Blooming Heritage Secondary School
Spring Term Examination (2025)
Spring 2025 Examination
NAME OF STUDENT
CLASS
DATE
SCIENCE PAPER 1 (Year 7)
TIME:
DURATION: 60 Minutes
You must answer on the question paper.
INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all questions.
 Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
 Write your name, class and date in the boxes at the top of the page.
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Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
You are not allowed to use a calculator.
You should show all your working in the booklet.
INFORMATION
 The total mark for this paper is 30.
 Answer ALL questions
 The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
Teacher’s name: Mr. Abah John Ojonugwa
Moderator’s name: Otunba-Payne Vitalis
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[Turn over]
THINK LIKE A SCIENTIST (PART A)
1. Year 7 Science Students investigating weight and mass. They hang masses on a piece of
equipment that has a scale in newtons, N.
a. Name the piece of equipment that the students use
…………………………………………………… (1 mark)
The students records the results in this table
S/N
Mass in g
Weight in N
1
0
0
2
100
2.5
3
200
3.5
4
300
4.5
5
400
5.5
6
500
6.5
b. Plot a graph of Year 7 science results on the graph sheet provided. Put mass in Kg
along the horizontal axis and weight in N on the vertical axis. Complete the graph
with a straight line of best fit. (4 marks)
c. State the independent and dependent variables in this investigation.
i.
Independent variable: ………………………………………………(1 mark)
ii.
Dependent variable: ………………………………………………(1 mark)
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2. Use the image above to answer the following questions
a. What would happen to the earth if the sun suddenly disappear
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__________________________________________________________(2 marks)
b. Why do object falls towards the centre of the earth when dropped?
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__________________________________________________________(1 mark)
c. What would happen if there were no gravity on earth?
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___________________________________________________________(1 mark)
3. If you were to place a book on a table, what forces, would be acting on it?
a. ___________________________________________________(1 mark)
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b. Why does a feather fall more slowly than a rock, even though gravity acts on
both?
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__________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
c. If you were on the moon, how would your weight be different from your weight
on earth? Why?
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___________________________________________________________(1 mark)
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(PART B)
1. Imagine you are tasked with designing a bridge.
a. Would you choose a metal or a non-metal to build it?
__________________________________________(1 mark)
b. What properties of metals or non-metals make them suitable for this purpose?
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_________________________________________________________ (2 marks)
2. Think about the concept of malleability in metals.
a. How would you test whether a substance is malleable or brittle
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_________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
b. Think about the metal iron and the non-metal sulfur. If you combine these two
elements, what do you think would happen if you bring a bar magnet close to the
mixture?
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__________________________________________________________(1 mark)
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3. Choose words from the list to complete it. Each word may be used once, more than once
or not at all
Brittle
electricity
conduct
cut
malleable
metal
ductile
ring
Metals are shiny when freshly ____________________ or polished. They are
strong and if you tap them they __________________ like a ball. Metals
_____________________________ heat energy and ____________________
metals are _____________________, which means they can be beaten into shape.
They are _______________________, which means they can be drawn out into
wires. (3 marks)
Part A= 14 marks
Part B= 8
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