Year 7

Practice Test for Progress Test 1

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 Instructions to help you be the most successful in this science assessment

Each question has information to remind you of the topic it comes from
in your science curriculum.

If the question gains one mark then you should spend 1 minute or less in
answering it, if gains 2 marks again 2 minutes to complete it and so on .

An extended question worth 6 marks or higher will take more time.

You will only get one per paper.

In the practice test I have added a couple of exemplar 6 mark

questions which are highlighted in green.

There is some advice/help in how to approach these questions at this

point in the practice assessment.

Below is a table of command words and definitions which may also help
with understanding the questions in your assessments.

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 Students should use numbers given in the question to work
Calculate
out the answer.

Select from a range of alternatives.

Choose

This requires the student to describe the similarities and/or

Compare
differences between things, not just write about one.
Answers should be written in the space provided, for example
Complete
on a diagram, in spaces in a sentence, or in a table.

Define Specify the meaning of something.

Students may be asked to recall some facts, events or process

Describe
in an accurate way.

Determine Use given data or information to obtain and answer.

Students should make something clear, or state the reasons

Explain
for something happening.

Give Only a short answer is required, not an explanation or a description.

Identify Name or otherwise characterise.

Justify Use evidence from the information supplied to support an answer.

Label Provide appropriate names on a diagram.

Measure Find an item of data for a given quantity.

Only a short answer is required, not an explanation or a
Name
description. Often it can be answered with a single word,
phrase or sentence.

Plan Write a method.

Plot Mark on a graph using data given.

Predict Give a plausible outcome.

Show Provide structured evidence to reach a conclusion.

Sketch Draw approximately.

This term is used in questions where students need to apply
Suggest
their knowledge and understanding to a new situation.
The answer must be based on the information given in the
question. Unless the information given in the question is used,
Use
no marks can be given. In some cases students might be asked
to use their own
knowledge and understanding.

Write Only a short answer is required, not an explanation or a description.

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Q1.
Jill bought a can of Wax Seal to spray the parts underneath her car.

Wax Seal helps to prevent these parts rusting.

It is a mixture of wax and a liquid called white spirit.

(a) The diagram below shows the mixture of particles of wax and white spirit in Wax
Seal.

not to scale

After Jill sprays the car, the white spirit evaporates leaving a layer of solid
wax on the surface.

(i) In the box below, draw eight circles, , to show the

arrangement of particles in a gas.

particles in a gas
1 mark

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 (ii) In the box below, draw eight circles, , to show the
arrangement of particles in a solid.

particles in a solid
1
mark maximum 7
marks

Q2.
(a) Methane can be a gas, a liquid or a solid. In the diagram below, arrows P, Q, R and
S represent changes of state.

The boxes on the right show the arrangement of particles of methane in the
three different physical states.
Each circle represents a particle of methane.

(i) Draw a line from each physical state of methane to the arrangement of
particles in that physical state.
Draw only three lines.
1 mark

(ii) Arrows P, Q, R and S represent changes of state.

Which arrow represents:

evaporation? ............................................................

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 melting? ...................................................................
2 marks

(b) Methane is the main compound in natural gas. The scale below shows the
melting point and the boiling point of methane.

Methane has three physical states: solid, liquid and gas.

(i) What is the physical state of methane at -170°C?

1 mark

(ii) The formula of methane is CH4. The symbols for the two elements in
methane are C and H.

Give the names of these two elements.

element C .............................................

element H ............................................
2 marks

(iii) When methane burns, it reacts with oxygen.

One of the products is water, H2O.

Give the name of the other product.

1
mark Maximum 7
marks

Q3.
A test tube of crushed ice is taken out of a freezer and left in a warm room. The
graph shows how the temperature in the test tube changes.

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(a) What is the change of state of the ice at stage B?

1 mark

(b) True or false. The temperature of the water stop rising at 23°C (stage D)
because it reaches room temperature?

1 mark

(c) Four descriptions of the ways molecules could move are given below.

They vibrate around fixed points.

They move past each other and are close together.

They move in straight lines, colliding occasionally.

They all move in the same direction at the same speed.

(i) How do the molecules move at stage

A? Write A in the correct box above.
1 mark

(ii) How do the molecules move at stage C?

Write C in the correct box above.
1 mark

(d) Ice from a freezer is put in a glass of water at room temperature. The ice
floats in the water.

(i) What does this show about the density of the ice compared to that of water?

Tick the correct box.

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 Ice is more dense than water.

Ice and water have the same density.

Ice is less dense than water.

Ice has a density of zero.

1 mark

(ii) The fact that ice floats in water tells us something about the
distances between the molecules.

Tick the box by the correct statement.

The molecules are further apart in ice than in water.

The molecules are the same distance apart in ice and in water.

