Common Entrance Revision: Includes more advanced questions
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KS3 Levels 5 and 6
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1. What is the lowest level in the Earth's atmosphere?

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Exosphere

Ionosphere

2. What comes near to the Earth every 76 years?

Haley's Comet

The Moon

The Hubble Telescope

The Sun

3. This diagram shows the water cycle Where does the energy come from that drives the water cycle?
 

 

The Sun

The Clouds

Wind

The speed of water flowing down the rivers

4. What name is given to the outer layer of the Earth's atmosphere?

2

Troposphere

Stratosphere

Thermosphere

Exosphere

5. Which of the circuit diagrams shows two bulbs joined in parallel?

D

B

A

C

6. A solar eclipse happens when

the moon's shadow falls on the Earth.

the Earth moves between the sun and the moon.

Venus is between the sun and the Earth.

the Earth's shadow falls on the moon.

7. Alpha Proxima is a star. What makes it special?

It is the brightest star in the sky

It was the only star we have seen, other than our own Sun, that has planets around it.

It is the largest star we can see

It is the nearest star outside our solar system

8. Microbes are tiny living organisms
TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

TRUE

9. Why does photosynthesis in plants usually stop at night?

To stop animals eating the plants

Because it is too cold

Because it is too dark

Because there isn't enough oxygen in the air

10. Which of the gases below would not be found in the Earth's atmosphere?

Nitrogen

Hydrogen

Argon

Carbon dioxide

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