 WIRRAL
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End of Year Assessment
Year 5
Name:______________ Date:_________
1) Draw a line to match each type of measuring equipment to correct investigation:
light sensor
time taken for parachute to fall to ground
measuring jug
brightness of bulb in a circuit
stopwatch
distance toy car travelled down ramp
amount of water evaporated from dish
tape measure
(2 marks)
Anni-Lee decided to carry out an investigation to find out which
conditions woodlice prefer to live in.
She prepared a box which gave the woodlice a choice of 2 sections.
Box showing different areas
Hole where woodlice
put into box
SECTION 1
SECTION 2
Dark area
Light area
2) Tick 3 boxes to show the factors which were kept the same:
size of
each
area
number
of
woodlice
amount
of light
starting
position of
woodlice
finishing
position of
the woodlice
(1 mark)
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After an hour these were the results of woodlice investigation:
Area
Dark
Light
Number of
Woodlice
13
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3) Which area did the woodlice prefer?
(1 mark)
She decided to carry out the investigation two more times.
4) Why did she carry out the investigation three times altogether?
(1 mark)
5) Some children wanted to find some woodlice in the school garden.
Where would they be most likely to find the woodlice?
Tick TWO boxes:
on a leaf
under a stone
under a rotting log
in the pond
(2 marks)
Javed wanted to find how much water drained (passed through) different
soils. The pots are shown below:
clay
sand
peat
gravel
He poured 100 millilitres of water onto each soil.
He measured how much water drained (passed through) the soils after
5 minutes.
2
Here are their results:
soil mixture
Clay
Sand
Peat
Gravel
Amount of water in millilitres (ml)
5 ml
70 ml
30 ml
90 ml
6) Use a ruler to draw the bars for sand, peat and gravel on the chart
below to show their results:
A bar chart to show how much water
drained through the pot.
Amount of water that
drained through (ml)
100
80
60
40
20
0
clay
sand
peat
gravel
type of soil
(2 marks)
7a) What soil would you plant a tomato seed in? Tick ONE box.
clay
sand
peat
gravel
(1 mark)
b) Explain why you have chosen this soil. Use the results on the graph to
help you explain.
_______________________________________________________
(1 mark)
8) What equipment would you use to measure the amount of water that
drained through?
(1 mark)
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Marcus investigated how many centimetres a spring stretched when
masses of 50 grammes were added to it. Look at the line graph below:
y=
A line graph to show how the spring
stretched when different masses were
added.
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
50
100
150
200
250
x=
9) Label the headings and units for the x and y axis below:
x axis = _________________________
units: __________
y axis = ________________________
units: ___________
(2 marks)
10) Look back at the line graph.
What mass stretched the spring 24cm? ___________
(1 mark)
11) Explain what the graph is showing using ‘er’ words.
Complete the following sentence:
The _______er the mass the _______er the spring stretched.
(1 mark)
12) How far the spring stretched was measured in centimetres (cm).
Can you suggest how he could measure more accurately?
(1 mark)
13) Look back at the graph.
a) At what mass is there an unusual reading? _________
b) Can you suggest what caused this unusual reading?
(1 mark)
(1 mark)
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Shoe Investigation:
Class 8 were carrying out an investigation to find out the safest shoe to wear in
school, as some children had slipped up on the hall floor.
To do this they pulled each shoe across the school hall. They measured the
amount of force needed to move each shoe.
This was their question: Which type of shoe sole is the least slippery?
studded sole
rough sole
ridged sole
smooth sole
14) Cross out the wrong words in this prediction:
The smoother / rougher the sole the greater it slips.
This is because the friction increases / decreases
(2 marks)
15) What was the one factor they changed in their investigation?
___________________
(1 mark)
16) Write TWO factors that they should keep the same.
_____________________ and __________________
(1 mark)
17) What equipment and units would you use to measure the size of the
force needed to move each shoe?
Equipment = ___________
(1 mark)
Units = _________
(1 mark)
(Total out of 24 marks)
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 WIRRAL
Sc1
End of Year Assessment Answers
Year 5
1)
light sensor
Time taken for parachute to fall to ground
measuring jug
brightness of bulb in a circuit
stopwatch
distance toy car travelled down ramp
amount of water evaporated from dish
tape measure
(1 mark if 3 correct, 2 marks if all are correct)
2) Tick the factors which were kept the same:
size of
each
area
√
number √
of
woodlice
amount
of light
starting
position of
woodlice
√
finishing
position of
the woodlice
(all ticked for 1 mark)
3) Dark area (1 mark)
4) To check the results / for reliability / to be reliable
5) under a stone
√
under a rotting log
(1 mark)
√
(2 marks)
6) 2 bars drawn correctly for 1 mark, all correct for 2 marks
7a) Peat (1 mark)
b) A suitable reason referring to the fact it does not drain too much or
too little water. (1 mark)
8) Measuring jug / beaker
(1 mark)
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9) x axis = Mass (grammes)
y axis = length spring stretched (cm)
(1 mark for labelling correctly, 2 marks for including units)
10) 50 grammes (1 mark)
11) The heavier/ greater the mass the further / longer the spring
stretched. (1 mark)
12) Measure in mm
(1 mark)
13a) 150 g (1 mark)
b) Suitable reason e.g. used wrong mass, measured incorrectly, didn’t wait
for spring to completely stretch etc (1 mark)
14) smoother / decreases (2 marks)
15) Type of sole / shoe
(1 mark)
16) Any two of following: same surface, size of sole area, same distance
shoe pulled across, same equipment (Newton meter) etc. (2 marks)
17) Equipment = Force meter / Newton meter (1 mark)
Units = Newtons (1 mark)
(Total out of 24 marks)
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