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May 1987 5-a-day

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May 1987

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  1. 1st May 1987State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
  2. 2nd May 1987State the two main steps used to produce potable water from a fresh water source.
  3. 3rd May 1987State the charge on a calcium ion (Group 2).
  4. 4th May 1987Why do companies prefer reactions with a high atom economy?
  5. 5th May 1987On a reaction profile diagram, the reactants are drawn at a higher energy level than the products. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
  6. 6th May 1987Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
  7. 7th May 1987Explain why the solvent level in the container must be below the pencil baseline.
  8. 8th May 1987In the specific heat capacity practical, why is the block insulated?
  9. 9th May 1987Describe the current-potential difference graph for a filament lamp.
  10. 10th May 1987State the difference between irradiation and contamination.
  11. 11th May 1987State Newton's First Law of Motion.
  12. 12th May 1987Two bar magnets are placed with their north poles facing each other. State what happens to the magnets.
  13. 13th May 1987State what is meant by red-shift.
  14. 14th May 1987Name the process that moves substances against a concentration gradient.
  15. 15th May 1987Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
  16. 16th May 1987Explain why breathing rate and breathing depth both increase during exercise.
  17. 17th May 1987In pea plants, purple flower colour (allele H) is dominant over white flower colour (allele h). State the phenotype of a plant with genotype Hh.
  18. 18th May 1987Why is the burette rinsed with the solution it is going to contain rather than with water?
  19. 19th May 1987State the relative mass and relative charge of a neutron.
  20. 20th May 1987Calculate the Mr of Ca(OH)2. (Ca = 40, O = 16, H = 1)
  21. 21st May 1987State the two materials commonly used as inert electrodes in electrolysis, and explain why they must be inert.
  22. 22nd May 1987Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without being used up.
  23. 23rd May 1987Which reagent is added, and in what colour change, to test for chlorine gas?
  24. 24th May 1987Explain how solid carbon particulates released by combustion can cause global dimming.
  25. 25th May 1987A lamp is supplied with 60 J and transfers 6 J as light. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
  26. 26th May 1987Define specific latent heat of fusion.
  27. 27th May 1987A gardener pushes a mower with a force of 60 N through a distance of 8.0 m. Calculate the work done. Use W = F x s.
  28. 28th May 1987Give one everyday example of a transverse wave and one everyday example of a longitudinal wave.
  29. 29th May 1987State what happens to the orbital speed needed for a stable orbit as the orbital radius increases.
  30. 30th May 1987Give the equation linking magnification, image size and real size.
  31. 31st May 1987Give one advantage and one disadvantage of a stent.