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October 1965 5-a-day

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October 1965

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st October 1965A pupil wants to measure the current flowing through a lamp in a circuit. Name the piece of apparatus she needs, and state whether it should be connected in series or in parallel with the lamp.
  2. 2nd October 1965State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
  3. 3rd October 1965State the name given to a value read from a graph beyond the range of the data that was actually measured.
  4. 4th October 1965A question is worth 5 marks and asks you to explain how the writer builds a sense of danger across a paragraph. Roughly how many separate, developed points should your answer include?
  5. 5th October 1965A travel article is written for a general newspaper audience rather than for expert climbers. How might its vocabulary and level of detail differ from a specialist mountaineering magazine?
  6. 6th October 1965In a report, a word is defined as follows: 'The submersible's hull must withstand immense pressure at such depths, where a single flaw could prove catastrophic.' What does 'catastrophic' mean here?
  7. 7th October 1965Name the technique used in this slogan: Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
  8. 8th October 1965Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the alleyway at dusk.'
  9. 9th October 1965Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The station was BUSY."
  10. 10th October 1965Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the fruit stall."
  11. 11th October 1965Find the median and the range of this data set: 7, 3, 9, 3, 12, 5.
  12. 12th October 1965A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 5 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
  13. 13th October 1965The nth term of a sequence is 4n + 3. Work out the 20th term.
  14. 14th October 1965Work out 84 / 12.
  15. 15th October 1965A spinner can land on red, blue, green or yellow only. P(red) = 0.3, P(blue) = 0.25, P(green) = 0.2. Work out P(yellow).
  16. 16th October 1965The product of two consecutive positive integers is 132. Find the two integers.
  17. 17th October 1965p = 5, q = -2. Work out the value of 3p + q.
  18. 18th October 1965A bag has 4 yellow and 6 purple counters. Find the probability of picking a purple counter.
  19. 19th October 1965A meal out costs 68 pounds before a 12.5% service charge is added. Calculate the total cost including the service charge.
  20. 20th October 1965A cell has a real width of 0.02 mm. In a drawing, the same cell is shown 4 mm wide. Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
  21. 21st October 1965Explain, using collision theory, why crushing a solid into a powder increases the rate of reaction.
  22. 22nd October 1965A skateboarder travels at a constant speed of 4 m/s for 6 seconds. Use acceleration = change in velocity / time taken to state his acceleration during this time, and explain what an acceleration of zero means about his motion.
  23. 23rd October 1965A hand warmer gets hot when a chemical reaction inside it takes place. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
  24. 24th October 1965Name the group in the periodic table that contains helium, neon and argon.
  25. 25th October 1965A pupil measures a mass of 3.5 kg on a set of scales. Convert this mass to grams.
  26. 26th October 1965In the sentence "The exhausted runner collapsed across the finish line," what word class is "exhausted"?
  27. 27th October 1965In 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?
  28. 28th October 1965A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
  29. 29th October 1965Punctuate 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
  30. 30th October 1965Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
  31. 31st October 1965A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.