Science Test Paper 2
Science Test Paper 2
Stage 9
Paper 2 2022
45 minutes
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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renal vein
kidney
renal artery
ureter
bladder
urethra
(a) Look at the table about what happens in different parts of the excretory (renal) system.
kidney
[3]
[1]
(c) Artificial kidneys prevent the build-up of toxic substances in the blood.
blood in dialysing
solution in
partially
permeable
membrane
dialysing
solution and toxic
blood out
substance out
[2]
(a) Complete the sentences to describe what is happening to the sound from A to B.
The diagram shows two waveforms, wave 1 and wave 2, that combine together.
wave 1
wave 2
wave 1 + wave 2
(i) Write down the word that describes how wave 1 and wave 2 combine together.
[1]
wave 3
wave 4
wave 3 + wave 4
Write down the word that describes how wave 3 and wave 4 combine together.
[1]
They show the electronic structures of a sodium atom and of a sodium ion.
Na Na
[1]
Na+ Cl –
Cl – Na+
Cl – Na+
Na+ Cl –
(i) Write down the name of the type of bonding in sodium chloride.
[1]
(ii) The bonding between sodium ions and chloride ions is strong.
Explain why.
[1]
−50 °C 0 °C 52 °C 801 °C
[1]
(i) Write down the name of the layer of the Earth made of tectonic plates.
[1]
[1]
(b) Yuri models what happens at the boundary between two tectonic plates.
cups
candle
(i) Which part of the Earth does the lighted candle in the model represent?
[1]
prediction
explanation
[2]
(iii) The map shows the positions of earthquakes on the Earth’s surface.
earthquakes
Explain how the positions of earthquakes are used as evidence for tectonic plates.
[2]
(iv) Write down two other features that are used as evidence for tectonic plates.
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[2]
(c) There have been five times in the Earth’s history when most of the organisms living became
extinct. This is called a mass extinction.
Scientists think that enormous volcanic eruptions caused these mass extinctions.
Explain why.
[1]
5 Priya finds some information about the effect of smoking on fetal development.
This is the time period between fertilisation of an egg and the birth of a baby.
3.6
3.2
key
birth mass
non-smokers
in kg
smokers
2.8
2.4
34 36 38 40 42
gestation period
in weeks
(a) (i) Look at the birth masses for a gestation period of 36 weeks.
[1]
(b) Describe one way the evidence collected could be made more reliable.
[1]
°C [1]
°C [1]
(c) Which of the three elements in the table is the most reactive?
[1]
During this process the water absorbs energy from the skin.
[2]
(b) Human sperm production is damaged by temperatures 2 °C above normal body temperature.
Suggest how an increase in the temperature of the environment affects the ability of humans
to reproduce.
[2]
(c) Write down the word that describes the total number of individuals of the same species.
[1]
9 Chen investigates the rate of reaction between calcium carbonate and dilute hydrochloric acid.
glass wool
plug
calcium carbonate
balance 102.34 g powder
(a) Predict what happens to the mass reading on the balance during the reaction.
[2]
(b) Chen finds that the rate of the reaction is greater when he uses powdered calcium carbonate
rather than lumps of calcium carbonate.
[2]
(c) Describe one safety precaution Chen must take during his investigation.
[2]
(ii) Angelique measures the voltage across the lamp using a voltmeter.
[1]
cooking
oil
density
material
in g / cm3
brick 2.1
cork 0.2
wood 0.7
ice 0.9
steel 8.1
aluminium 2.7
polystyrene 0.3
modelling clay 1.7
cooking oil 0.9
(a) Hassan uses the diagram and the data in the table to make a hypothesis about which objects
float and which objects sink in cooking oil.
[1]
(b) Hassan investigates if objects made from plastics of different densities will float in water.
[2]
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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
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
S/S9/02
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
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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 – – – – – – – – – – –
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