be healthy?
Complete this sentence.
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To grow well plants need healthy
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Friction is a force.
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Sometimes it is useful. Sometimes it is not useful.
(a) Tick () to show if friction is useful or not useful.
useful
not useful
roundabout turning
child on slide
car braking
canoe moving in water
plane flying
shoes for running
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(b) Victor and Boris are taking part in winter sports.
Ice skating
skiing
Finish this sentence.
For ice skating and skiing, friction is useful when they want to
or
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Class 3 investigate slopes.
They let a car go down a slope.
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They measure how far the car travels.
Class 3 add a lump clay to the car.
They repeat the test with more lumps of clay.
Here are their results.
number of
lumps of clay
distance car travelled
in cm
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80
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100
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120
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140
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150
(a) What did Class 3 change that made the car move further?
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(b) Draw a bar chart of Class 3’s results; two have been done for you.
160
140
120
distance 100
travelled 80
(cm)
60
40
20
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2
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number of
lumps of clay
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(c) Circle the correct answer.
When Class 3 adds more lumps of clay the car goes
a bigger distance
a smaller distance
the same distance
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Sue and Chris sort different materials.
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(a) Draw a line to connect each object to the material it is made from.
object
material
raincoat
wool
warm coat
plastic
book
glass
window
paper
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(b) A warm coat is made from a material.
Circle the correct answer.
The material is
absorbent
an insulator of heat
shiny
waterproof
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(c) A raincoat is made from a material.
Circle the correct answer.
The material is
absorbent
an insulator of heat
shiny
waterproof
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Jim has been given a cat.
Circle two things the cat must have to stay alive.
food
cage
basket
water
scratching post
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Richard and Maddy test paper towels.
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They want to find out which towel will soak up the most water.
They measure how much water they can put on each towel until no more is
soaked up.
Here are their results.
A
B
C
20 cm3
90 cm3
30 cm3
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50 cm3
60 cm3
(a) Write their results in this table. One has been done for you.
towel
amount of water soaked up in cm3
A
20
B
C
D
E
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(b) Which towel soaked up the most water?
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(c) Which towel soaked up the least water?
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(d) Complete this sentence.
Use one of these words.
absorbent
colourful
soft
strong
Towels soak up water because they are
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10 Magnets attract some materials and not others.
Maria tests some spoons made from different materials.
Tick () to show which two materials are attracted to a magnet.
material spoon is made from
attracted to a magnet
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plastic
silver
steel
wood
aluminium
iron
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11 Forces can make objects slow down.
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Write two other things forces can do to objects.
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(a) It is wet with water.
He squeezes the sponge in his hands to get the water out.
What happens to the shape of the sponge?
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(b) Yusef stops squeezing the sponge.
The sponge feels much lighter than before.
Which piece of equipment is best to measure this change?
Tick () one box.
thermometer
mass balance
stopwatch
beaker
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13 Paolo eats a good varied diet.
What else could he do to keep healthy?
Tick () three activities that are good for keeping healthy.
activity
good for keeping
healthy
swimming
driving a car
playing hockey
reading a book
horse riding
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