Chapter 1: The Human Body

Q1a) Stomach
Q1b) Intestines
Q1c) Option B

Q2) False statement: "breathes out carbon dioxide"

Q3a) A: HEART
B: LUNGS
C: LIVER
D: STOMACH
E: BRAIN
F: KIDNEY
*Excretion: process in which waste products are removed from
the body. Examples of excretory organs include: Lungs,
Kidneys, Intestine (large)

Q4a) C
Q4b) E

Q5a) In the abdomen

Q5b) I predict that animal C is the smallest. I predict this because it has the shortest length of
intestine.
Q5c) Measuring tape

Q6a) Heart pumps the blood throughout the body

Q6b) Bones
Q6c) Lungs
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Stage 6

Paper 1

Cambridge Primary Progression Test

Mark Scheme
 Question Answer Marks Further Information

1(a) artery / arteries 3

vein / veins Accept any order

capillary / capillaries

1(b) pump(s) blood 1 Accept forces blood around the body

1(c) any two from 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

oxygen

nutrients

waste

Question Answer Marks Further Information

2(a) B 1

2(b) E 3

any two from

the temperature stays the same / there is no temperature

change

there are no gas bubbles

there is no colour change / stays a colourless solution

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3(a) straight line reflected at the plane mirror

Note judge the reflected line by eye but it must be

a continuous line

Accept other lines that are reflections but do not

obey the law of reflection

3(b) reflection 1

3(c) ray changes direction (when entering the block) 3

straight line through the block

ray changes direction (when leaving the block)

3(d) refraction 1
S6/01 Science Stage 6 Paper 1 Mark Scheme 2022

Question Answer Marks Further Information

4(a) energy (transfer)

4(b) fruit / berries  mouse  snake  buzzard 2

correct order = 1 mark

correct arrows = 1 mark Accept correct arrows even if an incorrect food

chain is given, i.e. answer with three or five
organisms

4(c) berries are eaten by an animal and then the next animal and 2 Accept buzzard eats animals that have eaten the
finally by the buzzard greenfly that have been killed

the toxic substance will follow the same path/passes down Accept correctly named animals that have eaten
the food chain to the buzzard and is toxic to the buzzard the berries and then been eaten by the buzzard

Accept higher level answers

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5(a) 16 1 Accept 16.0

Accept correct answer anywhere in the question,

but table takes precedence

5(b) fair test / it is a control variable 1 Do not accept to make it reliable or more
accurate

5(c) volume of water collected / volume of water in measuring 1 Note just volume of water is not sufficient
cylinder

5(d) X

Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.

ticking or underlining, but circling takes
precedence

more than one answer circled = 0 marks

5(e) any value equal to or above 36 (cm3) 1 Do not accept value above 50 cm3
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6(a) as temperature increases the time gets less

6(b) as temperature increases the (water) particles move faster /

as temperature increases the water particles surround the
salt particles faster

6(c) line graph 1 Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.
ticking or underlining, but circling takes
precedence

more than one answer circled = 0 marks

6(d) increase reliability 1 Accept can check results / can take averages

Do not accept fair testing

Ignore make it more accurate

6(e) the salt dissolves too fast / the time taken is too short / there 1
is more of a safety risk with very hot water
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7(a) number of components

component
in the circuit
buzzer 1
cell 2
closed switch 2
open switch 1
lamp 3

7(b) 1 both answers needed for the mark

series

and

(idea that) there is only one pathway from one side of the
cell to the other side of the cell
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8(a) distance from the Sun

planet
in millions of km
Mercury 58
Mars 228
Venus 108
Earth 150
Neptune 4495 Ignore Pluto

Uranus 2871
Saturn 1434
Jupiter 779

8(b) orbit 1

8(c) 28 days 1 Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.

ticking or underlining, but circling takes
precedence

more than one answer circled = 0 marks

Science
Stage 6

Paper 2

Cambridge Primary Progression Test

Mark Scheme
 Question Answer Marks Further Information

1(a) any two from 2

virus

bacteria

parasites

fungi

1(b) any two from 2

wash hands

cook food thoroughly

do not leave cooked food near uncooked food

disinfect food surfaces

1(c) stomach acid

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2(a) liquid to gas 1 Accept vapour for gas

2(b) can be reversed (by cooling) / can be reversed (by 1 Accept no new substance is made
condensation)

2(c) any one from 2

boiling happens at one temperature

Accept boiling of water only happens at 100 °C
boiling only happens at the boiling point

boiling takes place everywhere within the liquid

and

any one from

evaporation happens at all temperatures

evaporation takes place at the surface of the liquid

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3(a) gas is made / fizzes / carbon dioxide is made 2

new substances are made

3(b) has a mass / (low) melting point / (low) boiling point 1 Accept any correct property of carbon dioxide,
e.g. does not conduct heat / does not conduct
electricity / it is a gas / turns limewater milky / low
density / it sinks in air / it is light weight / it has a
weight

