Science

Stage 8

Paper 2 2022

45 minutes

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all questions.
 Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
 You should show all your working on the question paper.

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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1 Safia uses a microscope to study a sample of blood from a healthy

person.
Look at the view from the microscope.

(a) Write down the function of cell A.

[1]

(b) Safia then studies a blood sample from someone recovering from an infection.

This blood sample looks different to the sample from a healthy person.

Describe how the blood sample from a person recovering from an infection looks different.

Explain your answer.

[2]

(c) Blood cells are transported in a liquid.

(i) Write down the name of this liquid.

[1]

(ii) Write down one other function of this liquid.

[1]

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2 Light is reflected and refracted by

water.
The diagram shows some paths a ray of light may take.

normal
incident ray of A
light

B
air

water C
E D

(a) Which letter shows the reflected ray?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

(b) The law of reflection is about the angle of incidence (i) and the angle of reflection (r).

Write down the law of reflection.

[1]

(c) Which letter shows the refracted ray of light?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

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3 Mike investigates the coloured dyes used to make a food

colouring.
He:

 uses paper chromatography

 draws a start line in pencil on the chromatography paper
 places a dot of food colouring on the start line
 places dots of pure dyes on the start line
 puts the chromatography paper in the solvent as shown in the diagram

chromatography
paper

direction of
motion of
solvent
food
colouring
start
line
solvent

red blue yellow green

pure dyes
 waits until the solvent has soaked up the chromatography paper.

Look at Mike’s chromatogram.

solvent front

start line

food colouring red blue yellow green

pure dyes

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(a) Mike puts his food colouring and the pure dyes on a pencil line rather than a line drawn in
ink.

Explain why.

[1]

(b) Paper chromatography separates the colours in the food colouring.

Describe how.

[1]

(c) Which coloured dyes are present in the food colouring?

Explain your answer.

[2]

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4 Electricity is generated using different

resources.
This pie chart shows the percentage of electricity generated in a country using different resources.

hydroelectric others
4% 1%

nuclear
9% crude oil
(petroleum)
41 %

natural gas
20 %

coal

(a) What percentage of the electricity is generated using coal?

% [1]

(b) What type of resource are crude oil (petroleum), coal and natural gas?

[1]

(c) Write down two other energy resources not shown in the pie chart.

2
[2]

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5 Gabriella makes some sugar.

It is important that the sugar is very pure.

(a) What is meant by a pure substance?

[1]

(b) Gabriella makes 12.0 g of a solid.

The solid contains 10.8 g of sugar.

What is the percentage purity of sugar in the solid?

Use the equation shown.

mass of useful product

percentage purity  total mass of solid  100

percentage purity = ………………………… % [2]

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6 Oliver investigates the amount of energy in different

foods.
Look at the diagram.

It shows the equipment he uses.

thermometer

test-tube

10 cm3 of water

burning food
mounted needle

Oliver:

 measures 1 g of food
 puts 10 cm3 of water into a test-tube
 measures the starting temperature of the water
 sets the food on fire
 holds the burning food under the test-tube until the food stops burning
 measures the final temperature of the water.

Oliver repeats the experiment using different foods.

(a) Explain why Oliver uses the same mass of food each time.

[1]

(b) Write down one other variable Oliver keeps the same.

[1]

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Oliver writes his results in this table.

………..………..……. ……………..…………. ………..……..………..

………………..……... ………………..….…... ……..……………........

nut 28 64

biscuit 26 40

cereal 26 44

bread 27 38

(c) Complete the table by writing the headings in the table. [2]

(d) Write down the name of the food that contains the most energy.

[1]

(e) Write down the name of the nutrient in food which provides a large amount of energy.

[1]

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7 Ring magnets have a north pole, N, and a south pole,

S.
Chen has a toy made with four ring magnets.

N N N N

S S S S

(a) Chen wants to use the four ring magnets to make the pattern in the diagram.

Explain how he does this.

Use ideas about north poles and south poles.

[2]

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(b) Chen now wants to use the four ring magnets to make a different pattern.

Explain how he does this.

Use ideas about north poles and south poles.

[1]

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8 Look at the picture of a

galaxy.

(a) Write down two types of objects that make up a galaxy.

[1]

(b) Write down the name of a piece of equipment scientists use to study galaxies.

[1]

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9 Look at the picture of a pond.

(a) Circle the word that describes all the living and non-living things in the pond.

abiotic biotic ecosystem food web [1]

(b) Write down two habitats in the picture.

[2]

10 This question is about reactions of metals.

(a) Magnesium burns in oxygen to make a new substance.

Write the word equation for this reaction.

[1]

(b) Sodium reacts vigorously with water.

Write down two observations you make when sodium reacts with water.

2
[2]

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11 Aiko makes an electromagnet.

Look at the diagram of her equipment.

core

cell

coil of wire
(6 turns)
switch

paper clips

Aiko uses the electromagnet to pick up paper clips.

She makes this prediction,

‘Increasing the number of turns of wire around the core will make a
stronger electromagnet.’

Look at Aiko’s results.

number of paper
number of turns
clips picked up
2 1
4 3
6 5
8 6
10 7

(a) Is Aiko’s prediction correct?

Explain your answer using her results.

[1]

(b) Mia tells Aiko that she needs to improve her

investigation. Describe how Aiko improves her

investigation.

Explain your answer.

[2]

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12 Yuri has drawn this diagram to show the magnetic field lines around the Earth.

NOT TO SCALE

(a) Complete the sentence below to explain why the Earth has a magnetic field.

The of the Earth acts as a . [1]

(b) Name the piece of equipment that is used to show the direction of the magnetic field.

[1]

(c) Draw arrows on each of the magnetic field lines to show the direction of the magnetic field. [1]

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13 Ahmed investigates the solubility of potassium nitrate in water at different

temperatures.
Look at his results.

solubility of
temperature
potassium nitrate in water
in oC in g / 100 cm3
10 21

20 32
30 46
40 64
50 86

(a) Plot Ahmed’s results on the grid.

Two points have been done for you.

Draw the curve of best fit through the points.

90

80

70

60

solubility of 50
potassium
nitrate in
40
water in g /
100 cm3
30

20

10

0
0 10 20 30 40 50
temperature
in °C
[2]

(b) Complete the sentence.

As the temperature increases, the solubility of potassium nitrate in water . [1]

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14 Blessy draws five different distance / time graphs on the same axes.

A
B
C
distance
from
Blessy E

time

The distance axis shows how far an object is away from Blessy.

(a) Which graph shows a stationary object?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

(b) Which graph shows an object moving towards Blessy?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

(c) Which graph shows an object getting faster?

Circle the correct answer.

A B C D E [1]

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15 Look at the diagram.

It shows two different forces F1 and F2 acting on a ruler.

The ruler is balanced.

d1
ruler
d2

pivot

F2
F1

Explain why the ruler is balanced.

Use ideas about the principle of moments.

[2]

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The Periodic Table of Elements

Group
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2
H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
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37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

20
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Cs Ba lanthanoids
Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
Fr Ra actinoids
Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103

actinoids Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
– 232 231 238 – – – – – – – – – – –