Checkpoint Science 0846 — Practice Paper 2

Cambridge Primary Checkpoint Science — Paper 2 style practice

Questions

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1 Tick the TWO correct sentences about the Earth and the Sun.

The Earth takes 1 year to orbit the Sun. The Earth spins on its axis once every 24 hours. The Sun takes 1 year to orbit the Earth. The Earth takes 24 hours to orbit the Sun. The Earth spins on its axis once every year.

2 Drag each thing into the correct group.

Drag each item into the correct category. Place all 5 items into the 2 categories below.

Living things

Things that have never lived

kangaroo

rat

seaweed

rock

sand

3 Drag each substance into the correct group.

Drag each item into the correct category. Place all 6 items into the 3 categories below.

Solid

Liquid

Gas

butter

ice

chocolate

orange juice

water

steam

4 Name the change of state in each sentence.

When ice is warmed and turns to liquid water, this is .

When water is cooled to 0 °C and turns solid, this is .

When water boils it turns into .

5 Drag each term onto its correct meaning.

Drag each item into the correct category. Place all 3 items into the 3 categories below.

A green plant that makes its own food

An animal that hunts and eats other animals

An animal that is hunted and eaten

producer

predator

prey

6 What is a consumer?

An animal that eats a plant A green plant that makes its own food A plant that eats another plant A plant that eats an animal

7 Choose the best word from the bank to complete the sentences about light and shadows.

When an object blocks light, it makes a dark shape called a Drop here.

A material you cannot see through at all is Drop here.

A material that lets only some light through is Drop here.

📦Word Bank:

shadow

reflection

mirror

transparent

translucent

opaque

Boiling points of liquids

The table shows the boiling points of five liquids.

Liquid	Boiling point (°C)
A	105
B	78
C	100
D	96
E	1064

8 Which liquid has the lowest boiling point?

B A C E

Boiling points of liquids

The table shows the boiling points of five liquids.

Liquid	Boiling point (°C)
A	105
B	78
C	100
D	96
E	1064

9 Which liquid is most likely to be pure water?

C A B E

10 Suzy thinks seeds grow better in a bigger pot. She plants one seed in each of four different-sized pots. What must she do to make it a FAIR test?

Put all the pots in the same warm place Measure the shoots Measure each shoot on a different day Use four pots of different sizes

11 Before his experiment, Joshi says, “The spring will stretch more if I add more masses.” What type of statement is this?

A prediction A conclusion A measurement A method

12 Drag each piece of equipment onto the measurement it is used to make.

Drag each item into the correct category. Place all 3 items into the 3 categories below.

Mass of a tablet

Temperature of the water

Volume of the water

balance

thermometer

measuring cylinder

13 Tick the TWO substances that blood carries to the cells in the body.

oxygen nutrients (food) carbon dioxide sound

14 Why is copper used to make electrical wires?

It is a good conductor of electricity It is shiny It has a high melting point It is hard

15 Complete the sentences about sound.

Sound is caused by .

To play a higher-pitched note on a glockenspiel, you hit a key.

Lining a wall with foam is useful because it sound.

16 Nara stirs insoluble chalk and soluble sugar into water, then filters the mixture. What is left on the filter paper?

chalk sugar sugar solution water

17 Look at the food web. Which TWO animals does the owl eat?

frog mouse grass grasshopper

18 Look at the food web. Which is a complete food chain for the mouse?

grass → mouse → owl owl → mouse → grass grass → grasshopper → mouse mouse → grass → owl

19 Look at the diagram. The object is moved CLOSER to the lamp. What happens to its shadow on the screen?

It gets bigger It gets smaller It disappears It stays exactly the same size