Question Answer Marks Further Information

4(a) kilograms / grams 1 Accept kg / g

Do not accept incorrect units, e.g. N

4(b) gravity is different on the Moon 1 Accept smaller gravity on the Moon

4(c) newton 1 Accept N

Do not accept n

Do not accept incorrect units, e.g. kg / g

4(d) weight is smaller / gravity is less 2

no air resistance
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5(a) B 2

5(b) rock is metamorphic 2

formed by action of heat and pressure (which will distort any

fossils)

5(c) cooling of magma / cooling of lava / cooling of liquid rock 1 Accept solidification instead of cooling

5(d) (idea that) no living organisms will be able to live near the 1 Accept correct suggestion, e.g. living organisms
lava or magma / rock formed before living organisms would have burnt
appeared on the Earth
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6(a) 2

(breathing rate) will increase after running Accept (breathing rate) will be faster

(idea that) they need more oxygen

6(b) results table with row or heading for

(name of) friend/person = 1 mark

breathing rate while sitting/resting and unit = 1 mark

breathing rate after exercise/running and unit = 1 mark

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7(a) 6 or 7 1 Accept 3 lamps or 4 lamps circled

Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.

ticking, underlining or written answer next to the
question, but circling takes precedence

7(b) repeat the experiment (with 3 lamps/4 lamps again) 1

7(c) lamps need to be a control variable 1 Accept to keep the test fair

Accept different lamps may draw different current

7(d) two lamps shown = 1 mark

two cells and no gaps = 1 mark Accept only one cell drawn

parallel circuit drawn with one lamp on each branch =

1 mark
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8(a) any two from 2

water (particles) surround the salt (particles)

salt (particles) spread out

salt (particles and water particles) move around Do not accept the salt particles disappear

8(b) can be reversed 2

by evaporating off the water

Question Answer Marks Further Information

9(a) voice deepens / Adam’s apple develops / facial hair 1 Accept growth of testicles/penis / more muscular
body

9(b) hips widen / breasts develop 1 Accept menstruation starts

Cambridge Primary Sample Test

Science Paper 1
Mark Scheme
Stage 6
 Question Answer Mark Further information

1(a) pumps blood 1

1(b) artery / arteries 1

1(c) vein(s) 1

1(d) the blood goes through the heart twice during one circuit 1 Accept goes to the lungs, to the heart, to the
body, to the heart, before going back to lungs /
has two circuits

Accept one side pumps blood to the lungs the

other side pumps blood to the body

1(e) to transport oxygen / transport nutrients / transport waste 1 Accept carries oxygen / nutrients / waste

Accept to transport sugar / transport glucose /

transport carbon dioxide etc. / clotting / defense
against pathogens
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2(a) liquid to gas 1 Accept vapour for gas

2(b) temperature at which a liquid becomes a gas / the highest 1 Note answer must include reference to
temperature a liquid can be (before it becomes a gas) temperature

2(c) thermal conductivity / colour / solubility 1 Accept mass / density

Accept other properties

2(d) bromine has a melting point lower / less than room 1 both required for the mark
temperature and a boiling point greater / more /
higher than room temperature
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3(a) all rays of light drawn as straight lines = 1 mark 3

Note line must not touch the edge of the

continuation of light ray from top plane mirror to touch the periscope and must show a reflection (change of
bottom plane mirror = 1 mark direction) at the plane mirror

light ray entering the eye = 1 mark Note light ray should touch the diagram of
Blessy’s eye
plane
ray of light
mirror

light source

periscope

wall

Blessy’s
eye
plane mirror

3(b) reflection 1
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4 4
process description

A erosion and sedimentation

B heat and pressure

Accept for C made into small particles which are

cemented together
Accept for C weathering for erosion
C erosion and sedimentation

D melting / heating

E melting / heating

F
solidification / cooling /
crystallisation
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5(a) any two from 2

use insect repellant

cover up skin with clothing

sleep under a net

wear light coloured clothing

avoid long grass / keep to footpaths

avoid times of day when insects are more active

avoid insect breeding sites

5(b) any two from 2

virus Accept named examples of other organisms but

ignore named diseases
parasite

fungi
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6(a) more sugar cubes will dissolve the higher the temperature

because the particles have more energy / particles are Accept larger spaces between (water) particles
moving faster / more collisions with sugar cubes

6(b) measuring cylinder 1

6(c) thermometer 1

6(d) for a fair test 1 Accept changing the volume of water will change
number of cubes that will dissolve / volume of
water is a control variable

6(e) number of sugar cubes (dissolved) 1 Accept amount of sugar (dissolved)

