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April 1971 5-a-day

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April 1971

30 sheets · 150 questions · Years 7-8

Every sheet in April 1971

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st April 1971Complete the word equation for aerobic respiration: glucose + oxygen produces ___ + ___.
  2. 2nd April 1971State one way that painting a garden gate helps to prevent it from rusting.
  3. 3rd April 1971The Sun is much larger than the Earth. State what type of object the Sun is, and name the force that keeps the Earth in orbit around it.
  4. 4th April 1971Name the type of rock formed when layers of sediment, such as sand or mud, are compressed together over a long period of time.
  5. 5th April 1971Name the organ in the human body that produces insulin.
  6. 6th April 1971A cylinder of gas is labelled with a diamond-shaped symbol showing a black flame on an orange background. State what hazard this symbol represents.
  7. 7th April 1971A writer describes rising ocean temperatures as "a slow-burning threat to one of the planet's most colourful ecosystems." Explain what effect the phrase "slow-burning" has on the reader.
  8. 8th April 1971A poem compares loneliness to 'an empty chair at a crowded table.' Name this technique.
  9. 9th April 1971Explain why a poet might choose an irregular, unpredictable rhythm to describe a storm, rather than a steady, regular one.
  10. 10th April 1971Choose the correct homophone: ___ going to be late if the bus does not arrive soon. (Whose / Who's)
  11. 11th April 1971Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: Because the fire alarm sounded, everyone left the building calmly.
  12. 12th April 1971What is the term for a poem that continues a sentence or idea from one line to the next without a pause?
  13. 13th April 1971What do the letters PAF stand for when analysing a non-fiction text?
  14. 14th April 1971Find the gradient of the line joining (1, 4) and (5, 16).
  15. 15th April 1971A phone contract costs 18.50 pounds per month for 24 months, plus an upfront cost of 49 pounds. Work out the total cost of the contract.
  16. 16th April 1971Find 3/8 of 64.
  17. 17th April 1971Solve 3(2x - 1) = x + 17.
  18. 18th April 1971Describe the locus of points that are equidistant from two fixed points, A and B.
  19. 19th April 1971In a right-angled triangle, the hypotenuse is 13 cm and one other side is 5 cm. Work out the size of the angle opposite the 5 cm side, to 1 decimal place.
  20. 20th April 1971A triangle has sides 7 cm and 9 cm with an included angle of 50 degrees. Work out its area, to 1 decimal place.
  21. 21st April 1971Work out the mean of 8, 12, 15, 9 and 11.
  22. 22nd April 1971Find 25% of 84 pounds.
  23. 23rd April 1971A doctor records that a foetus is 38 weeks old. Given that human gestation lasts approximately 40 weeks, state approximately how many weeks of pregnancy remain.
  24. 24th April 1971A student adds a piece of unknown grey solid to dilute acid and no bubbles are produced, even after several minutes. Suggest whether the solid is a metal or a non-metal, and explain your reasoning.
  25. 25th April 1971A student doubles the frequency of a wave while keeping its speed the same. State what happens to the wavelength.
  26. 26th April 1971Two identical bulbs are each connected on their own to an identical battery. State how the brightness of a bulb connected on its own compares with an identical bulb connected in series with a second bulb to the same type of battery.
  27. 27th April 1971State how long it takes, approximately, for the Moon to orbit the Earth once.
  28. 28th April 1971Name the gas needed by the body for aerobic respiration to take place.
  29. 29th April 1971A student investigates how the mass of five different metal samples affects their volume, with mass as a continuous numerical variable. State whether a bar chart or a line graph is the more appropriate way to display these results.
  30. 30th April 1971A 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?