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May 1978 5-a-day

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May 1978

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  1. 1st May 1978Explain the difference between irradiation and contamination.
  2. 2nd May 1978State what happens to the frequency of a wave when it is refracted as it passes into a different material.
  3. 3rd May 1978State two factors that increase the size of the potential difference induced in a coil.
  4. 4th May 1978Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
  5. 5th May 1978Name the products of protein digestion.
  6. 6th May 1978State the difference between an antibiotic and a painkiller.
  7. 7th May 1978Put these into the correct order for a reflex arc: motor neuron, receptor, effector, relay neuron, sensory neuron.
  8. 8th May 1978State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
  9. 9th May 1978State one benefit of recycling metal rather than extracting new metal from its ore.
  10. 10th May 1978Name the three types of strong chemical bonding.
  11. 11th May 1978Convert 250 cubic centimetres into cubic decimetres.
  12. 12th May 1978A student heats solid copper carbonate strongly in a test tube, and it breaks down into copper oxide and carbon dioxide. Heating must be continued throughout the reaction for it to keep going. State whether this thermal decomposition reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain your reasoning.
  13. 13th May 1978Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
  14. 14th May 1978Write the formula for calculating an Rf value.
  15. 15th May 1978Readings have a mean of 20.0 cm and a range of 1.0 cm. Calculate the percentage uncertainty.
  16. 16th May 1978What happens to the total resistance when a second resistor is added in parallel, and why?
  17. 17th May 1978What happens inside the nucleus when a beta particle is emitted?
  18. 18th May 1978State Newton's First Law of Motion.
  19. 19th May 1978Two bar magnets are placed with their north poles facing each other. State what happens to the magnets.
  20. 20th May 1978State what is meant by red-shift.
  21. 21st May 1978State three factors that increase the rate of diffusion.
  22. 22nd May 1978State one way that pathogens can be spread from person to person.
  23. 23rd May 1978Explain why breathing rate and breathing depth both increase during exercise.
  24. 24th May 1978In pea plants, purple flower colour (allele H) is dominant over white flower colour (allele h). State the phenotype of a plant with genotype Hh.
  25. 25th May 1978What does 'concordant' mean when applied to titres?
  26. 26th May 1978What did the alpha scattering experiment show that the plum pudding model could not explain?
  27. 27th May 1978Magnesium is burned in an open crucible and the mass increases. Explain why.
  28. 28th May 1978State the two materials commonly used as inert electrodes in electrolysis, and explain why they must be inert.
  29. 29th May 1978Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without being used up.
  30. 30th May 1978Describe the result of the test for carbon dioxide.
  31. 31st May 1978Give one piece of evidence used to link human activity to recent climate change.