Cambridge Primary Progression Test

Science paper 1
Stage 3
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35 minutes

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST 3

Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper. 4

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You should show all your working on the question paper.
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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question
or part question. 7

The total number of marks for this paper is 40. 8

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SCIENCE_01_S3_6RP
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1 A plant has different parts. For
Teacher’s
Use
Label the parts of the plant.

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[1]

2 The table shows some materials and their properties.

Complete the table.

Two have been done for you.

property of material
material and
object
is it flexible? is it hard? is it transparent?

glass window
....................... ....................... ..........................

wool clothes no
....................... ..........................

plastic bag yes

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[3]

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3 Rajiv measures forces. For
Teacher’s
Use

Rajiv X

bag

(a) Rajiv uses equipment X to measure a force.

Write down the name of equipment X.

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(b) The force of the bag on X is 2 units.

Describe how Rajiv can decrease the force on X.

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Describe how Rajiv can increase the force on X.

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4 A fish is a living animal. For
Teacher’s
Use

Write down two life processes of a fish.

1 .......................................................................................................................

2 ................................................................................................................... [2]

5 The table shows the properties of some materials.

properties

material is it does it have a

does it conduct does it
strong or high melting
electricity? conduct heat?
weak? point?
A strong yes yes yes
B weak yes yes yes
C weak no no no
D strong no no yes
E weak yes yes no
F strong yes no yes

(a) Which material conducts heat and has a low melting point?

............................................... [1]

(b) Metals conduct electricity and heat.

Which three materials are metals?

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6 Safia plays on a slide. For
Teacher’s
Use

Safia

slide

(a) Safia sits at the top of the slide.

She is not moving.

What must Safia do to move down the slide?

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(b) Safia moves down the slide slowly.

Write down two things she can do to move down faster.

1 .................................................................................................................

2 ............................................................................................................. [2]

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7 People who cannot see use braille to read. For
Teacher’s
Use

braille bumps on the

paper

fingers

(a) Which sense is being used to read the braille bumps?

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(b) Each letter has a different pattern of bumps.

A B C D

What information do you need to read a book using braille?

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8 Blessy investigates how quickly she can move jelly (jello) cubes from one For
Teacher’s
place to another. Use

She uses chopsticks to pick up the cubes.

chopsticks
jelly (jello) cubes

(a) Blessy always uses the same force to pick up the cubes.

Why does she use the same force?

Circle the best answer.

to answer questions

to make a fair test

to make a prediction

to observe

to present results
[1]

(b) Blessy holds the cube with the chopsticks.

What happens to the cube?

Circle the best answer.

changes colour

changes mass

changes shape

changes taste

changes weight
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9 Magnets are made from magnetic materials. For
Teacher’s
Use
Which materials can be used to make a magnet?

Tick () the two correct boxes.

aluminium

copper

iron

plastic

steel

wood

[2]

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10 Some of the foods we eat can damage our health. For
Teacher’s
Use
(a) Here is a list of foods.

apple banana cake chicken

chocolate fried potato rice

Decide if each food is healthy or can damage our health.

Put the foods in the correct column in the table.

One has been done for you.

healthy can damage our health

apple

[2]

(b) Cookies can also damage our health.

Write down two things in cookies which can damage our health.

1 .................................................................................................................

2 ............................................................................................................. [2]

(c) Apples contain things the body needs to keep healthy.

Write down one of these things.

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11 Chen and Aiko investigate forces on balls. For
Teacher’s
Use
They have 5 different balls.

Chen puts the balls in order from hardest to softest.

A B C D E

hardest softest

(a) Which ball needs the least force to make it change shape?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E
[1]

(b) Aiko uses a small force to change the shape of the balls.

Two of the balls do not change shape.

Which two balls do not change shape?

Circle the correct answer.

A and B B and C B and D C and D D and E

[1]

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12 Hassan writes about plants and water. For
Teacher’s
Use

Complete the sentences.

Water travels up the plant through the ..................................................... .

If the plant does not get water it will ......................................................... .

[2]

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13 Class 3 investigate rubber bands. For
Teacher’s
Use

Oliver

Yuri

masses rubber band

Oliver puts masses on the rubber band.

Yuri counts the number of masses when the rubber band breaks.

(a) What happens to the rubber band before it breaks?

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(b) Oliver and Yuri repeat the method with four different rubber bands. For
Teacher’s
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Yuri writes down the results.

rubber band 1 = 2 masses rubber band 3 = 2 masses

rubber band 2 = 3 masses rubber band 4 = 3 masses

Complete the table of results.

number of
rubber band
masses added

1
........................

2
........................

3
........................

4
........................
[1]

(c) What do the results show about the number of masses added?

Circle the correct answer.

the highest mass is 2

the lowest mass is 3

the total mass is 6

the masses are different

the masses are the same

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14 Mia and Pierre are investigating growth. For
Teacher’s
Use
They measure the height of their friends

• at the start of the year

• at the end of the year.

Here are their results.

friend boy height at height at change

or girl start of year end of year in height
in cm in cm in cm
Ahmed boy 108 112 4

Aiko girl 105 108 3

Chen boy 112 115 3

Jamila girl 107 110 3

Lily girl 107 112 5

Rajiv boy .................. .................. ..................

(a) The results for Rajiv are missing from the table.

Use this information to complete the table.

Rajiv grew by 4 cm from 110 cm at the start to 114 cm at the end. [1]

(b) Which friend grew the most during the year?

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(c) Look at the heights at the start of the year.

What can you say about the heights of the boys compared to the girls?

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(d) Mia draws a bar chart to show the change in height of her friends. For
Teacher’s
Use
Complete the bar chart.

change 3
in height
in cm 2

0
Ahmed Aiko Chen Jamila Lily
friends
[2]

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15 Jamila has seven different materials. For
Teacher’s
Use
The table shows some properties of these materials.

is it does it conduct
material is it strong? is it shiny?
flexible? electricity?
A yes yes yes yes
B no no no no
C no no yes yes
D yes yes no yes
E yes no no no
F no yes no yes
G no no yes yes

(a) Jamila sorts the materials into two groups.

Group 1 contains materials A, C and G.

Group 2 contains materials B, D, E and F.

Which property did Jamila use to sort the materials?

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(b) Ahmed sorts the materials in a different way.

In group 1 all the materials are shiny.

Which materials are in this group?

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