Madeley High School

Year 8 Science Exam Practice Questions and Mark Scheme 2016

Q1. The diagram below shows the digestive system.

(a) (i) Give the letter which labels the stomach.

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1 mark

(ii) Give the letter which labels the small intestine.

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1 mark

(iii) Glucose is absorbed in the small intestine.

What carries glucose from the intestine to other parts of the body?

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1 mark

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(b) Some athletes take glucose tablets before a race.

Why do they take glucose?

Tick the correct box.

for growth for healthy bones and teeth

to prevent disease to provide energy

1 mark

(c) The table below shows what four people ate for lunch.

name lunch

Jon chicken and salad

Nadia cheeseburger and chips

Clare lemonade and a jam doughnut

Zak mushroom soup and an orange

(i) Whose lunch had the most sugar in it?

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1 mark

(ii) Whose lunch had the most fat in it?

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1 mark

(iii) Eating too much fat is bad for you.

Give one reason for this.

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1 mark
maximum 7 marks

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Q2. Michael cut his knee while he was playing football.

A first-aider put a bandage over the cut.

(a) A bandage helps to stop a cut getting dirty or infected.

Give the name of one type of micro-organism which can infect a cut.

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1 mark

(b) While he was cleaning Michael’s knee, the first-aider wore rubber gloves.

(i) Give one reason why wearing rubber gloves is important for the
first-aider’s health.

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1 mark

(ii) Give one reason why it is important for Michael’s health that the
first-aider wears rubber gloves.

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1 mark
Maximum 3 marks

Q3. Chris collected some sea water near a beach.

The sea water had salt dissolved in it. It had sand mixed in it.

(a) Chris separated the sand from the salt water as shown below.

(i) What is this method of separation called?

Tick the correct box.

chromatography distillation

filtration magnetism

(ii) What is substance A?

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(iii) What is the part labelled B?

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3 marks

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(b) Chris poured some of the salt water from the flask into a dish.
He put the dish on a balance and left it in a warm room for a week.

(i) Look at the two readings on the balance.

Work out the decrease in mass.

............... g

(ii) After one week there was a white solid but no liquid in the dish.
What had happened to the water in the dish?

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(iii) What was the white solid left in the dish?

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3 marks
maximum 6 marks

Q4. Susie used chromatography to identify the coloured substances in the ink from a
felt-tip pen.

She used:

• green ink

• blue ink

• purple ink

• ink from her felt-tip pen.

She used water as the solvent.

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Look at the diagram above.

(a) (i) Which colours were present in the ink from the felt-tip pen?

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1 mark

(ii) How many coloured substances were there in green ink?

...........

How can you tell?

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1 mark

(iii) Susie placed the spots of ink on a line on the chromatography paper as
shown in the diagram.
To draw the line, Susie had to choose a felt-tip pen or a pencil.

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Which one should she use?

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Give the reason for your answer.

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1 mark

(b) Susie used water as the solvent in this experiment.

When she repeated the experiment with a different set of pens, it did
not work.
She then used ethanol instead of water.

Suggest why the experiment worked with ethanol but not with water.

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1 mark
maximum 4 marks

Q5. Rema used the apparatus below to distil 100 cm3 of water-soluble ink.

apparatus A

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not to scale

(a) Which processes occur during distillation?

Tick the correct box.

condensation then evaporation

evaporation then condensation

melting then boiling

melting then evaporation

1 mark

(b) Give the name of the colourless liquid that collects in the test-tube.

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1 mark

(c) What would the temperature reading be on the thermometer when the
ink has been boiling for two minutes?

..............°C
1 mark

(d) (i) Water at 15°C enters the condenser at X.

Predict the temperature of the water when it leaves the condenser at Y.

..............°C

Explain this change of temperature.

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1 mark

(ii) Give two ways in which the water vapour changes as it passes down the

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glass tube in the condenser.

