Science

Stage 8

Paper 2 2023

45 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 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 The table shows information about four different adults who play sports.

The adults are the same age and the same height.

physical activity
adults do they smoke?
level

W low no

X high no

Y high yes

Z low yes

(a) (i) Which adult, W, X, Y or Z, is most likely to have health problems?

[1]

(ii) The four adults test their fitness by exercising.

After exercising, they measure their pulse rate.

What do they do to make the test fair?

Tick (✓) the correct answer.

two adults run and two adults walk for 5 minutes

use a ruler to measure distance

all four adults run at the same speed for 1 minute

repeat the exercise four times

[1]

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(b) (i) Adult Y takes a vitamin A tablet every morning.

What is the function of vitamin A?

[1]

(ii) Adult Z eats a diet that has a very high fat content.

Write down one health problem caused by this type of diet.

[1]

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2 Aiko reacts iron with dilute sulfuric acid.

She takes the temperature of the dilute sulfuric acid before she adds the iron.

She takes the temperature of the reaction mixture at the end of the reaction.

Look at her results.

temperature of dilute sulfuric acid at start = 18°C

temperature of reaction mixture at end = 28°C

(a) Write down the type of reaction between iron and dilute sulfuric acid.

Choose from the list.

endothermic exothermic neutralisation precipitation

type of reaction

Explain your answer.

[2]

(b) Iron reacts with sulfuric acid.

Iron sulfate and hydrogen are made.

Write down the word equation for this reaction.

[1]

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3 White light is made of many colours.

(a) Oliver uses a glass prism and a ray of white light.

white light

glass prism

Complete the sentences.

A ray of white light enters the glass prism.

This ray of white light changes speed because the light is .

White light is split into different colours by the process of .

[2]

(b) Oliver adds different colours of light together.

blue

red

green

Complete the additions of light.

One has been done for you.

red + blue = magenta

red + green =

green + blue =

red + blue + green =

[2]

4 Name two objects that are found in all known galaxies.

2
[2]

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5 The picture shows a woodland ecosystem.

(a) One habitat shown in the woodland ecosystem is tree roots.

Name two other habitats shown in the picture.

2
[2]

(b) Jamila observes a new species of bird in the woodland.

She makes a hypothesis,

‘The new species of bird reduces the number of other species of bird
in the woodland.’

Jamila counts the number of species of bird in the woodland.

Six months later, she counts the number of species of bird in the same place in the
woodland.

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(i) Write down one other factor she must keep the same during both counts.

[1]

(ii) What is the dependent variable?

[1]

(iii) Look at Jamila’s table of results.

number of species
count number
of bird
1 14

2 12

Do these results support her hypothesis?

Give two reasons for your answer.

[2]

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6 Look at the table showing the reactions of some metals with cold water and with dilute
hydrochloric acid.

reaction with reaction with dilute

metal
cold water hydrochloric acid

A no reaction no reaction

floats on water, reacts floats on acid, reacts very

B
quickly and gives off a gas quickly and gives off a gas
reacts slowly and reacts quickly and
C
gives off a gas gives off a gas
reacts slowly and
D no reaction
gives off a gas

Look at this list of metals.

calcium gold magnesium sodium zinc

(a) Identify the metals A, B, C and D.

Choose from the list.

Metal A is .

Metal B is .

Metal C is .

Metal D is .
[3]

(b) Write down the name of the gas made when metals B and C react with water.

[1]

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7 Lily uses this equipment to make an electromagnet.

battery copper wire iron nail

(a) Describe how Lily makes an electromagnet.

[2]

(b) Which of these changes increase the strength of her electromagnet?

Tick (✓) the two correct answers.

cover the copper wire in plastic

use a non metal for the wire

use two batteries

remove the iron nail

increase the current

connect the equipment for a shorter time

[2]

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8 The picture shows an asteroid.

Asteroids are found in space.

craters

(a) (i) What is an asteroid?

[1]

(ii) Suggest how craters are made on asteroids.

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(b) Pierre writes down some information about four asteroids.

Juno has a radius of 123 kilometres, and an

orbit time of 4.36 years.

Vesta is the brightest asteroid and orbits in

3.63 years. The radius is 286 km.

Ceres takes 4.60 years to complete an orbit.

It was discovered in 1801. It has a radius of
469 kilometres.

Pallas is a type B asteroid.

Radius=256 km . Orbit = 4.61 years.

He draws a table to show the information more clearly.

(i) Present his information on orbit time and radius for each asteroid in the table.

[3]

(ii) All four asteroids travel the same distance in one year.

Which asteroid travels at the greatest mean speed?

[1]

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9 This question is about aerobic respiration.

(a) Write down the word equation for aerobic respiration.

....................... + ....................... ....................... + .......................

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

[2]

(b) Carlos draws a diagram of a plant cell.

B C

D
chloroplast

Where does aerobic respiration happen in this cell?

Choose from the letters A, B, C or D.

letter [1]

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10 Blessy dissolves salt in water to make a salt solution.

She makes four solutions.

Look at the quantities she uses.

mass of salt volume of water

solution
in g in cm3

A 1 10

B 6 30

C 5 20

D 10 50

(a) Which solution is the most concentrated?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D

Explain your answer.

[2]

(b) Describe how the solubility of salt changes as the temperature increases.

[1]

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11 Ahmed has time and distance measurements for a bicycle journey.

time distance
in s in m
0 0

20 60

40 240

60 420

80 600

100 760

(a) Write down the equipment he uses to make these measurements.

time to measure 20 s

distance to measure 60 m
[2]

(b) Complete the graph by:

• plotting the other four points

• drawing a line to connect the points.

800

600

distance
in m 400

200

x
0 x
0 20 40 60 80 100
time
in s

[2]

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(c) Calculate the speed when a distance of 60 m is travelled in 20 s.

Use the equation shown.

distance
speed =
time

speed = m/s
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12 Here are some sentences about climate and weather.

Tick (✓) each correct sentence.

Climate is the day to day changes in the atmosphere.

Climate changes over a long period of time.

Weather changes over a short period of time.

Weather gives information about the atmosphere.

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13 Priya uses chemical formulae to model chemical compounds.

The chemical formula of sodium carbonate is Na2 CO3.

The formula of sodium carbonate contains:

• 2 atoms of sodium, Na
• 1 atom of carbon, C
• 3 atoms of oxygen, O.

(a) The formula of carbon dioxide contains:

• 1 atom of carbon, C
• 2 atoms of oxygen, O.

Write down the chemical formula for carbon dioxide.

formula [1]

(b) The formula of nitric acid contains:

• 1 atom of hydrogen, H
• 1 atom of nitrogen, N
• 3 atoms of oxygen, O.

Write down the chemical formula of nitric acid.

formula [1]

(c) Look at the word equation.

sodium nitric sodium carbon

+ + + water
carbonate acid nitrate dioxide

The formula of sodium nitrate is NaNO3.

The formula of water is H2O.

Write down the symbol equation for this reaction.

[2]

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 The Periodic Table of Elements

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Group
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2
H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
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Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe

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rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
lanthanoids
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
actinoids Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
– 232 231 238 – – – – – – – – – – –