Knowledge resources

Students are asked three multiple-choice questions that relate to tides, the full moon and a solar eclipse.

Task: Using the given pH, classify 10 common substances as acidic, basic, or neutral. Assessment focus: knowledge of the pH scale

Identify from four circuit diagrams which bulbs will light up. Assessment focus: electrical circuits.

Students answer a multiple choice question about what happens when a magnetised object is cut in half, and then draw the lines of the magnetic field around two magnets.

Task: Answer questions about types of solar eclipse. Assessment focus: interpreting diagrams.

For this task students understanding of tides is explored. Students are asked to identify where high tides occur when the Moon is in a certain position and how often high tides occur.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions about full Moon and lunar eclipses.

For this task students identify what may cause clouds to be at different heights and then interpret weather information to answer a multiple-choice question about fog.

Task: Answer questions about what happens to water in open and closed containers. Assessment focus: evaporation.

Students draw up a table to illustrate results of how indicators change when placed into four different liquids.

Task: Answer questions about levers. Assessment focus: levers.

Students use the term force to explain why a heavier hammer could drive nails into denser material and explain density.

Students are given information and a diagram about a drink bottle overflowing when it had been put into the freezer. Students are asked to explain why this happened and how they could prevent it.

Students are asked to identify a solid, liquid, and a gas. They are also asked to write down two things that are generally true for each of these three states of matter.

Students state whether each of nine common objects are either soft or do not bend easily.

Task: Answer questions about what happens to the light form a torch. Assessment focus: light.

Task: Answer a multiple choice questions about what would be seen on earth if a meteor hit the moon, and explain why that answer is correct. Assessment focus: how sound and light travel.

For each of eight provided situations students identify whether each is an example of evaporation, condensation or neither of these.

This task consists of two multiple-choice questions on humidity.

Students name things that are protected by paint. Students also explain why metal needs protecting.

Students are given a mind map showing some properties of carbon dioxide. Students identify each of these as either a physical or chemical property.

Students select which type of sugar would dissolve fastest and explain why.

Using provided data students decide which of three liquids would freeze if placed in a freezer. Students explain what happens to particles when they freeze and how the level changes due to freezing.

Students draw diagrams to show the particle arrangement in a solid, liquid, and a gas. Students then describe the differences in arrangement and movement of the particles for each of these states.

Students decide whether four statements about particular nature of matter are true or false and then give a reason for their answer.