1. .........................................................................................................
1 mark

2. .........................................................................................................
1 mark

(e) Peter used the apparatus below to distil 100 cm3 of water-soluble ink.

apparatus B

not to scale

Why is the condenser in apparatus A better than the glass tube and beaker of
water in apparatus B?

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1 mark
maximum 7 marks

Q6. The diagram shows a ray of light hitting the surface of a mirror made from thick glass.

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The incident ray is both reflected and refracted.

(a) (i) Give the letters of the two reflected rays.

............... and ...............

1 mark

(ii) Give the letter of one refracted ray.

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1 mark

(b) The incident ray is brighter than ray A.

Give one reason for this.

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1 mark
maximum 3 marks

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Q7. Sunita puts on a pair of special glasses as shown below. The glasses have coloured
filters in them.

(a) Sunita looks at a lamp through the green filter. The lamp gives out white light,
but appears to be green.
Explain how this is possible.

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2 marks

(b) Sunita looks at a red lamp.

(i) What colour will the lamp appear to Sunita, if she looks at it through
the red filter?

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Explain your answer.

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1 mark

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(ii) What colour will the lamp appear to Sunita, if she looks at it through the green
filter?

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Explain your answer.

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2 marks
Maximum 5 marks

Q8. Table 1 gives information about 100 g of five different foods.

energy per
nutrients per 100 g of each food
food 100 g
of food protein fat carbohydrate calcium
(kJ) (g) (g) (g) (mg)
banana 403 1.2 0.3 23.2 6
wholemeal
914 9.2 2.5 41.6 54
bread
butter 3031 0.5 81.7 0 15

cheese 1708 22.5 34.4 0.1 720

milk 275 3.2 3.9 4.8 115

table 1

(a) Look at table 1.

(i) Which of the four nutrients, protein, fat, carbohydrate or calcium, provides
most of the energy in the cheese?

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(ii) Which of the four nutrients provides most of the energy in the wholemeal
bread?

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(iii) Which of the four nutrients is needed for growth and repair?

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3 marks

(b) The recommended daily amount of protein for a woman is 45 g.

Look at table 1.
How many grams of cheese would provide 45 g of protein?
Tick the correct box.

50 g 100 g 150 g 200 g

1 mark

(c) Not all the types of nutrients needed for a balanced diet are shown in table 1.

Give the name of one of the missing types of nutrient.

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1 mark

(d) Table 2 shows the recommended daily amount of calcium for a person in four
stages of the human life cycle.
We need calcium for healthy teeth and bones.

recommended daily amount of

person
calcium (mg)
a baby aged 6 months 600
a woman before she is
500
pregnant
a pregnant woman 1200

a breast-feeding woman

table 2

(i) Use information in table 2 to estimate how much calcium a breast-feeding

woman should have each day.

............. mg

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(ii) Explain why she would need this amount of calcium.

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2 marks
maximum 7 marks

Q9. A teacher mixed iron filings with sulphur on a metal tray.

She heated the mixture in a fume cupboard.
Sulphur is yellow. Iron filings are grey.

The mixture glowed very brightly. The teacher turned off the bunsen burner.
The glow spread through the mixture.
When the mixture cooled, a black solid called iron sulphide was left.

(a) From this information, give one way you can tell that a chemical reaction took
place.

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1 mark

(b) What type of substance is each of the chemicals involved in this reaction?
Choose from:

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non-metallic
metallic element mixture compound
element

iron ...............................................................

sulphur .........................................................

iron sulphide .................................................

2 marks

(c) Raj held a magnet near to each of the three chemicals.

By each chemical in the table, write yes or no to show if the chemical was
magnetic.

One has been done for you.

Was the chemical

chemical
magnetic?
sulphur

iron

iron sulphide no

1 mark

(d) (i) When iron is heated with sulphur, iron sulphide is formed.
Give the name of the solid formed when zinc is heated with sulphur.

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(ii) Some fossil fuels contain sulphur.

