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This document consists of 22 printed pages and 2 blank pages. IB16 05_0846_01/7RP © UCLES 2016 [Turn over   Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge Primary Checkpoint SCIENCE 0846/01 Paper 1 April 2016 45 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: Pen Calculator Pencil Ruler READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page. Write in dark blue or black pen. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer all questions. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. You should show all your working in the booklet. The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

2 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 1 The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas. The table shows the state of matter at room temperature, 25 °C, of some materials. Complete the table. Tick () the correct boxes. One has been done for you. material solid liquid gas water  iron mercury oxygen carbon dioxide copper salt [3]

3 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over 2 Here is a forest habitat. (a) Humans can have a positive effect on this habitat. Circle the best way that humans can have a positive effect. littering the forest making paths through the forest protecting the species in the forest removing the fruits from the forest [1] (b) Human action can have other positive effects on the forest. Draw a line to connect the action to its positive effect. action positive effect educating people number of trees increases planting new trees know how to care for the environment removing old dead trees more space for new trees to grow [2]

4 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 3 Hassan makes a shadow puppet with his hands. hands shadow puppet (a) Describe how Hassan can make the shadow puppet a different size. [1] (b) Complete the sentence. Choose the correct word from the list. flexible large opaque transparent Hassan makes a shadow puppet because his hands are . [1]

5 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over 4 The body has many different organs. Angelique labels this diagram of different organs in the body. brain heart liverlung kidney intestine One of the labels is wrong. Which label is wrong? [1]

6 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 5 Oskar investigates what happens when four white solids are mixed with water.  He puts 10 cm 3 of water into a test tube.  He measures the temperature of the water.  He then puts 1.0 g of solid into the same test tube.  He stirs the solid and water for 1 minute.  He then measures the temperature of the water again. Here are his results. solid temperature before in °C temperature after in °C appearance of the mixture A 20 30 colourless solution B 20 23 blue solution C 20 17 colourless solution D 19 19 cloudy mixture (a) Match the piece of equipment needed to make the measurements. Draw a line between the correct piece of equipment and the measurement. thermometer balance 10 cm 3 of water 1 minute 1.0 g of solid temperature of water stop watch measuring cylinder piece of equipment measurement [2]

7 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over (b) Which solids made the water warmer? [2] (c) Which solid did not dissolve in water? [1] 6 This question is about sound. Decide if these statements are true or false. Tick () the correct box next to each statement. true false Sound can travel through air. Sound travels as vibrations. Sound travels at the same speed in all materials. We hear sounds when vibrating air hits our eardrums. [2]

8 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 7 Class six have a quiz about organs in the human body. Write the answer for each clue. Clue 1: I pump blood around the body. What organ am I? Answer Clue 2: I control all other organs. What organ am I? Answer Clue 3: I get oxygen from the air and put it into the blood. What organ am I? Answer Clue 4: If I stop working, waste builds up in the blood. Your blood will need to be filtered by a machine. What organ am I? Answer Clue 5: I hold food when it is broken down. What organ am I? Answer [3]

9 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over 8 Many animals have skeletons. Look at these animal skeletons. (a) Are these statements true or false? The first one has been done for you. All the skeletons have a skull. true All the skeletons protect the organs inside the body. All the skeletons grow as the animals grow. [1] (b) Are these statements true or false? Two of the skeletons are human. Only humans have muscles attached to the bones. [1]

10 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 9 (a) Which statements about a magnet are true? Tick () the box next to the two correct statements. Like poles of two magnets attract. Magnetism is a force. Most magnets are made of iron. Most metals are attracted towards a magnet. [2] Mia has five magnets A B C D E. She wants to know how strong each of them is. She hangs steel pins from each of the magnets as shown. steel pin magnet She hangs as many pins as the magnet can hold. The results are shown in the bar graph. AED C magnet B 5 4 3 2 1 0 number of pins held

11 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over Use the information in the graph to answer the questions below. (b) Which magnet is the strongest? .......................................................... Explain your answer. [2] (c) State one thing that Mia must do to make sure that this is a fair test. [1]

