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March 1983 5-a-day

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March 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st March 1983Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 200 cm3 of a 0.500 mol/dm3 solution.
  2. 2nd March 1983State one factor that affects the size of the voltage produced by a chemical cell.
  3. 3rd March 1983State the type of reaction that occurs when bromine adds across the double bond of an alkene.
  4. 4th March 1983Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
  5. 5th March 1983A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
  6. 6th March 1983Why is the live wire dangerous even when a device is switched off?
  7. 7th March 1983Describe the plum pudding model.
  8. 8th March 1983Explain why a rucksack with wide, padded straps is more comfortable to carry than one with thin straps, for the same load.
  9. 9th March 1983State the three factors needed for a current-carrying wire to experience a force due to the motor effect.
  10. 10th March 1983Name the apparatus used to estimate the population of a slow-moving or non-moving species in a field.
  11. 11th March 1983State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
  12. 12th March 1983Define a communicable disease.
  13. 13th March 1983A patient's core body temperature has fallen to 35 degrees Celsius. State two physical responses their body makes to raise it back toward normal.
  14. 14th March 1983Explain one reason it took many years for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection to become widely accepted.
  15. 15th March 1983State the relative charge of a neutron.
  16. 16th March 1983Explain why potassium is more reactive than sodium.
  17. 17th March 1983Calculate the number of moles in 88 g of carbon dioxide. (Mr = 44)
  18. 18th March 1983A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
  19. 19th March 1983State what is meant by dynamic equilibrium.
  20. 20th March 1983A solution gives a cream precipitate when acidified with dilute nitric acid and then treated with silver nitrate solution. Name the halide ion present.
  21. 21st March 1983A device transfers 4500 J in 90 s. Calculate its power.
  22. 22nd March 1983A component has a current of 5.0 A and a resistance of 8.0 ohm. Calculate the power dissipated using P = I^2 x R.
  23. 23rd March 1983Why does a bicycle pump get warm when used?
  24. 24th March 1983A skydiver reaches terminal velocity during free fall. Explain what is meant by 'terminal velocity'.
  25. 25th March 1983State the seven regions of the electromagnetic spectrum in order of increasing frequency.
  26. 26th March 1983State what provides the centripetal force that keeps a planet in orbit around the Sun.
  27. 27th March 1983What happens to the DNA before mitosis begins?
  28. 28th March 1983State two conditions that increase the rate of transpiration.
  29. 29th March 1983A lamp is moved from 15 cm to 30 cm away. What happens to the light intensity?
  30. 30th March 1983Define the term allele.
  31. 31st March 1983Name the biological process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into carbon compounds in a plant.