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May 1976 5-a-day

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May 1976

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  1. 1st May 1976Explain why potable water is not the same as pure water.
  2. 2nd May 1976Explain why sodium chloride conducts electricity when molten but not when solid.
  3. 3rd May 1976Why do companies prefer reactions with a high atom economy?
  4. 4th May 1976On a reaction profile diagram, the reactants are drawn at a higher energy level than the products. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
  5. 5th May 1976State two products, other than water, that can be formed during the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon.
  6. 6th May 1976Explain why the solvent level in the container must be below the pencil baseline.
  7. 7th May 1976In the specific heat capacity practical, why is the block insulated?
  8. 8th May 1976Describe the current-potential difference graph for a filament lamp.
  9. 9th May 1976State the difference between irradiation and contamination.
  10. 10th May 1976Explain why a larger vehicle mass increases braking distance.
  11. 11th May 1976State the type of force that always acts between an induced magnet and the magnet that induced it.
  12. 12th May 1976Name the model of the origin of the universe that is supported by red-shift observations.
  13. 13th May 1976Name the process that moves substances against a concentration gradient.
  14. 14th May 1976Explain why a small number of healthy volunteers are given a very low dose of a new drug in the first stage of a clinical trial.
  15. 15th May 1976Define oxygen debt.
  16. 16th May 1976Explain one benefit of the Human Genome Project.
  17. 17th May 1976Why is the burette rinsed with the solution it is going to contain rather than with water?
  18. 18th May 1976State the relative mass and relative charge of a neutron.
  19. 19th May 1976Calculate the Mr of Ca(OH)2. (Ca = 40, O = 16, H = 1)
  20. 20th May 1976Explain why solid sodium chloride does not conduct electricity, but molten sodium chloride does.
  21. 21st May 1976In the gas-volume required practical measuring how concentration affects rate, state one variable that should be controlled.
  22. 22nd May 1976Which reagent is added, and in what colour change, to test for chlorine gas?
  23. 23rd May 1976Explain how solid carbon particulates released by combustion can cause global dimming.
  24. 24th May 1976A lamp is supplied with 60 J and transfers 6 J as light. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
  25. 25th May 1976Define specific latent heat of fusion.
  26. 26th May 1976A cyclist rides 300 m north then 300 m back south to the start. State the total distance travelled and total displacement.
  27. 27th May 1976A wave travels from air into glass and slows down. State what happens to its direction, and explain why in terms of wavelength.
  28. 28th May 1976State what a nebula is, and explain its role in the life cycle of a star.
  29. 29th May 1976Give the equation linking magnification, image size and real size.
  30. 30th May 1976Give one advantage and one disadvantage of a stent.
  31. 31st May 1976A lamp is placed 10 cm from pondweed. Calculate the relative light intensity using relative light intensity = 1 / distance^2.