DEPARTMENT FOR CURRICULUM,

LIFELONG LEARNING AND EMPLOYABILITY

Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes
Educational Assessment Unit

Annual Examinations for Primary Schools 2022

YEAR 5 SCIENCE MARKING SCHEME

Q no.
Answers and Requirements Marks Additional Guidance

Accept answers in the following order. c.a.o.

1. a) adult child baby old person teenager 4 1 mark for each correct
4 2 1 5 3 answer.

b) Tick (✓) child. 1 c.a.o.

c) Tick (✓) seed. 1 c.a.o.

2. a) invertebrates 1 c.a.o.

Animal pictures Group name

mammals

monkey lion cat

reptiles
crocodile snake tortoise
c.a.o.
b) 4 1 mark for each correct
birds
answer.
robin eagle penguin

amphibians
newt frog toad

fish
sea bream shark swordfish

Accept any two of the following answers:

Fish live in water.
Fish have gills to breathe.
Accept any other valid
Fish have fins for movement in the water.
c) 2 answers.
Fish are cold-blooded.
Fish have swim bladders for buoyancy.
Do not accept fish have scales.
Do not accept fish swim.

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 Accept the following answers:
1 mark for each correct
i. Waterproof
3. a) 1, 1 answer.
ii. Rain water cannot seep through the boots / enter
Accept any other valid answer.
the inside of the boots. Socks / feet will not get wet.
Accept any two of the following answers:
Cotton is soft. 1 mark for each correct
b) Cotton absorbs water. 1, 1 answer.
Cotton is flexible. Accept any other valid answer.
Cotton is breathable and does not irritate the skin.

Column A Column B
Change Natural or Effect
Man-made

Many animals lose their

deforerstation man-made
homes.

Animals and people can be

volcano erupting natural
killed by lava flow. 1 mark for each correct
4.
Sea creatures may get 4, 2 answer (in bold).
a&b
plastic in the sea man-made entangled/swallow or Accept any other valid answer.
suffocate in plastic.

Animals and people can be

tsunami natural
killed by drowning.

Kill land animals / destroy

hurricane natural natural areas / uproot
plants / cause inland floods.

Accept the following answers: 1 mark for each correct

5. a) i. The guitar string vibrates. 1, 1 answer.
ii. A sound is heard. Accept any other valid answer.
The sound is heard softer/quieter.
b) 1 Accept any other valid answer.
Do not accept the sound is heard slower.
1 mark for each correct
Accept any two of the following answers:
c) 1, 1 answer.
Wall, door, curtains, furniture, carpet etc.
Accept any other valid answer.
Statement True or False
i. Stirring the mixture can speed up dissolving. True c.a.o.
6. a) ii. Sand dissolves in seawater. False 4 1 mark for each correct
iii. Coffee and soil dissolve in seawater. False
answer.
iv. Substances that dissolve in water are soluble. True

Accept any one of the following answers:

b) Salt, sugar, food colouring etc. 1 Accept any other valid answer.
Do not accept coffee.

7. a. i. Tick (✓) Magnet C 1 c.a.o.

Magnet C attracted the most paper clips / the largest

ii. 2 c.a.o.
number of paper clips / 5 paper clips.

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 Magnet A / B / D did not attract as many paper clips as Award marks if reference is
Magnet C. made to number of paper clips
(seen or implied).

Magnet position Attract Repel

S N N S ✓
c.a.o.
b) S N S N ✓ 4 1 mark for each correct
answer.
N S N S ✓

N S S N ✓

c. i. Tick (✓) nickel coin. 1 c.a.o.

ii. Not all metals are magnetic. 1 Accept any other valid answer.

Position B: 1 mark for each mirror

positioned correctly.
teddy bear

8. a) 1, 1 Do not award marks if the line

is not straight or if not
Position A:
eye
diagonal.

c.a.o.
Position B:
1 mark for drawing the ray of
teddy bear
light in a straight line. The ray
of light should touch the
b) 1, 1
respective mirror to indicate
reflection.
Position A: 1 mark for drawing the arrows
eye in the correct direction.

c.a.o.
Circuit A Circuit B Circuit C Circuit D
9. a) 4 1 mark for each correct
✓  ✓ 
answer.

b) Tick (✓) buzzer. 1 c.a.o.

Accept any two of the following answers: 1 mark for each correct
c) Fan, washing machine, blender/food processor, driller, 1, 1 answer.
electric toothbrush etc. Accept any other valid answer.

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 Column A Column B
a. I am a baby frog. f. Mercury
b. I am a very strong wind and knock down trees. d. lemon tree
c. I am an insect. a. tadpole
d. I am an evergreen. b. gale
c.a.o.
10. I am a very strong, shiny material and a good 7 1 mark for each correct
e. h. Earth
conductor of electricity. answer.
f. I am the planet with the shortest orbit. g. switch
g. I control the flow of electricity in a circuit. e. metal
h. I take 24 hours to rotate once on my axis. c. butterfly

c.a.o. = correct answer only

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