When fuels burn, sulphur reacts with oxygen.

Complete the word equation for this reaction.

sulphur + oxygen → .............................................................................

2 marks
maximum 6 marks

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Q10.

(a) From the substances named above, give:

(i) the name of a metal;

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1 mark

(ii) the name of an element which is a non-metal;

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1 mark

(iii) the name of an element which will rust;

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1 mark

(iv) the name of a compound.

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1 mark

(b) When magnesium and sulphur are heated together, they react.
Write the name of the compound which is formed when magnesium reacts
with sulphur.

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1 mark
Maximum 5 marks

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Q11. (a) Joseph and Meena did some experiments to show how new rocks can be
formed.

(i) Joseph used the following materials.

sand pebbles water plaster

Joseph mixed these materials and left the mixture to go hard.

The solid looked like this.

Rocks are grouped into three types: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.

Which of these types of rock is most like Joseph’s ‘rock’?

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1 mark

(ii) Meena took some crystals. She put them in a crucible and heated it until the
crystals melted. She let the crucible cool very slowly until the contents went
solid. The solid she tipped out from the crucible looked like this.

Which of the three types of rock is most like Meena’s ‘rock’?

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1 mark

(b) Rocks can be broken by weathering when:

1. Water gets into cracks in rocks.

2. The water in the cracks turns to ice and expands.

3. The rocks split into smaller pieces.

What else must happen during this part of this weathering process?
Tick two boxes.

The temperature stays the same.

The temperature falls below freezing point.

The temperature stays above freezing point.

Expansion forces the cracks in the rock to close.

Expansion forces the cracks in the rock to open.

Expansion forces all of the water out of the cracks.

2 marks
Maximum 4 marks

Q12. Five different rocks, A, B, C, D and E, are described in the table.

(a) From the information given, classify each rock as:

igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary.

One has been done for you.

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4 marks

(b) Look at the descriptions of the rocks A, B, C, D and E.

(i) Sheets of slate are used as roofing material.

Which rock could be slate?

Give the letter ..............................

1 mark

(ii) When limestone is weathered, fossils sometimes appear in the surface.

Which rock could be limestone?

Give the letter ..............................

1 mark

(iii) Granite is a crystalline rock. Its surface is speckled with a number of colours. It
can be used for road chippings. Which rock could be granite?

Give the letter ..............................

1 mark
Maximum 7 marks

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Q13. (a) A teacher shines a laser beam onto a classroom window. It reflects off the
window and onto a screen.

On the diagram above, continue the laser beam to show its path as it reflects off the
window and onto the screen. Use a ruler.
Add arrows to show the direction of the laser beam.
2 marks

(b) (i) When a pupil plays her flute in the classroom the window vibrates.
Give the reason for this.

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1 mark

(ii) When the window vibrates, what happens to the laser beam that is reflected off
the window?

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1 mark

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(c) The teacher places a microphone near the pupil as she plays her flute. The diagram
below shows the pattern on an oscilloscope screen.

The pupil then plays her flute at a higher pitch and more quietly.
Which diagram below shows the pattern that would be seen on the oscilloscope?
Tick the correct box.

1 mark
maximum 5 marks

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Q14. The diagram below shows part of the human ear.

We can hear somebody speaking because sound waves enter our ears.

(a) (i) What do our eardrums do when sound waves reach them?

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1 mark

(ii) Sometimes a lot of wax is produced in the ear.

The wax rests against the eardrum, as shown above.

Give one reason why we cannot hear very well when our ears
contain a lot of wax.

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1 mark

(b) The table below shows the lowest and highest frequencies that five living things can
hear.

living lowest frequency highest frequency

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thing (Hz) (Hz)

human 20 20 000

sparrow 300 20 000

dog 20 45 000

cat 20 64 000

rabbit 300 42 000

(i) Which three living things from the table cannot hear a frequency of
43 000 Hz?

.............................. and .............................. and ..............................

