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April 1974 5-a-day

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April 1974

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st April 1974State the seven regions of the electromagnetic spectrum in order of increasing frequency.
  2. 2nd April 1974State what provides the centripetal force that keeps a planet in orbit around the Sun.
  3. 3rd April 1974State three functions of mitosis.
  4. 4th April 1974What happens to guard cells when a plant is short of water?
  5. 5th April 1974Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
  6. 6th April 1974Define the term allele.
  7. 7th April 1974State one method used to try to maintain biodiversity.
  8. 8th April 1974Explain, using the reactivity series, why attaching blocks of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps prevent the steel from rusting.
  9. 9th April 1974Why is graphite soft and slippery?
  10. 10th April 1974Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
  11. 11th April 1974A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
  12. 12th April 1974Explain why carboxylic acids are described as 'weak acids'.
  13. 13th April 1974Explain why the natural greenhouse effect is necessary for life on Earth, rather than being a purely harmful process.
  14. 14th April 1974Name four energy stores.
  15. 15th April 1974State the correct SI unit for density.
  16. 16th April 1974State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
  17. 17th April 1974Explain why ultraviolet radiation can be harmful to human skin.
  18. 18th April 1974State two ways of inducing a potential difference across a conductor using a magnetic field.
  19. 19th April 1974Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
  20. 20th April 1974What is an enzyme?
  21. 21st April 1974Describe phagocytosis.
  22. 22nd April 1974A ruler is released and falls 20 cm before being caught. Using distance = 0.5 x g x time^2 with g = 9.8 m/s^2, calculate the reaction time, to 3 significant figures.
  23. 23rd April 1974Name the equipment used to measure the abundance of a small plant species within a sample area.
  24. 24th April 1974State one benefit of recycling metal rather than extracting new metal from its ore.
  25. 25th April 1974Name the three types of strong chemical bonding.
  26. 26th April 1974Give the formula for percentage yield.
  27. 27th April 1974A 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.
  28. 28th April 1974Define the term 'hydrocarbon'.
  29. 29th April 1974State two advantages of instrumental methods of analysis, such as GC-MS, compared with manual chemical tests.
  30. 30th April 1974Distinguish repeatability from reproducibility.