Science
Stage 6
Paper 2
2026
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Look at the diagram of a food web from one habitat.
blue tit
owl
stoat
chiffchaff
moth
spider
vole
ladybird
aphid
plant
not to scale
(a) The food web is not complete:
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the owl also eats the blue tit
the blue tit eats the ladybird and the moth
Draw three arrows on the food web to show these relationships.
[1]
(b) How many predators in this food web feed on the vole?
[1]
(c) Describe how energy from the plant is transferred to the spider.
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2
Lily finds information about the melting point and boiling point of
different substances.
melting point
in °C
boiling point
in °C
bromine
–7
58
calcium
850
1492
copper
1085
2580
oxygen
–218
–183
zinc
420
980
substance
(a) Which substance has the largest difference between its melting point and its
boiling point?
[1]
(b) The temperature of a room is 20 °C.
Which substance in the table is a liquid at 20 °C?
Explain your answer.
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(c) Substances boil at the temperature which is their boiling point.
Substances are able to evaporate below their boiling point.
Describe two other differences between boiling and evaporation.
1
2
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3
This question is about forces.
(a) Complete the sentences about gravity.
Gravity is a force that
objects towards each other.
When gravity changes the
the
of an object changes but
of the object stays the same.
[2]
(b) Forces help objects float or sink.
Look at the force diagram.
ball A
ball B
water
Complete the sentences to explain why ball A floats and ball B sinks.
Ball A floats because the two forces are
.
Ball B sinks because
.
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4
Growth spurts are one physical change that happens to both males and females
during puberty.
Write down two physical changes that only happen to males during puberty.
1
2
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5
Look at the diagram showing the order of planets in the Solar System.
Moon
planet X
planet Y
(a) Name planet X and planet Y.
planet X
planet Y
[2]
(b) The diagram shows phases of the Moon in the Southern Hemisphere.
They are not in the correct order.
A
B
C
D
E
Put the phases in the correct order.
Two have been done for you.
C
D
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6
Look at the diagram.
pencil
air inside cup
water inside cup
(a) Complete the sentences about the diagram.
Choose from the list.
direction
mediums
gases
liquids
shape
size
Air and water are two different
.
Light rays travelling from the pencil in the water change
when they move into the air.
[2]
(b) Which property of light rays makes the pencil appear broken?
[1]
(c) Complete the ray diagram to show what happens to a ray of light when it hits a
plane mirror.
light source
plane mirror
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Bacteria cause infectious diseases.
The human body has defence mechanisms against these infectious diseases.
(a) Draw a straight line to match each defence mechanism to its
correct description.
defence
mechanism
description
covers the body to stop entry of bacteria
acid
kills bacteria in the stomach
mucus
stops bacteria getting into our ears
skin
traps bacteria in the lungs
[2]
(b) Complete the sentence about the spread of diseases.
Diseases are transmitted in water, food and body
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This question is about gases.
(a) Tick () all the correct statements about gases.
gases do not have a fixed shape
oxygen is a gas at room temperature
particles in a gas only vibrate
gases do not have mass
gases have a fixed volume
gases are easily compressed
[2]
(b) Name the process when a gas changes to a liquid.
[1]
(c) Some gases damage living things.
Circle the name of this property of gases.
conductivity
insoluble
magnetic
toxic
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9
Yuri investigates forces needed to move an object up a ramp.
The diagram shows the equipment he uses.
ramp
wooden
block
forcemeter
height
In his first experiment Yuri:
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puts the wooden block at the bottom of the ramp
uses the forcemeter to pull the wooden block up the ramp
measures the force used to pull the wooden block up the ramp.
Yuri repeats the experiment four more times.
Each time he increases the height of the ramp.
(a) Name the equipment Yuri uses to accurately measure the height of the ramp.
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(b) Here is a table of his results.
height of ramp
in cm
force needed to pull wooden block
in N
5
1.0
10
1.3
15
0.9
20
1.9
25
2.2
Yuri thinks his measurement of 0.9 N is an anomalous result.
Use the table of results to explain why this measurement of 0.9 N is an
anomalous result.
[1]
(c) Complete the graph of the results by:
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•
plotting the results for 5, 10, 20 and 25 cm as small crosses (×)
drawing a line of best fit.
3
force
needed
to pull
wooden
block
in N
2
1
0
0
5
10
15
20
25
height of ramp
in cm
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2
1
0
(d) The diagram shows the measurement on the forcemeter for one of the heights
of the ramp.
Use the results table to identify the height of the ramp when Yuri recorded
this force.
cm [1]
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10 Jamila investigates thermal conductivity.
In her experiment Jamila:
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puts three different spoons into a beaker
uses butter to stick glass beads onto the end of each spoon
pours hot water into the beaker
observes when the glass beads fall from the spoons.
The diagram shows the equipment she uses.
butter
glass
bead
metal
spoon
wooden
spoon
plastic
spoon
hot water
beaker
Jamila writes down this observation;
‘The glass bead from the metal spoon falls first.
The glass bead on the plastic spoon falls next.
The glass bead on the wooden spoon stayed the longest.’
(a) The glass beads fall when the butter melts.
The butter melts when the heat from the water reaches the end of the spoon.
Write down one conclusion about the thermal conductivity of the
different spoons.
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(b) Describe one possible safety risk in this investigation and how to reduce
this risk.
safety risk
how to reduce this risk
[2]
(c) Thermal conductivity is one property of a substance.
Write down the other type of conductivity that is a property of substances.
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11 Solidification is a process in the rock cycle where liquid magma turns to solid rock.
(a) One other process in the rock cycle causes small pieces of rock to be moved
to another area.
Name this process.
[1]
(b) Name the type of rock that forms when liquid magma turns to solid rock.
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