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Mid Year exam

Year 9 Science MY Exam: Science Skills practical test

• Drawing a scientific diagram of lab equipment

• Parts of a burner and correct use

• Drawing a graph – straight line or simple curve

• Interpreting a graph

• Observation, inference, hypothesis, conclusion, generalisation

• using lab gear, including measuring cylinder and triple beam balance

• you will carry out three short experiments

There is some additional material about this on the Year 8 Investigations page

EoY Exam structure: four sections, about ½ hour each

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Year 9 Science Exam - updated 2023

Four Sections, ½ hour each

Living World

• Parts of the cell, differences between animal and plant cells

• Reproductive structures of plants, pollination

• Photosynthesis and leaf parts, photosynthesis word equation and conditions

• Seed dispersal

• Parts of the digestive system and their function

Earth and Space  Earth and space digital flashcards

• Stars in the sky (why they are different colours and brightness)

• Types of star

• Distances in space

• Earth cycles (Sun, Moon, Earth and their patterns e.g. day and night)

Physical world        Light and energy digital flashcards

•  Mirrors and reflection

• Mirror types (convex/diverging, concave/convergent)

• Refraction and lenses

• Lenses and lens types

• Colour and how colours are made

• Energy types and energy changes

The Material World

• First twenty elements names and symbols

•  Parts of the atom and how they relate to the periodic table

• Numbers of protons, neutrons and electrons (e.g given atomic number and mass number)

• Electron arrangement

• Chemical formula (numbers of different atoms in the formula)

• Word equations

• Food tests