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April 1982 5-a-day

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April 1982

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in April 1982

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st April 1982Which component of blood transports carbon dioxide, urea and hormones?
  2. 2nd April 1982Explain why anaerobic respiration releases much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
  3. 3rd April 1982A person's blood glucose concentration is 4.8 mmol/dm^3 before breakfast and 7.2 mmol/dm^3 after breakfast. Calculate the increase in blood glucose concentration.
  4. 4th April 1982A student places ten 1 m x 1 m quadrats at random across a school field of area 3000 m2 and counts a total of 45 dandelions across all ten quadrats. Estimate the total number of dandelions on the field.
  5. 5th April 1982State what is meant by sustainable development.
  6. 6th April 1982Why can metals conduct electricity when solid?
  7. 7th April 1982State the pH value of a neutral solution.
  8. 8th April 1982State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
  9. 9th April 1982Propene (C3H6) reacts with steam in the presence of a catalyst. Name the catalyst, and name the type of compound formed.
  10. 10th April 1982Explain, in terms of infrared radiation, how greenhouse gases keep the Earth warm.
  11. 11th April 1982A motor is supplied with 800 J of energy and wastes 240 J as heat. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
  12. 12th April 1982What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
  13. 13th April 1982What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
  14. 14th April 1982State two factors, other than depth, that affect the pressure at a given point in a liquid.
  15. 15th April 1982State the name of the rule used to find the direction of the force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field, and name the three quantities it relates.
  16. 16th April 1982In the microbiology practical, why are agar plates incubated at 25 degrees Celsius in schools rather than at 37 degrees Celsius?
  17. 17th April 1982An amylase reaction is complete after 200 seconds. Calculate the rate of reaction using rate = 1000 / time.
  18. 18th April 1982Why can HIV not be treated with antibiotics?
  19. 19th April 1982State what is meant by negative feedback.
  20. 20th April 1982Name the scientist who proposed the three-domain system of classification, and name the three domains.
  21. 21st April 1982An atom has atomic number 11 and mass number 23. State the number of protons.
  22. 22nd April 1982State the trend in reactivity down group 7 and name the most reactive halogen listed on the periodic table.
  23. 23rd April 1982Define the limiting reactant.
  24. 24th April 1982State whether the combustion of methane is exothermic or endothermic.
  25. 25th April 1982State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
  26. 26th April 1982Explain how the sodium hydroxide test distinguishes aluminium ions from calcium ions, given that both give a white precipitate.
  27. 27th April 1982Why should you write down the equation even if you cannot finish the calculation?
  28. 28th April 1982Two resistors are connected in parallel across a 12 V battery. State the potential difference across each resistor.
  29. 29th April 1982What causes the pressure of a gas on the walls of its container?
  30. 30th April 1982A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.