Grade
7
2014
2014 Sample Test
Science (English)
Instructions
You have 50 minutes to complete this test.
Do not write in this booklet. Write all your answers
in the separate answer booklet.
Some questions ask you to shade A, B, C or D in
the answer booklet.
A
B
C
D
If you make a mistake, cross out the mistake and
shade the correct bubble.
Some questions ask you to write your answer in the
answer booklet.
Use a pencil or a blue or black pen to shade the
bubbles and write your answers.
Listen to the instructions from your teacher.
Q1.
Which of these living things makes its own food?
A
B
Jasper holds two magnets near each other.
Q2.
The closer the magnets get, the
A
less Jasper has to push them
B
harder Jasper has to push them
C
heavier they are
D
lighter they are
C
D
Ahmed is recording the rainfall. He looks at the water in a rain gauge.
Q3. Which is the best position for Ahmed to read the scale on the rain gauge?
A
B
C
D
Q4.
In this food chain, what does the hawk eat?
A
the mouse only
B
the grasshopper and the mouse only
C
the grass, the grasshopper and the mouse
D
more information needed
Producers get their energy from food they make.
Consumers get their food and energy from eating other orgaisms.
Q5.
Which one is correct?
A
B
C
D
Producers
hawk, mouse, grasshopper
grass
grasshopper
mouse
Consumers
grass
hawk, grasshopper, mouse
mouse, grass
hawk
When plaster powder is mixed with water it makes a creamy paste. This paste sets into a
solid block. This change is permanent (non-reversible).
Q6.
Q7.
Which of these is also a permanent change?
A
cooking an egg
B
mixing sand and water
C
melting chocolate
D
melting ice
Sources of energy that never run out are called renewable.
Which of these is using a renewable energy source?
A
a windmill pumping water on a farm.
B
a petrol car driving along a road.
C
nuclear power heating a house.
D
burning oil to heat a house.
Which would make dust storms more likely?
Q8.
A
building wind turbines
B
clearing land
C
mining
D
building dams
Q9. Shade one circle to show the correct body system for each body part.
Body System
Body Part
stomach
kidney
heart
brain
Digestive
Circulatory
Nervous
Urinary
Thermometers measure how hot things are.
Q10.
Q11.
Thermometers work because
A
the liquid gets bigger when it heats up
B
the liquid gets smaller when it heats up
C
the temperature is on the scale
D
the liquid boils inside the glass tube
The female duck of this species is a brown colour. Of what use is this colour to the
female duck?
A
it makes it easy for ducklings to find her
B
it helps her hide when sitting on eggs
C
it makes her attractive to male ducks
D
it is a good colour for keeping warm when swimming
Identical rocks and fossils have been found in South America and Africa.
These fossils have not been found anywhere else.
Fossils
Q12.
What is the best explanation for this observation?
A
Some animals swam across the ocean.
B
The continents were once closer to each other.
C
A large volcano blasted rocks around the world.
D
Humans carried animals and rocks when they travelled.
The biceps and triceps muscles move the forearm.
The arrow shows where the forearm is moving.
Q13. What are the muscles doing?
A
B
C
D
The biceps and triceps contract.
The biceps and triceps relax.
The biceps contracts and the triceps relaxes.
The triceps contracts and the biceps relaxes.
Earth
Moon
Sun
Q14. These diagrams show the positions Earth, Moon and Sun. (Diagram is not to scale)
Which would produce a lunar eclipse?
A
B
C
D
The heart pumps blood to all parts of the body including the lungs.
Q15. Which of these shows the amounts of gases found in blood entering and leaving the
lungs?
Q16. Which part of the blood carries most of the oxygen around the body?
A
B
C
D
plasma
antibodies
red blood cells
white blood cells
Four identical towels are washed together and put under different lights to dry.
The amount of time it takes each towel to dry is shown in the table below.
Q17.
Q18.
Which of these is true?
A
Globe II is the hottest
B
Globe II is the brightest
C
Globe I is the brightest and hottest
D
Globe IV is bright, but not hot
After 22 minutes, how many towels are dry?
A
1
B
2
C
3
D
4
Q19.
Q20.
Which type of energy is unlikely to travel through the walls of the boathouses?
A
sound
B
light
C
heat
D
magnetism
The sand in the picture above is
A
a solid
B
a liquid
C
a gas
D
not a solid, liquid or gas
The triangle is a simple instrument.
It hangs from string or a metal loop.
When the triangle is hit with the metal rod it makes a musical note.
This note stops when you touch the triangle with your hand.
Q21. Why does the sound stop when the triangle is touched?
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The pictures show where two fossil fish (A and B) were found.
These fish fossils are not found in any other rock layers.
Q22. Which of these is most likely to be true?
A
B
C
D
Fish A died before fish B
The larger fish probably died first.
Both fish died at about the same time.
Which fish died first cannot be worked out.
Q23. Look at the graph. Which of these is the best explanation given for differences in
the monthly temperatures?
A
B
C
D
The Earth’s axis is tilted.
The Earth spins on its own axis once a day.
The Earth travels round the Sun once a year.
The Earth is not always the same distance from the Sun.
Kendra and Sam waned to investigate the motion of four different balls as they fall
through the air.
They used a basketball, a tennis ball, a soccer ball and a golf ball.
Kendra gently drops each ball from a third-storey balcony 20 metres from ground level.
Sam times the falls with a digital stopwatch. Below are the results.
Trial
1
2
3
Q24.
From this data, you can conclude that
A
B
C
D
Q25.
all balls take about the same time to fall
the golf ball falls the quickest
the soccer ball falls the quickest
it is impossible to make a conclusion
Which best explains the difference in time between Trial 2 and Trial 3 for the basketball?
A
B
C
D
Q26.
Basketball
2.7
3.2
2.6
Time taken to hit the ground (seconds)
Tennis ball
Soccer ball
Golf ball
3.0
2.8
3.2
2.9
3.1
2.9
2.7
2.7
2.8
Kendra dropped the ball from a lower height in Trial 2
There was a gust of wind during Trial 2
Kendra dropped the ball with less force in Trial 3
Sam stopped the timer too late in Trial 3
If a brick and a feather were dropped from the same balcony, the brick would hit the
ground at about the same time as the balls did but the feather would take much longer.
The reason for this is
A
B
C
D
the feather is lighter than the brick
the feather has a smaller surface area than the brick
air resistance affects the feather more than the brick
the feather is not a solid material
This is a picture of the moon on August 1st, 2010.
Q27. Which picture shows what the moon will look like one week later?
A
B
C
D
Q28.
The salmon (smolt stage) swim out to sea together so that
A
B
C
D
Q29.
some survive attacks from predators
they will be less likely to get lost
it is easier to hunt food
it is easier to get a mate
Max has two identical balloons. He puts one
in the refrigerator. Later he takes it out and
sees it has become smaller.
This is because the particles of air
A
B
C
D
joined together
became smaller
moved closer together
escaped from the balloon
Q30.
What common name do we use when heat is trapped within our atmosphere?
A
B
C
D
Q31.
cyclone
greenhouse effect
thermosphere
hurricane
Two groups of people are having a tug of war.
Team A has moved the marker to their side of the judging line. However, it is now not
moving. Which of these is true?
A
B
C
D
Team A is applying more force to the rope than Team B
The force applied to the rope by each team is the same
Team A has a better grip on the ground and holds the marker on their side
The grip Team B applies to the rope is slightly weaker than that of Team A
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