Year 9 Science
Practice Assessment Questions
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Teacher: …………………………………………………
Instructions
• Read questions carefully
• Complete all questions using all teacher guidance
• Look at the marks awarded in each question to work out how
detailed your answer should be
• Work out a pace of 1-minute per mark
• Use these practice questions as a central part of your revision
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Year 9 – Summer Revision Questions
Q1.
The diagrams show an animal cell and a bacterial cell.
(a) (i) Structures A and B are found in both the animal cell and the bacterial cell.
Use words from the box to name structures A and B.
cell membrane chloroplast cytoplasm vacuole
A ______________________________
B ______________________________
(2)
(ii) Both cells contain genetic material.
Name the structure in the animal cell that contains genetic material.
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(1)
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(b) List A gives three structures found in animal cells.
List B gives four functions of cell structures.
Draw one line from each structure in List A to its correct function in List B.
List A – Structure List B – Function
Controls what substances
enter the cell
Cell membrane
Photosynthesis
Mitochondrion
Protein synthesis
Ribosome
Respiration
(3)
(Total 6 marks)
Q2.
The diagram shows a cell.
(a) (i) Use words from the box to name the structures labelled A and B .
cell membrane chloroplast cytoplasm nucleus
A ___________________________
B ___________________________
(2)
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(ii) The cell in the diagram is an animal cell.
How can you tell it is an animal cell and not a plant cell?
Give two reasons.
1. ____________________________________________________________
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2. ____________________________________________________________
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(2)
(b) Oxygen will diffuse into the cell in the diagram.
Why?
Use information from the diagram.
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(1)
(c) The cell shown in the diagram is usually found with similar cells.
Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.
an organ.
Scientists call a group of similar cells a system.
a tissue.
(1)
(Total 6 marks)
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Q3.
The diagrams show four types of cell, A, B, C and D.
Two of the cells are plant cells and two are animal cells.
(a) (i) Which two of the cells are plant cells?
Tick ( ) one box.
A and B
A and D
C and D
(1)
(ii) Give one reason for your answer.
______________________________________________________________
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(1)
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(b) (i) Which cell, A, B, C or D, is adapted for swimming?
(1)
(ii) Which cell, A, B, C or D, can produce glucose by photosynthesis?
(1)
(c) Cells A, B, C and D all use oxygen.
For what process do cells use oxygen?
Draw a ring around one answer.
osmosis photosynthesis respiration
(1)
Figure 2 shows a different human embryo.
Figure 2
(d) Measure image length X on Figure 2.
Give your answer in millimetres (mm).
X = _____________________________ mm
(1)
(e) The image in Figure 2 has been magnified × 500
Calculate the real length of the embryo.
Use the equation:
Give your answer in micrometres (µm).
1 mm = 1000 µm
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Real length of the embryo = _____________________________ µm
(3)
(Total 9 marks)
Q4.
There are eight elements in the second row (lithium to neon) of the periodic table.
(a) Figure 1 shows a lithium atom.
(i) What is the mass number of the lithium atom in Figure 1?
Tick (✔) one box.
(1)
(ii) What is the charge of an electron?
Tick (✔) one box.
–1
+1
(1)
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(iii) Protons are in the nucleus.
Which other sub-atomic particles are in the nucleus?
Tick (✔) one box.
ions
molecules
neutrons
(1)
(b) What is always different for atoms of different elements?
Tick (✔) one box.
number of neutrons
number of protons
number of shells
(1)
(c) Figure 2 shows the electron arrangements of three different atoms, X, Y and Z.
These atoms are from elements in the second row (lithium to neon) of the periodic
table.
Which atom is from an element in Group 3 of the periodic table?
Tick (✔) one box.
Atom X
Atom Y
Atom Z
(1)
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(d) Figure 3 shows the electron arrangement of a different atom from an element in the
second row of the periodic table.
(i) Give the chemical symbol of this element.
______________________________________________________________
(1)
(ii) Why is this element unreactive?
______________________________________________________________
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(1)
(Total 7 marks)
Q5.