12 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 10 Pierre investigates different materials.  He writes his name on a piece of paper.  He puts different materials over his name. Pierre Here are his results. (a) How many of the materials are opaque? Circle the correct answer. 1 2 3 4 5 6 [1] (b) Pierre thinks that one of the materials is more transparent than the others. Use his results to explain why. [1] Pierre Pierre

13 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over 11 Which of these sentences about water are correct? Tick () the two correct boxes. At sea level water boils at 90 °C. Steam condenses to make water vapour. The boiling of water is an irreversible process. The freezing point of water is the same as the melting point of ice. The melting point of ice is 0 °C. Water evaporates to make ice. [2]

14 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 12 Seeds can be dispersed in different ways. Choose the correct word for how each seed is dispersed. animal explosion water wind coconut cow-pea dandelion orange [2]

15 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over 13 Chen, Mike and Oliver write notes about the Earth and the Sun. Look at their notes. Chen The Sun spins on its own axis. It takes a year to orbit the Earth. Mike The Earth spins on its own axis. It takes a year to orbit the Sun. Oliver The Earth spins on its own axis. It takes a day to orbit the Sun. Only one is correct. Circle the name of the child who is correct. Chen Mike Oliver [1]

16 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 14 The table shows some properties of substances. material does it dissolve in water? colour melting point chalk no white above 700 °C fertiliser yes white above 700 °C plastic no colourless 80 °C pottery no white above 700 °C (a) Complete the sentences about the uses of materials. Use information from the table. Plastic is used to make containers for cold water. This is because plastic . [1] Pottery is used to make cups for hot tea. This is because pottery . [1]

17 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over (b) Safia separates a mixture of chalk and fertiliser. Tick () the method she uses. add water, filter and evaporate the filtrate evaporate the mixture and then condense the vapour filter the mixture use a magnet [1] (c) Aiko separates a mixture of iron powder and chalk. Tick () the method she uses. add water, filter and evaporate the filtrate evaporate the mixture and then condense the vapour filter the mixture use a magnet [1]

18 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 15 Fatima and Jamila investigate the sense of taste. Here are the areas of Jamila’s tongue. back of tongue tip of tongueA B C D They use four different liquids. Fatima puts a drop of each liquid onto different areas of Jamila’s tongue. Jamila puts a tick () in the table when she can taste the liquid. type of liquid area A area B area C area D bitter  salty  sour  sweet  (a) Which area of the tongue can taste the most different types of liquid? [1] (b) Fatima predicts that area C has the fewest taste buds. Describe how the results show that her prediction is correct. [1]

19 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over (c) Jamila puts some sweet solution on the tip of her tongue. Can she taste it? Circle the correct answer. yes no Explain your answer. [1] 16 Which scientist first explained how gravity works? Tick () the correct scientist. Albert Einstein Galileo Galilei Isaac Newton Robert Hooke [1]

20 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 17 Cars have different forces acting on them. XW YZ The car is moving in the direction of arrow X. (a) Which letter shows the weight of the car? Circle the correct answer. X Y Z W [1] (b) Which letter shows the air resistance? Circle the correct answer. X Y Z W [1]

21 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 [Turn over 18 Carlos adds some salt to a beaker of water. He also adds some sand to another beaker of water. Complete these sentences about adding salt and sand to water. Choose from the words below. condenses evaporates dissolves insoluble soluble solute solvent (a) Salt in water to make a solution. [1] (b) W ater is the in this process. [1] (c) Salt is the in the solution. [1] (d) W hen all water from the salt solution a white solid is left behind. [1] (e) Sand does not make a solution when mixed with water because it is . [1]

22 © UCLES 2016 0846/01/A/M/16 19 Ahmed and Hassan investigate plant seeds. soilshoe  Ahmed walks in a forest.  Hassan collects the soil from the bottom of Ahmed’s shoe.  They look at the soil they have collected.  They repeat the investigation in different places. (a) Ahmed always walks the same distance in each place. Why does he do this? [1] (b) Write down one other factor they keep the same in each place. [1]

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