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March 1994 - GCSE Science 5-a-day

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March 1994

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st March 1994Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
  2. 2nd March 1994State one factor that affects the size of the voltage produced by a chemical cell.
  3. 3rd March 1994Define the term 'homologous series'.
  4. 4th March 1994State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
  5. 5th March 1994A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
  6. 6th March 1994Why is the live wire dangerous even when a device is switched off?
  7. 7th March 1994Describe the plum pudding model.
  8. 8th March 1994Write down the equation that links moment, force and distance.
  9. 9th March 1994A 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.
  10. 10th March 1994Name the apparatus used to estimate the population of a slow-moving or non-moving species in a field.
  11. 11th March 1994Name the organ system responsible for breaking food down into small, soluble molecules.
  12. 12th March 1994Define a communicable disease.
  13. 13th March 1994Explain, in terms of blood vessels, how the skin helps to cool the body when it is too hot.
  14. 14th March 1994Define speciation.
  15. 15th March 1994An atom has atomic number 9 and mass number 19. Calculate the number of neutrons.
  16. 16th March 1994Explain why potassium is more reactive than sodium.
  17. 17th March 1994Calculate the number of moles in 88 g of carbon dioxide. (Mr = 44)
  18. 18th March 1994Give one everyday example of an endothermic process.
  19. 19th March 1994State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
  20. 20th March 1994A 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 1994A device transfers 4500 J in 90 s. Calculate its power.
  22. 22nd March 1994A current of 2.0 A flows through a resistor for 30 s. Calculate the charge that flows. Use Q = I x t.
  23. 23rd March 1994Why does a bicycle pump get warm when used?
  24. 24th March 1994Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
  25. 25th March 1994Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
  26. 26th March 1994State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
  27. 27th March 1994What happens to the DNA before mitosis begins?
  28. 28th March 1994State two conditions that increase the rate of transpiration.
  29. 29th March 1994A lamp is moved from 15 cm to 30 cm away. What happens to the light intensity?
  30. 30th March 1994Define phenotype.
  31. 31st March 1994Name the biological process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into carbon compounds in a plant.