Year 7

Science
Assessment
If push came to shove
could we live on another
planet?
3-6
Name:
Teacher:
Class:

Instructions
Read this carefully.
You have 50 minutes for this examination
You will need: pens, pencil, rubber, ruler and
calculator.
Answers
Look for the mark indicator on the right hand side
of the page to see where you need to give an
answer
Check how many marks each answer is worth
and write an appropriate response.
Read the question carefully and make sure you
are answering the question that has been asked.
Answer all questions on the paper.
Check over your work at the end of the
examination.

Q1.
(a) Tasha puts a small block of wood
on a smooth surface.

She puts different forces on the block.

The diagrams below show the size and direction
of these forces.
Will each block move to the left, to the right or
stay still?
Tick the correct box in each row.
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forces on block
(i)

moves to the left

moves to the right

stays still

(ii)

moves to the left

moves to the right

stays still

moves to the left

moves to the right

stays still

(iii)

moves to the left

moves to the right

stays still

(iv)

moves to the left

moves to the right

stays still

(b)

(i)
Which piece of equipment
should Tasha use to measure the
forces on the block?
Tick the correct box.

(ii) Give the name of the equipment used to

measure force.
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Q2. (a) Nicola is trying out her new roller

blades. Robert is pulling her along with a rope.
Arrows A, B, C and D show the directions of four
forces acting on Nicola.
Robert
Nicola
A

C
(i)
Which arrow shows the direction of the
force of gravity on Nicola?
Give the letter.
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(ii) Which arrow shows the direction of the
force of the rope on Nicola?
Give the letter.
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(b) Robert pulls Nicola at a steady speed of 2

metres per second. How far will Nicola travel in
10 seconds?
............... metres
(c) Nicola lets go of the rope and she slows
down. Gravity still acts on Nicola.
Give the name of one other force still
acting on Nicola after she lets go of the rope.
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Q3. The diagram below shows the Earth, the

Sun, the Moon and an artificial satellite.
Artificial satellite

(a) Which letters, on the diagram, show the

Earth, the Sun and the Moon?
the Earth ....................
the Sun
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the Moon ....................
(b) Give one use of a satellite.
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(c) Which of the following is a source of light?

Tick the correct box.
the Earth
the Moon
the Sun
a satellite
(d) The curve shows the path of the Sun in
the sky from sunrise to sunset in England one
day in summer.

1pm
East
sunrise 5am in
summer

West
C
sunset 9pm in
summer

(i)
On the curve, mark the position of the Sun
at 9 am.
Label this point A.

(ii) The Sun seemed to move from point B to

point C.
How many hours did this take?
Tick the correct box.
2 hours
6 hours
4 hours
8 hours
(e) On the diagram above, draw the path of
the Sun from sunrise to sunset on a day in
winter.

Q4. The drawings in parts (a), (b) and (c) show

two teams of pupils in a tug-of-war.
There is a ribbon tied to the middle of the rope.
(a) The sizes and directions of the forces of
each team are shown.
1000 N

1000 N
ribbon

Team A

Team B

The ribbon stays above point X on the ground.

Give the reason for this.
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(b)The teams then pull with the forces shown

below
1200 N

1000 N
ribbon

Team A

Team B

Draw an arrow on the rope to show the direction

in which the ribbon will move.
(c) Later, the ribbon was to the left of point X
as shown below.

Team A

Team B

Why did the ribbon move towards the left?

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(d) Team A practises by pulling a rope tied to a
tree.
1200 N

The team pulls with a force of 1200 N but the

tree does not move.
What is the force of the tree on the rope?
Tick the correct answer.
Zero
Less than 1200 N
1200 N
more than 1200 N

(e) The pupils do not slip because there is a

force between their shoes and the
ground. What is the name of this force?
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Q5.
(a) Alfie made a model of part of the
solar system.
He used metal balls for the Sun, the Moon
and the planets.

E goes around D.
B, C, D, F and G go around A.

Give the letter that is used to label:

(i)
the model Sun;
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1 mark
(ii) the model Earth;
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1 mark
(iii) the model Moon;
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1 mark
(iv) the model planet with the largest orbit.
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1 mark

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(b)

The bar chart shows the force of gravity on eight of the planets.

Gravity
(N/kg)

(i)

The gravity on Neptune is 12 N/kg.

On the chart above, draw a bar for the
planet Neptune.
Use a ruler.
1 mark
(ii) Give the name of a planet where you would
weigh more than you weigh on Earth.
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1 mark
(iii) On which planet would a spaceship need
the largest force to take off?
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1 mark
maximum 7 marks

Q6. (a) Some of the statements in the list

describe forces, and some do not.
Tick the boxes by the three forces statements.
the movement of a car travelling along a road
the push of a jet engine on an aeroplane.
t
he flow of electricity through a light bulb.
the weight of a book on a table.
the pull of a horse pulling a cart.
the speed of a hockey ball flying through the air

(b) A girl throws a ball. The diagram shows the

path of the ball after she has thrown it.

How can you tell from the path of the ball that
there is a force acting on the ball?
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(c) The drawing shows a trolley rolling along a
table from A to B.

B
A
Then another force acts on the trolley. This is
shown by the arrow on the drawing.
What effect does this force have?

