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March 1954 5-a-day

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March 1954

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st March 1954Work out -3 - 6.
  2. 2nd March 1954Work out -9 + 15.
  3. 3rd March 1954State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
  4. 4th March 1954In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
  5. 5th March 1954An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
  6. 6th March 1954Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
  7. 7th March 1954State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
  8. 8th March 1954State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
  9. 9th March 1954A writer describes a bell as 'clanging its complaint into the empty square.' Name the poetic or literary technique used here.
  10. 10th March 1954Add the correct negative prefix to make this word mean 'not legal': legal.
  11. 11th March 1954Choose the correct word: We had ___ time to finish the test than we expected. (less / fewer)
  12. 12th March 1954What is the name for a poem written in stanzas of two lines each?
  13. 13th March 1954Explain why a poet might choose short, one-syllable words to describe the strike of a hammer, rather than longer, softer words.
  14. 14th March 1954A climber notices 'his fingers had gone from cold to strangely warm.' What might this detail suggest to an alert reader?
  15. 15th March 1954Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail happily. (its / it's)
  16. 16th March 1954A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how a writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  17. 17th March 1954A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Work out its area and its perimeter.
  18. 18th March 1954Work out 40% of 65.
  19. 19th March 1954A jacket costs 65 pounds. Work out the cost after a 20% discount.
  20. 20th March 1954p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 8, p = 9. Work out p when q = 6.
  21. 21st March 1954Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  22. 22nd March 1954Work out 5/6 of 90.
  23. 23rd March 1954A floor is tiled with a repeating pattern of identical regular hexagonal tiles, with no gaps or overlaps. State the size of each interior angle of a regular hexagon, and explain why regular hexagons can tile a flat floor exactly.
  24. 24th March 1954A rectangle has length 9.2 cm and width 6.8 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
  25. 25th March 1954A pattern of dots grows so that pattern 1 has 4 dots, pattern 2 has 7 dots, and pattern 3 has 10 dots. How many dots will pattern 6 have?
  26. 26th March 1954State one way the alveoli are adapted for efficient gas exchange.
  27. 27th March 1954Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
  28. 28th March 1954Explain how a person is able to see a book resting on a table in a well-lit room, in terms of light rays.
  29. 29th March 1954Explain one way in which a polar bear's thick white fur helps it survive in the Arctic.
  30. 30th March 1954Name the gas that makes up approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
  31. 31st March 1954A student reads the volume of liquid in a measuring cylinder. The bottom of the meniscus lines up exactly halfway between the 22 cm^3 and 24 cm^3 graduation marks. State the volume of liquid.