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June 1977 5-a-day

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June 1977

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  1. 1st June 1977Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
  2. 2nd June 1977A 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 1977Name the two methods used to produce ethanol industrially.
  4. 4th June 1977Explain, in one sentence, why the oceans were able to form only after the early Earth had cooled.
  5. 5th June 1977Name four energy stores.
  6. 6th June 1977A 1.5 kg block of iron is heated from 18 degrees C to 98 degrees C. The specific heat capacity of iron is 450 J/(kg degrees C). Calculate the change in thermal energy.
  7. 7th June 1977State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
  8. 8th June 1977State whether sound waves are transverse or longitudinal.
  9. 9th June 1977State the name of the component at the centre of a transformer's primary and secondary coils, and state its purpose.
  10. 10th June 1977State one structure found in a bacterial cell but not in an animal cell.
  11. 11th June 1977What is an enzyme?
  12. 12th June 1977Describe phagocytosis.
  13. 13th June 1977State why a reflex action is described as involuntary.
  14. 14th June 1977A student counts 3, 5, 4 and 8 dandelion plants in four separate 1 m^2 quadrats. Calculate the mean number of dandelions per quadrat.
  15. 15th June 1977Define a finite resource, giving one example.
  16. 16th June 1977State one reason why simple covalent substances such as chlorine have low melting points.
  17. 17th June 1977Give the formula for percentage yield.
  18. 18th June 1977A 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 1977State what happens to the boiling point of hydrocarbons as their chain length increases.
  20. 20th June 1977State two advantages of instrumental methods of analysis, such as GC-MS, compared with manual chemical tests.
  21. 21st June 1977Distinguish repeatability from reproducibility.
  22. 22nd June 1977How does the resistance of a thermistor change as it gets hotter?
  23. 23rd June 1977What is an alpha particle made of?
  24. 24th June 1977A skateboarder of mass 55 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with and grabs onto a stationary shopping trolley of mass 20 kg, and they move off together. Calculate their combined velocity immediately after the collision.
  25. 25th June 1977Describe the shape of the magnetic field produced around a long straight wire carrying a current.
  26. 26th June 1977State how the amount of red-shift is related to a galaxy's distance from Earth.
  27. 27th June 1977Explain why a plant cell placed in pure water does not burst.
  28. 28th June 1977A student measures the mean diameter of a zone of inhibition as 12 mm. Calculate its radius.
  29. 29th June 1977State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
  30. 30th June 1977State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.