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Science sampling test

KEY STAGE

2
LEVELS

3–5
Test A

First name

Middle name
2012

Last name

Date of birth Day Month Year

Please circle one Boy Girl

School name

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 INSTRUCTIONS
Read this carefully.

You have 45 minutes for this test.

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.

Do not write in the grey margins.

Do not write on or near the bar codes.

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 1 Birds in their environments
(a) Many water birds have webbed feet.

webbed foot

Why are webbed feet useful to water birds?

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

(b) Birds have different shaped beaks.

The shape of the bird’s beak is suited to the food the bird eats.

Draw THREE lines to match each beak to the food the bird eats.

Beak

animals buried small seeds meat torn from

Food
deep in mud and berries prey (1 mark)

(c) There is a law in England to stop people taking eggs from the
nests of wild birds.

It is important for wild birds that people stop taking their eggs.
Tick ONE box to show why.

because there would be no because birds’ eggs

food for foxes break easily

so people do not hurt so there are enough

themselves taking eggs birds to reproduce (1 mark)

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 2 In the kitchen
(a) Sophie and her dad are flour
cooking in the kitchen.
Sophie spills some flour
onto some raisins. raisin

Tick ONE box to show the equipment Sophie could use to

separate the flour from the raisins quickly.

Wooden spoon Sieve

(1 mark)

Weighing scales Filter

(b) Sophie thinks of some things you can do in the kitchen.

The activities cause the materials to change.

Complete the table by writing solid, liquid or gas in each box to

show how the materials change. One box has been done for you.

Activity Before After

Baking a cake liquid

Melting butter

Making ice cubes

(1 mark)

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(c) Write yes or no in each row of the table to show if the activity
causes a reversible change.

Does the activity cause a

Activity
reversible change? Yes or no?

Baking a cake

Frying eggs

Dissolving sugar

Burning candles
on a birthday cake

Making ice cubes

(2 marks)

(d) Sophie’s dad heats water in a saucepan.

The water does not boil.
The level of the water in the pan goes down as the water is heated.

Name the scientific process that causes the level of the water to
go down as it is heated.

...................................................... (1 mark)

(e) There is a window near the pan of hot water.

Sophie notices condensation is forming on the inside of the
window.

Why does condensation form on the window? Tick ONE box.

Condensation forms because the window is...

smooth. transparent. cold. hard.

(1 mark)

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 3 Animal heart rates
(a) Some children found out about the heart rate of some fully grown
animals.

Fully grown Average mass Average

animal of animal heart rate
(drawings not to scale) (kg) (beats per minute)

elephant 3000 35

human 68 70

cat 7 130

rabbit 4 205

squirrel 0.5 400

Use the table to answer the next three questions.

(i) Which fully grown animal has the fastest average heart rate?

...........................................

(ii) What is the average mass of a fully grown cat?

........................................... kg

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 (iii) What is the average heart rate of the fully grown animal
whose mass is 4 kg?

........................................... beats per minute (2 marks)

(b) Describe the relationship between the mass of the animal and
heart rate shown in this table.

.................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

(c) This dog has a mass of 30 kg.

Predict the heart rate of this dog.

Use the table to help you.

...................................................... beats per minute (1 mark)

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 4 Seaweed and trees
(a) Maria found different types of seaweed on the beach.

Her teacher has a key to identify the seaweeds.

Is the seaweed branched?

Yes No

Are the edges of the Is the seaweed long

seaweed jagged? and thin?

Yes No Yes No

Serrated wrack Bladder wrack Gutweed Sea lettuce

Use the key to identify the different seaweeds below.

Seaweed A has been done for you.

Seaweed A is Seaweed B is Seaweed C is Seaweed D is

Bladder wrack
............................. ............................. ............................. ............................. (1 mark)

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(b) Bladder wrack seaweed has pockets filled with gas. The pockets
help it float near the surface of the water to get more sunlight.

Draw ONE arrow on the diagram to show the force from the
water that makes the seaweed float near the surface of the water.

pocket filled
with gas
sea water

rock
(1 mark)

(c) Trees also have features that help their leaves to get as much
sunlight as possible.

Tick ONE feature of a tree and explain how this feature helps
the leaves to get as much sunlight as possible.

trunk branches

How the feature helps the leaves to get sunlight: .............................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

(d) Seaweeds do not have roots. Trees do have roots.

Tick THREE boxes to show the functions of tree roots.

to make seeds to absorb water

to anchor the plant in

to take up minerals
the ground

to carry new material to protect the plant

for growth to the leaves from predators (1 mark)

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 5 Road safety
(a) Julia has a bike with a light.

The picture below shows the

circuit in Julia’s light.
light

(i) Draw a circuit diagram to show the circuit in Julia’s light.

