Cambridge Assessment International Education

Cambridge Secondary 1 Checkpoint

Anisah Abdulssalam
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SCIENCE 1113/01
Paper 1 October 2019
45 minutes
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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

This document consists of 14 printed pages and 2 blank pages.

IB19 10_1113_01/3RP
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1 The diagram shows a human stomach.

muscles

blood vessels
and digestive
cells in the
stomach lining

(a) Which term best describes the stomach?

Circle the correct answer.

cell organ organism system tissue

Use information from the diagram to explain your answer.

It is made up of more than one type of cell

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(b) Red blood cells and muscle cells are found in the wall of the stomach.

(i) Explain how the structure of a red blood cell is related to its function.

The red blood cell lacks nucleus and has haemoglobin to carry and absorb a lot of oxygen.

[2]

(ii) Explain how the structure of a muscle cell is related to its function.
It is stretchy so it can flex and relax (contract)

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2 Look at the diagram.

It shows a sealed bottle containing air particles.

air particle

(a) The air exerts a pressure on the sides of the bottle.

Explain how air exerts a pressure.

Use ideas about particles in your answer.

The particles in the bottle move randomly in the bottle and collide against the wall of the bottle.

This builds up pressure on the sides of the bottle [1]

(b) The bottle is heated.

What happens to the pressure inside the bottle? it increases

Explain your answer.

Use ideas about particles.

The particles gain more kinetic energy and move more randomly in the bottle. They collide more

frequently against the wall of the bottle.

[2]

(c) A bottle of perfume is left in a room.

The top is taken off the bottle.

The smell of the perfume eventually fills the room.

What is the name of this process?

Circle the correct answer.

condensation conduction diffusion melting

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3 Chen looks at different sound traces with an oscilloscope.

Describe what is happening to the sound from A to B.

Choose words from

decreases increases stays the same

decreases
The pitch of the sound ...................................................................... .

decreases
The frequency of the sound ....................................................................... .

stays the same

The volume of the sound ...................................................................... .

stays the same

The amplitude of the sound .................................................................... .
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4 This question is about completing a key to identify these four arthropods.

bee
ant

centipede

millipede
not to scale

(a) Look at the key.

The statements for boxes A, B and C are missing.

Use the diagrams to complete A, B and C.

arthropods

A ................................................
does it have 6 legs?
................................................

................................................

yes no

B ................................................ C ................................................
does it have wings? does it have a singular
................................................ legs on a segment of its
................................................
body?
................................................ ................................................

yes no yes no

bee ant centipede millipede

[3]

(b) Spiders also belong to the arthropod group.

Give one feature which separates a spider from the other four arthropods.

has 8 legs
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5 Blessy investigates the reactions of the element carbon.

Blessy uses a Bunsen burner to heat carbon.

She lets the carbon burn in air.

She then puts the burning carbon into a jar of oxygen.

The diagram shows the apparatus Blessy uses.

jar of oxygen

burning
carbon

Universal Indicator
solution

(a) Carbon is an element.

C
What is the chemical symbol for carbon? .......................................... [1]

(b) The carbon reacts with the oxygen to make a gas.

(i) What is the name of this gas?

Circle the correct answer.

carbon carbonate carbon dioxide carbon hydroxide carbon sulfate

[1]

(ii) The gas turns Universal Indicator solution orange.

Suggest a pH value for the solution.

4-5
pH ..................................... [1]

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6 The diagram shows a black scabbard fish from the Atlantic Ocean.

This fish is adapted to live in very deep water where there is very little light.

(a) Describe how this fish is adapted to live where there is very little light.

The eyes are big and wide [1]

(b) The black scabbard fish is a fast moving predator.

(i) Suggest how the colour of this fish helps to make it a successful predator.
It blends into its surrounding to sneak onto prey
[1]

(ii) Describe two other adaptations that suggest that this fish is a fast moving predator.

1 It has a long, muscular body

streamlined body
2

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7 Angelique finds information about the stopping distance of cars.

The stopping distance is the distance a car moves after the driver wants to stop the car.