This question is about the periodic table.
The figure below shows an early version of the periodic table published by a scientist.
(a) The scientist left gaps in the periodic table in the figure above.
Each gap is represented by a question mark (?).
Give one reason why the scientist left gaps in this periodic table.
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(1)
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(b) Which scientist published the periodic table in above figure?
Tick (✓) one box.
Bohr
Chadwick
Mendeleev
(1)
(c) The modern periodic table is different from the periodic table in above figure.
One extra group of elements has been added.
What is the name of the extra group of elements in the modern periodic table?
Tick (✓) one box.
Alkali metals
Halogens
Noble gases
(1)
(d) Why do the elements in Group 1 of the modern periodic table have similar chemical
properties?
Tick (✓) one box.
The elements all form negative ions.
The elements all have one electron in
the outer shell.
The elements all have the same
number of shells.
(1)
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(e) Table 1 shows the melting points of the first five elements going down Group 1.
Table 1
Element Melting point in °C
Lithium 181
Sodium 98
Potassium X
Rubidium 39
Caesium 29
Predict value X.
X = __________°C
(1)
(f) Give one observation you would see when a small piece of potassium is added to
water.
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(1)
(g) The discovery of isotopes explained why some relative atomic masses are not whole
numbers. Element R has two isotopes.
The table below shows the mass numbers and percentage abundances of the
isotopes of element R.
Mass number Percentage abundance (%)
6 7.6
7 92.4
Calculate the relative atomic mass (Ar) of element R.
Give your answer to 1 decimal place.
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Relative atomic mass (1 decimal place) = _______________ (3)
(Total 9 marks)
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Q6.
Four students are talking about the different energy sources used to generate electricity in
the areas where they live.
(a) Draw one line from where each student lives (List A) to the energy source in their
area (List B).
Draw only four lines.
List A List B
Where each student lives Energy source
Wind
Where I live is the sunniest part
of the country.
Waves
Where I live, the land is very flat
and it always seems to be windy.
Solar
Where I live, it is not safe to swim.
The sea is always too rough.
Tides
Where I live, you can see steam
coming out of the ground.
Geothermal
(4)
(b) All of the energy sources given in part (a) can be used to generate electricity.
What else do all these energy sources have in common?
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(1)
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(c) In a hydroelectric power station, the energy from falling water is used to generate
electricity.
Which one of the following gives a disadvantage of a hydroelectric power station?
Put a tick ( ) in the box next to your answer.
has a fast start-up time
large areas of land are flooded
polluting gases are produced
(1)
(Total 6 marks)
Q7.
(a) A washing machine washes dirty clothes and then spins the clothes to remove
some of the water.
(i) Use the correct words from the box to complete the sentence.
chemical electrical kinetic sound
When the washing machine spins the clothes, ____________________
energy is transferred into useful ____________________ energy.
(2)
(ii) Name one type of energy the washing machine wastes when spinning the
clothes.
______________________________________________________________
(1)
(iii) What eventually happens to all the wasted energy?
Tick one box.
The wasted energy is transferred to the clothes.
The wasted energy is transferred to the
surroundings.
The wasted energy is trapped and is re-used.
(1)
(Total 4 marks)
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Q8.
The figure below shows a student before and during a bungee jump.
The diagram is not to scale.
(a) In position B, the student is moving towards the river and the bungee cord is
stretching.
How do the energy stores in position B compare with the energy stores in
position A?
Tick (✓) one box in each row.
Less than The same More than
Energy store
at A as at A at A
The student’s gravitational
potential energy
The student’s kinetic
energy
The bungee cord’s elastic
potential energy
(3)
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(b) The bungee cord behaves like a spring with a spring constant of 78.4 N/m.
At one point in the bungee jump, the extension of the bungee cord is 25 m.
Calculate the elastic potential energy stored by the bungee cord.
Use the equation:
elastic potential energy = 0.5 × spring constant × extension2
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Elastic potential energy = ____________________ J
(2)
(Total 5 marks)
END OF QUESTION
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