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1 Mia draws a food chain.

Science
Stage 3

Paper 2 2023
grass grasshopper mouse owl

Not drawn to scale

(a) Grass is the producer.

What does producer mean?

[1]

(b) Write down the names of all the consumers in the food chain.

30 minutes [1]

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 30.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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2 (a) Rajiv sorts different materials into solid, liquid or gas at room temperature. 3 Ahmed investigates the downward pulling force on different objects.

Write down the name of each material in the correct column in the table.
0 0 0 0 0
Choose from the list.
X
Two have been done for you. 10 10 10 10 10

wood paper water milk

air carbon dioxide iron oxygen

solid liquid gas

(a) Ahmed uses equipment X to measure the downward pulling force.
wood oxygen
Write down the name of equipment X.

[1]

(b) Write down the name of the downward pulling force acting on the objects.

[2] [1]

(b) Write down one property of all solids. (c) Ahmed records his results in the table.

[1] force
object in N

apple 1

shoe 7

book 9

cup

bananas 5

The result for the cup is missing.

Write down the result for the cup in the table. [1]

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(d) Draw a bar chart to show his results. 4 Blessy and Gabriella make a model of the Sun, Earth and Moon.

One bar has been drawn for you. They use these objects.

10
9
8
7
force 6
in N 5
4
Sun Earth moon
3
2
1 (a) Blessy thinks they need to change the object for the Sun.
0
apple shoe book cup bananas Tick () to show if Blessy is correct.
object
[2] Yes No

Explain your answer.

[1]

(b) Describe how Blessy and Gabriella use their model to show the movement of
the Moon.

[1]

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(c) The appearance of the Moon from Earth changes as the Moon moves. 5 The diagram shows the life cycle of a butterfly.

Look at the pictures of the Moon. (a) Write down each stage of the life cycle on the diagram.

They are not in the correct order. Choose from the list

butterfly egg caterpillar chrysalis

A B C D

.................................

.................................
.................................
E F G H

Put the pictures of the Moon in the correct order.

Two have been done for you. Not drawn to scale

A G
.................................
[1]
[2]

(b) Carlos finds five caterpillars.

He measures the length of each caterpillar.

Circle the name of the equipment Carlos uses to measure the caterpillars.

measuring cylinder

ruler

balance

thermometer
[1]

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6 Pierre has two magnets, X and Y. 7 Jamila grows a sunflower.

Magnet X has the poles labelled.

(a) Pierre puts magnet X near to magnet Y.

N S ......... .........
magnet X magnet Y

The magnets move towards each other.

Label the poles on magnet Y. [1] (a) Draw a straight line to match each organ to its correct function.

organ function
(b) Complete these sentences about magnets.
transports water to
root
The letter N is the pole of the magnet. the leaves

The letter S is the pole of the magnet.

[1] stem absorbs sunlight

(c) Pierre sorts different materials into two groups. leaf absorbs water

These are the two groups. [1]

magnetic not magnetic (b) Jamila waters the sunflower every day.
aluminium gold
Why does the sunflower need water?
steel paper

iron wood [1]

Tick () to show if his sorting of the materials is correct.

Yes No

Explain your answer.

[1]

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8 Priya makes shadows using toys. 9 Different organs have different functions.

Draw a straight line to match each organ to its correct function.

organ function

paper

pumps blood to the

body

toys

(a) Complete these sentences.

Shadows are made because the toys the light.

controls the body
The toys make shadows because they are made from

material.
[2]

(b) Priya uses the same toys to make the shadow bigger.
provides oxygen to the
Describe how Priya makes the shadows bigger. body

[1]

digests food

[2]

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10 Look at the impression in a rock. 11 Mike and Oliver investigate how temperature affects how fast a substance
dissolves.

Mike and Oliver:

• measure 50 ml of water at 20°C

• add a sugar cube to the water and start the stopclock
• record the time it takes for the sugar cube to completely dissolve
• repeat the experiment at different temperatures.

Here are their results.

time taken for sugar

temperature of water
cube to dissolve
in °C
in seconds
20 300
(a) What made this impression in the rock? 30 250
[1] 40 200
50
(b) What is the name for this impression in the rock? 60 100
[1]
(a) Predict the time taken for the sugar cube to dissolve at 50°C.

Write down your answer in the table. [1]

(b) Write down the temperature that dissolves the sugar the fastest.

°C [1]

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