32 km/h
6 metres 6 metres

48 km/h
9 metres 14 metres

64 km/h
12 metres 24 metres

80 km/h
15 metres 38 metres

96 km/h
18 metres 55 metres

112 km/h
21 metres 75 metres

speed thinking distance braking distance

Angelique calculates the stopping distance for a car with a speed of 32 km/h.

Here is her calculation.

6 m + 6 m = 12 m

(a) Calculate the stopping distance for a car with a speed of 112 km/h.

21+75=96

stopping distance = 96 m [1]

(b) Describe the pattern in the information for thinking distance.

Complete the sentence.

As the speed increases by 16 km/h the thinking distance increases by 3 metres each time

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(c) Predict what the thinking distance will be at 128 km/h.

24 m [1]

(d) The speed of the car doubles from 32 km/h to 64 km/h.

Answer the questions choosing words from

decreases

doubles

halves

more than doubles

more than halves

What happens to the thinking distance from 32 km/h to 64 km/h?

increases

What happens to the braking distance from 32 km/h to 64 km/h?

more than doubles

What happens to the stopping distance from 32 km/h to 64 km/h?

more than doubles

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8 Safia investigates the rusting of iron.

She puts iron nails into three different test-tubes.

Each test-tube contains different conditions.

The test-tubes are then left for one week.

The diagram shows the test-tubes after one week.

A B C

damp air oil dry air

iron nail iron nail iron nail

water boiled
water chemical used
rust to remove water

(a) The iron nail in tube A rusts.

This is because the nail reacts with water and a gas found in air.

What is the name of the gas?

oxygen
[1]

(b) Complete the sentences about the investigation.

The iron nail in tube B did not rust because

there is no oxygen present- the oil is stopping oxygen from reaching the iron nail

there is no water present

The iron nail in tube C did not rust because

[2]

(c) Rusting is a reaction that is not useful.

Explain why rusting is not a useful reaction.

It weakens and damages the structure of iron

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9 Pierre makes an electromagnet.

iron nail
cell

coil of
insulated wire
switch

Pierre wants to make a stronger electromagnet.

What does he do?

Circle the two correct answers.

add another cell

add another switch

add more coils to the insulated wire

change the iron nail to a wooden pencil

remove the iron nail

remove the switch

turn the cell around

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10 Look at the diagram of a human skeleton.

(a) Name the tissue which makes up the skeleton.

bones
[1]

(b) Give two functions of the skeleton.

protect delicate organs
1
movement (of joints)
2

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11 Jamila investigates the reaction of different metals with hydrochloric acid.

The metals are magnesium, zinc and iron.

She measures how long it takes for the reaction with each metal to make 50 cm3 of hydrogen gas.

(a) She thinks these variables are important in her investigation.

A the metal used

B the volume of hydrochloric acid used

C the concentration of the hydrochloric acid used

D the time to make 50 cm3 of hydrogen gas

E the temperature of the room

Which letter shows the variable Jamila changes? A

Which letters show the three variables Jamila keeps the same?

B , c and e

Which letter shows the variable Jamila measures to find out which metal reacts the fastest?
d
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(b) Jamila predicts that hydrochloric acid will react fastest with zinc.

Look at her results.

time to make 50 cm3 of gas

metal
in seconds
magnesium 50
iron 280
zinc 200

Is Jamila’s prediction correct? no

Explain your answer.

zinc reacts slower than magnesium. it takes 200 seconds and magnesium takes 50 secs to make

50 cm cubed of gas

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12 (a) Class 9 have a quiz about our solar system.

Complete the answers.

Solar System Quiz

1. Mercury, Earth and Mars are three of the inner planets of our solar system.

What is the name of the other inner planet?

Venus
…………………………………………………………………………………………………...

2. The most distant planet from Earth was Pluto.

Pluto has now been classified as a dwarf planet instead of a planet.

What is the name of the most distant planet from Earth?

Neptune
…………………………………………………………………………………………………...

3. What is the name of the object that all the planets in our solar system orbit?
The Sun
…………………………………………………………………………………………………....
[2]

(b) Class 9 look at a photograph of the night sky.

lines

A camera normally lets light into it for a second.

The camera that took this photograph let light into it for 30 minutes.

What objects in the night sky make the lines on the photograph?

the stars

Explain why they look like lines.

Earth is rotating

[2]

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