Test Your Level | British Curriculum

Question 1

Cambridge Primary 1

What do plants need to grow?

Explanation
Most plants need light, water and air to grow.

Question 2

Cambridge Primary 1

Which item uses electricity?

Explanation
A lamp needs electricity or a battery to give light.

Question 3

Cambridge Primary 1

Which part helps a bird fly?

Explanation
Birds use wings for flying.

Question 4

Cambridge Primary 1

Which is the safest way to smell an unknown liquid?

Explanation
Unknown substances should be checked by an adult.

Question 5

Cambridge Primary 1

Which object is usually soft?

Explanation
A feather is soft.

Question 6

Cambridge Primary 2

What does a shadow need?

Explanation
A shadow forms when light is blocked.

Question 7

Cambridge Primary 2

Which direction does gravity pull objects?

Explanation
Gravity pulls objects towards Earth.

Question 8

Cambridge Primary 2

Which material is flexible?

Explanation
A rubber band can bend and stretch.

Question 9

Cambridge Primary 2

Which object gives the clearest reflection?

Explanation
A mirror has a smooth shiny surface.

Question 10

Cambridge Primary 2

Why do we sort materials?

Explanation
Sorting helps us group materials by properties such as hard, soft or waterproof.

Question 11

Cambridge Primary 3

What does a skeleton do?

Explanation
The skeleton gives support and protects organs.

Question 12

Cambridge Primary 3

Which teeth are used for cutting food?

Explanation
Incisors at the front cut food.

Question 13

Cambridge Primary 3

Why repeat measurements?

Explanation
Repeats help identify mistakes and improve reliability.

Question 14

Cambridge Primary 3

Why do scientists draw conclusions?

Explanation
Conclusions should be based on evidence.

Question 15

Cambridge Primary 3

Which is an invertebrate?

Explanation
Butterflies do not have backbones.

Question 16

Cambridge Primary 4

Which teeth are used for cutting food?

Explanation
Incisors at the front cut food.

Question 17

Cambridge Primary 4

Which method can recover salt from salt water?

Explanation
Evaporation removes the water and leaves salt behind.

Question 18

Cambridge Primary 4

Which surface reflects light best?

Explanation
Smooth shiny surfaces reflect light well.

Question 19

Cambridge Primary 4

What is evaporation?

Explanation
Evaporation is when liquid becomes gas.

Question 20

Cambridge Primary 4

What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

Explanation
Oxygen is released as a product of photosynthesis.

Question 21

Cambridge Primary 5

Which statement is true?

Explanation
Both groups share plant characteristics.

Question 22

Cambridge Primary 5

Which state is easiest to describe by saying "no fixed shape and no fixed volume"?

Explanation
Gases take both the shape and volume of their container.

Question 23

Cambridge Primary 5

Use the model. What is seed dispersal?

Explanation
Dispersal spreads seeds.

Question 24

Cambridge Primary 5

How long does Earth take to rotate once?

Explanation
One rotation is about one day.

Question 25

Cambridge Primary 5

Which animal shape reduces water resistance?

Explanation
Streamlining helps movement through water.

Question 26

Cambridge Primary 6

Which chamber pumps blood to the body?

Explanation
The left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood around the body.

Question 27

Cambridge Primary 6

Which nutrient is important for growth and repair?

Explanation
Protein is needed for growth and repair.

Question 28

Cambridge Primary 6

Which statement is a conclusion?

Explanation
A conclusion explains what the results show.

Question 29

Cambridge Primary 6

Which is the best improvement to an investigation?

Explanation
Repeats and means improve reliability.

Question 30

Cambridge Primary 6

How can a saturated solution be made to dissolve more solute?

Explanation
Many solids become more soluble at higher temperatures.

Question 31

Cambridge Lower Secondary 7

Which is a renewable energy source?

Explanation
Wind is naturally replenished.

Question 32

Cambridge Lower Secondary 7

What is neutralisation?

Explanation
Neutralisation reduces acidity or alkalinity.

Question 33

Cambridge Lower Secondary 7

What is density?

Explanation
Density is \(\rho=m/V\).

Question 34

Cambridge Lower Secondary 7

What is a hypothesis?

Explanation
A hypothesis is an idea that can be tested.

