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May 1997 - GCSE Science 5-a-day

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May 1997

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1997Name the apparatus used to estimate the population of a slow-moving or non-moving species in a field.
  2. 2nd May 1997State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
  3. 3rd May 1997Define a communicable disease.
  4. 4th May 1997State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
  5. 5th May 1997State what is meant by a selection pressure.
  6. 6th May 1997A 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.
  7. 7th May 1997Explain why potassium is more reactive than sodium.
  8. 8th May 1997Calculate the number of moles in 88 g of carbon dioxide. (Mr = 44)
  9. 9th May 1997Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.
  10. 10th May 1997State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
  11. 11th May 1997A solution gives a cream precipitate when acidified with dilute nitric acid and then treated with silver nitrate solution. Name the halide ion present.
  12. 12th May 1997A device transfers 4500 J in 90 s. Calculate its power.
  13. 13th May 1997A resistor of resistance 15 ohm is connected to a 6.0 V supply. Calculate the current flowing through it. Use V = I x R.
  14. 14th May 1997Why does a bicycle pump get warm when used?
  15. 15th May 1997On a velocity-time graph, what does the area between the line and the time axis represent?
  16. 16th May 1997State the speed of all electromagnetic waves travelling through a vacuum.
  17. 17th May 1997State the name of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
  18. 18th May 1997What happens to the DNA before mitosis begins?
  19. 19th May 1997State two conditions that increase the rate of transpiration.
  20. 20th May 1997A lamp is moved from 15 cm to 30 cm away. What happens to the light intensity?
  21. 21st May 1997A plant grown in the shade is shorter than a genetically identical plant of the same species grown in full sunlight. State whether this difference is genetic variation, environmental variation, or both.
  22. 22nd May 1997Name the biological process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into carbon compounds in a plant.
  23. 23rd May 1997State one environmental benefit of recycling aluminium cans rather than making new aluminium from ore.
  24. 24th May 1997Explain why graphite conducts electricity but diamond does not.
  25. 25th May 1997State what is observed when magnesium ribbon is added to copper sulfate solution.
  26. 26th May 1997State the equation for the mean rate of a reaction in terms of the quantity of reactant used.
  27. 27th May 1997Name the small molecule typically released as a by-product during condensation polymerisation.
  28. 28th May 1997State two long-term stores of carbon that removed carbon dioxide from the early atmosphere.
  29. 29th May 1997Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg ball moving at 6 m/s.
  30. 30th May 1997Calculate the energy needed to melt 0.50 kg of a substance with a specific latent heat of fusion of 210000 J/kg.
  31. 31st May 1997Explain why americium-241, an alpha emitter, is suitable for use in a smoke detector.