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July 1971 5-a-day

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July 1971

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st July 1971In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
  2. 2nd July 1971An 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.
  3. 3rd July 1971Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
  4. 4th July 1971State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
  5. 5th July 1971State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.
  6. 6th July 1971In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  7. 7th July 1971Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  8. 8th July 1971Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  9. 9th July 1971Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  10. 10th July 1971Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  11. 11th July 1971Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  12. 12th July 1971Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: The dog wagged ___ tail happily. (its / it's)
  13. 13th July 1971A question asks you to "find and copy one phrase" meaning "completely dark." Which of these fits: "pitch black", "faintly lit", "clear blue" or "softly glowing"?
  14. 14th July 1971A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Work out its area and its perimeter.
  15. 15th July 1971Convert 2 hours 15 minutes into minutes.
  16. 16th July 1971Find 2/9 of 63.
  17. 17th July 1971Write 5.4 x 10^4 as an ordinary number.
  18. 18th July 1971A recipe needs 250 g of flour to make 8 muffins. Work out how much flour is needed to make 20 muffins at the same recipe strength.
  19. 19th July 1971Write 0.72 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  20. 20th July 1971A 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.
  21. 21st July 1971A cuboid has dimensions 6 cm by 4 cm by 3 cm. Calculate its volume.
  22. 22nd July 1971A 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?
  23. 23rd July 1971State one way the alveoli are adapted for efficient gas exchange.
  24. 24th July 1971Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
  25. 25th July 1971Explain how a person is able to see a book resting on a table in a well-lit room, in terms of light rays.
  26. 26th July 1971Explain one way in which a polar bear's thick white fur helps it survive in the Arctic.
  27. 27th July 1971Name the gas that makes up approximately 78% of the Earth's atmosphere.
  28. 28th July 1971Which piece of apparatus should be used to measure the temperature of a liquid in an experiment?
  29. 29th July 1971In the same text, is the sentence "There is nothing more thrilling than floating silently above the countryside" a fact or an opinion?
  30. 30th July 1971Find and copy one word from 'the tide dragged its heavy silver chain across the sand' that gives the tide a human or animal-like quality.
  31. 31st July 1971Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The wind whispered through the willow'?