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October 1960 5-a-day

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October 1960

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1960An atom has atomic number 11 and mass number 23. State the number of protons.
  2. 2nd October 1960Why are the noble gases unreactive?
  3. 3rd October 1960How many atoms are there in 0.5 mol of helium?
  4. 4th October 1960State whether the combustion of methane is exothermic or endothermic.
  5. 5th October 1960State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
  6. 6th October 1960Describe the test, and the positive result, for ammonium ions.
  7. 7th October 1960Convert 3.5 kJ into joules.
  8. 8th October 1960Two resistors are connected in parallel across a 12 V battery. State the potential difference across each resistor.
  9. 9th October 1960How is the temperature of a gas related to the motion of its molecules?
  10. 10th October 1960A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
  11. 11th October 1960State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
  12. 12th October 1960State two uses of artificial satellites.
  13. 13th October 1960How many pairs of chromosomes are there in a human body cell?
  14. 14th October 1960Where are most stomata found on a typical leaf, and why?
  15. 15th October 1960Name four limiting factors of photosynthesis.
  16. 16th October 1960State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
  17. 17th October 1960State what is meant by the term biodiversity.
  18. 18th October 1960Give one reason a manufacturer's own life cycle assessment of its product might not be fully objective.
  19. 19th October 1960Give one use of nanoparticles and one associated risk.
  20. 20th October 1960Give the ionic equation for neutralisation.
  21. 21st October 1960State what is shown on a rate graph when the line for the volume of gas produced becomes horizontal (flat).
  22. 22nd October 1960State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.
  23. 23rd October 1960Explain why the natural greenhouse effect is necessary for life on Earth, rather than being a purely harmful process.
  24. 24th October 1960State the equation for gravitational potential energy.
  25. 25th October 1960State the correct SI unit for density.
  26. 26th October 1960Radium-226 (atomic number 88) decays by alpha emission. State the atomic number of the nucleus formed.
  27. 27th October 1960State the speed at which all electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum.
  28. 28th October 1960A transformer has 500 turns on its primary coil and 2500 turns on its secondary coil. State, with a reason, whether this is a step-up or a step-down transformer.
  29. 29th October 1960Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
  30. 30th October 1960Explain what happens to an enzyme above its optimum temperature.
  31. 31st October 1960Name three non-specific defences of the human body.