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Edexcel International Tl\t t\rst two tt'I\S ert about Sp1u.
Lower Se<ondary
Curriculum Rtad Ttxt 1, 'Jodrell 811\k 011co¥ery Ctntrt', aftd 11\S'llfff the [Link] wt\1ch ~l\ow
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Year9 sure to Inspire yout
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W,>lk tlround the tl'IM(0~ p,thw~y to [Link] out about rt~ hkto,y und how it '#Of\s.

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Fl<t 1 Otd you know th.\t tho tt'i('!o<op(.' i~ so Sof>f\SI~ t~t \t tO\M ~tet tht from '· •
You do not nffd any other materials. Tot~I M.1•lu your mobil4! phone if you"""~ c,tanding on t~ surf~ ol MN\l ·, • • ••• .,:·

Space Povilioft:What Is the tcl~:.c~f obstr~ng? ~ow dtd the UnNtt~ ~ 7 WNt Is•
black hole?
Instructions Co~ and find ans~r\ to the W<>MC'fS of the UnMr~. I\\!~ to th<?~ of the ag· · lO
[Link] c1nd explort' thl? lnvkl~ UNYMe using our inlefl(lM! t!llhb"t. , ,. {
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centre nun,~r ar-d candidate number
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0 8 lfw and lhe Moon
C science ~nd nawr~

!Soi.,," T,i..n f,0111 • 1un111 for the JodreU ll•nk o,~,,,y Cenu11 - D D the Galaxy~ the U4Wt'fse

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D I You can [Link] the pwwu uwng a model d SolM
D C The Galaxy ~rdens Me only oper1 t o ~

D D You can speak to Ktronome n dW'II WOtlt • the cer,,tn

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4 [Link] two example1 to show tNt the Low-Cl T~ope rs ""~diN ry

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s I ht m,,n p,1100,,. -,f •t \ •~ •I t !"
l 11ul. u11wMti r,n" (13,~ ch•,., n,qhl uncJ you w,11 \fl«' ,1~1\ h11nd•t"rt\ of lhcim t~en
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tw1nld1nq r,n,no of h?ht Ml' \Ul1S mony nf thNtl IJr larrirr hollrr .incl morr pnwrdul
th,,n our nwn 5un. \(I much ,n [Link] thr f Mlh \l't'm\ Ir" 1mrnr111n1 In 1hr w,dr Unlvrrw 5 [1 C tell th/' r"itd!'r 1b<>ut 'I'-"" I•~"'
th1111 n \11\QIC" Qr,,in of ,,inn 1n 1hr S11hnr,1
0 show tv,,,., ~wono,,..., "" P'"'l'''"".l
1 hC'lr" \1111 much we do not ,now, Jnd pr•h~ps n,ny ncvr, •now, hut we h3v" come
,1 lono w,1y \IMI' our ~ncr\to,, fl,llt'd up tow.11ch thr l!M\, j11\I ~\ wr do tod~y. ~nd
[Link](lrr,•d wh,11 1twy Wl'I!' As11ono,ne11t<111110w prt•r 11110 th,. d!'ptln of spncc. ptck 11p
l14ht fruin 1t<11 \y\ll'ms unhel,r11olbly t,11 ,,w~y. a11d ,•vcn send m,1thl11rs to other worlds 10 In p,r~qraph I tt\1- '""""' t•h u, 1h,1 ,h.. t,,th A:>P" • I
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Hubble Sp,,cr l;,tesrnpr wh,ch 01b,t1 1hl' (111th brynnd thr h,u,. of our atmosphere.
would hl\~ b<'l'n unom,19,nablc only II few dec11dr, .190 llnothN factor wh,ch h~s bePn rJ B polluted
crunal 1n the [Link] 3dvance\ of the 111st fifty y<'M\ 1, thr incrr~se 1n computer power
ava,loble to \CICOll\ts IS 0 C 1n1,,9n,f,unt

t\m.,,, • T.t\rn ho"' Bon,J' A tomplrtt h,story of tllt 1Jnw,t1t. by O"""' M.-y (hri, Linton 11nt1 [Link] Moo,t l 0 D b119ht
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O A Light from crties m.1k,.s ,1 d.'ficutt to~" th" s•,rs

D B Our Sun ,s the lo1r9e,1 and holt~I in !hi'

0 C The Hubble Space Tele1cc,pe ()(l),U l"" Soun

0 D Comp11ters are em.•nt~l 10 01>',frvt' tht ,,,,,

(Toulfor Question 7 • 1 ~rill

8 State two things have contribU1~ to, .... golden~ of ,n-onomv

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! SECTION S

Answ•r ALL quHtlon s.

Read [Link] 3, 'The Night Sk)I', and answer the question s which follow.

Text 3 'The Night Sky'

In this txr,acr. Ell1t JS on holiday by o lokt.

to the wooden p1u It was
I One hot moonless night after dinner she walked downskyalone
and found her heart racing
1 pt>rf~tly mll She looked up at the brilliant spangled
her. she found a soft
Without looking down. with only her outstretc hed hand 10 gu,de
[Link] of grass and laid herself down
tw1nkl,ng, a few 5
sky was blazing with stars There were thousand s of them. most
looked carefully you could see faint difference s 1n colour That
broght and steady If you
b119ht one there. wasn·t 11 bluish'
reassuring Cautiously
Sh~ felt •ga,n for the ground beneath h<'r re was whd steady
of lakefront She could
s~ sat up and lool..ed left and right. up and down the long reach IO
to herself Really 11')
stt both s,des of the water The world only looks n,11, she thought
once a d•y. She tned
round Th,s 11 all a big ball turning in the middle of the sky
d1fft'rent language!>
to ,~ine 11 spinning, w,th m,11,ons of people glued to ,1, talking
wearing different clothes, all stuck to the same ball

moving r1d1culously fast

If som..h1n9 n big as the urth turned once a day, 1t hid to be
She thought she could 1S
Everyone she knew must be whirling at an unbelieva ble speed.
the Earth turn - not just imagine It In her head. but really feel It In the
now actu•lly feel
craned her neck back
pit of ht-r stomach. It was hkt- descendi ng In a fast elevator She
She wu overtaken by
furthe,, unhl she could see nothing but black sky ind bright stars.
on either side of her and
the giddy sense that 1he h•d better clutch the clumps of grass 20
body dwarfed by the
hold on for dear ltfe. or else fall up Into the sky, her tiny tumbling
huge [Link]~ sphere below
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'II SECTION C
An1wer boch questions.
You will b• asseu •d on spelli ng, punct
uaclo n and gr,mmar ,n both qiase ions.
16 Write .in .lrt1cle for a school mo19n1ne.
telling rf'.t<kf• ~bOul a hobby or ,nrtt~ I you
enioy.
In your wriun g you should·

explain whit your hobby or 1n1ere51 involv

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describe why you en,oy 11

Inform readers ;iboul how 10 9et involved

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TOTAL FOR SECTION 8" 15 MARKS

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TOTAl FOR SECTION C z 30 MARKS

TOTAl FOR PAP~R: ~n MARK~