Science Practice Exam Unit 6 Lower Secondary Cambridge 7

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Science

Unit 6
Exam

Circle the correct answer

What is sound not affected by?

Reflections

Air

Gravity ✔️
Echos

List 3 surfaces which reflect sound best:


Flat wall
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Floor
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Electronic device
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Fill in the blanks

Sound waves reflect best from flat_____________ ,electronic _______________, and empty
______________ surfaces.

What is the reflection of sound called?

Echo
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Give an example of useful echos


Bats use echoes to find insects or food
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Give an example of unwanted echos
If there were echoes in a theatre, the actors
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Voices wouldn’t be heard
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Circle the correct answer

Which one of these will give the best echo in the room?

Soft curtains

Glass window ✔️
Thick carpet

Wool blanket

Fill in the blanks

The earth has a ____________crust of solid rock.

Under the earth is the outer core___________, which is __________a (hot liquid) rock that
can flow.

In the centre of the Earth is the inner crust________.

The core is made out of __________iron and ________nickel.

Label the parts of the earth:


1:crust
2:mantle
3: outer core
4:inner core

State the part of the earth that forms the centre


Inner core
_______________________________________

Name the metals found in this part


Iron and nickel
_______________________________________

Name the most common metal found in the earth’s crust


Silicon
_________________________________________

Name the most common non-metal found in the earth’s crust

_________________________________________oxygen

True or false

The earth’s crust is made up of large tetonic plates


_______________true

Tetonic plates move slowly on liquid rock called Carnet

_______________false

The plates only move about 7 cm each year

_______________false

Circle the correct answer

The place where tetonic plates meet are called

Pacific plate

Earth’s crust

Mantle movement

Plate boundaries ✔️

One plate sliding underneath the other one is called:


Subduction
_____________________________

How do tetonic plates break and crack?

The earths plates break when they bump into


_________________________________________
Each other, and the faults getting stuck. This causes pressure
_________________________________________
What happens when tetonic plates break and crack?

The pressure builds up and the more the plates move


_________________________________________
The more the ground above shakes, it eventually
_________________________________________
Leads to an earthquake.
_________________________________________

What is the result of plates sliding past and causing friction between each other?
It creates an earthquake
________________________________

Which statement is true about tetonic plates?

They never move

They move in different ways ✔️


They always move towards each other

The always move away from each other

Which word is used to describe the strength of an earthquake

Force

Energy

Magnitude ✔️
Destruction

Explain how tetonic plates can cause fold mountains to form


When the plates move together,the rocks crumble and
_________________________________________
Fold upwards, causing fold mountains to form.
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