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Practise Worksheet - Level 5

Q1.What is a forcemeter ?

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Q2. (a) Ellen and Michael investigated how four different objects stretched four identical elastic bands.

Which object was the heaviest?

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(b) They used a forcemeter to measure the weight of the objects in newtons.

Why does a forcemeter contain a spring?


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Q3.(a) Sarah is exploring forces.She uses a forcemeter to lift or pull several objects.

She records her findings in a table.

Sarah has not written the name of the units in her table.

Write the name of the units used to measure force.

Activity Force needed


to make it start to move
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Pulling a door open 3

Lifting a pencil case 1

Lifting a bucket of sand 5

Pulling a box across the floor 2


(b) Look at the table of results.

Which of these objects was easiest to move?

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(c) The forcemeter is pulling the bucket up.

What is the name of the force pulling the bucket down?

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(d) Sarah tries pulling the box across different kinds of floors.

Sarah finds it harder to pull the box on the carpet than on the wooden floor.

Name the force that increases when Sarah pulls the box on the carpet.

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Q4. Parachutes

(a) Some children make four paper parachutes.Each parachute has a different sized canopy.

They drop each parachute from the same height.They measure how long it takes each
parachute to reach the ground.

Here is a table of their results.

Parachute Size (area) of canopy Time to reach ground


(cm2) (seconds)

A 100 1.0

B 400 2.0

C 625 2.5

D 900 3.0

Which parachute took the longest time to reach the ground?

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(b) The picture below shows two forces acting on a parachute as it falls.

Write the name of the force up, on the line below.

force up

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(c) Look at the table of results.

Describe how the time taken to reach the ground depends on the area of the canopy.

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Q5. Measuring forces

(a) Lizzie uses a forcemeter.

She measures the force needed to start a brick moving on different surfaces.

Here are her results.

Pulling force
(Newtons)

A 19

B 30

C 16

D 6

Write A, B, C or D in each box below to put the surfaces in order of force needed to start the brick moving.

easiest surface hardest surface


to pull the brick to pull the brick
on on
(b) Lizzie uses the forcemeter to pull the brick on a table top.
She spreads a spoonful of oil on the table top.
She puts the brick on the oil.

What happens when she tries pulling the brick on the oil?

Tick ONE box.

The brick moves more easily.

The brick is harder to move.

The brick will not move.

The brick floats.

(c) The diagram below shows three forces acting on the brick as it is pulled on each surface.

Force B makes it hard to start the brick moving.

Write the name of Force B below.

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Q6. Opposing Forces

(a) Some children are riding skateboards. It is easy to get hurt riding a skateboard.

Look at the picture below.

List TWO pieces of safety equipment that the children have used.

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(b) Jane and Louis are facing in the same direction. They are on level ground
and they are not moving.

Jane gently pushes Louis on his skateboard. He moves forwards.


As Louis moves, Jane also moves.

In which direction do Jane and her skateboard move when she pushes Louis?

Tick ONE box.

(c) Jane and Louis go back to the same starting places. Jane gives Louis
a bigger push on his skateboard. They both move faster this time.

(i) What happens to the distance that Louis travels on this


second push compared to the first push?

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(ii) What happens to the distance that Jane travels on the


second push compared to the first push?

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(d) Dave goes over a jump on his skateboard. When he jumps he stays in the air for a short time.

What force makes him return to the ground?

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Q7. Isaac Newton

(a) Isaac Newton was a famous scientist who was born in 1642.

There is a famous story about Newton watching an apple fall from a tree.

Newton thought a force must cause the apple to fall.

Tick ONE box to show which force on the apple causes it to fall down from the tree.

a pulling force a pushing force


towards the tree from the apple

a pulling force a pushing force


towards the Earth from the air
(b) Newton did different investigations to test his ideas.

Why was it important for Newton to test his ideas using investigations?

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(c) Newton realised that the force which made the apple fall to the ground also causes the Earth
to orbit the Sun.

Name the force that causes the Earth to orbit the Sun.

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(d) How long does the Earth take to orbit the Sun once?

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(e) How does the Earth move to cause day and night?

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Q7. Forces

The girl is kicking the football.


