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. What is meant by the gestation period

The time between birth and puberty

The time between one egg being released and the next

The time it takes an egg to travel down the fallopian tube

The time between fertilization and the birth of a baby

2. Several types of wave are shown below.

Which is the 'odd one out'?

Sound waves

Gamma rays

Light waves

Radio waves

3. George thought that large magnets would be stronger than small magnets. This statement is a ....

Measurement

Conclusion

Observation

Prediction

4. How would you try to identify water vapour in the air?

To see if it burns with a squeaky pop

To see if it turns anhydrous cobalt chloride paper from blue to pink

Bubble it through limewater which will go cloudy

To see if it relights a glowing splint

It can fly

5. ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLES are muscles that

work in pairs

are weak

are attached to tendons

hold up the head

6. What formula is used to calculate speed?

Force / Time

Time / Distance

Distance / Time

Time x Distance

7. If solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) is warmed it will:

melt

melt

evaporate

sublime

8. Look at the graph below which shows the solubility of 3 substances in water at diferent temperatures
How is the solubility of substance B effected by temperature?

The solubility of B goes up a lot as the temperature of the water increases.

The solubility of B is not changed by temperature

The solubility of B is only slightly changes as the temperture of the water increases

The solubility of B gets less as the temperature of the water increases

9. A change of electrical energy into kinetic (speed) energy could be produced by

Winding up a clock

A battery powered torch

A bicycle dynamo

An electric motor turning

10. A person who suffers from diabetes has what wrong with them?

Their body does not produce enough insulin

Their blood does not clot

They do not produce enough white blood cells

They do not produce enough red blood cells

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