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PAGE MARKS579111315171920 TOTALTEST ALEVELS3–5First Name Last NameKEY STAGE 2 2003SCIENCETEST ASchool



INSTRUCTIONSRead this carefully.Answers This 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.

1a 1 mark41b 1 markBalanced Diets(a) A class carries out a survey to find out how often the children eat vegetables. Use the tally chart. How many children eat vegetables more than once a day? ................................................................................................................ (b) Eleven children gave the same answer as each other. Use the tally chart to find out what answer these eleven children gave. ................................................................................................................1How often?more than once a day once a day once a week less than once a week neverNumber of childrenTally chart to show how often the children eat vegetables

(c) In a balanced diet, each food group has a special function in the body. Each food below is a good source of something the body needs. DrawTHREElines below to match each food to its special function. (d) Nasreen makes a poster to show how to stay healthy. Only some of the ideas on her poster are good. TickTWOboxes to show the best ideas on the poster below.5Totalzeat lots of fried food. zeat different kinds of food. zsmoke every day. zexercise often.To stay healthy you should:1c 1 markfuel for activity.vitamins for health.new material for growth.carrots and orangesbread and cakes chicken and eggsFood Function: Good source of...1d 1 mark

2a 1 mark2b 1 mark6backwards forwards to her rightto her leftOpposing Forces(a) Some children are riding skateboards. It is easy to get hurt riding a skateboard. Look at the picture below. ListTWOpieces of safety equipment that the children have used. (1) .......................................................................................................... (2) .......................................................................................................... (b) Jane and Louis are facing in the same direction. They are on level ground and they are not moving. Jane gently pushes Louis on his skateboard. He moves forwards. As Louis moves, Jane also moves. In which direction do Janeand her skateboard move when she pushes Louis? TickONEbox.2Jane Louis

(c) Jane and Louis go back to the same starting places. Jane gives Louis abiggerpush on his skateboard. They both move faster this time. (i) What happens to the distancethatLouistravels on this second push compared to the first push? ...................................................................................................... (ii) What happens to the distancethatJanetravels on the second push compared to the first push? ...................................................................................................... (d) Dave goes over a jump on his skateboard. When he jumps he stays in the air for a short time. What force makes him return to the ground? ................................................................................................................2cii 1 mark7Total2d 1 mark2ci 1 mark

8Vegetable Patch(a) Kami sees all of the things below while he is working in his vegetable patch. Tick FIVEboxes to show which of these things are living.suntree bonfire starlingfly rabbitwaterdaisy3ai1 mark 3aii 1 mark3

9Total3bi 1 mark3d 1 mark3bii 1 mark(b) Kami grows cabbages in his vegetable patch. Some of the cabbages are eaten by snails. Some of the snails are eaten by birds called thrushes. Write a food chain to show this information. Use arrows in your food chain. ............................ ............................ ............................ (c) A cabbage has many leaves. Tick ONEbox to show why leaves are important to a cabbage plant. The leaves... attract insects.anchor the plant in the ground. collect pollen.produce new material for growth. (d) Kami cuts a cabbage in half. The leaves on the outside of the cabbage are dark. The leaves on the inside are a pale yellow colour. Which statement best explains why the leaves on the inside are paler? Tick ONEbox. The leaves on the inside of the cabbage get... less light. less water. more minerals. more air.3c 1 mark

Paper Towels(a) Each of four children examined a different type of paper towel. Decide the kind of statement all the children have made. Tick ONEbox. a prediction a measurement a plan an observation10IanStuartAliceSallyWipa towels have two layersMoppa towels feel softSoaka towels feel thickI can’t see through Cleana towels4a 1 mark4

(b) Robert and Lauren dropped water onto the four towels until they would hold no more water. They recorded their results in a table. They are trying to find out something about the towels. What question were the children investigating? ............................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................... (c) What is the ONEfactor they changedas they carried out their investigation? ...............................................................................................................11Total4b 1 mark4c 1 mark

Shadows(a) One sunny day, some children use a rounders post to make shadows in their playground. When light shines on the rounders post, a shadow forms. Where does the light come from? ................................................................................................................ (b) The rounders post makes a dark shadow. Tick ONEbox to complete the sentence below. The rounders post makes a darkshadow because it is... opaque. smooth. solid. transparent. tall. heavy.125a 1 mark5b 1 markrounders post5

