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CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: PHYSICS

Name ___________________________________ Date _____________


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

Diagnostic test: Physics


Learner’s sheet
1 Circle the correct statements about how light travels:

A: Light travels from our eyes to the object we are trying to see.

B: Light reflects off an object into our eyes.

C: Light can bend around corners.

D: Light comes from a source such as a lamp.

2 Place a tick (✓) in the correct columns about conductors and insulators.

Object Conductor Insulator

Plastic toy

Metal key

Wooden peg

Coin

Paper

3 Name the component you can put in a circuit to open or close the circuit easily.

________________________________________________________________________________
4 Zara makes a circuit with two 1.5 V cells, a switch, a lamp in a lamp holder and connecting wires.
a If she takes away one of the cells, will the lamps burn more or less brightly?

______________________________________________________________________________
b If she keeps two cells, but adds a third lamp to the circuit, will the lamps burn more
or less brightly?

______________________________________________________________________________

Cambridge Primary Science 6 – Fiona Baxter & Liz Dilley © Cambridge University Press 2021 1
CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: PHYSICS

a Identify the forces A–G on the force diagrams:

A: _______________

B: _______________

C: _______________

D: _______________

E: _______________

F: _______________

G: _______________

b What is force H doing?

______________________________________________________________________________

Cambridge Primary Science 6 – Fiona Baxter & Liz Dilley © Cambridge University Press 2021 2
CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY SCIENCE 6: DIAGNOSTIC TEST: PHYSICS

Diagnostic test: Physics


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.

Physics Answers If answer is incorrect . . .

Question 1 B and D are correct Revise Stage 4, Unit 5 ‘How we see things’.
The key and coin are
Briefly revise the first topic in Stage 4, Unit 6
Question 2 conductors, others are
where learners tested different objects in a circuit.
insulators.
Revisit Stage 4, Unit 6, Topic 6.4, where learners
Question 3 Switch made a switch – this will also revise conductors
and insulators.
Revisit the investigation you did in Stage 4, Unit 6,
Topic 6.5. Remind learners that in circuits like this
(they will learn in this stage that it is a series
a and b Less brightly
Question 4 circuit) the electricity has to be shared between
the lamps, so decreasing the number of cells or
increasing the number of lamps will make the
lamps glow less brightly.
a A: gravity; B: air
resistance; C: gravity; D:
normal; E: gravity; F:
upthrust; G: water Refer back to work covered on Forces in Stage 5,
Question 5 resistance Unit 5. Look at different examples in the Learner’s
b H is the engine Book to remind them.
overcoming the water
resistance and pushing
the boat along.

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