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October 1974 5-a-day

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October 1974

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1974Describe the positive result of the Biuret test.
  2. 2nd October 1974What is tested during preclinical testing?
  3. 3rd October 1974Put these into the correct order for a reflex arc: motor neuron, receptor, effector, relay neuron, sensory neuron.
  4. 4th October 1974State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
  5. 5th October 1974Define a finite resource, giving one example.
  6. 6th October 1974State one reason why simple covalent substances such as chlorine have low melting points.
  7. 7th October 1974Why do companies prefer reactions with a high atom economy?
  8. 8th October 1974On a reaction profile diagram, the reactants are drawn at a higher energy level than the products. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
  9. 9th October 1974Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
  10. 10th October 1974Explain why the solvent level in the container must be below the pencil baseline.
  11. 11th October 1974In the specific heat capacity practical, why is the block insulated?
  12. 12th October 1974Describe the current-potential difference graph for a filament lamp.
  13. 13th October 1974State the difference between irradiation and contamination.
  14. 14th October 1974State Newton's First Law of Motion.
  15. 15th October 1974Two bar magnets are placed with their north poles facing each other. State what happens to the magnets.
  16. 16th October 1974State what is meant by red-shift.
  17. 17th October 1974Name the process that moves substances against a concentration gradient.
  18. 18th October 1974A student measures the mean diameter of a zone of inhibition as 12 mm. Calculate its radius.
  19. 19th October 1974Explain why breathing rate and breathing depth both increase during exercise.
  20. 20th October 1974In pea plants, purple flower colour (allele H) is dominant over white flower colour (allele h). State the phenotype of a plant with genotype Hh.
  21. 21st October 1974Why is the burette rinsed with the solution it is going to contain rather than with water?
  22. 22nd October 1974State the relative mass and relative charge of a neutron.
  23. 23rd October 1974Calculate the Mr of Ca(OH)2. (Ca = 40, O = 16, H = 1)
  24. 24th October 1974State the two materials commonly used as inert electrodes in electrolysis, and explain why they must be inert.
  25. 25th October 1974Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without being used up.
  26. 26th October 1974Which reagent is added, and in what colour change, to test for chlorine gas?
  27. 27th October 1974Explain how solid carbon particulates released by combustion can cause global dimming.
  28. 28th October 1974A lamp is supplied with 60 J and transfers 6 J as light. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
  29. 29th October 1974Define specific latent heat of fusion.
  30. 30th October 1974A resultant force of 45 N acts on an object of mass 9.0 kg. Calculate its acceleration. Use F = m x a.
  31. 31st October 1974Give one everyday example of a transverse wave and one everyday example of a longitudinal wave.