Centre Number
Candidate Number
Name
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL PRIMARY ACHIEVEMENT TEST
0843/02
SCIENCE
Paper 2
November 2006
45 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper
Candidates require: pen, pencil, ruler, calculator
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(a) Different living things are found in different places.
Draw lines to match each living thing to where it is normally found.
crab
sea shore
cactus
snowy mountain side
fir tree
desert
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(b) All plants have common life processes.
Which of the following are life processes common to all plants?
Tick two boxes.
Eating
Growth
Reproduction
Watering
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(a) Underline two things all green plants need to grow well.
Food
Salt
Sunlight
Water
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(b) In some countries the temperature in winter is very cold.
What will happen to the growth of the plants living there during winter?
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(c) Here is a diagram of a plant.
Label the parts of the plant.
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Use the key below to name these flowers.
A
B
C
D
1. Are the petals separate?
Yes go to 2
No go to 3
2. Does it have more than 5 petals
Yes = anemone
No = primrose
3. Is there more than one flower on a stem?
Yes = heather
No = bluebell
(a) Name plant A.
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(b) Name plant D.
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Materials change when they are heated.
(a) Draw lines to match up the materials with the result of heating.
coal
wood
ice
ash
water
steam
air
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(b) Chocolate becomes runny when it is heated.
(i) State the word that describes this process.
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(ii) What can be done to make the runny chocolate hard again?
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The picture shows a magnet, a metal can, and some paper clips.
N
S
metal can
(a) Explain why the paper clips stick to the magnet but the metal can does
not.
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(b) Complete the table to show what will happen when magnets are placed
as shown.
Attract
S
N
N
S
S
N
S
N
N
S
S
N
Repel
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A hair dryer uses electricity to make heat and to move the fan.
(a) Suggest one material that the cover of the plug should be made from.
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(b) Explain why.
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Saskia wants to make a circuit to light up a bulb.
She has a battery, a switch and a bulb.
(a) What else does she need?
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(b) She makes the circuit and closes the switch. The bulb lights up.
Why does this happen? Tick one box.
The switch makes a break in the circuit.
The switch makes the circuit complete.
The electricity is made in the switch.
The switch charges the battery.
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Chen makes a circuit using a fan, a switch, one cell (battery) and wires.
He draws a diagram of his circuit.
wires
F
cell
fan
switch
The fan works when he closes the switch.
(a) What is the flow of electricity called?
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(b) The fan moves very slowly.
What can Chen do to make the fan move faster?
Add another cell
Add another fan
Add another switch
Add another wire
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Here is a diagram of a flower.
On the diagram of the flower
(a) Label with an S the part of the flower where the seeds form.
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(b) Label with a P the part where the pollen is formed.
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10 Look at these drawings.
A
B
C
D
Complete these sentences using the letters A, B, C or D to represent the
drawings.
(a)
uses light to make food.
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(b)
takes in water from the soil.
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(c)
germinate.
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11 Plants are often called producers.
What does the term producer mean?
Tick one box.
They make gases to keep the air clean.
They make the food that starts all food chains.
They are an important part of the water cycle.
They make seeds so new plants can grow.
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12 The diagram shows the forces acting on a runner.
C
A
B
D
(a) The runner uses special shoes to grip the ground.
What is this gripping force called?
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(b) The runner speeds up.
Which statement describes the forces acting on her?
Force A is equal to B
Force A is greater than B
Force A is less than B
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13 Some children are talking about what happens when candle wax burns.
The teacher says that it is an irreversible change.
(a) What does this mean?
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(b) The children look at more changes.
Tick the box next to any irreversible change.
Frying an egg
Melting chocolate
Mixing sugar and sand
Boiling pure water
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(c) State the temperature at which pure water boils at sea level?
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14 Petra has a whistle.
She can make the note loud or soft.
(a) What must she do to make the note louder?
blow more
blow less
cover up the hole
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(b) What word describes how high or low a note sounds?
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(c) Petra can hear the note she is playing.
Name one thing the sound must travel through to reach her ear.
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15 The diagram shows two people standing on the Earth.
NOT TO
SCALE
Earth
(a) What is the name of the force that pulls objects towards the centre of the
Earth?
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(b) Draw two arrows on the diagram to show the direction of this force on
each of the people.
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(c) Which of these is a unit used to describe force?
Underline the correct answer.
kilogram
Newton
centimetre
litre
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16 Which two of these statements about the Sun and Earth are true?
1. The Sun moves round the Earth once every year.
2. The Earth spins on its axis one full turn every 24 hours.
3. We have day and night because the Earth orbits the Sun.
4. Shadows are shortest at about mid-day.
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17 (a) Use the words below to complete these statements.
colour
gases
pour
shape
Solids keep their
solids
squash
.
You can
liquids.
spread out to fill their container.
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(b) Dunstan puts some ice cubes into a dish and leaves it by a heater. The
ice cubes get smaller.
Why do the ice cubes get smaller?
Tick one box.
The ice is condensing.
The ice is dissolving.
The ice is evaporating.
The ice is melting.
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(c) (i) He leaves the dish by the heater all night. The next day the dish is
empty.
Where has the water gone?
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(ii) He notices some white solid is left in the dish. Where has this solid
come from?
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18 Badru thinks that tall boys in his class will have bigger hands than short boys.
He decides to test his idea. Look at the graph of his results.
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hand
size
in
cm
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130
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150
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height in cm
(a) What unit did he use to measure the boys’ hands?
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(b) Do the results agree with Badru's original idea that tall boys have bigger
hands than short boys?
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(c) Explain your answer to (b).
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19 Some children each make different model parachutes.
They drop each parachute from 5 metres. They want to find out how fast the
parachutes fall.
(a) What must they measure?
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They drop each parachute four times.
(b) Why is it important that they repeat their results?
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This is a table of their results.
Average time of fall (seconds)
Parachute A
7.4
Parachute B
3.6
Parachute C
12.2
Parachute D
8.9
(c) Which is the slowest parachute?
[1]
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