The arrows show the direction of two forces on the ball.

Draw TWO arrows on each of these pictures to show two forces on each football.

(a) Moving to the right through the air. (b) Not moving, on the
ground.
Q8. Mixing materials

Seema and Alan are mixing materials.

They put different materials in four clear plastic bags.

They tie the top of each bag.

They watch what happens and record their observations.

(a) Write the names of the THREE liquids that the children used.

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(ii) ...............................................

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(b) Look at the table. In one bag dissolving was the only change.

In which bag was dissolving the only change?

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(c) The mixture in Bag C fizzed and the bag puffed up.

Why did Bag C puff up?

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(d) Three of the mixtures can be separated to get the starting materials back again. One of the
mixtures cannot be separated.

Which bag has a mixture that cannot be separated?

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Q9. Mixing Liquids

(a) Some children add vinegar to warm milk. They stir the mixture before it cools down. The
mixture changes very quickly.

Before mixing: After mixing:


milk and vinegar liquid and a white solid

This change is not reversible.

Can the children get the milk and vinegar back?

Tick ONE box in each row.


Yes No

(i) Can they get the milk back?


(ii) Can they get the vinegar back?

(b) Which of the following suggests that this change is NOT reversible?

Tick ONE box.

In their test...

they stirred the mixture. there was liquid left.

a solid formed. the change was quick.

(c) Nizam thinks that the more vinegar they use in the mixture, the bigger the white ball will be.

Complete the sentence below to show how the children could test Nizam’s idea.

Put the same amount of milk in three identical containers and then

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(d) The children test Nizam’s idea. They try measuring around the white balls. But the balls
squash easily and the measurements change.

What better method could they use to find out if some of the white balls are bigger than
others?

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Q10. Acid rain

(a) Sometimes rain mixes with pollution in the air to form acid rain.

Some children want to find out what happens when acid rain falls on rocks.

Vinegar can be used to show the effects of acid rain. The children
add vinegar to chalk rock. The pictures below show what happens.
Bubbles are produced.

Write true or false next to each sentence below.

The change is non-reversible. ...............................................

The bubbles evaporate. ...............................................

(b) Write solid, liquid or gas next to each material in the table.

Material Solid, liquid or gas?

inside the bubble

vinegar

chalk rock

(c) The children test more rocks. The table below shows their results.

Rock Are bubbles produced


when vinegar is added?

granite no

sandstone no

limestone yes

slate no

pumice yes

Look at these pictures of a statue. The statue is in a city that has acid rain.
Statue when new Same statue after 200 years

Use the table to name ONE rock that this statue could have been made from.

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Q11. Adding water

(a) Safara wants to find out what happens when solids are mixed with water.

She adds water to four different solids and stirs the mixtures. After 20 minutes she draws
pictures of her results.

The table below names the four solids that Safara mixed with water.

Which solid was in each beaker?

Write A, B, C or D to complete each row of the table.

Solid Beaker

soil

vitamin tablet

plastic beads

salt

(b) Explain what happened to the solid in beaker C.

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(c) In which beaker was there a non-reversible change?

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(d) Safara wants to separate the soil from her mixture of soil and water.
Tick ONE box to show which equipment would be best for separating the soil from the water.

(e) Safara wants to separate the salt from her mixture of salt and water.

Describe how Safara could get solid salt back from the salt and water mixture.

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Q12. Candle

(a) When a candle is lit, some changes happen.Some of the wax melts.Some of the wax burns.

Are the changes in the table reversible?


Write yes or no in each row.

Is the change
Change
reversible?

The wax melts.

The wax burns.

(b) Write true or false next to each statement below.

True or false?

The wax must be heated to melt. ......................

When a solid melts it changes into a gas. ......................

Temperature shows how hot or cold something is. ......................

Q13. Mixing and observing

(a) Marcel is mixing bicarbonate of soda with vinegar.


Look at Marcel’s plan

1. Pour vinegar into a bottle.


2. Put bicarbonate of soda into a balloon.
3. Put the balloon over the top of the bottle, but do not let the
bicarbonate of soda fall into the vinegar.
4. Add the bicarbonate of soda from the balloon to the vinegar.

