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Grade 7 Natural Science June Test + Memo

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About this resource

Help your Grade 7 learner prepare for their Term 2 June Natural Science assessment with this comprehensive 50-mark practice test, complete with a full memorandum. The test has a duration of 1½ hours and covers materials and their properties, mixtures and separation methods, acids and bases, the Periodic Table and valence electrons.

The test covers:

  • Physical properties of materials
  • Strength and flexibility
  • Choosing suitable materials for different purposes
  • Conductors and insulators
  • Density
  • Melting and boiling points
  • Expansion and contraction of materials
  • Metals and their properties
  • Mixtures
  • Physical separation of mixtures
  • Sieving and filtration
  • Magnetic separation
  • Boiling point of water
  • Acids, bases and neutral substances
  • The pH scale
  • Properties of acids and bases
  • Litmus paper
  • Tastes detected by the human tongue
  • The Periodic Table
  • Metals, semi-metals and non-metals
  • Elements and chemical symbols
  • Atomic numbers
  • Calcium and its importance in the human body
  • Boron, iodine, helium and lead
  • Valence electrons
  • Outer electron shells
  • Chemical bonding
  • Group 1 elements and alkali metals
  • Valence electrons in oxygen and carbon
  • Stable electron configurations
  • Why atoms with full outer shells are less reactive

Total: 50 marks | Duration: 1½ hours | Full memorandum included | PDF format.

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