Cambridge Primary Checkpoint

SCIENCE 0097/02
Paper 2 October 2024
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 40

Published

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements
of the examination. It shows the basis on which Markers were instructed to award marks. It does
not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at a Markers’ meeting before marking
began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the End of Series
Report. Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

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General guidelines on marking

Many descriptive answers can be expressed in a variety of ways. Professional judgement can be
used in these cases, providing it matches the marking points and further information in the mark
scheme.

Answers may have words spelt incorrectly. Credit is normally given for phonetically correct answers,
unless the word has a scientifically different meaning. For example, where the answer should be
antennae, credit will be given for antena but not for anthen (too close to anther).

Only the science is being assessed so answers do not need to be grammatically correct. Significant
figures will be indicated in the question or in the mark scheme.
Unless specified all marking points are independent.

Annotations and abbreviations

/ or alternate responses for the same marking point

( ) brackets the words or units in brackets do not need to be stated, for example, (recycles or
releases or provides) minerals = minerals scores the mark

Underline exact word is required

Accept an acceptable response

Do not accept indicates an incorrect response that would contradict another otherwise correct
alternative

Ignore indicates an irrelevant answer that is not creditworthy. Full marks can still be
achieved even with answers that are ignored

Note provides extra information when necessary

ecf error carried forward; marks are awarded if an incorrect response has been carried
forward from earlier working, provided the subsequent working is correct

ora or reverse argument; for example, as mass increases, volume increases could be
written as mass decreases, volume decreases

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

1(a) 7 1 Accept seven

1(b) shrimp or cod or seal 1 Ignore fish

1(c) (tiny) plants → zooplankton → shrimp (→ walrus) 1

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

2(a) property 1 Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.

ticking or underlining, but circling takes
precedence.

more than one answer circled = 0 marks

2(b) 4 1 Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.

ticking or underlining, but circling takes
precedence.

more than one answer circled = 0 marks

2(c) bar plotted correctly 1 Ignore width of bar

1400

1300

1200

1100

1000

900

800

melting point 700

in °C
600

500

400

300

200

100

0
metal metal metal metal metal
A B C D E

2(d) Metal A has the highest melting point of the five metals. 1 Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.
circling or underlining, but ticking takes
precedence.

more than one box ticked = 0 marks

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

3(a) 254 (cm3) 1

3(b) mass of salt 1 all four correct = 1 mark

beaker observation
in g

A 0 (idea that) egg sinks Accept A does not float

Accept B does not float

B 10 (idea that) egg sinks

Accept C does not float or points upwards or

(idea that it) starts to float
C 20 (idea that) egg sinks Ignore just ‘floats under the water’

D 30 (egg floats under the water)

idea that the egg floats (with E Accept does not sink
E 40
part above water)

Ignore nothing happens or no reaction

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

3(c) 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

any two from

size (of egg) or volume (of egg) Accept surface area (of egg)

shape (of egg)

mass (of egg) or weight (of egg)

age

(idea that) cooked or raw

(amount of) air in the egg Accept (idea that) part of egg is hollow/empty
Ignore just ‘egg is hollow/empty’

(amount of) yolk in the egg

named species of egg, e.g. chicken and duck eggs Ignore just ‘types of egg’

Ignore if egg is cracked or colour

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

4(a) Earth 1 Ignore a planet

Do not accept the Sun or the Moon

4(b) spin or turn or rotate 1 Accept spin (the model) or turn (the model) or
rotate (the model)

Ignore just ‘moves her head’ or ‘moves her eyes’

Do not accept orbit

4(c) 1

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

5(a) (idea that) toxic substance(s) move through the food chain 1 Accept other words for toxic substance(s), e.g.
poison

Accept descriptions of movement up the food

chain, e.g. shark eats tuna/prey which contains
the toxic substance(s) or shark eats the tuna/prey
which ate the mackerel containing the toxic
substance

Ignore just ‘shark eats fish/animal which contains

the toxic substance(s)’

Do not accept shark eating any other organism

e.g. mackerel or herring or tiny plants

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

5(b) any one from 1 Ignore just ‘stop polluting/pollution’

stop/reduce burning fossil fuels Accept examples of reduced use of fossil fuels
e.g. use a bicycle or use electric cars

reduce use of plastics Accept use reusable plastic or reduce the use of
single use items