1 mark

(ii) From the table, choose the living thing that can hear the biggest range of
frequencies.

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1 mark
maximum 4 marks

Q15. The diagram shows part of a food web in a wood.

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Use only the information in the diagram to answer questions (a) and (b).

(a) Name one herbivore and one omnivore.

herbivore .....................................................................................................

omnivore ....................................................................................................
2 marks

(b) The number of blue tits in the wood decreases.

This affects the number of great tits in the wood.

(i) Give one reason why the number of great tits might increase.

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1 mark

(ii) Give one reason why the number of great tits might decrease.

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1 mark

(iii) Why might a decrease in the number of blue tits affect the sparrowhawks
more than the stoats?

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1 mark

(c) The arrows in the diagram show the direction of energy flow through the food web. A
weasel eats a wood mouse. Most of the chemical energy stored in the wood mouse
does not end up as chemical energy in the weasel.
Explain why.

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2 marks

(d) The following diagrams show four different pyramids of numbers.

A food chain in the food web is

oak trees → aphids → blue tits → sparrowhawks

Which of the drawings, A, B, C or D, best represents the pyramid of numbers

for this food chain?

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1 mark
Maximum 8 marks

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M1. (a) (i) D

1 (L3)

(ii) E
1 (L3)

(iii) any one from

• blood
accept ‘plasma’

• blood vessels
accept a named blood vessel
accept ‘arteries’; ‘veins’
a mark should be awarded for ‘red or white blood cells’
as knowledge of the function of blood cells is not expected
at this level the mark is awarded for the reference to blood
1 (L4)

(b) to provide energy

if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)

(c) (i) Clare

accept ‘lemonade and jam or doughnut’
1 (L3)

(ii) Nadia
accept ‘cheeseburger and chips’ or ‘burger and chips’
1 (L3)

(iii) any one from

• it causes heart disease

accept ‘it is bad for your heart’

• it could give you a heart attack

accept ‘it might give you a stroke’

• it clogs your arteries or blood vessels

accept ‘it makes you fat’
accept ‘it is bad for the liver’
1 (L3)
[7]

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M2. (a) any one from

• bacteria
do not accept ‘germs’ or ‘microbes’

• viruses

• fungi
1 (L4)

(b) (i) to stop micro-organisms passing from Michael to the first-aider

accept ‘bacteria’ or ‘viruses’ or ‘fungi’
or ’microbes’ or ‘germs’ for micro-organisms
accept ‘to stop blood getting on the first-aider’
1 (L3)

(ii) to stop micro-organisms passing from the first-aider’s hands

to the cut or to Michael
accept ‘bacteria’ or ‘viruses’ or ‘fungi’ or ‘microbes’
or ‘germs’ for micro- organisms accept ‘rubber gloves
are sterile or cleaner than hands’
accept ‘to prevent the spread of infection or HIV
or AIDS’ as an alternative to one of the answers only
1 (L3)
[3]

M3. (a) (i) • filtration

if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L3)

(ii) • A: sand
accept ‘residue’
1 (L3)

(iii) • B: filter paper

accept ‘paper’ or ‘filter’

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do not accept ‘funnel’ or ‘filter funnel’
1 (L4)

(b) (i) • 100

1 (L4)

(ii) it had evaporated

accept’ it went into the air’
do not accept ‘it disappeared’
1 (L3)

(iii) salt
accept ‘sodium chloride’
accept ‘salts’ or ‘minerals’ or ‘crystals’
1 (L4)
[6]

M4. (a) (i) pale blue yellow red

answers may be in any order
all three answers are required for the mark
do not accept ‘blue’ for ‘pale blue’
1 (L5)

(ii) 2
because there are two spots on the paper
accept ‘there are two colours from the green ink’
accept ‘because they are straight up from the green ink’
accept ‘it has dark blue and yellow’
accept ‘it shows two’
both the answer and the correct explanation are required
for the mark
1 (L5)

