Daily Practice

13+ Common Entrance

21st January 1978

5 questions · Years 7-8 · 744 questions in this band

1
Chemistry: Metals, the Reactivity Series and Environmental Chemistry
Explain why attaching a block of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps to protect the ship from rusting.
2
Physics: Forces and Energy
State whether the main force acting when a compass needle points north is a contact force or a non-contact force.
3
Physics: Electricity, Magnetism and Waves
In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
4
Physics: Light, Sound and Space
State the law of reflection.
5
Physics: Forces, Motion and Energy Resources
State the unit normally used for speed in physics, and name one other unit that speed could also correctly be measured in.

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