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Year 5 diagnostic exam
1 a Label the layers of the structure of the Earth on the diagram.
b Which layer is solid and made of metal?
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c Which layer is liquid rock?
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d Complete these sentences to describe two reasons why this diagram is a good model
of the structure of the Earth.
The Earth is shaped like a ________________.
The diagram clearly shows the ________________ inside the Earth.
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2 Fill in the missing words to complete the sentences about how muscles work.
Muscles are joined to the _________________. Muscles _________________ on bones to make
them move. Muscles work in _________________. When one muscle _________________ and
gets shorter, the other muscle _________________ and gets longer.
3 a Underline the conductors of electricity in this list of materials:
copper plastic seawater cork wood aluminium glass pure water steel
Choose the right words to complete these conclusions.
Underline or highlight the words you choose.
b When you add a lamp to a circuit, all the lamps will shine more brightly than/less brightly
than/the same as before.
c When you add a cell to a circuit, all the lamps will glow more brightly than/less brightly than/the
same as before.
d If you add a cell and a lamp to a circuit that has only one cell and one lamp, all the
lamps will shine more brightly than/less brightly than/the same as before.
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4 Class 4 drew a graph of the results of an investigation.
Look at their graph and answer the questions that follow.
a What did they measure?
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b What did they change?
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5 Draw rays on this diagram to show how Marcus sees the cricket ball. Label the rays.
a Label the parts of the volcano lettered A–D.
A: ___________________ B: ___________________
C: ___________________ D: ___________________
b What type of volcano is this?
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7 Tick two ways that each bird’s beak is suited to its habitat.
Shape of beak Short Long Flat Pointed Hooked
A bird that lives next to a
river and eats fish
A bird that lives in
grassland and eats seeds
8 The table show the properties of substance A and substance B.
Substance Flows from one container to Keeps its shape
the next
A X
B X
a What is a substance?
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b Which substance is a solid? A or B?
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c Draw the arrangement of particles in substance A.
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9 An earthquake occurred in Japan. The epicentre was 10 km off the coast. Tsunami warnings
were sent to everyone living along the coast of Japan and other islands nearby.
a What is an epicentre?
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b What is a tsunami?
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c Why were warnings sent to people living along the coast?
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d Why does Japan often have earthquakes?
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10
This diagram shows the Earth at two points in its orbit around the Sun.
a What movement is the Earth doing around its axis?
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b What does this movement cause?
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c On the diagram, colour in the areas on both Earths that are having night.
d Explain why you shaded these parts of the Earth.
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