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1. Safia draws two electrical circuits.
(a) Draw circuit A, using conventional electrical symbols.
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(b) The switches are in different positions in circuit A and
circuit B. Describe one other difference between
circuit A and circuit B.
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(c) The cells in each circuit are the same.
The lamps in each circuit are the same.
Compare the brightness of the lamps in the two circuits.
Complete the sentences.
The lamps in circuit A are................................................................ than the lamps
in
circuit B.
The two lamps in circuit B are ............................................................... brightness.
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2. Most fossils form in rock.
(a) The statements show the stages in fossil formation.
Put the statements in order from stage 1 to
stage 6. Two have been done for you.
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(b) Fossils are as old as the rocks surrounding them.
The deeper the rocks below the surface of the Earth, the older the
rocks. Look at the diagram showing the depth of different fossils.
Complete the sentences about the information in the
diagram. The oldest fossils are of
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…….. The youngest fossils are of
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3. Jamila investigates the rock cycle using chocolate.
(a) She grates chocolate to show how one type of rock is formed.
Jamila:
• grates large pieces of dark chocolate, milk chocolate and then white
chocolate
• adds layers of the small pieces of the different types of chocolate to a
beaker
• presses the layers of small pieces of chocolate together.
Which word describes the process when Jamila layers the different types
of chocolate?
Circle the correct answer.
burial
erosion
metamorphism
sedimentation
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(b) Jamila now shows how a different type of rock is formed.
She takes the layers of chocolate out of the beaker.
Jamila rolls the chocolate in her warm hands and makes it into a ball.
Which word describes this
process? Circle the correct
answer.
chocolate
erosion
metamorphism
sedimentation
(c) Jamila wants to show how igneous rock is formed. Describe two things
she does to the ball of chocolate to show how igneous rock is formed.
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4. Gabriella investigates the electrical conductivity of some materials.
The diagram shows the equipment she uses.
Gabriella:
• completes the circuit by touching the crocodile clips to the block of material
• records if the lamp is on or off
• repeats the investigation with different blocks of material.
Gabriella predicts all the materials conduct electricity.
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(a) Look at her results.
Explain your answer.
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(b) Electrical conductivity is one property of a material.
Name the property that describes how well heat is transferred through a
material.
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5. Mike uses secondary sources to find out about symbols in electrical circuits.
Which symbols are conventional electrical symbols? Circle the correct answer.
A and B
C and D
E and F
G and H
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6. Aiko uses electrical symbols to draw a circuit.
(a) This circuit is not a single continuous circuit.
This circuit has branches in it.
Describe this circuit. Include:
• the name of this type of circuit
• the names of all the components in the circuit.
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(b) Draw the same components in a single
continuous circuit. Use electrical symbols.
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7. The rock cycle describes the formation of different types of rock.
Look at part of the rock cycle.
Complete the
sentences. Choose
words from the list.
erosion
fossils
heat
melting
pressure sedimentation
solidification
Sedimentary rock changes to metamorphic rock because of heat and
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The metamorphic rock is broken into small pieces and transported by
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The small pieces of rock are deposited in a lake and form new sedimentary
rock by
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8. The diagram shows part of a food web.
This food web contains food chains. tiny plants
(a) How many consumers are in this food web?
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(b) Write down the name of an animal that is both a predator and a prey.
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(c) Complete the food chain that includes four living things.
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9. Blessy makes an electrical buzzer game.
(a) The buzzer does not make a sound at the start of the game.
Blessy moves the loop around the wire
shape. The buzzer makes a sound.
Explain why the buzzer makes a sound.
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(b) Draw the electrical symbol for a buzzer.
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10. Priya investigates the rock cycle.
(a) She uses four sugar cubes to show how sediment forms from rocks.
Look at the diagrams.
What does Priya do to the sugar cubes to show how sediment forms?
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(b) Priya wants to show how water causes erosion of rocks.
She pours water on the sugar
cubes. Describe what
happens.
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(c) A teacher heats another four sugar cubes and then lets them cool.
Which type of rock is formed when molten rock cools?
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11. The diagram shows an ocean food web.
(a) Write down a food chain from the food web that includes the fish.
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(b) Write down the name of one herbivore in the food web.
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(c) A toxic substance enters the ocean.
The kelp absorbs this toxic substance.
Explain how this toxic substance moves from the kelp to the sea otter.
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(d) Write down the name of the energy source for the food web.
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12. There are different types of electrical circuits.
(a) Symbols are used to draw electrical circuits.
Complete the table by writing one name and drawing three symbols.
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(b) Chen makes two different electrical circuits.
He uses:
• two identical lamps in each circuit
• one cell in each circuit.
Complete the table by drawing two circuit diagrams.
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(c) Complete the conclusion.
The lamps are the brightest in the… ........................................................ circuit.
because………………………………………. .
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13. Planet Earth has rocks and soil.
(a) The three rock types are metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary.
Draw a line to match each rock type to its correct description.
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(b) Fossils form in sedimentary rocks.
The pictures show how a fossil of an ammonite is formed and found.
Write descriptions for pictures B and D.
A Ammonite dies and falls to the bottom of the sea.
B
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C Over millions of years the sedimentary rock moves.
D
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