Use symbols in your drawing.

(2 marks)

(ii) What should Julia add to her circuit to make the light
brighter?

Julia should add ......................................................................... (1 mark)

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(b) It is important for people riding bikes to be seen in the dark.
The pictures below show what two jackets look like when Julia
shines a torch on each of them.

Jacket A Jacket B

Julia can see jacket B better than jacket A.

Explain what happens to the light from the torch for Julia to see
jacket B better than jacket A.

.................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

(c) Julia’s house is near a bend in the road. There is a mirror on

a pole so car drivers can see people coming round the bend.

Draw TWO arrows on the diagram below to show the direction

light travels for the car driver to see the light on Julia’s bike.

pole
mirror

light

Julia on bike (2 marks)

car

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 6 Arms
(a) Label the diagram to show what causes the arm bones to move
in a human body.

................................. bone (1 mark)

(b) Describe ONE way that humans can keep their bones strong.

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

(c) Aziz is comparing the size of straight arms and bent arms.
He measures around the top of his friend’s arm when it is
straight and when it is bent.

He repeats his investigation with other friends.

Aziz makes sure his investigation is fair.

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 Write true or false next to each statement to show if it would
make Aziz’s investigation fair.

True or false?
To make his investigation fair, Aziz must...

make sure everyone rolls up their sleeves. .........................

measure the arms of lots of children. .........................

measure around the arms in the same place. ......................... (2 marks)

(d) Here are Aziz’s results:

Look at the graph.

Describe how the arm measurements are different for straight

arms and bent arms. Complete the sentence below.

When the children’s arms are bent .....................................................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

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 7 Drinking chocolate
(a) Class 6J want to find out which material is best at keeping
drinking chocolate hot.

The class have four identical plastic cups.

They wrap each one in a different material.
They put the same amount of chocolate drink in each cup and put
lids on.

thermometer

Newspaper Foil Food wrap Bubble wrap

Tick ONE box to show what property the material should have
if it is best at keeping the drink hot.

The material should be...

strong. a conductor.

hard. an insulator.
(1 mark)

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(b) The class measure the temperature of the drinking chocolate in
each cup every five minutes.

They record their results in a table.

One result looks incorrect.

Material Temperature of drinking chocolate after... (°C)

around the 0 5 10 15 20
cup minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes
Newspaper 70 65 53 40 27

Foil 70 67 58 54 45

Food wrap 70 63 25 45 30

Bubble wrap 70 69 65 58 50

Which result in the table should they check again?

Write the number.

..................................................... (1 mark)

(c) Look carefully at the results table.

Complete the sentence below to show which material was best

at keeping the drinking chocolate hot and explain why.

..................................................... was the best material for keeping (1 mark)

the drinking chocolate hot because at the end of the test ................

.................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

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 8 Germinating seeds
(a) Sunita wants to find out if some types of seed germinate more
quickly than others.
Sunita plants her seeds in seed trays.

Name the ONE variable Sunita is changing in her investigation.

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

(b) Sunita needs to make sure her investigation is fair.

Name TWO variables Sunita should keep the same to make her
investigation fair.

1 ..............................................................................................................

2 .............................................................................................................. (1 mark)

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(c) When a seed germinates, a root starts to grow before a shoot.

Sunita measures which type of seed

germinates first by recording
when she first sees the shoot.
shoot

Explain why Sunita records when the shoot first appears and
not when the root first appears.

.................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

(d) Sunita planted five seeds of each type of seed in the trays.

Explain why it is a good idea to plant five seeds of each type

rather than just one.

.................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

seed dispersal
(e) This diagram shows the
A B
life cycle of a plant.

seed flower
formation formation

D C
pollination

Tick ONE box to show where germination happens in the

life cycle of a plant.

A B C D
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 9 Filters
(a) Some mixtures can be separated with a filter.

Filter

The table below shows some different mixtures.

Complete the table to show if a filter can be used to separate

each mixture. Write yes or no.

One mixture has been done for you.

Can the mixture be separated

Mixture by a filter? Yes or no?

Sand and stones no

Soil and water

Sand and soil

Salt and water

(1 mark)

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(b) Jemal has a mixture of chalk powder, sugar and water.
He tries to filter the mixture using kitchen foil.

kitchen foil

The foil does not separate the mixture. The foil does not break.

Explain why the foil does not separate the mixture of chalk,
sugar and water.

.................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

(c) Jemal makes a new filter using a paper towel.

He uses the paper towel filter

to separate more of the chalk,
sugar and water mixture.

The chalk stays on the paper towel.

The water and sugar go into the beaker.

Describe how Jemal could separate the sugar from the water.

.................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

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