Common Entrance Revision: Includes more advanced questions
15 questions suitable for CE or scholarship
KS3 Levels 5 and 6
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1. What is special or unusual about the star called Sirius?

It is the largest star

It is the brightest star in the sky (other than the Sun)

If we look at Sirius we are looking North (because Sirius is above the north Pole)

It is the closest star (not counting the Sun)

2. Which of the following is true about the Moon

The Moon has no atmosphere

The Moon is about the same size as the Earth

The Moon has no gravity

The Moon is a planet

3. What is the name of the chemical which has the formula CH_{4 ?}

Water

Methane

Chalk (calcium carbonate)

Carbon dioxide

4. What kind of substance is air

a mixture of elements

an single element

a mixture of compounds

a mixture of elements and compounds

5. What word is used to describe the passage of water through a plant and out through the leaves.

Sublimation

Evaporation

Precipitation

Transpiration

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

Increases

Decreases

Does not change

7. What does SYMBIOSIS mean?

The fusion of a male and female gamete

A form of respiration only carried out by certain bacteria

The relationship between two organisms that are dependent on each other

The splitting of chromosomes during cell division

8. The word equation below shows the reaction between iron and copper sulphate solution

Iron + copper sulphate  →  ******** + iron sulphate What is the missing chemical from the equation?

Copper

Iron

Oxygen

Sulphur

9. What type of acid is found in your stomach?

Sulphuric acid

Nitric acid

Hydrochloric acid

10. You have seed that you have just taken from its packet.

In order to make it grow what will the seed need?

water, warmth and air

just water and soil

Light, water and soil

light water and air

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