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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: EARTH AND SPACE

Name ___________________________________ Date _____________

Diagnostic test: Earth and space


The Diagnostic tests have been written by the authors. These may not fully reflect the approach of
Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Learner’s sheet
1 a Name the layers of the Earth labelled 1 and 2.

1: _______________

2: _______________
b What material is layer 2 made from?

______________________________________________________________________________
c What can happen to this material when there is a crack in layer 1?

______________________________________________________________________________

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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: EARTH AND SPACE

2 This is a sea animal preserved in rock.

a What do we call plants and animals preserved in rock?

______________________________________________________________________________
b Was this animal ever alive?

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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: EARTH AND SPACE

3 Name the bodies in the solar system numbered 1–9.

1: _______________

2: _______________

3: _______________

4: _______________

5: _______________

6: _______________

7: _______________

8: _______________

9: _______________

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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: EARTH AND SPACE

a Name the bodies A, B and C.

A: _______________

B: _______________

C: _______________
b What do Lines D and E represent?

______________________________________________________________________________
c What shape do these lines make?

______________________________________________________________________________
d How long does B take to move around A?

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e In which direction does it move?

______________________________________________________________________________
f How long does C take to move around B?

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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: EARTH AND SPACE

Diagnostic test: Earth and space


The Diagnostic tests have been written by the authors. These may not fully reflect the approach of
Cambridge Assessment International Education.

Teacher’s sheet
You will need: A teacher sheet for each learner, group or class; one copy of the learner’s sheet
per learner, group or class.

Earth and
Answer If answer is incorrect . . .
Space
1 a 1: Crust; 2: Mantle
Revise Stage 4, Unit 4.
b Magma
Question 1 This is going to link with the work you do on
c Magma can come up to
igneous rocks in this stage.
the surface as a volcano.
Learners briefly touched on Fossils in Stage 2, so
2 a Fossils you can just remind them of what they are. They
Question 2
b Yes will be learning more about fossils in the section
on sedimentary rocks.
1: Neptune; 2: Saturn; 3: Earth; This diagram will test whether learners recognise
4: Mercury; 5: Sun; 6: Venus; 7: the Sun at the centre of the solar system and the
Question 3
Mars; 8: Jupiter; 9: Uranus order of the planets. You can revisit this in Stage 4,
Unit 5, Topic 5.4.
This diagram will show you whether learners
4 a A: Sun; B: Earth; C: Moon
remember the relationships between the Earth
b Orbits
orbiting the Sun and the Moon orbiting the Earth –
c Slight ellipses
Question 4 revisit this in Stage 5, Unit 6, Topic 6.1.
d A year or 365¼days
Learners first learnt about the Moon and its
e Anticlockwise
movements in Stage 3, so you can refer back if
f One month or 29.5days
you need to.

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