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Term-End Diagnostics - II ​ ​ ​ Subject : Science Paper 1

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INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
OBJECTIVES
• Nutrition & Balanced Diet​ • Human Body Systems (Respiratory, Joints, Muscles)
• Food Webs & Ecology​ ​ • Atomic Structure​ ​ • Climate Change & Energy Resources
• Electromagnetism​ ​ • Light & Color

1.​ Here is some information about a loaf of bread.

(a) Why does the body need a supply of protein?

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(b) The total mass of protein, carbohydrate, fat, dietary fibre and salt in the table does not add up to

100 g.

What substance makes up the remaining mass of bread?

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(c) (i) Calculate the amount of energy provided by 20 g of bread.

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(ii) Which component in the bread provides most of this energy?

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(d) Rajiv eats 50 g of bread. This provides 5% of his recommended daily amount (RDA) of protein.
What is Rajiv’s RDA of protein?

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2.​ This question is about pollution in ecosystems. The diagram shows the impact of releasing chemical

waste into the sea.

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 Minamata disease affects the nervous system. The disease is caused by levels above 20,000 ppb

(parts per billion) of mercury in the body.

Explain why the fishermen develop Minamata disease.

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3. The diagram below shows the muscles and bones of a human arm.

(a) The biceps and triceps are an antagonistic pair of muscles. Explain what this means.

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The diagram below shows the muscles and bones of a human leg.

(b) Which muscle contracts to move the foot in the direction shown by the arrow?

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(c) Which two pairs of muscles are antagonistic pairs?

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4. The diagram shows part of the human respiratory system.

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(a) (i) The structures labelled X and Y change the volume of the lungs during breathing.

Name the structures X and Y.

X is …………………………………………………….

Y is …………………………………………………….​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [1]

(ii) Describe how structures X and Y move to increase the volume of the lungs. ​ ​ ​

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(b) Mike and Rajiv plan an investigation to find out how running speed affects breathing rate.

(i) Name the equipment they must use to measure their breathing rate.

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(ii) State one variable they need to change.

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(iii) State one variable they need to keep the same.

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5. Atoms are made of protons, neutrons and electrons.

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(b) Atoms consist of a nucleus surrounded by a cloud of electrons.
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Explain what holds the particles in an atom together.

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(c) What is the name of the part of the atom that contains the protons and neutrons?

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6. Angelique learns about climate change and how temperatures around the world are changing. She

finds a graph on the internet that appears to show average global temperatures are falling. This is

not what she has been taught.

Look at the graph.

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(a) Complete the sentence.

Choose from the list.

The data has been chosen to show a trend that is different from that which is accepted.

This source of information is ……………………………………​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [1]

(b) Angelique knows that the Earth’s climate changes over time.

Which is the best way for her to show how climate changes happen over time? ​ ​ ​ [1]

Tick (✔) the correct statement.

●​ look at how global temperatures change every month for ten years​​ ​

●​ look at how global temperatures change every year for ten years​ ​ ​

●​ look at how global temperatures change over a period of one hundred years​

●​ look at how global temperatures change over a period of thousands of years ​

7. Solar power is one example of a renewable energy resource.

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(a) Write down one use of a solar panel.

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(b) Complete the sentences.

One other example of a renewable energy resource is …………………………………….

An example of a non-renewable energy resource is……………………………………​ ​ ​ [2]

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(c) The picture shows a container made from plant material.

Which word describes this type of renewable material? Circle the correct answer.​​ ​ [1]

biochemical​ ​ bioplastic​ ​ cytoplasm​ ​ mineral

8. People are concerned that increased global warming is causing climate change. Evidence for

increased global warming includes:

• the increase in the rate of melting of glaciers and polar ice caps

• a rise in mean sea levels.

(i) Explain why it is important to keep records of data over a period of time.

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(ii) Look at the graph. The graph shows a prediction about how the sea level will change from its value

in the year 2000.

(a) Suggest one reason for the trend in sea level change shown in the graph.

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 (b) Suggest one impact of the trend in sea level change shown in the graph.

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(iii) Climate and weather are two different things. Which statements are about climate?

Tick (✔) all the correct answers.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [2]

(iv) What is the main cause of recent global warming?​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [1]

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9. Yuri makes an electromagnet. Write down a list of the equipment he needs.

(a) You may wish to draw a labelled diagram to help you answer the question​ ​ ​ [4]

(b) Describe how he uses this equipment to make the electromagnet.​​ ​ ​ ​ [2]

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10. Look at part of a recent news report.

Scientists predict that the newly discovered galaxy contains stars.

Suggest two other objects the newly found galaxy contains.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [2]

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11. This question is about coloured light.

(a) The diagram shows what happens when a narrow beam of white light is shone towards a special

piece of glass.

(i) Complete the labels on the diagram. Choose words from the list.

black ​ ​ lens ​ ​ mirror​​ ​ prism ​​ red ​ ​ violet

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(ii) The white light is split into different colours.

What is the name of this process?​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [1]

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(b) Different coloured light from three sources is shone onto the same area of a white screen.

Complete the labels on the diagram. Choose words from the list.​ ​ ​ ​ [2]

indigo​ ​ magenta​ pink​ ​ orange​ violet​ ​ white​ ​ yellow

12. Gabriella investigates the strength of an electromagnet.

Gabriella:

●​ holds an electromagnet above some pins and switches the electromagnet on

(i) Explain how the data in the table shows that the results are unreliable.​ ​ ​ ​ [1]

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(ii) Suggest what Gabriella does to make her results more reliable.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [1]

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(iii) Gabriella uses 30 turns of wire on the coil. Predict how many pins are attracted to the

electromagnet.​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ [1]

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Reflection:

What went well?

What could have been done better?

Date: ……………………..​ ​ ​ ​ Parent’s sign: ……………………….

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