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September 1987 5-a-day

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September 1987

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st September 1987Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.
  2. 2nd September 1987State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
  3. 3rd September 1987State two factors, other than depth, that affect the pressure at a given point in a liquid.
  4. 4th September 1987State 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.
  5. 5th September 1987State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
  6. 6th September 1987An amylase reaction is complete after 200 seconds. Calculate the rate of reaction using rate = 1000 / time.
  7. 7th September 1987How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
  8. 8th September 1987State what is meant by negative feedback.
  9. 9th September 1987Name the scientist who proposed the three-domain system of classification, and name the three domains.
  10. 10th September 1987An atom has atomic number 11 and mass number 23. State the number of protons.
  11. 11th September 1987On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
  12. 12th September 1987In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
  13. 13th September 1987State whether the combustion of methane is exothermic or endothermic.
  14. 14th September 1987State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
  15. 15th September 1987Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
  16. 16th September 1987State the equation for work done.
  17. 17th September 1987Two resistors are connected in parallel across a 12 V battery. State the potential difference across each resistor.
  18. 18th September 1987State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
  19. 19th September 1987A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
  20. 20th September 1987State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
  21. 21st September 1987State two uses of artificial satellites.
  22. 22nd September 1987Where in a plant are stem cells found?
  23. 23rd September 1987Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
  24. 24th September 1987Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
  25. 25th September 1987State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
  26. 26th September 1987State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.
  27. 27th September 1987State the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
  28. 28th September 1987State the size range of a nanoparticle.
  29. 29th September 1987Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
  30. 30th September 1987Explain, using collision theory, why increasing the concentration of a reactant in solution increases the rate of a reaction.