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December 1974 5-a-day

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December 1974

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st December 1974How is the temperature of a gas related to the motion of its molecules?
  2. 2nd December 1974State what the gradient of a distance-time graph represents.
  3. 3rd December 1974Explain why ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays can be hazardous to human health, but radio waves are not.
  4. 4th December 1974Explain, in terms of forces, why a satellite in a stable orbit does not fall towards the Earth or fly off into space.
  5. 5th December 1974How many pairs of chromosomes are there in a human body cell?
  6. 6th December 1974Where are most stomata found on a typical leaf, and why?
  7. 7th December 1974Name four limiting factors of photosynthesis.
  8. 8th December 1974In pea plants, the allele for tall stems (T) is dominant over the allele for short stems (t). A homozygous tall plant (TT) is crossed with a homozygous short plant (tt). State the genotype and phenotype of all the offspring.
  9. 9th December 1974State what is meant by the term biodiversity.
  10. 10th December 1974Give one reason a manufacturer's own life cycle assessment of its product might not be fully objective.
  11. 11th December 1974Give one use of nanoparticles and one associated risk.
  12. 12th December 1974Give the ionic equation for neutralisation.
  13. 13th December 1974State what is shown on a rate graph when the line for the volume of gas produced becomes horizontal (flat).
  14. 14th December 1974State what happens to the carbon-to-carbon double bond of an alkene monomer during addition polymerisation.
  15. 15th December 1974Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.
  16. 16th December 1974State the equation for gravitational potential energy.
  17. 17th December 1974State what happens to the internal energy of a substance as it is heated, in terms of the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.
  18. 18th December 1974Radium-226 (atomic number 88) decays by alpha emission. State the atomic number of the nucleus formed.
  19. 19th December 1974Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to sterilise medical equipment.
  20. 20th December 1974A transformer has a primary current of 2.0 A and a primary voltage of 230 V. The secondary voltage is 460 V. Assuming the transformer is 100 percent efficient, calculate the secondary current.
  21. 21st December 1974A microscope has a x10 eyepiece lens and a x20 objective lens. Calculate the total magnification.
  22. 22nd December 1974Explain what happens to an enzyme above its optimum temperature.
  23. 23rd December 1974Name three non-specific defences of the human body.
  24. 24th December 1974Explain why reflex responses are faster than voluntary responses.
  25. 25th December 1974Define community, in ecological terms.
  26. 26th December 1974Explain why potable water is not the same as pure water.
  27. 27th December 1974Explain why sodium chloride conducts electricity when molten but not when solid.
  28. 28th December 1974Convert a concentration of 0.20 moles per cubic decimetre of NaOH into grams per cubic decimetre. (Mr = 40)
  29. 29th December 1974State the energy transfer that occurs during an exothermic reaction.
  30. 30th December 1974Name the two industrial methods of cracking.
  31. 31st December 1974In a chromatography experiment, a dye spot travels 4.5 cm and the solvent front travels 6.0 cm. Calculate its Rf value.