The molecules are closer together in ice than in water.

1
mark Maximum 6
marks

Q4.
The drawings show some plant and animal cells. Each cell has a different function.

not to scale

(a) Give the name of cell C.

1 mark

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 (b) The main functions of two of the cells are listed below.

Write the letter of the correct cell next to each function.

(i) photosynthesis ...................... … … …

(ii) improvement of mucus ...................... ….

2 marks

(c) (i) Give the name of the organ where cell E is produced.

1 mark

(ii) Give the name of the part of a plant where cell B is found.

1
mark Maximum 5
marks

Q5.
The diagram shows a plant cell. Some parts of the cell are named.

(a) Which two named parts are present in plant cells but not animal cells?

1. ..................................................................................................................

2. ..................................................................................................................
2 marks

(b) Which named part contains the genetic information?

1 mark

(c) Which named part absorbs light energy for photosynthesis?

1 mark

(d) Name the part labelled X on the drawing.

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 1 mark

(e) Where in a plant would you find a cell like the one in the diagram?

Tick the correct box.

in the centre of a root in the lower surface of a

leaf

near the upper near the surface of a root

surface of a leaf

1
mark Maximum 6
marks

Q6.
The drawing shows the cell of a bacterium.

(a) List A gives the four structures labelled on the diagram.

List B includes information about each structure.

Draw one line from each structure in List A to the correct information
about the structure in List B.

List A List B
Structure Information

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 (4)

(b) Give two differences between an animal cell and the cell of a bacterium.

2
(2)

(c) The diagrams show cells containing and surrounded by oxygen molecules.

Oxygen can move into cells or out of cells.

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 Into which cell, A, B, C or D, will oxygen move the fastest?

Write the correct letter, A, B, C or D, in the box.

(1)

(d) Complete the following sentence.

Oxygen is taken into the cell by the process of .............................................

(1)
(Total 8 marks)

Q7.
Drawings A, B, C, D and E show the positions of five organ systems in the human body.

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Mark schemes

1 (a) (i) • gas: particles randomly arranged and most not touching

accept black shaded circles if drawn correctly

accept fewer or more than 8 circles if the arrangement is
clear
ignore arrows attached to circle
1 (L6)

(ii) • solid: particles regularly arranged and all touching

accept white circles if drawn correctly

accept 2 rows of particles with atleast 2 particles in the
second row
accept fewer or more than 8 circles if a regular
arrangement is clear
ignore location of circles in box
do not accept a single row of circles
1 (L6)
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Q2.
(a) (i)

all three lines must be correct for the mark

1 (L6)

(ii) evaporation: P
1 (L5)

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 melting: R
1 (L5)

(b) (i) liquid

1 (L6)

(ii) carbon
1 (L6)

hydrogen
1 (L6)

(iii) carbon dioxide

accept ‘CO2 ’
accept ‘carbon monoxide’ or ‘CO’
accept ‘carbon’ or ‘soot’
answers must be in the correct order
1 (L6)
[7]

Q3.
(a) It melts or is melting
accept ‘it starts to melt’ or ‘thaws’ or ‘turns to liquid’
or ‘changes state’
do not accept ‘it is between solid and liquid’
1 (L5)

(b) True. It is room temperature

1 (L5)

(c) (i) They vibrate around fixed points A

if more than one box is labelled A, award no mark
1 (L6)

(ii) They move past each other and are close together C
if more than one box is labelled C, award no mark
disregard any ticks
1 (L6)

(d) (i) Ice is less dense than water.

if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L6)

(ii) The molecules are further apart in ice than in water.

if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L6)
[6]

Q4.
(a) red blood cell
accept ‘blood cell’ or ‘erythrocyte’
1

(b) (i) B
1

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 (ii) A
1

(c) (i) testis or testicle

1

(ii) leaf
accept ‘stem’ or ‘sepal’ or ‘stalk’ or ‘any green part’
1
[5]

Q5.
(a) cell wall
answers maybe in either order
1 (L6)

chloroplast
accept ‘vacuole’
do not accept ‘X’
1 (L6)

(b) nucleus
do not accept ‘chromosomes’
1 (L6)

(c) chloroplast
do not accept ‘chlorophyll’
1 (L6)

(d) vacuole
accept ‘sap’
accept the correct label written within the
vacuole on the diagram or next to label X
1 (L6)

(e) near the upper surface of a leaf

if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L6)
[6]

Q6.
(a)

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 all four correct = 4 marks
three correct = 3 marks
two correct = 2 marks
one correct = 1 mark
extra line from a statement cancels the mark
4

(b) any two from:

• nucleus

• no cell wall

• separate chromosomes
2

(c) A
1

(d) diffusion
1
[8]

Q7.
(a)

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