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Science
Stage 6
DC (CW/JG) 94024/6RP
© UCLES 2014
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Question 1
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 Sun Accept sunlight
3 ticks and 2
predator correct = 1 mark
3 ticks and 1
prey 9 correct = 0 marks
4 ticks = 0 marks
producer
Total 4
Question 2
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 The unit of measurement for mass is Accept kg or g
kilograms / grams.
(b) 1 The unit of measurement for weight is Accept N
newtons. Do not accept n
(c) 1 The unit of measurement for friction is Accept N
newtons. Do not accept n
Total 3
Question 3
Part Mark Answer Further Information
4 change reversible irreversible
All correct = 4 marks
baking a 6 or 7 correct
potato
9
= 3 marks
burning a
candle
9 4 or 5 correct = 2 marks
sieving sand
from stones
9
Total 4
Question 4
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 4 each correct line = 1 mark
measurement apparatus
two lines from a
measurement is incorrect
balance
one minute of
beaker
stirring
measuring
10 cm3 of water
cylinder
temperature of
ruler
the water
1 g of ammonium
stopwatch
chloride
thermometer
Total 7
Question 5
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 lamp / light / bulb
(b) 1 battery / (two) cell(s) Accept dc power pack
(c) 1
Question 6
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 B
(b) 3 correct labelling of the two liquids
Question 7
Part Mark Answer Further Information
4 body each correct line = 1 mark
organ
system
two lines from a body system
is incorrect unless it is
brain excretory system to lung and
kidney
digestive intestine
excretory kidney
nervous lung
backbone
Total 4
Question 8
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 2 ticks = 0 marks
good conductor of electricity 9
Question 9
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 salt
(b) 1 coffee, copper sulfate and salt all three needed
(c) 1 (electro)magnet
(d) 1 (marble) is a lump and (iron) is a powder. Accept marble has bigger
particles
Question 10
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 2 Any two from: Accept more negative
influence by humans e.g.
less food more littering / more pollution
hunting
(b) 3 Any three from:
reducing waste
reducing pollution
recycling
not littering
reuse on its own is
insufficient
Total 5
Question 11
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 If friction acts on an object the speed of the Accept slows down / gets
object decreases. smaller / gets less
(b) 1 The frictional force that slows down an
object travelling through the air is called air
resistance.
Total 2
Question 1
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 stomach
(b) 1 digests food / absorbs food
Total 2
Question 2
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 (Idea that) you cannot unbake bread Accept you cannot get the
original material back again
(b) 1 (Idea that) you get the salt and water back Accept you can get the
again original material back again
Total 2
Question 3
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 so the current is not flowing while changing Accept so the battery is not
materials discharged / drained
(b) 1 copper and iron Accept copper, iron and
graphite
(c) 1 any named metal or allow e.g. zinc, steel, Do not accept any metal
bronze, brass etc from the table or graphite
(d) 1 plastic Accept named plastics /
other suitable solids that do
not conduct electricity
Total 4
Question 4
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 grass Accept other ways of
indicating the correct answer
e.g. ticking or circling but the
answer line takes precedence
(b) 2 grass Æ mice Æ snake Æ eagle correct order of organisms =
1 mark
an observation
a question
an explanation 9
2 correct = 1 mark
1 correct = 0 marks
Total 7
Question 5
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 Force A is called air resistance / friction.
(b) 1 Force B is called weight.
(c) 1 The parachutist has energy because she is
moving / falling downwards.
(d) 1 The parachutist has a mass of 75 kg.
Total 4
Question 6
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 4 organ main function two lines from each organ is
incorrect
supports the
body and helps in
movement
helps us breathe in
brain oxygen and breathe
out carbon dioxide
removes waste
products from the
kidney
blood and makes
urine
controls nervous
responses
Question 7
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 As the mass (of ammonium chloride) Accept the more mass
increases the temperature change the more the temperature
increases. changes
(b) 1 5 (g) - mass has increased but temperature Ignore 6°C since it is
has decreased ambiguous
(c) 1 repeat the experiment Accept redo the result
(d) 1 1 (°C) Accept any value less than 2
and greater than 0
Total 4
Question 8
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 lamp not on
(b) 1 dim
(c) 1 very bright
(d) 1 dim
(e) 2 The shorter and thicker the wire, and the 3 correct = 2 marks
fewer lamps the brighter the lamp.
2 correct = 1 mark
1 correct = 0 marks
Question 9
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 When coffee dissolves in water a solution
is made.
(b) 1 Coffee dissolves in water because it is
soluble.
(c) 1 Plastic does not dissolve in water because
it is insoluble.
(d) 1 Water is the solvent when it dissolves
coffee.
Total 4
Question 10
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 3 The percentage of glass has decreased. 4 correct = 3 marks
loss of habitat
education
pollution controls
Total 5
Question 11
Part Mark Answer Further Information
(a) 1 chalk and sand Both correct 1 mark
(b) 1 copper nitrate
(c) 1 add water, filter and 2 boxes ticked = 0 marks
evaporate the filtrate 9
magnetic attraction
distillation
magnetic attraction
condensation
magnetic attraction
Total 5
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