Science

Stage 3

Paper 1 2023

30 minutes

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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1 The lemon tree produces fruit.

fruit

(a) The fruit contain seeds.

Which life process are the seeds used for?

[1]

(b) Write down three other life processes.

3
[3]

2 Rajiv adds 10 g of sugar to 100 g of water.

He stirs the mixture.

The sugar seems to disappear.

100 g water

10 g sugar

(a) Explain why the sugar seems to disappear when Rajiv stirs the mixture.

[1]

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(b) What is the mass of the mixture?

g [1]

(c) Circle the name of the equipment Rajiv uses to measure the mass of the
mixture.

measuring cylinder

forcemeter

balance

stop-clock
[1]

3 Jamila and Safia investigate friction.

Jamila sits on a sheet of material.

She moves down the slide on the material.

Jamila

material

slide

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(a) The arrows on the diagram show the different forces acting on Jamila as she
moves down the slide.

Circle the arrow on the diagram that shows friction

. [1]

(b) Safia records the time it takes Jamila to move down the slide on different
materials.

Here are their results.

time taken to
material move down the slide
in seconds
A 2
B 4
C 1
D 2
E 3

Jamila says,

‘Material B has the most friction.’

What type of statement is this?

Circle the correct answer.

conclusion

pattern

prediction

research
[1]

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(c) Jamila says,

‘Material B has the most friction.’

Tick () to show if Jamila is correct.

Yes No

Explain your answer using her results.

[1]

4 All the materials that we use come from Earth.

(a) Iron is one useful material that is found in rocks.

What type of material is iron?

[1]

(b) Name two other useful materials found in rocks.

1

2
[2]

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5 Look at the pictures of some animals.

The animals belong to different groups.

Each group has different features.

A B C

D E F

Not drawn to scale

(a) Picture D shows an animal with feathers.

Which group of animals have feathers?

[1]

(b) Which picture shows a mammal?

Write down one feature shown in the picture to support your answer.

[1]

(c) Which picture shows an insect?

Write down one feature shown in the picture to support your answer.

[1]

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6 Sea water is a mixture of water, sand and salt.

Yuri can see the sand in the sea water, but he cannot see the salt.

Yuri wants to separate the mixture of sea water.

The diagram shows the equipment he uses.

(a) Label the diagram.

Choose words from the list.

salt water sand salt water sea water

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

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

[3]

(b) Write down the name of this separation method.

[1]

(c) Complete the sentence about this separation method.

The sand is separated because it is in water. [1]

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7 Aiko sorts objects into three groups.

transparent translucent opaque

glass ice cube pencil
window tissue paper coat

Describe how she uses a light to sort the objects into the three groups.

[2]

8 Look at the food chain.

corn mouse snake hawk

Not drawn to scale

(a) Write down the name of the animal the snake eats.

[1]

(b) Where does the corn get its energy from?

[1]

9 Lily has two mixtures, A and B.

Mixture A contains sand and big lumps of copper.

Mixture B contains steel powder and copper powder.

Write down the equipment Lily uses to separate each mixture.

Mixture A

Mixture B
[2]

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10 Hassan and Chen investigate shadows.

They put a pencil in a bottle outside in the sunshine.

The pencil in the bottle forms a shadow.

They measure the length of the shadow every hour, starting at 9.00 in the
morning.

pencil

bottle shadow

Here are their results.

length of shadow
time of day
in
9.00 21
10.00 11
11.00 1
12.00 10
1.00 21
2.00 32
3.00 53

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(a) Hassan and Chen have not put the units for the length of the shadow in the
table.

Write down the units for length in the table. [1]

(b) Write down the time of day when the shadow is the longest.

[1]

(c) Hassan starts to write an explanation of their results.

Complete his explanation.

The length of the shadow changes during the day because

. [1]

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