Common Entrance Revision: Includes more advanced questions
15 questions suitable for CE or scholarship
KS3 Levels 5 and 6
Answer all 15 questions and then press ‘Submit’
Your score and any corrections will then be shown

1. The diagram shows a human embryo.

Which label represents the placenta?

D

B

A

C

2. What happens to the current through a component if the voltage is increased?

Does not change

Increases

Decreases

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

It is the largest star we can see

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

It is the nearest star outside our solar system

It is the brightest star in the sky

4. A plant is an example of a producer.
Producers are living organisms that:

Eat other organisms for food

Break down dead organisms for food

Make their own food by photosynthesis

5. Camels have wide feet.
How does this help them walk on sand?

It makes the pressure on the sand less

It increases the pressure on the sand

It makes the downward force on the sand less

It gives them better grip

6. How many 'equinoxes' are there in a year?

52

2

4

12

7. Name a chemical that decomposes to release carbon dioxide when it is heated

Magnesium oxide

Potassium permanganate

Copper carbonate

Magnesium ribbon

8. Which of the following is NOT caused by bacteria

Rotting leaves

Coffee getting cold

Getting a tummy upset

making yogurt

9. When a substance was burnt it was found to form carbon dioxide and water as products of combustion.
What was being burnt?

Candle wax

Magnesium

Carbon

Hydrogen

10. The diagram shows a blue ball hanging from a string.

Which red force arrow best represents the force of gravity on the ball?

A

D

B

C

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