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August 1990 5-a-day

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August 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st August 1990Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
  2. 2nd August 1990Why does the national grid transmit electricity at a very high potential difference?
  3. 3rd August 1990Why is the atomic model a good example of how scientific models change?
  4. 4th August 1990Write down the equation that links moment, force and distance.
  5. 5th August 1990A wire of length 0.20 m carries a current of 5.0 A at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.60 T. Calculate the force on the wire.
  6. 6th August 1990Define the independent variable.
  7. 7th August 1990State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
  8. 8th August 1990Name the type of pathogen that causes malaria.
  9. 9th August 1990Explain, in terms of blood vessels, how the skin helps to cool the body when it is too hot.
  10. 10th August 1990Define speciation.
  11. 11th August 1990A sample contains 90% of an isotope with mass number 10 and 10% of an isotope with mass number 11. Calculate the relative atomic mass, to 1 decimal place.
  12. 12th August 1990Why are the noble gases unreactive?
  13. 13th August 1990How many atoms are there in 0.5 mol of helium?
  14. 14th August 1990Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.
  15. 15th August 1990State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
  16. 16th August 1990Describe the test, and the positive result, for ammonium ions.
  17. 17th August 1990Convert 3.5 kJ into joules.
  18. 18th August 1990A resistor of resistance 15 ohm is connected to a 6.0 V supply. Calculate the current flowing through it. Use V = I x R.
  19. 19th August 1990How is the temperature of a gas related to the motion of its molecules?
  20. 20th August 1990Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
  21. 21st August 1990Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
  22. 22nd August 1990State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
  23. 23rd August 1990How many pairs of chromosomes are there in a human body cell?
  24. 24th August 1990Where are most stomata found on a typical leaf, and why?
  25. 25th August 1990Name four limiting factors of photosynthesis.
  26. 26th August 1990Define phenotype.
  27. 27th August 1990State what is meant by the term biodiversity.
  28. 28th August 1990Give one reason a manufacturer's own life cycle assessment of its product might not be fully objective.
  29. 29th August 1990Give one use of nanoparticles and one associated risk.
  30. 30th August 1990Give the ionic equation for neutralisation.
  31. 31st August 1990State what is shown on a rate graph when the line for the volume of gas produced becomes horizontal (flat).