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SCIENCEKEY STAGE 2 2006TEST BLEVELS3–5TEST BFirst NameLast NameSchoolPAGE MARKS5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 TOTALBorderline check



INSTRUCTIONSRead this carefully.Answers This pencil shows where you will need to put your answer. For some questions you may need to draw an answer instead of writing one.You have 45 minutesfor this test.3Some questions may have a box like this for you to write down your thoughts and ideas.

4(a) A human skeleton is made up of bones. Tick ONEbox to show the main life process for which bones are important. breathing nutrition movement reproduction (b) Birds also have a skeleton. The diagrams below show a human bone and a bird bone cut in half. The bird bone is hollow (filled with air) inside. This makes it easier for the bird to fly. Why do hollow bones make it easier for birds to fly? ................................................................................................................11a 1 mark1b 1 markHuman bone Bird boneBones

5(c) This bird eats only meat. Meat is all it needs for its bones to stay strong. If humans ate only meat, their bones would not stay strong. Tick ONEbox to show what is best for humans to eat to keep their bones strong. (d) Describe a differentway humans can keep their bones strong. ................................................................................................................1c 1 mark1d 1 marka balanced dietonly fruit and vegetables any food that tastes good all food without fatTotal

6(a) Layla collects different objects from the kitchen. She looks at some of the properties of the materials these objects are made from. Write a ✓or✘in each empty box in the table to show the properties of the materials. (b) Aluminium foil is flexible. Give ONEuse of aluminium foil in the kitchen where it is important that the foil is flexible. ................................................................................................................22b 1 markglass rolling pinfoil plastic food wrapcandle2a 1 markMaterial/Object Flexible Hard Transparentaluminium foil wax candle wooden rolling pin plastic food wrap glass✓ ✘ ✘✘ ✘ ✓✘ ✘ ✘In the kitchen

7(c) Layla knows some changes are reversible. Tick THREEboxes to show which changes are reversible. cooling water cooking bread boiling an egg freezing water into ice burning a candle dissolving salt in water (d) Layla watches some water boiling near a window. The picture shows what she can see on the window. (i) Write the missing label for the picture below by choosing from the words in the box below. (ii) Why does the level of the water inside the saucepan go down if the water continues to boil? ......................................................................................................2di 1 mark2dii 1 markmixing vinegar with bicarbonate of sodawater vapour condensation steam smoke................................................window2ci 1 mark2cii 1 markTotal

8(a) When Jon bites a piece of apple, there is a force from Jon’s teeth on the apple. (i) DrawONEarrow on the picture below to show the direction of the force from Jon’s bottomteeth when he bites the apple. (ii) Label the main type of tooth Jon uses to bite the apple. .....................................................................33ai 1 mark3aii 1 marktoothpiece of appleAt the dentist

9(b) Jon visits the dentist regularly to help stop tooth decay. DescribeONE otherway Jon can help stop tooth decay. ................................................................................................................ (c) Jon looks around the dentist’s surgery. He can see the following objects. Tick ONEbox to show which object light passes through best. mirror glass pencil coat (d) The dentist uses a lamp to see Jon’s teeth clearly. DrawTWOarrows on the diagram below to show the direction light travels for the dentist to see Jon’s teeth.3b 1 mark3c 1 mark3di 1 mark3dii 1 marklampdentist JonTotal

10(a) Safara wants to find out what happens when solids are mixed with water. She adds water to four different solids and stirs the mixtures. After 20 minutes she draws pictures of her results. The table below names the four solids that Safara mixed with water. Which solid was in each beaker? Write A,B, C orDto complete each row of the table.4Solid Beakersoil vitamin tablet plastic beads salt4a 1 markcloudy liquid beaker Bcolourless liquid solid pieces beaker A coloured liquid bubble beaker Dcolourless liquid beaker Cbrown solidAdding water

11(b) Explain what happened to the solid in beaker C. ................................................................................................................ (c) In which beaker was there a non-reversible change? Beaker ...................................... (d) Safara wants to separate the soil from her mixture of soil and water. Tick ONEbox to show which equipment would be bestfor separating the soil from the water. (e) Safara wants to separate the salt from her mixture of salt and water. Describe how Safara could get solid salt back from the salt and water mixture. ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................4b 1 mark4c 1 mark4d 1 mark4e 1 markTotal

