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March 1961 5-a-day

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March 1961

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st March 1961A student dissolves ammonium nitrate in water and the temperature of the solution falls. State whether this process is exothermic or endothermic.
  2. 2nd March 1961A runner covers 400 m in 50 seconds at a constant speed. Use speed = distance / time to calculate her speed.
  3. 3rd March 1961Some endothermic reactions cause the temperature of their surroundings to fall. Explain, in terms of energy, why this happens.
  4. 4th March 1961Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.
  5. 5th March 1961Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.
  6. 6th March 1961Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The team celebrated ___ victory together. (their / there / they're)
  7. 7th March 1961An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
  8. 8th March 1961Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
  9. 9th March 1961Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
  10. 10th March 1961Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
  11. 11th March 1961Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
  12. 12th March 1961What is a rhetorical question, and why do persuasive writers use them?
  13. 13th March 1961Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
  14. 14th March 1961A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  15. 15th March 1961A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
  16. 16th March 1961In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
  17. 17th March 1961Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
  18. 18th March 1961A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
  19. 19th March 1961Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
  20. 20th March 1961Work out 2/5 of 65.
  21. 21st March 1961Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
  22. 22nd March 1961Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
  23. 23rd March 1961A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
  24. 24th March 1961A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
  25. 25th March 1961Name the process by which cells release energy from glucose using oxygen.
  26. 26th March 1961Name one renewable energy resource.
  27. 27th March 1961A 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 March 1961A pupil's teacher suggests using a data logger to measure temperature every second during an experiment, instead of a pupil reading a thermometer every minute. Suggest one advantage of using a data logger in this experiment.
  29. 29th March 1961Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
  30. 30th March 1961Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
  31. 31st March 1961A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?