SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 October 2021
45 minutes
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paper. No additional materials are
needed.
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions.
Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
Do not write on any bar codes.
You should show all your working in the booklet.
INFORMATION
The total mark for this paper is 50.
The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
This document has 24 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
IB21 10_0846_01/7RP
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1 Lily pollinates a flower using a cotton bud.
Lil
y
flowe
cotton r
bud
(a) Lily draws a picture of the cotton bud.
cotton
bud
X are
made by the male organ of a flower.
Write down the name of X.
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(b) Lily uses X to pollinate the flower.
What part of the flower is
pollinated? Circle the correct
answer.
anther ovum petal stamen stigma [1]
(c) Lily uses a cotton bud to pollinate a flower.
Write down the name of one animal that pollinates a flower.
[1]
2 Complete the sentences about sound.
A sound is made when an object .
The describes how high or low a
sound is. Sounds can also be loud or .
[3]
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3 Mia and Safia use a compass to test different materials.
compass needle
NE E SE
S
NW SW
W
The compass needle moves when the needle is near a magnetic
material. Complete the sentence.
Choose from the list.
copper
iron
plastic
steel
The compass needle moves when the needle is near and
.
[1]
4 Copper is a very useful material.
Copper is used to make cooking pots and electrical
wires. Tick () the correct property of copper.
dull
high melting point
soft
soluble in water
weak
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5 Mike connects an electrical circuit.
Both lamps light up.
Complete the circuit diagram for his electrical
circuit. Choose from these symbols.
[3]
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6 (a) The diagram shows the bones and muscles of the arm.
muscle A
muscle B
Describe what happens to muscles A and B when you straighten your
arm. muscle A
muscle B
[2]
(b) This picture shows part of the skeleton.
This part of the skeleton protects two organs.
Write down the names of these two organs.
.
and [1]
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7 Chen makes a model of part of the Solar System.
B C
Not drawn to scale
A
D
(a) Chen has not labelled the model.
Draw a line from each letter to the correct label.
letter label
A axis
B Earth
C orbit
D Sun
[2]
(b) What causes the apparent movement of the Sun across the sky?
[1]
(c) How much time does it take for D to completely travel around B?
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8 Gabriella investigates what happens when substances are added to water.
Gabriella:
puts 10 cm3 of cold water in a test-tube
measures the temperature of the water at the start
adds 1 g of substance to the water
stirs the mixture
measures the temperature of the water at the end.
Here is her results table.
temperature temperature of
appearance other
substance of water at water at end
of substance observations
start in C in C
dissolves to
ammoniu white
20 10 give a
m solid
colourless
chloride
solution
fizzes and
silver / grey gives off a
calcium 20 30
solid colourless
gas and
makes a
milky solution
dissolves to
colourless
ethanol 20 20 give a
liquid
colourless
solution
dissolves to
sodium white
20 20 give a
chloride solid
colourless
solution
(a) Gabriella wants to use one of the substances to cool
some water. Write down the name of the substance she
uses.
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(b) Sodium chloride dissolves in water.
This process is reversible.
Describe how Gabriella reverses this process to get solid sodium
chloride.
[1]
(c) Look at the table.
What evidence is there that adding calcium to water is an irreversible
process?
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9 Blessy heats some materials in a test-tube.
material
heat
Here is her results table.
material appearance of material observations when heated
A colourless solid turns into a colourless liquid
B white solid remains a white solid
C green solid changes to a black solid
D white solid changes into a colourless liquid
E colourless liquid turns into steam
(a) Name one piece of safety equipment Blessy wears during the
experiment.
[1]
(b) Two of the materials melt when heated.
Write down the letters of the two materials that melt when heated.
and [1]
(c) One of the materials does not change when heated.
Write down the letter of the material that does not change when
heated.
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(d) One of the materials is water.
Write down the letter of the material that is water.
Explain your answer.
[1]
(e) Blessy heats material C.
She predicts the mass of the test-tube and its contents will change.
Blessy measures the mass of the test-tube and its contents before she
heats material C.
What other measurement does she make to see if her prediction is
correct?
[1]
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10 Forces are measured using forcemeters.
N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0 N 0
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
forcemeter 4
5
4
5
4
5
4
5
4
5
6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7
8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9
10 10 10 10 10
masses
A B C D E
(a) What is the reading on forcemeter B?
N [1]
(b) Complete the results in the table.
One has been done for you.
number of masses force in N
2 2
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(c) There is a pattern in the results.
Complete the sentence.
As the number of masses increases the reading on the forcemeter
. [1]
(d) Predict the result when 8 masses are put on the forcemeter.
N [1]
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11 Hassan and Jamila grow plants in different coloured bottles.
gree blue clear red
n bottl bottl bottl
bottl e e e
(a) Hassan wants to make the test fair.
He puts the same amount of soil in each bottle.
Write down one other factor Hassan keeps the same.
[1]
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(b) Use the picture to decide which coloured bottle is best for plants to
grow.
Complete the sentences.
Choose words from the list.
biggest blue green more
less red smallest clear
The plants grow best in the bottle.
This is because the plants in this bottle are .
The conclusion will be more reliable if they put
plants in each bottle.
[2]
(c) What does light give to the plants to help them grow?
Circle the best answer.
colour
energy
food
temperature
water
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12 Carlos uses his lungs to get oxygen into his body.
(a) Describe how the oxygen gets to all parts of his body.
[1]
(b) Carlos needs oxygen in all parts of his body.
Write down two reasons why Carlos needs
oxygen. 1
[2]
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13 Aiko investigates shadows.
She puts a star-shaped piece of card between a light source and a white
screen.
light card white screen
source
(a) Why does the card form a shadow?
[1]
(b) Aiko moves the card closer to the light source.
What happens to the shadow?
[1]
(c) Aiko changes the white screen to a mirror.
She sees the star in the mirror.
Explain why she sees the star in the mirror.
[1]
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14 The freezing point of a material is the temperature when a liquid becomes
a solid.
(a) What is the meaning of the words boiling point?
[1]
(b) Write down the temperature of the boiling point of water.
Include the units.
[1]
(c) What is the meaning of the words melting point?
[1]
(d) Write down the temperature of the melting point of water.
Include the units.
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15 Food chains are made up of producers, consumers, predators and prey.
(a) What is a producer?
[1]
(b) What is a consumer?
[1]
(c) What is a predator?
[1]
(d) The number of predators in a food chain increases.
What happens to the number of their
prey? Circle the best answer.
always doubles
always halves
decreases
increases
stays the same
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16 Penguins living in very cold places huddle together in big groups.
This helps them survive the cold.
Ahmed investigates why huddling together helps penguins survive the
cold. Ahmed:
puts 10 boiling tubes into beaker A
puts 1 boiling tube into beaker B
adds 40 cm3 of hot water to each boiling tube
measures the temperature of water in boiling tubes X and Y
records the temperature of the water in boiling tubes X and Y
every two minutes.
X Y
beaker A beaker B
(a) Ahmed makes this prediction,
‘I think the water in tube X will stay warmer than the water in tube
Y.’
Tick (🗸) to show if Ahmed is
correct. yes no
Explain your answer.
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(b) Ahmed wants to investigate how fur helps animals survive the cold.
Complete his method.
Ahmed:
wraps around a boiling tube
puts the boiling tube into beaker A
puts another boiling tube into beaker B with
around it
adds 40 cm3 of hot water to each boiling tube
measures the temperature of water in the boiling tubes in beaker
A and in beaker B
records the temperature of the water in the boiling tubes in
beaker A and in beaker B every two minutes.
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