Question 35

Cambridge Lower Secondary 7

What is the role of decomposers?

Explanation
Decomposers recycle nutrients.

Question 36

Cambridge Lower Secondary 8

What is the role of decomposers?

Explanation
Decomposers recycle nutrients.

Question 37

Cambridge Lower Secondary 8

What does acceleration mean?

Explanation
Acceleration is rate of change of velocity.

Question 38

Cambridge Lower Secondary 8

Calculate density of a 200 g object with volume 50 cm³.

Explanation
Density = mass/volume = 200/50 = 4 g/cm³.

Question 39

Cambridge Lower Secondary 8

Which organism is a consumer?

Explanation
A rabbit gets energy by eating other organisms.

Question 40

Cambridge Lower Secondary 8

Which wave can travel through a vacuum?

Explanation
Light is electromagnetic and can travel through a vacuum.

Question 41

Cambridge Lower Secondary 9

Which object floats in water if its density is less than water?

Explanation
Objects less dense than water tend to float.

Question 42

Cambridge Lower Secondary 9

Which reaction is exothermic?

Explanation
Combustion releases energy to the surroundings.

Question 43

Cambridge Lower Secondary 9

Which energy source is non-renewable?

Explanation
Coal forms over millions of years and is used faster than it is replaced.

Question 44

Cambridge Lower Secondary 9

Which gas is needed for aerobic respiration?

Explanation
Aerobic respiration uses oxygen to release energy from glucose.

Question 45

Cambridge Lower Secondary 9

Which separation method identifies dyes in ink?

Explanation
Chromatography separates dissolved substances by movement through a medium.

Question 46

Cambridge IGCSE 10

Which process transfers thermal energy in fluids?

Explanation
Convection occurs by movement of warmer fluid.

Question 47

Cambridge IGCSE 10

What is the product at the cathode in electrolysis of molten lead bromide?

Explanation
Positive lead ions gain electrons at the cathode.

Question 48

Cambridge IGCSE 10

What is active transport?

Explanation
Active transport needs energy to move substances against a gradient.

Question 49

Cambridge IGCSE 10

What is the atomic number?

Explanation
Atomic number equals number of protons.

Question 50

Cambridge IGCSE 10

Why use a control group?

Explanation
Controls help show whether the independent variable caused an effect.

Question 51

Cambridge IGCSE 11

Which blood component carries oxygen?

Explanation
Red blood cells contain haemoglobin.

Question 52

Cambridge IGCSE 11

Which sampling method uses a square frame?

Explanation
Quadrats estimate abundance or distribution of organisms.

Question 53

Cambridge IGCSE 11

Which bonding occurs in sodium chloride?

Explanation
Sodium transfers an electron to chlorine, forming ions.

Question 54

Cambridge IGCSE 11

What is the critical angle?

Explanation
At the critical angle the refracted ray travels along the boundary.

Question 55

Cambridge IGCSE 11

A 1200 kg car accelerates at 2.5 m/s². Find resultant force.

Explanation
\(F=ma=1200\times2.5=3000\) N.

Question 56

Cambridge AS Level

Which vessel transports water in plants?

Explanation
Xylem transports water and mineral ions.

Question 57

Cambridge AS Level

Which microscope has the highest resolving power?

Explanation
Electron microscopes use shorter wavelengths for higher resolution.

Question 58

Cambridge AS Level

Which unit is equivalent to a joule?

Explanation
Work done equals force times distance, so a joule is a newton metre.

Question 59

Cambridge AS Level

What is the Young modulus?

Explanation
Young modulus measures stiffness as stress/strain.

Question 60

Cambridge AS Level

What is the SI unit of electric field strength?

Explanation
Electric field strength is force per unit charge, N/C.

Question 61

Cambridge A Level

What is the function of haemoglobin?

Explanation
Haemoglobin binds oxygen in red blood cells.

Question 62

Cambridge A Level

What does line spectra provide evidence for?

Explanation
Discrete spectral lines show electrons have quantised energy levels.

Question 63

Cambridge A Level

Which bond holds water molecules to each other?

Explanation
Water molecules form hydrogen bonds.

Question 64

Cambridge A Level

What is translation?

Explanation
Translation uses mRNA codons to build a polypeptide.

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