(iii) pencil
both the answer and the correct explanation are
required for the mark

any one from

• because ink from the felt-tip pen is soluble or

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will dissolve in water
accept ‘the ink will also produce colours’
‘the pencil has no ink in it’ is insufficient

• because pencil will not spread out or dissolve or run

or smudge
accept ‘the ink expands’
1 (L5)

(b) any one from

• the ink would not dissolve in water

accept ‘the ink was water resistant or
permanent or waterproof’

• the ink would dissolve in ethanol

• ethanol is a solvent for the ink

accept ‘ethanol is a suitable solvent’
accept ‘ethanol can absorb the ink’
accept ‘ethanol washes out the ink’
accept ‘some substances will dissolve
in one solvent but not another’
1 (L6)
[4]

M5. (a) evaporation then condensation

if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L5)

(b) water
accept ‘distillate’
1 (L5)

(c) 100
accept a temperature from 99 to 101
1 (L5)

(d) (i) a temperature above 15 but below 100

any one from

• it is heated by the water vapour

accept ‘vapour or steam or hot water’ for water vapour

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• thermal energy or heat is transferred from the water vapour
accept ‘it heats up’
both the answer and the correct explanation are required
for the mark
1 (L6)

(ii) any one from

• it condenses
accept ‘it makes condensation’

• it changes to a liquid
accept ‘it is liquid’
accept ‘it changes state’
accept ‘it turns to water’
1 (L6)

• its temperature falls

accept ‘it cools’ ‘it changes temperature’ is insufficient
1 (L6)

(e) any one from

• cold water replaces warm water

accept ‘it cools the water vapour better or more efficiently
or quickly’
accept ‘it will work faster’

• the water stays cold or cooler

• there is a bigger difference in temperature between the water

vapour and the water

• some vapour escapes in B

accept ‘it is cooled over a bigger length or for longer’
accept ‘more water is collected’
1 (L6)
[7]

M6. (a) (i) A and C

answers may be in either order

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both answers are required for the mark
1 (L6)

(ii) any one from

• B

• D
1 (L6)

(b) any one from

• not all the light is reflected

• some of the light is refracted

• some of the light is absorbed

• light is scattered by the glass

accept ‘it splits into two rays’ or ‘it splits’
1 (L6)
[3]

M7. (a) any one from

• white light is a mixture of colours

• white light contains green light

1 (L7)

the green light passes through

accept for two marks ‘all the other colours are absorbed
or filtered out’
accept for two marks ‘only the green light passes through’
1

(b) (i) red

because red light passes through the filter
both the colour and explanation are required for the mark
1 (L7)

(ii) black

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accept ‘she cannot see it’
1 (L7)

any one from

• because red light will not pass through

• a green filter absorbs red light

accept ‘only green light passes through’
1
[5]

M8. (a) (i) • fat

1 (L5)

(ii) • carbohydrate
1 (L5)

(iii) • protein
1 (L6)

(b) any one from

• 200 g
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L6)

(c) any one from

• vitamins
accept a named vitamin

• water

• fibre
accept ‘roughage’
accept ‘minerals’ or a named mineral
do not accept ‘calcium’
1 (L5)

(d) (i) • 1100

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accept a number from 1000 to 1300
1 (L6)

(ii) any one from

• to make milk

• milk contains calcium

• a breast-fed baby needs calcium for growth or for bones

or teeth
accept ‘the baby needs calcium’

• she has to have enough calcium for herself and the baby
accept ‘to feed herself and the baby’
accept ‘the baby needs 600 and she needs 500’
accept ‘this is recommended for mother and baby’
‘to feed the baby’ is insufficient
1 (L6)
[7]

M9. (a) any one from

• the mixture glowed

accept ‘the temperature increased’

• there was a colour change

• a black solid formed

• a new substance has been formed

accept ‘a compound or iron sulphide was formed’
accept ‘there is no longer any sulphur or yellow
or iron or grey’
1 (L6)