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7(a) any two from 2

both have switches

both have (at least one) lamp

both are series circuits

7(b) any two from 2 each difference = 1 mark

switch closed in A / switch open in B Accept one has switch open the other closed /
only one circuit has switch open / only one circuit
has switch closed

2 lamps in A / one lamp in B Accept have different number of lamps / one

circuit has two lamps and the other one lamp
no buzzer in A / buzzer in B Accept one circuit has a buzzer / one circuit does
not have a buzzer
lamps only on in circuit A / lamp off in B
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8(a) F 1 Accept Uranus

8(b) Neptune 1

8(c) A 1

8(d) no 1

and answer must have both no and an explanation

any piece of information to support the answer no, e.g. the
biggest planet (H) is not furthest away
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9(a) 10.2 1

9(b) kilogram / kg 1 Accept gram / g

Accept the answer in the table but the answer

line takes precedence

9(c) newton / N 1

Accept the answer in the table but the answer

line takes precedence

9(d) weight is a force (due to gravity of the mass) / mass is the 1

amout of matter the object has

9(e) gravity is smaller (on the Moon) 1 Note assume answer refers to the Moon
Cambridge Primary Sample Test
For use with curriculum published in
September 2020

Science Paper 2
Mark Scheme
Stage 6
 Question Answer Marks Further Information

1(a) snake and wild cat 1

1(b) mouse, rabbit and goat 1

1(c) grass  mouse  snake  kite 2

1(d) poison inside rabbit eaten by wild cat or jackal then eaten by 1 Accept poison moves through the food web or
lion chain to the last animal

Question Answer Marks Further Information

2(a) A, C and E 2

2(b) hydrogen / magnesium chloride 1

2(c) temperature change / releases heat 1 Accept colour change / gives off energy / makes
a gas / it is irreversible / a new substance has
been made, e.g. smoke, carbon dioxide
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3(a) weight 1

3(b) remains constant 1 Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.
underlining or ticking but circling takes
decreases precedence

increases more than one answer circled = 0 marks

3(c) weight and upthrust 1

Question Answer Marks Further Information

4(a) melting is a reversible process because the liquid 2 each correct answer = 1 mark
formed can be changed into a solid by cooling /
freezing / reducing the temperature.

4(b) both involve liquid changing into a gas or vapour 1

4(c) any two from 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

evaporation takes place at all temperatures

boiling only happens at one temperature / boiling only

happens at the boiling point

evaporation takes place at the surface of the liquid

boiling takes place everywhere within the liquid

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5(a) name of age of child in heart rate in 3 heading for heart rate and units only in column
gender heading and not in body of the table = 1 mark
child years
bpm
Priya female 11 67 correct ages entered = 1 mark

Mia female 11 70 correct heart rates entered = 1 mark

Lily female 10 73
Safia female 10 72
Mike male 11 78
Oliver male 11 75
Chen male 10 87
Ahmed male 10 80

5(b) boys have a higher heart rate

younger boys have a higher heart rate / younger girls have

a higher heart rate Do not accept younger children have a higher
heart rate
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6(a) humus 1

6(b) 2

clay

sand
Accept air / rock or stones / (dead) animals

Accept minerals / inorganic material

Question Answer Marks Further Information

7(a) balance 1 Accept scale(s)

Do not accept weighing balance or weighing

scales

7(b) no 1

and

the biggest / heaviest mass floats

7(c) make the cube hollow / make it boat shaped 1 Accept a diagram of the shape
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8(a) use hot water / stir the mixture 1 Accept use heat

Accept grind the salt up / use finer salt / use

smaller grains of salt

8(b) 2 each tick = 1 mark

particles of salt are not moving
one incorrect tick = maximum 1 mark

water particles surround salt particles  two incorrect ticks = 0 marks

water particles are moving 

salt particles are in a regular pattern

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9(a) metamorphic 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

igneous

9(b) A and D 1 both needed in any order

Accept other indications of the correct answer

shown in the table but the answer line takes
precedence

9(c) any two from 2

dead animals / dead plants

trapped within sediment / buried by sediment

soft parts decompose / soft parts rot away

minerals replace the bones / mineralisation

Question Answer Marks Further Information

10(a) The percentage of carbon dioxide in exhaled air is 1 both sentences needed
greater / higher / more than in inhaled air.
The percentage of water vapour in exhaled air is
greater / higher / more than in inhaled air.
10(b) oxygen (in the lungs) has moved into the blood 1 Accept used in respiration
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11(a) 1 straight line to the eye from the end of the first ray
Pierre’s of light
eye
Note line should touch the eye

Note any extra arrows shown in diagram must be

correct
air
water
ray of light

11(b) 1 Accept other ways of showing correct answer,

condensation e.g. underlining or ticking but circle takes
precedence
evaporation
reflection

refraction