12(a) Aysha has three different types of bean seed. She wants to find out which bean seed germinates most quickly. (i) Does using the same type of soil for each bean seed help to make Aysha’s test fair? TickONEbox. yes no (ii) Give a reason for your answer. ...................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................5 Aysha5a 1 markBean seeds

13(b) (i) Does using watering cans of the same colour for each bean seed help to make Aysha’s test fair? TickONEbox. yes no (ii) Give a reason for your answer. ...................................................................................................... (c) The table shows some of the factors in Aysha’s investigation. Complete the table to show how Aysha should carry out her investigation. Tick ONEbox in each row. (d) Sarah thought it would be better if Aysha used more than one of each type of bean. How could using more than one of each type of bean improve Aysha’s investigation? ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................5d 1 markFactor to be changedFactorthe type of bean seedFactor to be kept the sameResult to be measuredthe time taken for the seed to germinate the place where the seeds are left the type of pot the seed is grown in5cii 1 mark5ci 1 mark5b 1 markTotal

14(a) Some children hit the prongs of a tuning fork on a desk. It makes a sound. What happens to the prongs so that the tuning fork makes a sound? ................................................................................................................ (b) What happens to the sound made by the tuning fork if they hit the prongs harder? ................................................................................................................ (c) When the tuning fork is nottouching the desk, the sound is quiet. When it touches the desk, the sound becomes louder. Tick ONEbox next to each question to show what the sound travels through to reach the children’s ears.66a 1 mark6b 1 mark...the tuning fork is nottouching the desk? ...the tuning fork is touching the desk?desk What does the sound travel through when... air bothprongTuning fork6c 1 markTuning fork

157(a) A brine shrimpis a tiny living thing. It lives in lakes and eats algae (green plants). Describe one feature of the flamingo’s neck that helps the flamingo to feed. ................................................................................................................ (b) Write the food chain for the three living things described above. (c) The lakes dry up in hot weather and fill up again when it rains. When the lake is dry the adult brine shrimps die, but the eggs do not. Explain why it is important to the life cycle of brine shrimps that the eggs do notdie when the lake dries up. ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................7a 1 mark7c 1 markBrine shrimp.......................... .......................... ..........................Flamingoeseat brine shrimps. They filter the shrimps from the water. Look at the picture of the flamingo.7b 1 markBrine shrimps and flamingoesTotal

16Materials used to keep drinks hot are called insulators. You are asked to plan your own investigation to compare different kinds of insulating materials used to keep drinks hot. You can plan to use any equipment and as many different kinds of insulating materials as you need. Write a short draft in the box of the question YO Uplan to investigate. Use your draft to help you answer the questions on the next page.8Keeping drinks hot

17(a) What ONEfactor will you plan to change as you carry out your investigation? ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................ (b) Give ONEfactor you will keep the same to make your test fair. ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................ (c) What factor will you observe or measure to collect your results? ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................ (d) Think of another investigation into ‘keeping drinks hot’. What factor will you change as you carry out your new investigation? ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................8a 1 mark8b 1 mark8c 1 mark8d 1 markTotal

18(a) Dan is making bread. This is how he does it. Dan wants to find out why yeast is used to make some types of bread. He carries out a test. He makes one loaf of bread with yeast and one loaf without yeast. Look at the pictures of Dan’s test. What is the effect of yeast in bread making? ................................................................................................................99a 1 markMix flour, yeast, sugar and water to make dough.Leave dough for half an hour.Cook dough in an oven to make bread.Made with yeastleave doughcook doughMade without yeastleave doughcook doughMaking bread

19(b) Dan wants to know if the water temperature makes a difference to the bread. He sets up a new test using two mixtures. Which ingredients should go in each mixture to test if the temperature of the water makes a difference? Tick as many boxes as you need. Ingredients Mixture 1 Mixture 2 flour yeast sugar warm water cold water (c) The yeast Dan uses is made up of lots of micro-organisms. Write trueorfalsenext to each statement below about micro-organisms. Micro-organisms... are very small. ............................... cannot reproduce. ............................... need nutrients. ............................... can grow. ...............................Tr u eorfalse?9b 1 mark9cii 1 mark9ci 1 markTotal

© Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) 2006 QCA Key stage 2 team, 83 Piccadilly, London W1J 8QA Order refs: QCA/06/1908 (pupil pack) QCA/06/1900 (mark schemes pack)270011END OF TEST Please check your answers