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Unit 1
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1 a Nucleus, mitochondria [2]
b Put the model into a box to represent a cell wall.

Add some green peas to represent chloroplasts. [2]

2 a Tissue [1]
b Controls the activities of the cell. [1]
3 a They contain haemoglobin, which carries oxygen.
They have no nucleus, to make more space for carrying oxygen. [2]
b The function of root hair cells is to absorb water and mineral ions (from the soil). [1]
They have a long extension/a large surface area to help them to do this. [1]

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Unit 2
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1 Liquid [1]
2 a K [1]
b Ar [1]
3 a Liquid [1]
b The diagram should show circles of the same size arranged in regular rows with
all particles touching. [1]
4 In a mixture, the substances are not joined together to make a new substance, but are
still able to be separated. In a compound, the substances are joined together to make
a new substance. [1]
5 You need to place your eye in line with the meniscus so that you read the scale accurately. [1]
6 If you leave ice in a warm place it melts and becomes liquid water. The temperature at
which a solid melts is called the melting point.
If you heat water until its temperature reaches 100°C, it will boil. Now, all of the water
rapidly changes to water vapour. 100°C is the boiling point of water.
The temperatures at which a substance melts and boils are two of its properties. [2]
7 The columns are called groups. [1]

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Unit 3
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1 As the mass of a planet increases the strength of gravity on the planet increases.
OR As the mass of a planet decreases the strength of gravity on the planet decreases. [1]
2 800 × 5 = 4000 [1]
N or newtons [1]
3 Gravity (from the Moon) [1]
Pulls on the water [1]
4 Any two from: gravitational potential, chemical, thermal. [2]
5 Any three from:
• use a thermometer
• measure the temperature of the tea
• at regular intervals/after a stated time
• temperature of the tea will decrease
• temperature of a named object in the surroundings (e.g. table under the cup/air
above the cup) will increase. [3]

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Unit 4
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1 a A group of organisms that can reproduce to produce fertile offspring. [2]
b Accept any question that distinguishes between the two snakes, such as:
• Does it have stripes?
• Does it have a diamond pattern? [1]
Note that the question must not be comparative
2 a Any two from sensitivity, nutrition and movement. [2]
b Respiration - releasing energy from food inside cells
Growth – a permanent increase in size
Excretion - removing unwanted substances from the body [3]
3 a They cannot carry out the seven characteristics of living things. [1]
Accept any named characteristic except reproduction; if reproduction is given, the answer must
also say that they cannot do this on their own
b They can reproduce. [1]

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Unit 5
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1 Ductile – can be drawn out into strands or wires
Malleable – can easily be hammered into shape
Brittle – breaks with a snap [2]
2 Do not conduct heat [1]
3 a An alloy of aluminium is used for building aeroplanes because it is light and stronger than
pure aluminium. [1]
b Silver is too expensive to use for coins and it is not hard enough to withstand
the use coins get. [1]
4 Any one from: wear safety glasses (because the solution may spit);
use tongs to handle the hot evaporating basin. [1]
5 a Acid or acidic [1]
b Green [1]
c Universal indicator [1]
d 7 or pH 7 [1]

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Unit 6
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1 A sound wave [1]
Reflects off the wall. [1]
2 Tectonic plates [1]
3 a False [1]
b True [1]
4 a The Moon comes between the Sun and Earth: the Moon passes in front of the Sun. [1]
The Sun can only be seen in the day. [1]
b Do not look (directly) at the Sun/wear eclipse glasses.
(Accept description of a procedure to make an image of the Sun on a screen.) [1]
c The result at 4 minutes/the 23°C result. [1]
Does not fit the pattern/is anomalous. [1]

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Unit 7
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1 a The species of leaf/the species of plant. [1]
b This species of snail prefers to eat leaves of species B. [1]
c Repeat the experiment/have more than two containers each with a snail and
two leaves in it. [1]
d They have rotted/been decayed by decomposers. [2]
2 Bacterium and yeast [2]
3 Orangutans, fruit bats, durian fruit, figs, clouded leopards and microorganisms
included in the food web. [1]
Arrows connecting all organisms correctly and all of the five named species to
the microorganisms. [1]
All arrows pointing in the correct direction. [1]

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Unit 8
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1 Iron filings heated with sulfur to produce iron sulfate. [1]
2 a Any three from:
Physical: Soft grey solid
Dull surface
Cut surface is shiny
Melting point is 63.5°C
Chemical: Cut surface does not stay shiny for long in air because it reacts with oxygen to
form an oxide.
Reacts violently with water and gives off hydrogen
Burns with a violet coloured flame [3]
b Metal plus any reason from: shiny surface; reacts with oxygen rapidly; reacts with water
to produce hydrogen. [1]
3 Filter paper, filter funnel, beaker, conical flask, test tube, universal indicator,
pipette. Allow variations if the equipment listed would work. [2]
4 Hydrogen [1]
5 a Zinc chloride [1]
b Sulfuric acid [1]

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Unit 9
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1 a Electrons [1]
b Negative [1]
2 a Insulator(s) [1]
b Electrons are not free to move/are inhibited from moving [1]
through/in paper [1]
3 a Circuit with cell, lamp and switch (open or closed) [1]
No gaps in wires and no wires drawn into or through components [1]
b Add another cell (in series) [1]
c Ammeter [1]
4 High voltage/danger from electricity/danger of electric shock [1]

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