(b) • iron: metallic element

accept ‘metal’

• sulphur: non-metallic element

accept ‘non-metal’

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• iron sulphide: compound
if all three answers are correct, award two marks
if two answers are correct, award one mark
2 (L5)

(c) • sulphur: no

• iron: yes
both answers are required for the mark
1 (L5)

(d) (i) • zinc sulphide

do not accept ‘zinc sulphate’
1 (L6)

(ii) • sulphur dioxide

accept ‘sulphur oxide’ or ‘sulphur trioxide’
1 (L6)
[6]

M10. (a) (i) any one from

• gold

• iron

• magnesium
1 (L3)

(ii) any one from

• sulphur

• phosphorus
1 (L4)

(iii) iron
1 (L3)

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(iv) iron sulphide

1 (L5)

(b) magnesium sulphide

do not accept ‘magnesium sulphite’
or ‘magnesium sulphate’
1 (L5)
[5]

M11. (a) (i) sedimentary

accept ‘conglomerate’
1

(ii) igneous
1

(b) The temperature falls below freezing point.

1

Expansion forces the cracks in the rock to open.

if more than two boxes are ticked, deduct one
mark for each incorrect tick
minimum mark zero
1
[4]

M12. (a)
rock classification

A igneous

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B sedimentary

D sedimentary

E metamorphic

4 (L6)

(b) (i) E
1 (L6)

(ii) D
1 (L6)

(iii) A
1 (L6)
[7]

M13. (a) the angles of incidence and reflection must be equal

1 (L5)

the ray must be continuous and straight with an arrow

in the correct direction

accept one arrow in the correct direction on either

the incident or the reflected ray
the ray must hit the screen in the middle 2 cm
1 (L5)

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(b) (i) any one from

• sound waves travel to the window or glass

accept ‘sound travels to the window’

• vibrations pass through the air

• sound waves or vibrations hit the window

accept ‘sound hits the window’
1 (L5)

(ii) the beam will vibrate or move or jump about

accept ‘scatter’ for vibrate
accept ‘it would go to other places in the room’
accept ‘it would go in different directions’
accept ‘it shakes’ or ‘it wobbles’
do not accept ‘it is blurred’
‘it goes in a different direction’ is insufficient
1 (L5)

(c) B
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L6)
[5]

M14. (a) (i) vibrate

accept ‘move in and out’
‘move’ is insufficient
1 (L4)

(ii) any one from

• it stops the sound waves or vibrations reaching our eardrums

accept ‘it stops sound reaching our eardrum’
accept ‘it absorbs sound’
accept ‘it blocks the ear’

• it stops the eardrum vibrating

accept ‘it stops the eardrum moving in and out’

• the eardrum vibrates less

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accept ‘soundwaves are reflected by the wax’
1 (L3)

(b) (i) human and sparrow and rabbit

accept ‘bird’ for sparrow
answers may be in any order
all three answers are required for the mark
1 (L4)

(ii) cat
1 (L4)
[4]

M15. (a) any one from

• wood mouse

• aphid

• caterpillar

• great tit
2 (L7)

(b) (i) less competition for caterpillars or aphids or food

accept ‘more food’ or ‘more caterpillars’ or ‘more aphids’
1 (L7)

(ii) weasels or stoats or sparrowhawks or predators eat more of them

1 (L7)

(iii) any one from

• sparrowhawks only eat blue tits and great tits

accept ‘sparrowhawks have more limited diet’

• stoats also eat wood mice

accept ‘stoats eat a greater variety of food’
1 (L7)

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(c) any two from

• lost as thermal energy or by respiration

accept ‘lost as heat’ or ‘used up by running around
or hunting or working’

• some material not digested or lost in waste

• some material excreted

accept ‘some lost in urine’
accept ‘some material not eaten’
2 (L7)

(d) C
accept a tick or other mark on pyramid C
1 (L7)
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