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SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 October 2022
45 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You should show all your working in the booklet.
• You may use a calculator.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Pierre and Yuri draw a diagram of the human body.

top of diagram

bottom of diagram

They want to draw five different organs.

brain

heart

kidneys

lungs

stomach

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Put the organs in order from the top of the diagram to the bottom of the diagram.

One has been done for you.

top of the diagram

lungs

bottom of the diagram

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2 (a) Look at the pictures of magnets.

What happens to the magnets?

Tick () the correct box.

attract repel

[2]

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(b) Magnets attract some metals.

Which metal is attracted to a magnet?

Circle the correct answer.

aluminium

copper

iron

lead

tin
[1]

3 A fizzy drinks bottle is made from clear plastic.

Draw a line between each property of the plastic and the reason the plastic is
used to make the bottle.
property reason

so the water in the drink does not

dissolve the bottle

clear
so the plastic does not
poison the drink

insoluble in water
so the bottle is cheap to make

non-toxic so you can see the drink

inside the bottle

so the plastic does not break

shatterproof if it is dropped

so the bottle keeps its shape

solid

so the bottle can be

recycled easily
[5]

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4 Seeds are dispersed by different methods.

(a) Complete the table.

seed dispersed by

cherry ..............................

dandelion ..............................

maple ..............................

sandbur ..............................

witch hazel ..............................

[3]

(b) Germination and seed dispersal are two parts of the life cycle of a plant.

Write down two other parts of the life cycle of a plant.

2
[2]

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5 This question is about the movement of the Earth around the Sun.

Earth
Sun X

Z
Not drawn to scale

The Earth moves around the Sun in the direction shown by the arrow.

Write down the time it takes the Earth to move from:

X to Y

Y to Z

Y to X
[2]

6 Acetone is a solvent.

It has a low boiling point and evaporates easily.

(a) What is the meaning of the word solvent?

[1]

(b) Complete the sentence about the meaning of boiling point.

Boiling point is the at which a

becomes a .
[2]

(c) The evaporation of acetone is a reversible process.

Explain why.

[1]

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7 Mia is roller-skating.

Mia

roller skates

ground

Mia wants to reduce the friction between the ground and her roller skates.

Write down two ways she can reduce this friction.

[2]

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8 The diagram shows living things in a food chain.

grass grasshopper frog snake bird

(a) Food chains have arrows to show the feeding relationship.

Draw four arrows on the diagram to show the correct feeding relationship. [1]

(b) Which animal in the diagram is the prey of the snake?

[1]

(c) Food chains contain producers and consumers.

Explain the difference between producers and consumers.

[2]

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9 The diagram shows the volume of different sounds.

decibels

jet plane 150

140
130
120 drill
industrial noise 110
100 stereo music
inside car 90
80
70 office
home 60
50 wind turbine

40
bedroom 30
20
falling leaf 10

(a) Volume is measured in decibels.

Which piece of equipment measures decibels?

[1]

(b) Use the diagram to complete these sentences.

The volume inside a car is decibels.
The object with the lowest volume of sound is .

The object that has a volume of 50 decibels is .

[1]

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(c) Loud sounds may damage our hearing.

It is not safe to hear sounds above 109 decibels.

How many objects in the table produce sounds that are above 109 decibels?

[1]

10 The human body has many organs.

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

organ function

heart filters blood and makes urine

kidney pumps blood

large intestine digests food

skin protects and feels

stomach takes water back into the body

[2]

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11 Safia heats a white solid substance.

She measures the temperature of the substance every minute.

She plots her results on a line graph.

Here is her graph.

50

45

40

35

30
temperature
in °C 25

20

15

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
time
in minutes

(a) Safia thinks the result at 7 minutes is incorrect.

Suggest why she thinks the result is incorrect.

[1]

(b) Safia says,

‘The temperature keeps going up the longer I heat the substance.’

Tick () to show if Safia is correct.

yes no

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Explain your answer using information from the line graph.

[1]

(c) Safia decides to repeat her experiment to get a second set of results.

Explain why this is a good idea.

[1]

12 Blessy wants to find out how exercise changes her heart rate.

She uses this equipment.

heart-rate monitor

(a) What does the reading of 98 mean?

Circle the correct answer.

98 heart beats in one day

98 heart beats in one hour

98 heart beats in one minute

98 heart beats in one month

98 heart beats in one second

[1]

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(b) Blessy writes a sentence in her book.

I need to measure the heart rate for the same length of time.

Which one of the following describes this sentence?

Circle the correct answer.

a conclusion

a fair test

a prediction

a result

a question
[1]

(c) Blessy does an experiment.

She then writes this sentence in her book.

The more exercise I do the higher the heart rate.

Which one of the following describes this sentence?

Circle the correct answer.

a conclusion

a fair test

a method

a prediction

a question
[1]

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13 Chen uses a mirror to look at the reflection of a candle.

mirror

eye candle

(a) Draw light rays to show how Chen sees the reflection of the candle. [3]

(b) Mirrors reflect light to produce a clear image of the object.

Circle one other object that reflects light to produce a clear image.

black card

china mug

shiny metal saucepan

wooden ruler

wool coat

[1]

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14 The three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.

Look at the flowchart.

It shows what processes take place when water changes between the three states
of matter.

water vapour

process D

process C

process A
ice liquid water
process B

(a) Write down the name of process A.

[1]

(b) Write down the name of process B.

[1]

(c) Write down the name of process C.

[1]

(d) Write down the name of process D.

[1]

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15 Hassan and Lily measure light intensity.

They measure light intensity in different places.

light intensity
equipment

(a) Hassan says,

‘I predict that the outside has a higher light

intensity than in the classroom.’

Explain why the light intensity is different outside compared to in the classroom.

[1]

(b) Lily draws a table of results.

light intensity
place
in units

field 8

playground 9

classroom 6

dining room 5

cupboard 2

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Complete the bar chart:

• draw the two other bars

• write the names of the places under the bars.

10

light 6
intensity
in
units 4

0
................... ................... ................... ................... ...................
place
[2]

(c) Hassan made the prediction,

‘I predict that the outside has a higher light

intensity than in the classroom.’

Hassan is correct.

Use the results in the table to explain why.

[1]

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