Common Entrance Revision: Includes more advanced questions
15 questions suitable for CE or scholarship
KS3 Levels 5 and 6
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1. Which part of a plant which takes water and dissolved nutrients from the ground ?

Root

Leaf

Stem

Flower

2. The diagram below shows a light ray passing through a glass block.

This digram represents which physical process?

Refraction

Reflection

Dispersion

Scattering

3. Some copper foil is heated in a sealed test tube until the copper stops changing colour. What gas is the copper reacting with?

Oxygen

Nitrogen

The glass that the test tube is made from

Hydrogen

4. When crystals of copper sulphate are heated strongly in a test tube they

melt

decompose

boil

burn

5. This diagram shows a measuring cylinder being used to measure the volume of some water.

What volume of water is being measured?

17ml

16ml

15ml

18ml

6. The graph above shows the amount of a substance that dissolves in water at different temperatures.

At what temperature is the solubility of substance A exactly the same as the solubility of substance C?

79 C

52 C

23 C

66 C

7. Brass is an alloy of which two metals

Copper and zinc

copper and tin

zinc and tin

Lead and tin

8. Where would you find the cerebellum?

In your stomach

In the brain

In the heart

In your leg

9. Why is it preferable for ice skates to have a very thin edge?

So that the ice is less likely to crack

To increase the area of blade in contact with the ice.

To increase the pressure of the blades on the ice

To decrease the force on the ice

10. What kind of substance is air

an single element

a mixture of elements and compounds

a mixture of compounds

a mixture of elements

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