5c 1 mark13Total9:30 am12:00 noon2:30 pm 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 605d 1 mark(c) The children draw round the shadow of the rounders post every half hour from 9:30 until 12 noon. They measure the length of each shadow and record their results in this table: What happened to the length of the shadow during the morning? ................................................................................................................ (d) The children make a line graph to show the results from the morning. Continue the line on the graph to show how the length of the shadow would change between 12 noon and 2:30 pm.Time (am) 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 Length of shadow (cm) 146 130 11 6 10 9 10 6 10 3Length of shadow (cm) Time

Germinating Seeds(a) These children have recorded their observations about lettuce seeds germinating at three temperatures. They planted the same number of seeds at each temperature. Complete the table to show how many seeds germinated at 5oC on Day 3. (b) The children were trying to find out something about seeds. What question were the children investigating? ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................1466a 1 mark6b 1 mark

15Total6cii 1 mark6ci 1 mark6d 1 markYou have not collected enough information to support your prediction. (c) The children discussed the results in the table. Look at their results table to decide whether each conclusion istrue,falseor you can’t tell. Tick ONEcorrect box for each conclusion. True False Can’t tell The quickest germination was at 25ºC. At 25ºC all the seeds germinated by Day 6. 5ºC is too cold for seeds to germinate. The best temperature for germination was 15ºC. (d) Alan made a prediction: Faiza said: (i) Who do you agree with? Tick ONEbox. agree with Alan agree with Faiza disagree with Alan and Faiza (ii) Explain your answer. ...................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................The best temperature to germinate anykind of seed is 25oC.

Temperature Changes in Drinks (a) Rashida wants to test if a polystyrene container keeps her drink hot for longer. She makes her drink from boiled water. She measures the temperature in two plastic cups (A and B) every ten minutes with sensors joined to a computer. The graph below shows her results. How does the graph tell you that the drink in cup B cooled more quickly than the drink in cup A in the first 40 minutes? ............................................................................................................... ...............................................................................................................0 40 80 120 160 200 240 280 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0cup A cup B167a 1 markto computer temperature sensors polystyrene container cup A cup BTemperature of drink (°C)Time (minutes)7

17Total7c 1 mark7d 1 mark7b 1 mark(b) Use the graph. Estimate the temperature of the room. ....................................................°C (c) Which of the following best describes the polystyrene around cup A? Tick ONEbox. thermal insulator thermal conductor warming material cooling material (d) Using a polystyrene container or cup is a good way for Rashida to help stop heat leaving her drink. Describe another way Rashida could help stop heat leaving her drink to keep it hot for longer. ................................................................................................................

Stacking Masses(a) Abdul has some stacking masses. He puts one mass on the stacking tower. He uses a forcemeter to pull the tower. There is a force on the tower from the forcemeter. Draw an arrow on the picture below to show the direction of this force. (b) Abdul measures the force needed to pull the tower. He notes the forcemeter reading each time he adds a mass to the tower. Look at the notes of Abdul’s results. Describe what Abdul’s notes tell him about the number of massesand the size of the forceneeded to pull them. ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................8a 1 mark188bi 1 mark8bii 1 marktower masses8Notes of Abdul’s results (N)

19Total8d 1 mark8c 1 mark(c) Abdul puts his results into this table, but he makes a mistake. What is the mistake in Abdul’s table? ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................ (d) Abdul notices his mistake. He corrects his table. Then he says: ‘I wonder if I made any mistakes when I did my test?’ What should he do to check if he made any mistakes in his test? ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................Forcemeter reading (N) Number of masses 1 2 3 4 50.90 0.75 0.60 0.45 0.30

209bii 1 mark9bi 1 markCitric Acid and Bicarbonate of Soda(a) Class 6B have these materials. Tick ONEbox in each row to show whether each material is a solid, a liquid or a gas. (b) The teacher mixes citric acid powder with water. The powder dissolves. Explain fully how the children could separate the mixture to get the citric acid powder back. ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................ ................................................................................................................Citric acid powderBicarbonate of soda powderWa te r9aii 1 mark9ai 1 mark9Citric acid powderMaterial Solid Liquid GasBicarbonate of soda powder WaterTotal

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