Before adding After adding


bicarbonate of soda bicarbonate of soda

Which TWO properties of the balloon make it a good material to put over the top of the
bottle?

Tick TWO boxes.

smooth opaque

flexible stretchy

(b) What is produced that makes the balloon blow up when bicarbonate of soda and vinegar are
mixed?

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Q14. Changes

Kim and Juan change the way some things look. The pictures below show the changes.

Which changes are reversible?

Tick ONE box for each change.


Q15 Marram grass grows in very sandy places.

Explain how the long roots of the marram grass help it to survive in very sandy places.

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Q16(a) The owl has caught a mouse to feed its young.


The owl has good hearing for finding prey at night.Look at the picture.

How else is the owl suited to catching its prey?

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(b) Which three things do all animals do?

Tick THREE boxes.

move grow

play walk

wash reproduce

Q17. Freshwater River

(a) These animals live in a freshwater river.

duck salmon otter

The otter has a strong tail which it uses to push itself through water.

What part of their body do these animals use to push themselves through water?

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(ii) salmon .......................................................................

(b) Here is a food chain from the same river.


algae (green plants) → water insects → salmon → otters

Which is the producer in this food chain?

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(c) What would be the effect on the number of otters in this river if ALL the water insects died?

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Q18. Animals in their environment

(a) Draw THREE lines to match each of these animals to the environment in which it
lives.

(b) Highland cows look different from other types of cow.

Look at the pictures of the cows.

How are Highland cows better protected against cold weather than Jersey cows?

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(c) These animals live in different environments.


Complete the table below to describe ONE feature of a Polar Bear. Say how the feature helps the
Polar Bear to live in its environment.

Animal Lives in... One feature that helps How the


the animal to live in feature helps
its environment

Monkey rainforest it has a tail to help it balance

Polar the Arctic


Bear it has ....................... ..............................
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Q19. Vegetable Patch

(a) Kami sees all of the things below while he is working in his vegetable patch.

Tick FIVE boxes to show which of these things are living.

(b) Kami grows cabbages in his vegetable patch. Some of the cabbages
are eaten by snails. Some of the snails are eaten by birds called thrushes.

Write a food chain to show this information.

Use arrows in your food chain.

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(c) A cabbage has many leaves.

Tick ONE box to show why leaves are important to a cabbage plant.

The leaves...

anchor the plant in the


attract insects.
ground.

produce new material


collect pollen.
for growth.

(d) Kami cuts a cabbage in half. The leaves on the outside of the cabbage are dark. The
leaves on the inside are a pale yellow colour.

Which statement best explains why the leaves on the inside are paler?

Tick ONE box.

The leaves on the inside of the cabbage get...

less light. less water.

more minerals. more air.

Q20. (a) Some children are reading a book about an octopus.

Some animals have sharp claws to catch hold of their prey.

Which feature of the octopus helps it to catch hold of its prey?


Use the book to help you.

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(b) How does changing colour to match the rocks help the octopus to protect itself?

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Q21. Brine shrimps and flamingoes

(a) A brine shrimp is a tiny living thing. It lives in lakes and eats algae (green plants).

Brine shrimp

Flamingoes eat brine shrimps. They filter the shrimps from the water.
Look at the picture of the flamingo.

Describe one feature of the flamingo’s neck that helps the flamingo to feed.

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(b) Write the food chain for the three living things described above.
Q22. Sea turtles

(a) Turtles live in the sea. They lay their eggs on sandy beaches.

Tick ONE box to show which life process laying eggs is part of.

reproduction growth

nutrition movement

(b) Baby turtles hatch from the eggs at night to avoid being eaten by predators.

How could hatching at night help baby turtles to avoid predators?

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Q22. Look at the part of the penguins’ food chain below.

(i) Tick ONE box to show which life process the food chain shows.

movement nutrition

growth reproduction

(ii) A fish is not a producer.

Explain why a fish cannot be a producer.

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(d) Give ONE feature of a penguin and describe how it helps a penguin to live in its
environment.

Feature: ...................................................

How the feature helps: ...................................................................................

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