worz69Lecine Cambridge Assessment International Education Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint CANDIDATE NAME CENTRE CANDIDATE NUMBER, NUMBER SCIENCE 0893/01 Paper 1 April 2023 45 minutes You must answer on the question paper. No additional materials are needed, INSTRUCTIONS © Answer all questions. © Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. © Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page. ‘© Write your answer to each question in the space provided. * Donot use an erasable pen or correction fluid © Donot write on any bar codes, * You should show all your working in the booklet © You may use a calculator. INFORMATION The total mark for this paper is 50. © The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ } ‘This document has 20 pages. Any blank pages are indicated 182 05,0892. p1VERP @ucLES 2022 [Turn over1 2 This question is about the human excretory (renal) system. (a) Complete these sentences about the structure and function of the excretory (renal) system, The excretory (renal) system filters blood. Blood enters the .__ kidney, where itis fitered, and urine is formed. This urine passes along a tube called the towards the bladder. The urine is stored in the bladder. Urine is released from the body through a different tube called the [3] (b) The table shows the percentage concentration of four substances in blood plasma and in urine, percentage concentration of substance substance in blood plasma in urine ammonia 0.00 0.05 protein 9.00 0.00 salt 0.60 0.90 urea 0.03 2.00 Which substance has the greatest increase in the urine compared to blood plasma? Choose from the list, ammonia protein salt urea UCLES 2023 ssa an232 Aiko calculates the density of some objects. (a) Ablock of iron has a mass of 19.689 The volume of the block is 2.50 cm. (i) Write down the equation Aiko uses to calculate density density = a (ii) Calculate the density of Aiko's block of iron. density = giem? [1] (b) Aiko calculates the density of four objects. Look at her results = ah Which object is a gas? Circle the correct answer. A B c D Explain your answer. euctes 2028 saan tian2s [Turn over3 Look at the diagram of a vacuum flask. Gabriella puts a hot liquid into the vacuum flask. The flask keeps the hot liquid warm: li stopper hot liquid plastic case —— ~ ~~ vacuum (no particles) = shiny silver surfaces (a) Which material is most suitable to make the stopper? Circle the correct answer. copper gold iron plastic a (b) (i) Suggest how the shiny silver surfaces help to keep the liquid warm, (ii) The vacuum does not contain any particles, Explain why the vacuum reduces the transfer of thermal energy. (2) UCLES 2023 ssa an235 (c) Gabriella removes the lid and the stopper from the vacuum flask. Some of the hot liquid evaporates. ‘What happens to the temperature of the liquid that remains in the vacuum flask? Explain why. Use ideas about particles. euctes 2028 saan tian2s [Turn over6 4 The Earth's crust is made of a number of large pieces. (a) What is the name given to these pieces of the Earth's crust? Circle the correct answer. earthquake inner core mantle tectonic plates (1) (b) Look at the map showing the positions of earthquakes around the world in 2021 + earthquake ‘Suggest how the position of earthquakes provides evidence for the large pieces of the crust. UCLES 2023 ssa an237 (6) Look at the two maps showing the jigsaw appearance of the continental coasts. (ii) The continents have moved since 3000 million years ago. Explain how the continents move, (2) euctes 2028 saan tian2s [Turn over5 The diagram shows a model of a hydrogen molecule. X = electron (a) Name the type of bonding in a hydrogen molecule. Explain how you can tell from the diagram. a (b) Look at the diagrams showing a chlorine atom and a chloride ion. a chlorine atom, Cr chloride ion, Cr Describe how a chloride ion is made from a chlorine atom. (c) Sodium chloride, NaC, is made up of sodium ions, Na*, and chloride ions, Cl Explain how the ions in sodium chloride are held together. UCLES 2023 ssa an239 6 This is a question about photosynthesis and plant minerals (a) Look at the diagrams of different plant cells, contains green pigment ‘A onion epidermal cells B palisade cells Ly 60 © cells found in xylem D guard cells root hair fa} E epidermal cell in the root Which two diagrams show plant cells that photosynthesise? Choose from A, B, C, D and E. and 2) euctes 2028 saan tian2s [Turn over10 (b) Carlos investigates the effect of magnesium on plant growth. Carlos makes a hypothesis about the effect of magnesium on plant growth, He uses the equipment in the diagram. seedling _— cotton wool 3 lig beaker solution containing minerals In his first experiment Carlos: * fills a beaker with a solution containing all the minerals needed for healthy growth ‘assembles the equipment and seedling as shown in the diagram ‘records the appearance of the seedling after four weeks. Carlos repeats the experiment. Inhis second experiment, he uses a solution that contains all the minerals needed for healthy growth except magnesium. (i) Carlos makes a hypothesis about the effect of magnesium on plant growth. ‘Suggest a suitable hypothesis, UCLES 2023 ssa an23" In his first experiment, Carlos uses a solution with all the minerals needed for healthy growth, Explain why this is important. (©) Carlos draws a diagram to show the appearance of the plant from the first experiment after, four weeks. healthy green leaves seedling in first experiment afer four weeks Carlos repeats his experiment again. In his third experiment, he uses a solution that contains all the minerals needed for healthy growth except nitrates. Predict the appearance of the seedling left in the solution without nitrates after four weeks. Give a reason for your answer. (2) (d) Which substance is made inside chloroplasts? [1] euctes 2028 saan tian2s [Turn over2 7 Ahmed hears two sounds, A and B, Look at the waveforms for these two sounds, waveform A waveform B 4 0 Zs timein : + “+ seconds Give one similarity and one difference between waveform A and waveform B. similarity difference (2 UCLES 2023 ssa an2313 8 When asteroids collide with the Earth, they make craters. Chen uses a model to investigate the effect of asteroid collisions with the Earth, In his investigation Chen: * drops a rock into a container of soil ‘* measures the size of the hole in the soll made by the rock. (a) Complete the sentences about Chen's model. In the model the rock represents In the model the soil represents In the model the hole represents (2) itation of his model of asteroid collisions with the Earth. (b) Write down one strength and one li strength limitation (2) euctes 2028 saan tian2s [Turn over4 9 Myxomatosis is a disease that kills rabbits. (a) Describe the effect of myxomatosis on the size of a rabbit population. (b) Foxes hunt rabbits for food, The graph shows the population of foxes and the population of rabbits. population time Tick (7) the box that shows the population of rabbits wef] me LD] Give two reasons for your answer. 2) UCLES 2023 saa an215 10 Blessy makes some magnesium sulfate She adds an excess of magnesium to some dilute sulfuric acid until the reaction stops. Unreacted magnesium is left at the bottom of the solution. _=Magnesium sulfate solution \ unreacted magnesium (a) Describe how Blessy separates the magnesium sulfate solution from the unreacted magnesium. tn (b) Blessy wants to make solid magnesium sulfate from the magnesium sulfate solution. Describe how she makes solid magnesium sulfate, (6) Blessy now wants to make zino chloride. ‘Write down the name of the metal and acid she uses to make zinc chloride. metal acid euctes 2028 saan tian2s [Turn over