Cambridge Primary Checkpoint
SCIENCE 0846/01
Paper 1 April 2022
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 50
Published
This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements
of the examination. It shows the basis on which Markers were instructed to award marks. It does
not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at a Markers’ meeting before marking
began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers.
Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the End of Series
Report. Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.
This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
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General guidelines on marking
Many descriptive answers can be expressed in a variety of ways. Professional judgement can be
used in these cases, providing it matches the marking points and further information in the mark
scheme.
Answers may have words spelt incorrectly. Credit is normally given for phonetically correct answers,
unless the word has a scientifically different meaning. For example, where the answer should be
antennae, credit will be given for antena but not for anthen (too close to anther).
Only the science is being assessed so answers do not need to be grammatically correct. Significant
figures will be indicated in the question or in the mark scheme.
Unless specified all marking points are independent.
Annotations and abbreviations
/ or alternate responses for the same marking point
( ) brackets the words or units in brackets do not need to be stated, for example, (recycles or
releases or provides) minerals = minerals scores the mark
Underline exact word is required
Accept an acceptable response
Do not accept indicates an incorrect response that would contradict another otherwise correct
alternative
Ignore indicates an irrelevant answer that is not creditworthy. Full marks can still be
achieved even with answers that are ignored.
Note provides extra information when necessary
ecf error carried forward; marks are awarded if an incorrect response has been carried
forward from earlier working, provided the subsequent working is correct
ora or reverse argument; for example, as mass increases, volume increases could be
written as mass decreases, volume decreases
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
1(a)
A B C D E
2 each correct answer = 1 mark
1(b)
insect picks up the pollen (from the anther) or pollen sticks Accept pollinator or named insect or (small) animal
to the insect for insect e.g. bee or bug or bird or bat
Accept insects move pollen or insects spread
pollen or insects collect pollen or pollen moved
by wind
carries pollen to stigma or carries pollen to (another) flower Accept carries pollen to carpel or carries pollen
to pistil
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
2 2 all five correct = 2 marks
true false
three or four correct = 1 mark
Pitch is the same as volume.
one or two correct = 0 marks
Pitch is a force.
Sounds are made when objects
vibrate.
Sounds are sometimes loud or
quiet.
Sound is measured in Newtons.
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
3(a)
1 2 3 4 5
1 all correct in any order = 1 mark
3(b) ladybird and bird and hawk
Question Answer Marks Further Information
5 each correct row = 1 mark
4 evaporate
magnetic add water sieve the
mixture all the
attraction then filter mixture
liquid more than one tick in a row = 0 marks for that row
salt solution
salt and sand
lumps of iron
and
iron powder
iron and sand
copper powder
and
steel powder
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
5(a) 2 each correct answer = 1 mark
Materials that allow light to pass through are Accept translucent or clear or see through
transparent.
Materials that do not allow light to pass through are
opaque.
5(b) 2 continuous ray reflected from each mirror = 1
mark
minimum one arrow in the correct direction = 1
mark
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
6(a) 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
bird horse plastic tree salt
6(b) any three from 3 each correct answer = 1 mark
nutrition
moving or movement
reproducing or reproduction or reproduce
sensitivity
Accept excretion
Accept respiration
Ignore breathing
Ignore growing
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
7(a) 1 all four correct = 1 mark
part name
W cell or battery
X switch
Y wire or cable or lead or connector
Z lamp / bulb
7(b) 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
A B C D E
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8(a) Substance E is a solid in the laboratory. 1
8(b) (substance D) has a melting point of 0 (°C) or has the 1
same melting point as water
8(c) boiling point (of D is 100 (°C)) 1
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
9(a) 2 all four correct = 2 marks
statement positive effect negative effect
three or two correct = 1 mark
dropping litter
one correct = 0 marks
protecting habitats
more than one tick in a row is incorrect for that
recycling row
using more energy
9(b) any one from 1
(idea of) to stop harming wildlife or to stop killing wildlife Accept named examples for wildlife, e.g. fish
Accept to stop extinction (of wildlife) or to stop
endangering wildlife or to save wildlife or to
preserve wildlife
(idea of needing clean) drinking water Accept (idea of needing clean) water to wash
clothes or water to wash dishes or water to wash
themselves
(idea of) to stop diseases spreading or to stop causing
diseases
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10(a) lung(s) 1
10(b) 3 each correct answer = 1 mark
breathing Accept to breathe or to inhale air or gas
exchange
gets oxygen (into body) Accept take in oxygen or oxygenate blood
removes carbon dioxide Accept excrete carbon dioxide
Accept linked, higher level, answers for 2 marks
e.g. oxygen needed for respiration or
oxygen is required for (release of) energy or
carbon dioxide made in respiration is removed
Question Answer Marks Further Information
11(a) 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
Jupiter Mars UranuS Saturn
11(b) 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
1 2 3 4 5
11(c) As the order of the planets from the Sun increases the 1
number of (Earth) years (to move around
the Sun) increases.
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12(a) nickel 1 all five in correct order = 1 mark
steel
iron
aluminium
tin
12(b) (carbon) makes it stronger 1 Note answer must be comparative
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
13(a) 2 all four plots correct = 1 mark
tolerance ± ½ small square
Do not accept a bar graph
line of best fit or point to point = 1 mark
13(b) 1 (cm) 1
13(c) 225 (minutes) 1 Accept time from 210 to 240 (minutes)
13(d) different thickness or different shape or different width or 1 Accept different room conditions, e.g. different
different type (of candle) / different material (of candle) or temperatures or different place
different packets (of candle)
Do not accept no repeats
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
14(a) forcemeter or newton meter 1
14(b) 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
14(c) 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
14(d) 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
decreases
increases
decreases and increases
stays the same
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Question Answer Marks Further Information
15(a) skull 1 Accept cranium
15(b) 1 all three correct = 1 mark
increases
decreases
increases
15(c) age 0.5 years 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
age 1 years
age 2 years
age 3 years
age 4 - 5 years
15(d) between the age of 0 years to 0.5 years 1 more than one answer circled = 0 marks
between the age of 0.5 years to 1 year
between the age of 1 year to 2 years
between the age of 2 years to 3 years
between the age of 3 years to 4–5 years
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