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Q1.What is a forcemeter ?
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Q2. (a) Ellen and Michael investigated how four different objects stretched four identical elastic bands.
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(b) They used a forcemeter to measure the weight of the objects in newtons.
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Q3.(a) Sarah is exploring forces.She uses a forcemeter to lift or pull several objects.
Sarah has not written the name of the units in her table.
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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.
A 100 1.0
B 400 2.0
C 625 2.5
D 900 3.0
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(b) The picture below shows two forces acting on a parachute as it falls.
force up
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Describe how the time taken to reach the ground depends on the area of the canopy.
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She measures the force needed to start a brick moving on different surfaces.
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.
What happens when she tries pulling the brick on the oil?
(c) The diagram below shows three forces acting on the brick as it is pulled on each surface.
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(a) Some children are riding skateboards. It is easy to get hurt riding a skateboard.
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.
In which direction do Jane and her skateboard move when she pushes Louis?
(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.
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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.
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(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.
Tick ONE box to show which force on the apple causes it to fall down from the tree.
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
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
(a) Write the names of the THREE liquids that the children used.
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(b) Look at the table. In one bag dissolving was the only change.
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(c) The mixture in Bag C fizzed and the bag puffed 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.
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(a) Some children add vinegar to warm milk. They stir the mixture before it cools down. The
mixture changes very quickly.
(b) Which of the following suggests that this change is NOT reversible?
In their test...
(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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(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.
(b) Write solid, liquid or gas next to each material in the table.
vinegar
chalk rock
(c) The children test more rocks. The table below shows their results.
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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(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.
Solid Beaker
soil
vitamin tablet
plastic beads
salt
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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.
Is the change
Change
reversible?
True or false?
Which TWO properties of the balloon make it a good material to put over the top of the
bottle?
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.
Explain how the long roots of the marram grass help it to survive in very sandy places.
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move grow
play walk
wash reproduce
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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(c) What would be the effect on the number of otters in this river if ALL the water insects died?
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(a) Draw THREE lines to match each of these animals to the environment in which it
lives.
How are Highland cows better protected against cold weather than Jersey cows?
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(a) Kami sees all of the things below while he is working in his vegetable patch.
(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.
Tick ONE box to show why leaves are important to a cabbage plant.
The leaves...
(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?
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(b) How does changing colour to match the rocks help the octopus to protect itself?
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(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.
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(i) Tick ONE box to show which life process the food chain shows.
movement nutrition
growth reproduction
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(d) Give ONE feature of a penguin and describe how it helps a penguin to live in its
environment.
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