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June 1966 5-a-day

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June 1966

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st June 1966Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
  2. 2nd June 1966A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
  3. 3rd June 1966Name the carboxylic acid produced when ethanol is oxidised.
  4. 4th June 1966State two long-term stores of carbon that removed carbon dioxide from the early atmosphere.
  5. 5th June 1966Name four energy stores.
  6. 6th June 1966Calculate the energy needed to melt 0.50 kg of a substance with a specific latent heat of fusion of 210000 J/kg.
  7. 7th June 1966State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
  8. 8th June 1966Define the term 'wavelength' of a wave.
  9. 9th June 1966State the difference between an alternator and a dynamo.
  10. 10th June 1966Name the structure in a plant cell that controls the substances entering and leaving the cell.
  11. 11th June 1966What is an enzyme?
  12. 12th June 1966Describe phagocytosis.
  13. 13th June 1966State the type of effector that produces a physical response by contracting.
  14. 14th June 1966Give one example of a biotic factor that could affect a population of rabbits.
  15. 15th June 1966Name two methods of desalinating seawater.
  16. 16th June 1966Name the giant covalent structure made of carbon in which each carbon atom is bonded to four others.
  17. 17th June 1966Give the formula for percentage yield.
  18. 18th June 1966A student reacts excess zinc powder with 25 cm3 of copper sulfate solution in a polystyrene cup. The starting temperature is 21.0 degrees C and the maximum temperature reached is 58.5 degrees C. Calculate the temperature change.
  19. 19th June 1966Balance the equation for the complete combustion of methane: CH4 + O2 -> CO2 + H2O
  20. 20th June 1966State two advantages of instrumental methods of analysis, such as GC-MS, compared with manual chemical tests.
  21. 21st June 1966Distinguish repeatability from reproducibility.
  22. 22nd June 1966How does the resistance of a thermistor change as it gets hotter?
  23. 23rd June 1966What is an alpha particle made of?
  24. 24th June 1966State two factors that increase a driver's thinking distance.
  25. 25th June 1966Name a typical material used to make a permanent magnet, and a typical material used to make an induced (temporary) magnet.
  26. 26th June 1966State, in one sentence, what the Big Bang model proposes about the early universe.
  27. 27th June 1966Explain why a plant cell placed in pure water does not burst.
  28. 28th June 1966Describe how phagocytes destroy pathogens in the body.
  29. 29th June 1966A yeast culture respires without oxygen. Name the two products of this reaction, and name one industrial process that relies on it.
  30. 30th June 1966A man who is a known carrier of cystic fibrosis (Ff) has children with a woman who has been confirmed to carry no cystic fibrosis allele at all (FF). Explain why none of their children can have cystic fibrosis.