Cambridge Primary Progression Test

Question paper

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1 George is looking at different objects.

stone shirt feather

plastic cup rabbit iron nail

(a) Circle the three man-made objects. [1]

(b) George holds a magnet over the objects.

Which object will the magnet pick up?

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George now looks at different objects.
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aluminium foil brick copper

wire

cm

plastic ruler sandpaper wooden spoon

(c) Circle three objects made from a flexible material. [1]

(d) Which object is made from a rough material?

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2 Jan is learning about materials and their uses.

Choose the correct word from the list to complete the sentences.

ceramic glass metal plastic wood wool

The saucepan needs to heat up quickly so it is made from ............................. .

A coat needs to be warm so it is made from .............................. .

The umbrella needs to be waterproof so it is made from .............................. .

The window needs to be transparent so it is made from .............................. .

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3 Pushes and pulls are examples of forces.

(a) Circle three pictures showing a push force.

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(b) The picture shows a man climbing a mountain.

He is pulling on the rope to help him climb.

The man chooses shoes to help him climb the mountain.

Circle the best shoes.

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Explain your answer.

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4 Jack is measuring the force of different objects.
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11N

(a) Which object has the greatest force?

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(b) Jack puts his results in a table.

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object brick shoe toy car

force in
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Complete the results for the brick and the toy car in the table. [2] (c) Jack
measures two more objects that have less force than the toy car.

Circle the two objects he measures.

scissors 1 N

chair 14 N

apple 2N

toy train 8N

cup 9N

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5 All living things have these four life processes.
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Draw a line to match each picture with its life process for frogs.

picture life process

MOVEMENT

GROWTH

NUTRITION

REPRODUCTION

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6 Jay measures the height of 12 children in his class.

He wants to measure their height in centimetres (cm).

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(a) Circle the best piece of equipment he can use.

measuring cylinder metre ruler scales

stop clock thermometer

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(b) Jay records their heights in 10 cm groups.

Here are his results.

height number
in cm of children
110–119 3
120–129 7
130–139 0
140–149 2
James and Maria are the tallest.

Which group are they in?

Circle the correct answer.

110–119 120–129 130–139 140–149

[1]

(c) Jay measures the height of the 12 children again one year later.

What will have happened to their height?

Explain your answer.

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7 Forces can change the shape of an object.
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(a) Choose one word from the list to describe each picture.

ripped squashed stretched turned twisted

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(b) Some objects need more force to change shape.

Put these objects in order of the amount of force needed to change their
shape.

eraser flour stone wood

............................. ............................. ............................. ............................. smallest

largest
force force
[2] 8 Julie is investigating the effect of temperature on plant growth.

She grows two plants at different temperatures for two weeks.

The picture shows what the plants look like after two weeks.

5 °C 15 °C
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(a) Julie makes her investigation fair.

Write down one factor she keeps the same.

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(b) Julie writes a conclusion.

Complete the following sentence.

The plant grown at a temperature of ................................... was the taller

after two weeks because plants prefer to grow at ...................................

temperatures. [1]

(c) Julie grows another plant at 25°C for two weeks.

Predict what this plant will look like after two weeks.

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Explain your answer.

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9 Oliver is playing with his toy car.

He rolls his toy car down a slope.

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(a) The arrow (←) shows a force acting on the toy car.

Name this force.

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(b) Oliver wants his toy car to roll down the slope faster.

Suggest two ways he can do this.

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

2 ..........................................................................................................
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(c) Oliver rolls a different toy car down the slope.

Oliver thinks that this car will roll down the slope faster.

Is he correct?

Circle the correct answer.

Yes No

Explain your answer.

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10 Greg looks at some objects.
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brick copper coin gold

necklace

cm

plastic ruler wooden pencil wool

Greg sorts the objects into two groups.

He uses the table to help him.

material hard soft shiny dull

brick  

copper  

gold  

plastic  

wood  

wool  

group 1 group 2
copper gold brick plastic

wood wool

What property has Greg used to sort these objects?

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Greg sorts the objects into two new groups.

group 1 group 2
brick copper
gold wool
plastic wood

What property has Greg now used to sort these objects?

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11 Chen has an empty box.

He moves the empty box forwards.

Chen fills the empy box with his toys.

He moves the box forwards again.

What happens to the force needed to move the box?

Explain your answer.

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