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October 1962 5-a-day

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October 1962

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1962Describe the plum pudding model.
  2. 2nd October 1962A force of 40 N is applied 0.25 m from a pivot. Calculate the moment.
  3. 3rd October 1962A rectangular coil carrying a current is placed in a magnetic field, with its two long sides parallel to each other. Explain why the coil rotates rather than moving in a straight line.
  4. 4th October 1962Name the apparatus used to estimate the population of a slow-moving or non-moving species in a field.
  5. 5th October 1962Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
  6. 6th October 1962Define a communicable disease.
  7. 7th October 1962Define homeostasis.
  8. 8th October 1962Give one example of variation that is caused purely by the environment rather than by genes.
  9. 9th October 1962Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
  10. 10th October 1962Explain why potassium is more reactive than sodium.
  11. 11th October 1962Calculate the number of moles in 88 g of carbon dioxide. (Mr = 44)
  12. 12th October 1962Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
  13. 13th October 1962In the Haber process, state the effect of removing some ammonia from the equilibrium mixture as it forms on the position of equilibrium.
  14. 14th October 1962A solution gives a cream precipitate when acidified with dilute nitric acid and then treated with silver nitrate solution. Name the halide ion present.
  15. 15th October 1962A device transfers 4500 J in 90 s. Calculate its power.
  16. 16th October 1962In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
  17. 17th October 1962Why does a bicycle pump get warm when used?
  18. 18th October 1962A runner completes a 400 m race in 52 s. Calculate her average speed, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
  19. 19th October 1962Name the type of electromagnetic wave used by a television remote control.
  20. 20th October 1962Explain why a satellite moving in a stable circular orbit has a changing velocity even though its speed stays constant.
  21. 21st October 1962What happens to the DNA before mitosis begins?
  22. 22nd October 1962State two conditions that increase the rate of transpiration.
  23. 23rd October 1962A lamp is moved from 15 cm to 30 cm away. What happens to the light intensity?
  24. 24th October 1962Explain, using the idea of natural selection, why a population of insects can become resistant to a pesticide over time.
  25. 25th October 1962Name the biological process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into carbon compounds in a plant.
  26. 26th October 1962State one environmental benefit of recycling aluminium cans rather than making new aluminium from ore.
  27. 27th October 1962Explain why graphite conducts electricity but diamond does not.
  28. 28th October 1962State what is observed when magnesium ribbon is added to copper sulfate solution.
  29. 29th October 1962State the equation for the mean rate of a reaction in terms of the quantity of reactant used.
  30. 30th October 1962Name the carboxylic acid produced when ethanol is oxidised.
  31. 31st October 1962Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.