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Cambridge Primary Progression Test
Science paper 1
Stage 4
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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.
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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question
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The skeleton has many parts.
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skull
jaw
humerus
ribs
elbow
pelvis
ulna
knee
(a) Which part protects the brain?
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(b) Which part protects the lungs?
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(c) Which part is a joint in the arm?
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There are forces between two magnets.
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(a) Look at the two magnets.
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N
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What happens to the two magnets?
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(b) Look at the two magnets.
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What happens to the two magnets?
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Stearic acid is a white solid at room temperature.
Carlos heats some stearic acid until it becomes a liquid.
(a) What is the name of the process when a solid becomes a liquid?
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(b) Carlos lets the stearic acid cool down. It changes back into a solid.
What is the name of this process?
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Safia and Jamila are learning about sound.
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balloon
Jamila
Safia
This is what they do
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Safia puts her lips near a balloon
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Jamila puts her hand on the balloon
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Safia makes a sound with her lips.
(a) Complete the sentence.
Choose the best words from the following.
moving slowly
very hard
very soft
vibrating quickly
Safia makes a sound because her lips are ......................................... . [1]
(b) Jamila knows that Safia has made a sound.
Write down two ways she knows this.
1 .................................................................................................................
2 ............................................................................................................. [2]
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Materials are either solids, liquids or gases.
Here is a list of materials.
carbon dioxide
hydrogen
iron
silver
water
(a) Which materials are solids at room temperature?
Choose from the list.
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(b) Which materials are gases at room temperature?
Choose from the list.
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Sound can travel as vibrations through different materials.
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Complete the sentences.
Choose from the following words.
gases
liquids
solids
a vacuum
Sound can travel through ..................... and ..................... and ..................... .
Sound cannot travel through ...................... .
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A baby is given medicine.
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medicine in
a syringe
baby
(a) Why is the baby given medicine?
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(b) The medicine in the syringe is a liquid.
Explain why this medicine must be a liquid.
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(c) Put the sentences in order.
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Use numbers 1 2 3 4 and 5.
One has been done for you.
sentences
order
The mother takes the baby to the doctor.
The temperature of the baby goes back to normal.
The doctor gives the baby medicine.
The baby has a high temperature.
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The medicine goes into the baby’s body.
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Lily blows across the top of a test tube to make a sound.
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Lily then puts water in the test tube.
She blows across the top of a test tube and makes a new sound.
What happens to the sound when there is water in the test tube?
Tick () the correct answer.
The new sound is quieter.
The new sound is louder.
The new sound is a lower pitch.
The new sound is a higher pitch.
The new sound is the same pitch.
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Yuri boils 30 g of water in a beaker.
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After 5 minutes there is only 15 g of water left in the beaker.
Explain why.
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10 Mia has pictures of six different animals.
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A key can be used to identify these animals.
does it have legs?
yes
no
does it have wings?
yes
Papilio
does it have a shell?
no
yes
does it have 8 legs?
yes
no
does it have legs longer than its body?
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Lumbricus
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Use the key to identify the animals.
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One has been done for you.
A ...............................................................................
B ...............................................................................
C ...............................................................................
D ...............................................................................
E ...............................................................................
Dermanyssus
F ...............................................................................
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11 This question is about the properties of materials.
(a) A material flows easily and completely fills any container it is put into.
Is the material a solid, liquid or gas?
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(b) A material does not flow easily and has a fixed shape.
Is the material a solid, liquid or gas?
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(c) A material flows easily and cannot be compressed.
Is the material a solid, liquid or gas?
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(d) A material can be compressed easily.
Is the material a solid, liquid or gas?
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(e) A material has a fixed volume and takes the shape of its container.
Is the material a solid, liquid or gas?
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12 Youssef makes an electrical circuit.
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The lamp does not work. Why?
Tick () the two correct answers.
The circuit is not complete.
There is no cell in the circuit.
There is no motor in the circuit.
The switch is on.
The switch is off.
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13 Blessy and Chen investigate where woodlice live.
Blessy
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Chen
leaves
log
They look in two places to see how many woodlice they can find.
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‘We must look for woodlice under the leaves for 3 minutes.
We must look for woodlice under the log for 3 minutes.’
Why do they use the same amount of time?
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(b) Blessy collects woodlice from under the log for 3 minutes.
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woodlice
Blessy measures the masses of the woodlice she collects.
She uses a balance.
Complete the sentences to show one other thing she can measure of the
woodlice.
Blessy also measures the ........................................................... .
She uses a ........................................................... .
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(c) Chen finds 2 woodlice under the leaves.
Blessy finds 7 woodlice under the log.
Circle two correct sentences about the results.
More woodlice are found under the leaves.
More woodlice are found under the log.
Woodlice like the bright places under the leaves.
Woodlice like the dark places under the log.
Woodlice only live under the log.
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14 Carlos has a radio on a table.
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radio
Carlos measures the distance from the measuring equipment to the radio.
Carlos measures the volume of the sound from the radio.
Draw a line from each measurement to the correct measuring equipment.
measurement
measuring
equipment
light meter
distance from equipment
to radio
forcemeter
sound level meter
volume of the sound
metre ruler
balance
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15 Mia investigates the effect of heating water.
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Every five minutes she measures the
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temperature of the water
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mass of the water
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volume of the water.
Here is her table of results.
time
in minutes
temperature of
water
in oC
mass of water
in g
volume of
water
in cm3
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(a) What apparatus does Mia use to measure the time?
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(b) What apparatus does Mia use to measure the temperature?
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(c) What happens to the mass of water as it gets hotter?
Use information from the table.
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(d) What happens to the volume of the water as the temperature changes?
Use information from the table.
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16 Oliver investigates how sound travels through different materials.
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Oliver listens to the alarm clock.
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He puts different materials between himself and the alarm clock.
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He writes down how loud the sounds are.
(a) Write down one way he can make this a fair test.
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(b) Look at Oliver’s results.
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volume of sound
material
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quiet
loud
cardboard
very
loud
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glass
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perspex
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plastic

wood
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Which material is best at stopping sound travelling through it?
Circle the correct answer.
cardboard
glass
perspex
plastic
wood
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(c) Describe how Oliver can make the sound he hears very quiet in this
investigation.
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