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August 1960 5-a-day

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August 1960

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  1. 1st August 1960State what happens to the carbon-to-carbon double bond of an alkene monomer during addition polymerisation.
  2. 2nd August 1960Explain, in terms of gas molecules, why methane and water vapour, as well as carbon dioxide, are described as greenhouse gases.
  3. 3rd August 1960By what factor does kinetic energy increase if speed is doubled?
  4. 4th August 1960A block has a volume of 50 cm^3 and a mass of 135 g. Calculate its density.
  5. 5th August 1960Define the term 'half-life' of a radioactive isotope.
  6. 6th August 1960Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to sterilise medical equipment.
  7. 7th August 1960A transformer has a primary current of 2.0 A and a primary voltage of 230 V. The secondary voltage is 460 V. Assuming the transformer is 100 percent efficient, calculate the secondary current.
  8. 8th August 1960A cube-shaped model cell has sides of length 3 cm. Calculate the surface area to volume ratio of the cube. Give your answer in the form n : 1.
  9. 9th August 1960Describe the positive result of the Biuret test.
  10. 10th August 1960What is tested during preclinical testing?
  11. 11th August 1960Explain why reflex responses are faster than voluntary responses.
  12. 12th August 1960Define community, in ecological terms.
  13. 13th August 1960Name the four stages usually considered in a life cycle assessment of a product.
  14. 14th August 1960A student says that metals conduct electricity because they contain free-moving ions. Explain why this statement is incorrect, and give the correct explanation.
  15. 15th August 1960Why do companies prefer reactions with a high atom economy?
  16. 16th August 1960On a reaction profile diagram, the reactants are drawn at a higher energy level than the products. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
  17. 17th August 1960Name the two industrial methods of cracking.
  18. 18th August 1960Explain why the solvent level in the container must be below the pencil baseline.
  19. 19th August 1960In the specific heat capacity practical, why is the block insulated?
  20. 20th August 1960Describe the current-potential difference graph for a filament lamp.
  21. 21st August 1960State the difference between irradiation and contamination.
  22. 22nd August 1960Explain, using Newton's Third Law, why a swimmer is able to push themselves forward by pushing backward against the water.
  23. 23rd August 1960State what happens to the magnetic field around a straight current-carrying wire if the direction of the current is reversed.
  24. 24th August 1960State what red-shift shows about the motion of most distant galaxies.
  25. 25th August 1960Name the process that moves substances against a concentration gradient.
  26. 26th August 1960Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
  27. 27th August 1960State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  28. 28th August 1960State one ethical concern raised by embryo screening.
  29. 29th August 1960Why is the burette rinsed with the solution it is going to contain rather than with water?
  30. 30th August 1960State the relative mass and relative charge of a neutron.
  31. 31st August 1960Calculate the Mr of Ca(OH)2. (Ca = 40, O = 16, H = 1)