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April 1960 5-a-day

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April 1960

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  1. 1st April 1960A lamp is placed 10 cm from pondweed. Calculate the relative light intensity using relative light intensity = 1 / distance^2.
  2. 2nd April 1960Name the hormone released by the adrenal glands that prepares the body for fight or flight.
  3. 3rd April 1960A student places ten 1 m x 1 m quadrats at random across a school field of area 3000 m2 and counts a total of 45 dandelions across all ten quadrats. Estimate the total number of dandelions on the field.
  4. 4th April 1960Classify crude oil as finite or renewable, and justify your answer.
  5. 5th April 1960Why can metals conduct electricity when solid?
  6. 6th April 1960Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 200 cm3 of a 0.500 mol/dm3 solution.
  7. 7th April 1960State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
  8. 8th April 1960State the general formula of the alkenes.
  9. 9th April 1960Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
  10. 10th April 1960A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
  11. 11th April 1960What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
  12. 12th April 1960What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
  13. 13th April 1960A box of weight 120 N has a base area of 0.40 m^2. Calculate the pressure it exerts on the ground.
  14. 14th April 1960Explain why a current-carrying wire positioned exactly parallel to a magnetic field experiences no force.
  15. 15th April 1960In the microbiology practical, why are agar plates incubated at 25 degrees Celsius in schools rather than at 37 degrees Celsius?
  16. 16th April 1960State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
  17. 17th April 1960Why can HIV not be treated with antibiotics?
  18. 18th April 1960Name the three parts common to every homeostatic control system.
  19. 19th April 1960State one advantage and one disadvantage of selective breeding in farm animals.
  20. 20th April 1960State the relative charge of a neutron.
  21. 21st April 1960State the trend in reactivity down group 7 and name the most reactive halogen listed on the periodic table.
  22. 22nd April 1960Define the limiting reactant.
  23. 23rd April 1960A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
  24. 24th April 1960In the Haber process, N2(g) + 3H2(g) -> 2NH3(g), state the effect of decreasing the pressure on the position of equilibrium.
  25. 25th April 1960Explain how the sodium hydroxide test distinguishes aluminium ions from calcium ions, given that both give a white precipitate.
  26. 26th April 1960Why should you write down the equation even if you cannot finish the calculation?
  27. 27th April 1960A component has a current of 5.0 A and a resistance of 8.0 ohm. Calculate the power dissipated using P = I^2 x R.
  28. 28th April 1960What causes the pressure of a gas on the walls of its container?
  29. 29th April 1960A train travels at a constant velocity of 40 m/s for 3 minutes. Calculate the distance it travels, in km.
  30. 30th April 1960A microwave oven uses electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of 0.12 m. Calculate the frequency of these waves (speed of light = 3 x 10^8 m/s).