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SCIENCE 0097/01

Paper 1 Mock exam (4)

35 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

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INSTRUCTIONS 50

• Answer all questions.

• Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.

• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.

• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.

• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.

• Do not write on any bar codes.

• You should show all your working in the booklet.

• You may use a calculator.

INFORMATION

• The total mark for this paper is 50.

• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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Question (1)

Complete the following sentences:

You can use words

1- Igneous rocks are formed when liquid hot rock ___________ comes up

towards the surface. [1]

2- As it rises it __________ and ______________, either above the

surface or ________ the surface. [1]

3- We call igneous rocks which form above the surface: ____________

igneous rocks and we call igneous rocks , which form below the surface:

_____________ igneous rocks. [1]

4- Both these rocks have different _____________ due to the speed at which

they have ___________. [1]

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Question (2)

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Question (3)

Choose the correct answer:

a.

b.

c.

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Question (4)

[4]

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Question (5)

Match
Question (6)

[3]

Question (6)

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[4]
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Question (7)

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Question (8)

Write down one word that matches each of these descriptions:

a. a well-balanced soil
_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

b. a fossil where the bones of the whole animal are preserved in minerals
_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

c. to wear down weathered rock into sediments

_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

d. the feel of a material

_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

e. a natural fertiliser made of dead organic matter such as dead leaves and insects.
_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

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Question (9)

a. What does this rock consist of?

_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

b. Did this rock form when magma cooled down or when lava cooled down?
_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

c. How do you know that this is an intrusive igneous rock?

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

d. Identify the rock.

_________________________________________________________________________ [1]

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Question (10)

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Question (11)

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Question (12)

Decide whether each of the following statements is true or false.

Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ in the answer spaces.

a. Metamorphic rocks form when existing rocks are changed by heat and/or

pressure. _______________ [1]

b. Fossils are the remains of plants and animals preserved in igneous rocks.
_______________ [1]
c. The most important feature of sedimentary rocks is that they are one colour
____________ [1]

d. A geologist is a scientist who studies rocks. _______________ [1]

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