UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
Cambridge International Primary Achievement Test
*2133319904*
0843/01
SCIENCE
May/June 2008
Paper 1
45 minutes
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Animals and plants have different habitats.
(a) What is habitat?
Tick () one box.
how they breathe
how they feed
what they eat
where they live
[1]
(b) An animal has:
brown coloured skin
long thin body without legs
moist skin through which it respires
pointed head
Which habitat is this animal adapted to?
Tick () one box.
a pond
in a tree
in the soil
under the sea
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(c) What two things must a habitat provide for an animal or plant?
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B
The diagram shows the carpel (female part) of a flower.
(a) What is the name of part A?
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(b) What does part B contain?
[1]
(c) Seeds are formed when pollen and eggs join together.
What is this process called?
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We have many different organs in our body.
(a) Which organ controls the whole body?
Tick () one box.
brain
heart
liver
stomach
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(b) Where is the skeleton found in the human body?
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(c) Give one reason why we have a skeleton.
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windpipe
ribs
X
(a) Look at the diagram.
What is the name of the organ X?
[1]
(b) Complete this sentence about the job Organ X does in the body.
“Organ X transfers
to the blood and removes
”
[2]
(c) The children have ideas about how the body changes when we exercise.
Write TRUE or FALSE below their answers.
The first one has been done for you.
The heart beats
faster the harder
you exercise.
Heart beats can
be felt as a pulse
in your wrist.
The harder you
exercise the less
oxygen your
muscles need.
The fitter you are
the slower your heart
returns to normal beats
after exercise.
TRUE
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Some children are investigating objects made from different materials.
A
cotton towel
B
glass vase
C
plastic duck
D
metal anchor
Complete the following sentences with the correct object.
(a)
floats well.
[1]
is transparent.
[1]
is absorbent.
[1]
(b)
(c)
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Metals have useful properties. We choose metals to suit their properties.
Draw lines to match each Metal to its Use.
Metal
Use
Aluminium (very light)
aeroplanes
Copper (conducts electricity)
hammer
Gold (easy to shape and very shiny)
jewellery
Iron (hard and very strong)
wires
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A mixture of sand, salt and water can be separated using four processes.
Draw lines to match the Name of Process to its Meaning.
Name of process
Meaning
condense
All the substances are stirred together.
evaporate
The mixture is poured into paper in a funnel.
filter
The salt and water mixture is warmed.
dissolve
Water vapour cools to a liquid.
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Ania is measuring the temperature of water with a thermometer.
(a) What will the temperature be when the water boils? (Remember to give
the units.)
[2]
(b) She continues to heat the beaker. The water keeps on boiling.
What happens to the temperature of the water while it boils?
Underline your answer.
goes down
goes up
stays the same
[1]
(c) Why does the level of the water drop as she continues her investigation?
[1]
(d) She notices white crystals forming on the sides of the beaker.
Where have they come from? Tick () one box.
from chemicals washed out of the glass
from the melting glass
They have condensed from gases in the room.
They were dissolved in the water.
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A
B
The two boys are moving the box. One boy is pushing it and one boy is
pulling it.
(a) (i) The pushing force is shown by arrow
(ii) The pulling force is shown by arrow
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(b) Both boys now pull in opposite directions with the same force.
What will happen to the movement of the box?
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(c) Draw an arrow on the diagram to show the force of the weight of the box.
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10 Magnets have two poles, N and S. These two magnets attract each other.
(a) Write the correct poles on the diagram.
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(b) Name one metal that magnets attract.
[1]
(c) Sometimes magnets repel each other.
What does the word repel mean?
[1]
11 Carla is listening to the radio. Materials and objects vibrate in order so she
can hear the sound.
(a) Put these materials and objects in the order of vibration.
Air
Ear Drum
Radio Speaker
1
2
3
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(b) Carla moves to the next room. She can still hear the radio through the wall, but
it sounds different. What is different about the sound she hears?
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(c) Tick () one box in each row to say whether each statement is True or False.
Statement
True
False
Sound can travel through brick.
Sound can travel through glass.
Sound can travel through water.
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NOT TO
SCALE
(a) On Earth we have mass and weight.
(i) Underline the unit we use to measure mass.
Newton
Kg
cm
m3
[1]
m3
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(ii) Underline the unit we use to measure weight.
Newton
Kg
cm
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NOT TO
SCALE
(b) The astronaut travels to the Moon.
On the Moon the gravity is weaker than on the Earth.
What change will there be to the astronaut?
Tick () one box.
The astronaut’s mass reduces.
The astronaut’s mass increases.
The astronaut’s weight reduces.
The astronaut’s weight increases.
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13 A class investigates what happens to bread when left at different
temperatures.
They leave 4 slices of bread for 10 days. This is what the bread looked like
after 10 days.
14 °C
4 °C
–4 °C
19 °C
(a) At what temperature did the bread go most mouldy?
°C
[1]
(b) Complete the bar chart below to show their results.
Lots of mould
Some mould
Very little mould
No mould
–4ºC
4ºC
14ºC
19ºC
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(c) (i) What happens to the amount of mould as the temperature changes?
Fill in the missing word to complete the following statement.
The lower the temperature, the
the mould.
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(ii) This kind of statement is made at the end of an investigation. What is this
type of statement called?
Tick () one box.
conclusion
explanation
prediction
results
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Nadia is in a dark room with a torch. She makes shapes with her fingers to
make shadows on the wall.
(a) Explain why her hand makes a dark shadow.
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(b) How can Nadia change the size of shadow of her hand on the wall?
Tick () one box.
make the room darker and lighter
move her hand closer or nearer to the torch
put different coloured gloves on her hand
use a bigger or smaller torch
[1]
(c) Finish this sentence about the size of shadows.
The closer the light source is to an object the
shadow.
the
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