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1 SciencetestPaper1 Firstname_____Lastname_____School_____Re member Thetestis1hourlong. Youwillneed:pen,pencil,rubber,ruler,prot ractorandcalculator. Theteststartswitheasierquestions. Trytoanswerallofthequestions. Donotuseanyroughpaper. Checkyourworkcarefully. 6 ScKEYSTAGE32009 TOTALMARKSF ormarker Stefan is on holiday in the mountains. It is snowing.(a) (i) Choose words from the box to complete the sentence snowflake falls on Stefan s nose and the snowflake melts, it changesfrom ato a.(ii) Snow that falls on the ground melts that falls on Stefan s nose meltsvery a reason for this.

2 (iii) In his hotel, Stefan sees some the changes below reversible? meltingwood burningtoasting breadKS3/09/Sc/ tier 3 6/P121ai1 marksolidliquidgas1aii1 mark1aiii1 (b) (i) Stefan is snowboarding. Gravity acts on the diagram below, draw an arrow to show the directionof the force of gravity.(ii) When Stefan wants to slow down, he pushes one edge of thesnowboard into the force between the board and the snow makes him slow down?maximum5marks1bi1 mark5 TotalKS3/09/Sc/ tier 3 6/P131bii1 markdirection The drawings below show a snail and a slug.

3 (a) Look at the drawings above.(i) Give one way the snail and slug aredifferentfrom each other.(ii) Give one way the snail and slug are thesame.(b) Snails produce mucus to help them move along the does mucus help snails to move?Tick the correct mark2ai1 mark2aii1 markMucus reduces leaves a is increases 3 6 (c) Snails are herbivores. Thrushes and blackbirds eat the food web below to show the relationship between plants, snails,thrushes and arrows on the diagram.(d) Snails that live in woodland areas are usually brown or how the colour of snails in woodland areas protects them from mark2c1 mark2c1 markplantsKS3/09/Sc/ tier 3 6 (a) Tasha puts a small block of wood on a smooth puts different forces on the diagrams below show the size and direction of these each block move to theleft, to therightorstay still?

4 Tick the correct box in each row.(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)forces on blockKS3/09/Sc/ tier 3 6/P163ai1 mark3aii1 mark3aiii1 mark3aiv1 mark2N8 Nmovesto theleftmovesto (b) (i) Which piece of equipment should Tasha use to measure the forceson the block?Tick the correct box.(ii) Give the name of the equipment used to measure 3 6/P17 Total610 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11120 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30263bi1 mark3bii1 The drawings below show pigs from two different breeds.

5 (a) (i) From the drawings above, givetwoways in which the pigs are (ii) What are these differences called?Tick the correct box.(b) The drawing below shows a piglet bred from a Tamworth and a GloucesterOld you can tell that one of its parents is a 3 6/P184ai1 mark4ai1 mark4aii1 mark4b1 markadaptationsfertilisationclassificati onvariationsTamworthGloucester Old (c) (i) When pigs reproduce, whichtwotypes of cell pass information fromthe pigs to their piglets?Tick thetwocorrect boxes.(ii) When pigs reproduce, two cells join is this process called?

6 Tick the correct mark4ci1 mark4cii1 markKS3/09/Sc/ tier 3 6 The drawings below show six objects found in Sophie s objects are all made of different materials as shown.(a) Which twoobjectsshown above are made ofrock? (b) Write two of theobjectsshown above which are made 3 6/P110aluminiumgreenhouse frameslateroof tileirongateplasticplant potmarblestatuesteelwatering can5anottoscale1 mark5b1 (c) (i) A gas in the air reacts with iron to make it the name of this gas.(ii) What could you do to an iron gate to protect it from this gas in the air?

7 (d) Sophie tests each material with a two materials are attracted to the magnet?Tick thetwocorrect 3 6/P111 Total65ci1 mark5cii1 mark5d1 mark5d1 Richard wanted to find out the best conditions for growing lettuce took 4 trays and planted 8 lettuce plants in results of his investigation are shown below.(a) How many days did Richard s investigation last?Use the table to help (b) Look at the table. Which variables did Richardchangein his investigation?Tick the correct 3 6/P1126a1 mark6b1 markvariablestraylight levelair temperature( C)soil moisturenumber of plantsalive after 7 daysAmedium25moist8 Bmedium25dry6 Cmedium45moist2 Dmedium45dry0light level and airtemperatureair temperature andsoil moisturesoil moisture andtype of soiltype of soil andlight of plants alivetrayday 1day 4day 7A88B86C82D40(c) Richard said:Why is Richardnotable to make this conclusion from his investigation?

8 (d) The table below shows the number of lettuce plants alive at the end of day 1 andday 7 of the each tray, A, B, C and D, suggest the number of plants that werealive onday 4. Write your answers in the table 3 6/P113 Total56c1 mark6d1 mark6d1 markLettuce plants grow betterat a medium light levelthan at other light 3 6/P1147b1 mark7a1 mark7a1 markpH chart7. Michelle added some universal indicator solution to four uses the pH chart to fill in her table of results.(a) The table below shows some of Michelle s Michelle s table of results the pH chart to help you.

9 (b) Explain why using acids can be (c) Michelle measured the pH of some milk stored at room temperature forfive graph of Michelle s results is shown of the axes has been labelled.(i) Write the axis label for the graphat X.(ii) Use the graph. How does the pH of the milk change over the five days?maximum5marks7ci1 mark7cii1 markpHKS3/09/Sc/ tier 3 6 The drawing below shows the remains of an animal found in a rock.(a) Some scientists think the animal in the drawing above was a bird.(i) Giveonefeature of the animal above that suggests it was a scientists think the animal was a reptile.

10 (ii) What are reptile skins covered with?KS3/09/Sc/ tier 3 6/P1168ai1 mark8aii1 (b) The animal lived millions of years ago. Scientists used the remains to drawwhat they think the animal looked like when it was can scientistsnotbe certain that the animal looked like thedrawing above?(c) Give the name for the remains of living things found in rocks.(d) Igneous rocks can be formed from lava from remains of living things arenotfound in rocks made from does lava destroy the remains of living things?maximum5marks8b1 mark8c1 mark8d1 markKS3/09/Sc/ tier 3 6 3 6/P1189ai1 mark9aii1 mark9.