Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge Primary Checkpoint
0846/02
SCIENCE
Paper 2
April 2017
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 50
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Mark Schemes have been issued on the basis of one copy per Assistant examiner and two copies per Team
Leader.
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 a 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 Principal Examiner Report for
Teachers.
Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.
This document consists of 13 printed pages and 1 blank page.
IB17 05_0846_02/5RP
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Answer
1(a)
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Marks
Further Information
1
Accept both of these diagrams answered
Accept any indication of either plant part
any incorrect answer circled = 0 marks
or
1(b)
flower
leaf
petal
root
1
more than one answer circled = 0 marks
Accept any indication of the correct
answer
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2(a)
Answer
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Marks
true
1
false
Further Information
both required for 1 mark
Accept T = true
Accept F = false
2(b)
true
1
false
both required for 1 mark
Accept T = true
Accept F = false
2(c)
true
1
false
both required for 1 mark
Accept T = true
Accept F = false
Question
Answer
Marks
Further Information
3(a)
use an (electro)magnet
1
Accept steel is magnetic / steel is
attracted to a magnet
3(b)
steel is attracted to a magnet
2
each correct answer = 1 mark
aluminium is not attracted to a magnet
Accept only steel is magnetic = 2 marks
Do not accept all metals are magnetic
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Answer
4(a)
method of dispersal
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seed
2
Further Information
three correct = 2 marks
two correct = 1 mark
one correct = 0 marks
more than one line drawn from a method
of dispersal = 0 marks for that method
animal
coconut
wind
sycamore seed
water
sticky burr
4(b)
explosion / explosive
1
Accept description of explosion / selfdispersal
4(c)
(idea of) strawberry/ seed(s) eaten
1
both ideas of eating and passing out
waste must be mentioned
and
(seed) passes out in the waste / spit seeds out
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5(a)
Answer
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Marks
boiling water can be reversed by cooling the steam / idea that
condensation is the reverse of evaporation or boiling
Further Information
2
(idea that cooked) rice cannot be changed back (into uncooked
rice)
5(b)
2
any two from
Ignore gas / vapour
water vapour or steam
condenses / condensation happens
Accept touches a cold surface
cools
Question
6(a)
Answer
1
2
3
4
Marks
5
6
1
Further Information
more than one answer circled = 0 marks
Accept any indication of the correct
answer
6(b)
A
B
C
D
E
F
1
both circled for 1 mark
Accept any indication of the correct
answer
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Answer
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Marks
1
7(a)
anther and filament
Further Information
more than one answer circled = 0 marks
Accept any indication of the correct
answer
anther and ovary
ovary and filament
stigma and ovule
stigma and style
7(b)
The ovum of the female flower is fertilised by the pollen from
the male flower.
1
7(c)
seed(s)
1
Question
Answer
Marks
Ignore anther / grain(s)
Further Information
8(a)
evaporation
1
Accept boiling
8(b)
liquid (to) solid
1
both correct in the correct order = 1 mark
Ignore water to ice
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Answer
9
Mark
This part of
the body starts
the digestion of
protein.
It also contains
acid.
This part of the
body absorbs
the digested
food into the
blood.
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3
Further Information
each correct label = 1 mark
This part of the
body is where
food enters.
It contains the
tongue.
Question
10(a)
Answer
Marks
vibrations
1
Further Information
Accept vibrates / vibrating
Ignore moves / movement / shakes
10(b)
sound level meter
10(c)
decibels
meterbels
soundbels
unibels
1
Accept sound meter / decibel meter
1
more than one answer circled = 0 marks
Accept any indication of the correct
answer
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Answer
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Marks
Further Information
11(a)
water
1
Accept H2O
11(b)
evaporated / changed into a gas / changed into a vapour
1
Do not accept steam is made / water has
boiled
11(c)
magnesium sulfate
1
Ignore salt / magnesium / sulfate / solid /
crystals / solute / residue
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Marks
2
12(a)
or
or
Further Information
three correct = 2 marks
one or two correct = 1 mark
or
switch, cell and lamp symbols in any order
and any orientation
Do not accept battery symbol for cell
symbol
1
12(b)
The lamp can be anywhere in the circuit.
The lamp must be next to the cell.
The lamp must be next to the other lamp.
The lamp must be next to the switch.
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13(a)
Answer
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Marks
2
any two from
Further Information
each correct answer = 1 mark
Ignore any answer about light or air
type of plant
size of plant
number of plants / the number of seeds
Ignore same water / enough water
amount of water / volume of water
amount of soil / compost / fertilizer / minerals
(type of) soil / compost / fertilizer / minerals
temperature / amount of warmth
Ignore same weather
amount of time / time
Ignore same time of day
size of pot / space (for roots)
Accept same pot
Accept keep in same place
13(b)
amount of light / in the light or in the dark / light level / intensity of
the light / number of the lamps
1
Ignore just light
13(c)
any one from
1
Ignore answers about seeds
the height / length / size / mass / number (of the plant
or stem or leaves or roots)
the colour (of the plant or leaves)
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Answer
14(a)
Marks
1
light
turned
off
Rajiv
14(b)
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arrow from anywhere on the monitor to
eye with arrow head towards the eye
Ignore extra arrows drawn from the
monitor if the arrows are pointing away
from the monitor
computer
monitor
on
light
turned
on
Further Information
1
arrow from bulb to eye with arrow head
towards the eye
Ignore arrows to the top of the head that
will not pass through the eye
Rajiv
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computer
monitor
off
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15
Answer
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Mark
2
sieve the mixture
Further Information
each correct answer = 1 mark
Ignore pick the copper out (as copper is in
lumps)/ use a magnet / add water / filter /
stir
lumps will not go through the sieve / powder or salt and steel
goes through the sieve
Do not accept funnel
Question
16(a)
Answer
Marks
ruler / rule / tape measure
16(b)
4.8 cm
Further Information
1
Accept metre stick
1
more than one answer circled = 0 marks
Accept any indication of the correct
answer
5.0 cm
5.1 cm
5.3 cm
6.4 cm
16(c)
2
(no)
0 marks for no
each correct answer = 1 mark
(idea that) 3.2 cm is a shorter distance / the distance is shorter
Accept it only moves 3.2 cm
(idea that) stronger magnet would give a longer distance
Accept it should travel more than 5 (cm)
Accept reverse arguments
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17(a)
April 2017
Answer
Marks
for a fair test / volume of water may change the time taken for all
the water to evaporate
1
Further Information
Accept to make it fair
Do not accept accurate / reliable
17(b)
idea of a prediction e.g. as temperature increases the time will
decrease / higher the temperature the faster the rate of
evaporation
Question
18
Answer
animal
1
Marks
1
Further Information
more than one answer circled = 0 marks
grass plankton plant tree
Accept any indication of the correct
answer
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