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SCIENCE 1113/02
Paper 2 April 2020
45 minutes

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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.
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 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. Blank pages are indicated.

IB20 05_1113_02/3RP
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1 A farmer breeds goats for their milk.

(a) The farmer uses selective breeding.

These are the steps he uses.

They are in the wrong order.

A He breeds the female goat with a male goat.

B He repeats the steps for several generations.

C He chooses a female goat that produces a lot of milk.

D He breeds the female offspring with a male goat.

E He chooses a female offspring that also produces a lot of milk.

Put the steps in the correct order.

One has been done for you.

E
[2]

(b) The characteristic the farmer chooses in his female goats is producing lots of milk.

Suggest one other characteristic the farmer wants in his goats.

[1]

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(c) Natural selection is the way new varieties of animals form in the wild.

Which scientist developed the idea of natural selection?

Circle the correct answer.

Copernicus

Darwin

Galileo

Pasteur

Rutherford
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2 Aiko wants to increase the rate of reaction between sodium carbonate and dilute nitric acid.

(a) Match the way that she can do this to why it works.

Draw only two straight lines.

way why it works

more crowded particles so more collisions

increase the
temperature of
nitric acid
particles have less energy so more collisions

particles move faster so more collisions

increase the
concentration of
nitric acid
has bigger particles so that there are more collisions

[2]

(b) Lumps of sodium carbonate react more slowly with dilute nitric acid than powdered sodium
carbonate.

Use ideas about collisions to explain why.

[2]

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3 Chen and Yuri draw a distance / time graph for their journeys.

Chen
120
110

100

90
Yuri
80

70
distance
60
in metres
50

40

30

20

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
time in seconds

Use the distance / time graph to answer the questions.

(a) How many metres did Chen move in the first 8 seconds? m [1]

(b) How many seconds did Yuri stop moving during his journey? s [1]

(c) Average speed can be calculated from the graph.

(i) Complete the equation for average speed.

average speed =
[1]

(ii) Calculate Yuri’s average speed during the whole journey.

Yuri’s average speed m/s [2]

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4 (a) Look at the picture of a camel.

Camels live in hot dry deserts.

They have many adaptations to help them survive.

Complete the table to explain how a camel’s adaptations help it survive.

The first one has been done for you.

adaptation explanation

fat in hump only so that the rest of the body has less insulation

large flat feet

………………………………………………………….

thick eyelashes
………………………………………………………….

does not
produce sweat ………………………………………………………….
[3]

(b) Animals that live in the cold have different adaptations.

Suggest two adaptations that help animals survive in the cold.

[2]

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5 Mike makes a salt called magnesium sulfate.

He adds magnesium to dilute sulfuric acid.

magnesium o o oo
ribbon dilute
sulfuric acid

He keeps adding magnesium to the dilute sulfuric acid until no more hydrogen gas is given off.

Some unreacted magnesium is left in the magnesium sulfate solution.

(a) Describe how Mike separates the unreacted magnesium from the magnesium sulfate
solution.

[1]

(b) Describe how Mike makes a dry sample of magnesium sulfate from magnesium sulfate
solution.

[1]

(c) Write a word equation for the reaction between magnesium and sulfuric acid.

+ +

[2]

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6 Lily and Angelique use the internet to find this information about evaporation.

Evaporation can happen when liquids are hot or cold.

Evaporation is related to the energy of molecules.

The rate of evaporation can change.

rate of rate of
evaporation evaporation

air pressure energy of molecules

(a) What happens to the rate of evaporation when the air pressure increases?

[1]

(b) (i) What happens to the rate of evaporation when the energy of molecules increases?

[1]

(ii) Write down one way the energy of molecules could be increased.

[1]

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7 Water and minerals move through flowering plants.

(a) Complete the sentences about how water and minerals move through a plant.

Choose parts of a plant from the list.

Each part can be used once, more than once or not at all.

palisade mesophyll phloem root hair xylem

Water and minerals enter plants through the cells.

The water and mineral solution is transported in the stems through

cells.

The solution reaches the cells in the leaves and

is used for growth. [3]

(b) Plants need water to make sugar.

Name two other things that plants need to make sugar.

and

[2]

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8 The diagram shows different types of rocks and how they form.

igneous volcanic magma

rock eruption

sediment
rock X

sedimentary rock

(a) Sedimentary rocks can be turned into rock X by heat and pressure.

What type of rock is X?

[1]

(b) Which layer of the Earth contains magma?

Circle the correct answer.

atmosphere inner core mantle outer core

[1]

(c) Sedimentary rocks often contain the remains of dead animals and plants from millions of
years ago.

What word is used to describe these remains?

[1]

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(d) Different types of soil have different amounts of organic matter in them.

Which type of soil contains the most organic matter?

Circle the correct answer.

clay loam sandy silt

[1]

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9 Sound can be reflected in the same way as light.

Safia and Yuri investigate the relationship between the angle of incidence, x, and the angle of
reflection, y.

They use the apparatus in the diagram.

board

tube A x y tube B

11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5 ticking clock
sound
meter

board

Yuri

 puts the ticking clock next to tube A

 puts the sound meter next to tube B

 uses the same value for angle x

 uses different values of angle y.

Safia writes down the sound level shown on the sound meter.

Complete the table about the variables.

variable to change
1. ………………………….…………….......

1. value for x
variables to control 2. ………………………….…………….......

3. ………………………….…………….......

variable to measure
1. ………………………….…………….......
[4]

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10 Look at the diagrams of cells.

cheek cell red blood cells nerve cell

(a) Describe one way the structure of a nerve cell is different to a cheek cell.

[1]

(b) The structure of a red blood cell is adapted for its function.

Explain how.

function

adaptation

[2]

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11 Mia investigates the temperature change during some reactions.

In each experiment Mia adds a solid to a liquid.

She measures the temperature of the liquid before and after adding the solid.

(a) Mia uses a measuring cylinder to measure the volume of liquid.

The diagram shows part of her measuring cylinder of liquid.

cm3
4

What is the volume of liquid in the measuring cylinder?

cm3 [1]

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(b) Here are Mia’s results.

temperature is the reaction

temperature
liquid of the liquid change in exothermic
of solid(s) added
added after solid is temperature or
liquid
added endothermic?

water 17 copper sulfate 20 +3

………….

citric acid and sodium

water 17 14
hydrogencarbonate
…………. ………….

copper
sulfate 18 zinc 22
solution
…………. ………….

(i) She does not include some important information in the headings of the table.

Which unit is missing from the headings?

[1]

(ii) Calculate the change in temperature for each experiment.

One has been done for you.

Write your answers in the table. [1]

(iii) Complete the table by writing endothermic or exothermic in the last column. [1]

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12 Some objects become electrically charged.

(a) Oliver draws a diagram of two charged objects.

plastic rod – –
–
– – – + +
– – +
+ + cloth
– +
+
+
+

Explain how the objects become charged.

[2]

(b) Complete the sentences.

Opposite charges .

Like charges . [1]

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(c) Oliver puts charged balloons next to each other.

A B C D

Balloon A has a positive charge.

What are the charges on the other balloons?

A is positive.

B is .

C is .

D is . [1]

13 Diagrams are used to show how energy is transferred.

Lamps transfer energy.

electrical energy = 100 J

...................energy = 10 J

thermal energy = 90 J

Complete the diagram to show the type of energy that is 10 J. [1]

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