(idea of) clean up plastic/litter/trash/rubbish (from beaches)

recycle

ban toxic substances Accept stop releasing (harmful) gas or stop

using/releasing pesticides
stop/reduce mining

clean up oil spills

education Accept specific examples, e.g. campaigns or

laws or posters

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

6(a) reactant 2 all three correct = 2 marks

reactant one or two correct = 1 mark

product

6(b) gas 1 Accept named gas, e.g. carbon dioxide

Ignore air or vapour or steam

Do not accept boiling

6(c) 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

colour change

temperature change Accept gets warm or gets cold

Ignore just ‘temperature’

Ignore gas/bubbles/fizz

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

7(a) 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

(rays of) light

reflecting Accept changing direction

Ignore bouncing

Do not accept refracting

7(b) (idea of) moves mirror to the centre/middle of his face 1 Accept move mirror up/higher or move mirror to
touch his nose/chin/forehead or move mirror to
the left or move mirror to the right

Ignore just move/turn/adjust the mirror

Do not accept move the mirror to the left and/or

right in the same answer.

7(c) 1 both answers correct for the mark

use a cleaner mirror
Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.
use a smoother mirror ticking or underlining, but circling takes
precedence

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8(a) 1 both answers correct for the mark

(soil A) (idea that water moves) through the soil Accept absorbed by soil or moves down(wards)

Ignore just ‘moves easily’

(soil B) (idea that water) stays on the top of the soil Accept does not move through the soil or not
absorbed by the soil

8(b) any one from 1

(idea that) root(s) get water

(idea that) root(s) have space

(idea that) root(s) have oxygen Accept root(s) have air

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8(c) any two from 1 both answers correct for the mark

minerals Accept nutrients or named minerals, e.g.

phosphorus or nitrogen
Ignore vitamins or toxins

rock(s) or pebbles or stones Accept other examples, e.g. grit or gravel or

fossils
Ignore dirt or mud
clay

silt

sand

organic material or organic matter Accept animal faeces or humus or dead plant
material or dead organisms
Ignore waste or inorganic matter

animals Accept named animals, e.g. earthworms or

insects or microorganisms or bacteria or
decomposers or fungi
Ignore just ‘plants’ or just ‘roots’

oxygen or air
Ignore rain or temperature or pH

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Question Answer Marks Further Information

9(a) A 1 Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.

ticking or underlining, but circling takes
precedence

more than one answer circled = 0 marks

9(b) any two from 2 each correct answer = 1 mark

nutrients Accept named nutrient, e.g. glucose or vitamins

or minerals
Accept digested food
Ignore just ‘food’ or energy

oxygen Ignore air

waste Accept carbon dioxide or urea or toxins

Ignore red blood cells or white blood cells or

blood cells or plasma or platelets or arteries or
veins or capillaries

Question Answer Marks Further Information

10(a) increases 1 Ignore expands

10(b) any value in the inclusive range 55 – 0 1 Do not accept negative numbers

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11(a) (idea that) circuit is complete or there is no gap in the 1

circuit or the loop touches the wire

11(b) 1 Ignore wires drawn

Question Answer Marks Further Information

12(a) (idea that) she breaks the sugar cubes 1 Accept described method of breaking cubes, e.g.
apply a force or smash or hit or cut or crumble

Do not accept heat or melt or add water or

dissolve

12(b) (idea that) washes away or moves or transported or flows 1 Accept dissolves

Ignore weathering or erosion

Do not accept melt or turn to liquid or evaporate

or boil

12(c) igneous 1 Accept named igneous rocks e.g. andesite or

basalt or dacite or obsidian or pumice or rhyolite
or scoria or tuff

Do not accept other rocks, e.g. metamorphic or

sedimentary

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13(a) the volume of air that moves into his lungs 1 Accept any indication of the correct answer, e.g.
circling or underlining, but ticking takes
precedence

more than one answer ticked = 0 marks

13(b) any one from 1

(idea of) safe exercise practice Accept wear appropriate clothing/footwear or run
in an open area or do the exercise in a safe place

Ignore just ‘safe exercise’

Ignore use new mouthpiece or use clean
mouthpiece or wear googles/gloves/protective
clothing or wash hands

(idea of) health concerns Accept do not do investigation if ill or stop if the
activity makes him feel unwell or stop if struggling
to breathe or do not do excessive exercise

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