KEY STAGE LEVELS 3–5 - SATs papers

1 Science testLEVELS3 5 ScKEY STAGE22008Te s t BFirst name_____Last name_____School_____PageMarks57911131517 19 TOTALFor marker s use onlyLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 13 INSTRUCTIONSRead this pencil shows where you will need to putyour some questions you may need to draw ananswer instead of writing have 45 minutesfor this questions may have a box like this foryou to write down your thoughts and Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 34 The Earth, Moon and Sun(a)The picture below shows a model of the Earth, Moon and ONEbox to show the shape of the Earth, Moon and Sun (b)Complete the sentences below by writing Earth, Moonor .. is a source of .. orbits the .. has an orbit of 28 mark1a1 mark1bii1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 45 Total out of 5 (c)The diagram below shows the model of the Earth, Moon and the diagram, shade in the part of the Earthwhere it is night.

2 (d)Describe how the Earth moves to cause day and mark1d1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 56 Penguins(a)The key below can be used to identify the key to identify the penguin below.(b)Tick ONEbox to show the best reason for identifying sNoYe sNoYe sNoDoes it have whitemarkings on its face?Is it taller than 70 cm?Does the penguin have tufts of feathers on its head?Is it shorter than 50 cm?Ye sNoRockhopperpenguinSnares IslandpenguinAdeliepenguinYellow-eyedpen guinGalapagospenguinKEYso you can find out whatscientific group they are inso you can learn aboutthe country they live inso you can comparethem with plantsso you can measurehow tall they are45 cmThis is a .. mark2b1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 67 Total out of 5 (c)Look at the part of the penguins food chain below.(i)TickONEbox to show which life process the food chain (ii)A fish isnota why a fish cannotbe a (d)Give ONEfeature of a penguin anddescribe how it helps a penguin tolive in its.

3 How the feature helps: ..sealpenguinfish2d1 mark2ci1 mark2cii1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 78 Electricity(a)Peter is making a circuit with a bulb. He wants to use the circuitto find out if a metal paperclip allows electricity to pass name is given to the property of metals that allowselectricity to pass through?..(b)This is Peter s circuit:Name theONEpiece of equipment Peter mustadd to his circuitto see if the paperclip allows electricity to pass (c)Peter can tell from his circuit that the paperclip allows electricityto pass happens in Peter s circuit to show him that the paperclipallows electricity to pass through?..3 BulbPaperclip3a1 mark3b1 mark3c1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 89 Total out of 6(d)Peter tests four more objects in his oneobject does notallow electricity to pass puts his results in a yesor noin each box of the table to show if electricitypasses through each object.

4 (e)Peter draws a bar chartto show his says The table is better than the bar chart to show my gives me extra information. Look carefully at the table and bar extra information does the table give?..MetalcoinName of objectDoes electricitypass through?Paper-clipIronnailyesPlasticrule rSteelspoonMetal coinIron nailPlastic rulerSteel spoon3dii1 mark3e1 mark3di1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 910 Hot drinks(a)Class 6H want to find the best cup to keep drinks ONEbox to show which property is most important whenchoosing the best cup to keep a drink hot.(b)The class use the cups shown below. The cups are all made fromthe same A, Cor Din each row of the table below to show whichcup gave each set of B has been done for BCup ACup CCup Dstrongflexibletransparenthardinsulating waterproofTemperature (oC) mark4a1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 1011 Total out of 5(c)Look at the pictures of the cups.

5 Cup B cooled the why cup B cooled the (d)The class measure the temperature of the drink in one of the cupsfor a longer time. The graph below shows their at the graph.(i)After how many minutes did the drink stop cooling down?.. minutes(ii)Explain why the drink stopped cooling mark4di1 mark4dii1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:31 Page 1112 Flowering plants(a)The pictures below show different types of flowering the THREE missing labels to show the names of the plantparts.(b)Different plants flower at different times of the year. The chartbelow shows the time of year plant A and plant B which month are bothplant A and plant B flowering?.. APlant B5a1 mark5b1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 1213 Total out of 5 (c)Flowers help plants to carry out a life life process do flowers help plants to carry out?..(d)The flowers of plant A and plant B produce ONEbox to show which part of the flower produces (e)Look at the pictures of plant A and plant are pollinated in different ways.

6 (i)Tick ONEbox to show which plant is most likely to bepollinated by A plant B(ii)Explain why the plant you chose is most likely to bepollinated by mark5c1 mark5e1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 1314 School pond(a)Class 6G are investigating the effect of the water cycle on thedepth of the school measure the depth of the pond every Friday for seven is the table oftheir results:(i)What type of weather could make the pond water deeper?..(ii)In which week did the class record in the table that thepond water got deeper?week ..(b)Which scientific process caused the depth of the pond water todecrease?..6 Depth of water inschool pond (cm)Week1234567505047494444416ai1 mark6aii1 mark6b1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 1415 Total out of 6 (c)Class 6G plot their results on a the graph by plotting the results for weeks 6 and the table to help you.

7 (d)The water depth decreased most when the weather was to show between which weeks the weather 2 and 3weeks 3 and 4weeks 4 and 5weeks 6 and 7(e)The pond investigation only showed what happens to water in partof the water the process that forms clouds from water vapour in the mark6d1 mark6e1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 1516 ShoesEmma needs to buy some new shoes for the must help Emma find out which are best for walking to could find out: how waterproofthe shoes areOR how good the shoes are at an investigation to help Emma find out more about her ONEquestion you could investigate to find the best shoesfor walking to school in Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 1617 Total out of 4 (a)WhatONEfactor should you change as you do your investigation?..(b)What factor would you observe or measure in your investigation?..(c)What is ONEfactor you should keep the same to make yourtest fair?

8 (d)Explain why the factor you chose to observe or measure isimportantfor deciding the best shoes to wear in mark7c1 mark7d1 mark7a1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 1718 Parachutes(a)James makes a parachute outof a square piece of attaches it to a 20 g drops the parachute. The mainforces acting on the parachute areshown in this is the name of force A?..(b)James and Aneesa make three more parachutes using differentsizes of polythene attach a 20 g mass to each drop all four parachutes from the same record the time taken for each parachute to fall to the the relationship between the area of the parachuteandthe time takenfor the parachute to fall to the g massForce AForce BpolythenesquareArea of parachute (cm2)Time taken to fall (seconds) mark8b1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 1819 Total out of 4 (c)James drops a 20 g mass from the same height with no records the time it takes the mass to to show why the mass with no parachute mass with no (d)In nature, a dandelion seed has a parachute-like structure attachedto is the dandelion seed usually dispersed?

9 Dandelionseedis more less upwards forceon a bigger downwardsforce on mark8d1 markLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 19 QCA/08/3311 (Pupil pack) Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2008 QCA/08/3303 (Mark schemes pack)282642 END OF TESTP lease check your answersLive Test B Booklet:Layout 1 11/1/08 11:32 Page 20