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September 1954

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st September 1954A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
  2. 2nd September 1954State one reason, other than cost, why a country might want to reduce its reliance on non-renewable energy resources such as coal and oil.
  3. 3rd September 1954State whether a frog is classified as a vertebrate or an invertebrate, and give a reason.
  4. 4th September 1954Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.
  5. 5th September 1954Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.
  6. 6th September 1954This sentence contains a comma splice: The match ended in a draw, both teams were happy. Correct it in one way.
  7. 7th September 1954In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
  8. 8th September 1954A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  9. 9th September 1954Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
  10. 10th September 1954Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  11. 11th September 1954A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
  12. 12th September 1954A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
  13. 13th September 1954Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
  14. 14th September 1954A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  15. 15th September 1954A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
  16. 16th September 1954p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
  17. 17th September 1954The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
  18. 18th September 1954A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
  19. 19th September 1954A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
  20. 20th September 1954Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
  21. 21st September 1954A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
  22. 22nd September 1954State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
  23. 23rd September 1954A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
  24. 24th September 1954In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
  25. 25th September 1954Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
  26. 26th September 1954Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  27. 27th September 1954A pupil doubles the concentration of acid used in a reaction with a metal, keeping everything else the same. State what happens to the rate of the reaction.
  28. 28th September 1954A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
  29. 29th September 1954Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  30. 30th September 1954Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'