Tick the correct box.

It makes the trolley go faster.
It makes the trolley go slower.
It makes the trolley change direction.
It has no effect.

Q7. The diagram shows four forces acting on a

plane in flight.
direction of flight

D
C
(a) Which arrow represents air resistance?
Give the letter.
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(b) (i)
When the plane is flying at a constant
height, which two forces must be
balanced?
Give the letters.
............. and .............
(ii) When the plane is flying at a constant
speed in the direction shown, which
two forces must be balanced?
Give the letters.

............. and .............

(c) (i)
Just before take-off, the plane is
speeding up along the ground.
Which statement is true?
Tick the correct box.
Force B is zero.
Force B is greater than force D.
Force D is equal to force B.
Force D is greater than force B.
(ii) Which statement is true about the plane just
as it leaves the ground?
Tick the correct box.
Force C is zero.
Force C is greater than force A.
Force A is equal to force C.
Force A is greater than force C.

Q8.
Aristotle. lived in Greece over 2000
years ago.
Aristotle said that the heavier an object is, the
faster it will fall to the ground.
(a) The list below shows a bowling ball, a
cricket ball and a ping-pong ball.
Lila dropped them all at the same time from the
same height.

bowling ball
mass = 5 000 g
cricket ball
mass=160g
ping-pong
mass = 2.5 g
If Aristotle was correct, which of the three balls
would you expect to reach the ground first?
Give the reason for your answer.
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1 mark

(b) Joe said that it would be a fairer test if Lila

had only used a cricket ball and a hollow plastic
ball as shown below.

cricket ball
mass = 160g
hollow plastic ball
mass = 56g
Why was Joe correct?
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(c) About 400 years ago in Italy, a man called
Galileo had a different idea. He said that all
objects dropped from the same height would
reach the ground at the same time.
(i)
Lila dropped a hammer and a feather at the
same time from the same height.
If Galileo was correct, which, if either, would
reach the ground first?
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(ii) Gravity acts on both the hammer and the

feather as they fall. Give the name of one other
force which acts on them as they fall.
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(iii) An astronaut on the moon dropped a

hammer and a feather at the same time from the
same height.
How would the results of the astronauts
experiment on the Moon be different from Lilas
experiment on the Earth?
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Explain your answer.
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2 marks
maximum 6 marks

Q9.
The diagram below shows the path of a meteor
as it gets closer to the Earth.
The meteor is shown in three positions: A, B and C.
A
B

Earths atmosphere

(a) The path of the meteor is

affected by the Earths gravity.
The arrow shows the direction of
the force due to gravity acting on
the meteor at B.
(i)

On the diagram draw an

arrow to show the direction of
the force of gravity on the
meteor at A.
Use a ruler.
1 mark

(ii) On the diagram draw an

arrow to show the direction of
the force of gravity on the
meteor at C.
Use a ruler.
1 mark

(iii) How does the force of

gravity on the meteor change as it
travels from A to C?
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1 mark
(b) What happens to the speed of
the meteor as it travels from A to
B?
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1 mark
(c) When the meteor enters the
Earths atmosphere, three forces
act on the meteor. Gravity and
upthrust are two of these forces.
Give the name of the other force.
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1 mark
maximum 5 marks

Q10.
The drawing below shows
an astronaut in space.
He has four small jets attached to
his space suit.
These jets produce forces on the
astronaut in the directions A, B, C
and D.

(a) The drawing below shows the

size and direction of four forces
acting
on the astronaut.

In which direction, A, B, C or D,
will the astronaut move?
Give the letter.
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1 mark

(b) The drawing below shows the

size and direction of four different
forces acting on the astronaut.

What will happen to the

astronaut when the jets produce
these four forces?
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1 mark

Explain your answer.

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1 mark

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(c) The drawing below shows the

size and direction of four different
forces acting on the astronaut.
Draw an arrow on the diagram
below to show the direction in
which he
will move.

1 mark
maximum 4 marks

Q11.
In July 1994, fragments of the
comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were
pulled into the planet Jupiter,
causing a series of enormous
collisions.
(a) The fragments of comet were
pulled towards Jupiter by gravity.
How did the gravitational force vary
with the mass of the fragment?
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1 mark
(b) As each fragment approached
Jupiter, the gravitational force on it
changed. Describe the change.

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(c) Tick the correct box to
complete the statement.
Between the different fragments of
the comet
there was an attractive force
there was a repulsive force
there was no force
The comet was in fragments
because, in July 1992, it had
passed very close to Jupiter and
had broken up.

(d) Tick the correct box to

describe the gravitational force
per kilogram on different sides of
the comet as it passed close to
Jupiter.
all parts of the comet were pulled
towards Jupiter equally strongly
all parts of the comet were pulled
towards Jupiter, but the side facing
towards the planet was pulled more
strongly
all parts of the comet were pulled
towards Jupiter, but the side facing
away from the planet was pulled
more strongly
the side of the comet facing towards
Jupiter was pulled towards the
planet but the side facing away was
repelled

(e) Tick the correct box to show

what gravitational force (if any)
the comet exerted on Jupiter.
no force
an attractive force
a repulsive force
1 mark
maximum 5 marks